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TUC Event - Green Is Good For Growth
The TUC are holding several events towards the end of this year, one which our readers may be interested in is the TUC Climate Change Conference: Green is Good for Growth which is being held at Congress House on October 23rd. To book your place visit www.tuc.org.uk/events
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RIDDOR Review Comes To A Close
Consultation on proposals to simplify and clarify RIDDOR reporting will shortly be coming to an end so if you have any views on proposals to simplify and clarify how businesses comply with the requirements under the Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations please put your ideas forward as soon as possible. Consultation began on 2 August 2012 and ends on 28 October 2012. You can view and respond to the consultation at RIDDOR Consultation
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New Center For Graphene Development Planned
We read an interesting article in the Construction Enquirer regarding graphene which has been dubbed the new 'miracle material'. The new substance won its discoverers the Nobel Prize and is held out as one of the great finds of the 21st century. Up to 200 times stronger than steel and just one atom thick, graphene is the strongest and thinnest material ever measured, and also the world's most conductive material. With many potential uses within industry the government are backing plans by Manchester...
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Government Agrees To Major Industries Shake-up
The government is set to transform the skills of those joining the construction industry by transferring hundreds of millions of pounds for training programmes from local colleges to employers. This is a long awaited and very welcome strategy as Britain goes through the current decline in skills and lack of investment has hindered progress. For more on this article visit Government agrees to major industry skills shakeup
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Asbestos Prosecutions in Bolton
Once again the HSE has come down hard on those not adhering to the Asbestos regulations. Two companies have been prosecuted after workers were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres at a mill in Bolton. It is sad to hear that even with all the press and coverage situations like these are still occurring. For more on this story visit Firms prosecuted over asbestos danger at Bolton mill
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Asbestos - Fraudsters Collude To Trick Independent School
An interesting story on the HSE web site; Two men colluded with each other to commit fraud by falsifying a record stating that a school in Abingdon had been properly cleaned of asbestos. So why would they do such a thing? Well apparently excuses like 'last day at the company' and 'it was a Sunday' came out at the inquest along with the temptation of finishing work early. A very unusual case, but at what cost to those using the building? For more on this story visit Fraudsters collude to trick...
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Putting The Record Straight
For those of you that don't already know the HSE has a web page where they respond to various news articles that are critical of health and safety. If you would like to know more visit HSE: Putting the Record Straight
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Newsletter - August 2012
The August 2012 edition of the Ai Solutions Newsletter is now available: August Newsletter.
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Elimination Of Asbestos-Related Diseases
For those of you who would like to know more about Asbestos the World Health Organization has a lot of useful information about asbestos related diseases. At Ai Solutions we support the elimination of asbestos within construction. However we are a long way from achieving that due to the amount that has already been used. Asbestos based products are banned from new construction but refurbishment of buildings means our contractors come across it all the time. If you have an old building the chances...
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RIDDOR Consultations Begin
The HSE has opened two separate consultations on proposals to exempt certain self-employed people from health and safety law and simplifying the RIDDOR reporting requirements. The proposal to relieve certain self-employed people of health and safety legal obligations addresses one of the most controversial aspects of Professor Löfstedt's review. Since launching his report in November last year, the professor and the HSE have been at pains to stress that the exemption will not extend to those...
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Taylor Jackson named South Carolina Council on Competitiveness' Deputy Director of SC Logistics
(Columbia, SC) Taylor Jackson has joined the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness as the Deputy Director of SC Logistics. Taylor brings logistics expertise to the Council after having served as an Account Manager for Kuehne + Nagel, where she managed global accounts in the Southeast territory. As the Deputy Director of SC Logistics, Taylor Jackson will support the efforts of the Council's logistics initiative alongside Suzanne Dickerson, Director of SC Logistics.
"Taylor will be such a great asset to our team," said Suzanne. "Her broad range of experience and knowledge of logistics will provide essential support to the industry as well as fuel our efforts to maintain a fruitful environment for logistics in South Carolina."
Prior to her work at Kuehne + Nagel, Taylor began her maritime career in 2014 as a Rates Analyst at John S. James Company, soon transitioning to an Export Administrator.
Susie Shannon, President and CEO of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness, said that Taylor is a welcome addition to the team noting that the rapid growth in the logistics industry across the state and the onboarding of new initiatives within the Council made it an ideal time to add a Deputy Director to the SC Logistics.
"The Council team and I are thrilled to have Taylor on board," said Susie. "With a busy year ahead of us and new projects on the horizon, Taylor brings the level of talent and experience we need to help SC Logistics continue to flourish."
Dave Edwards, President and CEO of the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and chair of the SC Logistics Executive Forum echoed that sentiment saying, "We're glad to have Taylor onboard to work alongside Suzanne and help drive forward our mission to support the logistics industry across the state."
Taylor will be based in the Charleston area but will maintain SC Logistics' mission to address the needs of logistics companies across the state. "I am so excited for the opportunity to be a part of helping to make South Carolina's logistics industry successful," said Taylor. "I can't wait to get started."
Taylor received her Bachelor of Science in Political Science with a Biology Minor from Clemson University. She is actively involved with various organizations including Charleston Women in International Trade where she serves as Scholarships & Awards Chair and the Charleston Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Association where she is Vice President and Social Chair. Taylor is also Co-Chair of the Waterfront Collective in Charleston, SC, and in 2019 she won Young Leader of the Year for National Transportation Week (NTW).
About SC Logistics
SC Logistics is an initiative of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness. It is a collaborative effort to strengthen South Carolina's economy, create jobs, attract investment and become a global leader in transportation, distribution and logistics.
Through the collaborative work of our partners and under the leadership of Suzanne Dickerson, Director of Logistics initiatives, SC Logistics helps position South Carolina as a hub for the transportation of people and goods across the globe. By the very nature of the industry, logistics supports all businesses in the state and includes representation from all sectors of the industry: trucking, rail, maritime, air, distributors, manufacturers, and third-party logistics providers.
From global manufacturing companies to locally owned small businesses, SC businesses rely on logistics services at twice the rate of other purchased services.
About the SC Council on Competitiveness
The South Carolina Council on Competitiveness – The Council – is a nonpartisan, business-led, nonprofit organization that drives South Carolina's long-term economic growth through managing select industry clusters and providing the research, network, and resources that clusters require to thrive.
Led by President and CEO, Susie Shannon, the Council manages multiple initiatives and industry clusters in South Carolina including SC Aerospace, SC Logistics, TechSC, SC CyberAlley and TransformSC. It also provides resources and support to other clusters and initiatives across the state.
Industry clusters are economic ecosystems of linked industries and other entities important to competition, like suppliers of components, machinery, and services. These inter-connected ecosystems cultivate a business environment that fosters innovation. Innovation, in turn, spurs new business ventures.
The formation of the Council in 2004 marked the first time South Carolina's business, government, and academic leadership came together to address long-term competitiveness factors.
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The question has been popped, the answer has been delivered, and now it's time to plan your perfect wedding, whether that's a 300-guest affair with chandeliers and flowing champagne or something a little more low-key. According to The Knot's 2017 Real Weddings Study, the average overall cost of a full-blown wedding in the Houston area is approximately $33,884. For those in search of a less taxing route (on both your wallet and your heart), pulling off an elopement in Houston is easier than you might think.
Regardless of the size of your ceremony, you will need a marriage license in order to be legally joined in matrimony. In Texas, you can apply at any county clerk's office, but once the deed is done you or your legally approved officiant must return the completed license to the same county office you applied at. After filing, the office will mail your original back to you in all of its romantic glory and keep a copy for documentation.
Your marriage license will be valid three days after it's issued and for only 90 days after, so plan your trip to the county clerk accordingly. While some counties provide space on the license for optional witnesses to sign, a witness is not actually required to be present at your wedding in Texas—advantageous for those hankering to ride off into the sunset together on their own.
Heather's Glen in Montgomery County accommodates elopements.
Once you have your legal ducks in a row, the excitement of location scouting can begin. You can search for your location and officiant separately if you don't already have those pieces of the puzzle ironed out, but due to the rise in demand in recent years, many local wedding and event centers offer elopement packages. Heather's Glen in Montgomery County, for example, provides a multitude of officiant-included packages for elopements alongside chapel and garden wedding options. Blisswood Bed and Breakfast will also arrange for an officiant, and since it's an overnight establishment, there's no post-ceremony travel required.
If you want to arrange your ceremony at an even lower cost—as in, little to none—a trip to the beach or a local park might be in order. Just be sure to call whoever maintains that land to check on entrance or gathering fees, especially if you plan to have any friends or family tag along.
Don't forget: We also have a truly beautiful county courthouse that makes for an incredible backdrop to your elopement. Unfortunately, weddings at the 1910 Harris County Courthouse cannot be scheduled ahead of time and are instead offered on first-come, first-served basis, as stated on Judge Jay Karahan's website.
As for your officiant, if you aren't already making arrangements with your preferred religious leader, a county judge, or a justice of the peace, sites like Wedding Wire provide lists of local officiants for hire along with reviews from their previous clients.
When you look good, you feel good, and there are no boundaries when it comes to elopement ensembles. Popular stores have certainly caught on to the trend with favorites like David's Bridal, ModCloth, and BHLDN all offering brides an array of dresses and outfits at just about every price point. Some couples opt for casual-chic while others go all out with tulle and tiaras just as they would with standard nuptials. No matter what you decide to wear, the essential component to your wedding day garb is how you feel in it.
As with everything but the license (and committed partner), a photographer or videographer for an elopement is completely optional. For many, though, capturing their day, no matter how big, to share with loved ones or keep as their own cherished memories (or even to post online for those sweet, sweet elopement hashtags) is important, and finding the right photographer can sometimes be challenging. Yelp, Facebook, and the aforementioned Wedding Wire are all great sites for exploring the local talent. Make sure to check availability and pricing with each potential pick.
These days, an elopement is less often a secret, clandestine runaway and more a financial or personal decision by two people wanting to get married as simply as possible. And while eloping certainly carries fewer steps and stresses, there are still important measures to take. Lucky for us, there's no need to run off to Vegas—Houston is a magical place to arrange an elopement perfectly tailored to your own tastes.


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The weekend of May 5th at Camp Whitman on Seneca Lake, sixteen men came down the hill looking to get something. In my planning for this as Weekend Coordinator, I had no idea that this was the 25th anniversary of the very weekend of the Upstate New York area holding New Warrior Training Adventures there.
I am happy of my ignorance, I might have wanted to do something differently, added something "special" and nothing needed to be. Men from the Upstate New York Area came together with our brothers from Montreal, Central Great Lakes and a large contingent from the Philadelphia Area. I want to echo the words of our Ritual Elder Steve Aman and state to all of the staff from out of town, "You are forever a part of the UNY community!". Everyone was so totally focused on the initiates and striving for excellence, providing them what they came to get, that there was no room for anything else.
Our UNY 25th Anniversary NWTA was an important and remarkable milestone for our community!
We would like to give special thanks to Wegman's for their generous donations to our weekend!


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School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
This web site summarizes and provides links to my research activities, done in collaboration with my research team. See the publications page for a sequential list of publications.
Multidimensional Signal Processing: My work on multidimensional signal processing for signals defined on lattices is presented in my book Multidimensional Signal and Color Image Processing Using Lattices, Wiley, 2019. Supporting material including MATLAB scripts to reproduce the figures in the book and additional complementary material can be found on the Companion Web Site.
Demosaicking: This research is mainly concerned with reconstructing a full color image from a sensor equipped with a color filter array (CFA). We have developed the adaptive luma-chroma demultiplexing algorithm, and we are working to adapt it to many different CFA geometries, and to deal with the presence of noise. See our demosaicking page for more details.
Color spaces: I have fully developed the vector space approach to representing color spaces, with application to color signal processing. This was published in a monograph in the Morgan Claypool Synthesis Lectures. See my color space page for more details.
Stereoscopic Imaging: I have developed the 'Dubois Anaglyph' method widely used in stereoscopic visualization tools. See my anaglyph page for more details. PhD student Luis Gurrieri is working on stereoscopic panoramas.
Image sampling and reconstruction: Sampling and reconstruction of images and video, including sampling structure conversion. More details on our image sampling page.
Click on the sampling structure to the left to see a perspective view of the progressive scanning structure as a red-cyan anaglyph.
NAVIRE: NAVigation in Image-based Representations of Real-World Environments. Tele-Presence refers to a family of technologies that electronically create the impression and experience of being in a remote place or environment and interacting with that environment. This project aims to create such high-quality immersive experiences that provide the sense of "being there" through the use of image-based models. See the video by Luis Gurrieri.
I received the 2013 George S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa. Slides, videos and photos.


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Beryl Mining at Devil's Peak
August 25, 2017 Tymon Mines, Quarries + Dredging
Tymon Mellor: In 1955 mineral prices were on the rise and there was a large influx of new population into Hong Kong, mineral extraction and mine development was a growth industry. Sensational mining stories and corruption were not uncommon. In April, 1955 an amateur geologist, Corporal William Bruce Harries, of the Royal Army Educational Corps discovered a deposit of Beryl at Devil's Peak, and was immediately engulfed in sensational stories about the development and value of the find.
This article discusses abandoned mine workings, the entrances, tunnels and adits have not be maintained in over 50 years and their condition is unknown.
These workings should not be entered in to as they may be unsafe.
SCMP Mineral Descovery
Corporal Harries, having found the mineral deposit in the Devils Peak area, was keen to exploit the find, however as a servant of the Crown he was debarred from obtaining a prospecting licence. Thus, he contacted a number of local mining interests and in April, 1955 the Far Eastern Prospecting and Development Corporation Ltd, an associated company of Wheelock Marden & Co Ltd applied for a prospecting license for 346 acres in the Devils Peak area. The prospecting licence was issued on the 16th May, 1955 and Corporal Harries was lined up to be the geological surveyor, once he could arrange his army discharge.
The map below shows the known mineral veins in yellow and the known mine entrances in red, there are probably more. The green beryl mineral crystals were up to 0.3m in length and 27mm in diameter. The mineral was used in what was a growing industry in the 1950's, atomic energy programmes and within high strength alloys. Horizontal and inclined trial adits were cut into the hillside to locate or follow the mineral vein.
Devils Peak Mineral Vein and Known Workings
According to the South China Morning Post of the 3 September, 1955 the value of the ore had been exaggerated and was "nothing like the price of US$50,000" per ton quoted, the actual value for ore with 10% beryllium oxide being US$380. The development company wished to correct the reports on the value of the ore as they were concerned the high values would encourage illegal prospecting in their area.
Hand Picking Mineral Ore
Two samples from the Devils Peak find were analysed in the United States and showed varying mineral quantities from 4.3% to 13.9% beryllium oxide. This was sufficient to support development of the mine using hand excavation methods and the beryl crystals extracted from the crushed rock by hand. Prospecting for the ore continued for a number of years but by 1959 with no significant discoveries that could be economically exploited, the workings were abandoned.
Abandoned Mine Entrance (Photo Edward Ng)
What happened to Corporal Harries is not recorded, but he was intent on staying in Hong Kong, may be you know of him?
Government Records Office HKRS 156-1-4561 Memo "Beryl Ore" dated 31st August, 1955
South China Morning Post 3rd September, 1955
HK Government Geological Map
Geology of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, Memoir No 2 Geotechnical Control Office, Civil Engineering Services Department, Hong Kong
This article was first posted on 25th August 2017.
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Devil's Peak Beryl Mine – Far Eastern Property and Development Corporation Ltd
Greetings from the UK, and thank you for a fascinating article. I am currently researching my family tree, and among some of my grandfather's documents I discovered a mini-autobiography in which he explains that, while he served in Hong Kong with the RAEC in 1952-55, he ran classes in geology and mineralogy for service personnel and their families. There is no mention of Cpl. Harries by name, but my grandfather did mention (in very modest terms) that the discovery was made by one of his students and that he himself "identified the first specimen and deposits" of beryl found in Hong Kong. I should mention that he was a very keen gemmologist and FGA, so he knew what he was doing. I wanted to learn more about the subject, and stumbled across this very enlightening article. Thank you!
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Today, we are describing a tool that is a must-have add-on for online merchants who run brick-and-mortar stores – the Magento 2 uStoreLocator extension by Unirgy. The Magento 2 module provides integration with Google Maps and allows your customers to quickly find nearby offline stores and get directions to get there.
The backend side of the extension is quite straightforward and doesn't require spending much time on its configuration from Magento admins. In a few simple steps, online sellers can locate their physical stores on the map and add a more detailed description to each of them to provide customers with the improved user experience.
Below, we further explore the features of the uStoreLocator extension for Magento 2 and look at its configuration settings.


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Soulji Releases Debut EP on Monstercat
The enigmatic producer releases his first EP on the well known Canadian label
Aric M Manthey
There's no shortage of great releases from Monstercat. Since their inception in 2011, the label has prided itself on releasing at least a few tracks every week and have cultivated a hard core following in the process. They went a step further this past January by creating a new imprint, Monstercat: Instinct and pushing the weekly releases from 3 to 5. In the process of doing so, they have uncovered more talented artists that deserved their share of the spotlight. Case in point, enigmatic producer, Soulji.
Not much is known about the producer at this time, but he's looking to change that with the release of his first EP titled, "Black Mask". If you're a fan of dark house music, you are sure to be a fan of this EP. Black Mask is filled with damp chord progressions, old school house beats and dark vibes all around.
From listening to the EP, I get the feeling that Soulji is exploring the old underground house sound with a tinge of mystery. There's times where this EP reminds me of Zhu and to me, that's a great compliment. Soulji may not have a deep catalog of music just yet but he's sure to win over house fans with his latest work.
If you haven't had the chance to listen to the EP, a Spotify link previewing all of the tracks can be found below. Black Mask is available now on Monstercat's website and all major streaming sites.
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The late artist's mother, Beth Ingalls, recently launched a GoFundMe campaign with the ultimate goal of launching a foundation in her son's name.
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Viberate's upcoming guest panel will host two music marketing veterans.
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NERVO Announce 2022 Las Vegas Residency With Zouk Group
The twins will join Zedd, Tiësto and more as residents at Ayu Dayclub and Zouk Nightclub.
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Feed Me Releases Monstercat Debut, "Money, Destiny"
The prolific producer has put forth the first of his new Monstercat releases.
Tchami x Malaa Have Released Collaborative EP, "No Redemption"
The famous House producers have released their 5 track EP that is sure to leave their respective fanbases wanting more.
Stephen Makes Monstercat Debut With "Stay" and "Play Me Like a Violin"
The popular dance label has released a pair of tracks from one of the most unique artists to ever be under their label.
Charlie Crown recruits Hyara for his debut release, "Loner."
The producer formerly known as Flapo is off to a fresh start with his Charlie Crown project.
Eptic Drops Blistering Single "Shadow People" on Monstercat
The release could signal an EP on the horizon.
[LISTEN] Monstercat Celebrates 9th Birthday with 90s Themed Compilation Release
As Monstercat turns 9, the iconic label is celebrating with 90s-themed covers of tracks from Darude, Daft Punk, and more.
Nero members Dan Stephens and Alana Watson release first single under new project, "The Night"
After a cryptic social media post last week, two former members of Nero have released the first of many singles with their new project, The Night.
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Coronavirus and COVID-19 News & Resources
Gov. Justice Issues Executive Order For 3 Eastern Panhandle Counties After COVID-19 Cluster Found
West Virginia Public Broadcasting | By Dave Mistich
Published April 3, 2020 at 8:46 PM EDT
Martinsburg Berkeley County Convention and Visitors Bureau
In this photo, downtown Martinsburg in Berkley County is shown.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has issued an executive order specific to three Eastern Panhandle counties following the discovery of a cluster of confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The governor announced the new regulations in a news release issued Friday evening.
The directive — specific to Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties — limits group gatherings to five people, directs all businesses to require employees to work from home as much as possible and calls on local health departments to establish a maximum occupancy and proper social distance for all essential businesses.
Those health departments will be allowed to take action to enforce regulations under the governor's order.
The West Virginia National Guard has been directed to provide logistical support and services to county agencies. State Police have also been directed to assist with the enforcement of local county orders.
Friday's executive order comes hours after a news conference in which Justice and state health officials announced the discovery a cluster of COVID-19 cases in the Eastern Panhandle. Justice and state health officials provided little detail about the cluster.
The order is in addition to a statewide stay at home directive that was issued Tuesday, March 24.
Berkeley County Health Department administrator Bill Kearns told West Virginia Public Broadcasting Friday evening that the county is reporting 45 confirmed cases of the virus and that the number is "rapidly increasing" day to day.
"In Berkeley County within the last week, I would say we're seeing an estimate of probably about between 20 to 30 percent increase each day," Kerns added.
As of Friday, DHHR is reporting 37 cases in the county — but has said they are now updating their count daily at 10 a.m.
Kerns said he welcomes the executive order and the help from state agencies. He said there have been growing concerns in the area about whether some businesses are operating when they shouldn't be.
"We've had some complaints from people within the community about some establishments are closed but not others," Kearns said. "Those establishments are feeling that they're essential — such as department stores. So certainly we're going to be looking at those as to whether they actually are truly essential services within the counties and what direction we need to go."
Kearns said local officials will also be looking closely at how to implement maximum occupancies for each business that is deemed essential.
While Justice and other officials were not specific earlier Friday on the exact location of the new outbreak, the governor said 60 positive cases had been confirmed between Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
State health officer Dr. Cathy Slemp said the growing numbers in the Eastern Panhandle are not tied to "one facility or entity" and that the spread of the virus is throughout that region of the state.
But in an email to staff and parents of school children of Berkeley County Schools dated Wednesday, April 1, Superintendent Dr. Patrick Murphy relayed information from the Berkeley-Morgan County Board of Health that indicates that the coronavirus has been detected in some residents associated with the local school system.
"COVID-19 is present in Berkeley County with a rapid daily increase in the number of people with this infection," Berkeley County health officer Dr. Terrence Reidy wrote. "Infection has been identified in a few individuals who are associated with the school system. This has been expected since students, employees and volunteers are as likely as everyone else to be infected."
It is unclear to what degree identified positive cases in the school system have affected the cluster and the spread of the virus.
Justice also announced Friday evening that President Donald Trump has granted West Virginia a federal disaster declaration.
The declaration makes available funding to the state and eligible local governments, as well as certain private non-profit organizations. The funding would provide for emergency protective measures including direct federal assistance in all areas of West Virginia impacted by COVID-19.
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A native of Washington, West Virginia, Dave Mistich joined West Virginia Public Broadcasting in October of 2012, as the Charleston Reporter. After bouncing around a variety of newsroom roles at WVPB, he now focuses on state-level politics and government, as well as breaking news. Dave plays on the world's best-worst softball team, Chico's Bail Bonds. He can be reached via email at dmistich@wvpublic.org and you can follow him on Twitter @davemistich.
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01/16/2014 05:00 pm ET Updated Jan 25, 2014
Jason Brown, Olympic Figure Skater, On His First TV Interview: 'This Isn't Real Life!?' (VIDEO)
A year ago, Chicago-area figure skater Jason Brown was ranked the ninth-best figure skater in the nation, mired in the middle of the pack of elite male athletes gunning for next month's Sochi Olympics.
Flash forward a year and the 19-year-old Highland Park, Ill. native is a viral sensation preparing to head to his first Olympic Games.
Days on the heels of his exuberant "Riverdance" program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Boston capturing the hearts of the nation, Brown was interviewed Wednesday morning by Chicago's WGN Morning News team (embedded above). It was clear the teen's excitement won't be wearing off anytime soon.
"Honestly, I have no idea what's going on," Brown told WGN. "It's so crazy. … I can't even believe where it got me and where I ended up and that I'm leaving in three weeks to go to Russia. I can't even get my mind wrapped around that."
Brown went on to express shock that the video of his silver medal-winning free skate had gotten 800,000 views on YouTube -- it's now 1.5 million as of Thursday afternoon -- before, literally, letting his trademark shaggy hair down.
The segment apparently marked Brown's first-ever TV news interview.
"@WGNMorningNews: @jasonbskates thanks for chatting today. Good luck! http://t.co/Q01PYupvyW" This isn't real life!? First interview on TV!
— Jason Brown (@jasonbskates) January 15, 2014
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Jason Brown competes during the men's free skate at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)


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Maoricolpus roseus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae.

A subspecies of this species has been described: Maoricolpus roseus manukauensis Powell, 1931. But it is now considered a synonym.

Description
The length of the shell attains 41.8 mm.

Distribution
This species found only in New Zealand.

References

 Marwick, J. (1931). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177. 18: pls.
 Probst, T. A. & Crawford, C. M. (2008) Population characteristics and planktonic larval stage of the New Zealand screwshell Maoricolpus roseus. Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(2):191-197
 Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
 Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81

External links
 Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.
 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
 Suter H. (1908). Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 22-42, pls 2-3
 Kiener, L.C. (1838). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 10. Famille des Turbinacées. Genre Turritelle (Turritella, Lam.), pp. 1-46, pl. 1-14 [pp. 1-46 (1844), pl. 1-3, 5, 7-14 (1843), 4, 6 (1844); Scalaire (Scalaria, Lam.), pp. 1-22, pl. 1-7 [all (1838)]; Cadran (Solarium,Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [all (1838)]; Roulette (Rotella, Lam.), pp. 1-10, pl. 1-3 [all (1838)]; Dauphinule (Dephinula, Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [pp. 1-10 (1838), 11-12 (1842); pl. 1 (1837), 2-4 (1838]; Phasianelle (Phasianella, Lam.), pp. 1-11, pl. 1-5 [pp. 1-11 (1850); pl. 1-3, 5 (1847), 4 (1848)]; Famille des Plicacées de Lamarck, et des Trochoides de Cuvier. Genre Tornatelle (Tornatella, Lamarck), pp. 3-6, pl. 1 [all (1834)]; Genre Pyramidelle (Pyramidella), Lamarck, pp. 1-8, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; [Famille des Myacées.] Genre Thracie (Thracia, Leach), pp. 1-7, pl. 1-2 ]
  Molnar, J. L.; Gamboa, R. L.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6(9): 485-492
  Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Turritella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London

Turritellidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1834
Endemic molluscs of New Zealand
Endemic fauna of New Zealand

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Last Sunday on Sup Holmes we spoke with Dave Oshry, the man who helped resurrect Rise of the Triad before becoming VP of Business Development at Gunnar Optics and CEO of New Blood Interactive (Super Galaxy Squadron). Dave's pretty young to be a CEO and a Vice President, but in many ways, he has his youth to thank for his professional success. His ideal life consists of getting his friends together from around the world and having as much fun as they possibly can, and it was through following those ideals that he got to where he is today.
It struck me during our discussion is that Dave's definition of "fun" seemed to be transforming right before my eyes. The fact that he openly identifies with the hubris-fueled fictional lawyer Saul Goodman says volumes on how Dave feels about where he's been and where he's going.
Once you've mastered the non-stop social circuit that makes up the life of a business and community developer, where do you go from there? It's fun to make friends and even better deals, but what do you do when those friendships are already made and those deals are already done? For Dave, you start making the best videogames that you possibly can, and given how much he loves videogames, I have no doubt he's going to be able to make the transition from social dynamo to behind-the-scenes producer in record time.


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4335 Verona eller 1983 VC7 är en asteroid i huvudbältet som upptäcktes den 1 november 1983 av Cavriana-observatoriet i Bologna. Den är uppkallad efter den italienska staden Verona.

Asteroiden har en diameter på ungefär 5 kilometer.

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ing sector have called for more funding to help stimulate the economy.
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Brent Mortgage Bank Limited, Kola Abidal who made this statement at the launch of new mortgage products in Lagos, recently also said housing provision requires huge capital outlay, which is often beyond the capacity of the middle and low income groups, hence the need for adequate funding for the sector.
According to him, adequate housing provision have remained one of the three most important basic needs mankind explaining that millions of families are living under sub-optima's conditions.
Also speaking at the launch, Stephen Obi, another stakeholder who is also a mortgage banker, described housing deficit as governments' inability to house its citizenry properly.
He noted that bridging the housing deficit will create at least one million new jobs in the sector, calling for contributions by states and local governments through land donations, tax reduction and other related elements.
He said, " the effort would stimulates the economy by pushing a lot of money into circulation. Every recessive economy needs a stimulus as we can see from around the world, money being spent at all levels at the same time will move the economics of buying and spending to revive the economy".


At a busy street corner in West Sacramento, Sara Bernal stretches out a long tube of irrigation piping in a vacant lot.
"I'm just going to walk this out the length of the field," she says.
Bernal is with the Center for Land Based Learning and a beginning farmer. The almost one-acre field is the site of a former gas station, but soon Bernal says she plans to grow all sorts of produce.
"We're going to be doing rainbow carrots, white satin carrots, all sorts of heirloom Italian beans, melons, cucumbers, summer squash eggplants, five types of peppers," says Bernal.
The list goes on. Soil tests show the site is not contaminated, but she's covered it with about a foot of organic topsoil. She says the goal of the project is to sell what the land produces at Farmers Markets and to restaurants.
West Sacramento is leasing the plot to her for one dollar for five years. Gabriel Gorritz lives nearby. He says the urban farms are a great idea and thinks more people should get involved in growing their own food.
West Sacramento and the Center for Land Based Learning hope to create more urban farms within the next few months. The city says the project aligns with its goal to become a food industry hub.
The Sacramento City Council voted last night to make Sacramento an "Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone."


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Q: populating UIPickerView with 4 components? I have a UIPickerView where the numberOfComponentsInPickerView=4.
But how do I populate each component, as they have different value ranges?
Thanks

A: by implementing – pickerView:numberOfRowsInComponent: of the pickers datasource.
- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView{
    return 4;
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If the components change, you can call [aPickerView reloadComponent:<numberOfComponent>]
or [aPickerView reloadAllComponents] if even the number of components changes.
The dataSource and the viewDelegate documentation.
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I just put my very first iPhone program on GitHub, that is a coffee configuration based on a 3 or 4 component picker: You can select amount, kind and one option for every coffee. Except for Latte — there you can choose two different options. You will find it in this repository as "M18Coffee". As I said: my very first program — might be rough.


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CEO handover speech by John Daley
Two of my most memorable experiences while at Grattan have both been supplied by Jonathan Green. One Sunday morning – my birthday – at 7.30am, I walked to the ABC studios to talk with Jonathan about Thomas Picketty's book Capital for 20 minutes on Radio National. It's not everyone's idea of the perfect birthday present, but it was for me.
And on another occasion, Jonathan asked my wife, Rebecca Coates, and I to talk on air about our large gardening opportunity near Kyneton. Until we write our definitive book about the virtues of art galleries for regional development, it is one of the few things you will find that we have done together online. But of course, Rebecca has been a constant collaborator in thinking about how to make Grattan 'a thing'.
As part of our large gardening opportunity, we grow vegetables. I once announced a Grattan competition for the most innovative dish produced using an oversize zucchini, a test so taxing that it has not yet featured on MasterChef. But given the otherwise suppressed competitive instincts of Grattan's staff, the challenge did succeed in disposing of a large quantity of otherwise inedible produce.
We have also planted a lot of trees on a property that was more or less denuded when we bought it about 16 years ago. Our plantings since reflect what Noel Pearson has described as the three parts of Australia's story: Indigenous, British, and multicultural.
There are now hundreds of red, yellow, and grey box; river red, black, and swamp gums; swamp, silver, and black wattles, blackwoods and prickly moses. These are old plants, and they endure like Australia's Indigenous culture. I'd like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation who are the traditional owners of the land where this function is happening tonight, and recognise their history, culture, and contributions to Australia.
We've also planted dozens of oak trees. Many people think of English Oaks (Quercus robusta for the nerds) as the essence of Britain. It's no coincidence that the House of Commons in London is lined with oak. It's a hard wood that endures. And like the governance institutions of the United Kingdom, oaks have transplanted remarkably well to Australia. Their tap roots penetrate all the way down to the water table, so that a 100-year oak just over the fence of our property remained bright green throughout the millennial drought. Like those British institutions, oaks often protect people from the harshness of what the world can throw at us: fire, sun, or unpleasant weather.
And for many years we've been planting a lot of other oak species from all over the world: scarlet, gall, and cork oaks from Europe, daimyo and Chinese cork oaks from Asia, Californian live oaks and white oaks from North America, and Algerian oaks from Africa. So far we only have a fraction of the 600 species worldwide, but the collection is growing, like the multicultural society that is now so much part of Australia.
Planting trees can be pretty frustrating. They get transplant shock. They get eaten by hares and kangaroos. They die off in the hot summer, or the winter frost. But there are few things as satisfying as planting a tree once it gets going. The oaks we planted 11 years ago in the year that I started at Grattan are now four or five bigger than me. And they have about 500 years to go before they reach maturity.
For me, that's the most satisfying thing about Grattan. It's already a tree much bigger than me. And I expect it will keep growing for a lot longer as well.
That's in the nature of good institutions.
I started my academic life as a constitutional lawyer. Grattan staff will tell you that nothing gets me so excited as discovering that there might be a constitutional law angle to a policy problem. The study of constitutional law is the source of one of my most deep-seated beliefs: a government of laws – of institutions – is a better way to live. Six months of COVID-19 have been a brutal global tutorial to show how much good government matters – not just to living better, but to living at all.
Democracy matters because history shows that it leads to better government more often than the alternatives. If you believe in democracy, then you have to take seriously the idea that voters can get it right. Over time, even a difficult argument in the public square can gain public support, and then governments will follow. That's why I've always passionately believed that Grattan should talk with the public, aiming to change public opinion.
But good government isn't purely democratic. Good government depends on expert institutions that interact with democratically elected representatives to produce outcomes better than either would produce alone. Grattan is one of those highly undemocratic institutions that helps our democratic institutions do better. At their best, those institutions have norms and a life bigger than any one individual who works for them. But in the end they are no more than the result of the efforts of those who work there.
Owning a garden – or governing an institution – is a bit of an illusion. One likes to think that one is responsible for its success. But it's not really true. The growing gets done by the plants, and the hard work gets done by the gardeners. On the other hand, no owners, no vision, no garden.
So I would like to thank the past, present, and by-Zoom Board of Grattan for creating the garden in which we could plant the Grattan tree. I spoke at Grattan's launch and at the 10th anniversary about some of that history, so I won't go through it again today. But I will mention one vital part of that history. They say that the trick to a good tree is to plant a $5 tree in a $50 hole. Well, we wouldn't be here today if the Board hadn't set up Grattan well, and made the very brave decision to hire an inaugural chief executive who hadn't been part of government for 10 years before he was hired at Grattan.
That Board has been wise in many ways. It hasn't tried to dictate outcomes. If you try to grow a tree to fit a shape dictated in advance, you get very small, very slow-growing bonsai. Running the institution just to keep donors or governments happy is ultimately a recipe for a weak tree that falls over in the first storm.
But I do want to acknowledge the wise advice that the Board has regularly provided to the head gardener, about when to plant, when to root up, and when to prune judiciously. I'd particularly like to thank Glyn Davis, David Kemp, and Ian Watt for their advice on the content of any number of Grattan reports. They only ever provided advice in the spirit that it was my job to decide whether or not to take it. Usually I took it, because it was very good advice. Occasionally I didn't take it, and I usually regretted that later.
I'd also like to acknowledge the counsel of Grattan's two chairs, Allan Myers and Alex Chernov. They usually gave me my head. They occasionally – wisely – told me that I should think again. And they resolutely backed Grattan whenever an external stakeholder had failed to convince Grattan's staff of the merits of its point of view, and then made the foolish error of thinking that pressuring the Board might help.
And the Board has been generous in acknowledging that the success of Grattan is primarily the result of the extraordinary efforts of its extraordinary staff. After all, when you visit a garden, you mostly go to see the trees, not the owners.
The staff at Grattan have been an extraordinary group of colleagues, friends, and fellow-travellers in the mission to improve Australia's government. Visitors often remark on Grattan's culture; what they're seeing is the humanity of the people who work there. They all have that rare combination of figuring out the right answer much faster than the average bear, while knowing that they just might be wrong. That intellectual honesty is at the core of Grattan. It's why people – politicians, public servants, journalists, and the public – trust us.
That trust has been back in fashion through the COVID-19 crisis of this year. Contrary to social media speculation, I did not engineer the virus in a Chinese laboratory in a cunning plan to demonstrate Grattan's flexibility. But the crisis has shown how Grattan can make enormous contributions to both official and public thinking within weeks on a problem that was definitely not on the work-plan in January 2020. Results just in show that Grattan has had a bigger media presence on COVID-19 than almost all other think tanks put together. A good tree can blow with the breeze, but stand fast. And that is exactly what Grattan's staff have done.
I'd particularly like to thank all of the Program Directors of Grattan, past and present, for your support. Our weekly meetings have been a pleasure. As a result of your wisdom, the management decisions in my name were invariably much better than the decisions I would have made by myself. You have coped with my suggestions and illegible hand-writing with good grace. And you have all taken the opportunity of Grattan to drive Australian public policy to a better place.
I'd also like to thank those who have worked on the Australian Perspectives team over the years. Danielle Wood, Brendan Coates, Cassie McGannon, and Carmela Chivers have managed 'my' projects successfully, and the Chief Executive less so. You indulged the Chief Executive's desire to do the fun stuff of writing reports, primarily by writing them for him, and then tolerating his failure to work through them until very late in the piece. They have been some of my most enjoyable times at Grattan, both working with you, and then bringing the best of your thinking to the wider world.
Another freedom I have had at Grattan was to work with two of the best editors in the business. James Button and Paul Austin share a fascination for football that I find incomprehensible. But I do understand their brilliant instincts as truly great pruners, prepared to take away a branch, no matter how pretty the acorns, if that's what the tree needs. Both of them are artists, who love beautiful writing. For them, Grattan reports have a moral purpose. But they've also imposed an aesthetic a little for its own sake in a world that always needs a little more beauty. Writing is a craft, which one never stops learning. It's been an immense privilege to have my writing improved by them over the last 11 (I'm sorry Paul, past 11) years.
People often pontificate about the virtues of cross-disciplinary thinking; Grattan is one of the few places that I've seen where people with science, arts, economics, and legal backgrounds work together to produce results quickly that are better than the sum of the parts. It's been a luxury to work with so many fascinating people from such varied backgrounds.
An enormous thank you to all the staff of Grattan, past and present, for making the past 11 years such a fulfilling ride. You've done amazing work, and made me look way more knowledgeable than I am. 'Needs to put in more effort' is something I've never ever heard in a Grattan performance review. You've made Australia a better place. And you've been a really wonderful group of people to play with, whether gathered around a whiteboard, in the tea room, around the table tennis table, or over Zoom.
And finally, thank you to all of Grattan's other stakeholders. First to the University of Melbourne, without which we wouldn't be here either, and I'd like to acknowledge Duncan Maskell, its Vice-Chancellor, and his predecessor Glyn Davis for their part in Grattan. The University has provided not only material support, but an intellectual environment that at its best holds us to the very highest standards of rigour. I'd like to thank all of Grattan's other collaborators – academics, public servants, and other players in the public policy debate – whose comments have invariably turned our first drafts into much, much better reports. And thank you to all of Grattan's supporters and donors, without whom the show could not go on.
Today isn't really a farewell. It's more an abdication and a coronation. As those oak benches in the House of Commons occasionally hear, 'The King is dead. Long live the Queen'. The institution goes on well beyond me. It's incredibly satisfying to have been the first head gardener for a tree with that kind of strength.
There is no-one that I would rather have as Grattan's next head gardener than Dani. We've worked together for more than 6 years. She is a brilliant economist (one description that I have never been entitled to), a compassionate colleague (except when looking for victory on the table tennis table), and an outstanding manager. Grattan should be so lucky. I expect that Grattan will flourish under her leadership, and that she will in turn hand it on as an even more magnificent tree.
Because trees grow bigger than you. And last much longer. Most of the trees we've planted near Kyneton will not grow even to half size within my lifetime. I hope that will also be true of Grattan. I look forward to seeing how Grattan keeps growing in stature, and for the sake of Australia I hope my grandchildren will too.
One person can plant many trees. But you probably only get to create an institution once in your life. Grattan has been that chance for me. Thank you everyone for being part of it.


"Such a worthy cause. Thank you Cheryl "
"Trust but verify! Good luck Cheryl! Joyal Homes"
"Have fun up there, Spider Girl!"
"Happy to support my friend and Habitat. "
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"Wishing you the best! Your friends at Community Bank of the South."
"You are an amazing woman , mother and wife. Gett'er done!! I love you 😘"
"The Sun Plumbing Team is behind you Cheryl!"
"Habitat for Humanity does such important work. Happy to help!"
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So first things first, when I picked up this book I didn't realize that it was the second in the series. I should have checked on that before I requested it. I have not read the first book of the series and that put me at a disadvantage while reading this book. We are thrown into the action from the beginning, I assume pretty much where the first book left off. Eventually most of the questions that were floating around in my head while reading were answered it just took a while to get there. So occasionally I was a bit lost. I almost threw in the towel, but I kept with it. Am I glad I did, eh the jury is still kind of out.
The story was interesting. The bad guys are the "Wizards", and honestly I would have picked a scarier name for the bad guys because they are real bastards and the name Wizard just doesn't instill much fear. I keep visualizing Mickey Mouse in Fantasia. LOL Basically the bad guys are killing off the vampires, opening their chests and eating their hearts to steal the vampire's powers. Kinda gross huh? Anton is the only "good" wizard among his people. His father is the Master Wizard and did a real head case on Anton, but despite that Anton managed to turn out good.
Tyra, she is a warrior. She has been fighting the good fight for over a century. Her brother is the new king and she is a half-breed vampire/human mix. Because of her Halfling status she has always felt a bit out of step with the rest of the vampires so she made sure to be the best warrior that she could be. She is one of the strongest vampires in existence and has more than one power which is basically unheard of among vampire kind, which has brought her to the attention of the wizards. In the first book, Anton is dispatched to capture Tyra, but he can't do it. Instead he ends up watching out for her, Tyra reacts to Anton with distrust for much of the book. She is strongly attracted to Anton, but she fears the attraction and can't trust her instincts regarding Anton. She can't reconcile that a Wizard could be more than evil. On one hand I liked that Tyra is a badass and a warrior, but for some reason I just never connected with her. Something was holding me back. I can't quite put my finger on it. I am sure many readers will like Tyra; she has the qualities of a good heroine.
The different plot lines and POV's kind of reminded me of a J.R. Ward Black Dagger book. There are rotating POV's with a few plot lines interwoven. I was most intrigued by the little fierce human (I can't remember her name) we get peeks at a fierce, troubled, young woman. I may even continue this series to find out what happens to her. We also follow the king and his duties as king. As well as I think his name was Xander a vampire who recently lost his mate who is now taking care of a woman who also lost her mate and has a newborn to care for. His story is touching and you can feel his pain as he tries to deal with the death of his mate. We also get a peek of the resident tattoo artist, we don't follow him, but I wanted too! I do enjoy me a tattoo artist, especially a bad boy one!
Overall, the book was good. It wasn't great, but it had its moments and some interesting characters. I would highly recommend reading the first book before picking up this book. This doesn't seem like a series you can pick up out of order. I might have enjoyed the book more if I had all of the previous books details.
This copy was provided through NetGalley for an honest review, not other compensation was provided.


I have been meaning to write this post for ages but things just kept getting in the way. I got hand chemistry in a beauty box I ordered from Latest in Beauty a little while ago and they sure do know how to choose great products to put in the boxes.
What it says it does?
Directions: Apply evenly to clean hands morning and evening. Expect visible results in 11 days. Intended for use on hands and forearms only.
I was excited to put it to the test, as I often get quite dry hands and nothing seems to really do the trick. It says to expect visible results after 11 days, so I wasn't anticipating anything to happen instantly but I was already starting to feel a difference. My hands felt so much smoother, after the first time I put it on and it is different to the other hand creams I have used before. The hand cream really does help to hydrate your hands and my hands haven't felt as good in a really long time! After 11 days, my hands felt fantastic and it was as if they were never even dry in the first place.
I know the hand cream is for Intense Youth Complex, but I think it is perfect for anybody with dry/damaged hands and it truly does help to nourish them. Ageing hands or not, this hand cream is amazing and helps make hands firmer and softer.
Would I buy it again? This is one of the best hand creams I have ever tried, it does what it says and it is worth the price you pay. It costs £8 for 30ml and £19 for 100ml, I definitely want to buy more of their products after seeing how good their Intense Youth Complex hand cream is. I'm very impressed by this Hand Chemistry product, if you want soft, smooth, hydrated and firm hands then this is the hand cream for you! It has been named the #1 selling hand cream from October 2013 to October 2014 and it is no surprise, it truly is a great product and I would recommend it everyone.


It's Cash's, errrr Scott Elrod's birthday February 10 (1975) -- so send him a card!!!! And don't forget to send him a Valentine's Day card, too!!
Here is your CASH only photo page!
As his character Cash, he is shirtless a lot of the time, and we don't mind in the least, but I'm also showing him fully-clothed on this site, as he's also seen in his real-life persona Scott Elrod, too.
His bio is at the bottom of the page, so hope you enjoy learning more about him.
This is from the episode where Terry is donating a kidney to Cash. Yay to Terry!!!!
Yes, this is a pic of Cash & Marin kissing - Yes, it's on a page that's just supposed to have pics of Cash, but I couldn't resist putting it up here as well as on the Cash & Marin page.... so just deal w/it and enjoy it!!!! I know I will!!!
Here's a profile of Scott Elrod, aka Cash, on the ABC Television Network's "MEN IN TREES"
Elrod, who has guest-starred on "Days of Our Lives" and "CSI: NY," also appeared on "Desire" for Fox's My Network TV, which he described as a great learning experience.
While attending high school in Parker, Elrod played baseball, ran track and excelled in math and science, but was generally a bored student. He always had an entrepreneurial spirit and held several jobs, from delivering pizzas to laying the runways at Denver International Airport and modeling for local fashion retailers and print campaigns. When not working, he could be found on the track racing motorcycles.
As expected by friends and family, he joined the Air Force after graduation, trained for his pilot's license and became an air traffic controller. He had hopes of going on to fly F-16s, but realized he wanted more than what the military had to offer.
Turning to his entrepreneurial skills and modeling experience, Elrod and his best friend started a marketing company that became quite successful. During the same period he also tested his sales abilities, eventually landing the responsibility of vice president of Sales for a technology company. But Elrod says, "Sales just wasn't cutting it." It was at that point the "Top Gun" acting "thing" resurfaced and he knew he owed it to himself to give it a try.
Elrod relocated to Los Angeles three years ago and enrolled in every acting class that would accept him, studying six days a week. It obviously paid off.
His recreational interests include flying, snowboarding, racing cars and motorcycles. He keeps in shape by kickboxing and lifting weights five to six days a week. In his spare time, Elrod hangs out with his yellow lab, named Harley Davidson.
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Another excerpt from the Men of Men in Trees (April 2007) article is about Cash.
He is a relaxed nature loving boy who is comfortable making do with what life throws his way.
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Cash brings the perfect chilled-out balance to weigh against Marin's overly analytical and sometimes uptight nature.


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The photographs are genuine. However, the explanation is a work of fiction. The photographs were actually taken at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand, not in California as claimed in the message. The zoo is renowned for its rather bizarre cross-species displays. The tiger suited piglets were not given to a grieving mother tiger to help her depression, but rather to add entertainment value for zoo visitors.
In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triple tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, died shortly after birth.The mother tiger started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only "orphans" that could be found quickly were a litter of wiener pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger.
This email forward arrives with photographs of a mother tiger suckling several piglets cutely clad in "tiger" suits. The message claims that veterinarians at a Californian zoo introduced the disguised piglets to the mother tiger in an effort to alleviate her depression after she lost her real cubs. The photographs are genuine. However, the explanation is a work of fiction.
The Sriracha Tiger Zoo, an hour outside of Bangkok, Thailand, is truly an amazing place. Boasting more than 400 tigers, a handful of Asian elephants, piles of crocodiles, camels, snakes and other exotic animals, the zoo has some intriguing, yet troubling exhibits.
In one glass room, a farrowing crate entombed a pig who, lying on her side, nourished both her piglets and tiger cubs. Across the hall, another glass room housed a female tiger, who fed piglets adorned in tiger-print costumes. This incongruous display was replicated elsewhere, where enclosures housed tigers, pigs, and dogs together.
The zoo features a tiger circus and a variety of displays and shows designed to entertain guests, including crocodile and elephant shows, pig racing, "the genius pig that can calculate in 5 languages" and "Scorpion Queen, the girl with over 100 scorpions on her body". In spite of the claims in the email forward, the tiger suited piglets were not given to a grieving mother tiger to help her depression. Instead, they represent a callous manipulation of animals for the gratification of their human visitors. Other photographs show the piglets interacting with a tiger without their "tiger" disguises, so the tiger suits are clearly to increase the entertainment value of the display and are not really required. Photographs also depict a mother pig returning the "favour" by suckling tiger cubs.
It seems apparent that the author of this email forward has simply invented a touching story to suit a set of rather intriguing images. The photographs are certainly interesting. However, they do not depict an act of kindness by concerned humans intent on helping an animal in distress as implied in the message. Instead, they exemplify our unfortunate willingness to exploit our fellow creatures for our own selfish purposes.


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Binder & Binder PC v. Barnhart, 481 F. 3d 141 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2007
Plaintiff-appellant Binder & Binder, PC ("Binder") appeals from a judgment entered on August 22, 2005 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Platt, J.) dismissing for lack of jurisdiction its action against defendant-appellee Jo Anne Barnhart, as the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (the "SSA"). Binder brought this action to secure a judgment declaring that it was entitled to keep attorneys' fees paid to it by the SSA in connection with its representation of Gail S. Delnegro ("Delnegro"), who had applied for and received Social Security disability benefits. The SSA had certified and later distributed payment to Binder in the amount of $1,200, which had been withheld from Delnegro's past-due benefits pursuant to the Social Security Act. Delnegro objected to the certified payment because she claimed that her debt to Binder had been discharged in bankruptcy. Informed of Delnegro's discharge in bankruptcy, the SSA then demanded back the payment made to Binder, explaining that any debt owed to Binder had been discharged by the bankruptcy order. Binder refused to return the money and brought this declaratory judgment action in the District Court.
Following the parties' motions for summary judgment, the District Court granted summary judgment to the SSA, the court having found that (i) Binder was not entitled to attorneys' fees under the Social Security Act in connection with its representation of Delnegro; and (ii) any attorneys' fees owed had been extinguished by discharge order granted to Delnegro by the bankruptcy court. Following entry of judgment, Binder appealed to this Court, and we remanded to the District Court for a determination as to whether there was subject matter jurisdiction over Binder's claims. See Binder & Binder, P.C. v. Barnhart, 399 F.3d 128, 133-34 (2d Cir. 2005). The District Court then dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, concluding that Binder's claims did not arise under the Social Security Act.
For the reasons that follow, we find that subject matter jurisdiction lies and that the SSA lacked the authority to demand back the payment made to Binder. We vacate the judgment of the District Court and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
481 F.3d 141 (2007) BINDER & BINDER PC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.
Docket No. 05-6794-cv. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued: September 13, 2006.
Decided: March 27, 2007.
Miner '56, Roger J., "Binder & Binder PC v. Barnhart, 481 F. 3d 141 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2007" (2007). Circuit Court Opinions. 25.
https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/circuit_opinions/25


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From Indentured Apprentice to Respected Citizen: the Story of Craven Bacon and Linen Weaving in Stainforth
David S. Johnson
As in so many villages in the Yorkshire Dales, the modern economy and social mix of Stainforth have changed beyond recognition from what they had been in the past. Here, as in other villages, textiles and allied trades once played a major part in providing employment and income, and in enabling successful entrepreneurs to climb up the social ladder. One such example, as we shall see, was Craven Bacon.
Very little is to be seen on the ground in Stainforth to remind us of this textile heritage but, by teasing out from early maps and documents and by careful examination of archaeological remains, it is possible to piece together some aspects of this lost industry. Three discrete mills are known to have existed in the township, and all were water-powered. On the banks of the Ribble, a short distance upstream from the bridge, the foundations of one such mill are clear, at least during winter months. Originally a manorial corn mill for Little Stainforth, this was converted and let out in 1792 to a syndicate of five men and women as a carding, roving and spinning mill for cotton. This mill was shown on the Tithe map as ruinous in 1841, suggesting perhaps that it had been a less than successful business venture.
There is also documentary evidence of another corn mill being converted to cotton spinning, operated from 1793 by a dual partnership that also worked a cotton mill in Giggleswick. This mill may have stood just above the stepping stones on the edge of the village where there were some remains until washed away in a disastrous flood. There was also a fulling mill, known to have been operational during the seventeenth century, but its location is not known. It is possible that this was the same building as the mill just above the stepping stones.
The third mill stood just below the stepping stones, on the west bank, and the outlet from the tailrace can still be seen in the wall adjacent to the beck. This was a linen weaving mill. This is where Craven Bacon makes his entry.
On 21st May 1710 an indenture was drawn up between his mother, Jane Bacon of Threshfield and his sister, Marg[a]ret Tempest of Stainforth, on the one hand and Edmund Sanders on the other. He was the linen weaver at the mill here and he was agreeing to take Craven Bacon on as an apprentice for a term of seven years to learn the "mystery or trade of a linen weaver". The indenture, which has survived, binds Sanders to provide his new apprentice with "sufficient meat, drink, washing and lodging and shirts - meet and convenient for an apprentice of his degree", though any other needs he might have were to be provided for by his mother. In return Bacon was required to forswear "cards, dice or any other unlawful games"; "fornication he shall not commit, nor matrimony contract"; and he was forbidden from entering ale houses or taverns without his master's consent, all for the entire term of his indenture. To ensure he complied with the terms of the contract, his sister was bound in the sum of £10 though Sanders was equally bound should he fail his side of the bargain.
Edmund Sanders was by this time enjoying success and he seems to have been in partnership with, or possibly employed by, another linen weaver. A legal agreement drawn up in November 1711 saw Sanders leasing various properties in the township, including Tenter Garth, for 1000 years at 17s annual rent. The witness to this agreement was William Iveson of Stainforth, linen weaver. Tenters were frames on which raw flax was laid out to dry in the sun before the manufacturing process began: the Garth in question is the open, south-facing field above where the village's first school stood, just below the last building in the village on the Silverdale road. The issue of Sanders' status is somewhat complicated, though, as a legal agreement dated May 1705 concerned Stephen Harrison of Stainforth who was described as a linen weaver. Had Sanders originally worked for Harrison, or were they partners? Whichever it was, how did Iveson fit into the equation?
Certainly the name of Iveson had been associated with linen weaving in the village over several decades. An indenture dated January 1724 granted James and William Iveson, linen weavers, tenancy of various lands in the township. The fact that the name James appears before William's in this agreement confirms that he could not have been William's son, but was he William's father or his brother?
Craven Bacon, meanwhile, seems to have been linked to Stainforth, prior to his indenture, in more ways than one. Apart from his sister having married into a prominent local family, the Tempests, there was a link with a long-established Stainforth family whose surname was Craven. Indeed, it is probable that Craven was christened thus because of this familial link. In 1713 Isabell Craven of Stainforth, widow, drew up a will bequeathing all her possessions to her nephew and niece (she was presumably childless) with the proviso that they paid to Craven, son of the late Luke Bacon of Threshfield, the sum of £10 three years after her death.
To return to the story, Craven Bacon was duly indentured as apprentice to Edmund Sanders in 1710 but the trail peters out for a number of years: we must assume that Craven served out his term of seven years afterwards remaining in Sander's employment. The latter drew up his last will and testament in March 1726 in which he left his entire estate, barring due allowances to his wife, to his son, also Edmund. Though Edmund senior is described as a linen weaver in the will, there is no specific mention of the mill in the document; it vaguely refers to all his "messuages houses lands and tenements whatsoever", both owned and leased by him. He died the following year and the inventory drawn up then to accompany the will described him as "linen draper" and items listed and valued range from husbandry gear, livestock and domestic possessions to "goods in the working shop" as well as a shop in Settle. It may be safe to assume that Edmund senior, at some point before his demise, had handed over day-to-day running of the mill to the Ivesons, with Craven Bacon, while he dealt with selling the completed linen cloth.
Confusingly, William Iveson and Edmund junior, both signatories to the bond, were noted as yeomen farmers rather than linen weavers, though two years later Sanders was described, in a deed for various lands and a house with malt kiln, as a linen weaver. That same year, 1729, a further indenture was registered by which Craven Bacon was taking on Christopher Dobson of Stainforth as apprentice linen weaver. Bacon had come full circle: within less than two decades he had progressed from raw recruit to employer.
It would seem logical to conclude that Edmund junior had stepped aside from the linen business as he was described in a deed of 1735 as a maltster, someone who makes malt from barley for the brewing of beer; but another deed from the same month that year noted him as linen weaver. The relationship between the other people in our story - Bacon and the Ivesons - is equally difficult to sort out as they appear from time to time in seemingly similar roles. Bacon acted as witness to a transaction in June 1736 and described himself as a linen cloth weaver; in the same month James Iveson (linen weaver) took over Sanders' (maltster) two messuages with various fields, and the malt kiln and Tenter Garth. In this business the witness was Thomas Rawson of Stainforth, described as a flax dresser. From this we could surmise that Sanders was withdrawing from his business activities and that Rawson was processing the raw flax ready for Bacon and the Ivesons to turn into linen cloth, but James Iveson was variously referred to as linen weaver and flax dresser in 1736. Perhaps terminology was rather loose at that time and perhaps Rawson was employed in various roles in the business. His general absence from the set of legal transactions suggests he cannot have been a major player.
There is a gap of ten years before we meet our protagonists again. Two indentures, dated November 1746, demised lands in the township from James Iveson, linen weaver, to Robert Brown, a prominent resident, and in each case the witness was Richard Iveson who was probably James's son. Craven Bacon also crops up in that year as a linen weaver so they may well have still been in partnership.
On Christmas Day 1751 a further name enters the field. John Leeming of Stainforth, linen weaver, acted as witness in a memorial between Brown on the one hand, James's widow Ann and son Richard (linen weaver) on the other, and Craven Bacon (linen weaver), for lands that James had held rights to. He, presumably, was an employee. In 1768 these same lands were the subject of a further indenture between Richard and Bacon. Even before this time Craven Bacon had become a respected member of the local community and, in 1760, it was he who was appointed joint collector of taxes for the township; he was in the position in 1768 to release a messuage of land in Bentham, indicating that his investment and business interests spread far beyond Stainforth.
Craven enjoyed a long life and two minor transactions in 1778 confirm he was still living in Stainforth and still active: a surviving receipt, dated 17th February, was for gin purchased by him, and a further receipt, dated 3rd June, was for the sum of "five shillings for the use of Craven Bacon for spars bought". By this time he must have been well into his seventies.
This short tale provides a certain degree of insight into the social complexities of eighteenth-century village life in Stainforth, and into the historic importance of textile industries in the vicinity. It also, perhaps, provides further ammunition to help destroy the long-held myth that social and demographic conditions in Dales villages were unchanging until recent times. We have evidence in this story of one young man - Craven Bacon - permanently migrating from Wharfedale to Ribblesdale, of pre-existing kinship links between Threshfield and Stainforth, and of social mobility in his rise from indentured apprentice to prominent member of the village community.
Yorkshire Archaeological Society (YAS), MD335/6/34/2/17, Craven MSS, Foster Family Deeds.
YAS, MD335/6/59/27, Craven MSS, Stainforth.
YAS, DD60/R/2, Release 6th December 1768.
West Yorkshire Archive Service (WYAS) Registry of Deeds, 1711-68.
North Yorkshire County Record Office (NYCRO), Z771, Giggleswick Deeds 1689-1846.
Indenture between Edmund Sanders and Craven Bacon, 21st May 1710, D.S.Johnson private collection.
Borthwick Institute for Historical Research, Will of Edmund Sanders, 1726, and Inventory, 1727.


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