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Her face heated. This arrogant prick just called her a promiscuous woman? For the first time since she was there, in his mansion, in front of him, Michaela felt the strong desire to slap him hard. But she knew she had to go all the way with this reveal.
She swallowed hard, breathed deep, and gave him a wry smile.
"Mr. di Montbéliard, for your information, the field of medicine is a lot more advanced and there are other ways to conceive a child than sexual intercourse, a method you know pretty well. When Johanna from 'Genesis Labs' called, she implied that I worked there but I'm a…"
Michaela stopped for a second. 'It's now or never,' she toughed.
"I am a client of the clinic."
He froze his expression hardening like granite, his jaw tightening.
"Let's go into my office, Miss Roberts."
She followed him through the large living area of the house and through a heavy oak door. His home office was massive, with high ceilings that were accented by rich, natural wood beams.
One of the walls was made entirely of glass and overlooked the valley below. There was nothing as far as she could see but pristine nature. So beautiful. But the view was cold comfort in the situation.
"Listen, I'm here because… Well, there was a mistake at the clinic," Michaela said, keeping her gaze focused on the mountains in the distance. "They weren't going to tell me, but one of my friends works there and she felt I… that I had a right to know. I was given your donation by mistake and there was no log of your… of your genetic testing."
"How is this possible?" he asked, pacing the room with long strides. "The clinic is one of the best in the States…"
"I wasn't offered a specific explanation," she replied slowly. "The nearest thing to an answer I got is that your sample was mixed up with the donor I had selected because your last names were almost similar. My intended donor was a Mr. Montrose."
Maxim gave her a hard look.
"He was not your husband or boyfriend?"
"I don't have a husband or a boyfriend. It was all meant to be done anonymously. But…"
Michaela took a shaky breath.
"It isn't that simple now."
His lip curled.
"Not so simple now that you've found out the 'donor' for your child is a wealthy man? Are you here to collect some kind of prenatal child support?"
She stiffened and felt the anger rising.
"Mr. di Montbéliard, you're way out of line! You've been out of line since the moment I stepped into your mansion. I'm sorry to have bothered you, I really am. I'm sure you didn't expect the recipient of your donation to show up on your doorstep. But I need to know if you underwent genetic testing prior to using the clinic."
"I didn't leave a donation," he said, his voice rough.
"You must have! Johanna gave me your name. She said it was your sperm that was given to me by mistake."
A muscle in his jaw tightened and Michaela noticed him slowly squeezing his hands into fists and releasing them as if in an attempt to gain control over his temper.
"I had a sperm sample at the clinic, but it wasn't meant for anonymous donation. It was for my wife. We were having trouble conceiving."
"Oh… I am so sorry…"
Michaela felt all of the blood drain from her face, leaving her lightheaded and dizzy. Now she really wanted to turn and run away. She'd read horror stories in the paper about couples involved in mix-ups, and people losing their babies.
She clamped a possessive hand over her stomach. The baby was still hers, even if this man was the biological father. She was still the mother. No judge would take a baby from a competent, loving mother.
And Maxim's wife wouldn't want a baby that didn't belong to her anyway. She couldn't…
"I just… I just need to know…"
She took a breath.
"The reason why I'm asking is that in my family there have been already a case of Myotonic dystrophy… It's a muscular disorder that can be inherited from one of the parents. I got tested and, fortunately, I got cleared by the doctors. As for the donors… they are all screened for genetic disorders before they're accepted. But your results weren't in the file. Johanna knew that I was concerned and she was going to get me the information about you, only it wasn't there."
"That's because I wasn't a donor. I already told you that, Miss Roberts," he replied harshly. "This sample wasn't meant for… another woman."
"I understand, but have you been tested?" Michaela asked again, desperation clawing at her.
She had to know. Watching her sister succumb to the disease had been the hardest thing Michaela had ever endured. It had been the end of everything. Her family, her happiness… her entire world.
So, she had to know so that she could prepare herself for the worst. She wouldn't terminate her pregnancy. No matter what, she wouldn't do that. The memory of her sister, of that wonderful, short life, was far too dear to her to consider that. But she did need to know.
"No, Miss Roberts, I haven't had that test done."
Hearing those words, Michaela sank into the plush chair that was positioned in front of the desk, her knees unable to support her anymore.
"You need to get it done," she said slowly. "Please, Mr. di Montbéliard… I need you to do it as soon as possible. I need to know. It's vital…"
Maxim examined the woman sitting in front of him, his heart pounding heavily in his chest. He hadn't given a thought to the clinic in the past two years, not since Antonia's death.
When he'd received the phone call from the employee at 'Genesis Labs' he had assumed it was related to his sperm sample. They had called shortly after the accident to ask him if they could discard it, but he'd ignored the voice mail message.
At the time, he simply hadn't been able to deal with it. He hadn't imagined that these might be the consequences. Now he was going to be a father. A FATHER… It was the most amazing and terrifying moment he'd ever experienced.
His gaze dropped to her flat stomach. The woman in front of him was so slender it was almost impossible to believe that she could be carrying his baby. HIS baby. A son or daughter. Maxim could easily see a vision of a dark-haired child, cradled in Michaela Roberts's arms as she looked down at the infant with a small, maternal smile on her face.
The image filled him with a longing so intense that his chest ached with it. Maxim thought that he'd let that desire go… the desire for children. He thought he'd laid that dream to rest, alongside Antonia, his wife.
Well, in one surreal moment all of those dreams had been made possible again. And in that very same moment, he'd found out that his child might have serious health complications.
His tightly controlled life was suddenly, definitely, out of his control. Everything that had seemed important five minutes ago was insignificant now, and everything that mattered to him rested in the womb of this beautiful, feisty stranger.
He had to get tested. Find out as soon as possible if there was a chance their baby might have the disease. Having something to do, something to hold on to, real action that he could take, helped anchor the whole situation to reality, allowed him to have some control back. It made it easier to believe that there really was a baby.
"All right, Miss Roberts, I will have the test done right away," Maxim said in a determined tone.
Maxim hadn't been planning on going back to Carpathia for another two weeks, but this took precedence. He would need to see his personal physician at the palace. He wouldn't take any chances on having this made a spectacle by the press. They'd caused enough damage in his life.
"But I would like to know what are you planning to do if the test is positive? If this baby is a carrier of this disease? Are you going to terminate the pregnancy?"
The straight question hit her hard and sent a shiver up and down her spine. Michaela closed her eyes for a second and felt the tears stinging. She sighed, opened her eyes, and focused on the wooden floor and not on his face… She couldn't look at the man in front of her.
"Miss Roberts, would you please answer my question?" he asked again.
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She was taking her time to reply and Maxim decided to wait patiently. His gaze stopped on her hands. They were delicate, feminine hands, void of jewelry and flashy nail polish. It was far too easy to imagine how soft those hands would feel on his body, how pale they would look against the dark skin of his chest. A pang of lust hit Maxim low in the gut. Michaela Roberts was a beautiful woman, there was no denying that. Much less adorned than the type of woman he was accustomed to. Her face had only the bare minimum of makeup, showing flawless ivory skin, her copper eyes slightly emphasized by colored eyeshadow. Her full lips had just a bit of pale pink gloss on them that wouldn't take long to kiss right off. Her long, light-brown hair was st
Suddenly, it was horrifyingly clear why he'd looked familiar when she'd first seen him. He wasn't just Maxim de Montbéliard. She had seen him before. On the news, in the tabloids. He and his wife had been paparazzi favorites. They were royal and beautiful, and, by all accounts, extremely happy. Every single magazine was paved with their photos… Hollywood, White House, vacations in Europe in all the luxurious places… Then, two years ago, he'd been in the news for his personal tragedy. The loss of his wife. Michaela was thankful she was sitting or she would've collapsed. His dark eyebrows snapped together and she registered concern in his eyes before her vision blurred slightly."Are you all right, Michaela?"
Again, her sweet voice broke his train of thoughts. This time this bothered him a lot. Thinking about her in a certain way was… amazing. "I'm thinking of taking legal action against the clinic," Michaela said softly. "I'm a lawyer and I'm certain we would have an extremely strong case." "I'm certain we would, too, despite the fact that I don't have a law degree," Maxim replied wryly. "But that would mean a lot of press." The media circus would be out of control. Sensational headlines for a world that loved nothing more than scandal. And his wife's fertility issues, his marriage, all of it would be thrust into the spotlight. It was the last thing he wanted, both for Antonia's sake and his own. There was no point in tearing down her memory… not now that she was gone. Some things were best left buried, and the f
Embarrassed by her uncharacteristic behavior, Michaela lowered her eyes. She honestly couldn't remember ever looking at a man there before. Not on purpose, anyway. She tried to tell herself it was nerves making her heart pound and her pulse flutter. She couldn't quite convince herself. Michaela knew that it was all because of the powerful presence of the man coming towards her. Maxim approached her and took his sunglasses off, tucking them in the neck of his shirt. Again, totally without permission, her eyes followed the motion and she was transfixed by the slight dusting of dark hair she could see on the tanned slice of chest that was revealed by the open collar of his shirt."Glad to see you made it," he said. He seemed totally unmoved by the fact that he'd just had a
She should've been extremely content with him as her baby's father. First and foremost, he was royal and extremely wealthy. He was to be the next king of Carpathia and along with that would receive an inheritance worth billion, coupled with the personal fortune he'd amassed with his hugely successful corporation. His chain of luxury hotels and casinos was popular with the rich and famous, both on the island of Carpathia, and in almost every other major tourist spot in the world. In the eyes of most women, he would be the golden chalice. A ticket to status and riches beyond most people's imaginations. And yet Miss Michaela Roberts had acted as though carrying his baby was equivalent to being sentenced to the royal dungeon, which they didn't have at the palace, regardless of what
Her first glimpse of Carpathia stole her breath. The island was a jewel set in the bright Mediterranean Sea. Gleaming white rock faces houses dotted the pale sanded coastline. The beach faded into lush greenery, and set into the tallest visible mountainside was a stone castle with masculine angles that gleamed gold in the late-afternoon light."Oh, God… This place is absolutely magnificent." Magnificent, and yet untamed. Sort of like its master. For all of Maxim's urbane sophistication, there was something about him that was raw and almost primitive. It appealed to her on a basic level she'd hardly been aware of before she'd seen him descending the stairs of his elegant mansion. The entire flight had been thick with tension, at least on her end. Maxim seemed total
She ignored Maxim, thrusting her chin up and trying to look unaffected by him, his presence, and his insinuations. Maxim gripped her hand and stopped her from walking, drawing her close to him. Her heart began to pound so hard she was certain he must be able to hear it. Standing this close to him, Michaela could feel the heat coming from his body, smell the intoxicating, masculine scent that was one hundred percent raw, sexual man. One hundred percent Maxim, the man, not Maxim, the prince. Michaela slightly shook her head. Since when had she noticed how a man smelled? Unless she was at the gym and it was in a negative connotation, she didn't think she ever had. So why did Maxim's smell appeal to her like this? Why did it make her puls
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"I don't need you to put me up. I'm perfectly capable of getting my own accommodations." There you have it, mister! Michaela smiled slightly. He was so arrogant… Being supremely confident and used to hear only yes, Maxim thought he could convince Michaela to change her mind."I have no doubt, Michaela" he replied, flashing her a wry smile. "I imagine your extensive education has left you more than capable of booking your own room. But you're pregnant with my child and I don't want you staying at some hotel by yourself.""I was under the impression that are no shabby hotels in Carpathia…" she continued in a sarcastic tone."There are not," Maxim established, dismissing her statement with a wave of his hand. "But that doesn't mean I will allow you to…"


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China outbound deals facing no respite from SAFE scrutiny, advisors say
05 October 2016 - 12:00 am UTC
5 October 2016 – China's forex regulator is showing no signs of relaxing its scrutiny of outbound transactions, said three legal advisory sources close to M&A deals that require the regulator's clearance. If anything, the evidence suggests the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) approval process has become more stringent, two of them added.
While there is no suggestion SAFE, which emerged as a key timetable risk for Chinese outbound deals after February, is seeking to stop genuine transactions, officials at the PRC agency have in recent weeks been asking increasingly tougher questions regarding RMB funded outbound M&A deals, said two of the sources.
In at least one recent incident, officials asked for proof that deal documentation was genuine, said one. It's not easy to respond to questions such as "how can we be sure that you have not faked this agreement?" said the source.

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but otherwise it struck me as a pretty typical tourist-oriented historic downtown shopping area. Perhaps I'm getting a bit jaded. We landed at another brewery for a late lunch and to kill some time.
This place was almost as lonesome as the Art Loeb trail, which suits me fine: I brought a book.
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This is a list of movie recommendations of movies similar to Captain America: Civil War. Bear in mind that this list is in no particular order.
X-Men: Apocalypse(2016)
Worshiped as a god since the dawn of civilization, the immortal Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) becomes the first and most powerful mutant. Awakening after thousands of years, he recruits the disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and other mutants to create a new world order. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Professor X (James McAvoy) and Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) lead a team of young X-Men to stop their seemingly invincible nemesis from destroying mankind.
Avengers: Age Of Ultron(2015)
When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) jump-starts a dormant peacekeeping program, things go terribly awry, forcing him, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and the rest of the Avengers to reassemble. As the fate of Earth hangs in the balance, the team is put to the ultimate test as they battle Ultron, a technological terror hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they encounter two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Pietro and Wanda Maximoff.
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Forced out of his own company by former protégé Darren Cross, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) recruits the talents of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), a master thief just released from prison. Lang becomes Ant-Man, trained by Pym and armed with a suit that allows him to shrink in size, possess superhuman strength and control an army of ants. The miniature hero must use his new skills to prevent Cross, also known as Yellowjacket, from perfecting the same technology and using it as a weapon for evil.
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Scientist Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) persuades his arrogant former classmate, Victor von Doom (Julian McMahon), to fund his experiments with cosmic energy. On von Doom's space station, the crew — including astronaut Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), researcher Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) and pilot Johnny Storm (Chris Evans) — are exposed to a mysterious cosmic storm that bestows super powers upon them. As they cope with their transformations, von Doom vows his revenge.
Justice League: War(2014)
Superman (Alan Tudyk), Wonder Woman (Michelle Monaghan), Batman (Jason O'Mara) and other superheroes join forces to save Earth from Darkseid.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox(2013)
The Flash causes a temporal ripple that creates a fractured reality where the Justice league has never formed, Superman does not exist and a war rages between Wonder Woman and Aquaman. Flash teams with Batman and Cyborg to restore the timeline.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation(2015)
With the IMF now disbanded and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, a new threat — called the Syndicate — soon emerges. The Syndicate is a network of highly skilled operatives who are dedicated to establishing a new world order via an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Faced with what may be the most impossible mission yet, Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), a disavowed British agent who may or may not be a member of this deadly rogue nation.
Transformers: Age Of Extinction(2014)
After an epic battle, a great city lies in ruins, but the Earth itself is saved. As humanity begins to pick up the pieces, a shadowy group emerges to try to take control of history. Meanwhile, an ancient and powerful new menace sets its sights on Earth. A new group of humans, led by Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), helps Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) and the Autobots rise up to meet their most fearsome challenge yet: a worldwide war of good versus evil.
Terminator Genisys(2015)
When John Connor (Jason Clarke), leader of the human resistance against Skynet, sends Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to 1984 to protect his mother, Sarah (Emilia Clarke), from a Terminator assassin, an unexpected turn of events creates an altered timeline. Instead of a scared waitress, Sarah is a skilled fighter and has a Terminator guardian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) by her side. Faced with unlikely allies and dangerous new enemies, Reese sets out on an unexpected new mission: reset the future.
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Cape Town is fighting its 'Day Zero' water crisis with an album of 2-minute songs to help people take quicker showers
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The logo of Cape Town's "2-minute Shower Songs" album.
Cape Town, South Africa, is at risk of running out of water.
The government has imposed severe restrictions to conserve supplies - including recommending showers that last just 2 minutes.
Famous South African artists are trying to help, by recording sped-up tracks for people to time their showers to.
You can listen to them below.
Cape Town, the first major city on earth to be faced with running out of water, has devised a musical solution for its impending crisis.
City authorities teamed up with South African pop stars to launch an album of sped-up hits designed to help people save water by taking shorter showers.
Cape Town has been going through three years of persistent drought - one of the worst in its history. The government warns that there will be a date in 2018, known as "Day Zero," on which the city will run out of water.
To combat that, ten famous South African artists last year produced shower songs lasting exactly 120 seconds to make sure people shower for two minutes or less.
The "2-Minute Shower Songs" album, sponsored by the Cape Town government and finance firm Sanlam, released last November as efforts were building to push back the date at which water reserves will run dry.
All the songs in the album are sped-up versions of the artists' existing songs. Some of the remixes now reference saving water.
South African artist Youngsta raps in his remix of "Wes Kaap": "You need to double check first that you turned off the tap."
The sped-up songs "capture the sense of urgency" around the risk of drought, the creative agency behind the campaign told Quartz.
South African rapper Kwesta recording a song for the "2-Minute Shower Songs" album.
"Day Zero," the date Cape Town will run out of water, is currently set at July 9, 2018. Most of the city's taps are then due to be be turned off and around 20,000 people would have to queue for their water.
The date for Day Zero has been moved back several times (it was initially in April), which Cape Town says is a sign that its strategy is starting to work.
The government has urged citizens to limit their water usage to 50 litres per day. A five-minute shower uses around 45 litres, while taking two minutes uses less than 20.
To meet the challenge, residents have been storing water in jugs and collecting free water from local breweries.
People queue to collect water from a natural spring outlet in the South African Breweries in Cape Town, Tuesday Jan. 23, 2018. Tourists in the city famously perched near two oceans are being asked to flush the toilet as little as possible and swim in the ocean instead of pools "and maybe even spare yourself a shower", as a harsh drought may force South Africa's showcase city to turn off most taps.
The government is worried that if people can't conserve enough water to avoid the shutoff, there will be anarchy in the city, which is home to 4 million people.
Helen Zille, the premier of the Western Cape province, said earlier this year that the challenge faced by the city "exceeds anything a major city has had to face anywhere in the world since the Second World War or 9/11."
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On Intersection, we talk with three experts looking into the causes and solutions of health disparities, such as access to prevention and care.
Black women in America are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy related cause than white women, and maternal mortality is just one health disparity that researchers and doctors are working to understand.
The COVID pandemic highlighted health disparities, such as access to prevention and care, but it also showed how disparities could be mended.
On Intersection, we talk with three experts who are looking into the causes of health disparities and solutions:
Dr. Kelli Tice, chief health equity officer and vicepPresident of medical affairs for Florida Blue.
Dr. Saleh Rahman, professor of medicine and co-director of the Focused Inquiry & Research Experience program at the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine.
Rhetta Peoples, journalist and producer of a series of articles and mini documentaries on health care disparities.
'"Maternal morbidity, just as with infant mortality, these are not numbers that are new to us, unfortunately, these are conversations that those of us who have worked in this area have had for decades," says Tice.
"What has been missing is the ability, the desire and the resources to host and have the right conversations, and to reach upstream and address the the things that become those determinants."
Tice says one thing that the pandemic made clear was the need for more diversity in health care.
"One of the challenges for us as we tried to solve for some of that vaccine hesitancy in the communities that were at greatest risk of severe disease from COVID. It was to identify physicians and other clinical leaders in those communities that could carry the message. And so the underrepresentation that Blacks and other minorities experience in the medical field really shows up in circumstances like this, because the folks that we're trying to reach really want to hear from an expert that they trust, that they feel has at least similar lived experience."
Rahman says it's critical to give the next generation of medical students the training they need to help overcome health disparities.
"I believe our future physicians can not only make a difference in their own practices, but become an advocate for change," he says.
"Everybody recognizes that our curricula are not sufficiently training our future physicians to understand the concepts of intersectionality, disparity, equity."
Rahman says medical practitioners need to be aware of how big a factor education, income and socioeconomic conditions can be in determining a patient's health.
"We have a lot to do in the media to make people aware of what's happening, these disparities, these inequities," says Peoples.
"But more importantly, I think legislation is the key as far as trying to change hearts and minds of people who may or may not believe that disparities even exist. I think we've been trying to do that for far too long. I think what we need now is legislators who are going to go to bat for us, who are going to talk about these disparities."
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Indians 4, Tigers 2: 'The team's execution?' You know the rest
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CLEVELAND, OH - MAY 23: Third baseman Jose Lopez #4 of the Cleveland Indians tags out Miguel Cabrera #24 of the Detroit Tigers during the third inning at Progressive Field on May 23, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Welp ...
Your humble correspondent -- seriously, someone has actually called humble once. I have proof. I am as shocked as you are, but the humble thing to do is to agree with their assessment, right? -- tweeted after the Tigers failed to score with bases loaded and no outs in the eighth inning:
Tigers trying to rip defeat from the jaws of victory, or something like that
— Bless You Boys (@blessyouboys) May 24, 2012
Plenty of blame to go around. Some want to put it on the home-plate ump. I'm not one. There were maybe some questionable calls at times -- though not as many as people on Twitter complained about. ("Ball 4" to Miguel Cabrera in the seventh inning comes to mind where for an example of when I agreed with the masses.) But bigger picture here: Detroit's batters just didn't execute. Cabrera grounded out later in the at bat. In the eighth, Ramon Santiago nearly grounded into a double play, and there were two strikeouts, including one by Jhonny Peralta.
Meanwhile the defense didn't perform again either. Doug Fister allowed two runs -- on a blast by Pronk in the sixth to tie the game just a few minutes after Detroit took the lead, of course. But the bottom of the eighth sunk the Tigers, including a poor throw to home by Prince Fielder than Alex Avila could not corral. Another run came home and it was 4-2 for the final.
In all, I think it's safe to say we're seeing among the worst play of the year.
Groundhog Day.


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Q: Ember.js slow response from server, error `The adapter operation timed out` There is an ember application with quite slow server-side app.
One of the server api endpoints returns response in ~2 minutes by some circumstances.
In such cases I see an error in my browser console: The adapter operation timed out.
Is it possible to tweak ember.js api adapter timeout or somehow make ember app to interact with such slow endpoints?
I've tried to set ajaxOption in the ActiveModelAdapter, but it still does not work.
let AMAdapter = ActiveModelAdapter.extend(DataAdapterMixin, {
  ajaxOptions(url, type, options) {
    let hash = this._super(url, type, options);
    hash.timeout = 200000;
    return hash;
  },
  ...
}

A: You can try override the ajaxOptions in the Rest Adapter:
import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.RestAdapter.extend({
  ajaxOptions(url, type, options) {
    let hash = this._super(url, type, options);
    hash.timeout = 5000;
    return hash;
  }
});

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Owner operated renewable energy schemes tend to be those up to about 500kW is peak power production. Since the introduction of the Feed in Tariff in 2010 there have been thousands of smaller scale energy generation systems installed around the UK providing a significant return on investment to their owners.
Despite the Feed in Tariff rates dropping to what is less than 10% of the levels at which they were when they were first introduced, the increase in the cost of electricity and reduction in cost of installations means that high energy users can still get a return on investment of over 12%. When you can borrow money at 3% this means that even 100% financed schemes can be a cash positive investment.
We have experience in the feasibility, planning, installation and commissioning of solar photovoltaic installations, single wind turbines and anaerobic digesters.
Small scale renewable energy can be a great way for landlords to meet the new Minimum Energy Performance Standards for let property.


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# Tries to download a DNS zone file by testing one after the other all
# its authoritative name servers.

# Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> + code from Tristan Le Guern
# <tleguern@bouledef.eu>

sigint() {
	echo Bye
	exit 1
}

trap sigint INT

unset LANG
unset LC_MESSAGES

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
   echo "Usage: $0 zone [storage-directory]" >&2
   exit 1
fi

# Where to put the downloaded zone
if [ -z "$2" ]; then
    if [ -d $HOME/System/DNS/zonefiles ]; then
	use_date=1
	basedir=$HOME/System/DNS/zonefiles
    else
	use_date=0
	basedir=$HOME/tmp
	if [ ! -d $basedir ]; then
	    mkdir $basedir
	fi
    fi
else
    use_date=0
    basedir=$2
fi

zone=$1
if [ $zone != "." ]; then
    qualifiedzone=${zone}.
fi
if nameservers=$(dig +nodnssec +short NS ${qualifiedzone}) && [ -z "$nameservers" ]; then
    echo "Unknown zone $zone or DNS resolution not working" >&2
    exit 1
fi
tmp=$(mktemp /tmp/.try-get-zone.XXXXXXXXXX)
for ns in $nameservers; do
    if ! dig @${ns} AXFR ${qualifiedzone} > $tmp 2>&1; then
	echo "Error with ${ns}" >&2
	continue
    fi
    if ! egrep "Transfer failed|connection timed out|Name or service not known|connection refused|network unreachable|host unreachable|end of file|communications error|couldn't get address" $tmp > /dev/null; then
	if [ $use_date = 1 ]; then
	    filename=${basedir}/${zone}-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).db
        else
	    filename=${basedir}/${zone}.db
        fi
	if [ -e $filename ]; then
	    echo "$filename already exists, leaving zone in $tmp" >&2
	    exit 1
	fi
	# TODO: some escaping, if the zone name contains funny characters?
	mv $tmp $filename
	echo "Got $zone from $ns, saved in $filename"
	exit 0
    fi
done
echo "No willing nameservers from which to transfer $zone" >&2
exit 2

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I can't help feeling something's wrong. I had to cool my heels for an hour in front of the door, waiting for his highness to leave the bathroom. Read it after her. At that time, Ethelbert ruled as king in Kent, and was powerful. Michael is standing in the back of the room. John was happy that his landlord lowered the rent. Angus has jam sessions in his garage twice a week with his musician friends. My uncle lives in the east of Spain. We need to understand why. I saw Alan holding hands with Angus.
That happened in October. Wayne didn't realize how important it was to be at the meeting. I need to protect myself. I can't listen to this anymore. I'm just happy I'm back. His speech contained many fine phrases. We cannot meet your demands. You need to talk to them. I am thinking day and night. I would have somebody sweep this room clean.
Close the blinds. Dorian knocked tentatively on the door. Manjeri told you all our secrets, didn't he? Please give Kit a job. Drink a lot of milk, because that is healthy. He got lost while he was walking in the woods. This is a pretty good camera. When you reach a certain age you don't stand on ceremony. Mark left yesterday, you will leave tomorrow, and I am leaving today. "Give me a sandwich with sauerkraut," said Cicero.
Why on earth did you sell your newly built house? Aaron will never let Yvonne talk to you. I want to brush up my English. He just wants to be left alone. I'm rather hesitant about asking him a favor. Let's send them all home. He's a very nice and respectful young man. Markus pulled some gifts out of his bag. You'll soon get used to the cold. After you finish reading the book, put it back where it was.
Sue drinks a lot of water. If I stay here the same thing will happen to me which happens to all other boys and girls. They are sent to school, and whether they want to or not, they must study. As for me, let me tell you, I hate to study! It's much more fun, I think, to chase after butterflies, climb trees, and steal birds' nests. The man passed away a few hours ago. It is too much for me. I need to slow down. Tuan is tall and thin. They have to repair their car. Please come again. I was at my wit's end after having failed to contact her. We needed to add information about our products. I got such a terrible cold because of all the wind that the buildings cause.
I don't see how that would help. The cost of living hadn't gone down at all. Casey is just plain wrong. If the weather permits, they will go and pick mushrooms in the woods. I hate children. She felt quite alone. You are wanted on the phone. She stood among the boys. Donnie might've been there yesterday, but I didn't see him. You have great potential.
He was transported to the hospital by helicopter. Many small companies went bankrupt. I don't know if I'm ready to do this yet. He's a thief, although he doesn't look like it. We shouted for help at the tops of our voices. Blood flowed from his wound. I hear someone singing. I'm not completely naive. What should we talk about? Have you ever seen a car accident?
It won't hurt to wait a little longer. Ragnar makes supper for me every evening. We're not to be disturbed. Krzysztof gave up. Jurevis was the sort of man you could get along with. I don't believe in aliens. Whoever believes in him does not get condemned. I think there are lots of sites to see here. We're able dancers. I felt excited.
Do you speak Swedish? What are you doing in my office? You're smaller than him. We haven't been able to find out when the shipment will arrive. Only they themselves understand what they say. Give me time. I'm sure it costs a pretty penny. I'll pass. I thought you'd be tired. That's not a very nice thing to say. What kind of accidents might happen?
The boat began to take in water and soon sank. How many dozen pencils do you have? I'll do it some other time. Dogs must be carried. He's a singing teacher. Siegurd and Brodie were at John's funeral. I don't know where you come from. If you can't explain it easily, you don't yet understand it. Gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins. My father manages the store.


It's that time of year when it seems a bunch of Year's Best anthologies are announced, and we're so pleased to see a number of our 2013-published stories recognised.
Our own Focus 2013, which collects award-recognised Australian stories, features DK Mok's "Morning Star" (One Small Step, an anthology of discoveries) and Joanne Anderton's "Mah Song" (The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories).
Joanne Anderton's story "Mah Song" will also appear in the inaugural Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction from Twelfth Planet Press, which has an astonishing international lineup, and Rowena Cory Daniells' "The Ways of the Wyrding Women" (One Small Step) has made the table of contents for Ticonderoga's Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror.
"By Blood and Incantation" (One Small Step) by Lisa Hannett and Angela Slatter received honorable mentions in two anthologies, Imaginarium 3: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing and Ellen Datlow's, with Datlow also highlighting Kathleen Jennings' "Ella and the Flame" (One Small Step), "Sand and Seawater" by Joanne Anderton and Rabia Gale (One Small Step), and Joanne's "Mah Song" and "Fencelines" from The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories.
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Holly Willoughby hints that a fourth baby might be on the way!
Is baby number four on the cards for Holly WIlloughby?
Holly, who is mother to 8-year-old Harry, 6-year old Belle, and 3-year-old Chester, has recently shared that she wouldn't exactly rule out having a fourth child with partner Dan Baldwin.
Speaking to Ok! magazine, Holly admitted that while she doesn't have any concrete plans for another addition to the family, she also can't (and won't) completely rule it out.
And with her youngest child Chester now three, and entirely potty-trained, Holly said that she just doesn't feel ready to let the whole early-years thing go just yet.
Holly and her partner Dan recently celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary.


What is a Door Window Switch and what does it do?
A door window switch is the switch or button that is located in your door that controls the motion of your windows. They are the upgrade to the previous crank handles. Door window switch's are usually inoperable when the car is not running. Depending upon your vehicle they may have one or two other features, but the manufacturer's generally will stay simple in terms of the door window switch.
When should I replace my Door Window Switch?
If your door window switch is no longer functioning properly, you should go ahead and replace it. This could include working too slowly or not working at all.
If you need a new door window switch and you do not replace your existing one, you may not be able to use the windows until you get it fixed. This can make your vehicle significantly less comfortable to ride inside, until it is resolved.
Find the part number for your vehicle's power window switch and buy a new one. You may also want to get the rest of the switch assembly, which includes the rockers and the bezel.
Use a small flat head screwdriver to pry up the current switch bezel. Use the screwdriver as leverage once you insert it into the crack around the bezel and use it to force the bezel lose. Push down on the locking tab and pull the plug out of the bezel.
Find any tabs that are holding the switch in place and use a screwdriver to pry your way past them, removing the switch from the bezel.
Take your new door window switch and put it into the bezel and plug it back in. Make sure that it is clean, as any lingering dirt or other substance can cause problems and prevent the switch from working properly.
Snap the switch in to the bezel and force the locking tab back into place.
Insert the entire door window switch assembly back into the bezel and plug it back into your door.
Restore the assembly to its original location.
Test the switch and make sure that it is working properly.
For some vehicles, you may need to remove some ancillary parts to get to the Door Window Switch Replacement, so be prepared for that. If you run into problems with that process, you may need to do some research to get instructions that are specific to your vehicle.
You may also wish to disconnect your car battery before you begin working with any electronics just to be safe.
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Actor Vikrant Massey, who features in web series "Rise" -- a feel-good tale about an average professional who makes the best of trying times -- says it will be very relatable for the audience.
The four-part web series by Ultra Shorts, features Vikrant as Shrey, an IT professional who is unexpectedly laid-off his job, but who exploits this fall to bounce back stronger and live up to his dreams as he embarks on an epic road trip through Mumbai and Kolkata, as also Sikkim.
"'Rise' is a fun web series, but one that tackles the practical realities of our lives. It is a story that most of us experience in some or the other form and that is what got me excited about the story. Hopefully, the audiences enjoy watching it as much as we did making it," Vikrant told.
The actor has earlier featured in TV series like "Dharam Veer" and "Balika Vadhu", and in Bollywood movies like "Lootera", "Dil Dhadakne Do" and "Lipstick Under My Burkha". He also played a pivotal role in "A Death in the Gunj".
Produced by Twilight Entertainment Pvt Ltd, "Rise" is directed by Sumit Saxena from a script and story by Sandeep Balan.


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Home Administration and Leadership Unsettled Science: Statistics and Government Decision-making in the Era of COVID-19
Unsettled Science: Statistics and Government Decision-making in the Era of COVID-19
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FEMA logistics specialists and New Jersey National Guardsmen help unload Battelle decontamination units at the New Jersey Exposition Center in April 2020. (FEMA Photo/K.C. Wilsey)
Public health usually bubbles along behind the scenes of government policy as a clearly needed but generally less-than-urgent aspect of public administration. To the casual observer, it often focuses addressing slow moving crises like obesity or smoking. Over the past several months, though, the immediacy of the connection between public health and government policy has become readily apparent to everyone. COVID-19 has forced politicians and other decision makers (as well as journalists) into the unfamiliar world of biostatistics, often with rocky results. In many cases (like my own), it has also put emergency managers, public health professionals, and local prehospital emergency medical services personnel in the position of serving as a kind of ad hoc translator of the complex data that decision makers are relying on for day-to-day decisions.
This sudden baptism of policy makers into the public health world has resulted in a fair amount of discussion about politicians misrepresenting COVID-19 statistics. A balanced perspective would see that public health issues always involve some amount of politics, but the immediacy and host of unknowns involved in the emergency of SARS-COV-2 have highlighted the differences among public health data, medical science, public policy, and journalism/opinion, often resulting in decision makers and medical professionals talking past each other and commentators of all political stripes pouncing on any discrepancies. Some have argued that the numbers of COVID deaths and cases have been blown out of proportion to make the pandemic look much worse than it in a quest to increase government's scope or help the president's opposition.1 Conversely, the early-opening states have been accused of manipulating the data to justify their purportedly reckless policies.2 There is a lot of room for finger pointing in a crisis as fast moving and variable as this one.
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We will eventually discover the fountain of truth in the tidal wave COVID-19's statistics we all are drowning in right now. Some things will get nailed down sooner rather than later. For example, we should have a good idea by midsummer if Georgia is truly experimenting in human sacrifice by opening nail salons (according to an article in The Atlantic)3 or if Michigan's stay at home orders have significant unintended consequences (including an economic downside with its own non-pandemic public policy concerns).4 But the nation also needs to be prepared for the fact that it may be months or years before the number crunchers sort the whole statistical mess out. Unfortunately, that time is not on the side of our decision makers right now.
In a posting on the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Eric Schneider asserts that "without good testing data, forecasters have to rely on guesswork and assumptions." Fatality estimates have ranged from thousands to millions and researchers are only beginning to identify key information like the virus' transmissibility, its lethality, and what it does to the human body. This makes predictive modeling very difficult. To put it in Schneider's terms, it is "problematic" that there is "a paucity of the facts required to inform models."5
If COVID-19's data is problematic for medical professionals, this barrage of inconsistent information has been downright impossible for the decision makers. The truth is that COVID-19 statistics are all over the place right now. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) models have come under scrutiny for their ever-changing numbers even while they try to give hospitals a functional planning template.6 While the IHME has gotten a lot of attention (and figured prominently in the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings during the height of the spring 2020 shutdowns), many public health research entities are working full tilt to understand the virus, from Harvard's TH Chan School of Public Health and Emory University in Atlanta, to the World Health Organization and hospitals around the world.
In the midst of scientific inquiry, the sneak peaks we get of the medical community's progress is often disjointed and confusing and can be used to logically support an array of policy decisions. (There is even a website dedicated to maintaining records of how the projections of the various COVID-19 models have changed over the course of the virus.7) They are working with the same scarcity of facts that we all are. Similarly, states are trying to rapidly assemble and assess data from coroners, hospitals, public health agencies, and nursing homes and meet rapid deadlines that ensure statistical errors and revisions. On top of this, half of America is now a budding epidemiologist and is scrutinizing these public health professionals in real time. Their results are then getting turned into policy action before the ink on their research papers is even dry.
In this shifting and limited data climate of COVID-19, governors, mayors, the White House, and appointed officials of all stripes are trying to chart a course among the perilously abutting concerns of health, civil rights, the economy and politics. They are all on the hunt for data–for some type of settled science–to support making the right decision.
Unfortunately for these decision-makers, science and policy don't always operate on the same timeline. Science is an iterative process—it usually takes multiple steps, dead-ends, recalibration and challenges to confirm anything with any certainty. It involves someone presenting an idea based on research and statistics then subjecting it to peer review and–quite often–heavy criticism, which results in correction and thereby progress. Science is, therefore, inherently unsettled and relies on challenge to move forward over time. Policy, unfortunately, likes settled science as a foundation for solid (and politically safe) decision making.
In the current pandemic, though, the American public–and the world–is impatiently watching the scientific method unfold real-time. Transmissibility, mortality, disease presentation, the impacts of drugs and the benefit of lockdowns are still up for debate. Researchers can make educated guesses from past experience like they did with Remdesivir,8 but despite recent hopeful signs, more research still needs to be done to fully understand its impact.
For the policy makers, the science of the novel coronavirus could be said to be on everybody's side right now (or nobody's). Time will tell which state has charted the best course during this unprecedented event, but it is a bit premature to definitively declare whose side the science is on right now. Over the next several months (or years), there are going to be many times when the data and the public policy don't mesh. When discrepancies crop up between datasets or among policies, we need to work together to find ways to overcome them. Instead of understanding and cooperation, though, this process has currently devolved into something of a political blood sport.
The only cure for this policy-science divide is for the public health and emergency medical services community to mount an educational outreach campaign to provide perspective to the debate. For us, public health is an applied field–we practice in overturned cars and living rooms and on street corners across the nation. We also have some understanding of the studies and statistical implications of the COVID-19 research being conducted right now. The EMS community needs to be the guide to local governments and state policy makers through the complexities of the pandemic. While decision makers like to have a settled scientific foundation to their policy decisions, we need to be able to explain that the COVID-19 research is still ongoing–the science is still very unsettled in this critical area–and local government policy will have to keep this in mind for the foreseeable future. This awareness will result in better policies from our decision makers and, hopefully, better outcomes for our communities.
1. Hawkins, Derek. Eric Trump claims coronavirus is Democratic hoax, will "˜magically' vanish after 2020 election. Washington Post. May 17, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/17/eric-trump-coronavirus/.
2. Mull, Amanda. Georgia's Experiment in Human Sacrifice: The state is about to find out how many people need to lose their lives to shore up the economy. The Atlantic. April 29, 2020. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/why-georgia-reopening-coronavirus-pandemic/610882/.
4. McClallen, Scott. Business groups highlight possible economic impact of a 'stay-at-home' order. Washington Examiner. March 23, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/business-groups-highlight-possible-economic-impact-of-a-stay-at-home-order.
5. Schneider, E.C. Failing the Test — The Tragic Data Gap Undermining the US Pandemic Response. The New England Journal of Medicine. May 15, 2020. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2014836?query=featured_home.
6. Begley, Sharon. Influential Covid-19 model uses flawed methods and shouldn't guide U.S. policies, critics say. Stat News. April 17, 2020. https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/17/influential-covid-19-model-uses-flawed-methods-shouldnt-guide-policies-critics-say/.
7. COVID Projections Tracker [Internet]. [cited 2020 Jul 7]. Available from: https://www.covid-projections.com/.
8. Gilead. About Remdesivir. Retrieved from Gilead: Creating Possible. May 20, 2020. https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19/about-remdesivir.
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Officer Austin Sanders, along with firefighter/EMT Kitt Cook and paramedics were notified a woman was in the process of giving birth inside the store.


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We are now living in a world of smartphones so for us having a good smartphone with a clean interface is very important. Android users have the ability to change their interface to any while iOS users are still stuck to wallpaper only. There are so many great launchers available at Play Store by which you customize the interface easily.
Nova launcher is one of the best launchers and it has more than 50million downloads over Play Store. There are so many icon packs available for Nova launcher which you can use to change the whole interface of your android smartphone. Some icon packs are free while some of them are paid. In this article, we will include both paid and free icon packs. Before you install any icon pack you have to install the Nova launcher itself. Some professional users like to play with Nova settings and they tend to try new Nova setups every week. This list is also for them as it includes the best nova launcher themes. So without any further ado let's start.
This is a minimal nova icon pack with circular icons. The quality of the icons are very high and each icon is perfectly crafted. This icon pack contains 3800+ icons and 70+ unique wallpapers. The developer also updates this app regularly and add new icons. Alongside Nova Launcher this app supports almost all the other launchers. So if you are planning to use a different launcher you can also use this app. I have been using this icon pack for a long time now and I have to say I am very impressed with it. According to us, this is one of the best nova launcher themes and you must try it.
This is another great nova icon pack you can use. It is made by the same developer who has made Minimal O – Icon Pack. This icon pack comes with 3800+ icons with more than 70 eye-popping wallpapers. All the icons are perfectly crafted and it is certainly one of the best icon pack of all time. The developer is very updated and he keeps updating all his apps regularly.
This icon pack comes with a cartoonish design with black lines around the edges. The icons are very clean and crisp. The Nova launcher icon pack contains 3100+ icons along with 30+ QHD wallpapers. The app is very to use and it also works with other launchers like Go Launcher, Next Launcher 3D, and many others.
If you are looking for crispy icons for your Nova launcher then this is the perfect one to go for. This icon pack consists 1800+ extremely unique and vibrant icons along with a large collection of cloud-based wallpapers. The developer is also very active in his community and updates this app frequently.
Are you bored with the same kind of nova icons then it's the time when you should try the Aspire UX theme. This icon pack is inspired by official UX icons of Samsung Galaxy S8 and Note8. The icon pack is having more than 1600 very high-quality icons. You will instantly get the sleek look of Samsung phone in your smartphone. It also comes with cloud-based HD wallpapers which looks fantastic with the icons.
If you are looking for a unique icon pack with flat colors and minimal look then this is one of the best icon pack to go for. SIMPAX icon pack features more than 3950 icons and 90% of the icons are redesigned. The app also includes 70+ HD wallpapers and it supports more than 29 launchers. That's nice!
Until now all the nova launcher themes were paid but this one is free. Although it is a free app but it includes all the features like a paid app. This icon pack comes with 925+ icons and 28 homemade wallpapers. Alongside Nova Launcher it also supports other launchers. For the starters, this is a great icon pack to start with.
Looking for icons with different shapes? Then this icon pack is for you. It includes more than 2400 high-quality icons along with cloud-based wallpapers. The icons are very crisp and vibrant. The icons look great on any wallpaper because of their shapeless design.
This nova launcher theme is pretty unique as it comes with different shaped icons. It has more than 2500 icons, 150 variant icons, 20 drawerheads, and 30 generic folders. It also features 35 could based wallpapers. Some of the wallpapers are inspired by Marvel superheroes.
This is another free icon pack which you can try without any hesitation. The icons have the vintage design with dull colors on the top. The icon pack has more than 200 wallpapers which fit perfectly with these icons. The developer is also very active and he updates this app frequently with new icons.
These are probably the best Nova launcher icon packs you can try in 2019 without any hesitation. We will update this list if we find any new icon pack which is worthy of this list. If you have any suggestions for us don't forget to post comments. Also, share this article with your friends.


Are you unhappy with the results of a previous facelift procedure? Has the results of a previous facelift procedure disappeared? A facelift can provide patients with dramatic results, both good or bad. If you have undergone a facelift procedure and are unhappy with the results, Dr. Sule and the experienced staff here at Sule Facial Plastic Surgery Clinic located in Dallas can help you achieve improved cosmetic results that are as naturally beautiful as you are. With a personalized revision facelift, you can reverse undesired procedure results, and reclaim a rejuvenated appearance.
What is a Revision Facelift?
A revision facelift is a corrective surgery that is performed with special care in order to correct previous undertreated, or overtreated, facelift procedures. It is designed to improve, and sometimes correct facelift results from a surgery performed by another doctor.
Patients who have an undertreated facelift, experience a reverse in the desired results from an initial facelift- causing the skin to droop again, wrinkles to appear, jowls, and loosen neck skin. An overtreated facelift can create an overdone appearance that causes the skin to appear too tight, with a hallowed facial contour. An overdone surgery often leaves patients with an unnatural look and may even cause scarring or distortions.
There are many rejuvenating benefits this procedure can continue to correcting the flaws from a previous surgery. With Dr. Sule's expertise in corrective facial surgery, you can reclaim a more natural and youthful appearance. An unnatural "face-lifted" result can be impressively changed to a more natural, rejuvenated look, which more truly reflects your inner spirit. Revision surgery can also refresh a fading facelift, and restore your facelift results. This includes smoothing away wrinkles and fine lines, tightening skin, and lifting sagging skin for subtle, yet noticeable results.
During your initial consultation, Dr. Sule will work with you one-on-one to discuss your concerns with your previous facelift procedure, as well as your aesthetic desires for a revision facelift. Based on your examination and expected results, Dr. Sule can determine if you are a proper candidate for this procedure. If you do qualify for a revision facelift, a realistic and personalized treat plan can be established that is tailored to you and your specific needs.
If you are unhappy with your results from a previous facelift procedure, and you believe that you are a candidate for a revision facelift, reach out to us here at Sule Facial Plastic Surgery Clinic located in Dallas, or call our office at (972) 960-2950 to learn more. Contact us today and schedule your consultation towards a rejuvenated and younger-looking you!


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THE ORACLE OF OKLAWAHA
By Randy Noles
Gamble Rogers was known as the Oracle of Oklawaha. Maybe a better nickname would have been the Poet of Park Avenue, although that moniker would not have embodied the rustic Old Florida flair that Rogers embraced.
The life and music of Rogers, the state's most enduring troubadour, will be celebrated May 1, 2 and 3 during the Gamble Rogers Music Festival, held annually in St. Augustine. Too bad Winter Park, where Rogers was born and raised, hasn't yet found a way to honor its folk singing native son.
Maybe that's because most Winter Parkers these days know the name Gamble Rogers as that of an iconic architect, whose buildings helped define Winter Park's quasi-European ambience.
James Gamble Rogers II was the singer's father. During the course of a 60-year career, he designed many of the area's most elegant homes and helped define the look of the Rollins College campus.
The elder Rogers' son, however, chose a different path. After graduating from Winter Park High School in 1955, he enrolled at the University of Virginia.
He didn't manage to graduate from there, though. Nor did he graduate from Rollins or Stetson University, both of which he attended for a time. He worked in his father's architecture practice for a few years — but the lure of music was too strong.
So the younger Rogers began moonlighting as a folk singer, and played his first gig around 1960 at a folk club called El Caribe, which was located on Park Avenue North.
He later performed with a folk group in Tallahassee and, for a time, was a member of the Serendipity Singers, appearing with the group on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show and Hootenanny.
But homogenized folk music wasn't Rogers' cup of tea. He embarked on a solo career, honing his stage persona and his storytelling skills, and earning a cult following with his original songs and his tall tales about Oklawaha County, which wasn't really a place but a state of mind.
"Each and every one of the characters in my stories started out representing a specific person," said Rogers, who was described as a combination of Mark Twain, Will Rogers and Woody Guthrie (if any of the three had been Floridians). "The characters may tend to be outlandish, but their statements resonate with a certain amount of horse sense."
Never a superstar, Rogers nonetheless found a niche, appearing frequently on NPR and in concert at Carnegie Hall with Doc Watson. He was revered by intellectuals, who admired his facility with the language, as well as by rural Floridians, who provided fodder for his stories and songs.
Rogers died in 1991 while trying to rescue a child from drowning at Flagler Beach. He was only 54. It was an act of bravery that friends say was entirely in keeping with his character. He rests in Winter Park's Palm Cemetery, in a wooden casket built by friends. There is a certain, well, serendipity to that.
For more information about the Gamble Rogers Music Festival, check gamblerogersfest.org. Maybe one of these days we won't have to drive to St. Augustine to attend a tribute to "Florida's Troubadour."
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I know this new gun was covered in the Shot Show 2019 thread but I'd really like to see it get its own dedicated thread to give all the early adopters a place to rally and show off this neat little gun. It's already appearing in the wild (sold out and not a penny under MSRP of course ). I really hope Kel-Tec changes their history of undersaturating the market and inflating prices, demand, and outrage. Kel-Tec is the Nintendo of the firearms world. Nintendo is infamous for doing the same practices.
I'm definitely gonna grab one as long as first impressions are positive. If it runs well, this'll be a definite purchase. Dig the weird design and high capacity.
I want one but I'm gonna give it a while and see some reviews. Maybe wait til Hickok45 tells me it's okay. lol. Love that guy.
My first experience with Kel-Tec was with an early PMR-30. I was not at all impressed with that gun. It was always jamming. I later heard there was a recall to fix a problem. I cant say for sure as i never bought the gun since i had so many problems when test firing it. Id be real interested in seeing some reviews on this one. Got a nice little SilencerCo Sparrow suppressor i could put on there.
@partsed awesome! Can't wait for you to show and tell!
Now Logan, are you sure that your patience will hold out for a 'show and tell?' Laughing. Do you know how bad you want that toy???
That didn't take long for aftermarket to start.
Definitely wanna see aftermarket support, but I wonder how necessary most will find this. It's a small release and the mag has to be pulled free.
So, ran about 250-300 rounds through it today.
Federal 36 grain hollow points always had issues feeding on the first round but ran well after that (it was failing to fully enter the chamber). Dropping the mag and manually cycling the bolt usually chambered it.
Crappy Remington Thunderbolt sometimes had the same issue, but sometimes worked. Did have some improper feeding where it was almost straight up. Only started happening after it got dirty though.
Borrowed some American Eagle 40 grains that all chambered and ran flawlessly.
Gotta make sure the first round is set up right or the bolt will just miss it. Sometimes that happened mid mag.
Definitely not flawless, but not awful. I'm gonna try more AE and get some CCI standard velocity and mini mags and see how they run. Hopefully after it's broken in and with the right ammo, it'll run smooth enough to not be a hassle.
Never loaded the mags past low 20s either. Probably will load them as high as I can and let them sit to break them in too.
They have been out for a couple of years,they do help with the accidental Opp's mag drop.
I just went to the range with my new kel tec cp33 serial #0095.
All I can say is what a super fine shooting handgun. The sight radius is incredible. 9 inches. I am not sure if those are hi viz or Williams fire sights but they are bright in day light.
Magazinea were easy to load to load. No issues.
I was using thunderbolt ammo and 132 rounds flawless.
It looks awkward but who cares it is a great gun out if the box .
I cant wait tell they come out with the rifle version.
My badger 10/22 bullpup and my cmmg ar upper may have to go on the chopping block.
Those mags are fantastic. Way too expensive right now but it sure is the most compact 33 round 22lr mag out there.
I was really impressed with mine as well! I initially had a learning curve loading the mags but after a few reloads, it was pretty easy going. I shot around 200 rounds of CCI ammo without a hiccup.
I wasn't able to shoot it quite as much as I wanted during yesterday's range trip (I had guests and we shot a bunch of different guns). But after probably 150 rounds or so, it was almost flawless. One failure to fully chamber the first round, and one where the next round was seated too low so the bolt didn't catch it.
Can't remember which ammo those were on, but I know it wasn't CCI SV. I also tried a few Mini Mags, and both Aguila Super Maximum 30gr and American Eagle 40s.
So a better result than the first trip! I used Oneshot Cleaner/Lube liberally in the action and cleaned it, plus sprayed a little on the feed area of the mags.
Another great range trip. Ran like a champ.
This gun is super accurate. It definitely could be used as a competition gun straight out of the box.
Kel tec hit it out of the park with this one.


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A Horse Called September
Digby, Anne
Dennis Dobson
Jill Enjoys Her Ponies (Jill and the Runaway)
Make Me a Star
Come Show Jumping With Me
Mary and Anna were inseperable, even sharing Anna's horse, September, until Anna's father sent her away to school at Kilmingdean School, an expensive, snobbish establishment that specialised in turning out show jumping champions.
Printing history
Dennis Dobson, 1976
Dragon, pb, 1978, cover Susan Hunter, 127 pp.
US, 1982
Granada, hb, 1985
Mary and Anna were inseperable, even sharing Anna's horse, September, until Anna's father sent her away to school at Kilmingdean School, an expensive, snobbish establishment that specialised in turning out show jumping champions. It changed everything between Mary and Anna. Anna promised to write, but her letters soon stopped. Mary was left behind, employed now by Anna's father to look after September: to look after, but on no account to ride him. Mr Dewar did that, and Mary was forced to watch as Mr Dewar crippled September through over work, and she could do nothing. When it finally seemed as if Mary would loose both Anna and September, she embarked upon a daring scheme to rescue September and win back the respect and friendship of Anna and her father.
Anne Digby
Anne Digby is best known for her Trebizon school stories, featuring the tennis-playing Rebecca, and her Me, Jill Robinson series. She has, however, written two pony stories, The Quicksilver Horse and A Horse Called September. A Horse Called September is an excellent portrayal of the tensions caused by peer pressure. The Quicksilver Horse is completely different in tone, being set in a circus.
Anne Digby was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, and went to the North London Collegiate School. She created comic strips and short stories for Girl and School Friend papers, and then became a press officer for Oxfam. However, she wanted to write full time, and after her first book, A Horse Called September, was published, and was well received, she started the Trebizon series. The later, and more difficult to find, of the series, have been republished by Fidra Books.
Anne Digby's husband has also written a pony book (Queen Rider) under the name A D Langholm (later reprinted under the name Alan Davidson).
Many thanks to Hannah Fleetwood for the pictures.
The Denis Dobson first edition of A Horse Called September can be very expensive indeed, but it's not impossible to track down more reasonably priced copies. Beware of booksellers claiming the Granada hardback is the first edition: it isn't. The paperbacks are reasonably easy to source too, and shouldn't be too expensive. The Quicksilver Horse is reasonably easy to find, and shouldn't be too expensive as a hardback first edition. Paperbacks are cheap.
Fidra Book's autobiographical information on Anne Digby.
The Adventures of Black Beauty
Caroline Akrill – Short Stories


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Fu attivo durante il Risorgimento, famoso per l'episodio della diversione Zambianchi.

Biografia
Zambianchi fu costretto ad abbandonare l'Italia e a riparare in Francia dopo che ne fu scoperta la propria compromissione nei moti rivoluzionari che scoppiarono in Romagna tra il 1831 e il 1832. Fu esule in Francia dal 1832 al 1843, anni durante i quali maturò progressivamente e condivise gli stessi ideali di Garibaldi. Partendo dalla Francia si imbarcò per Montevideo con l'intento di raggiungere Garibaldi, combattendo quindi al suo fianco dopo essere entrato a far parte della Legione italiana, fondata da Garibaldi stesso il quale, dopo la battaglia di San Antonio, lo promosse ufficiale.

Zambianchi si troverà ancora agli ordini di Garibaldi nella campagna di Lombardia del 1848, distinguendosi poi in modo particolare anche durante la difesa della Repubblica Romana nel 1849. Durante quel periodo, però, Zambianchi fu responsabile dell'esecuzione di una decina di sacerdoti, accusati - alcuni a torto, altri a ragione - d'intelligenza col nemico, che vennero torturati e fucilati nel collegio di San Callisto in Trastevere. Nella ritirata verso San Marino fu ferito. Ristabilito, fu costretto a riparare in Gran Bretagna e poi in Argentina, dove nel 1858 a Buenos Aires fondò l'Unione e Benevolenza, istituzione benefica, sanitaria e di istruzione per gli emigrati. Nel 1859 indirizzò un proclama per tutti gli Italiani d'Argentina a rientrare e prendere le armi per l'Unità. Ai primi del 1860 è a Genova da Garibaldi. Con l'inizio della spedizione dei Mille, Zambianchi affiancò nuovamente Garibaldi il quale gli affidò il comando del reparto che, sbarcato a Talamone, tentò senza successo la cosiddetta diversione che avrebbe dovuto provocare l'insurrezione negli Stati Pontifici. Fu arrestato per ordine di Cavour che temeva un'eventuale rottura di rapporti con la Francia, alleata dello Stato della Chiesa. Fu tenuto in carcere senza processo fino a dopo la battaglia di Castelfidardo. Liberato nel 1861, raggiunse nuovamente Londra e poi l'Argentina dove morì con il grado di colonnello di quell'esercito poco dopo la vittoria a Pavón dell'amico Bartolomé Mitre.

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Voci correlate
 Diversione dello Zambianchi

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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With the voice of an angel Dansy dominated the stage. She was both powerful and enigmatic. Her confidence gave her that extra glow on stage, you could tell everyone was in love with her personality. Her music, especially near the end was one that everyone had gone through a break up could relate too, so you could hear many chanting her choruses along with her.
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The Get Down regulars MC Wasp and DJ Dopebeat killed their set as usual. If you have been to the Get Down before you know they have a set with a large variety of songs. The pair are undeniably in sync with each other as they killed beat after beat and kept the crowd engaged.
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Lastly a huge thank you to DJ Iced, Happy Pix Studio and Trofe The Great. DJ Iced was up on stage almost the whole night making sure the night ran smoothly and co-operating with the artists needs. Happy Pix Studios came through with the amazing photos and videos, capturing the moments that mattered most on the night. All images in this blog were taken by him. Trofe The Great made an amazing piece of art on the night (see below). Can you believe he drew that in a few hours?