The purpose of the base was in the nineteenth century, to magnify the statue of Liberty. But its designers could not help but try a make a full-fledged work of art, that's why it is relatively impressive today. The neoclassical style is consistent with the statue itself of this style.
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The history of the base is inseparable from that of the statue itself. The implantation site, which was unofficially chosen by Auguste Bartholdi in 1871, when it first came to the US to build ties with the US, was not officially selected until 1877, when the statue seemed to take a real existence for members of Congress. Those are the ones who authorized him to set aside the land where the strong Bedloe's whereabouts to erect the statue there, providing at the same time its future maintenance. General WT Sherman was appointed to officially select the site and the latter, According to the will of Bartholdi chose the island Bedloe. Then General Charles P. Stone, an engineer of the Army, was appointed Chief Engineer by the American Committee. Stone was an acquaintance of Hunt, they had already had the opportunity to work together. Moreover, he began to Egyptian Khedive service in the 1860s, when Bartholdi had offered its monumental statue, the beginnings of the Statue of Liberty. Bartholdi and Stone had met on this occasion and had even worked together on the study of the future statue, finally abandoned for lack of budget.
It chooses a team, on good terms with the French-American cooperation society. The names out of themselves: The architect is Morris Hunt, a well known architect on the East Coast of the United States. He was the first American to take the courses of Fine Arts in Paris, and return to Paris, he founded a school based on the same principles. It was part of the Union League Club, the cooperative partnership between the two countries, and had worked on many major projects. The main consisted in designing large homes for wealthy families of the states of Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, where he got her best customers. But he had also worked for the US Treasury, banks, etc.
Model of the pedestal, as can be seen in the museum of the statue.
Model of a proposed but not adopted pedestal to the base of the statue.
One of the first problems which faced Morris Hunt was to choose the style and size of the base of the statue of Liberty. Interested in Ancient Egypt as Bartholdi, he turned first on a antique style pedestal. Her model was the Lighthouse of Alexandria, another of the 7 Wonders of the World. Hunt designed a cylindrical base in masonry, large size, but it had to face the facts: It was not suitable as a support of the statue. He was several tries before understanding her error. To draw the lighthouse of Alexandria, he conceived as autonomous works, gold was asked a work that was magnifying the statue, not magnify yourself. Hunt Then answered one of the plans that best suited him and he reduced proportions. Become more modest, showed off its pedestal the statue: So it was he who was adopted.
As an engineer, Charles P. Stone, he was faced with another problem: When he began digging the foundation he fell on heavy masonry masses of stone and concrete that were hidden under the surface of the island, and which served as shelter against tanks or bombs. These shelters were small underground vaulted rooms, very massive. But these architectural elements were not necessarily all indicated on the plans which had the chief engineer, hence the need for him to show initiative and adaptability to remove without taking delay in the construction of foundations.
The construction took place between 9 October 1983 and 22 August 1886. The October 9, 1883 marked the beginning of the digging of the foundations. These were completed in early August 1884 as the first stone, symbolic, was officially put 5 August 1884, 10 months after the start of work. It happened on a rainy day, in the presence of numerous officials. This stone was sealed leaving a space, a kind of box in which we put different objects belonging to the members present at that time, but also a copy of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. It happened during a ceremony chaired by William A. Brodie, a notorious Freemason, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York and organized on this occasion a Masonic ceremony entirely conventional. This ceremony was greatly criticized in subsequent years. Even today are under the base of the statue a portrait of Bartholdi, stamps, etc.
Arrived at 29 feet, or 9 meters, workers sealed four huge beams linked together, forming a metal belt right inside the concrete. Then, at 55 feet (26 meters), four beams were set, but this time vertically. They were embedded in the concrete to the top of the pedestal, where they were joined together and fixed to metal beams forming the basis of the Gustave Eiffel structure. We can thus say that the skeleton of the Statue of Liberty is directly sealed in the walls of the base, attached themselves to heavy foundations itself the island. The set is perfectly fastened.
Throughout the construction of the base, and even more when he began to rise in the air New Yorkers came in numbers approaching Bedloe's island. They were curious to see these big jobs, a huge project for the time, and the island was constantly surrounded by curious that never filled boats docked, of course. The year 1885 was that of the construction of the base of the statue of Liberty in New York.
The foundation stone of the base, inaugurated twice in history.
The engineer Stone faced a challenge: Reaching build the base as quickly as possible so that the site is on an island, 2 kms from the mainland. For that he had built a real little village in which the workers could live more or less independently without having to route them on site every day. The materials, themselves, had to be a constant supply, forcing the engineer to coordinate many trades. To manage all that Stone hired an energetic foreman, David H. King, who hired a large number of Italian maneuvers. They were housed directly on the island in a sort of little village created for the occasion, with many wooden huts and the few public elements necessary for life there. This rather thankless job, carried out in difficult conditions, was their tickets in the United States.
The base of the Statue of Liberty was made of concrete, a technique especially daring for its time it was recent. Until the buildings were built of brick or stone. The use of concrete has emerged for its strength, but especially for its implementation speed. This was particularly important since the fundraiser for the construction of the statue base was so slow that the statue, she was ready long before the first sod is given on Bedloe's Island! He had to catch up, hence the use of concrete.
The foundations were sunk into a deep pit over 16 meters (53 feet) in the shape of a truncated pyramid whose base was nearly 28m and the top side, at ground level, 20m. They contain metal I-shaped beams which are embedded in the walls of the base and back to the top of the pedestal. It is these beams that came to be grafted later wrought iron structure of Gustave Eiffel. Thus, the set makes only one block, foundations atop the statue. Imagine the accuracy of the technical disclosure in order to coordinate the two structures ... Especially that engineers were 6000Kms away. Under the bark of the granite pedestal facade lies a thick heartof massive concrete and steel beams on which the statue of the iron skeleton is attached.
The base itself was built as an extension of foundations, always concrete. This course is hollow, the walls are an average thickness of 2.50m as they are a little thicker at ground level at the top. Always at ground level, measuring 20m structure aside and reduced to arrive, on the feet of the statue, at just over 13m. The central part, accessible measure 8.25m wide. The total concrete architecture is the base of the Statue of Liberty built the largest building in the United States in the nineteenth century: 27,000 tons of concrete and stones, for a total of 12,200 cubic meters (13,300 cubic yards, to meet the English units). According to the time of words, the structure is so robust that they say that to overthrow the statue should reverse itself the island.
Once cast the pedestal was covered with granite stones from Connecticut to ensure her longevity. Thus exposed to the wind and the force of the spray, this set of concrete would be very vulnerable without effective protection. It has been said that these stones were of French origin. Some ensure that they come from the Plohernet career, Brittany, known for its solid granite. Others saw the extraction career in Ardèche, others in the Var, in the Jura, in the Ain, etc. There is a real fact that overrides the others: Why the engineers would seek hewn stone in France when they under the eyes, in the United States? The reality of facts is that these stones are from the Beattie career, on the island of Leetes (Connecticut). Transportation was provided by truck, from the quarry to the ocean, where a sailing vessel undertook transport to Bedloe's Island.
The construction ended April 22, 1886 with the laying of the last stone of the granite base.
Laying the foundation stone of a rainy day.
The statue is located in the center of the fort Bedloe, a fort built in the mid nineteenth century to protect the harbor of New York. It was decommissioned and left without useful function until 1871, when Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the future Statue of Liberty, came to New York looking for a place for its implementation. This fort provided a perfect base for the pedestal of the statue, the latter nesting in the fort itself. Foundations made, masons began to raise Brittany stone on each other in layers. The base tapering, at its base, masons made wooden boxes they settled one above the other, a bit like a pyramid. The set was equipped with wooden stairs to masons, and cranes for the material. When talking about cranes, at the time, it was mainly an ingenious set of beams fixed V and provided at their ends with a pulley. Positioned in tilt with respect to the plumb walls, the forces required to pull the load is nullified in pairs, each set of beams being connected with another on the other side of the pedestal during assembly. The site used to a hundred men, though often they were less numerous in practice.
The technical part is not limited to scientific calculations on the strengths and constraints, there is a critical factor to consider: The materials to be used. If it seems a bit surprising, the choice of stone to be used to build the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty was critical: Too soft stones and the statue might not stay too long on the spot! Morris Hunt then sought career stones having the ability to withstand the extreme conditions of the location chosen for the statue: Marine Air strongly iodized, recurring spray, high mechanical but random constraints (Due to storms). The choice fell on the Beattie career, a granite quarry in Connecticut booming, well known at the time, who had delivered granite blocks that allowed the construction of the pillars of the Brooklyn Bridge. The other materials are less noble: Very large amounts of concrete and metal reinforcement iron.
The plane of the base is quite simple. At ground level is the Fort Wood, a defense fort of the New York Bay dating from the nineteenth century. The masonry of this fort was used as a base of the base, much like pre-foundations. The gap between the strong and the basement was filled in recently. In this part there are already 3 levels plus the ground floor, this is where the museum is located. This 3rd level the visitor is at the height of the embankment, up the fortifications of Fort Wood. Then begins the base as seen. It consists internally of 7 other levels, corresponding to the 4th and 7th colonnade to the outside balcony, one that allows the visit of the foot of the statue. It is an observatory that most visitors take. To move from one level to another you have to take a wide staircase with many steps. An elevator was installed during the 1986 work, those made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the statue.
The style is neo-classical, it's a style that is both surprising and normal. It is a surprising choice because at that time that style had already been abandoned in recent decades, neo-classicism has hardly passed the mid-nineteenth century. Still use this style in the late nineteenth century was at least curious. By cons, it is a natural choice when you look at the goal, namely magnify the statue itself. Indeed, the statue itself is neoclassical, so do not need a newer architectural element, it would have shocked.
The question is: Why is the Statue of Liberty neoclassical? We may get asked because it was also designed following the end of that style. In fact, this is due to the will of Auguste Bartholdi who wanted a timeless work of art, using an ancient representation was not so incongruous as that. And Bartholdi took a female statue, serene posture is going better that such representation in neoclassical.


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Equity investment trusts offer tender treatment to investors
Last year saw equity trusts unveil fresh measures aimed at reassuring shareholders about performance risks
Yet data shows some of these, such as performance-linked tender offers, are still far from common
If last year's frenzy of investment trust fundraising largely focused on alternative asset classes, the old guard is not going out without a fight. Equity trusts continue to play an important role, with more than 25 of the Association of Investment Companies' (AIC) sectors focusing predominantly on portfolios of shares.
With competition from both passives and open-ended active funds refusing to go away, such names have had to adapt. From underperforming funds such as Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN) merging with peers to other measures, a good deal of last year's corporate activity involved existing trusts adapting to investor demand.
A lesser-known measure has returned to the spotlight amid all this. Three investment trusts, Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies (SST), Abrdn China (ACIC) and Asia Dragon (DGN), introduced performance-related tender offers last year, while the board of Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus (AAS) proposed to do the same. These give investors a chance to sell out at closer to the value of the portfolio's underlying assets if a performance target is missed – an enticing prospect if shares are trading at a discounted level. Yet they seem less likely to proliferate than some might assume.
Investors have witnessed a couple of tender offers in fairly short order: Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML) held one in October to accompany a change in investment manager, while BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) recently announced its failure to hit a performance target had triggered it to do the same. It will tender 24.99 per cent of issued share capital, excluding treasury shares, at net asset value (NAV) minus 2 per cent and any related portfolio realisation costs.
Such measures may well reassure shareholders.
"Performance-linked tender offers appear a good idea in one respect as they give investors in trusts trading at a deep discount to NAV a chance to sell some shares nearer to the underlying value," said Falco Financial Planning's Matthew Bird. "Also, the fact that such a policy exists may act as a stabilising mechanism."
The first point certainly seems relevant to holders of BlackRock Latin American, whose shares recently traded at a 6.7 per cent discount to NAV.
Rare beast
But such arrangements are still a novelty: data provided to Investors' Chronicle by the AIC shows that of 337 trusts (excluding VCTs), just 12 were committed to performance-related tender offers. That's just 3.6 per cent of the overall group, rising to 4 per cent if Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus joins the crowd. Other policies aimed at placating shareholders are much more common, with 44.5 per cent of the AIC sample offering regular continuation votes and roughly three-quarters operating a discount control policy.
So far, only equity vehicles come with performance-linked tender offers. But of some 160 trusts in dedicated equity sectors, just 7.5 per cent came with this arrangement. It should also be noted that all 12 that do so have a focus on Asia or emerging markets.
One major downside of a tender offer relates to the liquidity of a fund's portfolio. In almost all of our 12 examples the trust in question can tender up to a quarter of its shares – something that can necessitate hefty portfolio redemptions.
"The trust's managers may be forced to liquidate certain holdings that they were not planning on selling, which may compromise performance going forward," Bird said. He added that this problem could be "particularly acute" if the fund were to hold illiquid investments.
Kamal Warraich, an investment analyst at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, said that if a tender allows some investors to exit, those remaining "get very little uplift out of the deal", with no solution provided for long-term issues.
"Tenders serve a very particular purpose, but I don't see them gaining widespread traction in the near future," he added.
A more reassuring aspect of the AIC data is the widespread use of discount control policies, which Warraich sees as much less contentious.
"We do have evidence that current discount control mechanisms work very well – namely, the board buying and issuing shares, as well as those trusts that offer a dividend to tempt additional investors," he said.
"I'm a supporter of both of these mechanisms. I'm also a supporter of continuation votes, as they help to keep those running the trusts on their toes."
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Q: TextInput event onContentSizeChange not firing I am trying to make my TextInput grow in height when the entered text reaches the second line. However I don't receive an event when my text gets wrapped to the second line (without using a new line character). This results in partial hiding of the text within the input.
From the documentation I can not find any event which returns content size besides onContentSizeChange.
I am testing on an Android device.
I can not upgrade React-Native, I am stuck on 0.58.1
class SomeComponent extends React.component
{
    ...
    handleContentSizeChange = (event) => {
        console.log('Handling contentSizeChange');
    }

    render() {
        return (
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React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.15.4
      CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
      Memory: 882.73 MB / 16.00 GB
      Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
    Binaries:
      Node: 11.8.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.8.0/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.5.1 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.5.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.8.0/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 13.4, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.4, watchOS 6.2
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29
        Build Tools: 27.0.0, 27.0.3, 28.0.0, 28.0.2, 28.0.3, 29.0.0
        System Images: android-22 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-26 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, chromeos-67 | Chrome OS 67
    IDEs:
      Xcode: 11.4.1/11E503a - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.6.3 => 16.6.3
      react-native: 0.58.1 => 0.58.1
    npmGlobalPackages:
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1

A: You shouldn't need to use onContentSizeChange at all. The height should increase automatically as you type, provided you haven't fixed a height for the input or have limited it by fixed heights of the components around it.

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Imported from Turkey natural sheepskin shearling is soft, thick, comfortable and breathable, natural plush fur shearling interior offers plenty of warmth and protection, keeping you looking and feeling amazed through the coldest days of winter.
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Although the weather is not so cold in Wellington now, this sheepskin jacket is still worthy to buy. The sheepskin is soft and the coat is well-fit. You can buy it and keep it for a coming cold weather.


Swift codes, sometimes referred to as a BIC code, allow you to make an international wire transfer. Unlike routing numbers used for domestic wire transfers, Swift codes are only used for making international transfers. Before you can make a wire transfer payment to BARCLAYS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS (MALTA) LIMITED, your bank will ask for the Swift code(s) listed below..
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This antique brass and copper gun has been standing in the cultural heart of Lahore for over two centuries. It has quietly witnessed the rise and fall of many rulers…who claimed to own it and then disappeared into oblivion while this once 'fire breathing dragon ' stood its ground gracefully.
It was manufactured in 1757 in Lahore, on the orders of the 'Conqueror of Thrones' Ahmed Shah Durrani (Abdali). A number of master workmen used their consummate skill to create this metallic monster that was named 'Zamzamah'.The most interesting fact about this gun is that it was made out of metal vessels and kitchenware obtained from the local population of Lahore as tribute.
After Abdali, captured by Hari Singh Bhangi—it was named Bhangi Toup/gun after the victor. But it was Rudyard Kipling who immortalised the gun in his classic novel 'Kim'. It became a frequently mentioned part of his childhood memoirs. In 1875, Kipling's father was appointed the Principal of Mayo School of Arts, Lahore, British India (present day National College of Arts, Pakistan) and also became curator of the Lahore Museum.
Kipling describes the gun in front of the Lahore Museum in the first chapter of 'Kim'… "He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher – the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum".
Today Kim's Gun still stands there, surrounded by hundreds of pigeons…another permanent feature of the Mall Road. These pigeons are fed regularly by the municipality of the city as well as by passersby.
Once known as"destroyer even of the strongholds of heaven" , Kim's Gun stands here benignly overlooking the pigeons.


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Gimlet 18: Pitch Perfect 2
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Gimlet is growing fast. We have four shows on the air, and several others in pre-production. If we want to grow faster, though, we could use some more cash. Matt and Alex head back into the world of venture capital, deciding whether or not to raise another round of financing, this time, much bigger.
Our theme song was written and performed by Mark Phillips.
John Kimbrough composed music for this episode.
More music written and performed by John Delore along with his band mates, Jordan Scanella, Sam Merrickand Isamu McGregor.
Alex Talks to Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley
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Jonathan Vaughters was a member of the famed USPS pro cycling team when his teammate Lance Armstrong won the first of a record-breaking seven straight Tours de France. While fans were awed and inspired by the victories, Jonathan knew there was something else fueling those wins: performance enhancing drugs — something the entire team was using, including himself. The deception weighed heavy on his c...
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Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Archives and explore the projects and people that are working to preserve the history of the visual arts in America.
The Archives of American Art has contributed item-level highlights from its collections to the Smithsonian's International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Initiative. The project is being spearheaded by the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office and will be showcased at the upcoming IIIF Conference in Washington, D.C. May 21–25.
Explore the Archives' newest online resources documenting American art related archival collections in Chicago made possible with funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
With funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Archives has conducted interviews of Chicago artists and art dealers for the Archives' oral history program. The interviews gather a wealth of information on Chicago's art history, adding to the Archives' existing in-depth interviews in and about Chicago.
An initiative to collect twenty-five oral history interviews with visual artists, art writers, curators, and other key figures in the art world who were active at the height of the AIDS epidemic.
An initiative to collect oral history interviews of twelve individuals in the circle of Viola Frey.
A collection of thirty interviews of people who had firsthand knowledge of Mark Rothko.
A collection of 400 oral history interviews with artists and arts administrators involved in aspects of government sponsorship of the arts in the 1930s.
A focused oral history initiative of interviews with twenty artists who produced major works of art for the Fine Arts or Art in Architecture program of the U.S. General Services Administration.
A collection of twenty-one oral history interviews with prominent women in the visual arts; a project funded by the A G Foundation.
A documentation project covering the life and works of America's leading craft artists through recorded and transcribed oral history interviews funded by Nanette L. Laitman.
A description of the provenance research on World War II documents made possible by the Samuel H. Kress foundation to preserve, arrange and create Web-searchable online electronic finding aids for eleven archival collections central to the field of provenance research.
Uncover the Archives of American Art's three-year project funded by CLIR to process hidden audiovisual media documenting Postmodern art collections.
In 2005, the Archives of American Art and the Terra Foundation for American Art set out to create an unparalleled virtual repository for the study of the visual arts of the United States.
In 2003, the Archives of American Art received a grant of $75,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to develop a new online resource "Guide to Diaries in the Archives of American Art," and to create a digitized version of the Jervis McEntee diaries.


Cycle away from Hoi An's busy city center into its picturesque countryside and observe the daily life of Hoi An local people while learning about organic farming techniques. In this trip, create your own lantern, that are infamously known to light up Hoi An old town at night. Added bonus is being able to take home the lantern as a souvenir too!
- Pick-up from hotel, hop on your bicycle and ride away from Hoi An city into the surrounding countryside. - First stop is the lantern-making workshop where you will get a brief introduction of the history of the lanterns before making your own. - Keep cycling to Tra Que herb village around 3km. - Take a short stroll around the vegetable garden and listen to history of the village and information about the plants grown there. - Join the farmers to do some gardening activities. - Enjoy foot soaking before having family style lunch/dinner at a local family's place. - You also have a chance to challenge your cooking experience by making "Bánh Xèo". - Back to your hotel after lunch/dinner by Van.


First off, let me say I am not a heart specialist. I am a consumer of food and a nutritionist who spends a lot of time researching and experimenting. I want to share what I learned about triglycerides because it was not at all what I thought.
In my 40s I had very high triglycerides, up in the 400s. Normal level is 150 milligrams per deciliter. What was puzzling to me was I was operating under the assumption, along with my medical doctor, that high triglycerides were caused by eating fried foods and too much meat. At the time I was eating fried foods maybe 3 times a year, and meat about once a week. My Mom had even higher triglycerides than I, nearly 780. When i told my doctor about my Mom, he concluded that this was a hereditary problem and only medication would fix it.
Today, information on the causes of high triglycerides is more refined. Instead of describing it as a "fat" issue, it is defined as foods that contain excess sugar,and white flour carbohydrates.
I chose not to go on medication. My intuition told me it was something else that was causing my problem. It turned out the culprit was sugar. I was the Peggy Lawton cookie girl, the Snickers candy bar girl, and my Mom loved Sara Lee cakes and Little Debbie brownies. It was sweets, not fat, that caused the elevated triglycerides.
How did I learn this? I tell the whole story in my book Food Becomes you - Simple Steps for Lifelong Wellness. Briefly stated, someone introduced me to organic fruits. I avoided fruit, a natural source of sugar, because I got hives in my mouth if I ate any fruit with skin. When this person introduced me to an organic apple, I ate it with no problem. It was never the fruit. It was pesticides that caused my allergic reaction.
Now, when the body receives the right nutrients, it naturally crowds out cravings for junk. In this case it was sugar cravings that no longer called to me. I was getting my "sugar fix" from the right source, fresh fruits.
What Happened to My Triglycerides?
I visited my doctor about 6 months after this major shift in my diet. He was shocked to find my triglycerides registered at 150. He thought it was a mistake, and had me retake the test. 150 again. That was in the mid-90s. When I last had them tested in 2015 they were 140.
What I learned from this is there is a cause for most things, and it is not always what we think. It takes some careful looking at what we're doing. I never connected the sugar foods with my triglycerides, and had I been more prone to using medications to solve my problems, I might never have known. I am so grateful to the well-informed person who introduced me to organic fruit so many years ago.
Eat oily fish like wild or sockeye salmon often, or supplement with omega 3 fish oil I use Metagenics spa cha liquid fish oil as I think it absorbs more easily than a gelcap. Eat fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains like oat bran and quinoa. Eat kidney and garbanzo beans.
Avoid all packaged desserts. Make your own fresh or buy from a high quality baker when you want a treat. Avoid excess alcohol - it's an extreme sugar drink.
If you do these things, you will see your triglycerides drop to a happy place. And even better, you won't feel hungry all the time.


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The Grand River Railway (GRNR) was an interurban electric railway, operating in southwest Ontario. It provided service to the neighbouring communities of Galt, Preston and Hespeler (now combined as Cambridge), Kitchener, Waterloo and Wellesley.
The GRNR first began operating as the Galt and Preston Street Railway in 1894. It was reincorporated and renamed in 1895 and subsequently leased to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1903. In 1914 it became known as the Grand River Railway after being consolidated with several other CPR subsidiaries.
Although the railway began as an amalgamation of street railways, most of the street trackage had been removed by the 1920s, and the GRNR ran on an exclusive right-of-way. In 1931 the CPR merged the Lake Erie and Northern Railway into the line, and formed the Canadian Pacific Electric Lines (CEPL).
The GRNR had a total of 15 stations on the rail line. Bus lines were added later. In addition to passenger transport, the railway also handled freight, mail and express services. Most of the rolling stock was built and maintained by the shops in Preston.
Passenger service on the GRNR lasted until 1955. In 1961 the CPR switched all their electric lines to diesel. Today a small fragment of the line remains in use as a spur line to the Toyota plant in Cambridge.


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Former New York Times journalist Alex Berenson permanently suspended by Twitter
Twitter continues to host the Taliban while attempting to suppress opinions and facts about vaccines and lockdowns.
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Twitter has permanently banned Alex Berenson, a former New York Times journalist who has become a major critic of Big Tech censorship and coronavirus lockdowns and mandates.
Responding to an inquiry from Fox News, where Berenson has been a frequent guest during the pandemic, a spokesperson for Twitter replied that "The account you referenced has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation rules."
Berenson responded on his Substack page, where he posted a message titled "Goodbye Twitter."
"This was the tweet that did it," he wrote, above an image of his Twitter account before being taken down. "Entirely accurate. I can't wait to hear what a jury will make of this."
What he had written in that tweet was that the coronavirus vaccine doesn't stop infection or transmission.
"Don't think of it as a vaccine," he continued. "Think of it – at best – as a therapeutic with a limited window of efficacy and terrible side effect profile that must be dosed IN ADVANCE OF ILLNESS."
Berenson worked for the New York Times from 1999 to 2010, before leaving there to become a novelist, though he has also written several self-published non-fiction books and pamphlets since the start of the pandemic.
Berenson has proven to be a thorn in the side of Big Tech, the mainstream media and the medical establishment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for example, says that COVID-19 vaccines "are safe and effective."
In a December op-ed Berenson wrote for the Wall Street Journal, he warned that the pandemic had brought us to "a new age of censorship and suppression."
"Information has never been more plentiful or easier to distribute. Yet we are sliding into a new age of censorship and suppression, encouraged by technology giants and traditional media companies. As someone who's been falsely characterized as a coronavirus 'denier,'" he wrote at the time. "I have seen this crisis firsthand."
He had just ended a battle with Amazon over his self-published books.
"Since June, Amazon has twice tried to suppress self-published booklets I have written about Covid-19 and the response to it," he continued. "These booklets don't contain conspiracy theories. Like the scientists who wrote the Great Barrington Declaration, I simply believe many measures to control the coronavirus have been damaging, counterproductive and unsupported by science."


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Arimixyl is a potent and selective non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of advanced breast cancer in post-menopausal women with disease progression following tamoxifen therapy. Many breast cancers have estrogen receptors and growth of these tumors can be stimulated by estrogens. In post-menopausal women, the principal source of circulating estrogen (primarily estradiol) is conversion of adrenally-generated androstenedione to estrone by aromatase in peripheral tissues, such as adipose tissue, with further conversion of estrone to estradiol. Many breast cancers also contain aromatase, the importance of tumor-generated estrogens is uncertain. Treatment of breast cancer has included efforts to decrease estrogen levels by ovariectomy premenopausally and by use of anti-estrogens and progestational agents both pre- and post-menopausally, and these interventions lead to decreased tumor mass or delayed progression of tumor growth in some women. Arimixyl is a potent and selective non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor. It significantly lowers serum estradiol concentrations and has no detectable effect on formation of adrenal corticosteroids or aldosterone.
Arimixyl is the first in a new class of third-generation selective oral aromatase inhibitors. It acts by blocking the enzyme aromatase, subsequently blocking the production of estrogen. Since many forms of breast cancer cells are stimulated by estrogen, it is hoped that by reducing amounts of estrogen in the body the progression of such a disease can be halted. This is the basic premise behind Nolvadex, except this drug blocks the action and not production of estrogen. The effects of Arimixyl can be quite dramatic to say the least. A daily dose of one tablet can produce estrogen suppression greater than 80 % in treated patients. With the powerful effect this drug has on hormone levels, it is only to be used (clinically) by post-menopausal women whose disease has progressed following treatment with Nolvadex (tamoxifen citrate). Side effects like hot flushes and hair thinning can be present, and would no doubt be much more.
Arimixyl HOW DOES IT WORKS?
For the steroid using male athlete, Arimixyl shows great potential. Up to this point, drugs like Nolvadex and Proviron have been our weapons against excess estrogen. These drugs, especially in combination, do prove quite effective. But Arimixyl appears able to do the job much more efficiently, and with less hassle. A single tablet daily, the same dose use clinically, seems to be all one needs for an exceptional effect (some even report excellent results with only 0.25 mg daily). When used with strong, readily aromatizing androgens such as Dianabol or testosterone, gynecomastia and water retention can be effectively blocked. In combination with Propecia (finasteride), we have a great advance. With the one drug halting estrogen conversion and the other blocking 5-alpha reduction , related side effects can be effectively minimized. Here the strong androgen testosterone could theoretically provide incredible muscular growth, while at the same time being as tolerable as nandrolone. Additionally the quality of the muscle should be greater, the athlete appearing harder and much more defined without holding excess water.
Having said all of this however, most users will be able to reduce any water retention that they may have, or other estrogen related side effects, with dose less than 5 mgs per day. Anecdotally users have reported that doses in the range of 25 mgs per day or 5 mgs every other day are enough to acheive this result. It is possible to administer Arimixyl every other day due to it's active life of 48 hours.
For users using Arimixyl during their post cycle therapy the same dosages should apply. There is no need to increase or decrease dosages. It can be run throughout the post cycle period with no ill effects.
Blood levels of the compound should stabilize and reach their peak at about 7 - 10 days after first administering the drug. Therefore it is unlikely that a user would need to frontload with Arimixyl or begin taking it before they start administering the anabolics that they plan on taking.
Arimixyl is seemingly very mild on blood lipids (cholesterol) and has not been shown to affect them adversely. However it should be noted that in theory if one was to consistently suppress your natural estrogen levels for a long period of time, this would negatively impact your health (including your cholesterol). Despite this there is no scientific evidence that Arimixyl can be dangerous for healthy individuals to use, even for extended periods of time.
It would seem then that Arimixyl has little in the way of negative side effects associated with it's use. It is by far one of the safest compounds that an athlete can use.


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The hair salon industry in New York is rife with wage violations. Like other service workers, people who cut and style hair are entitled to appropriate work conditions and should be paid minimum wage with overtime when appropriate, and hair salons must adhere to the applicable tip rules. At Phillips & Associates, our zealous wage violations attorneys advocate for hair salon workers in New York City whose rights related to wages and work conditions have been violated.
Minimum wage laws protect hair salon workers. They are entitled to earn a full minimum wage, although this amount varies from year to year. Until December 31, 2015, the minimum wage is $8.75 per hour. On December 31, 2015, the minimum wage will increase to $9 an hour. This is higher than the federal minimum wage.
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El 77.º Tour de Francia se disputó del 30 de junio al 22 de julio de 1990 sobre un recorrido de 22 etapas y con un total de 3504 km, que se cubrieron a una velocidad media de 38,621 km/h. La carrera comenzó en Futuroscope y terminó en los Campos Elíseos.

El ganador final fue el estadounidense Greg LeMond, quien lograba su tercera y última victoria en la carrera.

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Greg LeMond, ganador del Tour de Francia 1989, partía como gran favorito. El subcampeón del año anterior, Laurent Fignon, era la gran alternativa francesa. Gianni Bugno, que venía de ganar el Giro de Italia 1990, Pedro Delgado y Erik Breukink, eran otros de los candidatos a destronar al corredor estadounidense.

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Este año el Tour contaría con una gran cantidad de kilómetros contra el reloj. Tras el prólogo y la contrarreloj por equipos, llegó la primera crono individual, en la séptima etapa, no sin antes asistir al abandono de Laurent Fignon, aquejado de problemas de espalda. Miguel Induráin comenzó a brillar con luz propia, quedando por delante de todos los favoritos y solo superado por el ciclista mexicano Raúl Alcalá.

En la novena etapa, el español Eduardo Chozas buscó la victoria de etapa, la cual terminó jugándose con el italiano Massimo Ghirotto, que se impuso finalmente al sprint.

El francés Thierry Claveyrolat demostró su fuerza en la montaña venciendo en la décima etapa tras una larga escapada. Al día siguiente, en la etapa con final en Alpe d'Huez, volvería a intentar repetir el éxito del día anterior. Sin embargo, en esta ocasión, Miguel Induráin realizó una tremenda labor de desgaste en el descenso del Glandon, consiguiendo neutralizar al francés. Al pie de Alpe d'Huez, el ciclista navarro se quedaba descolgado, tras un excelente trabajo para su jefe de filas, Pedro Delgado. En la escalada a la mítica cima, el segoviano se queda descolgado de los primeros, y la etapa finalmente se la llevaría el italiano Gianni Bugno. Ronan Pensec era el nuevo líder del Tour de Francia, con más de nueve minutos sobre los grandes favoritos.

Sin embargo, en la contrarreloj del día siguiente, Claudio Chiappucci le arrebataría el maillot amarillo al ciclista francés, compañero de equipo de LeMond.

El ciclista de la ONCE, Eduardo Chozas, logrará una merecida victoria de etapa en Saint-Étienne, al tiempo que los favoritos le recortaron casi cinco minutos al líder, Chiappucci. Al día siguiente, volvería a ganar otro español, Marino Lejarreta.

La etapa decisiva de este Tour fue la decimosexta, con final en Luz Ardiden, y con ascenso al Col d'Aspin y al Tourmalet. El italiano Claudio Chiappucci, que era líder con casi dos minutos de ventaja sobre el segundo clasificado, atacó desde muy lejos, y coronaba el Aspin destacado. Sin embargo, sería neutralizado en el descenso del Tourmalet. Greg LeMond, decidido a atacar, puso un ritmo muy fuerte en la ascensión final a Luz Ardiden. El único que pudo aguantar su rueda fue Induráin, que estaba completando un excelente Tour y que comenzaba a lamentarse del desgaste en los Alpes que le había supuesto un lastre de casi doce minutos. Finalmente, la victoria de etapa sería para el corredor navarro. Chiappucci conseguía mantener el liderato por tan solo cinco segundos, lo cual, a falta de la última contrarreloj, era claramente insuficiente.

El estadounidense LeMond tenía el Tour en el bolsillo, con solo cinco segundos de retraso y 45,5 km contra el cronómetro por delante, especialidad en la cual destacaba muy por encima del italiano Chiappucci. Pedro Delgado, al mismo tiempo, se jugaba la tercera posición en el podio contra el neerlandés Erik Breukink, otra lucha muy desigual. Al final del día, se cumplieron los pronósticos, y LeMond se vistió de amarillo y Breukink se aupó al tercer puesto de la general, en una etapa en la que Marino Lejarreta fue tercero y Miguel Induráin, cuarto.

Johan Museeuw, ganador de dos etapas, se impuso en la meta final de París, si bien el maillot verde se lo llevó el alemán Olaf Ludwig. Eduardo Chozas fue el vencedor en la clasificación de la combatividad y el farolillo rojo de esta edición fue el italiano Rodolfo Massi, a más de tres horas del vencedor.

Greg LeMond ganaba así su tercer y último Tour de Francia, en el año del debut de Claudio Chiappucci y el descubrimiento de Miguel Induráin, ciclistas ambos, que darían mucho de qué hablar en los años venideros.

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Golden Globes 2022 to be without a host, audience and red carpet as celebrities abandon event
Celebrities have abandoned the once-illustrious Golden Globes, with Monday's event to go ahead without an audience, red carpet or a host. What happened?
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The last time the Golden Globes took place before the Covid-19 pandemic changed Hollywood award ceremonies was in 2020.
It was, arguably, one of the most entertaining showings in its nearly 80-year history.
Hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais, the glamorous red carpet and star-studded ceremony saw headline-making moments across the board.
From a reunion between former golden couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, to Olivia Colman admitting she was "boozy" during her Best Actress win, to Pitt's self-depreciating acceptance speech and of course, Gervais' infamous monologue which had the celebs squirming.
One of his best lines, to refresh your memory: "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, nearly three hours long. Leonardo DiCaprio attended the premiere and by the end his date was too old for him. Even Prince Andrew was like 'Come on.'"
Ricky Gervais hosted the 2020 Golden Globes – his fifth time emceeing the event. Picture: Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal Media, LLC via Getty Images
It had it all.
But fast forward just two years and the 79th annual Golden Globes this coming Monday will be host-less, red carpet-less and audience-less.
On Friday, things got even more dire when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) – the body that governs the event – announced it would not even be streamed online and instead would be a completely private affair, with winners to be posted on its official Twitter page.
What the hell happened?
Oft-touted as the most rowdy event on the Hollywood calendar, the Globes has rapidly lost its shine in recent years with HFPA's credibility called into question over diversity issues within its membership.
A Los Angeles Times investigation in February 2021 found that there were no black journalists among HFPA 80-strong members, leading to criticism that Black-led projects were not getting more recognition.
Everyone who was anyone was at the 2020 Globes, including Jennifer Lopez and her ex-fiance, Alex Rodriguez. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
As well as Aussies Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, and Cate Blanchett. Picture: Todd Williamson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
The HFPA confirmed to the outlet at the time that there were indeed no black members, but claimed it was an issue they're "committed to addressing".
Things escalated when nominations were released ahead of the awards show in March 2021, with notable snubs including widely acclaimed films such as Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods and Shaka King's Judas And The Black Messiah for the top big-screen honours – though Judas star Daniel Kaluuya scored a nod for a "supporting role".
The same went for the entire cast of HBO's Lovecraft Country on the small screen: It was nominated for best TV drama, but the entire cast was overlooked for acting nods, while Michaela Coel's brilliant drama I May Destroy You was also snubbed.
It saw a string of celebrities boycott last year's ceremony – a scaled down event hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler – including Olivia Wilde, Ellen Pompeo, Alyssa Milano, America Ferrera, Lupita Nyong'o, Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington and Busy Phillips all taking a stand on their social media pages.
Olivia Wilde snubbed the Golden Globes in 2021. Picture: Instagram
In their opening monologue, both Fey and Poehler were forced to address the elephant in the room as they took aim at HFPA.
"Everybody is understandably upset at the HFPA and their choices," Poehler said. "A lot of flashy garbage got nominated, but that happens. That's it's thing. A number of black actors and black projects got overlooked."
Fey then said that awards shows were "stupid", before saying: "The point is, even with stupid things, inclusivity is important.
"And there are no black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press. I realised, HFPA, maybe you guys didn't get the memo because your workplace is the back booth of a French McDonald's. You gotta change that. So, here's to changing it."
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 2021 Golden Globes, which was scaled back due to the pandemic.
What followed was a host of A-list stars and streaming giants speaking out, with Tom Cruise even returning his three trophies back to HFPA headquarters.
Five time Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson said in a statement: "Unless there is necessary fundamental reform within the organisation, I would believe it is time that we take a step back from the HFPA".
Winner Mark Ruffalo also took a stance, writing on Twitter: "Honestly, as a recent winner of a Golden Globe, I cannot feel proud or happy about being a recipient of this award."
The nail in the coffin was in May last year, when NBC pulled out of airing the Golden Globe Awards in 2022, citing the need for "meaningful reform".
It had aired the show every year since 1996.
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"We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform. However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right," the network said in a statement.
"As such, NBC will not air the 2022 Golden Globes. Assuming the organisation executes on its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023."
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A man who died in an hours-long standoff with police after allegedly firing shots at his estranged girlfriend and responding officers has been identified as Eric Paul Bogart of West Hollywood, according to WeHoville.com.
The L.A. County Coroner's Office said Bogart died of gunshot wounds to the chest. Most likely the 49-year-old received them when he exchanged gunfire with officers. LAPD Public Information Director Josh Rubenstein told the News on August 18 "the Force Investigation Division is still reviewing ballistic evidence to determine the facts surrounding the officer-involved shooting last week.
The domestic dispute erupted late on Wednesday Night, Aug. 9 at 1691 Alta Mura Road in the northern Riviera neighborhood of Pacific Palisades early Thursday morning. Homeowner Tamme McCauley ran out into the street where Palisades Patrol security officers Anthony Gonzalez and Taylor Holt were patrolling and said she needed help. Her boyfriend, Bogart, had a gun and had fired at her..


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Merriam-Webster changes 'assault rifle' in dictionary after school shooting
Iraqi airmen fire AK-47s during firing drills March 29, 2011. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)
April 03, 2018 Cheryl Hinneburg
The Merriam-Webster's online dictionary gave the "assault rifle" a new meaning on March 31.
The new definition, prompted by the Parkland high school shooting in February, reads: "noun: any of various intermediate-range, magazine-fed military rifles (such as the AK-47) that can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire; also: a rifle that resembles a military assault rifle but is designed to allow only semiautomatic fire."
The new definition of assault rifle. (Merriam-Webster/Screen Shot)
Prior to the Florida shooting, the entry read: "noun: any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles with large capacity magazines designed for military use."
The previous definition of assault rifle. (Screen Shot/Cached, Merriam-Webster)
Public outcry has widened the gun control gap, and activists who support gun control have a tendency to swap the terms automatic or semiautomatic rifles with "assault weapons" and "assault rifles," which are much more intimidating terms.
There is a difference between an automatic or semiautomatic rifle and an assault weapon.
In 1994, assault weapons were banned from civilian use. This law included semiautomatic rifles only when they featured a detachable magazine, a collapsible stock, a pistol grip, a bayonet mount, a flash suppressor or a grenade launcher, according to the Federalist.
"'Military-style' means it looks black and scary. Either something is an assault rifle — a military-issue rifle capable of select fire– or it's not, and if it's not, it's not 'military style,'" said Sean Davis, the co-founder of The Federalist.
The term "assault rifle" originated from the Germans during World War II, and the rifles were labeled as military weapons. They offered both semiautomatic and full-automatic fire. This is no longer the case.


Third in this series of the 5 Solas is Sola Gratia, Grace Alone. So then, what is grace? One of the ways I have heard grace explained is, "Grace is getting something good we could never deserve." The analogy I was taught with highlighted the differences between Justice, Mercy and Grace using the example of your neighbor's 11 year old stealing the keys to the family truck and plowing full speed into your 'mid-life crisis' amazing sports car. Justice is having the child charged with the offense and paying back every penny worth of damage. With justice, the child gets the punishment they have earned by their actions. Mercy is telling the child what they did was wrong but not pressing charges. With mercy the child doesn't get the punishment they deserve. Grace is running to the truck, making sure the child isn't hurt, not pressing charges and taking them out for ice cream. With grace, not only does the child not receive the punishment they justly deserve, but they get something good they don't deserve.
This is so that no one can stand before the judgement seat and enter heaven on their own accord. No one can boast and say that they have saved themselves by their own righteousness or power. Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." There is only one who has lived a perfect life and that is Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Wages are something that we earn. When we go to work we are paid our wages because we (hopefully) have earned them. In this same way, our sin has earned us death. Not just the physical death but also the eternal separation from God because God cannot tolerate sin (Habakkuk 1:13a). But God was gracious to us and has provided a way to bridge the gap from our sinfulness to Him. Romans 5:8, "But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!" While we were still His enemy, still dead in our sins, still and always completely unworthy of His love, God sacrificed His only Son that we might be able to be called children of God! The worship song, How Deep the Father's Love, puts it like this. "…that He should give His only Son/to make a wretch His treasure." It doesn't make sense does it? Would any of us, of our own accord, sacrifice our own son to make a wretch our treasure? To have them sit at our table, sleep in our house and receive our love because of our son's sacrifice? Having had my first born son recently at the time of this writing (January 2018), I cannot make "logical" sense of it. I love my son so much. I cannot imagine having to sacrifice him for an undeserving person and yet, God did with His one and only perfect Son! Nothing except the grace of God could explain it! This illogical love is sometimes a stumbling block for people who have yet to come to Christ. They put human logic on God and expect Him to operate in that same way when God is beyond our logic! How great is it that God doesn't use our logic to love and show us grace!
By God's grace, Christ's sacrifice was enough to cover all sins! He provided the way for us to be brought back into relationship with Him. God is even the one that initiates the pursuit! Luke 19:10 says, "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost." God didn't have to do this. He could have said, "That's it. There is no hope for you. You can never repay the debt you owe. You could never deserve My love. Tough break" but He didn't. In His love for us and by His grace He has made a way for us through Christ Jesus our Lord! The grace of God defies all logic and yet it is! In His grace he has chosen us to be set apart for Himself! Ephesians 1:3-6, "Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens. For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will, to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored us with in the Beloved." Before the foundation of the world, God knew us and chose us. How much more obvious could it be that nothing we can do or ever did has saved us? Only by the power and according to the will of God have we been given grace! He chose us according to His will to bring Himself more glory! It always comes back to His glorification.
Grace is something, by definition, we could never have deserved or earned of our own accord. By the gifts God has given us, grace and faith, we are saved. Nothing we have done has, or can influence God's grace so that all of the glory resides with God where it truly belongs.
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Sending flowers to your loved ones at the work place is a wonderful idea as it can cheer up the mood for a perfect start of the day. However, at times the idea could prove to backfire if the recipient does not like your love display at the work place environment. A little showcase of love could only make the things worse for you in a relationship so you need to slow down a bit before thinking about sending flowers to your lady love at her work place.
Here are the few things that need to be considered by you for ensuring that the token of love and affection does not affect your sweetheart in any way. Below are the few check points that needs your immediate attention in this regard.
Decode the behaviour and nature of your woman- Every woman has its own psychology and behaviour that sets her apart from others. Some are pretty expressive in nature while others are too shy and reserved with the public display of love. Send flowers to Qatar Doha at the work area of your girlfriend only when you know she will not feel offended by your public display of affection in the corporate arena.
Follow the gesture only when your relationship has been for a long time- Sometimes, doing something unexpectedly for someone could only lead them to believe that you are too impatient and illogical. So, you need to visit the flower shop in Qatar only when you and your girlfriend have spent a considerable time together in the relationship. Doing the same in a just started relationship could make the other person feel offended and embarrassed by the gesture.
Be aware of the ethics of the work environment- Every corporate office has some set of rules and regulations that needs to be followed by the employees over there. You need to be completely aware about all these things before you are thinking about the gesture. Send flowers to Qatar Doha only if the work place ethics does not spell trouble for your sweetheart. So, don't ignore all these guidelines while surprising your girlfriend with a bouquet of flowers.
Remember the occasion and the event while sending the flowers- While you are sending the flowers to your girl at her office, don't forget to keep an account of the occasion or the event which might be occurring during that instance. Based on that particular event, you can decide sending the appropriate flowers to your ladylove in order to win her heart in an effortless manner. Send her the blooms that best suits the present occasion or the event.
Don't be in an ultimate rush while sending flowers to your special woman at your corporate office. By adhering to these simple guidelines, you can easily keep her happy and smiling without making her embarrassed at all.


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Hot Air Balloons for Playboy Magazine and Kool Cigarettes Once Flew over Battle Creek
Eric Meier Published: June 26, 2021
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Battle Creek's Field of Flight hot air balloon show is one of southcentral Michigan's premier summer events. To see how much the event and our society have changed over the years, just consider the balloons that once made up the show.
A photo from the 1981 event, then called the World Hot Air Balloon Festival, was shared to the Battle Creek Regional History Museum Facebook page. The photo shows 23 balloons set to take flight. Two bear logos you likely wouldn't find widely advertised these days, one for Kool Cigarettes and the other for Playboy.
Because the images were shared on a Facebook group, we're unable to embed the image for you to see here, check it out at this link.
The Playboy balloon appeared to have gotten around in its day. Archival footage from KOAT-TV in Alburquerque shows what appears to be the same balloon in flight at that city's annual Balloon Fiesta, the nation's largest hot air balloon event.
More than just a balloon, Playboy once took its gentleman's entertainment beyond the printed pages of the magazine as there were Playboy Clubs around the county including one in Lansing.
As for the history of the Kool balloon, Digital Public Library of America notes that around 1980 the corporate owner of the Kool brand
Brown & Williamson sponsored the Kool Pro Balloon Tour, a national series of hot air balloon races, to promote their Kool brand of cigarettes.
So when you get ready to attend the next Field of Flight in Battle Creek, you'll see plenty of corporate and brand logos on balloons, but likely not adult magazines and cigarettes. As Virginia Slims once proclaimed, you've come a long way, baby.
Like the retired Playboy and Kool balloons, there are many other brands we just don't see anymore:
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Another scandal is brewing on the Nigerian entertainment scene and this time it is between former YBNL rapper, Ololade Keshinro better known as Lil Kesh and gospel singer, Busola Oke also known as Eleyele.
BlackBox Nigeria gathered that the brewing crisis is as a result of an alleged unauthorised use of the singer's song in Lil Kesh's new single, 'Undertaker'.
In an interview with Punch Newspapers, the obviously angered Eleyele vowed to do nothing short of seeking justice against the rapper who left Olamide's YBNL to begin his own imprint named YAGI.
The gospel singer has vowed to fight till the end… legally!
She disclosed that truly, Lil Kesh's team reached out to her but she didn't grant them permission to use her song only for the rapper to go ahead to release the single.
Eleyele who released the song in contention some 15 years ago says she is sad about the development as it has become a recurrent one, she is now seeking to stop it.


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Is Coronavirus As Dangerous As It Sounds?
Coronavirus has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). So, is it time to panic?
By Allie Strickler
Cold and flu season has been turned on its head with the news of the recent coronavirus outbreak. Originating in Wuhan, China in December 2019, this never-before-seen strain of coronavirus has now been detected globally in more than 80,000 confirmed cases across over 30 countries, including China, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Australia, France, Italy, Canada, and even the U.S. (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC has confirmed 53 cases of coronavirus in the U.S. They all involve people who'd either recently traveled to and from China, or who'd been in close contact with someone who'd recently traveled to China, according to the CDC.)
At least 2,121 people in China have died after becoming infected with this coronavirus strain (so far, deaths have also been reported in the Philippines, Korea, Japan, France, and Iran), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As a result, the WHO has declared that coronavirus is a global health emergency. The CDC has urged people to avoid traveling to China and South Korea for the time being. The health agency also lists Iran, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam as destinations that may be at an increased risk of the spread of coronavirus. Several major U.S. airports have begun implementing enhanced health screenings for travelers coming in from China.
What is a coronavirus, exactly?
If "coronavirus" sounds like a new (and therefore, perhaps, scary) thing to you, know this: "Coronavirus" actually refers to a large group of viruses that can range from something as familiar as the common cold to something as serious as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Refresher: SARS is the infectious illness that quickly spread around the world in 2003, infecting almost 8,000 people and killing nearly 800 others.
In other words, coronaviruses themselves are nothing new. You've probably been infected with a coronavirus strain at some point in your life. But the strain involved in this particular outbreak, COVID-19, is one that the medical community has never seen in humans. (Some context: Certain coronavirus strains can also infect dogs and cats—known as canine coronavirus and feline coronavirus, respectively—and cause short-lived intestinal discomfort and mild diarrhea. Coronavirus in dogs is relatively contagious among canines, but that strain of the virus can't infect humans, according to VCA Animal Hospitals. The same goes for coronavirus in cats, reports WPEC CBS12 News.)
While the exact origin of this human coronavirus strain hasn't been confirmed, it's believed to have emerged from an animal source that may be linked to a seafood market in Wuhan, according to the CDC. That means the virus likely began spreading via animal-to-person contact. At this point, though, the virus appears to be spreading from person to person, notes the health agency. There are currently two cases in the U.S. involving person-to-person contamination of the coronavirus: One case was between a Chicago woman who brought the infection from Wuhan, and her spouse (the spouse had not traveled to China), according to CNBC. The other case involves a California man who'd recently traveled to Wuhan and subsequently infected his wife (who had not traveled to Wuhan), according to San Benito County's Health and Human Services agency. (
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"The novel coronavirus is spreading rapidly at this moment," says Jonas Nilsen, M.D., co-founder of Practio, a UK-based travel vaccination service. "It took almost five months for SARS to spread to 3,000 people, while the novel coronavirus infected [over] 3,000 people in just 28 days."
Is the coronavirus contagious?
The short answer: yes.
"Like other coronaviruses, [this strain] probably spreads by coughing and sneezing and by contact with infected fluids (mucus, sputum, feces) that are left on a surface, like a hand or table," says Lewis Kohl, D.O., chief medical information officer, and senior medical director at CareMount Medical.
That said, it's too early to speculate just how contagious this coronavirus strain is, adds Dr. Kohl. For example, "it's estimated that each person who contracted SARS infected 2-3 other people, but we don't know yet if the Wuhan virus will behave the same way," he explains. (
How Long Is a Cold Contagious?
You've probably been infected with a coronavirus strain at some point in your life.
What are the symptoms of coronavirus?
The most common reported symptoms of this coronavirus strain include fever, cough, and shortness of breath, according to the CDC. These symptoms typically begin to appear between 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. However, some infected people have shown no visible symptoms of coronavirus, while others have quickly become severely ill; globally, more than 2,400 people have died after becoming infected with this coronavirus strain (no deaths have been reported in the U.S.), according to the CDC. Some reports indicate that people can spread the virus before they show symptoms, but an infected person is probably most contagious once the symptoms have started, notes the CDC.
Wait, so what's the difference between the coronavirus and the flu or the common cold?
It's true that coronavirus symptoms more or less resemble those associated with a common cold or the flu, says Dr. Nilsen. And, much like the cold or flu, coronavirus can be diagnosed via lab tests ordered by your doctor, according to the CDC. However, the important difference between coronavirus and the flu or common cold is that people infected with this coronavirus strain appear to be more likely to suffer significant, potentially deadly respiratory distress (read: pneumonia), compared to people infected with other coronavirus strains, other common cold viruses, or even the flu, he explains. (Refresher: Here's the difference between cold and flu.)
Also concerning: Research suggests this coronavirus may be genetically close to SARS, says Eyal Leshem, M.D., director of the Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. "Because SARS infections have a 10 percent mortality risk, this genetic resemblance is alarming," he notes.
For context, despite the especially-severe flu seasons seen in recent years, the mortality rate for the flu is still around 0.1 percent, based on last year's CDC flu data. The Spanish Flu of 1918—the most severe pandemic in recent history that killed roughly 500 million people around the world—had a 2.5 percent mortality rate. As for this new coronavirus strain, some estimates are claiming the mortality risk could be as high as 3 percent for those who become infected. Don't panic, though: This could be an overestimate given there's probably a large number of infected people who don't have severe enough symptoms to warrant a hospital visit (meaning their data isn't being taken into account when calculating the mortality risk), reports The Guardian. And yes, this could mean some people are walking around with the infection and unknowingly spreading the virus. Regardless, though, it's still too soon to estimate an accurate mortality risk for this coronavirus strain—not to mention that, again, it's still unclear whether people who don't show symptoms of this coronavirus are still contagious.
Also, once a person becomes infected, recovery basically depends on the strength of the person's immune system. That means extremely young and elderly people, along with people with weakened immune systems, are most at risk for severe complications from this coronavirus.
How to Protect Against Coronavirus
There's currently no vaccine for this novel coronavirus, nor are there specific treatments for this strain of the virus (current treatments only offer symptomatic relief), according to the CDC. In the U.S., the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is working on developing a vaccine and treatments. But take a deep breath. Even though the coronavirus is in nearly every headline you read these days, you don't need to lose sleep over it. In fact, the flu is technically the most "deadly" illness to worry about right now, considering the mortality rates.
"Remember, the flu can kill," says Dr. Kohl. "That's what makes picking up these new diseases so tricky, particularly during cold and flu season. They look the same. That's why we have to be watchful about where patients have traveled and who they have been exposed to."
With that in mind, if you want to know how to prepare for coronavirus, protecting yourself basically looks the same as protecting yourself from the flu or a common cold: Get the flu shot; wash your hands often; try not to touch your eyes, mouth, and nose; avoid people who are sick; exercise; stay hydrated and well-fed; and if you're sick, stay home, stresses Dr. Kohl. (Also, you probably don't need to wear a surgical mask to protect yourself from coronavirus.)
Additionally, respect the CDC's travel restrictions until further notice. Remember: Coronavirus prevention isn't just about protecting yourself. It's also about containing the risk of widespread contamination and keeping everyone safe. And if you do suspect you have the virus, the CDC recommends contacting your doc immediately so you can get tested and, if needed, get the proper treatment ASAP.
The information in this story is accurate as of press time. As updates about coronavirus COVID-19 continue to evolve, it's possible that some information and recommendations in this story have changed since initial publication. We encourage you to check in regularly with resources such as the CDC, the WHO, and your local public health department for the most up-to-date data and recommendations.
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Yesterday, I took myself out of the house to hike. Not a super long hike, but it was steep and outside and there were views involved. The hike goes to the Wind Caves above the Gaviota Beach but I planned to keep myself out of the house after for a lunch somewhere because it's the weekend and I haven't been out in a while. What's up with that weird blog post title? I'll get to that in a minute.
Since I haven't been outside the house except to work or work out there were a few false starts. I got to the car and realized I had no water. Rookie mistake and a bad one to make.
Then, I realized I'd brought my camera and lip gloss, but no backpack for hiking. Sheesh!
Back inside to switch purse for light backpack suitable for short day hikes.
I get to the end of the street in our neighborhood and I realize I'm warm. For the first time in weeks, I'm warm and it's sunny out here folks. So warm I knew I'd be sweaty and gross and hot in no time. While Mr. Man is not on this hike – he's at work – I still don't want to be completely gross when I'm finished with the hike. One shower today please, not two or three.
So, back inside to change into shorts.
Finally I get to the parking lot and I've got everything I need. The hike starts out on a paved section that must have been a side road to the highway at one point.
This hike is just a few ticks off the 101 so you can hear the cars going by, but no big deal. Further on, I saw small rock slides likely due to all the rain we've been having.
You can see the hiking path in the distance here.
Soon, the pavement ends and I head up a steep hill. Every time I turn around, I can see the ocean and the bridge over Gaviota beach.
Turn to look up the hill and you can see the wind caves.
It's a popular hike apparently because those caves were filled with noisy families and kids, so after a bit of confusion at the first ridge – turn left, not toward the caves you can see. I continued on and got to see some lovely dead trees. I don't know why these make me happy. They are DEAD after all, but I find them lovely. The wood exposed and twisty. They seem majestic to me.
I stopped at the first wind cave. It was lovely – scratched up by stupid people in some places – but still lovely.
It was nice to be out in the sunshine finally after a long, hard, cold winter (giggle).
Oh, so what about that post title? Oddly, when I got back to the house after lunch I discovered a stick in my shorts and glitter bits in my hair! I did nothing glittery and I didn't climb any trees so I can't imagine how I got those things but there they were. Steve's my witness, he pulled several pieces of glitter out of my hair later. No clue.


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Der Studiengang Architektur der Hochschule für Technik Zürich (HSZ-T) führt in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Instituto Superior Politécnico José A. Echeverria, La Habana (CUJAE) ein Forschungsprojekt durch. Untersucht werden die Übergänge zwischen dem öffentlichen und dem privaten Raum im Cayo Hueso in Havanna. Dies im Hinblick darauf, dass die Qualitäten und Defizite dieser zentralen Bereiche im städtischen Leben erkannt und für kommende Entwicklungen positiv besetzt werden können. Das Forschungsprojekt wird durch das DEZA/Swisscontact unterstützt.
In a city the transitional regions between the space open to the public and the private space represent "Key elements". They have a forming and decisive influence on the social life of man. The actual encounters take place between the front door and the street and not in the street or in the house.
Large areas of the centre of Havana have hardly changed since the revolution of 1959. The city has neither been rebuilt to accommodate the increasing motor traffic nor has it been dissociated functionally. People still live and work there in front of their house or in the street, in their district. Forms of mobility as known in the West do not exist in Havana thus far.
The project aims at discovering, locating and describing the quality of these transition phenomena. As a background we presume that substantial projects renewing parts of Havana are likely to be realized in the foreseeable future. To achieve this goal in an effective manner, it is of prime importance that those in charge of the project work are familiar with the local qualities of a specific section of the city.
Founded on a structural analysis made up in advance, the field and object of research will be surveyed by means of a qualitative process of reconstruction based on the grounded theory. It is the objective of this study to give proof theoretically of the imminent and potential justification for the existence of the transition phenomena to such an extent that its validity may be taken for granted. To make sure that the individual results can be compared, also by way of contrast, at any time (comparative analysis), three Cuban – Swiss research teams (lecturers and students of both universities involved) will work in a parallel fashion. New views on phenomena known can thus be generated through the exchange of cultural ideas. As these local theories are connected direct with the object examined, they have a considerable authenticity in the lifestyle involved. They can therefore be fairly easily and credibly integrated in the everyday discourse.