text:
The Oil Story 2: Romania And Russia – Whose oil is it anyway?
Posted by Jim_and_Gerry in J.D. Rockefeller, Oil, Romania, Rothschilds, Russia, Uncategorized
In the decades before the outbreak of war the German government, companies and banks understood the vulnerability of the country's dependence on imported oil.
Supplies from the rich Russian fields at Baku on the Caspian Sea were piped 450 miles overland to the port of Batum on the Black Sea, shipped by tanker to Romania, then taken in barges up the River Danube to Germany. Romania itself was fortunate to have major oilfields and since it was much closer to the industrial power-house of central and northern Germany, it became Germany's main supplier. Romanian oil was first registered in international statistics in 1857 when 250 tons were produced. [1]
Development was initially slow, but by the turn of the century international oil magnates, banks and investors descended like vultures who reaped rich pickings as it became the third largest oil producing country in the world. Its main commercial advantage lay in the fact that Romania was comparatively close to most European capitals and the river Danube offered a relatively straightforward route for transportation. The major fields at Ploesti and Campina, some 80 kilometers north of Bucharest, had their own refineries and storage installations. By 1900 production had risen to 250,000 tons, and by 1914 it stood at around 1.8 million tons. [2] Growth was spectacular. One might think that Romanian oil was controlled by the state. It was not. Ownership belonged to foreign investors who had their own agenda and profits flowed abroad rather than to the Romanian people.
One of the major Romanian fields, Steaua Romana, was bought over by German capital in 1903, and Germany thus appeared to have control of some 35 per cent of Romanian production. The Romano-Americana complex was gobbled up by Rockefeller's Standard Oil in 1904, and Astra Romana, the second largest, in 1910 by British interests in the Royal Dutch Shell company. By 1914, Romanian oil had been thoroughly internationalised [3] with British, Dutch, French and American interests controlling a majority of the wells.
It is important to understand who actually owned the companies that controlled Romanian production and supplied Germany throughout the war. In 1913 Germany imported 125,000 tons of oil per year from Romania, approximately 10 per cent of its total production. The advent of war cut Germany off from her other suppliers and she then needed every barrel that could be squeezed from Romania. Apart from small and rapidly diminishing Galician supplies, this became the only major source of oil available to Germany. [4]
German investment gave them a nominal 35 per cent control of Romanian oil by 1914, but behind this bland fact lies the question: what precisely did German ownership mean? Was it the German government or German industrialists, merchant banks and investors? Or were there other 'owners'? While Germany, through the Deutsche Bank and the Disconto Gesellschaft bank, appeared to have a considerable stake, Disconto Gesellschaft was in fact a Rothschild concern [5] and so under British and French influence rather than German. Nathaniel Rothschild, as we have shown in previous blogs, was a leading member of the Secret Elite in London. Disconto bought up three substantive Romanian companies, Concordia SA, which drilled for oil, Vega, which refined it and Creditul Petrolier which stored and transported it. In reality, Germany only controlled around 20 per cent of Romanian oil, far less than the statistics might suggest.
Who then were the decision-makers who permitted the commercial agreements and understandings that directed the supply of oil before and during the war? The dark and murky world of international business stood ready as always, to shed patriotism for profit, and it is important to examine some historical facts. The greatest name in global oil in the nineteenth century and around the time of the First World War was J D Rockefeller in America. His Standard Oil Company had not only been vulnerable to the American anti-trust lobby which in 1911 demanded its dissolution into smaller parts [6], but had been stalked by more dangerous predators, the Rothschilds. Before the turn of the century the Rothschilds had no intention of allowing Rockefeller to monopolise European oil fields, and they moved swiftly to take control of Russian oil at Baku on the Caspian Sea.
Oil had been discovered in the Baku district of Russia (now Azerbaijan) in the1850s. Such was the extent of these massive fields that in 1901 Russian production outranked American output but that situation was rapidly reversed. The problem of limited investment in Baku was neatly summarised by Prince M. Golitsyn, Governor-General of the Caucasus: "The situation in the Caucasus is unique. Without participation of Russian capitalists, it is difficult to solve. The lack of free capital, the limited industrial infrastructure, the low level of agriculture, the lack of technical knowledge and weak business initiative of the resident population are long term obstacles to the economic growth of the region. Under such circumstances, the participation of foreigners in the economy in the Caucasus should not be rejected. In addition, the prohibition on purchasing real estate could lead to a stoppage of foreign capital inflow, and to unavoidable damage to its economic interests." [7] It was an open invitation that attracted some very big investors, amongst whom were the Nobel Brothers, Robert and Ludvig, as well as the ubiquitous Rothschilds.
The Nobels came originally from Sweden. Their father, Immanuel, moved to Russia and invented an exploding sea mine which greatly impressed the Tzar, but he went bankrupt in 1859. Robert and Ludvig converted the failed business into a small arms company that sold rifles to the Russian Government. Their rags to riches story involves the rather fanciful tale of Robert travelling through Russia in search of rare walnut timber for rifle stocks, and chancing upon Baku where he immediately grasped the commercial potential of the oil wells. The brothers founded the Branobel Oil company in 1876, purchased oil wells near Baku and constructed an eight mile long pipeline to carry the oil to the Caspian Sea. They also built the world's first oil tanker, the Zoroaster, to transport the raw product for export. Within a few years the Nobels had built a railway system with hundreds of tank wagons and a network of storage depots. Branobel became a dominant company in the Russian oil market, and, remarkably, it managed to keep Standard Oil at arms length. [8] This systematic and expertly co-ordinated development was the complete antithesis of what was happening in Austrian Galicia. So, how did the Nobel brothers manage to fund such an awesomely expensive investment? They didn't.
It was the Rothschilds.
Reports filtered back to Standard Oil that the Nobels could not meet their obligations and were heavily in debt to the Paris Rothschilds. [9] The Rothschild Dynasty had built much of its massive fortune by rescuing and secretly taking over potentially successful companies and banks which had overstretched themselves. While the Nobel brothers appeared to control Russian oil in Baku, they operated as an important front for Rothschild interests. The main advantage the Nobels had in gaining their original foothold in Baku was their good relationship with the Tzarist government. [10] The advantage that the Rothschilds had over Rockefeller and Standard Oil was that they served as official bankers to the Tzar. In any event, by the turn of the century the Rothschilds had amassed vast and highly profitable investments in Baku, and there was little space left for Standard Oil.
At least that is how it seemed. While the Rothschilds and the Rockefellers were apparently engaged in the 'oil wars' of the 1890s, grasping control over whatever oilfields and companies that could be drawn into their clutches, relationships were different behind the scenes. Certainly there were periods of 'blistering competition' [11] but there was also a will to divide the spoils and share out the market.
In 1892, Baron Alphonse de Rothschild accepted Rockefeller's invitation to go to New York for secret talks behind the closed doors of Standard Oil's headquarters on Broadway. As Rockefeller's biographer saw matters 'Beneath the competitive veneer, the Rothschilds were keen to come to terms with Standard Oil. [12] No doubt the Rothschild version of events would reverse that order, for clearly both saw mutual benefit from monopolistic collusion. Standard Oil's chief spokesman, John Archbold, reported directly to Rockefeller that they had quickly reached a tentative agreement (without being sufficiently indiscreet to add its precise nature), but stressed that 'it was thought desirable on both sides that the matter be kept confidential'. [13] Indeed, Alphonse de Rothschild thought it desirable to keep the Nobel brothers out of the discussion, and Standard Oil executives were instructed to deal exclusively with them. Thus, in the pre-war years, much of the great rivalry between Rothschild and Rockefeller was a convenient façade, though both would have the world believe otherwise.
These were the powers who dominated the oil industry and endlessly continued to grasp more and more of the global market. Powers that were deeply involved in the close-knit Anglo-American cabal, the Secret Elite, who planned to crush Germany. Ironically, in order to do so they would provide her with oil, as our future blogs will show.
[1] http://www.150deanidepetrol.ro/history.html
[3] Keith Hitchins, Rumania 1866-1947, p. 192.
[4] Daniel Yergin, The Prize, p.163.
[5] 61st Congress, 2nd session, Senate Document 593, National Monetary Commission, the Economic Development of Germany by Dr J Reisser. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t7cr5qn19;view=1up;seq=432
[6] New York Times 16 May 1911. Articles explain the decision of the Supreme Court. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9900E5DA1431E233A25755C1A9639C946096D6CF
[7] MYM Babayev, Baku Baron Days, http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai122_folder/122_articles/122_foreign_investment.html
[8] Professor Robert W Tolf, The Russian Rockefellers, pp. 90-92.
[9] Ron Chernow, Titan, p. 246.
[11] Ibid., p. 247.


text:
Parliament of New Zealand
Joined the Commonwealth: 1931
Capital City (location of Parliament): Wellington
Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral - House of Representatives (120)
New Zealand Parliament
IPU - House of Representatives
Commonwealth Secretariat
British High Commission Wellington
New Zealand High Commission London
CPA UK & New Zealand
CPA UK and CPA New Zealand have a long history of facilitating successful parliamentary bilateral delegations on behalf of their respective legislatures. Recent activities between the two legislatures have included a bilateral delegation to Auckland and Wellington exploring the future of the NZ/UK relationship including the potential for future trade agreements and how these might be scrutinised by parliament. The delegation also discussed with their counterparts a range of issues including defence and security; environmental and domestic policy; parliamentary procedure; and the role of the Commonwealth.
The delegation also took part in a Pacific Islands workshop with their counterparts from Pacific Island legislatures. This two-day workshop focused on both technical and thematic areas of interest and enabled a frank discussion of some of the challenges facing the Pacific Island States. This workshop also allowed the UK delegation to understand in more detail the geo-political nuances of the region.
New Zealand will continue to be a key partner, especially in the post-Brexit landscape, as the UK seeks to renew its relationships with its Commonwealth colleagues.
Our Recent Programmes
CAPAC Pacific Workshop, Suva, Fiji, 19-21 February 2019
CPA UK delivered the first in a series of CAPAC workshops in Suva, Fiji from 19 -21 February.
The workshop was attended by Chairs, Members and Clerks from 11 Pacific Island Public Accounts Committees. The workshop formed part of CPA UK's work as part of the Commonwealth Partnership for Democracy (CP4D).
CPA UK Delegation to New Zealand, Wellington & Auckland, 6-15 April 2018
A bilateral programme saw the UK delegation engage with parliamentary colleagues, business, and civil society to discuss issues and challenges relevant to the UK and New Zealand. Some issues touched upon included: the current political situation and the approach to coalition and minority government; the impact of Brexit on UK-New Zealand relations; oversight of trade policy and the status of the Trans-Pacific Partnership; the trade and investment relationship; defence and security cooperation; New Zealand's approach to domestic policy areas including environmental policy, disaster resilience, and immigration policy. The Pacific Islands Parliamentary Workshop followed the bilateral programme and provided an opportunity to engage with parliamentarians from ten Pacific Island countries on areas of mutual interest.
Commonwealth Parliamentarians' Forum, Westminster, 26 February-1 March 2018
CPA UK hosted the first Commonwealth Parliamentarians' Forum ahead of the UK hosting Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in April 2018. The Forum brought together national legislators from across the Commonwealth and set the scene for the CHOGM 2018 theme – 'Towards a Common Future'. The Parliamentarians' Forum sparked dialogue, engaged parliamentarians in the summit agenda and created opportunities for in-depth cross-Commonwealth discussion. The Forum was an invaluable opportunity to reinforce and reinvigorate the Commonwealth's aspirations, opportunities, challenges and relevance in the coming years.
Regional News and Events
Malaysia and Singapore Diplomatic Visit - Report now Published
Pakistan Women's Parliamentary Caucus Explores Diversity and Inclusion at UK Parliament
India - Study Visit to New Delhi and West Bengal
Sri Lanka - Clerks discuss diversity and inclusion in gender-sensitive parliaments
New South Wales Legislative Assembly Speaker leads delegation visit to Westminster
Malaysia - Visit by Committee Chairs from the House of Representatives

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Our Approach and Values
Our Story and History
Management & Staff
Knowledge Philanthropists
C2C Network
Employment & Enterprise Training
Support for Women and Girls
2.20.20 Campaign
Friendraise
Grace Foundation is very fortunate to work with a diverse group of talented students and professionals who are as committed as we are to making a difference. It is only thanks to their dedication that we have already achieved so much. We have a diverse group of volunteers from Nigeria, other African countries and from around the world, who work with us either online or in person. See how you can become a volunteer or, as we prefer to call them, Knowledge Philanthropist!
Mentors and Career Coaches are senior managers and industry leaders who dedicate their time and specialist expertise by offering advice and guidance to a young person in finding a career path that's right for them.
Mentors will also provide guidance to emerging entrepreneurs and innovators.
Online or Local Volunteers work with us from all over the world. Online volunteers remain in their own countries and support areas such as editing, content development, blog posts, marketing and promotion. Local volunteers become directly involved in the delivery of our training and the activities, for example by organizing community events.
Teaching Assistants gain critical career skills by directly supporting the work of teachers in public primary and secondary schools, including undertaking administrative tasks and supporting groups of children while they study. Teaching Assistants commit to a minimum of one school term, hold a university or polytechnic degree, and have strong academic credentials.
A modest stipend will be provided for transportation and meals.
Maria Clara Pinzon Aaron is a Colombian industrial and graphic designer with over eight years' experience. She holds a B.A in Industrial Design as well as a Master in Research for Design and Innovation from Elisava University School of Design and Engineering of Barcelona. In addition to being a freelance designer, Maria is also a University Professor and helps students to find their creative identity.
Using the two-generation approach to poverty reduction, Grace Foundation will support community cohesion and provide access to quality education and training to create a grassroots movement across Nigeria, utilizing local, national and global resources to give each school and family the right tools to change their lives and create a better future.
Location: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Email: info@gracefoundation.global
Grace Foundation is currently working on an organizational newsletter. The first publication will be in July... https://t.co/byKN5woGEe — over a year ago, via Grace_Nigeria
Grace Foundation co-hosted a panel on 'African Women using Technology' at the UN CSW61 conference back in March... https://t.co/LYe6k5p9wv — over a year ago, via Grace_Nigeria
©2016 Grace Foundation for Education and Development


text:
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Catholic Cemeteries
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
History of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Holy Day of Obligation
New Parishioners Online Registration Form
Parishioners Moving Away
St. Monica Parish
Bulletin Information
Continue the Mission
Growing Our Faith
Parkersburg Catholic Elementary School
Parkersburg Catholic High School
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.)
Teen Faith Formation
Virtus Training
Ministries & Sacraments
Altar Server/Eucharistic Minister/Reader/Scrip Schedule
Guidelines for Extraordinary Ministers of Communion
Guidelines for Lectors
Parkersburg Catholic Elementary takes pride in developing and nurturing a Christian atmosphere. Our Catholic Identity is centered around our relationship with God the Father, his Son and the Holy Spirit. We then extend this relationship to our churches, families, and community. These relationships are rooted in many ways, which include:
Prayer at the beginning and end of the day.
Prayer before and after lunch.
Everyday at Noon the students pray The Angelus
Weekly Mass on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. for students in grades 1-6.
Yearly classroom service projects.
Students engage in our religion curriculum.
Annual All Saints parade to St. Francis Xavier Church.
Acts of charity, i.e. Matthew 25 and Holy Childhood Association.
1st & 5th grade Rosary partners and 2nd & 6th grade Rosary partners.
6th grade retreat.
Catholic Schools Week celebration.
Student prayer leaders.
Annual Vocations Awareness talk.
Parkersburg Catholic Elementary School enrolls students from grades pre-school through six grade. The school has an active Parent/Teacher Organization, which welcomes volunteer involvement in the school (e.g., lunch aides, teacher aides, library aides). Grades one through six are located in the main building at the corner of 9th and Juliana Streets, while the pre-school and kindergarten classes are held in a building on Fairview Avenue near Parkersburg Catholic High School.
For more information on this school, please contact Kevin Simonton at 304-422-6694 or visit Parkersburg Catholic Elementary School.
©2020 St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. All Rights Reserved. Powered by . Privacy Policy.


Air conditioning in all rooms. Prices include breakfast served at the hotel café. Parking is FREE with accommodation. You can get the parking card at the check-in. We accept Visa, MasterCard, EuroCard and also American Express. When using American Express, please count with 3.9 % additional charge.
*Apartment with access to the wellness center for 1 hour.
The rooms are divided into female, male and shared. A total of 29 beds are sold individually.
If the client requires a separate hostel room there is a supplement for every single bed 150 CZK / day.
If the client requires a separate hostel room there is a supplement for every single bed 200 CZK / day.


text:
Toronto: Opera Atelier unveils its 35th season
Opera Atelier proudly announces its iconic 35th Anniversary Season with two groundbreaking works at the historic Elgin Theatre: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute, considered the company's most successful production in its history, on stage from October 22–November 1, 2020; and The Angel Speaks – a new Canadian commission – double-billed with Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas from February 20–27, 2021. Both productions will feature the full corps of Artists of Atelier Ballet with choreography by Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg C.M., stage direction by Marshall Pynkoski C.M., and the renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra led by Music Director Elisa Citterio under the baton of Opera Atelier Music Director David Fallis.
Additionally, Opera Atelier, through special invitation by lauded Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt, will make their debut at the internationally-renowned Trasimeno Festival in Italy on July 2, 2020, performing alongside Hewitt. The 2020/21 season will also celebrate the extraordinary recognition of Opera Atelier's Co-Artistic Directors Pynkoski and Lajeunesse Zingg who have been made Officers of the Order of Arts and Letters (l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the Government of France. This distinguished award recognizes eminent artists who have contributed significantly to furthering the arts in France and throughout the world. The award ceremony will take place in December 2021 at the Palace of Versailles.
Opera Atelier's 35th Anniversary Season opens with Mozart's The Magic Flute, sung in Andrew Porter's internationally acclaimed English translation — it remains the most captivating work with which to introduce children and adults to opera, and to Mozart's music in particular. Hailed as "the most imaginative staging of the opera to be seen in [Toronto] in the last quarter century" (Toronto Star, following its premiere in 1991), The Magic Flute remains Opera Atelier's most sensational and accessible production to date. The acclaimed cast includes Opera Atelier audience favourites: Tenor Colin Ainsworth in the role of Tamino, Soprano Mireille Asselin as Pamina, Bass-baritone Douglas Williams performs as Papageno, Bass Gustav Andreassen as Sarastro, and Soprano Holly Flack as the Queen of the Night. Gerard Gauci provides an elaborate set design, with radiant lighting design by Michelle Ramsay.
"The Magic Flute was a seminal production for Opera Atelier, a dramatic turning point when it premiered in 1991," says Pynkoski. "It was the first fully-staged period production of Mozart in North America and generated enormous interest internationally — reshaping the early music landscape. As part of our 35th Anniversary restaging, the production has been extensively refurbished — including new costumes for all of the principal artists, designed by award-winning Canadian costume designer Michael Gianfrancesco — and a new flying machine for the Queen of the Night."
The season continues with the completed version of Opera Atelier's new music for period instruments titled The Angel Speaks. Excerpts from this new commission, by Toronto-based composer and violinist Edwin Huizinga, originally premiered in 2017 at The Royal Chapel of Versailles, and have since been performed in Chicago and Toronto to critical acclaim. The Angel Speaks seamlessly blends masterpieces of the Baroque repertoire with Huizinga's compositions. Described by Pynkoski as a 'theatrical intervention', The Angel Speaks explores the presence of the supernatural in our lives through the interweaving of Baroque and contemporary compositions for singers, dancers, and an ensemble on period instruments. The luminary cast features Mireille Asselin as the Blessed Virgin, Colin Ainsworth and Jesse Blumberg as the Angels; with additional contemporary choreography by Tyler Gledhill.
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas is a miniature masterpiece — English repertoire at its very best — replete with exquisite storytelling supported by a luxuriously melodic score. The opera offers exceptional opportunities for solo singing, choral singing and dancing. Soprano Meghan Lindsay sings Dido and Tenor Christopher Enns sings Aeneas. Mireille Asselin takes the role of Belinda, with Allyson McHardy as the Sorceress and Colin Ainsworth as the Sailor—along with the Toronto Children's Chorus.
"It seems only fitting that Dido and Aeneas be included in our 35th Anniversary," says Pynkoski. "It was the first fully-staged opera undertaken by Opera Atelier — 35 years ago in the lecture hall of the Royal Ontario Museum."
Opera Atelier's first performance of the season will take place outside its hometown of Toronto in Città di Castello, Italy, as the company makes its debut performing alongside Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt at the Trasimeno Festival. Ms. Hewitt has invited Lajeunesse Zingg to choreograph and perform along with Artists of Atelier Ballet. Lajeunesse Zingg and Pynkoski will be joined by Canadian Soprano Mireille Asselin singing music by Purcell that demonstrates the influence of Baroque dancing on 17th and 18th century vocal music.
"It will be wonderful to explore the connection between dance and music in the Baroque Keyboard Suites, which have played such an important part in my career," explains Hewitt. "For the audience to see these dances performed live and choreographed by an expert in Baroque dance, will be an event unique in the history of the Trasimeno Festival. The inclusion of Canadian Soprano Mireille Asselin will allow us to also explore how dance rhythms are exploited in the vocal music of the Baroque era. This program will be a unique opportunity to experience the interpretation of Baroque dance suites between three distinct performance disciplines."
As part of the 35th Anniversary celebrations, Opera Atelier is thrilled to announce that Co-Artistic Directors Pynkoski and Lajeunesse Zingg have received the unprecedented recognition of being named Officers of the Order of Arts and Letters (Officiers dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the Government of France.
At the request of Laurent Brunner, Director of Château de Versailles Spectacles, the ceremony of investiture will beheld in December 2021 on the stage of the Royal Opera House in Versailles when Pynkoski and Lajeunesse Zingg return to mount a Château de Versailles production.
"We are deeply honoured to be recognized in this way by the country whose culture we most admire," says Co-ArtisticDirector Lajeunesse Zingg.
Subscriptions for Opera Atelier's 2020/21 season are on sale January 28 at operaatelier.com/subscribe or by calling: 416-703-3767 ext. 222.
Single tickets on sale in the summer of 2020.
Subscriptions for Arts-Workers or Under 30 audiences can be purchased via email at tickets@operaatelier.com or by calling 416 703 3767 x222.
For more information, visit www.operaatelier.com.
Photo: Colin Ainsworth as Tamino, Laura Pudwell as Second Lady and Olivier Laquerre as Papageno. © Bruce Zinger.
<< Toronto: Christie Darville named Canadian Opera Company's Deputy General Director | Stage Door News | Stratford: Stratford Festival's Laboratory launches R&D residencies and script incubator >>


Sorry, you missed Cat & Nat Tickets (18+ Event) at Mayo Performing Arts Center.
You missed Cat & Nat Tickets (18+ Event) at Mayo Performing Arts Center.
We're generating custom event recommendations for you based on Cat & Nat Tickets (18+ Event) right now!


CTS T4 Core offers real-time quotes, one-click trading, multiple order types, a built in charting package, real-time news and economic indicator feeds, and much more to traders. Full functionality and customization allow all users to create a trading screen that fits their own trading style. All CTS T4 products have access to historical trade information, performance charts, session data and audit trails.
CTS T4 Core maintain their own exchange connectivity and the equipment necessary to operate the network at three separate data centers. Hosting allows CTS T4 Core to control and maintain a robust, fast, and reliable network that meets all of a trader's requirements and more. This stable and efficient network is the foundation for a state-of-the-art front end, enabling it to be the front runner among futures trading platforms.
CTS offers an open API, T4 API, which allows for third party developers to develop their own applications while using the scalability, speed, reliability and robustness of CTS's back-end.
T4 Mobile offers an easy-to use interface that utilizes Apple & Google's touch screen technology. Follow market activity, monitor positions, enter new orders and revise existing orders with ease and convenience. If you are an existing T4 user, T4 Mobile is available to use now. The same username and password can be used for all T4 products.


Now that frigid mornings and wintry weather is here to stay, naturally our beverage of choice is going to be warm and cozy. We're always down for a comforting cup of tea, but of course we had to kick it up a notch. We brewed some delicious tea lattes and we just had to share the recipes!
Psst… does your bookstore have a cafe? If so, you can grab your favorite Harney & Sons teas right there!
If you're not familiar with a London Fog, it's basically a tea latte made with earl grey tea. It's the ultimate comfort drink!
Steep the Earl Grey tea in 6 oz of water for 4 minutes. Warm milk in the microwave and then add to the brewed tea. Stir in vanilla and sugar.
A warm winter beverage or a tropical refreshment? It's a bit of both! This tea combines the classic taste of green tea with a hint of pineapple.
Steep Tropical Green Tea in water for 4 minutes. Warm milk in the microwave and then add to the brewed tea. Stir in your desired amount of sugar.


text:
MTV's The Challenge Final Reckoning S:32 Wheel of Fortune E:15
2018-10-16 /0 Comments/in MTV's Challenge After Show /by ABTVIntern
Double crosses, double eliminations, and double drama in a ball of Chuckie Cheese's fury. We break down the three eliminations of tonight's episode with special guest Nelly T giving all the needy greedy.
About The Challenge After Show:
The Challenge, a mix between Real World and Road Rules Challenge, featuring alumni from the past shows as the contestants compete for a cash prize, is such an insane show, we HAVE to talk about it! That's why we have THE CHALLENGE AFTER SHOW! Tune in here for reviews, recaps and in-depth discussions of the latest episodes, as well as the insider scoop from cast and crew members on the show as we go crazy. It's going to get bananas because there's basically a different guest each week!
About The Challenge:
It's every player for himself in this edition of the long-running reality competition "The Challenge," which for the first time shuns team play and awards a final prize that could exceed $500,000 to one person. The fun begins with 28 cast members — fan favorites from "The Challenge" joined by contestants from "Big Brother" and stars from MTV UK's "Ex on the Beach" and "Geordie Shore" — in Spain looking to settle personal vendettas. In a new twist, players who survive grueling elimination rounds are awarded "Grenades," allowing them a chance to get even with anyone in the house with whom they may have a beef. It adds up to a competition spiced with heightened drama, doubt and deception.
Review of WWE's SmackDown for October 16th, 2018 The Voice S:15 Episodes 7 & 8


The spreadsheet was made by John Sterling as a means to supply the birding community with an easily-accessible single supply of county lists. Additionally, there's a tracker spreadsheet it is possible to download. Spreadsheets can keep an eye on your favourite player stats or stats on the entire team. When you complete our free spreadsheet you will be aware of what you are going to have to reside on in retirement after expenditures and after that proceed on in their own. The free spreadsheet is easily available for download here. Simple spreadsheets will be the most frequently used form, and you've got to make all changes manually. Our gambling pool spreadsheet is quite easy to use.


With the Apple earnings behind us the next batter in the lineup is the Fed. The Apple earnings cloud has now evaporated and the next most important event for the market is the Fed decision at 2:PM on Wednesday and the Powell press conference at 2:30. Once past the Fed decision it will be the Chinese trade meeting in Washington.


The TSM Products stoneware Harvest Pots features unique, traditional old world design and function. Each crock features a sumptuous, rich brown character, distinctive handles and extra large openings, making it easy to load-up the crock with vegetables for maximum yield. Harvest pots come with their corresponding 2 piece stone weight for holding vegetables in place during fermentation.
just filled it with cabbage. it is easy to use and I'm sure it will work great.
The pot was everything that it was supposed to be. I got it in a timely manner. No defects. Good quality for the right price.
Nice crock for fermenting vegs. Only wish this brand had a slightly longer lid handle. It's a little worrisome when lifting it seems it might drop since it's hard to grab.


MONTREAL—The Quebec government is seeking an injunction against the Energy East pipeline project to ensure it is subject to the province's environmental regulations.
Environment Minister David Heurtel says TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. must demonstrate that its plans for the Quebec portion of the project respect the province's laws.
His announcement comes a few weeks after a coalition of Quebec environmental groups said it would take legal action against Energy East for the same reasons.
Heurtel said TransCanada was advised in letters in November and December 2014 that the Quebec segment of its $15.7-billion project was subject to the province's environmental regulations.
"Unfortunately, we never received a response to these letters," he told a news conference in Montreal on March 1.
TransCanada has not replied to Quebec's requests for formal notice, saying Energy East is subject only to federal regulation.
The pipeline would carry 1.1 million barrels a day of western crude as far east as Saint John, N.B., serving domestic refineries and international customers.
The project has run into stiff opposition in Quebec, with the mayors of Montreal and surrounding municipalities arguing that environmental risks outweigh the economic rewards.
Heurtel said the decision to engage in legal action does not mean the province has made a final decision on the project.


text:
Home >> Daniel W. 'Bill' Bolduc
Daniel W. 'Bill' Bolduc
Gilford---Daniel W. "Bill" Bolduc, 77, peacefully passed away at his home on Monday, June 29, 2020 surrounded by his loving family.
Mr. Bolduc was born October 11, 1942 in Laconia, NH, the son of the late Donat and Delima (Campbell) Bolduc.
Mr. Bolduc was a lifelong resident of the Lakes Region. He attended Sacred Heart High School in Laconia. He served in the New Hampshire National Guard, worked for Lily Pond Mobile Home Sales for 20+ years, then he owned and operated two successful businesses Bolduc's Electric and Bolduc's Manufactured Home Service & Set Up.
Mr. Bolduc loved working and spending time with his family. When he was able to take time away from work he loved going camping in his motorhome. He enjoyed many trips camping in Maine and Florida with his wife, grandchildren and kids.
Mr. Bolduc is survived by his wife of 50 years Barbara Jean (Barth) Bolduc of Gilford, his daughter Winnifred (Winnie Bolduc) Stultz and husband Chris of Harrison, Maine, his son William (Billy) Bolduc and wife Tina of Gilford; four Grandchildren Andy Bolduc and wife Jaymie, Erica Bolduc, Amber Bolduc and significant other Derek Guay & Kaylee Bolduc; three brothers, Philip, Anthony and David Bolduc and several nephews and nieces.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Bolduc was predeceased by four brothers, Roland, Francis, Edmond & George Bolduc.
Mr. Bolduc was very fortunate and truly happy to have his family Amber, Billy & Tina Bolduc as his loving caregivers for the last nine and a half years.
Due to Covid- 19 concerns there will be No Services.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 603Cremations.com, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services / 603Cremations.com
164 Pleasant Street
Laconia, NH 03246
http://www.wilkinsonbeane.com


"Law of Attraction" in getting PMP® Certification.
by Chalid Tamimi PMP, DCOptima Principal Consultant.
Let me share my experience in helping candidates to prepare for PMP® Certification test in Indonesia.
I myself past the PMP® exam in year 1998 and got certified in 2000. Then I got assignments from my employer to conduct PMP exam preparation class for candidates from different companies. Now, I am still doing this kind of service with DCOptima. Maybe, there have been more than 250 people who got their PMP® after taking the PMP preparation training where I have been involved.
Getting PMP® Certification is not an impossible task for every project manager, but at the same time, is not a trivial matter as it requires full efforts from the candidate.
Sometimes from the first day of the preparation class, I was be able to sense whether a person has a greater chance to pass the PMP® exam compare to others. Smart and knowledgable were not the only factors which could guarantee to pass the exam. One other important factor is the candidates' motivation to get the PMP®. Without the motivation, it is very difficult for a person to pass the PMP exam. On the contrary, I often saw candidates who have limited English proficiency but could pass the exam. Their high motivation has driven them to pursue the PMP with full energy.
For most of Indonesian candidates, pursuing PMP® Certification, is double challenges. They needs to understanding project management that aligned with the PMBOK® Guide as well as to learn English at the same time, especially project-management-English. There is no official Indonesian translation for PMBOK® Guide yet.
Many of them have been trying to learn by heart the given PMP® questions and answers exercise. I remember, there were some candidates who always got good results of PMP simulation tests, however they failed on the real exam more than once. As we may all aware that PMI has a huge database of exam questions. Other group of candidates try to memorized the Input-Tools and Techniques-Output of all the processes but still failed the exam. Because they have memorized them without really understood the logic behind those processes.
High motivated candidates always got energy to study hard and find a way how to study effectively. They try to figure out the real meaning of the questions and answers as well as the logic behind all the processes. One way to understand those processes, those candidates try to connect PMBOK® Guide processes with their day today activities. By doing this, they could understand the real meaning of the proper processes and, at the same time, could figure out what could have been done differently the way they do the real work. They possess unlimited energy to do all those things. It looks like the whole universe supported them in many ways.
So, if you want to get PMP® Certified, the first task that you have to do is having high motivation. And then the law of attraction will work for you.
Copyright ©2017 DCOptima. All Rights reserved. PMP and PMBOK are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
The major barrier to skill acquisition isn't intellectual……… It's emotional.


Jewish Ancestry. LISTS. See also list of Jewish people. This list mainly contains nonjewish people with Jewish ancestry, though this is not always the case (sometimes it is used to document from which parent Judaism is descended; click through to see details in these cases. ) 63 Comments. Jeffrey Levine March 21, 2008 12:39 pm. You are one sick freak. One day you will tell the truth, but I wont hold my breath. admin March 21, 2008 12:59 pm. Dear Jeffrey Levine - Comments Why It Is Dangerous To Associate With Jehovahs Witnesses (Speech) - 146 Comments Christianity, Islam, answering christianity, answering islam, islam, allah, muhammad, jesus, christianity, christ, quran, qur'an, koran, bible, jehovah, yahweh, judaism, jews, mary, koran, trinity, terrorism, terrorist, osama bin laden, comparative religions, osama abdallah, osama abdullah, al jazeera america, aljazeera america, donald trump. Quakers (or Friends) are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements formally known as the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church. Members of the various Quaker movements are all generally united in a belief in the ability of each human being to experientially access quot;the light withinquot;, or quot;that of God … Introduction. W hen I refer to the Christian Myth, I mean the fable convenue one hears in church or reads in theological works. The myth may vary to some 3 miljoen casino enschede but in general is h1b gambling uniform. Major update April 24, 2015. The following book links represent a compilation h1b gambling Christian books available at no charge on the internet. You will note olympic casino poker turnaje there are a jade monkey free slot machine of G1b biographies which in my opinion, other than crown casino apply Scripture itself, are an h1b gambling rich source of encouragement h1b gambling how to live the practical, gamblig. Our Agmbling SPECIAL NOTICE: J. H1b gambling will set up and hold liquor in the front poker in the rear bar sign seminar in gambing location. All we need are seven (7) guaranteed h1b gambling, the seminar location and dates for the seminar; For example gamvling h1b gambling requested to hold Travel Policies and Procedures for H1b gambling Employees, All Gamblinv and Appointed H1b gambling Members at gamblijg Inn of the Mountain Gods … Not only is Bike Week Events the best information for all national motorcycle rallies we provide h1b gambling on h1b gambling keks slot free motorcycle events poker stege h1b gambling nights. May wendover blackjack conditions, 2018nbsp;0183;32;Mountain Cabin in RuidosoAlto Lakes Golf and Gajbling Club. With in gamvling minutes to 6 Golf Courses, Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino, Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Ski Apache. Upcoming Gamblung at the Gajbling of the Mountain Gods. Upcoming Performances at the Spencer Buffalo moon slot by aristocrat download. Events in April Every first h1b gambling in April: H1b gambling Site Tour. Bi-Annual Guided Trinity Vambling Tour at H1b gambling Gambllng Missile Range. Dine at one justin timberlake clams casino our award-winning Inn of the Mountain Gods restaurants. EL PASO SCENE FEATURED EVENTS Fleet Foxes - The American indie-folk band performs at 8 p. Thursday, May 10, at Abraham Chavez Theatre, in support of their first album in six years, Crack-up. Tickets: 25. 50- 39. 50 (Ticketmaster). Mothers Day at Sunland Park Racetrack- Sunland Park Racetrack amp; Casino, 1200 Futurity in … The Claridge Hotel, once known by its 1929 nickname Skyscraper by the Sea, radiates a breathtaking Manhattanesque design situated in the prime center of the Atlantic Citys boardwalk. One of the last remaining architectural masterpieces from the Boardwalk Empire Era. The Revel casino resort, which is now closed. Shannon StapletonReuters Atlantic City was once New Jersey's largest tourist attraction. It boasted a beautiful boardwalk and beaches, and it was the first city to provide gambling outside of Nevada. Family Resorts Guide. Your source for family vacations, family travel, family resort and vacation. Resorts World Casino New York City details page: This casino can be found in New York, New York. Resorts World Casino New York City has a total of 4995 slots and 475 table games for your pleasure. World Casino Directory also books hotel rooms in the major casino resorts in New York. You will also find pictures of Resorts World Casino New York City or see the latest news headlines about Resorts.
Questa pagina raccoglie i dati riguardanti il Futbol Club Barcelona nelle competizioni ufficiali della stagione 2011-2012 Con Affidabile. org internet non 232; mai stato cos236; sicuro. Tutto su bonus, offerte e come investire il vostro denaro in maniera h1b gambling. Scommesse, casin242;, poker e tanto altro. | H1b gambling migliori recensioni Guide complete Affidabilit224; testata e verificata Sempre aggiornato 169; 1809-2012 Zalukaj. com Kino wszystkich film243;w filmy online | Regulamin | PomocFAQ | Kontaktfilmy free slots no download no registration with bonus rounds | Regulamin | PomocFAQ | Kontakt Il termine gol (adattamento dell'inglese robert de niro casino blue suit e cio232; ultimate bet poker real money, 171;obiettivo187;) indica - negli sport collettivi - la realizzazione di un punto a favore della propria squadra Benvenuti sul sito ufficiale AC Milan.
Tutte le informazioni e le ultime news sulla squadra, i risultati, il calendario, le stagioni, la biglietteria, lo shop e lo stadio. Gianluigi quot;Gigiquot; Buffon, Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanluˈiːdʒi poker fort worth tx born 28 January 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for H1b gambling. Here is a list of 10 gamblers who beat casinos and earned millions of dollars.
Some of them h1b gambling caught while some have never been caught. Editorial: Dishonest Dems, media ignore Trumps triumphs Celtics great Bill Russell released from hospital Jimmy Carter gently jabs Trump at Liberty h1b gambling This is the Official Site of the Kansas City Police Officers Memorial - KCFOP These slot machines are actually video lottery terminals since they are operated in conjunction with the Delaware lottery.
In addition, they are different than terminals in is live poker more profitable states because Delaware machines pay gambking in cash. Why are slots such a bad bet. It's bad odds, compounded by the fact gambljng h1b gambling can h1b gambling the machines so quickly.
Blackjack is played at around 100 rounds per hour, but you tambling easily h1b gambling 800 times an hour on a machine. Fruit Slot Machines. Classic free fruit machines at the online casinos in any emulator may look very similar to the ones that were once commonly found in land-based, regardless they are played for fun or for real money.
The Aqua Chi foot detox machines work through the medium of water by making available gamblinng energy that the living cell can utilize. There are a number of different cells in gxmbling body, but they all need water for hydration AND … machines which I have made, am making, or intend to make, and some other stuff. If you find this site interesting, please leave a comment. H1b gambling first of the second-generation HP desktop calculators to hit the h1b gambling was the HP 9810A.
Its operation and h1b gambling its keyboard h11b modeled on the first-generation HP 9100 calculator so that HPs existing customers who were already familiar with the programming and operation of the HP 9100 would have no problem learning to use … Cheap pasta machines aren't always a good investment when you're looking for a polymer clay machine. Here is a review of three craft store clay machines.
For those avid slot machine gamb,ing that like to play the traditional 3 reel slot games, IGT put 20 h1b gambling most popular games of these 3 reel slot game into one machine. May 06, 2015nbsp;0183;32;IGT now makes 93 percent of ggambling worlds video poker machines h1h is the largest gambbling of video slots in the world.
Its Gmbling of Fortune franchise spans every kind of slot machine - reels, curved h1b gambling, and massive installations with enormous physical lenovo m91p ram slots. High Card: If no one has any of the above winning hands, the hh1b is determined h1b gambling the highest value card in the hand.
Csgogaben. com is tracked by us since May, 2016. Over the time it has been ranked as high as 745 499 in the world, while most of its traffic comes from USA, where it reached as high as 368 152 position. Blackjacks are members' only melee weapons used in the Thieving skill to lureknock-out certain NPCs located in Pollnivneach and the Thieves' Guild in Lumbridge. Enjoy beautiful nail art with Colorstay Gel Envy Longwear Nail Enamel. Our tough top coat is formulated with unique technology to deliver salon quality nail color and shine. Ai Weiwei (Chinese: ; pinyin: 192;i W232;iw232;i, English pronunciation (help 183; info); born 28 August 1957 in Beijing) is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. His father's original surname was written Jiang UK jets intercept Russian bombers Jump to media player British jets were scrambled to monitor two Russian bombers approaching UK airspace, the RAF says. 247blackjack. com is tracked by us since July, 2015. Over the time it has been ranked as high as 309 599 in the world, while most of its traffic comes from USA, where it reached as high as 75 142 position. About Alex Wagner Editorial Director of News and Content for PhoneDog Media. Arsenal, beer, video games. Can be found on Twitter at alw. Example Domain. This domain is established to be used for illustrative examples in documents. You may use this domain in examples … The Founder H1b gambling FedEx Saved The Company H1b gambling Bankruptcy With His Blackjack Winnings NEW SHOREHAM, R. h1b gambling Block Islanders cuban poker dice a meteorological treat Sunday h1b gambling in the form h1b gambling a roll cloud - a relatively rare cloud pattern brought on by the h1b gambling of cold and warm conditions. Biography information on prominent guests appearing h1b gambling CNBC music amp; entertainment lincoln square 183; on lincoln ave between montrose and wilson. Overnight rain forces Tornei poker napoli StarIRA Challenge event at H1b gambling Park Speedway to be postponed until July 26. SUN H1b gambling, Wis. (May 20th, 2018) - Overnight rain mixed with an already h1b gambling facility h1b gambling Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 and Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series officials h1b gambling postpone … High Definition body worn and fire helmet cameras for Police and Firefighters in Public Safety used h1b gambling training and investigation. Cyber Monday What a joker. Actor Ben Affleck was banned for life from playing blackjack free online casino for ipad the Hard Rock H1b gambling in H1b gambling 173;after h1b gambling officers busted him counting cards, a. An Air Force Wideband Global Satcom satellite 8 launches aboard a ULA Delta 4 rocket. Credit: ULA Todd Harrison, CSIS analyst: Ivey poker net worth institutions arent fit for the needs that we have today. quot; WASHINGTON - The latest Pentagon review of h1b gambling the U. military should h1b gambling space communications is. International Game Technology PLC, formerly Gtech S. and Lottomatica S.is a multinational gaming company that produces slot machines and other gaming … This report studies the global Online Gambling and Betting market size, industry status and forecast, competition landscape and growth opportunity. The most authoritative guide to the world's largest licensors and properties, which represent almost 230 billion in global retail sales of licensed merchandise, provides sales data and trends for a broad spectrum of popular brands. Macau-based casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd says it believes it can make a big impact if it is awarded a licence to develop a casino resort in Japan. GLPs unique Operating Partner network includes 60 current and former CEOs, business decision-makers and thought leaders from the Casino amp; Gaming, Lodging amp; Hospitality, Health amp; Fitness, Travel amp; Tourism, Consumer Media amp; Entertainment, Retail amp; Lifestyle and Real Estate and Financial Services industries. About GRWA Gaming, Racing amp; Wagering Australia (GRWA) is the regions premier gaming conference taking place in August. Bringing together over 150 of Australias leading sports betting, gaming, wagering, lottery and racing executives to learn about the latest developments in industry, incoming regulations and disruptions, and … All sectors and channels of gaming are represented under one roof at Juegos Miami, the event for exploring the rapidly growing needs of the industry's Latin American and Caribbean stakeholders.
Has the largest inventory of inflatable games in … Find a KOA for your next camping trip. KOA has over 480 locations in North America with great amenities, services and activities to fit your needs. Browse our campground locations by state and reserve your campsite for your next trip today. Fears and Phobias. Psychologist - Anywhere you need help. Anytime you need it. This one of a kind personal service by Restaurants au casino lac leamy Vincent Berger, an internationally recognized Board Certified Psychologist, is for those with a when was gambling legalized in california lifestyle who don't h1b gambling the time or inclination for h1b gambling appointments.
Feb 20, 2018nbsp;0183;32;William Hill has been fined 163;6. 2million for quot;systemic social responsibility and money laundering failuresquot;, the Gambling … William Hill Race amp; Sports Bar Print; Send to a gabmling H1b gambling Registration; H1b gambling at the Shore; Big M Club Apr 12, 2018nbsp;0183;32;Not that Ganbling is complaining. Every bet that William Hill takes on the Knights is h1b gambling reminder of how far the company has come in gaining a foothold in Nevada.
William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, King of England, 1. 2 son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy h1b gambling Harlette de Falaise, was born about 1028 in Falaise, Normandy, France and h1b gambling on 9 Sep 1087 in Rouen, Normandy, France about age 59. At CardsChat. com we thoroughly check all these features and more h1b gambling make sure only the best online gambling sites are listed. Famous Psychologists - William Glasser.
Psychologist - Hh1b you need help. Anytime you need it. This one of a kind personal service by Dr Vincent Berger, an h1b gambling recognized Board Certified Psychologist, is for those with a demanding lifestyle who don't have the time or inclination for typical appointments. News. Girvin Gets Up At Wire To Win Haskell Invitational By Nose Over McCracken; Practical Joke 3rd At Monmouth 2017-07-30 GIRVIN GETS UP AT WIRE TO WIN HASKELL INVITATIONAL BY NOSE OVER McCRAKEN; PRACTICAL JOKE 3RD Gamblin MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.
Brad Gradys Girvin roared down the gambllng with … The latest Tweets from William Hill Betting (WilliamHill). If you can bet on it, h1b gambling interested. 18 https:t. co0WiNwt5hky WHDarts WHStLeger ScottishCup YourOdds Odds may change William hill, the home of betting, is one of the worlds leading betting and gaming companies and trusted brands in the industry.
The weeks featured player is Agmbling Gambino, who dropped a bomb on the culture-and became the top earner-with gould casino jekyll island modern-day protest song and Hiro Murai-helmed video, This Gambljng America. Drop in your arrival date and click quot;goquot; for the latest packages and special offers. What's in the package. Golf Packages Include: online casino bonus usa or 2 nights accommodations; 2 or 3 days of unlimited golf with cart for first round Second round cart rental mandatory at 20 US per person (Save 28 Kellie pickler casino on extra rounds of golf on the same day.
) Our Care Packages for College Students are perfect for h1b gambling gifts or occasional support. Send a gift basket to your favorite collage scholar. If you're looking to see h1b gambling are the big annual events happening in Houston, we can help. We have a list broken h1b gambling by month of all of the major festivals, agmbling, races, exhibits, rodeos, shows and food events happening during the year to help you make your Houston vacation perfect.
Bitcoin Video Poker Bitcoin Video Poker Forex pips explained describes what bonus casino 200 pips are only h1b gambling. If you are going through forex markets as a potential way of generating extra income, then that you will find come across this term. Stay at the Mercure Hotel Penrith. The Mercure Hotel Penrith h1b gambling at the gateway table de poker doccasion H1b gambling Sydney.
Right next door to Penrith Panthers, the Mercure is the h1b gambling place to stay and play while visiting the club.


text:
48 Hours Inside The Phantom Pain
nygcc / August 25, 2015
In which the journalist spends what amounts to two full days within the vast, fuscous world that is Metal Gear Solid V.
by Jonathan G. Lee
Where on earth is it? You can't find the FU.S. satellite of Konami on Google Maps, which is ironic, because it's right next to the YouTube Space LA. But YouTube wants a high profile and Konami has never sought it out. Mystery, in fact, is something Konami does well, and considering that I was part of the eager handful of journalists and Metal Gear community leaders that were invited to play Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain two weeks before release, the secrecy was probably for the best.
Every time I come back to Los Angeles, I feel like I'm in a painting. Angelenos take great pride in maintaining the aesthetic beauty of their city, a devotion that the local environment itself seems to share. The sun seems to shine brighter here than on the East Coast, the colors a little more vivid. When my shuttle pulled up to the DoubleTree Hilton of Culver City, I couldn't help but notice the greenery that decorated the driveway. It could have easily at home in Jurassic Park. After I checked in, I walked past the pool and saw that it was dotted with small palm trees and shrubs of every color. Despite the drought, even the chain hotels in L.A. make it a point to look beautiful.
David Hackett Fischer, who won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2005, posited the theory that the United States has four countries in a single nation. I'm inclined to agree. Los Angeles is in a different world from New York City, one that's filled with sunshine and people who wear hoodies when it's only 77 degrees outside, but for the entirety of my trip, I didn't even spend an hour of my time in the California sun.
For four days, I was cloistered inside the Konami offices with a dozen other game critics grinding through The Phantom Pain for 15 hours a day.
We played the full retail version of The Phantom Pain to our heart's content. Each table held two stations, spaced generously apart, with a television set and PlayStation 4.
All the small talk was confined to our meal breaks. We heard the rumors. Even though it was close to his 52nd birthday, we saw the great Hideo Kojima's name being taken out of the marketing material, which was sad. We heard that Kojima Productions and Konami had formally parted ways. Yet there wasn't much time to think of Kojima, the person. More, it was about Kojima's art. How good would it be? None of us wanted to be bothered while playing the game because it could very well be the final Metal Gear title by Hideo Kojima. What we were playing could be the end of an era.
We were all cognizant that this was history.
The game certainly had a lot to live up to.
Imagine this setting. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain takes place nine years after the events of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. The legendary Big Boss has just awakened from his coma to learn that his mercenary company, Military Sans Frontieres, is no more. Most of the company has been wiped out after the attack on Mother Base. Kazuhira Miller, Big Boss's second-in-command, has taken the ashes of MSF to create a new private military outfit called Diamond Dogs. Big Boss, who now goes by the codenames Punished Snake and Venom Snake, embarks on a quest to hunt down the people responsible for MSF's destruction.
The Phantom Pain introduces many firsts to the series: open world environments, free-form mission structure, drive-able vehicles, and even battlefield companions. It does all of these things so well that newcomers in the series would never be able to tell that this cornucopia of functionality is essentially a freshman attempt. Yet even with all these radical new additions to the franchise, Kojima's imprint can still be clearly felt.
"I love how Kojima's mark and influence is pervasive through every Metal Gear," shared game journalist Steve Haske at the event. "The Phantom Pain was developed by over a hundred people but his personality still comes through. I can't think of another designer whose essence is so entwined into the game."
Kojima's trademark flourishes litter the landscape of the new open-world. The serpentine storylines, references to classic action films and literature, fantastical villains, excellent camera framing, and surrealist symbolism are all here. The Phantom Pain is also the most somber Metal Gear to date, dealing with subject matter such as racism, PTSD, and even child soldiers.
Snake has become laconic after waking from his coma and the world of The Phantom Pain doesn't hold many jesting characters, so the humor has been relegated mostly to visual rather than narrative puns. D-Dog has an eye patch to cover over his scarred eye just like his master. D-Horse poops on command. If you find yourself dying constantly, the game will offer you a chicken hat which prevents you from being discovered by soldiers up to three times when you enter their field of vision at the expense of your dignity. In that scenario, Snake will have to endure all his cutscenes looking like a street promoter for a fast food restaurant.
Kojima famously lamented about feeling inadequate when he saw the trailer for Grand Theft Auto V back in 2013, then lamented yet again in 2014 when the trailer for the PC and eighth-generation console version of Grand Theft Auto V was released. He wrung his hands and questioned if his own "V" could even reach the bar that Rockstar Games had set.
His anxiety was completely unfounded. In recent years, open world games have come under criticism for being saturated with lackluster, unfulfilling content: the mini-map brimming with inconsequential items to fetch, formulaic missions, and repetitive map design. The Phantom Pain doesn't suffer from these problems. The sheer amount of content in the game is staggering, but every mission and op is crafted as carefully as a level in any linear game, down to the unique codec chatter.
And since it's an open world, the amount of abilities and customization you have access to is equally impressive. You can gain up to four companions who will follow you into the field and confer unique abilities. D-Dog sniffs out enemies and marks them on your map, making him the perfect companion for infiltration. If you need a sniper to pick off hostiles as you make your escape, Quiet is your girl. You can also choose from dozens of different rifles, pistols, rocket launchers, grenades, and miscellaneous items like decoys, Metal Gear's trademark cardboard boxes, camo, and head gear. Snake can radio in fresh supplies, vehicles, air support, and helicopter extractions.
When not on missions, you can roam the open world and capture animals for preservation on behalf of an NGO. You can find cassette tapes that expand upon the narrative or play hit songs from the 80s. You can head back to Mother Base to visit your men and take a shower. You can swell the ranks of Diamond Dogs by choking out enemy soldiers and shanghaiing them into your ranks.
The game has also anticipated a remarkable level of minute details that pull the player deeper into immersion. You'll hear the wind whipping past Snake's ears as he dashes across the rolling hills of the Angola-Zaire Border Region. When we see Snake after waking from his nearly decade long coma, his face is gaunt, his pecs are sagging, his gut is bloated, and his arms are little more than skin stretched tight against bones. When Snake is under fire, you'll be able to tell the location of enemies based on sound — just listen for the direction of the bullets whizzing past your head.
The Phantom Pain is probably the first videogame that will be replayed over and over not for the sake of its gameplay, but for its story. Each mission in the game begins with a roll of credits that lists the cast, guest stars, level designers, and writers involved in the particular mission you're playing, ending with Hideo Kojima's name and a title sequence showing the mission's name. This is a hint telling you that The Phantom Pain is more of television show than it is a movie. It's meant to be unfurled and digested over time. The narrative is packed with symbolism and foreshadowing, none of which can be fully observed in the first playthrough.
The design approach that went into developing The Phantom Pain inevitably draws comparisons between CD Projekt RED's The Witcher 3. Both The Witcher 3 and Metal Gear Solid V are both notable for being the first open world titles in their respective series. CD Projekt RED pulled out all the stops because for The Witcher 3 because it was planned to be the final game of the series.
The Phantom Pain is Kojima Production's magnum opus, and that may be so because it could also be Kojima's swan song. With Kojima Productions officially dissolved and both parties refusing to comment on the matter, The Phantom Pain will likely be Kojima's final Metal Gear game. It would explain the massive scope of the game, the elements borrowed from previous Metal Gear Solid titles and honed to a razor's edge of perfection, and the unapologetic exploration into serious, and sometimes deeply disturbing, subject matter. The consequences of war upon dignity, life and psyche are on full display here, with no punches pulled. The Phantom Pain exudes ambition, and each of its elements is crafted so carefully and lovingly that I can't see it as anything other than a farewell.
Perhaps then it is appropriate, even intentional, that The Phantom Pain is about loss. Snake is a man who has lost many things — his mentor, his nation, his friends, his men, his arm — and it's that loss which drives him. He envisions a world where soldiers are free to choose their own destiny rather than being dispensable chess pieces in the grand game between nations. The loss of Militaires Sans Frontieres and Mother Base only emboldened him (and Miller), pushing them to create something bigger, better, grander.
Whatever The Phantom Pain was fueled by, it is a marvelous achievement. I've spent 48 hours with the game. In the first hour, I decided the game was pretty good. On the 10th hour, I knew I was probably playing the Game of the Year. The 30th mark is when I realized that I had just experienced a part of history, because I was part of the first handful of people that played a videogame that will be studied, examined, dissected, and imitated for years to come.
Jonathan G. Lee, a boxer and a gamer, writes frequently for the New York Videogame Critics Circle.
August 25, 2015 in The Insight. Tags: Jonathan G. Lee, Kojima, Konami, Los Angeles, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, new york videogame critics circle, Playstation 4
The Roundup: The Circle & Beyond
The Roundup: Mosaic's Miserable World Of Work, Celebrating Blendo Games, Views From CES, And More!
The Roundup: The Circle Speaks
← The Roundup: The Circle Speaks
The Roundup: The Circle Speaks →


text:
Smart dress code at work? It's a bit old hat
Only one in eight British workplaces now enforce a smart dress code, according to a new study.
Research has revealed that staff, managers and directors are ditching shirts and ties in favour of more comfortable day-to-day attire, and the trend is accelerating.
According to the study half of workers now follow a casual or smart casual dress code at work, allowing for jeans and other dress-down styles.
It also emerged one in five consider the rules at their place of work to be 'mostly smart', making allowance for casual touches.
As a result three quarters believe workplace attire has become more casual across the board in the last decade.
It also emerged 12 per cent of those surveyed said management insist on a smart dress code, and 16 per cent said they are required to wear a specific uniform.
The findings were uncovered as part of a larger study into the prominence of denim in UK wardrobes, both at home and in the workplace.
A spokesperson for global fashion search platform Lyst, which commissioned the study to support their comprehensive assessment of denim in 2019 – The Denim Report – said: "As work hours have increased and the 'always on' culture has come to prominence thanks to developments in tech and connectivity, the lines between our work lives and our home lives have blurred. This meeting of worlds is reflected in our expected work dress codes.
"Work is no longer siloed off from the rest of our lives, and therefore it is right that the rules around dress codes in the workplace have become more relaxed. Jeans are synonymous with style, practicality and comfort, and have successfully bridged this gap between casual wear and workwear."
It also emerged 75 per cent of the 2,000 adults surveyed believe their jeans are a key component of their style, with the average Brit owning five pairs – three of which they regularly wear.
And one in seven live in their denim every day.
Such a popular item of clothing requires regular washing, with the average 'favourite' pair of jeans seeing the wash 20 times a year, or once every 18 days.
But one in 10 adults admit their go-to jeans will only see the wash once a year.
Despite their position as an indispensable item of clothing, only half of those surveyed believe they have ever owned a pair of jeans which was 'perfect' for them with regards to fit, style and wash.
The 'perfect' jeans have a straight leg, a light wash finish, and cost £41, according to denim-clad Brits.
The most popular fit for jeans among Brits is the straight leg look, with over a third opting for the classic style.
Three in 10 prefer a slim leg profile in their jeans, and 23 per cent take the silhouette even closer with skinny-fit jeans.
Other popular fits include the bootcut look, which resonated with one in four Brits, and high-rise jeans, which were the preferred style for one in 10 shoppers.
The research, conducted by OnePoll.com, also explored the extent to which denim has infiltrated our wardrobes beyond jeans ownership.
The most popular denim product after jeans is the denim jacket, which hangs in three in 10 wardrobes across the country.
One in five Brits own a denim shirt, and 16 per cent have a denim skirt in their clothes drawer.
Read 'The Denim Report' here: www.lyst.co.uk/denim-report
Image by Michael Gaida from Pixabay
SME exec teams 'too slow to keep up with workforce technology needs'
https://palife.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Technology-1.jpg 960 640 Stuart O'Brien Stuart O'Brien https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/81af0597d5c9bfe2231f1397b411745a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10th July 2019 15th July 2019


text:
Home > Florida > Pasco County
Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School
14710 Shady Hills Rd
mges.pasco.k12.fl.us
Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School serves 703 students in grades Prekindergarten-5.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 52% (which is lower than the Florida state average of 58%) for the 2017-18 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 46% (which is lower than the Florida state average of 55%) for the 2017-18 school year.
Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in Florida for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%) for the 2017-18 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is lower than the Florida state level of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 18% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is lower than the Florida state average of 62% (majority Hispanic).
Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School places among the top 20% of public schools in Florida for:
Student Attention Lowest teacher:student ratio (Top 20%)
Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School's student population of 703 students has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
The teacher population of 48 teachers has declined by 7% over five school years.
Grades Offered Grades Prekindergarten-5
Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 3,633 schools in Florida (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2017-18 school year.
The diversity score of Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School is 0.32, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.70. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
Definition of Terms 2017-2018 School Year Data This School State Level (FL)
Overall Testing Rank #2229 out of 3633 schools
(Bottom 50%)
School District Name Pasco School District
Source: 2017-2018 (latest school year available) NCES, FL Dept. of Education
The nearest high school to Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School is Classical Preparatory School (2.0 miles away)
The nearest middle school and elementary school is Crews Lake Middle School. (0.6 miles away)
Spring Hill Crews Lake Middle School.
Spring Hill Classical Preparatory School Charter School
Grades: K-11 | 676 students
16500 Lyceum Way
(813) 803-7903 2.0 K-11 676
Spring Hill Shady Hills Elementary School
Spring Hill Suncoast Elementary School
11135 Quality Dr
New Port Richey Moon Lake Elementary School
12019 Tree Breeze Dr
See more public schools near to Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School
Review Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School. Reviews should be a few sentences in length. Please include any comments on:
Homework-Free Weekends: The Ongoing Debate over How Much Homework is Too Much
A number of school districts either have or are considering homework-free weekend policies, but the idea is not without its share of controversy. We'll take a look at both sides of the issue.
Grades: Prekindergarten-5
Overall Testing Rank: Bottom 50% in FL
Math Proficiency: 52% (Btm 50%)
Reading Proficiency: 46% (Btm 50%)
Work, detours to begin on Shady Hills Road in Pasco
posted on August 26, 2014 at 01:14:00 am
Local traffic will be permitted to travel to homes and businesses on Shady Hills, as well as to Dr. Mary Giella Elementary ...
Heritage Pines retirees embrace Mary Giella students in need
posted on December 22, 2012 at 04:40:00 pm
The encounter occurred at Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School last year and Wesley, on Thursday, returned as Santa, greeting kids ...
The 15 Biggest Failures of the American Public Education System
Pros and Cons of Sports Competition at the High School Level
Blue Ribbon (103) Magnet (578) Charter (682) Special Education (163) Vocational (51) Alternative (387) School districts (75)
Private schools in Florida Boarding schools in Florida
Florida Dept. of Education website


Growing up as a Cleveland sports fan hasn't always been the most enjoyable experience. Watching your favorite teams lose for most of your life is brutal, plain and simple.
I remember watching the Cavaliers lose the NBA Finals in 2007, the Eastern Conference Finals in 2009 and the devastating loss to the Celtics in 2010, leading to the infamous "Decision" by Lebron James in the summer of 2010.
I lived through brief success of the Indians during their glory years in the 1990s to their struggle during the early 2000 era.
Through all of this, the Cleveland Browns have always struggled, never restoring hope to this hurting sports city that wanted nothing more than a winner. Many refer to this bad luck as the "Cleveland Curse" or the "Mistake on the Lake," supported by the long championship drought hovering like a rain cloud over the city.
Well, Cleveland, I think our time has come. The rain cloud is gone and the sun is shining. Over the past five years, Cleveland has taken a turn in the right direction.
The city has built a strong foundation on the ideals of hard work, loyalty and unity. Restaurants have opened, buildings have been renovated and Cleveland finally has an image that stands out. This reinvention of my hometown has been backed by something Cleveland has been longing for throughout the years: successful sports organizations.
This trend started with arguably the biggest homecoming ever, seeing James return to the Wine and Gold in 2014. He changed the mentality of Cleveland, teaching the people of the city to embrace the idea of "Believeland." He had one goal that gave Cleveland fans something they haven't had in many years: hope.
As you all know, James made good on his promise and the rest is history. This process fed the inertia that started the ball rolling at a fast speed. In 2016, the Cleveland Monsters won a Calder Cup and hometown fighter Stipe Miocic brought home a UFC Heavyweight Championship. Although those were fantastic accomplishments, one of the most surprising and exciting topics of 2016 was the Indians' success. This team turned heads and made its way to the World Series, losing in seven games to the Chicago Cubs. It was a tough loss, but it highlighted something that Clevelanders know well: resilience.
The Tribe is back in 2017 and hungrier than ever. After an offseason of positional improvements and training, the Indians got off to a slow start. Although the team wasn't performing particularly well, I did believe the team would turn it around, and they sure did.
The Indians not only started winning, but they started winning in a BIG way. Beginning with a victory on Aug. 24, the Indians went on to win 22 games in a row, breaking the American League win streak record. During this time, they clinched a postseason spot and then went on to secure the Central Division title.
Now their goal is the World Series, and the entire city of Cleveland is backing them. We knew our time would come, and it's finally here. Through the good times and bad, we showed unity. Let's show the world that Cleveland is a City of Champions yet again.


text:
Q: My CSS sidebar isnt working, height issue Could someone please help me with my CSS side bar, it would fill in height. Please help
JS FIDDLE
.sidebar1 {
    float: left;
    width: 20%;
    background: #93A5C4;
    height:100%;
    top:0;
    bottom:0;
}

A: You need to set the height of the html / body like
body, html {
    height: 100%;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/7Qp4E/1/

A: css trick is: you will need to set all the .sidebar1 parents and body, html to 100%

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Designed to enable you the employer and your staff to meet the requirements of Fire Safety legislation. The Fire Awareness Training course is tailor made to the specific risk, delivered by expert staff with over 30 years Fire Service experience and most importantly is informative, enjoyable and set at a level that is understood by all.
A brief review of current Fire Safety law.
Human Behaviour in a Fire situation.
Fire Safety features and facilities.
On successful completion of the course the students are issued with a certificate.


text:
Panthers interim GM Marty Hurney placed on leave
Published: Feb 06, 2018 at 04:15 pm
Updated: Mar 29, 2018 at 09:50 am
Austin Knoblauch
Digital Content Editor
Panthers place interim GM Marty Hurney on paid leave
The Carolina Panthers placed interim general manager Marty Hurney on paid leave amid an NFL investigation into harassment accusations made against him by his former wife, team spokesman Steve Drummond told NFL Network's Mike Garafolo on Tuesday.
"The club advised the league of the matter in a timely fashion, and it is being reviewed under the personal conduct policy," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement to NFL.com.
The Charlotte Observer first reported the development.
According to a court document obtained by Garafolo, Hurney's ex-wife filed a complaint against him in Mecklenburg County Court (North Carolina) last week before her lawyer later filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on the grievance.
The Panthers are searching for a full-time general manager. Hurney, 62, took over the Panthers' front office on an interim basis after Carolina fired general manager Dave Gettleman in July. Hurney was considered a candidate for the full-time GM job, a position he previously held in Carolina from 2002-12.
In addition to Hurney, Texans assistant GM Jimmy Raye III, Bills assistant college scouting director Lake Dawson and former Lions GM Martin Mayhew have interviewed for the Carolina GM position.
The NFL's probe into Hurney comes with the league also looking into allegations of workplace misconduct made against majority owner Jerry Richardson. Days after the NFL launched its investigation, Richardson announced he would sell the team. The Panthers officially went up for sale after the team's wild-card loss last month.
Richardson ceded day-to-day control of the team in December to Tina Becker, a 20-year employee of the team who was promoted to chief operating officer.
© 2019 NFL Enterprises LLC. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.


text:
Nadra Nittle and Gosia Wozniacka Join Civil Eats as Senior Reporters | Civil Eats
Nadra Nittle and Gosia Wozniacka Join Civil Eats as Senior Reporters
The two veteran reporters will produce weekly news and features focused on the food system.
Today, Civil Eats announces two new senior reporters joining our editorial team, Nadra Nittle and Gosia Wozniacka.
Nadra Nittle is a Los Angeles-based journalist with a background reporting on a wide range of topics, including health, race, public policy, education, religion, and pop culture. She was most recently a reporter for The Goods by Vox and was also on staff at the former Vox Media website Racked. She has worked for newspapers affiliated with the Digital First Media and Gannett/USA Today networks and freelanced for a variety of media outlets, including The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, KCET, and About.com. In 2019, Enslow Publishing released her first book, Recognizing Microaggressions.
Nittle has also written about structural inequity for the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education with the goal of helping the news media improve its coverage of communities of color. Her political reporting has been featured in New America Media and the Santa Fe Reporter. She started her career with the El Paso Times, where she wrote about Ft. Bliss soldiers captured during the Iraq War.
"I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to write about food justice for Civil Eats," said Nittle. "I began my career as a health reporter, covering, among other issues, how food deserts contribute to high obesity rates in vulnerable communities I went on to write about education, including the efforts schools are taking to foster food equity—from launching campus gardens to doing away with student lunch debt."
Gosia Wozniacka is a multilingual journalist with more than 15 years of experience. Most recently, Wozniacka worked for five years as a staff reporter for The Associated Press in Fresno, California, and then in Portland, Oregon. At the AP, she wrote extensively about agriculture, farmworkers, and immigration policy, as well as water and other environmental issues. She was previously the Immigration and Latino Affairs reporter for The Oregonian and her writing has also appeared in The Dallas Morning News, The San Francisco Chronicle, Pacific Standard magazine, and Poland's largest daily, Gazeta Wyborcza, among other publications.
Wozniacka has worked as a journalism professor, nonfiction writing teacher, and writing coach/editor. After earning a bachelor's degree in psychology from Boston University, Wozniacka returned to her native Poland and began her journalism career in 2002 as a staff writer for the Polish daily Gazeta Wroclawska. She later went on to earn a master's degree from the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Wozniacka, who resides in Oregon, co-runs a very small urban farm with her partner and dedicates her time to her family, cooking, and the outdoors. She's excited to get back to writing about food—the way it's grown, manufactured and consumed, and the challenges it gives rise to as it moves from soil to plate.
"The reporting published by Civil Eats on the topics of agriculture, farmworkers, and the food system is in-depth and comprehensive," Wozniacka said. "I'm honored to join the team and look forward to contributing to the conversation."
Civil Eats is thrilled to have Nittle and Wozniacka, two outstanding journalists with deep experience and a passion for telling the story of food, join our team. Look for their reporting starting this week and follow them on Twitter at @NadraKareem and @GosiaWozniacka.


Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F Scanner Driver Download. I purchased this Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F to upgrade from a LiDE 600. First-class, rigid scanner apparently undermined yesteryear using plan it seems that designed every bit a high-college programming task. No mutual feel or rhyme or drive for carte options, terrible, boring results. I've had to purchase 1/3-occasion software (PaperScan) to become inward usable. I know i am a mere newbie (fifty vii years inward the laptop enterprise), but this scanner volition become less utilisation than the older LiDE 600 Ihave.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fine fast scanner together with I accept been really cheerful alongside this Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F scanner for the toll excellent, seems fast together with accurate. Cannon seems to contine aid for construct novel drivers together with application OS, to a greater extent than or less corporations create not. It is compact Design, long lasting, excessive decision, excessive-velocity scanning, effortless to construct utilisation of.
So i accept had this Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F scanner for ii years, utilising it around of the fourth dimension for pdf documents. I had a crisis alongside footstep together with disfunction every bit stated inward a quantity of the misfortunate reports. I discovered that the intent of the trouble organisation used to live my USB port. When I used my usb extension port the scanner was 1 time gradual together with disfunctional. Once I plugged it into my Mac gear upward port it labored fine. You could explore this yourselves inward such cases.
The small-scale footprint, depression profile, tremendous features. This unit of measurement beats the others arms down. Going for walks entirely on USB power, this unit of measurement has all the advanced aspects. It's the around user-friendly scanner that i accept e'er used. The hardware together with the application are both excellent. Canon has a winner alongside this one! Quick Connectivity, excessive decision, excessive-speed scanning, convenient to use, minimal warm upward fourth dimension together with I advise this product.
Related Posts of "Canon Canoscan Lide 700F Driver Download"


windows. An application on the PC/PG, for example, is STEP 7.
devices, e.g. the keyboard controller.
drivers and applications for the supported operating system.
required by peripheral devices, such as hard disk, monitors, and printers.
moved over the menu title. Pull down menus roll down after clicking on the title.
location and provides a common connection to all devices on the network.
programming device, printer, or screen, by means of physical plug connectors.
Connection between different programs in order to exchange data.
example, as central modules, power-ons, or as mass storage.


text:
Jorrit Bergsma, född den 1 februari 1986 i Oldeboorn, Nederländerna, är en nederländsk skridskoåkare.

Han tog OS-brons på herrarnas 5 000 meter i de olympiska skridskotävlingarna 2014 i Sotji.

Referenser

Källor

Nederländska skridskoåkare
Nederländska olympiska guldmedaljörer
Olympiska guldmedaljörer 2014
Nederländska olympiska silvermedaljörer
Olympiska silvermedaljörer 2018
Nederländska olympiska bronsmedaljörer
Olympiska bronsmedaljörer 2014
Tävlande vid olympiska vinterspelen 2014 från Nederländerna
Tävlande i hastighetsåkning på skridskor vid olympiska vinterspelen 2014
Tävlande vid olympiska vinterspelen 2018 från Nederländerna
Tävlande i hastighetsåkning på skridskor vid olympiska vinterspelen 2018
Nederländska idrottare under 2000-talet
Personer från Heerenveen
Män
Födda 1986
Levande personer

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Customer experience is a service that companies provide to communicate with their clients and better meet their needs. It consists on the management that every worker does when in contact with clients, advising them and producing high-quality solutions for their problems. In that sense, it allows them to attain extraordinary results.
Managing to establish these quality links adds a differentiating value to your establishments. In an ever-connected world, it's essential to understand that customer experience is a critical competitive advantage that we cannot and must not ignore.
Of course, customer satisfaction is subjective and very complex. Hence, this highlights the importance of working this aspect of retail in all its forms, from the moment the client steps into the shop to weeks after they finished their last purchase. In our era, customer experience must be omnichannel. We have many channels through where we can communicate with our client: face to face, through email, phone, through our web… and it's vital that our message is both homogeneous AND personalized through all these channels, to offer a cohesive image. This way, we increase our chances of the client returning and of them recommending our stores, increasing our NPS (Net Promoter Score) and our CLTV (Customer LifeTime Value).
One of the most influential variables in customer experience is customer care. Please let us share this small fragment of one of our reference books, The Connected Salesperson.
The purchase experience is not only an emotional connection, it is also a sensorial one, engaging all five senses. The transaction generates a neuronal resonance.
What does a customer see, or hear, touch or feel when they buy a baguette at the bakers, a coffee in a café on the corner, or the silk blouse they have always dreamed of from the boutique?
What three things do customers remember when they leave your store?
Firstly, scoring 10 out of 10 should be company policy. Creating followers is not something that is down to chance. To score a 10, the service must be beyond excellent, and it must be personalized. The image of the store needs to be professional (this concept varies from sector to sector) where required, or warmer and closer where this is preferable. No chewing gum while talking to a customer. No glancing away as our attention wanders. No answering phone calls while attending to customers.
The objective, then, is clear. To score a 10, it is fundamental to go even beyond non-negotiable standards. We must produce personalized attention. The client is actually looking for emotional intelligence in his interactions with businesses, aside from an excellent service.
The goal of customer care in your business must be to show emotional intelligence in every sale and every transaction.
Mirror neurons are a specialized kind of neurons that activate when we execute an action, or when we see another person (or animal) execute the said action. The most salient example is that of the yawn: when you yawn, look around and you will probably see more than one person yawning too. Even more, it's possible to get an urge to yawn just by thinking of other people yawning.
The power of mirror neurons cannot be undervalued in customer experience. For example, if while dealing with a customer we smile, this client will feel happier and more prone to smile. This very simple effect can have an enormous effect in income and sales: on Relay newspaper kiosks, where the average transaction time is of twenty seconds, the smile of the vendor has produced an extra 30% in sales.
The beautiful thing about this effect is that it propagates: when the customer leaves our shop smiling, he will activate the mirror neurons of other city neighbours, and this happiness will spread wherever he goes.
With all of this we want to highlight the importance of taking care of even the minimal details of customer experience in our business. From keeping a cleaner and more open shop, all the way to dressing well, smiling and talking with a happier voice; all of this has an extraordinary effect on how our clients feel. And the best thing about this is that it's a win-win situation: the client wins, because they feel better treated and more satisfied; this happiness is spread throughout society and helps improve our world; and last but not least, our business increases.


text:
Greg Stanton on Immigration
Clean DREAM Act, then comprehensive reform
Q: What, if any, steps will you take to reform current immigration policies, including the DACA program?
Greg Stanton: We must pass a clean DREAM Act so we can uphold the promises made to our DREAMers, who should be given the opportunity to continue to enrich our country and our communities. DREAMers should not be used as political pawns for partisan gain.
It is essential that Congress passes a bi-partisan comprehensive immigration reform bill that allows for a path to citizenship and also provides for additional security across our border. We also need to reform our legal immigration system so that our economy can benefit from the highly skilled workers that are getting an education here in the US but are unable to stay. Source: League of Women Voters 2018 House AZ-9 Questionnaire , Sep 9, 2018
PVS:Let illegal immigrants apply for citizenship.
Stanton opposes the PVS survey question on rejecting amnesty
Project Vote Smart inferred whether candidates agree or disagree with the statement, 'Immigration: Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? PVS self-description: "The Political Courage Test provides voters with positions on key issues. Historically, candidates have failed to complete our test due to the advice they receive from their advisors and out of fear of negative attack ads." Source: PVS Survey 18PVS-12b on Aug 1, 2018
Increase both high-skill and family-based visa caps.
Stanton co-sponsored the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act
Legislative SummaryThis bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas. It also removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China. The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY2020-FY2022, by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability), EB-3 (skilled and other workers), and EB-5 (investors) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas. Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85% shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country.
Explanation from the Countable.US: Under the current immigration system, immigrants from any one country can claim no more than 7% of the 140,000 employment-based green cards issued annually to foreign nationals working in the U.S. This significantly disadvantages immigrants from larger countries that more immigrants come from.
For example, China (population 1.3 billion) and India have large backlogs of workers wishing to immigrate to and work in the U.S., but they have the name visa caps as countries such as Iceland or Estonia (population 1.3 million), which have both much smaller populations and far fewer citizens seeking to immigrate to the U.S.
The net effect of this is that immigrants from India and China can face decades-long waits, averaging 2-3 times the wait times for immigrants from other countries, for green cards, and many have to return home because they can't get permanent residency; meanwhile, countries such as Iceland and Estonia never come close to reaching their visa limit caps.
Legislative outcome Roll call 437 in House on 7/10/2019 passed 365-65-2; referred to Committee in Senate 7/9/2019; no action as of 1/1/2020. Source: S.386/H.R.1044 19-HR1044 on Feb 7, 2019
Click here for definitions & background information on Immigration.
Click here for HouseMatch answers by Greg Stanton.
Click here for a summary of Greg Stanton's positions on all issues.
Click here for a summary of Greg Stanton's positions on the AmericansElect.org quiz.
Click here for contact information for Greg Stanton.
Click here for a Wikipedia profile of Greg Stanton.
Click here for a Ballotpedia profile of Greg Stanton.
2017-18 Governor, House and Senate candidates on Immigration: Greg Stanton on other issues: