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Faversham Life
An inside view
Helen Whately MP
Posted: 16th February, 2018 Category: Culture, People, Society
Faversham Life talks to the Member of Parliament for Faversham and Mid Kent.
Helen outside the Parish Church of St Mary of Charity
As a teenager, Helen Whately considered a career in medicine (both parents are doctors). Work experience in hospitals got her interested in improving healthcare. 'I saw politics as one possible way of doing that,' she says. 'My family enjoyed a robust debate over Sunday lunch. My father would get us going on some controversial debate and my brother and I would argue it out.' These debates, she adds, were not party political at all, but initiated a genuine interest in politics.
Talking to David Selves on Creek FM
I had arranged to meet Helen at the Chequers Inn in Doddington on a chilly afternoon in late November. We found a secluded corner and Helen ordered a pot of tea. She said that after Westminster School in the sixth form, she read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. 'I studied PPE,' she says, 'but didn't do university politics at all. It was very introspective and not about making things better.' Seeking experience of business, she worked for two years for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant trainee, then joined AOL. She says it was an exciting time for the internet, but when she found herself in charge of computer games, 'I thought, I want to make the NHS better and this wasn't doing it.'
Two courses of action emerged. The first was to join the healthcare division of McKinsey & Company, where Helen worked from 2007 to 2015, and the second was engagement in frontline politics, which led to her contesting the Kingston and Surbiton constituency for the Conservative Party in the 2010 general election. The seat was won by the sitting Liberal Democrat MP, Ed Davey, but Helen gained a Conservative swing of 2.4 per cent.
Speaking in parliament about welfare
At the 2015 general election, Helen was elected MP for Faversham and Mid Kent with 24,895 votes (54 per cent) and a majority of 16,652. At the 2017 election, she held her seat with 30,390 votes and an increased majority of 17,413. She is a rising star in the Conservative Party, has held several Parliamentary Private Secretary posts including to the Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening, and following the reshuffle, Conservative Party Chairman, Brandon Lewis. Helen is widely respected for her commitment, campaigns on local issues and effectiveness as a constituency MP.
Picking apples at Belmont House, Throwley
Prominent among the raft of issues that Helen takes up on behalf of constituents is the need, when the UK leaves the EU, for a seasonal agricultural workers scheme that allows people to come to the UK for a limited period to work on farms. 'Fruit farming is a significant part of the local economy,' Helen says. 'There's not a local workforce to do this work, so, yes, I am campaigning for a new scheme because, without that, the fruit won't get picked.' As Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Fruit and Vegetable Farmers she is in a good position to influence this. 'Michael Gove is supportive and the Home Office is listening.'
Helen helping to paint the dressing room at Weavering Warriors Rugby Club
'Housebuilding,' she says, 'is probably the most controversial issue because of the dilemma – people not wanting a lot of development, but at the same time a genuine shortage of homes, so that people born and brought up in Faversham, for example, are not able to live there.' Affordable homes are needed, she argues, but not without investment in infrastructure – more places in schools, more GPs and health facilities and improved local road networks to deal with increasing congestion without adding to urban sprawl. 'Agricultural land,' she says, 'is precious.' A new cause of concern is the solar farm planned for the marshes between Graveney and Faversham. 'We want renewable energy, but is that the right way and in the right place?'
'One of the joys of the job,' says Helen, 'is visiting schools and speaking to children about their ambitions for life and seeing if you can add a little drop of inspiration yourself.' Her role as PPS to Justine Greening, she says, 'was really interesting because of the ambitions of government policy, which is all about helping children to get the most out of their education and raising aspirations – among teachers and children themselves – about what they can achieve.'
Visiting the pack house at W B Chambers' farm
Unemployment in the area is not high: 'There are about 700 people across the whole constituency who are on jobseeker's allowance.' 'Recently,' she says, 'the emphasis has been on academic standards; vocational routes to employment have lost out.' However, this will soon be addressed by new T levels, technical qualifications, starting with education, childcare, construction and digital, to be introduced from 2020.
Helen with Manager Suzanne Campbell on her visit to the Abbey Physic Community Garden
Another strong interest is mental health – Helen also chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on the topic. She comments that at the national level, 'if you focus your energies on something specific and are dogged on how you campaign on it, you can have an influence.' An example is the plan for every secondary school to have a member of staff trained in first aid for mental health, to provide a point of contact for getting more significant help if needed. 'One of the paradoxes now is that people are more aware of mental health, and demand for services has gone up, but the NHS can't meet that demand fast enough.'
'I absolutely love being here,' says Helen about Faversham. 'It has so many different faces, so many sides to it. That is one of the great pleasures of representing it.' 'There is something very special about the scale of Faversham. It is big enough to have a lot going on, but small enough to have a clear sense of community.' 'There are so many people who do things. There is a great energy and people really care.' 'Some shops have struggled in Faversham, but we are starting to see destination shops which are a pleasure to go to – an experience that you can't have online.'
Helen loves spending time out and about in the constituency, and I met her a few weeks later in the therapeutic but busy walled garden at the Abbey Physic Community Garden. 'To have such an oasis in the heart of Faversham is very precious for people with mental health problems. It seems to be going from strength to strength,' she says.
Helen talking to the author following her visit to the Abbey Physic Garden Community
Helen Whately clearly relishes her work: 'You choose to do this fascinating, amazing job because you really care.' Commenting on recent concerns about the harassment and bullying of women in Parliament, she says: 'Parliament is a good place to work, at least as an MP. As a female MP you are the equal of male MPs. Some MPs' staff have had a different experience. What is worrying is abuse of power, wherever it occurs.'
Combining being an MP with having children is hard work, she says, but fathers are now much more involved. Looking after their nine-year-old son and two girls aged five and seven is a job that she and her husband Marcus share. 'This evening,' she said, as our meeting at the Chequers Inn drew to a close, 'my husband will do bath time.' Notwithstanding the many demands on her that day, as we left the pub Helen stopped to talk to constituents in the bar.
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RDO Equipment Co. awarded 41 grants and a total of more than $500,000 to 41 volunteer fire departments across the company footprint through a special initiative of its Community Builder program. The Community Builder program is a unique initiative supported by the Offutt Family Foundation and open to employees of R.D. Offutt Company, parent company of RDO Equipment Co. and R.D. Offutt Farms. The program awards grants to charities in which team members are actively engaged, with the goal of making a significant impact on the community.
All RDO Equipment Co. team members who are active volunteer firefighters were invited to apply for a Community Builder grant. As part of the application, the employee explained how the grant will benefit the local community along with information about his/her personal commitment to the fire department.
Chris Conrad, customer service advisor in Burnsville, Minn., submitted a Community Builder application on behalf of the Zumbro Falls Fire Department, requesting extraction and water rescue equipment. "This is going to save lives," Conrad said, upon learning his department received the grant.
Community Builder applications are submitted year-round and awarded twice a year. Because of the number of team members who donate time to their local volunteer fire department, this fall's round of submissions was specially designated for rural and volunteer fire departments.
In addition to RDO Equipment Co.'s efforts to recognize and award impactful grants to volunteer fire departments, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-ND, is pleased to support the initiative.
A longtime advocate for rural and volunteer fire departments, Heitkamp introduced her RESPONSE Act, which became law in December 2016. The RESPONSE Act will help get first responders the tools and resources they need to handle hazardous incidents.


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Does anyone know who composed/performed the NBA on TNT theme song music during the 99-02 seasons? If you listen to todays TNT show, they sometimes still use it faintly in the background when they announce the TNT/NBA copyrights. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it!
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Hussards de Saxe, a cavalry unit set up in France under the Ancien Régime
Hussards (literary movement), a French literary movement in the 1950s
Les Hussards, a French comedy film from 1955

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The Wellness Valley, the first place in the world dedicated to wellness expertise, is a visionary project founded in Romagna in 2003. The aim of the project was twofold: to invest in people's wellbeing and to create opportunities for economic growth. This is now a strategy adopted worldwide.
Never has health been more at the centre of our thoughts and of the global agenda than in 2020. Keeping well and adopting a healthy lifestyle have become priorities for everyone, no matter where they live or how old they are. We now have firsthand experience of the need to keep our minds and bodies healthy so that we can face up to the most difficult challenges. Technogym has been at the forefront of the health debate for more than 20 years because of its commitment to promoting a healthy lifestyle, based on three pillars: regular physical activity, a healthy diet and a positive mental attitude.
Our mission is to help create a more sustainable world by combatting inactivity, which has long been recognised as the fourth-biggest killer in the world and a contributory factor to the most common chronic illnesses. To combat the inactivity epidemic, in 2018, the World Health Organization published its first "Global Action Plan on Physical Activity"; as early as 15 years before this critical declaration, a project was launched in Romagna that seemed little more than a pipe dream but is now recognised the world over: the Wellness Valley, an initiative of the Wellness Foundation, a non-profit organisation with the mission of divulging the benefits of a wellness lifestyle.
Thanks to this visionary initiative, Romagna has established itself as the world's leading area of expertise for wellbeing and quality of life, making use of local assets to create a system that goes way beyond merely promoting physical exercise.
Today, this initiative involves more than 250 public and private local stakeholders - individuals above all, but also businesses, institutions, communities, schools, universities and hospitality venues - that organise and promote programmes, projects and events to educate people on how a healthy lifestyle can prevent chronic illness.
The results are tangible and constantly growing. Here are some key figures: the number of people who cycle on a daily basis is three times higher than the Italian national average; the workforce is 11 percentage points higher; and the number of overweight people and the risk of disability as a result of chronic illness are both falling.
In 2014, Emilia-Romagna became the first region in Italy and one of the first in Europe to officially prescribe physical exercise as part of its healthcare system, and since 2015 it has held the annual Wellness Week. At the sixth staging this year, the series of events and initiatives saw vast numbers of people take part in over 300 activities, including: dawn and dusk bicycle rides by the sea, in the countryside and through ancient villages; indoor training sessions; expert-led healthy lifestyle workshops; and free sports for children.
Moreover, the InWellness project, which began in 2015, anticipated the current hybrid training trend - a combination of training in the gym, at home and at outdoors - bringing physical exercise into people's lives in public parks, on beaches, in squares and in historical places. Against this background, 2020 saw the launch on Rimini's new seafront of the first Technogym Outdoor island, a global première of the public-space concept that offers a solution for completely safe open-air exercise for users of all ages and physical conditions. The benefits of the project are not just for people's health; they also have a positive impact on the entire local area by attracting tourists and creating jobs.
By leveraging its natural assets, Romagna has been able to create and attract many successful wellness events that have helped to enrich the local tourism sector. In this sense, the Wellness Valley is also a cultural district, an evolution of the concept of an industrial district first coined by the economist Alfred Marshall at the end of the 1800s as a benefit generated by concentrating small and medium-sized businesses in a small space.
A shift in focus has resulted in a shift from the industrial district to the cultural district, based on investment in research, knowledge-sharing, a longterm vision and sustainable actions. The promotion of a culture of wellbeing and a lifestyle centred on people and their health and happiness are at the core of this genuine wellness ecosystem.
The success of the Wellness Valley has made it a global case study: at the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, the Wellness Valley was used in a study as an international benchmark for creating sustainable health systems. It is apparent that the Wellness Valley, as a social innovation project centred on people and their quality of life, is also a template for some of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, particularly those relating to health and wellbeing, and the creation of sustainable cities and communities and partnerships to help achieve these goals.
We can talk about sustainability because the benefits of the Wellness Lifestyle extend to the economy and to society as a whole, shifting the focus of healthcare systems from cure to prevention and helping to promote sustainable transport and thus the health of the environment as well as the people who live in it.
Let's move for a better world
In such a tough year, health has become the main priority for everyone. The lockdowns that have affected many countries across the world made many people inactive and provided a real test of physical and mental health. At Technogym, we have never stopped helping people to exercise more.
It has been a challenging year as our lifestyles have been disrupted and we have been forced to make a string of sacrifices that have affected our wellbeing. However, while certainty and familiarity have been upended, we have realised that continuing to exercise is vital for the health of our bodies and minds.
At Technogym, we have never stopped moving to get the world moving and this year we decided to take to a new level Let's Move For A Better World, the social initiative we launched in 2014 to combat inactivity and childhood obesity.
A campaign that reflects our mission: to promote Wellness on a global scale and encourage healthy lifestyles the world over. Inspiring young people to exercise is essential if they are to adopt a healthy lifestyle. For some time now, the World Health Organization has warned of the need to stop the increase in childhood obesity, which is linked to the future rise in related illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
In 2016, the WHO set up a "Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity", but the results so far are not encouraging: there are currently 640 million obese adults around the world, and it is estimated that around 50 million girls and 74 million boys aged 5-19 are obese.
Technogym's actions, starting with the creation of the Wellness Foundation to promote the wellness lifestyle on a global scale, are among the initiatives aimed at tackling this crisis, and we interact with various stakeholders including schools, institutions, gyms and healthcare professionals. The biggest weapon against obesity is prevention, and that includes physical exercise.
The scientific community recommends 150 minutes of exercise per week, and exercise is such an important tool that doctors in several Italian regions can prescribe it as a therapy in itself, particularly for children at risk of becoming obese. In such a critical year, we decided that it was essential to help spread this message as widely as possible: on 16 May 2020, our Let's Move For a Better World campaign went online in the form of the first Let's Move for a Better World Day, a virtual global event that united a community of thousands of people in more than 100 countries for a day dedicated to exercise. This was an important moment for rediscovering a sense of collectivity in mutual motivation and training, albeit remotely. The event was hosted on Technogym's social media channels and led by our master trainers, who offered a selection of online workouts, but there were also live training sessions organised by clubs the world over, seizing the opportunity to reconnect with their communities.
Our social campaign saw a second initiative in November during the height of the second wave of COVID-19. In order to help our community find motivation and fresh stimuli, we engaged clubs, sports stars and celebrities in a week dedicated to promoting and sharing in physical exercise, punctuated by many events.
Throughout Let's Move Week (7-14 November), two teams of Technogym Ambassadors took part in a remote Bike Challenge on Technogym Bike, led by Virgin Active trainers. Captained by Vanity Fair Editorin- Chief Simone Marchetti and his GQ counterpart Giovanni Audiffredi, the two teams comprised film and theatre stars such as Elisabetta Canalis, Matilde Gioli, Martina Colombari, Nicoletta Romanoff, Lagerback, Sarah Felderbaum and Catrinel Marlon, and sports stars such as Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Elia Viviani, tennis prodigy Jannik Sinner and racing driver Carlos Sainz.
The challenge was held to coincide with World Diabetes Day, the aim being for Technogym to donate a gym to a centre working on the cure and prevention of this disease. In addition to the Bike Challenge, over the course of Let's Move Week, there were fitness events, challenges and on- and offline activities accessible from home, outdoors or in the gym, ticking both boxes in terms of raising people's awareness as to the importance of exercise and helping the fitness industry back to its feet after a several-month-long interruption by involving old members and attracting new users.
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Save Maui Cats is a volunteer based, non-profit rescue, dedicated to the island's homeless, hungry and forgotten cats.
It's hard to imagine that a paradise as beautiful as Maui has thousands of starving and neglected cats and kittens struggling to survive in its jungles and beaches, on its streets and in its neighborhoods. Sadly, most kittens don't survive their first year.
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Just this year alone, we've trapped and helped fix over 200 of the island's homeless cats. These are the lucky ones who, while still living on the streets, have a committed volunteer who brings them food and fresh water every day. These cats have a chance at life without burdening the community with more unwanted kittens. To donate cat food, flea medicine and other contributions, please visit More Ways To Give.
There are tens of thousands of cats and kittens on this island that still need to be fixed - and who are counting on us for their survival. Although we are a small group of volunteers, we are dedicated and strong. And we are making a big difference.
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We help the starving and neglected cats of Maui by getting them fixed and keeping them fed.
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TNRM, otherwise known as 'Trap-Neuter-Return-Manage' is the only humane, effective approach for homeless cats. A group of healthy, fixed cats living harmoniously together is known as a "colony." Colony cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and eartipped (the universal symbol of a fixed and vaccinated cat), and then returned to their outdoor home where a caretaker provides regular food, water and shelter. Socialized cats and kittens are adopted into homes.
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iMech
By Tracy Erickson
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Like a towering mech rushed out of the factory, this online-only action game exhibits the frame of something much greater. Unfortunately, a lot more than grease is needed to fix network troubles and a severe lack of content.
Piloting the squat mechanical brawlers is a matter of sliding a thumb over a virtual analogue stick in the lower-left corner. While you're not given full control over the camera, a second analogue stick in the lower-right lets you turn the top half of the mech. Not being able to look up and down is awkward, though it's a handicap shared by your opponents so it evens out.
Weapons, which are fired whenever you move the right analogue stick, come in several flavours: a standby machine gun, red-hot flamethrower, and laser that can be charged up. Rarer pickups include a one-off rocket launcher capable of obliterating a competitor's shielding and purple mines. It's a surprisingly robust arsenal, but much of the excitement ends here.
By passing up a single player campaign and focusing purely on multiplayer, iMech needs to deliver dynamic, varied online action. Instead, it dishes out only moderately entertaining battles. The idea is to steal away a minute here, a moment there in short free-for-all battles.
Unfortunately, iMech is so thin on content and options that incentives to come back to the action are few. Multiplayer loses its lustre when you're competing in the same level, same mode over and over again. 8-player battles over the network or wi-fi are cool in concept, but without supporting content there's little appeal.
More maps and a robust ranking system with rewards are desperately needed to motivate replay. Registering a profile with the game allows you to track your win-loss record (among other statistics), but it's not exactly the most compelling reason to come back an play - particularly when those statistics aren't viewed from within the game, but through a web browser.
iMech claims to support 3G network play, but in practice it's only functional on a consistent basis when linking to the servers via wi-fi. This kills the notion of jumping online for a quick round whenever you have a spare minute, because overwhelmingly often the game fails to connect over 3G.
Without stable 3G play, iMech doesn't support the quick-hitting multiplayer at which it aims. Without a full slate of maps and modes, it also fails to be compelling enough an online experience to justify sitting down at length over a wi-fi connection.
iMech clearly needs to grease squeaky joints to get 3G network play solid. More importantly, though, the lack of content must be addressed if this game is to appear anything other than unfinished.
Troubles with play over 3G and a surprising lack of maps, modes, and rewards all point to iMech having been rushed out of the factory unfinished
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Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. It is currently used mostly for association football matches. The stadium holds 28,000 and was opened on 23 September 1983. It was named after Bruneian Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

Construction
Unusually for a public building in Brunei, members of the public donated and contributed towards the building of the stadium. Although the final collection of $1,102,761.57 accounted for a little more than 1.1 percent of the total building cost ($100 million), the public participation showed the Bruneians' great interest and support for this project. The entire project cost for the stadium is about $100 million.

Building
The stadium is  long and  wide. It can accommodate 30,000 spectators, which includes 110 seats for the royalties, 500 for the VIPs, and 3,000 in the grandstand section. It has four light towers — each is  high and equipped with 108 2-kilowatt metal-halide lamps. The grandstand is covered with aluminium roofs which have a total length of  and a total width of . The parking spaces can accommodate 2,785 private vehicles and 158 buses. The building is oriented in north-south direction with the grandstand located at the western section. It has a football field which fulfills FIFA standards, as well as the running track which fulfills IAAF standards. The stadium has a videomatrix scoreboard located at the northern section; it can display both Latin and Jawi writing.

Opening
It was opened on 23 September 1983, the date was chosen to celebrate the 69th birthday of Bolkiah's father and predecessor Omar Ali Saifuddien III. On the evening of the opening day, a friendly football match was played between the Brunei national football team and an invited English Football League team, Sheffield United. Despite the jet lag and the humid weather, Sheffield United won 1–0. The next day another match was held between United and a Brunei invited team which ended in a 1–1 draw.

Renovation
The stadium is currently being renovated since 2021 and was expected to be completed in the middle of 2022. Home matches for the national football team was held at the Track & Field Sports Complex instead.

Major events

1999
 20th Southeast Asian Games on 7–15 August.

2002
 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy on 16–26 August.

2005
 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy on 13–25 March.

2007
 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy on 3–12 March.

2012
 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy on 9–23 August.

2014
 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy on 24 February–9 March.

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However, there is no guarantee that will be the case.
Prior to joining Oakland, Joyce spent six seasons in Tampa Bay where he slugged.435 with 76 home runs and 280 RBI, earning an All-Star bid in 2011. At minimum without a full spring training before Opening Day, Lindor is now a risky pick and it'll be interesting to see how that ADP is affected in the coming weeks. Yu Chang, one of Cleveland's top prospects figures to be first in line. Infielder Mike Freeman, who will be in camp on a minor league deal, played 58 games at shortstop in the minors for the Cubs past year. Utility man Max Moroff, acquired from the Pirates in the Gonzalez deal, played six games at short past year. In the short-term, he should have no problem handling the position defensively. Journeyman Ryan Flaherty, who will be in camp with the Indians as a non-roster invitee, could be another option to handle the hot corner while Ramirez shifts to shortstop. The Indians could pursue a little extra depth on the free agent market. However, it could result in Lindor not being able to start his season until the regular season is already underway. But it would be tough to justify a major move on the off chance that Lindor isn't back by opening day. Missing games in early April could easily come strictly by playing home games in Cleveland, where bad weather can be a factor. A story from MLB Trade Rumors reports that Lindor suffered a right calf strain, and will be shelved for a time frame between seven and nine weeks.


A woman fishing in turbid waters, a suffering nature, the broken chant of the muezzin, all linked by a thin, black line.
They are based in Fribourg, Switzerland, where they run the film production company DOK MOBILE. In 2015 they directed and produced the short film «Moriom», which received the award for best short doc at Slamdance, Chicago Int. Film festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, FRONTDOC, and got the special mention at Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Minimalen and FIDBA. It was also screened at IDFA, Tampere, BFI London Int. Film Festival, Palm Springs short fest, Uppsala, among others. Their first feature length documentary «Half-life in Fukushima», shot in Japan in S16mm, received the award for best documentary in 2017 at Silk Road Festival and at Broadway International Film Festival. It was screened, among other festivals, at Vision du Réel, Hot Docs international documentary festival, Millenium Film Festival Brussels, San Francisco International Film Festival. They are also the creators and the artistic directors of the «Flying Film Festival», the first festival in the world to be held entirly in the air. The «Flying Film Festival» is a short-film competition in partnership with Swiss International Air Lines, with the aim of promoting short-films to a wider audience.


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Watch the New Teaser for Michelle Young's Fantasy Suites Episode, Plus: A Look at Clayton's Season
Fantasy Suites are upon us!
Now that the highs and lows of the "Men Tell All" episode are behind us, Bachelor Nation is ready to see how Michelle Young's journey to find love comes to an end.
Next week, her three remaining men — Brandon J., Nayte, and Joe — are continuing to vie for her heart in the Fantasy Suites.
At the end of the "Men Tell All" episode, we got a sneak peek at what's to come in Michelle's final episodes.
Michelle is first heard saying, "We are nearly at the end of this journey and I could be engaged in a few days. I have three incredible men left."
As each of the men is seen showing love for Michelle, she says how she feels about each of them.
Michelle says, "I've never had a feeling like when I kiss Nayte. He is soul mate material," and she continues on, saying, "Joe is my slice of home. There's just something so special about our connection," and lastly, she adds, "I can see spending my life with Brandon."
And while love is in the air, so is the drama.
Nayte starts to struggle with Michelle developing feelings for other men, saying, "This is tough for me. I've been so focused on my connection with Michelle that it wasn't until today that I realized that I'm not the only one catching feelings for her."
Joe agrees, adding, "I feel like we went from bros to foes" with the other guys.
And it isn't any easier for Michelle, who is heard saying, "When you're in love with three people, how do you know which person is your person?"
Michelle's parents also chime in during the trailer, with her dad sharing his concern that one of the men would become a "jealous person," and her mom is seen questioning whether Nayte is "ready to get down on one knee" and if he's "100 percent in."
Michelle breaks down in tears and says, "This is so hard" before she's heard asking, "Falling in love is one thing and an engagement is another thing. Which of those are you ready for?"
The love and the drama continue next Tuesday at 8 p.m. on ABC, and if that wasn't enough, we also got a sneak peek at Clayton's season of "The Bachelor."
Clayton is seen falling head over heels for multiple women to the point where he reveals that he is in love with all three of his finalists.
Check out the full trailer for Clayton's season below and Michelle's Fantasy Suites episode above.
Michelle Young, Clayton Echard, Becca Tilley & More Bachelor Nation Stars Attend Jingle Ball 2021


Because I need sunlight, always.
Are you looking for a sun-drenched spot in one of Valencia's trendiest neighborhoods?
You're in luck, this stylish apartment might be right up your alley.
You will love how luminous the apartment is. You can wake up with the first rays of sunlight and read a book in bed until it's time to go to class.
We think it's ideal for students. L'Eixample is lively, trendy, and close to pretty much everything in Valencia. Your student adventure starts here.
The bedrooms get lots of natural light.
The chic decor. Love the little flourishes of color.
You can walk to Ciutat Vella in just 19 minutes.
There's only 1 bathroom for 5 bedrooms. Get in quick for the shower.
This is a lovely 1st floor, 5-bedroom apartment on Carrer De Sueca, Valencia. It's super luminous, beautifully decorated, and it's close to the most iconic landmarks in the city.
We think this apartment is perfect for students. There are plenty of bars, restaurants, and cafes nearby, and the city centre is within walking distance.
Reading a book in bed – don't even need a lamp.
Soaking up the decor – it's all about the details.
Walking downtown – nothing like a little cardio.
There's no AC – time to invest in a fan?
There is no heating in this apartment.


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From Santos to Travessa do Baluarte, the asymmetrical profile of the Avenida 24 de Julho is intensified by the topographical presence of the Rock of the Conde de Óbidos that is revealed in the supporting walls or hidden between patios. This evasive presence promotes the feeling of being on the outside of the city. The distribution of space in the apartment challenges the assumption that the best views should be reserved for the social spaces. The floor plan has a central space that leads to the four bedrooms and the renovation work revealed the wood structure of the roof, therefore expanding the interior space.
Avenida 24 de Julho, 84
Bus: 15E, 18E, 713, 714, 727, 728, 760, 774


Marc Anthony Richardson received his MFA from Mills College. He is an artist and writer from Philadelphia. Year of the Rat is his debut novel. In 2017, Year of the Rat was awarded the American Book Award.
Trust me, you've never read anything like Marc Anthony Richardson's Year of the Rat , and you must stop everything you're doing right now and make time for it. Gorgeous, unsparing, heartbreaking, the book is a prose poem of a testament to motherhood, to manhood, to lost generations, to hope itself.
In Year of the Rat, an artist returns to the dystopian city of his birth to tend to his invalid mother only to find himself torn apart by memories and longings. Narrated by this nameless figure whose rants, reveries, and Rabelaisian escapades take him on a Dantesque descent into himself, the story follows him and his mother as they share a one-bedroom apartment over the course of a year.
Despite his mother's precarious health, the lingering memories of a lost love, an incarcerated sibling, a repressed sexuality, and an anarchic inability to support himself, he pursues his dream of becoming an avant-garde artist. His prospects grow dim until a devastating death provides a painful and unforeseeable opportunity. With a voice that is poetic and profane, ethereal and irreverent, cyclical and succinct, he roams from vignette to vignette, creating a polyphonic patchwork quilt of a family portrait.
Even the most challenging of transgressive writers pales in comparison hellip; Technically a novel, it will make all but the most experimental of readers throw it across a room.
In language that is at times phantasmagoric, at times ribald, and always beautiful, Marc Anthony Richardson's debut novel astounds. Bold, provocative, and ambitious: we have a new, indispensable voice in American letters.
Richardson has found a way to describe in words the inability to understand other people — he uses dense prose that circles on itself and leaps from present to flashback, depicting a muddled mind at work … once readers enter the story it's easy to be swept into its stormy momentum, and to acknowledge the very promising start of the author's career.


Sainte Marie is a hybrid town: although mainly rural, it is also home to the international airport of the island of Réunion. This means that pedestrians and vehicles mingle in the same traffic areas, which constitutes an increased accident risk. In order to make these areas safe, the Sainte Marie township decided to install slow zones (30km/h zones) in order to reduce vehicle speeds and protect pedestrians.
Together with the road marking, the local team installed Lx3® First police traffic signs and panels type B14, A13b, C27, M2, C20a, M9d, A2b ( 30 km/h speed limit sign, pedestrian crossing sign, speed bump sign, etc.).
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MMRDA determined to get the Mumbai Monorail up and running by this month-end
Mar 8, 2018 Posted by Indian Railways Updates Indian Raliways News 0 comments
It seems that the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is determined to get the monorail up and running by this month-end. The commissioner of railway safety is scheduled to inspect the corridor next week and if all goes well, the MMRDA will throw open the entire corridor from Chembur to Jacob Circle within two days of getting an approval, said an official.
The project was taken up in two phases—Chembur to Wadala and Wadala to Jacob Circle. The 8.8km monorail stretch from Chembur to Wadala was completed in the first phase and opened in February 2014. But on November 9, 2017, services were suspended after two monorail coaches were gitted. Metropolitan commissioner UPS Madan said, "As far as we are concerned, everything is ready. We can start services on the entire corridor within two days of sanction from the safety commissioner."
Refuting reports that monorail services may not resume as there is no operator, the MMRDA said that L&T-Scomi Engineering, which was appointed in 2014 for three years, will continue to operate till a replacement is found. MMRDA had invited bids to appoint a new firm but it did not get much response. On March 3, it has again invited bids for the same.
"The existing operator will continue to undertake maintenance till we do no get a new one. It is legally binding on them do this," said Madan.
He also clarified that L&T-Scomi Engineering had not refused to handle the operations. "No, they have not conveyed any such thing to us," he said.
Meanwhile, though the corridor is still not operational, MMRDA has increased monorail fares by 100%. The new fare slabs are Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 30 and Rs 40. Earlier, a commuter travelling up to 3 km would have to pay only Rs 5, which will now be Rs 10. The complete phase 1 ride cost a commuter Rs 11 earlier, now it will cost Rs 20.
Also, following last year's fire, MMRDA has decided to install CCTV cameras on both the ends of all monorail platforms so that evacuation measures can be taken up quickly during emergencies. Besides, evacuation chutes or midsection guideways are also being considered. Smoke detectors too will be installed inside all coaches.
CM Devendra Fadnavis had announced during last year's budget session that the entire corridor will be thrown open in December 2017. Later, it was hoped that services would begin in February 2018, but it was delayed again. The Chembur-Wadala stretch had a daily ridership of 15,000 and MMRDA expects around 2 lakh on the entire corridor daily.


It was mentioned by a BB quite some time ago, stating something along the lines of you won't be finding/attacking colonies from friends/guildies from the selection your Explorer returns.
Which I think was also debunked a bit later as someone killed their FL and/or could confirm leftovers werent doing Expeditions and the selection was still crap. That aside, it still wouldn't explain my experience of going through phases where you are guaranteed crap or guaranteed good rolls, FL didn't change, people still werent doing Expeditions regardless (at that time we didn't even get sector shadow XP and there were maybe 5 people doing expeditions on the entire server to begin with).
Thanks for elaborating on this. It seems to me that in the kind of game where it is encouraged, and benefits players to have large friend lists for adventures and trading, it would be counterintuitive to limit "pvp" to an even smaller subset of the population. Especially where any reason for doing so is already mitigated by the fact that opponents are anonymous, and you can't team up with friends and guildmates anyway.


Beginner's Guide: What Is the Hand Brake (and What Does It Do)?
Home | Tips & Tutorials | Beginner's Guide: What Is the Hand Brake (and What Does It Do)?
A hand brake, also known as a parking brake, usually takes the form of a hand-operated lever and is normally located on the centre console but can sometimes be found between the driver's seat and the door.
The handbrake applies the rear disc pads or brake shoes via a cable and is used when the car is parked to stop it rolling forwards or backwards.
To apply it, you hold the hand grip, press the button (usually at the end of the grip) and raise the lever.
As you raise it you'll feel resistance as the brakes are applied. When you feel the brakes are exerting sufficient force to hold the car you release the button and a pawl engages on a ratchet plate, holding the lever (and the brakes) in place.
To release the brakes you raise the lever slightly to disengage the pawl tooth from the ratchet, press the button and lower the lever.
Some drivers don't press the button when raising the hand brake. It still operates as normal, but over time the ratchet teeth can wear and cause the handbrake - and the rear brakes - to fail, so it's good practice to use the hand brake button when you're raising the lever.
Sometimes, the hand brake takes the form of a small pedal down in the footwell, to the left of clutch on a car with a manual gearbox or the brake pedal on an automatic car.
You press the pedal with your foot to apply the brake and release it via a handle on the dashboard.
Handbrake pulling up too high before the brakes engage? The cable may have stretched or the rear brakes may be worn.
The cable can be adjusted via a nut behind the handbrake assembly and the rear brakes can be changed by following advice from Haynes.


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Hidden Monuments and Cookie-Cutter 'Suburbs' Discovered
Thread: Hidden Monuments and Cookie-Cutter 'Suburbs' Discovered
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The north-south axis of the towns in the Izapa kingdom, like this small
"cookie-cutter" town, pointed slightly east, toward the Tacaná volcano.
Archaeologists have discovered once-hidden monuments and ancient cookie-cutter suburbs in southern Mexico's Izapa kingdom.
The kingdom, which flourished between 700 B.C. and 100 B.C., was mostly known for its capital, Izapa, where pyramids, plazas, ball courts and hundreds of elaborately carved monuments have been unearthed since the 1940s.
But now archaeologists have confirmed that Izapa wasn't a stand-alone city. It was surrounded by about 40 smaller towns. Each of these satellite settlements had a layout that copied the capital's, according to a new study using aerial observations.
"The consistency is remarkable," said study leader Robert Rosenswig, an archaeologist at SUNY Albany.
"This is a tremendous amount of coordination within the kingdom."
In a quest to understand the Izapa kingdom beyond the capital, Rosenswig and his colleagues started conducting surveys in the region on foot and with lidar, a remote-sensing technique.
A lidar instrument blasts rapid light pulses at a surface and measures how long it takes for the light to bounce back. Now that computing power has improved enough to handle the billions of points a lidar survey might collect, the technology has become a popular tool for archaeologists. A lidar survey that scans the landscape from a plane or drone allows researchers to "see" through vegetation to create a topographic map that can reveal lost roads, mounds, canals and other ancient human-made features.
Rosenswig said that one of his first surveys covered about 20 square miles (50 square kilometers) near Izapa. After he found nine small settlements in that area alone, he expanded the search. [10 Modern Tools for Indiana Jones]
Over a total area of 225 square miles (584 square km) —about the size of Chicago —Rosenswig documented 41 settlements around Izapa, all within about 13 miles (22 km) of the capital. The settlements varied in size, and the largest three seem to be arranged around the perimeter of the kingdom, likely offering a layer of protection from neighboring polities. (Carvings found in Izapa, some of which depict scenes of violence and decapitation, hint that there was conflict with other kingdoms.)
The outlying towns followed the same blueprint. The east-west axis would have been aligned with the sunrise during winter solstice, Rosenswig said. The north-south axis was pointed just east of north, toward the Tacanávolcano (which eventually erupted and led to the downfall of the Izapa kingdom).
In the northern part of most of the sites, a pyramid stood on top of a platform that likely served as a stage for rituals and ceremonies. Then, to the south, the researchers found a few plazas formed by other mounds. This arrangement meant that a person standing in the middle of any of the outlying centers could look north and see the same thing: their town's stage with a pyramid, framing the same view, with the volcanoes in the Sierra Madre in the background.
The three largest second-tier sites, which probably had fewer than 2,000 residents, had at least one court in the south, where some variant of the Mesoamerican ball game was played. Those three settlements also had conical mounds that look like Maya complexes used for making astronomical observations.
"The fact that this structure was replicated at the lower-order centers, which are not that far apart, meant that there was this sense of polity in the Izapa kingdom, and being a member of this entailed some specific ritual activities that would have happened periodically," Rosenswig told Live Science.
Rosenswig and his co-author, a SUNY Albany remote-sensing specialist, Ricardo López-Torrijos, reported the findings Oct. 26 in the journal Antiquity.
"We knew that Izapa was a major site of monumental scale, but this article provides tangible evidence about the hinterland settlements in the region," said Oswaldo Chinchilla, an archaeologist at Yale University who studies ancient Mesoamerican societies and was not involved in the study. "Izapa emerges as the political and religious center of an early polity, whose early dating makes it significant for the study of the origins of the state in Mesoamerica."
Artifacts and carvings at the satellitesites could offer more clues about the relationship between the settlements. None of the three, second-tier centers have been excavated yet. Rosenswig said a future project will focus on a settlement where magnetometer and ground-penetrating radar surveys have already hinted at the presence of large stone sculptures buried underground.
Source: https://www.livescience.com/63935-an...iscovered.html
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The grace of God is an amazing thing. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but, now I'm found. Was blind but now I see. We sing this song at various times during the church year but do we really listen to the words that we are singing? God's grace is amazing, and the best part about that grace is that it is not dependent upon us.
The parable of the Prodigal Son is used during the time of Lent to remind us of the power not only of grace but the power of reconciliation. This story has it all, the son who wants what he wants when he wants it. He goes off and squanders it all. He needs to work so he can live and he takes the lowest job and eats the lowest of foods. He comes to the realization that he has done wrong and that he needs to return home, but he is not sure how he will be received.
We have a father who wants to give his son everything, even though he knows it is not good for him. We have a father who is worried for his son and for where he is and for what he is doing. We have a father who runs, not walks when he sees that his son is returning home. And we have a father who throws that son a party upon his return.
We have the other son. I am not sure if he is older or younger than the other one but, he stuck around and worked and cared for his father and the family business. He did not run off and squander his inheritance. He is, understandably so, a little upset when he finds that his brother has returned and his being thrown a party as a reward, in his mind, for being irresponsible while he stayed behind.
We have all of this in the parable, but we also have grace. Grace lies at the heart of this parable, a scandalous grace, a grace that defies all earthly rules and conventions.
I am not a parent, but, as I understand these things, parents only want what is best for their children. Parents want their children's lives to be better than theirs, and many, many parents sacrifice everything to make that happen. Some parents, allow their children to make mistakes, to fail, because learning how to fail, learning how to lose at something, teaches the life lesson that not everyone gets a trophy.
During my time in ministry, I have known parents who have had to let their children go. Their son or daughter was involved in something that they could not get out of, drugs, alcohol, gambling and all the rest. For years they tried everything, counseling, rehab, giving them money, and nothing worked. Finally, they had come to the decision that they had to cut them off. This was and is an agonizing decision, but they felt, it was in the best interest of their child. It does not always work, but sometimes it does.
The father in today's parable gave his son everything and let him go. He did not turn his back on him. I can only imagine he was not happy that his son was leaving but, being the dad that he is, he let him go to find his way. He never stopped loving him. The parable hints that the father kept a daily vigil waiting for the day he would return. We read that he "ran out to greet his son" while he was "still far off." Grace is what welcomed him home. Grace is what gave the father the ability to run to his son and welcome him back to the family.
Grace is what allowed the father to give the son a hug upon his return, to place the finest robe and a ring of gold on his finger. Grace is what allowed him to throw the biggest of parties because that which was lost has been found.
The son took his fortune. He left the family and went on his merry way. He spent it all and when there was nothing left he "hired himself out" he became a slave, a slave to his lifestyle and to the choices that he had made. He was sent to "feed the pigs." Keep in mind that pigs were considered ritually unclean so for a Jew, as we suppose this man is to feed the pigs would make him ritually unclean. Now he has not only left his family but because of the choices he has made, has found himself outside of his faith and community. He has hit rock bottom. Because of the decisions he made, he is eating what the pigs eat and sleeping where the pigs sleep. And then grace appears. Grace gives him the realization that he has done wrong, wrong to his father, wrong to his family, wrong to himself, and wrong to God. Grace gives him the ability to see for himself how far he has gone from his father's house. Grace is what will help him get up and grace what will lead him home.
When the son saw his father running towards him, he was filled with shame and grief. He had rehearsed a little speech all the way home, "father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy of being called your son." But grace stepped in, and the father changed all of that.
Then we have the one who stayed behind. This son does not get a lot of ink and when he does it is usually bad. This son is portrayed as being jealous and upset, and, he has a right to be. He is the responsible one. He stayed at home, working the family farm and taking care of the family. He did not run off and spend everything, and when he hears of his brother's return, he gets angry and feels a little rejected. He thinks that he should be rewarded and his brother should be dismissed, thrown out of the family. He is, after all, a sinner and there is no room for sinners in the house of God! He tells his father that for all these years he has obeyed the law. He has done everything that was required of him, and he has not had so much as a goat to celebrate with his friends. But grace steps in and his father tells him that everything that the father has belongs to him, but he is happy that the lost one has been found.
The father, in this parable, is God the loving father who gives us what we need and is always there, holding vigil for us when we stray away from him and his love. He is the one who rejoices when we return. God is the one who runs to us when we start on the path that will lead us home. God is the one that said to the thief hanging on the cross next to Jesus, "today you will be with me in paradise." God is the one whose arms are so broad that no matter what we have done, or what we have thought we have done, there is room for it all. God is love, and God is grace.
We are the prodigal. We are the one who strays, who takes what we want, who wants to live life as we want to live it, without consequences. We are the ones who think we know better. We are the ones who make choices that are not always good and end up eating and living with the pigs. And we are the ones who, through grace, realize that we have done wrong and desire to come home.
And we are the one who stayed behind. We are the ones who feel that obeying the law is enough. We are the ones who rightfully can be called Pharisees for the way we look down on others who do not live up to our standards. We are the ones judging who gets God's grace and who does not get God's grace. We are the ones who feel that we have the right to be the guardians of heaven and determine who gets into heaven and who does not. We are the ones who think we have the right to decide who is and who is not worthy of our help. We are the ones who look at other human beings and tell ourselves that because of their color, their place of birth, their socioeconomic level that we have the right to discriminate against them. We are the ones who interpret the word of God in such a narrow way that there is only enough grace for us, we have all been this person.
This is a story about God and God's life-giving love and mercy. We are not the arbiters of God's love and mercy, but somehow we have convinced ourselves that we are. Somehow we have convinced ourselves that we need to help God to determine who God should share that love and mercy with. We are afraid that if God loves them, there will be no room for us. But every time God's active, stretching, searching, healing love finds someone and calls that person back home, it does not mean there is less for the rest of us. It means there is more. More wine. More feasting. More music. More dancing. It means another, and now a bigger, party.


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On Error Resume Next = Fail mysteriously when I do not know how to use it.
If you remove the two instances of On Error Resume Next when you run the code on the Inbox you will see any errors that were being hidden. Once fixed you would run the code on the shared mailbox and see any different errors that were being hidden.
I generated an error where there was a shared mailbox.
If you did not use File | Add Account, try this with new profile. There was no error there.


The perfect blend of two classics; buffalo wing sauce and ranch dressing.
Fettuccine noodles tossed with our classic Alfredeaux sauce blended with Creole herbs and spices topped with a blackened chicken breast.
Farm raised louisiana alligator tail. Sliced into thin strips, hand breaded and deep-fried to a golden brown. Served with a spicy creole honey mustard dipping sauce.
A south Texas specialty. Fresh bacon wrapped chicken tenders stuffed with sliced jalapenos and pepper jack cheese. Served with ranch dressing.
Fresh Wisconsin cheese curds, hand battered and fried. Served with ranch.
Huge hand-sliced mozzarella cheese sticks, hand breaded and fried to a golden brown. Served with marinara sauce.
Thick crinkle-cut dill pickle chip hand-breaded and fried. Served with ranch dressing.
Shrimp sauteed in a white wine butter sauce and a special new orleans herb and spice blend. Served with bread to soak up the sauce.
No searching for the chicken in this one. Flour tortillas stuffed with juicy diced chicken breast meat. Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses, onion, tomato, and red bell pepper. Served with salsa and sour cream.
Freshly fried corn tortilla chips smothered in cheese sauce, topped with a spicy cajun sausage blend, mozzarella cheese, banana peppers and fresh pico de gallo. Served with salsa and sour cream.
Freshly fried corn tortilla chips smothered with Jamaican cheese sauce, topped with slow roasted pulled pork then drizzled with our Jamaican jerk bbq sauce and finished with melted cheddar jack cheese. Served with fresh mango salsa.
Andouille sausage grilled and then wrapped in bacon, sprinkled with brown sugar and drizzled with maple syrup.
Creamy spinach dip made from scratch with artichoke hearts, four cheeses and of course beer. Served with corn tortilla chips.
A taste of Canada in the bayou! Crispy fries topped with real Wisconsin cheese curds, tasty pot roast, and smothered in brown gravy.
Our famous catfish recipe cut into strips and fried to a golden brown. Perfect for dipping.
Fried tortilla chips loaded with smoked chicken, house buffalo sauce and layered with Monterey jack cheese sauce diced celery, green onion and melted cheddar and mozzarella cheeses. Served with ranch or blue cheese sauce.
A magnificent blend of gulf shrimp, crawfish tails, and andouille sausage, in a highly seasoned roux-based broth, served over rice.
A creamy combination of crab meat blend, corn, green onions, Creole herbs and spices make up this delicious soup.
Fresh chicken breast and Andouille sausage gumbo served over rice.
This recipe, created by the South Wisconsin Legend, starts with bacon, onions, celery, potatoes and plenty of cheese of course. No question, this one is heartier than most.
Our famous dark roux gumbo recipe with a bbq twist! We add slowly roasted brisket pieces to give this masterpiece a hint of bbq flavor.
Fresh salad greens tossed with tomato, cucumber, red onion, cheese, and croutons. Served with your choice of dressing.
Fresh romaine lettuce tossed in premium caesar dressing and sprinkled with shredded parmesan cheese and croutons.
Three breaded chicken strips chopped and served on top of fresh salad greens with diced tomatoes, red onion, Cheddar and Monterrey Jack cheeses.
Juicy slices of chicken breast that have been blackened using the traditional Louisiana cooking method. Served over fresh salad greens with tomato, red onion, cucumber and cheddar, and Monterrey jack cheese.
Boneless chicken breast marinated in and rubbed with an authentic sweet and fiery Jamaican jerk paste, then grilled, sliced, and served atop fresh salad greens with tomato, red onion, cucumber and cheddar, and Monterrey jack cheeses. Recommended with our creamy Caribbean dressing.
Romaine lettuce tossed with a premium caesar dressing then sprinkled with parmesan cheese and croutons. Topped with slices of juicy chicken breast perfectly blackened.
Romaine lettuce tossed with a premium caesar dressing then sprinkled with shredded parmesan cheese, croutons, and lightly grilled shrimp.
Romaine lettuce tossed with a premium caesar dressing then sprinkled with shredded parmesan cheese, croutons and cornmeal breaded and fried alligator.
Delicious catfish strips breaded and fried using our famous recipe piled on a bed of fresh salad greens with diced tomatoes, cucumber slices, red onion, and cheddar jack cheese. Served with your choice of dressing.
Cajun spiced turkey breast and ham served on a bed of fresh salad greens with diced tomato, red onion, cucumbers, and shredded cheddar jack cheese. Finished with chopped jalapeno bacon and a hard boiled egg. served with your choice of dressing.
Big, juicy chicken breast, marinated using our own sweet and tangy recipe. Topped with bacon and Swiss cheese. Grilled and served on a fresh roll.
Boneless chicken breast, dipped in butter, seasoned and blackened, and topped with Swiss cheese. Served on a fresh roll.
Fresh chicken breast marinated in and covered with a sweet and fiery jerk rub and jalapeño muenster cheese on a jalapeno bun.
Fried chicken breast tossed in buffalo sauce, topped with jalapeno bacon, drizzled with jalapeno ranch and finished with Swiss cheese on a fresh roll.
Our hand-breaded and fried chicken breast painted with bbq sauce and topped with bacon and cheddar jack cheese.
The sandwich that made New Orleans famous. Capicola, Genoa salami, ham, provolone and olive salad on a seasoned muffuletta bread. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion and dill pickle.
A Des Moines classic! Graziano's Italian sausage blended with ground beef, bell peppers, onions and marinara in a sour-dough hoagie with mozzarella cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion and dill pickle.
Shaved ham and Cajun turkey, Swiss and American cheeses, jalapeno bacon, Cajun aioli, lettuce, tomato, and onion on toasted jalapeno bread.
Spiced turkey breast, bacon and swiss cheese with a spicy cajun aioli. Grilled on sourdough. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion and dill pickle.
A blend of black beans, roasted corn, and smoked peppers make up this patty. Finished with jalapeno Muenster cheese, shredded lettuce, spicy aioli and fresh pico de gallo.
A tender chicken breast grilled or fried tossed on our house bourbon sauce and topped with jalapeno bacon and melted jalapeno muenster cheese. Served on a fresh roll with lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickle.
You'll be strong to the finish if you eat your spinach! A 6 oz chicken breast grilled or fried, topped with our homemade spinach artichoke dip, melted mozzarella, and parmesan cheeses served on a toasted brioche bun.
Tender pulled pork roasted with our house made jerk seasoning, finished with jerk bbq sauce on a bakery fresh roll, served with a coleslaw topping on the side.
A tender chicken breast grilled or fried tossed in our signature garlic parmesan sauce and topped with bacon, melted mozzarella, and parmesan cheeses. Served on a fresh roll with lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickle.
Our take on the Iowa classic!
A tender and juicy ribeye blackened and cooked to the temperature of your liking. Served on toasted garlic parmesan crusted sour-dough roll.
Fresh oysters breaded in cornmeal and fried. Served with tartar or remoulade sauce.
Can't decide between shrimp and oysters? Here's a perfect choice! Cornmeal breaded shrimp and oysters served on a french loaf.
Farm raised catfish filet, blackened or fried to a golden brown, served with tartar on the side.
Our classic alligator meat, sliced thin, hand breaded in spicy cornmeal and fried. Dressed with Creole honey mayo on a fresh roll.
Andouille sausage - pronounced "Ahn-doo-ee", is a heavily smoked cajun sausage. Grilled, topped with swiss cheese and served in a french roll with a side of mayo.
Pit smoked ham topped with melted Swiss cheese served with mayo on the side.
Grilled ham, genoa salami, and capicola with our own Italian dressing, topped with melted provolone and banana peppers.
Only the best USDA choice Philly meat, onions, red and green bell peppers, mushrooms and swiss cheese on a french loaf. Served with a side of mayo.
A fresh bakery roll stuffed with tender and juicy chicken, sauteed bell pepper, onions, jalapeno pepper, and mushrooms then smothered in our house cheese sauce and topped with jalapeno bacon.
BBQ meets the bayou! The slowly smoked BBQ delicacy piled on a french roll topped with smoked cheddar cheese and crispy fried onion straws. Served with lettuce, tomato, and pickle.
A 1/3 lb. of Certified Angus Beef, hand pattied fresh daily, grilled and served on a fresh roll.
A 1/2 lb. of Certified Angus beef, hand pattied fresh daily, grilled and served on a fresh roll.
A 1/2 lb. of Certified Angus beef, hand pattied fresh daily. Topped with Cheddar cheese, bacon and BBQ sauce and served on a fresh roll.
Ground Angus beef and ground andouille sausage blended into a 1/2 lb. patty. Served on toasted jalapeno bread with grilled onions, swiss cheese, and 1000 island dressing. Served with lettuce, tomato, onion and dill pickles.
A 1/2 lb Angus beef patty char grilled to perfection topped with ham, bacon, american and swiss cheeses, and you guessed it an egg over easy. Served on a bakery fresh roll. Fried hard upon request. Prepared medium well.
A 1/2 lb. Angus beef patty on grilled sourdough with melted American, Swiss and cheddar cheeses and thick cut applewood smoked bacon, finished with caramelized onions and our spicy aioli. Prepared medium well.
The biggest baddest burger in the bayou! Double 1/3 lb patties, double bacon, and double swiss and American cheeses. Prepared medium well.
A 1/2 lb Angus beef patty topped with bbq burnt ends, bacon, melted smoked cheddar cheese, and finished with fried onion ring straws and bbq aioli. Prepared medium well.
Get a double shot of pork with your bourbon! A little sweet and a little spicy! A 1/2lb burger topped with pulled pork, bacon and our house bourbon sauce and finished with melted smoked cheddar cheese. Prepared medium well.
A 1/2 lb Angus beef patty wrapped in a grilled tortilla stuffed with cheddar jack cheese, queso cheese, crunchy tortilla chips, shredded lettuce, and pico de gallo. Served with our house mexi sauce. Prepared medium well.
A spicy sweet combination of fettuccine Alfredeaux made with Caribbean spices and topped with slices of fiery Jamaican jerk chicken.
Shell pasta with a creamy Buffalo cheese sauce loaded with pulled smoked chicken.
Macaroni and cheese with a Cajun twist! Fresh shell pasta in a delicious cajun seasoned, creamy cheese sauce. Add grilled chicken, blackened chicken fried chicken tenders, andouille sausage or bacon $4 more.
Our classic jambalaya with ham, chicken, and andouille sausage, tossed with fettuccine noodles instead of rice. Finished with melted mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
A taste as sinful as the celebration is named for! Andouille sausage, chicken, and ham saute'ed in Creole herbs and spices then blended with fettuccine noodles and our creamy Alfredeaux sauce.
Diced chicken breast saute'ed in Creole herbs and spices to give the classic Alfredo flavor that is like none you've ever tasted before.
Tender Crawfish tails saute'ed in Creole herbs and spices to give the classic Alfredo a flavorful twist that is like none you have tasted before.
Fettuccine tossed with the Creole herbs and spices of our Alfredo sauce. Finished with fresh parsley and green onions.
Fettuccine tossed with the Creloe herbs and spices of our Alfredo sauce. Finished with fresh parsley and green onions.
Shell pasta with a creamy homemade cheese sauce loaded with tender chunks of beef brisket.
Succulent and tender gulf shrimp saute'ed in Creole herbs and spices to give the classic Alfredo a flavorful twist that is like none other you have tasted before.
Sweet and sour with a kick!
Nutty, spicy, good. Three great words when it comes to wings!
A nod to our neighbors from Western New York, this is the original.
A delicious blend of maple and bbq!
A little sweet and spicy with a touch of bourbon!
Half an eggplant, hollowed out like a Cajun canoe known as a "pee-row", hand breaded, fried, then filled with shrimp, crab meat blend, mushrooms, and green onions sauteed in a seasoned au gratin sauce. Served with rice and vegetables.
Medium Gulf shrimp, sliced mushrooms, and green onions sauteed in a Creole-style Parmesan cream sauce ladled over a hand breaded, fried chicken breast. Served on top rice with vegetables.
Pronounced chop-a-too-lus and named for a native Louisiana Indian tribe. A fresh chicken breast seasoned with cajun spices and grilled, served over a hash of diced fried potatoes, ham, mushrooms and green onions. Topped off with a new Orleans bacarnaise sauce. Served with vegetables and french bread.
Fried chicken breast topped with shrimp, crab meat blend, mushrooms and green onions sauteed in a seasoned au gratin sauce. Served over fried potatoes with vegetables on the side.
Large Gulf Shrimp stuffed with jalapenos and pepper-jack cheese and wrapped in bacon. Served with rice, vegetables, Ranch dressing, and cocktail sauce.
Farm-raised alligator meat sauteed with mushrooms and green onions in a moderately spicy Cajun cream sauce. Served around a mound of rice.
A culinary adventure through bayou country. Fried crawfish, fried alligator tail & fried oysters served with a quartet of sauces: creole honey mustard, cocktail sauce, remoulade, and tartar. Served with french fries, hushpuppies, and coleslaw.
Shrimp sauteed in a white wine butter sauce with our special new Orleans spice blend. Served with cajun creme corn and bread.
With this classic dish, we simmer red beans for hours in a special blend of herbs and spices, then serve them over rice with a spicy link of grilled andouille sausage and homemade hushpuppies.
Juicy chicken breast meat sauteed in garlic and Creole spices, then simmered with a creole sauce of tomatoes, onions, celery, and bell pepper. Served around a mound of rice with french bread.
Gulf shrimp sauteed in garlic and Creole spices, then simmered with a creole sauce of tomatoes, onions, celery, and bell pepper. Served around a mound of rice with french bread.
A great sampling from bayou country. One blackened chicken breast, a half order of red beans and rice, a cup of chicken and sausage gumbo and hushpuppies.
It doesn't get any more Cajun than this. One blackened catfish fillet, a half order of jambalaya, a cup of seafood gumbo and homemade hushpuppies.
A combination platter of crawfish etouffee and fried crawfish tails. Served with rice and hushpuppies. Perfect for the crawfish lover.
Our version of this classic Louisiana dish is a spicy blend of ham, chicken breast, andouille sausage, rice, tomatoes, celery, and bell peppers.
The classic Louisiana dish. Crawfish tails sauteed with garlic, celery, onions, and Cajun spices, then simmered in a spicy and buttery mahogany roux sauce. Served around a mound of rice with french bread.
Two farm-raised fillets. One of the best fish for blackening. Most people don't realize that catfish can be this good!
A white flaky fish, also known as St. Peter's fish. A very mild taste sure to please all palates. Served with tartar sauce.
Eight gulf shrimp, peeled, skewered and blackened. Served with drawn butter and cocktail sauce.
Eight large shrimp, peeled, skewered, lightly seasoned and grilled. Served with drawn butter and cocktail sauce.
One large chicken breast blackened to lock in the juices. Simple and delicious.
One large chicken breast charbroiled just right. Don't fix it if it ain't broke.
One chicken breast and your choice of one catfish fillet or one tilapia fillet.
One catfish fillet, one tilapia fillet, and four large shrimp. A perfect sampling of our blackened seafood. Served with tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, and drawn butter.
An eight-ounce ribeye cooked to order and topped with four large grilled shrimp. Finished with a bearnaise sauce.
Penne noodles in butter, served with bread.
1/3 lb. patty with American cheese and pickles. Choice of one dipping sauce complimentary. Contact merchant for sauce selection.
Shredded cheddar jack cheese melted in a grilled tortilla. Choice of one dipping sauce complimentary. Contact merchant for sauce selection.
2 large chicken tenders fried crispy. Choice of one dipping sauce complimentary. Contact merchant for sauce selection.
Alligator tail meat hand breaded and fried. Choice of one dipping sauce complimentary. Contact merchant for sauce selection.
American cheese melted between 2 slices of thick cut white bread. Choice of one dipping sauce complimentary. Contact merchant for sauce selection.
A handful of fresh shrimp, hand breaded and fried. Choice of one dipping sauce complimentary. Contact merchant for sauce selection.
Coke, Cherry Coke, Diet Coke, Lemonade, Mello Yello, Mr. Pibb, Sprite and Raspberry Ice Tea available. All served in tight sealing kid's cups with a bendy straw.
White or chocolate milk served in a factory sealed container with tightly sealing kid's cup and bendy straw provided.


As Telkom gears up to shed its 50% shareholding in Vodacom, it's laying the groundwork for mobile services of its own.
According to a report in Business Day, the telecommunications operator will roll out a wireless network offering high-speed Internet access along with the ability to make voice calls on mobile phones.
Central to the new network is the fact that Telkom will begin offering non-geographic phone numbers.
Telkom is currently involved in negotiations with Vodafone, which is expected to buy 12,5% of Vodacom, with the rest of the company unbundled to other shareholders.
Meanwhile, MTN – which has been involved in recent negotiations with Indian mobile operators – is once again the subject of speculation, this time of a tie-up with Telecom Italia.
The latest rumours surfaced in an Italian newspaper on Tuesday.


Our approach to Balfron Tower has been one of constructive conservation; respecting the external fabric of the building and restoring the internal communal spaces. From the start, we have understood the importance of this landmark building and hold it in.
In some rare instances, we have made modifications that respond to inherent design issues. Issues Goldfinger would have addressed, as we know he kept detailed notes of both his own experience of living in the building and tenant's comments. We have also responded to bringing the fabric of the building up to modern standards in terms of fire, acoustics, waterproofing and thermal insulation. In our minds this building will be here for another 100 years and needs to work for those that live in it. Our most fundamental proposals are at ground level, where landscape, public realm and building meet. Our proposed juxtaposition of planting with the brutalist aesthetic will create a harmonious balance of verdant nature and exposed raw materials. The much admired children's playground will be adapted to provide good supervision and soft edges.
Interiors and our living habits have evolved greatly since the tower was constructed. Today, space and light are favoured over segregated rooms and long corridors. This comes in part with the evolution of domestic technology: extractor hoods remove smells therefore kitchens can be part of the living space and sprinklers systems remove the need for corridors. The openness of the flats is also a response to smaller family sizes which create a preference for more flwidgetID spaces and less separation. In all flats our aim is to keep as many of the original details as possible, such as the stair balustrade and the light switches integrated in the door furniture.
One of each of the six flat typologies will be reinstated as per Goldfinger's original layouts. By doing so the architect's original vision will be preserved for future generations whilst other flats are modernised. At the base, the glazed entrance will be reinstated as per the original design to create an open and welcoming entrance. In the utility tower, we have removed redundant plant and propose to reinstate communal spaces in the lift tower; a cinema, a play room, a dining room all in the spirit of offering space for social cohesion in high rise living as originally envisaged by Goldfinger.


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$2 Billion Megadevelopment Set to Transform Arizona Luxury Sector
The first phase of the $2 billion megadevelopment, The Palmeraie, is entering the home-stretch of completion and in the last three months, owner and developer Five Star Development has pivoted in order to proactively adjust, reconfigure and elevate certain elements of the project to better cater to the safety, health and wellness of future guests, shoppers, office workers and residents.
As one of the most ambitious undertakings of a luxury master-planned community ever to exist in the Southwest, Five Star has continued to pursue an aggressive construction schedule amid the pandemic while being diligent about implementing social distancing guidelines among its crews. Close to 700 workers have been able to maintain their jobs and keep their distance while working across more than 50 acres within the 122-acre development.
In order to be at the forefront of safety measures for guests and visitors, Five Star recently made two significant upgrades to the first phase of the community. A first for The Ritz-Carlton brand, the resort and all 81 residential Villas will have ionized air throughout. Five Star purchased over a thousand systems from a leading manufacturer, whose research shows its ionizer eliminates over 95 percent of airborne viruses and bacteria within 60 minutes using bipolar ionization technology to proactively purify indoor air. Charged ions trigger cell oxidation, reducing airborne mold, bacteria and virus cells essentially sanitizing 24-hours a day. Additionally, all guest touchpoints within the resort have been converted to touchless, including all entryways, restrooms and amenity spaces.
"We originally designed The Palmeraie around the idea of it being a health and wellness oasis with low density, private rooftop gardens, a large sense of space and a celebration of bringing the outdoors in," said Jerry Ayoub, president of Five Star Development. "With the health issues we're facing in the world today, not much needed to change from our original design to maximize distance, transition to a completely touchless environment and ensure the highest cleanliness of airflow throughout the property."
The centerpiece of the visionary project, The Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley, will be ready to open before the year's end and features 215 hotel rooms with private entrances, detached casitas, bungalows and oversized suites spread across 20 verdant acres. The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Paradise Valley, surround the resort, offering two enclaves of multimillion-dollar estate homes and serviced Residences including, The Villas, 81 condominium-style homes priced from $1.6 million, and The Estate Homes, 39 single-family estate homes with prices starting at $5 million.
For travelers, a connection to the environment and fresh air is more important than ever before. The Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley was designed as a private sanctuary with guest accommodations connected by quiet, lush courtyard gardens and shaded walkways – evoking the sense of a village. Large windows with deep overhangs and glass pocket walls that fully open to the outside promote the resort's indoor/outdoor living ethos, along with unobstructed views of Arizona's idyllic sunsets. Even the 16,000 square-foot world-class spa was designed with indoor/outdoor treatment areas. In the outdoor area, spa guests will have exclusive access to a private pool with a circuit of various jetted treatments along with a whirlpool, Vichy shower, rainwalk and cabanas. The resort will also feature a 2,500 square-foot state-of-the-art health and fitness center, a walking and jogging trail with alfresco fitness stations, various indoor and outdoor meeting and event spaces like the amphitheater and secret garden, and a grand lawn with stunning views of the iconic Camelback, Mummy and McDowell mountains.
While construction has progressed, the luxury real estate component of the megadevelopment has seen a significant uptick in sales activity at the newest release, The Estate Homes. May 2020 proved to be the most successful sales month in more than a year with $20.2 million in real estate sold. Another $15 million in pending contracts have carried over to June. Nearly all recent homebuyers purchased their Residence as a second home and most originate from states and countries that were largely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The second phase of The Palmeraie was also methodically analyzed to determine what aspects would need to be enhanced, refined and redesigned. Set within 18 acres, it encompasses the shopping, dining, social, office and residential district that features over 60 exceptional best-in-class, specialty boutiques ranging from heritage luxury brands to the most in-demand modern retailers; chef-driven dining destinations with abundant outdoor, garden and rooftop seating that celebrate the magnificent outdoor setting; a first-to-market, specialty Class-AA+ office tower and FENDI Private Residences, which is the first ground-up residential enclave in North America with 41 bespoke residences that are expected to sell out during a one-day sales event set for later this year. Completion and opening of the second phase are expected by the end of 2022.
"Not many people have the opportunity to be a Monday-morning quarterback and assess what's needed after the building process has begun," said Hanna Struever, principal of Retail Portfolio Solutions who is leading the curation for The Palmeraie. "We wasted no time in evaluating how to make The Palmeraie experience even stronger by converting nearly all entry spaces to touchless environments; increasing outdoor dining areas in natural venues; adding more rooftop terraces and VIP spaces including private gardens for retailers; and incorporating nano-doors, operational windows and ionized air systems in office spaces to allow for fresh, clean airflow. The dramatic shift away from traditional mall-like environments has been trending for years and it's more apparent than ever before that luxury is now defined as a sense of 'safe', which equals an emphasis on health, wellness, fresh air, outdoor spaces and a celebration of natural beauty. The Palmeraie has found a way to make safe equal chic, fresh and energetic. It's about quality and not quantity. Innovation and new ideas are what's needed in our industry. Without a doubt, The Palmeraie unequivocally defines the future of retail."
Set in an open-air environment, The Palmeraie is designed to create a series of indoor and outdoor spaces and vignettes blurring the lines between architecture, landscape and human interaction with a series of interconnected experiences linked together across the entire district. With its vibrant colors, diverse textures and architectural shapes, the lush landscaping at The Palmeraie is the yin to the modern architecture's yang, enhancing the look, feel and sense of place. There will be an unexpected visual interplay of experiences sprinkled throughout the planted "Green Walls", vine-covered trellises and lavishly planted outdoor spaces such as the focal water gardens. Groves of flowering evergreen trees combined with soaring palm trees create a shaded, idyllic atmosphere. Where luxe meets lush, The Palmeraie forges a new oasis and aesthetic for Scottsdale.
For more information on The Palmeraie, visit ThePalmeraie.com. To inquire about residential opportunities, The Ritz-Carlton Residence Gallery (6720 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 120) is open by appointment only. For more, visit RCPVLuxury.com or call 866-779-7489.


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Walking and bike tours in Phuket are great for those who want to stay active while also exploring more of this fascinating island and the beautiful areas around it. With scenic countryside, a vibrant old provincial capital and stunning nearby islands, there is a lot to enjoy from the saddle of a bicycle or a pair of comfortable shoes.
The following Phuket tours will get you closer to nature or to the area's local culture and customs than almost any other option. You generally don't need to be any more than averagely fit to be able to keep up, though you should definitely keep well-hydrated as the humidity of this part of the world can be quite intense. So long as you're prepared to sweat a little, these trips can be extremely rewarding.


This black high neck bralette with beautiful embroidered flowers was made to be seen! Straps are adjustable.
Fabric provides a little stretch.
25% polyester. 65% nylon. 10% spandex. Hand wash. Do not wring. Do not bleach. Line dry.


Iryna Osipova alias Nikita Kahn is an actress, model, entrepreneur, and animal advocate. She is known for being the girlfriend of a famous businessman and billionaire, Larry Ellison.
Iryna Osipova was born in 1991 (Age: 28 years old, as in 2019) in Ukraine, (then the Soviet Union), now Ukraine, Eastern Europe. She was raised in the Soviet Union but for her better career, she migrated to the United States.
The information about her family is not known. She has been a longtime girlfriend of a famous billionaire, Larry Ellison.
Kahn received her bachelor degree in hospitality and tourism from Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics. She has also completed her MBA from the same University. After receiving her education, she migrated to the United States for better opportunities. Upon arriving in California, she chose the field of real estate. She built her own real estate company which is remodeling homes. Apart from being a real estate entrepreneur, Kahn is also a dedicated animal lover. She has worked for California Wildlife Center and has participated to protect, rescue, and rehabilitate injured, sick, and orphaned animals. She has also been a board member of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Kahn is also a supporter of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Rhino Rescue Center which helps animal species which are on the brink of extinction.
As in 2018, her net worth is about $25 million.
She also writes blogs related to women's health which provide exclusive insights and tips on everything from nutrition and fitness to fashion, design, and travel.
Kahn is of Caucasian ethnicity.
Before her, Larry Ellison has been married and divorced four times.
Besides being an entrepreneur, Kahn has also worked in the movie "Catch .44" in 2011.


Chiropractor in St Charles, IL: Total Body Health Center utilizes the latest technology, equipment, treatment therapies and chiropractic adjustments to put patients at ease and on the road to recovery. Chiropractic adjustments are a safe, natural and effective procedure to help keep one of the most important pieces of the body in prime condition.
Chiropractic care helps restore the body's natural structure before lifestyle, injury or other elements misaligned it. The spine is the major highway to all of your nervous systems and any blockades can be detrimental to your health. Having a misaligned spine not only could cause discomfort or pain, but could also cause problems with other areas of your body. These problems occur when there are interruptions in the normal communication of information between the brain and the body. Chiropractic care can correct these interruptions.
Creating a lower pressure in the discs will cause an influx of healing nutrients and other substances to the disc that are important for improving functions of the body. Regardless if you have an injury or not, this stretching of the spine can improve posture, flexibility and daily living. This lower back treatment allows the body to stretch in a different way that you would be unable to do at home.
After Spinal Decompression, patients will feel elongated and relaxed. Other therapies may be combined with spinal decompression, such as diet recommendations and exercises depending on the patient. This low-risk treatment is essential for anyone with lower back issues.