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Making campus feel more like home
The SOL Center, located in the University Student Union, offers several services for students, including lounge centers for studying and relaxing. (Trevor Stamp / Multimedia Editor)
Samantha Lieb
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Lifestyle
For freshman, transfers and commuter students, fitting into new area and campus environment can be difficult.
Dale Fairclough, 24, computer science major, is a second bachelors student coming from Valencia twice a week.
"On a good day it's 25 to 30 minutes," Fairclough. "On a bad day, it can be up to an hour."
Many transfers end up commuting, and feel like freshman all over again. While this may be alienating or difficult at first, some have found they enjoy the process.
Taking to professional involvement, Fairclough has joined clubs to help promote his field.
"Basically everything I'm doing is to promote professionalism. I joined a club called Layer 8. It's a computer security club. It's really fun with a great group of people. I'm trying to put out professional connections and networking, that type of thing," said Fairclough
He believes the commuter life is easier if you are involved, and while it can be challenging to make connections in class, joining clubs can help.
"Once you're out there participating, it builds pretty strong bonds," Fairclough said.
While this may be alienating or difficult at first, some have found they enjoy the commute.
Jake Copesky, 26, liberal studies major and graduating senior, finds his time in the car to be "therapeutic" and a time for just himself.
Copesky comes from West Hollywood twice a week, and attended Santa Monica College (SMC) before this.
"Don't worry about the commute. Everywhere in LA takes a little bit of time to get to," Copesky said. "If you want to get involved with the CSUN community reach out to your fellow classmates and ask them to hang out."
There are so many resources on campus to help students get involved, no matter their situation.
Shanell Tyus, events manager of the University Student Union (USU), has found that the campus "commuter label" is slowly fading as more students "come and stay," giving this CSUN a chance to break past initial challenges.
As a place of social connection, the USU aims to get people involved. With so many possible ways, it's hard to think that some students still feel left out or out of place.
"My advice is that this campus is so robust, and there really is always something going on… Whether it's going in and a taking a group exercise class.. or maybe lectures are your thing, or open mic night and poetry. Maybe you're a veteran, or an LGBTQ student if so, there are centers for you! Maybe you're a quiet gamer, and are used to playing at home, on campus there is a games room for you," said Tyus.
"[The USU is] the largest employer of students on campus," Tyus said.
Josh Mandell, 28, junior, English major, also transferred from SMC and this is his second semester.
Living on the beach, he doesn't find the commute to be bad.
"The commute doesn't bother me because I have planned my classes in order to hit the road when there is little traffic… I don't plan on moving closer because I very much enjoy living in Santa Monica," Mandell said.
He does find parking to be a hassle at times and advises students to come early and seek involvement where they can.
"Sometimes I feel a bit disconnected from campus, such as it is hard to go the SRC often because I can't just drive and work out there on any given day. Despite that, I have made a lot of friends in my major who commute and who transferred as well so we plan study groups or attend seminars together, which makes the experience more enjoyable," Mandell said.
Mandell advises students, especially transfers to meet with advisement right away to make their transition better and plan to graduate more clear.
"This has made my life incredibly easier and I look forward to every semester," he said.
The USU also offers health resources like the Living Well Lounge, where students can get free services like nutrition counseling, chair massages and more.
Designed to aid stress relief and inform students about health, this center aims to help you balance a busy college life.
The SOL Center also offers lounge areas on the first and second floor where students can just come and hang out, study, and relax.
There is so much to take advantage of no matter what your situation, or where you're coming from. Whatever you're into, there is something for you.
Working to help students get involved in whatever way they can, Tyus believes there is so much to be part of on campus.
"Our goal is not to do everything for everybody, but offer something for everyone," said Tyus.
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Sustainable intensification practices build resilience in Bangladesh's charlands
By reducing drudgery, irrigation and costs, conservation agriculture enables the soil of the charlands to produce rice and maize yields consecutively.
By Ashraf Ali and Stacey Cassar
Anzuma Begam (left) and her husband, Hossain Ali, working together in their maize field.
The charlands, island-like tracts of land arising from riverbeds as a result of erosion and accretion, are home to millions of Bangladesh's most vulnerable people. The lives of these people, much like the land itself, are exposed to nature's forces such as erosion and floods.
In Eachlirchar, an area of charland in Lakkhitari Union, Gangachara, Rangpur district, where the soil struggles to yield even rice, the fate of the marginalized char community is arbitrarily determined by the course of nature. However, mother of three Anzuma Begam is living proof of the resilience and socioeconomic development catalyzed by adopting conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification technologies.
Promoted by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) through its Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems Intensification (SRFSI) project, sustainable intensification technologies have been heralded as a major breakthrough in the fight against charland aridity since 2014. By reducing drudgery, irrigation and costs, conservation agriculture enables the soil of the charlands to produce rice and maize yields consecutively.
Given its eventual success, it is surprising that the first phase of CIMMYT's work in Eachlirchar did not run according to plan, as the tobacco-producing community did not welcome new technologies. Begam's husband, Hossain Ali, even rejected her initial proposal to participate in the SRFSI project's introductory training on zero tillage, weed management and new seeds. However, in spite of her husband's disapproval and defying patriarchal constraints, Begam stepped forward to accept the new agricultural technology.
Anzuma Begam's husband takes pride in his wife's achievements.
After engaging with the project, Begam decided apply conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification practices on her small plot of land. She began to produce mechanically transplanted rice and strip-till maize. Her first harvest in 2015 deepened her understanding of the benefits of comparatively low utilization of irrigation, pesticides and labor.
Begam has since yielded a bumper maize crop using strip-till technology and her socioeconomic progress is an inspiration to her charland community. Even the floods of June 2017 failed take the smiles off her family's faces and, in 2018, she and her family moved from a shack into a well-built tin-shaded house.
The profits from Begam's higher yielding and more reliable maize and rice harvests have ensured access to proper education and food for her children, and her husband now helps cultivate their land using conservation agriculture technologies. "Anzuma did the right thing by not listening to my wrong decision back then in 2014," he explains. "SRFSI showed her the right way to attain self-reliance through conservation agriculture technologies. I am proud of my wife."
The Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems Intensification (SRFSI) project is funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems Intensification in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (SRFSI)
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New systems analysis tools help boost the sustainable intensification of agriculture in Bangladesh
In South Asia, the population is growing and land area for agricultural expansion is extremely limited. Increasing the productivity of already farmed land is the best way to attain food security.
Secretary of Agriculture backs CIMMYT's initiative for sustainable crop intensification in Bangladesh
Feed the Future delegation visits CIMMYT-Bangladesh

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Two men arrested after €790,000 worth of cannabis found in car and house searches in Cork City
The seizure was made after a car was stopped on the Lower Glanmire Road
The State Pathologist has been notified (Image: Collins)
Two men were arrested after almost €800,000 worth of cannabis herb was seized in Cork city on Friday evening.
Gardai stopped a car on the Glanmire Road by Kent Station at 5pm and found 5.5kg of cannabis herb worth and estimated €110,000.
Two men were arrested in connection with the seizure and are currently detained at Mayfield Garda Station.
In follow-up searches at a house in Togher and of another car a further €680,000 was seized.
A garda spokesperson said: "As the result of an ongoing investigation into drug dealing in Cork City, the Cork City Divisional Drug Unit stopped a car on Lower Glanmire Road, Cork shortly after 5pm yesterday evening, Friday 22nd June, 2019.
Gardai arrest six people in West Cork as part of ongoing Operation Thor investigation
"Two men, in their 40s were stopped and their vehicle searched, and 5.5kgs of cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €110,000 (subject to analysis) was seized and both men arrested.
"The two men were taken to Mayfield Garda Station were they are currently detained under Section 2, Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
"In a follow up search at a house and a vehicle in Togher cannabis herb was seized with an estimated street value of €680,000 (subject to analysis). Both men remain in Garda custody and investigations are ongoing."


Why Sell On eBay - Or Online?
Why don't more people sell their old stuff online?
Why not sell on eBay or online in general? One of the most prominent ways to shift old things that we have around the house that are still useful or valuable but not actually getting used is to go online and sell. It's been that way for a few years now, but today people still hoard or even sell for pennies at car boot sales(!) If you are looking to have a clean-out at home, and want to make sure that you sell the right stuff time & time again then your best bet it to do so through the web. However, lots of people do not do this – and we want to look at three keys reasons why, and how you can get over these problems.
It's a common fear between people without IT knowledge that they might break the machine if they do the wrong thing. Today, the only that you can permanently break a PC or mobile device is to go at it hammer & tongs with a weapon!
They are impossible to break just by pressing the wrong button, so taking the time to just read some basic guides online about where you want to sell can allay your fears in less than an hour. eBay, for example, have some awesome buyers & sellers guides that they can provide you with.
Taking the time to read basic guides on how to sell the products and the actual process, as well as getting the right notifications set up so you can follow the progress accurately, is very important.
Patience is hard to find today, and most people don't really have that much of it especially when it comes to the web. You're selling to a huge marketplace so you should get results instantly, right? Wrong. Patience is needed with the web – it's like selling to anyone or anywhere else, a verdict has to be reached. One thing that won't get your good sold any faster is removing your auction in a fury because nobody has bought yet.
You might waste a few pounds every month by not getting any bids on an auction, but with the scope of the marketplace it's more than likely your offering that was faulty, not everyone else's buying decisions! Altering your auction for next time can make a monumental difference to your success at selling online.
It can take only a few minutes to create an eBay listing for something you are selling. It's weird, then, that lots of people are not really willing to put the time in to add an auction up to get it sold. Time is hard to find to do the job, maybe, but if you set aside just 20 minutes you could list four high-value times and market them well enough to get a price you will be happy with.
This is easy to do and won't take long at all, and can help you shift old products from around the house that you are not too bothered about keeping or using any longer. So the next time you look at that old leather sofa, car in the driveway, or old-generation iPhone, sell it online!


ESD Interiors was founded by Keri Malafa in 2011. Keri expanded the business in 2015 when Amanda Waltz joined the firm as co-owner, based on their mutual passion and talent for interior design. Recognizing their skills were uniquely different and yet perfectly complementary – a partnership was formed.
Business flourished quickly as clients recognized there was something special about this design duo–something refreshingly authentic and warmly approachable. Not to mention, their combined eye for design and ability to capture a client's individual style was impeccable.
The ESD Interiors portfolio has expanded rapidly as clients from all life stages and all design tastes have sought the team's expertise. ESD Interiors mostly serves residential clients in neighborhoods throughout the East Cincinnati region.
Though ESD Interiors will inevitably continue to expand and evolve in the years to come, its foundation will always be rooted in the authentic friendship of its founders, a passion for creative design, and a true satisfaction in building transparent, long-term client relationships.


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Kawasaki Z1 (Kawasaki Z900) är en motorcykelmodell från Kawasaki som lanserades 1972.

Kawasaki Z1 är en 903cc fyrcylindrig fyrtaktare med dubbla överliggande kamaxlar och 82 hästkrafter.

Modellen blev en omedelbar försäljningssuccé för Kawasaki, som över en natt vann ryktbarhet som mästare på "muskelhojar".

Motorn var överdimensionerad och haverier sällsynta; i standardutförande var den problemfri och närmast outslitlig medan den i racing skördade många segrar.

År 1974 kallades modellen Z1A och från det året var motorn omålad aluminium i stället för svart medan tanken fick sina klassiska linjer.
1975 års Z1B innehöll bara marginella förbättringar och nya färger.

År 1975 lanserades Z900 och 1976 kom den sista 900:an som kallades Z900 A4. Utanpå såg den ut som sina föregångare men en rad andra viktiga komponenter var helt nya och kraftigt förbättrade. Bensintank, sidokåpor, ankstjärt, sadel, mm var förvirrande lika tidigare modeller men modifierade och förbättrade.

År 1977 hade man förbättrat konstruktionen ytterligare i Z1000. På pappret var det en helt ny modell fast man egentligen bara hade borrat upp motorn till 1015cc, lagt till skivbroms bak och introducerat ett nytt 4-2 avgassystem. De senare förändringarna uppskattades inte på marknaden där det redan klassiska 4-4 avgassystemet efterfrågades så till den grad att man till exempel i Tyskland återinförde det på vissa modeller. Trumbromsen såg omodern ut men var en ikon för Kawasakis muskelmaskin.

1977 års förändringar i kombination med att konkurrenterna var på väg i kapp och introducerade nya modeller innebar början till slutet på Z1-sagan. Med Z1300 två år senare laborerade man djärvt med design och motor på Z1-konceptet i en rad mindre sålda modeller men det dröjde tills 1984 innan Z1 modellserien upphöde.

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Inside ECS: Sharon Stout, Food Services
'Expect nothing less than the best' is the mantra of ECS' Sharon Stout, the assistant to the director of food services for elementary schools. It's with this mentality that Sharon ensures elementary lunches are the best they can be, but it's also a guiding tenet with her own children when it comes to their academics.
"My husband and I have been truly blessed when it comes to our children. They know what needs to be done to be successful in school and they do it. To them, school is easy, but if they don't do well, they know the extra stuff goes away."
For her children, Shaniyah (a fifth grader at Mary Daly), Samiyah (a seventh grader at West Side), and Reniko (a freshman at Elkhart Memorial), the list of extras is long. Shaniyah and Samiyah are heavily involved in sports, including both at their schools as well as traveling teams, with sports like softball, basketball, and volleyball. Reniko's focus is more on the academic side, though he does play football and enjoys gaming.
Originally a native of Mississippi, Sharon started with Elkhart Community Schools in 2010 as a food services cashier at Elkhart Central to align her work schedule with her kids' school schedules. "I wanted to be sure I was available for my kids. I wanted to be off when they were off, to have as much time as possible with them. Now that they're older, it's easier for me to work more hours in my current position." Her dedication to her children is clear in everything she does.
Sharon thinks back to a memory of when her children were young. "We were at the Tolson Center, and one little boy pointed to my husband and said to my daughter, 'is that your dad?' to which she said yes, and his reply was 'it must be nice to know who your dad is.' I see so many kids who don't have parents involved in their lives. That hurts a child. My kids don't know what it's like to not have a parent. To me, my kids are the most important thing in my life."
As Sharon thinks about the importance of family, she thinks about her own loving parents, who clearly instilled a strong sense of family and work ethic into her upbringing. "I lost my mom in 2013 to cancer and my dad in 2017 to cancer. When I lost them, my kids lost their grandparents. They would never get to experience the love that my parents gave to me. I don't ever want them to not feel love."
It's with this love that she urges them to get involved as much as possible.
"If they want to do something, I want to give them every opportunity to do it. My husband and I try to give them the platform to succeed. If they fail, it's okay. I just want them to try."
For her daughters, this means an aggressive pursuit of a future athletic career at the University of Notre Dame. "They know they want to play sports when they get older. They have their eye on playing basketball for Notre Dame. It's another incentive for them to keep their grades up, to help them get into Notre Dame and earn scholarships."
As for her son, Sharon sees a future of being an entrepreneur and business owner. "All of my children are smart, but Reniko is so focused on academics and is so driven to succeed. He hasn't figured out what business yet, but he is determined to become a business owner. I have no doubt that he will."
It's clear that Sharon tackles all things with a positivity and sense of hard work, with a strong love for her family.
"I just love my family to death. Love my kids. I would do anything for them. Everything I do is for them."
Outside of work, Sharon loves going to the movies (especially Marvel movies on opening day!), traveling with her family, and staying with them in hotels so they can swim.
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Under pet supplies, you will find the supplies you would anticipate for dogs, cats, birds, fish, and small animals like hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, and rabbits. You may even anticipate to uncover supplies for Stirling Dining Table By Orren Ellis reptiles and Stirling Dining Table By Orren Ellis ferrets. You may be surprised, though, to discover Stirling Dining Table By Orren Ellis supplies for chickens. Supplies for Stirling Dining Table By Orren Ellis horses consist of English saddles and tack.
Our beautiful, quirky showroom in the heart of Hitchin has had a make-over. Receiving them to the table is simple. So Stirling Dining Table By Orren Ellis our dining space furniture is created to aid with the difficult component - keeping them there. Due to the fact when the chairs are comfy and the table is just the correct size, absolutely everyone will be pleased to stay for a even though (even if there is no dessert).
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Yes'm, it IS Fondren's Zippity Doo Dah® Time A-GAIN and THANK YOU Fondren Renaissance Foundation!
The dates are March 26-29-we want you to come early and stay late!
Starting Thursday, 3/26, at noon, the Hilton-Jackson hosts the COME-ON-IN PARTY in Fitzgerald's–the lobby bar. Just breathe and anticipate The Most Fun E-ver this whole Weekend!
For the BIG HAT BRUNCH, call 601-368-1919 to make your BIG HAT BRUNCH reservations at Sal & Mookies for Friday, March 27. It's still only $21 for advance reservations–thanks, Jeff Good! We won't tell Dan!
ATTENTION Parade Virgins: There is a PRIZE awarded by the Quintessential Big Hat Designer and Perennial Winner–Spud Stud Scott Caples.
ATTENTION Parade Virgins: No need for cars–our buses take you everywhere you need to be. And back again! No drankin' and drivin' or worrying about parkin' the Whole-Entire-Weekend!
After the Brunch, stroll around the historic Fondren district to all the locally owned shops and galleries. A lot of you will have won gift certificates at Big Hat; so go spend 'em! Plus, the locals LOVE seeing our big-a** hats! Maps available at the Hilton thanks to Find It In Fondren™!
From 6-9p is Daincin' On Duling! with the The Bluz Boys — the South's Premier Show Band!
The actual Budweiser Clydesdales are back! They will be up close and personal.
Buses run between the Hilton-Jackson and Fondren from 10:45a–9:30p; so, NO drinking and driving or parking issues!
On Saturday, mid-morning (nothing too early!)-we will gather in the Great Ballroom of the Hilton-Jackson for several purposes: eating, of course; but also, in keeping with our Celtic theme, we will have our Queenly Version of HIGHLAND GAMES. We assume you come PREPARED to act silly and laugh a lot-those are the only "skills" required to participate.
Added enticement to lure you downstairs Saturday mornin', KILTBOY AKA Randall Wallace will be "installing" tattoos on Queenly parts! This goes with our motto of "ANYTHANG FOR THE CHIRREN" and tattoos will be $1, all of it going to Children's Hospital.
AND, Because Randy LOVES the Queedom, his publisher has "promised" that Randy will have available FREE Advance Reader's Copies of his NEW book, LIVING THE BRAVEHEART LIFE–which will not be released for sale for many months, like in September. YOU will be THE Very FIRST in the WORLD to have what will quickly become the "go-to" gift for every graduation, birthday, Father's Day, etc. for decades to come. ONE per Queen and NO, you cannot get copies for your Mommer'nem. If Mommer'nem can't be bothered to come Queen with us–to benefit sick and injured Chirren–they ain't gettin' no free book.
If you want to have a mini-float, GO HERE for the rules, regulations, and application. If you do not own a golf cart that meets the guidelines, call Gulf States Golf Carts at 601-853-1510 or Ben Nelson Golf Carts at 601-664-7117 to have your rental cart delivered to the line-up area and awaiting your wildly creative decorative flourishes.
NOTE: If you need help getting the required safety marchers to cover the 4 corners of your float, let us know IN ADVANCE and we will help with volunteers. E-mail me and Jim Wilkirson: at hrhjill@sweetpotatoqueens.com AND jim@fondren.org Betwixt us, we should be able to manage this.
Post-Parade Party in Fitzgerald's at the Hilton–in Parade outfits so we can all see each other's Fabulosity.
Order your Sunday Bathrobe Brunch tickets by CLICKING HERE–still just $29 for advance reservations. As with the Weekend Passes, NOTHING IS MAILED OUT. Pick 'em up at the Hilton. Also Brunch cost more ($39) if you wait til you're here; so, again, don't.
Parade Virgins: yes, everyone does actually wear a bathrobe. Everybody.


On the banks of the Afon Tywi near Towy Forest and the Llyn Brianne reservoir. This secluded campsite is set in 11 acres and has superb views from all pitches. Situated on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The area is a haven for walker's and is home to some of Britain's rarest wildlife and plants. You'll sure to enjoy the peace and quiet of the hills and valleys of mid Wales.
To book your fishing trip to Rhandirmwyn Club Site click here.
Yes, a rod licence from the Environment Agency available at The Royal Oak in the village.


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Новогашунский — хутор в Зимовниковском районе Ростовской области. Входит в состав Ленинского сельского поселения.

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География
Хутор расположен в пределах Сальско-Манычской гряды, являющейся западным субширотным продолжением Ергенинской возвышенности, относящейся к Восточно-Европейской равнине, на левом берегу реки Большая Куберле, на высоте 47 метров над уровнем моря. Рельеф равнинный, полого-увалистый. Почвы - тёмно-каштановые.

По автомобильной дороге расстояние до Ростова-на-Дону составляет 280 км, до ближайшего города Волгодонск - 61 км, до районного центра посёлка Зимовники - 11 км.

На хуторе имеется одна улица: Жлобина.

История
Основан как калмыцкая станица Ново-Алексеевская. Станица входила в состав Сальского округа Области Войска Донского и являлась местом проживания калмыков Геленгякинского аймака ().

Геленгякинской называлась третья сотня Среднего улуса Калмыцкого округа Всевеликого Войска Донского. К середине XIX века калмыцкое население стало переходить к оседлости. Начало оседлости можно установить в «Списке населённых мест по сведениям 1859 года». В Геленгякинской сотне в 1857 году имелась хурульская молитвенная кибитка и один обывательский дом. Всего числилось 542 кибитки, в которых проживало 2014 человек.

При переходе в 1877 году к станичному делению Геленгякинская сотня была включена в юрт станицы Кутейниковской Среднего улуса Калмыцкого округа Области войска Донского. Бывшая Геленгякинская сотня выделена в самостоятельную станицу Ново-Алексевскую не позднее 1908 года. Центром новой станицы стал хутор Хурульный. Согласно переписи населения 1897 года в хуторе Хурульном проживало 547 душ мужского и 580 женского пола, ещё 26 душ мужского пола проживало при хуруле хутора Хурульного. Хутор являлся вторым по численности населения населённым пунктом юрта станицы Кутейниковской.

Согласно Алфавитному списку населённых мест области войска Донского 1915 года издания в станице Ново-Алексеевской насчитывалось 450 дворов, в которых проживало 947 человек. В станице имелся хурул, при нём действовало училище. В юрт станицы входили хутора Атаманский, Калмыцкий, Николаевский и Стояновский.

В результате Гражданской войны население станицы резко сократилось, в связи с чем станица была преобразована в хутор. Согласно первой Всесоюзной переписи населения 1926 года население хутора Ново-Алексеевского Кутейниковского сельсовета составило всего 68 человек, все - калмыки.

В 1929 году хутор включён в состав Калмыцкого района Сальского округа (округ ликвидирован в 1930 году) Северо-Кавказского края (с 1934 года - Азово-Черноморского края, с 1937 года - Ростовской области).

В марте 1944 года калмыцкое население было депортировано, Калмыцкий район была упразднён, а хутор включён в состав Зимовниковского района Ростовской области, позднее переименован в хутор Новогашунский.

Население
Динамика численности населения

Примечания

Населённые пункты Зимовниковского района
Места поселения донских калмыков
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Our goal is to study, analyze and promote the true history and culture of Moldova, as well as Moldavian civilization as a whole. The authors of the site are a group of 50 people, specialists in the fields of history, religion, culture, political science, business, economics and finance.
Among us are managers, teachers, architects, doctors, designers, programmers, photographers, philologists, linguists and other professionals, who have the knowledge, as well as the ideas of the development in the corresponding fields of scientific and practical activities. We are united by love to our country, as well as a desire to help those, who can improve the life of Moldovans and want to do so.
www.moldovenii.md is a resource where you can get acquainted with the most important information and news, obtained from reliable and trustworthy sources, about history, culture, settlements, the Diaspora and development programmes of Moldova. On our site you can find text, audio, photo and video information.
A modern search engine will give you access to a rich library, which contains all sorts of materials, related to the site topics, including the Moldovan music, movies, literature and art, as well as information about the customs, cuisine, nature, architecture of Moldova, etc.
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At the same time, we support the desire of politicians to understand the ideas contained in our project, and we welcome those who will take on their implementation. However, our portal will not promote such activities of the politicians, but also it will not be critical of those who will decide to borrow these ideas. We positively perceive any attempt to realize our ideas, as we are convinced that development programme, set out on the pages of our website, objectively, is the way out of the difficult situation, in which Moldova found itself, and is important for the full-fledged development not only of the Moldovan people, but the human civilization on the Earth as a whole. It is us, the Moldovans, whose task it is to implement such a programme in the framework of the whole country.
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Mihălaşa Nouă este un sat din cadrul oraşului Teleneşti, raionul Teleneşti. Localitatea se află la distanţa de 2 km de oraşul Teleneşti şi la 93 km de Chișinău. Conform datelor recensămîntului din anul 2004, populaţia satului constituia 303 locuitori. Satul Mihălaşa Nouă a fost întemeiat în anul 1922.


I hope you & yours are having a restful evening. I ended up with an excellent reason to write back to you via more than just a few sentences.
I had seen a website name "healthiveg" when I looked at your LinkedIn profile, and the label had seemed to conjure some positive potentiality within very few letters. I went to look at what would emerge via a click-excursion from that reference. You've created an exceptionally beautiful and poetically-flowing mosaic there. What a celebration of natural foods and plants, and of their contributions to well-being and wonder! I believe the person who is frazzled or anxious may find some calming merely through a healthiveg.com visit.
When I arrived there, I was very much surprised to find myself immediately plunged into raspberry-land. In my whole life, I don't think I had ever seen an entire web page or article or poster or doctoral dissertation or owner's manual or photo portfolio devoted exclusively to raspberries. That took me wandering on a journey of reflection….
I had what may be described as a "dreary" and seemingly uninspiring childhood under materially meager-to-impoverished conditions, just my parents and I, in an unremarkable city adjoining a super-metropolis-city. They passed away from typical-American-lifestyle-diseases when I was 16, and my most vivid memories of life with them before that seem to involve certain breaking-of-the-humdrum-routine activities of the warmer season. For many children who were my contemporaries, birthdays or Christmas or Chanukah holidays or such may have represented the signature events-of-anticipation year-round. For me, no way. I yearned for the small number of occasions when my folks and I would depart the bland apartment-scape and city sidewalks for greener surroundings.
But, snow-thaw and all the other seasonal shifts unfolded earlier in downstate New York than in the far-northeastern inland Maritimes. So, before the annual road trip(s), there would be several weeks of stalking the precious raspberry throughout the thorny wilds of … the Bronx.
The Henry Hudson Parkway was built eons ago, cutting through greenish zones of the Bronx, gently curving its way southwestward toward the conflux of the Hudson and Harlem Rivers. Midway along on its western fringe, on a small parallel street, sat an old stone church flanked by nothing but acres of what I called "briar patches." These were dense thickets of thorn-bushes and vines—thistle and ivy and poison ivy and poison oak and chokeberry and anything else that may tend to grow tall and/or thick and green, and that may enjoy curling over and under and into and out of its neighboring plant-species. Included in that mix would be blackberry, black raspberry, and (sound of salivation) red raspberry bushes.
On days when it wasn't raining, and when my father had used up any money-work opportunity he may have found, my parents and I would likely as not pile into the old but reliable blue-and-white Buick and zoom Bronxward, ending up as the only humans in sight on the west side of the parkway. We'd load ourselves down with a rag-tag collection of cans, jars, and buckets (no two alike) and would wade off into the brush. No one could possibly predict just how much the intricately woven factors of sun exposure and rainfall and day/night temperature flux would've nudged the countless fledgling berries along their mysterious and convoluted path toward ripening, since last we had paid them a visit. But, eagerly anticipating, we would find out soon enough, minute by minute, poking our noses and fingers high and low, disregarding occasional scratches from inhospitable thorns and even possibly a bit of wet ooze inside the shoes. The urge to gobble up some spectacularly ripe berries (especially the red raspberries) would be irresistible, but our main mission was to fill the buckets and haul treasure victoriously back to the kitchen.
We would roam here, there and everywhere, and ferret out the tiny dots of color, and pick … 'til that point within the waning chronology of daylight, when mosquitos would start biting with such frequency that my mother's eyebrows would tilt sadly and her brow would furrow and she might whimper, "Ohhh, Harry…," or my father might growl, "$#% &@ * #@%*#!" We'd then retreat to the car, booty in hand, windows tightly cranked against the onslaught of those which are evolutionarily programmed to crave our droplets of blood. With our minds so marvelously emptied by communing for hours with the world of plants, we might try to prolong the emptiness by relaxing in the car and playing a game, like counting southbound Volkswagens versus northbound Volkswagens on the parkway.
Upon arrival home, we'd take turns washing our hands up to the elbows with the big, ugly stinky-smelly bar of special soap reputed (but who knows?) to bear the magical powers of dissipating the essential oils of poison ivy or oak. Whether from mosquitos or noxious leaves, we might be itching for days, but we always deemed it all worthwhile. Whatever berries survived the on-site grazing/munching and made it into our fridge, would likely get baked into pies by my mother. These involved unthinkable-to-me-today ingredients like butter, white flour, and refined sweeteners, but they were indisputably baked with love. Equally unthinkable would be a typical spontaneous-snacking format for berries at home, in a bowl, with dairy cream and white sugar (blech). But, I can honestly say that these at-home indulgences did not, even at my tender age, compare with the thrilling experience of finding in my hand a tender exquisitely-ripe red raspberry and savouring it right out in its own briar-patch backyard.
During the long-awaited annual New Brunswick odyssey, my parents and I would, of course, spend lots of time with our diverse assortment of cousins, but there would be plenty of daylight hours beckoning us on the non-showery days to go wandering frivolously in the countryside. We would peer out the car windows, scanning every bit of passing landscape to try to identify lurking abundant-wild-berry zones, and would stop when the coast may seem clear for itinerant gatherers. Would certain birds in flight feel as we did, as they might strain to detect stray specks of red and black within a tapestry of green a hundred feet below, while foraging for their very sustenance?
The vine-lands were often kind to us, and we in turn were often kind to the mosquitos. In the larger scheme of things, the pursuit of berries, and of the red raspberry in particular, brought some gifts to my young life in quite subtle ways. I came to regard this tiny and unfamiliar-looking and not industrially-standardized object as something of beauty. It is actually striking visually, as impressive to me today as it was during my childhood. Via its diffuse color-textures, multi-faceted structure, its appearance contrasts utterly with the smooth homogenous glossy sheen on the continuous wraparound surface of (for example) a red bell pepper, not that I ever saw a red bell pepper as a kid! My parents' household was tragically estranged from fresh fruits and vegetables, so the red raspberry offered my most convincing childhood revelation that a food could be beautiful.
The red raspberry was a stellar teacher of patience on many levels. One waits all year round for a few weeks within one season when one might ever hope to find that it's ready to pick. During travel, one may search far and wide to find a location blessed by berry bushes (and my childhood reality was, stumbling upon red raspberry patches only one-third or fourth as often as blackberry patches). When berry bushes are actually found, one may discover at that moment in time zillions of still-unripe berries, with green foliage camouflaging precious few ripe ones (and what could be worse than eating an unripe raspberry?). And each success, each distinct act of picking will transfer only a truly miniature-sized object into mouth or can or jar or bucket, thus, no matter what, a picking-project will most surely take a very, very long time. Acceptance of all this waiting, with equanimity, would at the least place one's mind, however briefly, into consciousness-territory quite distinct from the rushed and overbooked/over-scheduled and productivity-crazed dynamic that seeks more and more to preoccupy society.
Another dimension of the lessons in patience, the riper and thus more tender and fragile that a red raspberry might be, the more that one would need to pick slowly/carefully/skillfully, else all those gorgeous cancer-risk-reducing antioxidant phytochemical pigments are simply squashed into a sticky stain on your fingers. So, trial-and-error builds patience accompanied by increased dexterity for delicate tasks, and an appreciation for quality-control.
Perhaps I may have started learning from the red raspberry: Don't shy away from attributing great meaning and value, when deserved, to the tiny and inconspicuous.
Without lessons in patience gleaned from the search for the ripe red raspberry, I might not have achieved enduring tolerance and affection (starting early on in New Brunswick) for a "next level" of noble-quest—extended searches for four-leaf clovers. My uncle Fred convinced whippersnapper me that if I just combed the greenery long enough, while being sure to enjoy myself, I WOULD indeed always be able to find a quadra-blooper. How did he know? Textbooks and classes about meditation might not be so sorely needed, when a field or patch of clover is yawning skyward just outside one's door or else down the road a piece.
After my parents passed away, I went penniless off to college. Walking and bicycling got me around the college town just fine, but getting out of town posed its own set of problems. I became a habitual hitchhiker, and this precarious temporary travel-lifestyle came to its peak of intensity via three transcontinental trips after my 21st birthday. For one of the meandering round-trips, I made a log showing about 8300 miles covered via 38 or 39 rides. White light and Lady Luck accompanied me, keeping me out of jails and hospitals and graveyards, and I even ended up with multi-year friendships with a few of the kind ride-givers.
Then, as in earlier years in the Bronx and New Brunswick, the ultimate prize was … the red raspberry.
We foraged lightheartedly in many locales for hours and hours and hours. Reliving poignant scenes of my childhood with my two benefactors was truly meaningful, and stimulated some new thought-processes. I said to myself, "These folks really know how to live"! They had worked hard every year of their adult lives, and now at the dawn of retirement years, they were not weary or jaded or burned out, but rather totally fresh in their sense of spontaneity, and thirst for exploration, and ability to appreciate beauty, and openness to small and subtle pleasures. At that crossroads in time, we had something in common, pursuing a daily-renewed vision of quality-of-life outside of regimentation and routine, and not dependent merely upon acquiring experiences and material possessions via money. In their case, they were in the birthing-days of expanded-leisure-years after long paying their dues in the workforce. I was in the waning days of my cast-your-fate-to-the-wind hitchhiking marathons before getting more deeply entrenched in the workforce. I hoped then to keep alive the concept that personal contentment is not to be measured in terms of equations involving dollars and hours.
Quality of life is always enhanced by safeguarding enough time here and here to seek out the ripe berry or the four-leaf-clover or the other unexpected hidden jewel or opportunity within humble surroundings. How about stopping to swing on the set of swings that you're passing by?
After quite a few years now as a nutritionist and Registered Dietitian, I've been able to cite accumulated mainstream scientific research endorsing the red raspberry (along with its close relatives) as one of the various extraordinary sources of cancer-risk-reducing antioxidant phytochemical pigments. And now you've reminded me of how this little gem ties in so sublimely with my meaningful experiences of childhood, when ironically I was utterly clueless about any notion that consuming it might be "good for me" in some way.
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What a touching story and so beautifully written, thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you, Preeti! Bob is an excellent writer, and I'm so glad he shared this story with us.


Thanks to generous funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Board of Directors of the Leith Theatre Trust is looking to appoint an outstanding and talented individual, with strong business and commercial acumen, and a passion for the arts to fulfil the exciting new role of Executive Director.
We are looking for a confident leader who will inspire, motivate and support staff, audiences and stakeholders through a period of considerable transition and opportunity for the Leith Theatre.
Closing date for applications is Friday 24th August at 12pm.


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Vidro crown é um tipo de vidro óptico usado em lentes e outros componentes ópticos. Tem índice refrativo relativamente baixo (≈1,52) e baixa dispersão (com número Abbe em torno de 60). O vidro crown é produzido a partir de silicatos álcali-cal ("soda-cal" ou RCH) contendo aproximadamente 10% de óxido de potássio e é um dos primeiros vidros de baixa dispersão, tendo sido desenvolvidos no século XIX, em diversos processos em paralelo, mas especialmente por Ernst Abbe e Otto Schott da empresa alemã Jena, a partir de 1876.

Assim como o material específico chamado vidro crown, existem outros vidros ópticos com propriedades semelhantes que também são chamados vidros Crown. Geralmente, este é qualquer vidro com números de Abbe na gama de 50 a 85. Por exemplo, o vidro borossilicato Schott BK7 é um vidro crown extremamente comum, utilizado em lentes de precisão. Os borossilicatos contêm cerca de 10% de óxido bórico, tem boas características ópticas e mecânicas e são resistentes a danos químicos e ambientais. Outros aditivos utilizados em vidros crown incluem óxido de zinco, pentóxido de fósforo, óxido de bário, fluorita e óxido de lantânio.

Fórmulas simplificadas do vidro crown citadas na literatura são, por exemplo:

De acordo com Georges Bontemps:

I

110 libras (aprox. 48,9 kg) de areia branca
45 e ½  libras (aprox. 20,64 kg) de soda purificada (carbonato de sódio)
24 ¾ libras (aprox. 11,23 kg) de calcário (carbonato de cálcio)
1 e ¾ libras (aprox. 0,79 kg) de ácido arsenioso

II

110 libras (aprox. 48,9 kg) de areia branca
33 (aprox. 15 kg) de potassa (carbonato de potássio)
18 e ½  libras (aprox. 8,4 kg) de soda
13 e 3/4 libras (aprox. 6,24 kg) de giz (carbonato de cálcio)
13 e 1/4 onças (aprox. 0,39 kg) de ácido arsenioso

E de acordo com Pierre Louis Guinand, um dos primeiros desenvolvedores de vidros óticos:

110 libras (aprox. 48,9 kg) de areia branca
44 libras (aprox. 20 kg) de potassa
5 e 1/2 libras (aprox. 2,9 kg) de mínio (óxido natural de chumbo)
5 e 1/2 libras (aprox. 2,9 kg) de bórax
4 e ½ onças (aprox. 127,6 g) de pirolusita

Par acromático

Uma lente côncava de vidro flint é comumente combinada com uma lente convexa de vidro  crown para produzir um "par acromático" (ou "dupla acromática"). As dispersões dos vidros se compensam parcialmente entre si, produzindo uma aberração cromática reduzida em comparação com uma lente simples com a mesma distância focal.

Observação quanto à nomenclatura

No início dos anos 1800, o "vidro de janela" foi chamado "vidro crown" (em inglês, crown glass, pois o que seria hoje um vidro plano, o atual vidro para uso em abertura e edificações e outros fins, era feito soprando-se uma bolha e girando-a até ficar plana, resultando num disco de tamanho tal que tivesse a espessura adequada ao seu uso final. Isso resultava numa placa de vidro com um inchaço, ou "coroa" (crown), no centro.

Ver também

 John Dollond, que inventou e patenteou o par acromático vridro crown/vidro flint.

Vidro


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Silicon Valley trends are often soon felt in its Israel equivalent Silicon Wadi. The two start-up ecosystems are intrinsically linked. In April this year, the connection between the two regions was further tightened when United Airlines launched a new direct flight between Tel Aviv and San Francisco.
New flight routes are demand driven and Silicon Valley and Bay Area businesses and investors have a history of buying up and buying into flourishing Israeli start-ups in Israel. Equally, Israelis have become part of the start-up and tech fabric in the Bay Area.
The Bay Area is definitely experiencing a boom right now and there is little surprise that Israel is following suit. West Coast-based venture capital houses are certainly looking to deploy capital on a more global basis and Israel is viewed as one of the prime tech and start-up locations to invest in. Innovation Endeavors, founded in 2009 by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Dror Berman, is just one example of a US-based VC house being part of the Silicon Wadi scene. Earlier this year, Schmidt said that he expected to see a number of Israeli start-ups mature into fully-fledged unicorns, worth more than $1bn.


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Q: Chrome audit - insufficient contrast ratio for disabled button My accessibility rating is hurt due to this critical problem:

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Failing Elements:
button.single_add_to_cart_button.button.alt.disabled.wc-variation-selection-needed

HTML:
<button type="submit" class="single_add_to_cart_button button alt disabled wc-variation-selection-needed">Add to cart</button>

CSS for disabled class:
.button.disabled, button.disabled {
    opacity: .5!important;
    cursor: not-allowed;
}

I understand that increasing opacity will make this warning go away, but then the button will look like a regular button. Can I make something for Chrome to recognize it as disabled element and be okay with its opacity? Or Chrome audit doesn't forgive low contrast no matter what?

A: from earlier comment:

instead adding a classname, you may  add the disabled attribute to the button, the browser does the styling itself.

<button> abled button</button> <button disabled>disabled button</button>

then for the CSS you want to override, you can filter a few rules with :not([disabled]){/*fancy style*/} to avoid styling the disabled button

button:not([disabled]) {
  background: turquoise;
  border-color: tomato;
  color: gold;
  cursor:pointer;
}

button {/* mind specifity, here overwritten via the pseudoclass :not() */
  font-size: 2em;
  cursor: not-allowed;
}
<button> abled button</button> <button disabled>disabled button</button>

A: It will work with the background-color and a rgba() value in css. Hope it's an applicable solution for you.

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Often the "HERO" Sign for many businesses, Reception Signs can be your most viewed piece of branding. Why not have add some fun and excitement here, by adding varied materials and textures to your logo, think stainless steel, brass, alloys, plastics, timber, 3 Dimensions, LED lighting, matte and gloss finishes etc. For even more of a "WOW" factor we can print and install a feature, graphic wall mural as a backdrop or even a painted colour feature wall.
Resin filled 3D lettering at Remax head office, Milton.
The hot topic right now is our resin filled LED 3D letters, showcased at RE/MAX head Office in Milton. Manufactured from stainless steel and powder-coated (or 2-pac) paint finish, premium LED modules then filled with translucent white resin, and finally "faced" with coloured vinyl to match your specs, these have an unparalleled light intensity for this style of sign.


For our September Giveaway, we will be awarding 2 tickets to the 'Spirited Stroll Through Green-Wood' Cemetery Walking Tour on either October 26th or 27th from 1pm-3pm in Brooklyn.
"Celebrate the fall season with tales of murder, mayhem, spirits and ghosts on our annual autumn tours led by Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman.
Visit the graves of The Wizard of Oz, George Washington's favorite dentist, the founders of Spiritualism, and many more. The tour includes a visit to the Catacombs, usually closed to the public.
The deadline to enter is 12:00 AM on September 30, 2013.
We are pleased to welcome back artist Dean Kuhta of Twisted Oak Press for our August giveaway! Dean's original art is a delightful blend of horror and fantasy. We are thrilled that he will be awarding 2 gorgeously creepy art prints to one very lucky reader of The Raven & Black Cat!
The deadline to enter is 12:00 AM on August 31, 2013.
Dean Kuhta and Twisted Oak Press are located in Washington, D.C. Their work covers a vast range of genres and styles. View more fabulous artwork below and check out the official website of Twisted Oak Press to admire the full scope of Dean's talent.
We are obsessed with the gorgeous cards, labels, logos, and designs of Damn French Desserts. Their dark Victorian style is elegant, macabre, and oh-so-very swoon worthy. We are thrilled to have them sponsor another giveaway. You may remember their custom card set from February 2012. This time around they will be awarding a 'Do Not Disturb… Already Disturbed' Victorian Door Knob Hanger to one very lucky reader of The Raven & Black Cat!
The deadline to enter is 12:00 AM on March 31, 2013.
Damn French Desserts is located in Madrid, Spain and offers an array of truly incredible products. Check out some of our favorites below and stop by their Etsy Shop to see their full collection. I am swooning over their Skull Cards and Matching Envelopes. OK…I'm swooning over everything!
Sapling Naturals creates imaginative soap products for the imminent zombie apocalypse. We love their creativity and tongue-in-cheek style! We are thrilled that they will be awarding 3 Bars of Zombie Repellent Soap to one lucky reader of the Raven & Black Cat!
The deadline to enter is 12:00 AM on February 28, 2013.
Sapling Naturals is located in Readsboro, VT and clearly state that the soap's Zombie Repelling Powers "have not been evaluated by the FDA, or anyone for that matter, and are quite possibly fictitious." We love a good sense of humor as much as we love zombies. Make sure to check out the Sapling Naturals Etsy Shop to see their entire line of amazing luxury soaps and natural goods. We are so in love with their Felted Soap Monsters + Zombies. It's a soap and washcloth in one!


From the homes of famous authors to private ocean coves, these Airbnbs will make you want to buy plane tickets ASAP.
But why stay at a cookie-cutter hotel when you can rent out one of these swoon-worthy abodes from airbnb? You'll remember them for years to come and, when you tally up the final budget, you'll probably save a few bucks along the way. Plus, treehouse living, anyone? All of these choices come loaded with cool extras, and are located in cities and towns around the world packed with fun breweries, live music, amazing park adventures and more.
P.S. We'll still take that chocolate and champagne, though.
This solar-powered artist's den takes glamping to a whole new level, with a comfortable and colorful interior that features sweeping views of the local terrain with massive windows that make you feel like part of the action. Cozy up in the seasonal pool (see, that champagne and chocolate still can come in handy!), enjoy some sunrise yoga to kick off your day or get hiking on one of the many trails nearby. Not to be missed: Joshua Tree National Park. A 25-minute car ride will put top-notch bouldering, insane stargazing, epic birding (with over 250 species of birds!), hiking, horseback riding, and more at your fingertips.
Excuse us while we grab our brolly—serious across-the-pond wanderlust is raining down on us. In this one-of-a-kind haven, you and the crew can spread out in five gorgeous bedrooms right around the corner from the river. The quirky abode makes a great stomping ground for dinner parties if you feel like spending the night inside, but this defunct brewery is also close to plenty of (currently operating) bars and restaurants. You can also take a bus to Bournemouth if you feel like venturing out for a day spent in the sand. The ride over only takes about 15 minutes, but you'll feel like you're in an entirely different state of mind at its spectacular stretch of beaches.
So, a tree may grow in Brooklyn, but this epic, magical, private treehouse glows in Georgia. Literally—thanks to charming string lights that stud the bridge entrance. Here, a cozy bedroom, a living room featuring gorgeous antique flourishes, and a greenery-studded deck make for a dreamy experience that your inner 7-year-old will go absolutely bonkers for. You may never want to leave, but if you feel like trading in the mystical woods for city life, you're a few minutes away from downtown Atlanta. But we think we'll just keep sitting here sipping tea, recounting stories with the bestie, and chilling with our favorite pine tree.
In a creative rut? This unique sanctuary just outside of Steel City welcomes you and your closest friends no shortage of muses to ignite your imagination, while the backyard pond and garden offers a quiet retreat for contemplation and meditation (if that's your thing). Keep the artsy theme rolling and check out the nearby Andy Warhol and Bayernhof Music museums with pit stops at some of the city's best gallery hopping on and around Liberty Ave. Or, trade culture for some Rust Belt rowdiness at Kennywood, the nearby amusement park, before washing the day down with some live music and brews at Thunderbird Cafe.
Picture this: a leisurely afternoon spent grilling in the backyard at a quaint maison tucked quietly away on the edge of a national forest. It can be a reality in this lovely home, boosted by fresh flowers from the garden, an outdoor bathtub for star-gazing (and rosé sipping) and an evening spent cozied up on a blanket with cheese and your pals as you watch movies projected onto the side of the cottage. Cheffy types will also adore the light-filled kitchen that comes decked out with plenty of equipment to whip up a meal spotlighting local bounty. And in case you need more convincing, there's a hammock, and figs and grapes in the garden. BYO books and plan to stay forever.
Remember that time you and your besties swapped a city getaway for a quiet country escape? No? Well, you'll be glad you did at this whimsical cabin in Stokes State Forest. Tree trunks create the foundation at this handsome stone abode that will delight you and your #Partyof8 (Who said only weddings could reserve such hashtags?) with its bell tower, authentic bar that teleports you to your very own private pub experience and two cozy fireplaces. Nearby, paddle a boat or swim at Culver Lake's beach, or hike parts of the storied Appalachian Trail.
Situated right above Barrel + Bottle House (which you should be sure to swing by for your free growler), this Arizona escape is actually within walking distance to 6 local breweries (and plenty of tasty grub to wash it down). Burn off all that hedonism at nearby Thorpe Park, where you can play tennis or go for a run. Did we mention the majestic San Francisco Peaks? You're about an hour away, and you're gonna wanna make an excursion to visit this stunning volcanic mountain range for hiking (okay, or just Instagramming).
Ah, Maine. Let us count the ways we love you. Fall foliage, for one. Plus, you know, the rocky coastline, lobster, lighthouses, native wild blueberries, and more lobster. Here, you'll be privy to some of the state's most seductive charms as you slink into total tranquility at this home and private ocean cove. If you choose to step outside your beachy heaven, enjoy the outdoor fire pit or a dip in the ocean to swim or kayak. Or, if you prefer, watch the tide roll in and out from the comfort of the porch. Note: bring plenty of cookbooks and enjoy the simple pleasure of cooking in a kitchen that isn't, you know, a microwave and sink, before sitting down to a meal with the Atlantic as your backdrop.
Serene riverbanks? Check. Tree-shrouded everything? Check. A perfect patio outfitted with rocking chairs and a dart board? You betcha. There's no better place for you (and up to 15 of your favorite buds) to call home-away-from-home than this secluded woodland getaway that feels eons away from downtown Nashville (even though it's only 20 minutes outside of the city). Raise a glass and say cheers to a night of busting out Cards Against Humanity and Dirty Jenga sets…Don't worry, there's plenty of trails to hike up the morning after all the fun you had.
You know that magical day where you scored pit seats to a sold-out Katy Perry concert and snagged the last pair of blue suede ankle boots in your size? Yeah, this place beats that. At the famed author's real-life abode, you'll be dazzled by the impressive 1920s architecture (you'll have to duck under doors if you're tall) and blown away by the matchless views of the garden and ocean. The quirky furnishings pay tribute to the history of the place and the antique writing desk in the bedroom may just spark you to pen the next great American novel in "Butterfly Town," USA. Traveling with more mice and women? The studio shares property with the Steinbeck Cottage and Traveler's Cottage, if you want to up the number in your vacation.
No, this isn't like a scene from The Hangover where a gaggle member finds herself alone on a rooftop come morning. If you're waking up from a night of overdoing it on the vino (you are, after all, a quick stroll from downtown Nevada City, where wine tasting opportunities abound), this is the kind of architectural marvel you'd want to feel hungover in: marble countertops, bold artwork, a handsome fireplace, and sleek appliances complete the modern décor of this stunning house. Spend your days sunbathing in the relaxing patio among the hummingbirds and elegant trees with a good book, studded by conversation with your bestie. Or, if you're craving adventure, hit up the many hiking and mountain biking trails that await in Gold Country.


92% of adults in the U.S. complete at least on search throughout the day. Anything from directions to a local store, to how Google mows the lawns at headquarters (rented goats would be the answer, believe it or not). Beyond that staggering statistic, 42% of those click on the first ranked organic result. This means very few people bother to see even the second page of results. So how do websites reach that all important first page? In short, they have the right keywords.
Search engine rankings will depend on what is searched for and how the engine compares those words to ones found on any site. This is where seo, or search engine optimization, becomes important. To move up the search engine rankings, a site must have those keywords that will cause Google to deem it the best suggestion for someone searching. Seo's attempt to optimize said site in order to move up the rankings, and maybe even hit that golden first page that so many people don't move past. The other route taken by companies to reach the first search results page is Pay-Per-Click, or essentially paid results. However, it was found that organic clicks have significantly higher conversion rates by about 25%. Clearly the future is bright for search engine optimization.


Every afternoon on Howard 101, the Stern Show archives are opened up in order to find some of the most memorable moments from the past 30-plus years of the Howard Stern Show. Sternthology allows listeners to hear the personal requests of their favorite Stern Show bits, musical performances, and celebrity interviews, in addition to the classic moments mentioned on the live show. Have a request? Call us up and let us know what you want to hear at (949) 60-STERN.
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Q: Post to my Facebook page (not user status ) I have now spend the weekend trying to figure out how to post a status update to a facebook page (not user ) with out any luck (Yes my wife is angry Wink | ;-) .
Looks like on the net there is no working example.
This is what I got so far is:
Dim fb = New FacebookClient()
fb.AppSecret = app_secret
fb.AppId = app_id
Dim result = fb.[Get]("oauth/access_token", New With {Key .client_id = app_id, Key .client_secret = app_secret, Key .grant_type = scope, Key .redirect_uri = Url})
fb.AccessToken = result.access_token
fb.Post("/me/feed", New With {Key .message = "My first post"})

But still no luck , anybody how can point me in the right direction , and please also include info how to get the access token.
Ps. Im using the facebook-csharp-sdk
Thanks alot

A: Please refer to this document right here: "https://developers.facebook.com/docs/wordpress/" which explains the Wordpress plugin and how to use your app to post to your own Facebook page (this is very similar to your case). Hope this helps!


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Malawi netball team still Africa's No 1
tagsafrica, Malawi won the U21 Netball Championship of the Confederation of Southern Africa Netball Associations (COSANA), Netball, News Today, queens, South Africa, Swaziland
African netball champions, Malawi Queens have shrugged off rivals South Africa's Proteas to remain the continent's number one and fifth in the world in the latest July rankings.
The International Federation of Netball Associations (Ifna) released the rankings on July 24 2012 on its website reflecting the recent Africa Championship which the Queens retained in Tanzania and other test matches across the world played until July 21.
The Queens are only bettered in the world by fourth-placed England, Jamaica lying third, second-rated New Zealand and world's number one Australia. There are 32-ranked teams with Israel as the tail-enders.
Jamaica replaced England as world number three.
In the world's top 10, there are only Malawi and South Africa from Africa. The next African team being Botswana ranked (16), Tanzania (18) while Zimbabwe and Namibia are 22nd and 25th respectively.
South Africa are still sixth despite recently thrashing Northern Ireland 3-0 and having embarked on a campaign to raise their rankings and were buoyed by their recent win against Jamaica in their 2-1 loss to the Caribbean nation.
Reacting to the updates on the rankings, Queens assistant coach Sam Kanyenda on Wednesday said unless the netball authorities devised a strategy for the team to break into the top four, Malawi's dominance will remain continental.
"People keep on saying we have overstayed on position five, but building on this cannot by accident. We are barely surviving on position five. Instead of waiting for invitations, we must go out with a specific goal to play opponents," Kanyenda explained on the sidelines of the Queens' camp training.
The Queens are training at Blantyre Youth Centre ahead of an invitational tournament in South Africa from August 15 2012.
The latest rankings have seen an upsurge of teams from 25 to 32. Teams on standby for the rankings are Bermuda, Chinese (Taipei), Grenada, Hong Kong, Swaziland, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Thailand, Uganda and Zambia, which could join the ranking once they play eight games within the year.
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Malawi swimmer Tafatatha breaks own record, but fails to qualify for semi-finals at London Olympics


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16 Sep 2015 Retail Ramble Podcast
Retail technology view from the top: IBM's Danny Bagge
Ben Sillitoe
As new systems and digital capability continue to evolve the way retailers run their businesses, Essential Retail is gauging the views of the sector's main figureheads, via a series of exclusive interviews. This week, it's the turn of IBM UK & Ireland's head of retail, Danny Bagge.
Retail buying & merchandising is an art form, but those involved in this creative department of retailing need to show adaptability, take on automation and insight, and ensure processes are being shared with the wider organisation.
That is view of IBM UK & Ireland's head of retail, Danny Bagge, who says that "balancing the art with automation" by using new systems to improve productivity is "the crux of the challenge in merchandising at the moment".
"This requires adaptability from every single one of these merchandisers," he told Essential Retail, ahead of IBM's sponsorship of the Buying & Merchandising Summit.
"These people have been doing the same job for 20 years and they need to change – they need to take on automation and insight. One of my favourite phrases is you've got to get marketing out of marketing, but you've got to get merchandising out of merchandising."
A recent study published by US-based research firm RSR found the most significant operational challenges for retail merchandisers include getting marketing in line to support their department's plans, managing the complexities of cross-channel merchandising and working out how to work with the supply chain.
"It has become even more critical for merchandising to be cross channel and to work across brand and geography," explains Bagge.
"We are seeing a lot of retailers going back to investment in merchandising systems. Some of the existing systems go back to the 1980s; one of our retail clients has a 1980s-based merchandising system but that was when shops shut at 5pm, there was no mobile, certainly no social and it clearly wasn't 24-7 and international operations."
He added: "Merchandising systems now have to work globally, with multiple currencies, products, price points, catalogues, channels, and languages. All of that means retailers need to have an omnichannel view of their merchandising."
RSR's study draws attention to the fact there are a plethora of new commercially-available solutions that give businesses the opportunity to dramatically improve how companies plan and execute marketing and merchandising plans, and combinations of these strategies.
The research suggested that core merchandising systems have historically been either home-grown or very heavily customised commercial applications, and it is the shift from this way of operating to a new generation of integrated capabilities that retailers are grappling with today. RSR managing partner Brian Kilcourse said almost half of retail respondents to his organisation's survey are getting ready to undertake this journey, but admitted "it is no small task".
Bagge agrees: "For most retailers, merchandising is the hearts and lungs of their business, so they have to do full-scale transplants. It's a huge deal but for the last five-plus years when we've been doing omnichannel we've been treating the front end; now retailers are more widely realising they need to look at the hearts and lungs."
The IBM retail boss, who took over the UK and Ireland role from Martin Butler earlier this year, also suggests that tier two retailers are better positioned than their larger tier one counterparts to see through this change faster – and more effectively.
"The tier ones have the money and marketing budgets to make this change but they also have the legacy; therefore they are hamstrung, but the tier twos are more fleet of foot and can start doing more of a wholesale change," he notes.
"Tier twos are looking at how the implement ERP because they are looking to be more omnichannel, and they are looking at wider strategies where ERP underpins the back-end and single view, augmented with a digital front end. Tier ones could not rip out and replace in three years – but tiers twos can and are."
Flying without wings
As retailers look to adopt a 'fail fast, succeed fast' approach to business, which Bagge describes as businesses wanting to "try it, test it, kill it or roll it out", there is a clear drag in the form of legacy systems. Behind-the-scenes change is needed, but it must be implemented without impacting the customer experience.
Bagge says retailers have got to be pragmatic because the task is "akin to flying a plane and changing the wings".
"A vendor comes along and says you want a single view of stock, etc, and that means major work while they're still trying to run a business," he adds.
"You've got to stop the plane, ground it, change the wings and lift off again. This is what you're saying by saying let's get the right back-end systems in. The question is how do we do that piece by piece change while still using the benefits of front office transformation, so that you can keep running your business?
"For us, front office and back office have to happen together because retailers can't afford to land the plane."
Continuing with the upwards-looking terminology, cloud technology is being touted as one method of aiding businesses looking to implement more flexible, agile systems.
Bagge expects the majority of retailers will be operating cloud-based systems within the next five years but his question is 'what level of cloud will that be?'
"It's not just about having cloud-based systems, it's about having cloud-based business processes – that's the trick.
"The essence of achieving this is making sure you as a company are adaptable enough so that you can construct your business so it can be shared across departments, across channels and across geographies."
As Bagge acknowledges, this is the one thing every single retailer is struggling with today: "How do they adapt their processes to be across channel, across geographies, across brand?"
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Kenton has made their MidiStream wireless MIDI system more flexible with a new optional rack panel for the receiver and a firmware upgrade that enhances the functionality on the transmitter side.
The rackmount panel for the MidiStream receiver takes up 1U rack space and brings the antennas round to the front of the unit. The complete receiver is screwed into the rackmount, the leds are visible through holes in the rack panel and tails from the front mounted BNC sockets are connected to the existing BNC sockets on the rear of the receiver.
Price for the receiver panel is 34.00 (ex VAT), 39.95 (inc VAT).
The firmware is supplied in the form of a replacement microcontroller for the MidiStream transmitter. Price is 15.00 (ex VAT), 17.63 (inc VAT).
In other Kenton news, the company has redesigned the retrofit kits for the TR-808, PF-15, and PF-10. They've also created a control voltage to MIDI circuit board for DIYers and hackers.


Every year, I'm shocked at how little attention nutrition gets in the campaigns for cancer prevention and treatment.
It wasn't that long ago that a cancer diagnosis was a death sentence. Thankfully today, the trend is survival. But the main message to the more than 11 million cancer survivors continues to be watch and wait.
I wanted to change that, so I teamed up with my father, a cancer physician for more than 25 years, to write a book that would guide cancer survivors to use their diet and lifestyle to get healthy and remain cancer free. The future of healthcare in our country has to be prevention and it's time to learn what foods, drinks, and habits will keep us healthy and use less medicine.
The traditional medical community is slowly warming up to this message. Places like the Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) assign an integrative approach to fighting cancer. Along with traditional tools like surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, they also employ nutritional support, naturopathic medicine, mind-body medicine and spiritual support. Their motto for cancer survivors is, "Celebrate Life." Each year they plant a tree in honor of every CTCA cancer patient who has reached the five-year mark since they began treatment.
In my book, The After Cancer Diet, I teach simple steps to getting healthier. Readers will learn how to eat real food, find more sweetness in life (and less in food), develop a regular exercise routine, detox the body and lead a happier life with more creativity and joy. The book also includes recipes for healthy mocktails—festive cocktails without alcohol—and discusses research that links yoga to significant improvements in sleep, quality of life and stress reduction for cancer survivors.


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As negative interest rates become ubiquitous and the potential of a "war on cash" intensifies, savvy investors are starting to buy precious metals, if they haven't already. Much debate and talk of a cashless society and other propaganda has citizens and investors alike making moves to protect their future.
Many believe that governments across the globe are leaning towards a digital currency so that all spending can be accessed and taxed with a few keystrokes and so that negative interest rates can be instilled. While some Americans finds this a dangerous prospect that all but obliterates privacy and takes transparency to new levels, others are paying little attention to the issue. Yet both camps and those with opinions somewhere in the middle are investigating their prospects for buying precious metals, such as gold and silver products.
How would negative interest rates impact cash savings and investor portfolios? When real rates are negative, the value of gold products will most likely surge in comparison to other currencies. However, some worry that the Feds will move to cap the price of gold products with paper gold. If that were to happen, experts recommend withdrawing as much cash as possible and buying physical precious metals—and if many heed this advice, the value of gold will most definitely surge.
There are many reasons that precious metals such as gold and silver have endured as currencies for more than 5000 years. In the U.S. alone, the use of precious metals in both industry and the marketplace has been in place for several centuries. As the warnings of negative interest rates and an impending war on cash seem closer to becoming reality every day, investors can hedge their bets and protect themselves by investing in precious metals now so they will be less vulnerable to the potential manifestation of these warnings.
Click through to learn about investment options and how to buy precious metals.


Sewer or water problems on the weekends? Residents have asked if there are issues of no water, water main breaks or sewer issues on the weekends-what are the steps that they can take: please call or text 9-1-1 for emergencies and 585-394-4560 for the Ontario County Sheriff's Office for other less emergent situations.
Do you know of a full dumpster or roll-off from Feher customer in the City of Geneva? Please call or email the City Clerk's Office at LJG@geneva.ny.us or 315-789-2603. This is for dumpsters and roll offs right now, not residential toters. Thank you so much for your efforts to help in this effort.
Have your heard that death records can now be electronically filed- Upon one's death, the medical examiner creates the death record, electronically forwards it to the funeral director who then forwards it to the City Clerk's Office for filing and available for family members to obtain certified copies. The record is then sent to Albany for additional recordkeeping.
Have You Heard – Anyone who owns a wild animal in the City of Geneva must register the animal(s) with the City Clerk's Office at City Hall.
Pursuant to General Municipal Law §209-cc it is required that anyone who owns a wild animal(s) must file a report with the City Clerk prior to April 1 of each year. There is no cost to do so, and the information is essential to the safety of police, fire, and ambulance personnel in the event they need to respond to the owner's address for an emergency. The report form and list of possible wild animals can be found on the City Clerk's page. Any questions may be directed to 315-828-6550.
Have You Heard the question what happened to code enforcement?
Building Permits and Construction: Projects that include either revitalization of an existing building or development of a new building should be directed to the Development Services Division of the Public Works Department. This Division is headed by Neal Braman (nlb@geneva.ny.us; 789-3101).
Commercial and Rental Inspections: Many buildings in Geneva require regular fire and property maintenance inspections in order to receive an operating permit. This function is handled by the Fire Marshal's Office of the Geneva Fire Department. Calls should be directed to Lauren Brannan (lbrannan@geneva.ny.us; 789-6305).
Problem Properties: The City also has a cross-functional team, the Problem Properties Task Force, charged with handling property maintenance and other quality of life issues. Customers wishing to report these issues should be asked to submit via the SeeClickFix module on the City's website (www.cityofgenevany.com), or can report the issue to Nancy Coluzzi at 789-6104.
HAVE YOU HEARD that Loman Field House will be in its demolition phase soon?
The Geneva City School District plans to begin the demolition of Loman Field House and field on Monday, March 13. The work, which was approved in a 2015 Capital Project vote, will allow for the construction of a new stadium behind Geneva High School. During demolition, all walkers should stay on North Street and Carter Road and avoid shortcuts that take them past Loman Field. The area will be fenced off and students and community members should neither enter the fenced area nor remove any materials from the site for their own health and safety.
Weather permitting, work will be completed by Friday, March 24. That said, students should continue to avoid the area for as long as the construction fence is there.
HAVE YOU HEARD as of March 1st, the Geneva City School tax bills are no longer accepted by the district?
The billing information is transferred to the City of Geneva for collection. It generally takes about three weeks for the information to be accessible by the City, and for the City to begin accepting payments. Overdue school tax bills are assessed a 1% penalty per month to the principal for each installment, and an additional 5% of the total. Payments must be made in the Comptroller's office (47 Castle St) and checks must be made payable to the City of Geneva.
HAVE YOU HEARD that the City has a Digital Bid Notification option?
The City is working to expand our reach for eligible bidders on City projects. A new addition to the City website this year has been the Digital Bid Notification Service. All City bids, RFQs, and RFPs are to be posted to the City website. Firms can go to the Public Works Department home page to register for bid/RFQ/RFP notifications and view information. Any department who is soliciting bids, proposals, or qualifications should contact Adam Blowers to be sure the project is listed in our online database, and that eligible bidders have been notified. Any questions? Please contact adam at acb@geneva.ny.us.
HAVE YOU HEARD that Guardian Glass is seeking a modification to its existing Payment in Lieu of Tax (or PILOT) agreement with the City's Industrial Development Agency (IDA)?
A Payment in Lieu of Tax agreement is a relationship between an employer and the City's IDA, whereby, in exchange for significant investment and employment, they agree to a modified tax payment structure.
Guardian Glass is in year 20 of an agreement, which was originally negotiated in 1997. Their original agreement called for taxes to be paid on the value of land only for a period of time, followed by a "ramping up" of tax payments to full taxability at the conclusion of the agreement.
In exchange for that agreement, Guardian invested $100 million and employs approximately 300 people at the Geneva location.
Due to heavy production and natural wear on the equipment, Guardian's main production component, its large furnace, is due to be replaced this year. This replacement requires over $60 million in new investment.
Guardian's corporate ownership made it clear that the Geneva plant would be competing with other plants around the country for this investment. That competition would be based on the cost of doing business at each plant. Without the furnace replacement, the Geneva plant's future was uncertain.
Guardian proposes to extend the current agreement by twelve years, to lock in the 2016 tax payment for a period of five years, and to ramp up to full taxability by 2035.
The net new economic impact of construction is over $25 million and nearly 140 jobs. The annual operating impact is over $100 million and nearly 300 jobs.
The IDA will host a public hearing to take comments on the proposal. When that hearing is scheduled, it will be advertised in the Finger Lakes Times and on the City's website.
The IDA will consider approval of the agreement at its March 21st regular meeting.
HAVE YOU HEARD that City of Geneva water bills are now due in four weeks instead of six?
This is correct. Council decided at their December 2016 meeting to return to the four week schedule for water payments. Bills come out January (due date January 31st), April (due date May 1st), July (due date July 31st), and October (due date October 31st). Bills can be paid through the mail at PO Box 313, Geneva, NY 14456 or in person at Lyons National Bank in Geneva for the first two months of each billing cycle. Questions may be directed to the City Comptroller's Office at 315-789-2114.
HAVE YOU HEARD that there is a difference between property tax and assessed value?
In 2016, the City of Geneva, as required by state law, conducted a real property assessment of all properties within our boundaries. Overall, property values increased by 4.13%. This is an aggregate number, as while many properties did increase in value, some stayed the same, and some even decreased. All property owners received a notice of the impact of the reassessment via the U.S. Mail. If you did not receive a notice, please contact the City Assessor's Office 315-789-0091 for a copy.
The Assessed Value is only part of the equation that goes into calculation of your annual property tax—another being the tax rate. For 2017, City Council held the City's tax rate even, with no increases. If your property value increased, your City tax payment would increase. If it decreased, your City tax payment would go down.
HAVE YOU HEARD that not many properties are "off the tax roll" make payments each year?
In many conversations around Geneva, you may have heard the phrase "60% of our property is off the tax rolls." This could be interpreted as a true statement, but it offers a very incomplete picture of the financial impact of tax-exempt properties. In terms of number of parcels, 57.35% of our parcels are considered "wholly exempt" from property taxes. However, many of those properties are sites like City Hall, Neider Park, and the Lakefront Playground—the City has over 40 parcels that are for municipal use. Additionally, properties that have entered into agreements with our Industrial Development Agency to help spur development are considered "wholly exempt, while they make annual payments. Places like the Lakefront Ramada ($246,000/year), and the Hampton Inn ($151,000/year) help to support operations. It would be difficult to say that a company like Zotos International ($129,000/year) is a burden on the taxable status of the City. In total, the City receives over $1.1 million annually from wholly exempt properties.
Have you heard something you would like more information on? Please email Rhonda Destino at Rdestino@geneva.ny.us.


The following questions and answers are the plain facts to the most commonly asked questions after an accident. Each case is different and determining value requires your talking to an experienced attorney. My office offers a no-cost, no-obligation consultation to help you understand your rights and provide a more detailed explanation of how the personal injury (PI) claim process works in the Coachella Valley.
If you've been injured in an accident case of any kind, you have a right to be compensated for your injuries.
WHO SHOULD I TALK, OR NOT TALK, TO ABOUT THE ACCIDENT?
Remember that "Silence is Golden and Handcuffs are Silver". This applies equally to an accident or criminal case. Don't talk to anyone…it can only hurt you. It is not just what you say but what the insurance company or officer thought he heard you say. Remember the police sometimes do not prepare the report for several hours after the accident and they may confuse or forget the facts.
Say as little as possible at a motor vehicle accident scene. Exchange information (insurance companies, driver's license), make a police statement as required, then call us and let us talk with all the insurance companies. That way if something you said could hurt you, we can always say we must have misunderstood what you said and apologize. If you said it directly to someone you can be impeached. Let us be the strawman that takes the heat.
Anything you say to the other person's insurer could be introduced as evidence in the event you proceed with a claim, so the less you say the better. Worry about your health and seek medical assistance immediately if required, then contact my office so that there's someone on your side and let us do the talking.
Our consultation is free and if we represent you we will do so on a contingency. We don't get paid until you get paid. We will pay all costs during the case and when the case settles we will then be paid our fees and costs. We normally can work with your medical providers to see that you are not charged for their services until such time as we settle or bring your case to judgment.
We'll work to settle your claim as quickly and efficiently as possible, but the process takes time. Your injuries need to be completely healed or become stable. Then a long-term prognosis can be established and a fair assessment made of what compensation is appropriate. Small injury claims can be resolved quickly and more serious injuries take longer to heal and thus settle. No matter how long it takes to settle your claim, you won't be required to pay any fees to us, nor will you be asked to pay any expenses that are required throughout the process.
This is the most common question we receive on an accident case. The amount of an eventual settlement is dependent on many factors, including the severity of your injuries; the cost of your medical care; the number of medical visits; your age and the long-term physical, financial and emotional impact your injuries had on your life. An experienced personal injury lawyer is the best way to determine what a claim and eventual settlement might look like.
More than 90% all accident claims are settled out of court, but in some situations, reaching the most favorable settlement requires litigation.
DO I REALLY NEED A LAWYLER? WON'T THEY SETTLE WITH ME DIRECTLY?
Without an experienced Accident Lawyer there is a high risk of not getting the settlement you deserve for your injuries. If an insurance company deals with you directly you must remember their objective is to process your claim quickly and cheaply. They will deny and delay settlement. The best strategy is to call me asap after an accident, and avoid any direct discussions with the insurance company.
Our office accommodates clients who face physical challenges due to an injury or disability. If for any reason you're unable to meet at our office, we will come to you, wherever you are, at no charge. If you or a loved one has been in a motor vehicle accident or suffered a personal injury, it won't cost anything to come talk with a lawyer.