A novice can easily become confused when buying caviar, especially when it comes to the wide variety of roe that is available these days. But if you know what you're looking for and where to discover the relevant information, finding exceptional quality caviar at a good price needn't be all that tricky.
Everyone knows that caviar prices can run quite high, but paying more doesn't necessarily guarantee better tasting caviar. The best approach to buying caviar is, of course, to be prepared. Knowing that there are 4 main varieties of real sturgeon caviar to choose between – Baerii, Sevruga, Oscietra and Beluga – each produced by a different species of sturgeon is just the start.
In the rarefied world of caviar, labelling on the front of the tin can be puzzling, so you should know exactly how to identify what's inside the tin. It's really easy to find out exactly what you'll be enjoying and where it was produced. You'll find this information on merchant websites – trusted caviar dealers always include a detailed description of their caviars – or, if you're in a shop, just ask to see the tin and then turn it over to read the special CITES code on the label, which every legal tin of caviar must display.
The CITES Code gives you all the information you need to properly compare 2 or more caviars, from the sturgeon species which produced the caviar, to the country where the caviar was harvested.
When comparing prices between merchants, remember that caviar from different sturgeon species and producing countries vary a good deal in price. If you intend to buy caviar online, which is both convenient and safe nowadays, this information should be clearly available. If it's not clear or is vague (for example, 'we deliver our caviar from different producers' or 'we carefully choose the best caviar from the world's leading producers'), then something fishy may be going on!
● The first 3 letters give you the code for the sturgeon species which produced the caviar e.g. BAE stands for Baerii (the sturgeon which produces Siberian caviar), GUE is Gueldenstaedtii (the sturgeon which produces oscietra caviar), HUS is Huso Huso (beluga), etc.
● The third set of letters inform you about the country of origin, where the caviar was harvested. For example, DE stands for Germany, RU is Russia, IR for Iran, IT is Italy, etc.
To find out more on how to read a CITES label, just click here.
The CITES code can help you understand the country your caviar originates from, and by this we mean where the caviar was harvested from the fish. Many caviar dealers are in fact resellers of caviar, repackaging imported produce and relabelling it under their own brand. The criteria such merchants use when choosing a wholesaler is not always transparent.
Perhaps the trickiest criteria for the novice, as an assessment of quality requires an in-depth knowledge of production methods ranging from fish husbandry, breeding and feeding to caviar processing and maturation procedures, and then packaging and transportation conditions.
The first thing you need to know before tasting caviar is that there are two types of caviar which differ by production method: Pasteurised and Malossol.
Pasteurisation involves the heat treatment of caviar with the aim of increasing its shelf life. Quite often this process alters the taste. Besides that, due to this procedure part of healthy qualities of the product can be lost.
The 'malossol method' preserves the original taste of the product. Malossol caviar contains only roe with less than 5% salt and a tiny amount of preserving agent (borax E285) to help to keep the caviar fresh for up to 3 months.
Buying your caviar direct from a reputable producer you'll be most likely to get that unique taste of sturgeon caviar you're looking for.
With time and experience you'll develop your own preferences. Will you prefer the buttery richness and nutty flavour of Oscietra caviar? Or, perhaps, the more pronounced fishiness and saltiness of Siberian caviar will be more to your taste?
A high price for caviar may indicate a rarer caviar, but does not necessarily mean it is the best tasting or highest quality. Conversely, a low price may indicate poor quality or even a caviar substitute. But really savvy connoisseurs find extremely high quality caviar at comparatively low prices when they go direct to producers. While prices still differ between caviar varieties, if you know your preferred variety or taste, you can start comparing prices for the same tin size from different merchants, either online or in stores.
We hope this guide helps you on what we know will be a magical journey of discovery. The world of caviar is rich in traditions and mystique, but this shouldn't deter novices. If you know what you're looking for and where to discover the relevant information, finding exceptional caviar at a great price really isn't that tricky at all!.


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Home » The media must not succumb to Tinubu's bullying by SKC Ogbonnia
The media must not succumb to Tinubu's bullying by SKC Ogbonnia
By Editor December 23, 2022 No Comments6 Mins Read
Dr SKC Ogbonnia
By SKC Ogbonnia
The bullying of the Nigerian media by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is real. It has heightened in recent weeks as a primitive ploy to cover up the lingering allegations of his drug case in America. But the news media must not succumb to the chicanery.
The pattern of bullying came to limelight when the Boards of Editors of ThisDay Newspaper and The Arise News Channel alerted the nation last week. Of course, the Tinubu Campaign Council did its best to deny the ugly development, but the media organisation is not alone. There are many living witnesses, this writer not excluded.
I had actually whispered this storyline earlier in the piece, "Chatham House, Tinubu's Drug Case, And The Press," even before the ThisDay exposé.
The observation became obvious given my experiences with the media in recent times. In short, I have been expressing opposing views of every major presidential candidate since the Fourth Republic. Interestingly, as a member of the APC, my critical opinions of the then President Goodluck Jonathan and Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar had appeared in virtually all sections of the Nigerian media during the elections of 2015 and 2019 while I was promoting Muhammadu Buhari. All in all, I had always extolled the Nigerian press as free, vibrant, and fearless. But this electoral cycle is dramatically different—with dishonour.
Any remote attempt to hold candidate Tinubu accountable has been met with all manner of threats and theatrics. These shameless threats are not only directed towards me, but also to the innocent editors who dare to publish my views. Even when they do, some of them are cowed to ensure that the serious scandals of the Asiwaju, particularly the alleged narcotics trafficking, do not see the light of the day. The objective fact is that, as the most arrogant, most immodest, most dictatorial, most diabolical, most authoritarian, most shady, and the most narcissistic presidential candidate in the Nigerian history, Tinubu is bent on playing by different rules.
But the media must not allow the dubious broom of the Asiwaju to sweep the drug case under the carpet.
This matter is serious. It is neither fake news nor planted as an election hue by his opponents. An indelible fact is that Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu had in the past forfeited the sum of $460,000.00 to the authorities in the United States of America. This forfeiture—"a penalty for wrongdoing"—resulted from a case where he was charged for narcotics trafficking and money laundering. At the time of this unfortunate outcome, even though his legal income was a meagre $2,400 per month, the U.S. criminal investigators found over 1 million U.S. dollars in his bank account. The court documents remain unambiguous.
Instead of investigating the case and reporting it as it is, some of the news organizations appear compromised. Any simple scan of such mercenary newspapers will show that their coverage is crafted to favour Tinubu at all costs. It was laughable to read how they embraced the bunkum from the Tinubu Campaign Council that a whopping sum of $460,000.00 their principal forfeited to the U.S. authorities was for TAX deductions. That is, a tax deduction of $460,000.00 from a man who swore under penalty of perjury that he was making only $28,800.00 per year and had no other outside income!?
Fellow Nigerians, what is going on? Who is zooming who?
The simple answer to the above questions is that I can count 1, 2, 3…Clearly, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is attempting to insult his way to the presidency by using pecuniary influence to tame the press.
Granted, the APC leader already enjoys an unseemly sense of esprit d' corps within the political press. After all, the Asiwaju of Iragbaji owns a major TV station (TVC), a daily newspaper (The Nations), and other media outfits, whose sole raison d'être is to promote him and undermine his opponents. Further, unlike the other candidates with lean pockets, Tinubu deploys his stupendous wealth to advertise heavily in most of the Nigerian media outlets.
But the consequences of succumbing to the Tinubu overtures are grave.
Let's play the devil's advocate for a minute and entertain the optics of Bola Tinubu as president. Even if the Nigerian media are subdued to downplay the drug matter, the United States will not. The American country has a hellish history with individuals who are alleged to have used drug proceeds to gain power in foreign nations. Imagine an attempt for outright prosecution and, of course, the stench of the social media sentiment that is bound to further mar the image of Nigeria. Imagine a potential blackmail and the extent Mr. Tinubu can travel to retain power. In short, having endured all manners of stigma in the comity of nations, the last public pong Nigeria would wish is a president who is globally seen as a corrupt kingpin cum drug lord.
I must not conclude without acknowledging the efforts of notable Nigerian news organizations who have remained tireless in this electoral cycle by upholding an important role of the press, which is to hold politicians accountable. But they are growing very frustrated. Despite Tinubu's mounting flaws, including the shameless drug case, his abject disdain of the local press, as well malicious threats, his campaign continues to dominate the media space at the expense of his opponents.
But the patriotic men and women of the press should not be deterred. Nigeria has hit the rock bottom. The last resort is a true change, motivated by the masses, and anchored by a free press alert and bold to expose the ills of the candidates standing for elections in 2023.
A way forward is to checkmate Tinubu, particularly with the drug case, by wielding the big stick. It is incumbent upon the press to demonstrate consequences for bad behaviour for a man who undermines the Fourth Estate of the Nigerian democracy. To continue to promote the Asiwaju not only emboldens him but also amounts to aiding and abetting an enemy of the state.
SKC Ogbonnia, a former APC presidential aspirant wrote from Houston, Texas.

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Free to those registered as having a permanent residence within Tallinn, that is: not for those just visiting. So it seems you still have to check in at some ticket-punching or RFID chip-reading apparatus while boarding, it's just that you'll get the tickets/chip-cards you need for free if you're a city resident. Others have to buy them – but don't worry, you can use your regular euros to do that, Estonia has been in the Eurozone for over two years now!
As the piece reports, yearly spending on public transport amounts to around €12 million, but this scheme does tend to flush out those who can be regarded as city permanent residents – and so can otherwise be taxed – but just have not been up to now. Plus there are the other more-obvious effects: ridership up 10%, traffic on main city arteries down 15%.
As it turns out, if you're curious about this urban experiment but don't read Czech (or don't want to put up with Google Translate's version), the Washington Post recently offered its own coverage.


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How to fix this problem in roblox

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Q: Copy-paste specific columns from rows if an If condition is satisfied I am trying to build a macro to copy paste specific columns from rows, when an If condition is satisfied. The part of the If condition is tested and working, as I have used it in another macro. The problem in my case is that I dont know how to select specific columns of a row inside a loop. I only know how to select the entire row (in this case it would have been rows(i).EntireRow.Copy if I am not mistaken). I am providing my code below. The part that needs editing is the
.Rows(i).Columns(1, 4, 6, 8).Copy
Sheets("WFRandVFR_REPORT").range("W2").Paste

The entire code is this one
(UPDATED VERSION)
I am providing the screenshots too

Dim lr As Long
Dim rng As range
Dim mDiff1 As Double
mDiff1 = 0.01
With Worksheets("WFRandVFR_REPORT")
    lr = range("L" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    For i = 2 To lr
        If Cells(i, "U").Value - Cells(i, "V").Value > mDiff1 Then
            If rng Is Nothing Then
                Set rng = .range("L" & i & ":V" & i)
            Else
                Set rng = Union(rng, .range("L" & i & ":V" & i))
            End If
        End If
    Next i
    rng.Copy
    Sheets("WFRandVFR_REPORT").range("AI2").PasteSpecial
End With

A: To copy you may use
Range("A" & i & ", D" & i & ", F" & i & ", H" & i & "").Copy  '(as mentioned in comment)

or
Union(.Range("A" & i), .Range("D" & i), .Range("F" & i), .Range("H" & i)).Copy

Thus, try
Union(.Range("A" & i), .Range("D" & i), .Range("F" & i), .Range("H" & i)).Copy
Sheets("WFRandVFR_REPORT").range("W2").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues

or just
Union(.Range("A" & i), .Range("D" & i), .Range("F" & i), .Range("H" & i)).Copy
Sheets("WFRandVFR_REPORT").range("W2").PasteSpecial

or
Union(.Range("A" & i), .Range("D" & i), .Range("F" & i), .Range("H" & i)).Copy Sheets("WFRandVFR_REPORT").range("W2")

EDIT :
Is there any specific reason why you are looping from bottom to up, if not change FOR loop as
For i = 2 To lastrow

Your code will be
Dim mDiff As Integer
Dim rng As Range
mDiff = 0.03
With Worksheets("WFRandVFR_REPORT")
    lastrow = Range("L" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    For i = 2 To lastrow
        If Cells(i, "U").Value - Cells(i, "V").Value > mDiff Then
            If rng Is Nothing Then
                Set rng = .Range("L" & i & ":V" & i)
            Else
                Set rng = Union(rng, .Range("L" & i & ":V" & i))
            End If
        End If
    Next i
    rng.Copy
    Sheets("WFRandVFR_REPORT").Range("AI2").PasteSpecial
End With


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Home / Media / Budget should include distance-based lorry charging to make road freight efficient, say campaigners
Budget should include distance-based lorry charging to make road freight efficient, say campaigners
New Government figures show that road freight is inefficient with only 34 per cent of HGVs fully loaded by volume and 30 per cent travelling around completely empty. [1]
Therefore, Campaign for Better Transport is calling for a distance based lorry charging system, in the Budget [2], capable of measuring the actual impact lorries have on our roads.
A distance-based lorry charging system, instead of the existing old fashioned time-based system, would force the road haulage industry to be more efficient and thus reduce lorry miles, something which has not happened so far without financial incentives.
Furthermore a distance based system could differentiate charging, based on vehicles' pollution, to incentivise newer less polluting vehicles.
Recent research for Campaign for Better Transport showed that heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) are only paying around 30 per cent of their costs in terms of road congestion, road fatalities and pollution [3]. These conclusions are in line with two separate pieces of research [4].
Philippa Edmunds, Freight on Rail Manager said:
"Currently, road haulage is very competitive but not efficient. Introducing distance-based lorry charging, which is common-place in most Western countries, will make road haulage more efficient and thereby reduce congestion, road fatalities, road damage and pollution as well as allowing sustainable modes to compete more fairly. For example, in Germany empty lorries have reduced from 29 per cent to 18 per cent." [5]
"The latest FTA report, Do HGVs pay their way, [6] issued this week, fails to even mention any of the congestion, collisions and pollution impacts of lorries. And yet the latest Government figures show that HGVs are almost seven times more likely than cars to be involved in fatal collisions on minor roads. [7] In terms of road infrastructure damage, the standard 44 tonne 16.5 metre HGV, the industry workforce, is 136,000 times more damaging than a Ford Focus".[7]
For further information please contact Richard Watkins on 020 7566 6494 / 07984 773 468 or richard.watkins@bettertransport.org.uk
[1] Department for Transport statistics RFS0117 and Limited by weight and volume analysis 2016
[2] A review of the HGV levy was announced at the last Spring budget but then delayed because of the general election. Extract from budget papers:
3.24 HGV VED and Road User Levy A call for evidence on updating the existing HGV Road User Levy will be launched this spring. The government will work with industry to update the Levy so that it rewards hauliers that plan their routes efficiently, to incentivise the efficient use of roads and improve air quality. (20)
[3] Campaign for Better Transport commissioned research, using Department for Transport figures, found that HGVs receive a £6.5 Billion annual subsidy. Dangerous, dirty and damaging - New research reveals impact of HGVs
DF files: 2015 addendum to 'Heavy Goods Vehicles - do they pay for the damage they cause?'
New research: Britain's lorries receiving £5bn annual subsidy
Metropolitan Transport Research Unit report for Campaign for Better Transport: Heavy Goods Vehicles - do they pay for the damage they cause?
[4] (a) MDS Transmodal study in 2007 which found a very similar amount of underpayment: £6billion. (b) Transport & Environment Research April 2016 which also found that HGVs across the EU were only internalising around 30 per cent of their costs.
[5] The German system (Maut) has resulted in empty trucks reducing by a third and reduced vehicle kms as well as increased volumes of rail freight. The Economic Impacts of Road Tolls
[6] Freight Transport Association: Do HGVs pay their way
[7] Source: Traffic statistics table TRA0104, Accident statistics Table RAS 30017, both DfT 8 4th power law used by most transport specialists to measure infrastructure damage.
[8] Campaign for Better Transport is the UK's leading authority on sustainable transport. We champion transport solutions that improve people's lives and reduce environmental damage. Our campaigns push innovative, practical policies at local and national levels. Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust is a registered charity (1101929).


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Scam artists lurking on dating apps and social media made away with a record haul in 2020
By Shirin Ali, CNN
Hi. Yeah. The FBI, just out with this new warning. Here. Scammers have a new trick playing on our desperation to find the vaccine and get an appointment. What do I always tell you? Thes criminals are evil but smart now, creating fake emails with fake links that look so really promising. You a shot in the arm. Think you won't fall for it? Check out my new experiment. Plus the red flags you can look for in your email. Right now, Our experiment starts here with our cyber security expert, Jim Stickley, playing the hacker drawing up this email from a medical center. He made up. You're part of the next here of Covic. 19 vaccinations preregister online. You even get a unique user. I d to sign up and look at that seal. It looks so authentic. Sent replace called Bogart Medical Center again. Made up. Okay, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna take this fake email and we're gonna send it to our friends and family. They have no idea. We haven't told them anything, and we're gonna see how many of them click on this thing. But before we do that, Jim, I do wanna ask you and gyms on Zoom right now. How are you making this email? How did the criminals put these emails together? Making this email so easy? And this is exactly what the criminals do. They just go online and look and see what else is already out there. That's legitimate looking. Scrape one of those. Pick up a picture that looks kind of official. Stick it in the email. It literally takes about 10 minutes. We hit send, and it's out. Days later are potential victims air opening the email and clicking the links. We know because our hacker gets an alert every single time. Guess who got caught our producer's own mother. Lesley, you get this email, What do you think to yourself? I thought that maybe it was one of the pharmacies that I had been looking at for the vaccine for my husband. I've been kind of obsessed over getting the vaccine for my husband that I guess I was thinking, and I opened that person after person so desperate for a vaccine they sign up from seniors to millennials. There's so many unknowns with vaccine and how to get it. You know, I felt for it. What's to say anyone else can fall for it either To get the opportunity to sort of get back to normal? Uh, it's like, All right, I'm willing to try. It s So when I When I opened the leak, I opened it up, and I'm like, Okay. Oh. Oh, no. He immediately saw it was a Rossen reports fishing test. If we were the bad guys, once you click on that link, we would have access to everything. Your tax documents, your bank account number, every personal piece of information on your computer. Our next victim, Lacey, did the right thing at first, but click the link anyway. Did you get my benzene late? And I googled the hospital. Nothing came up. So e s so you. So you actually, you did the right thing. You actually saw the hospital didn't come up on the Google search, and you clicked it anyway. I liked it anyway, I like them had seen you want the vaccine, and that's what these criminals are, depending on desperation. And remember Lacey, even if you ex out fast, they're already in. So what are we supposed to do here? I mean, we don't know who we're supposed to be getting emails from. Yeah, there's a couple things that are pretty simple. The first is Stop. Don't click anything. Don't open any attachments. Instead, go to Google and look up the company that supposedly essentially this email. See if the company even exists, because oftentimes you'll find nothing because it's just a made up company. Uh, the other thing is, look at the U. R L. The link that they want you to click. Copy that and put quotes around it in Google and then do a search. And what they'll do is come up and tell you who this company is. And again, there's lots of information out there about this. Particularly great. You could probably trust it. If there's nothing you could get on anything at all. Stop because it's a scam for our victim's lesson learned. Come on, Daniel. Good sports. Thanks to them. Of course, we didn't actually take any of their information. We have all these tips and more from our security expert on our website. Right now, Rawson reports dot com send it to your friends and family while you're thinking of it right now. Keep them safe to show him you care back to you
Related video above: Vaccine scams are targeting seniors and millennialsWe expect love to have an emotional impact on us, but a new report released by the Federal Trade Commission revealed it's also hurting wallets. A record $304 million was reported lost to romance scams in 2020.Scammers lurk on dating apps and social media, striking up conversation with strangers until they build up trust to eventually ask for money. The prevalence of these types of scams has been steadily rising for the past four years. In 2020, there was a 50% jump in reported dollar losses from romance scams from 2019. The pandemic has only made things easier, creating legitimate reasons for scammers to hide their real motives, claiming they cannot meet in person or need money for medical treatment.The FTC estimated on average $2,500 was sent to romance scammers in 2020, more than ten times the median loss across all fraud types. Given the rampant use of social media and rise of online dating services, the opportunity for scammers to prey on individuals is only growing, explained Emma Fletcher, an analyst at the FTC."To be able to make that connection and do it remotely is something that may not have been possible a decade ago, but it's very much possible and socially quite common now for people to make love connections online and they're taking advantage of that," Fletcher said.Scammers often invest months and even years into building trusting relationships with their victims. They may ask for money to pay for a plane ticket, medical expenses or debts.Amy Nofizger, director of the AARP's Fraud Watch Network, told CNN she's seen victims' losses range from $7,800 to $900,000. In some cases, victims end up cashing out their retirement funds or life savings under the assumption they are honestly helping somebody they care for and who needs help.Nofziger said that victims of scammers are simply trying to find a genuine connection with someone and that they are, "smart, educated, wordly people; they just fell in love."Like thousands of innocent consumers, Ellen Floren, a 68-year-old woman from Chicago, thought she met a fellow neighbor off Nextdoor, an online community hub. The scammer posed as a man living in her neighborhood and she said the two began exchanging messages that felt innocent."He couldn't wait to meet me. He was just so enamored with me. We had really nice conversations and all kinds of things," Floren told CNN. Within four weeks, Floren began noticing red flags. The scammer asked for a gift card so he could watch movies for an upcoming international flight. Floren agreed, but then shortly after he asked again for more money, around $2,000 to replace work instruments he purported to have lost in a cab. It was at this point that Floren realized she was being scammed."He just kept coming up with all these excuses," said Floren.Once Floren realized the scammer's intentions, she immediately posted about the fraud on Nextdoor and to her Facebook account. She was shocked to see how many women responded with similar experiences.According to the FTC, gift cards and wire transfers are the most commonly used payment methods by online scammers, both of which can be difficult to track. The FTC admits it's not easy pinning down scammers who many times are based internationally and use fake names and photos."Our data suggests that there's room for improvement in fraud detection and prevention," Fletcher told CNN.For now, Fletcher and Nofziger of the AARP both emphasized that consumer education is the most effective method in combating online romance scams. Teaching people how to identify fake profiles by flagging what types of questions scammers usually ask, talking to someone you trust about the new digital love interest and trying a reverse-image search of the scammer's profile pictures to detect if they're associated with another name.Consumers can report suspicious profiles at reportfraud.ftc.gov or call the AARP's Fraud Watch Network at 877-908-3360.
Related video above: Vaccine scams are targeting seniors and millennials
We expect love to have an emotional impact on us, but a new report released by the Federal Trade Commission revealed it's also hurting wallets. A record $304 million was reported lost to romance scams in 2020.
Scammers lurk on dating apps and social media, striking up conversation with strangers until they build up trust to eventually ask for money. The prevalence of these types of scams has been steadily rising for the past four years. In 2020, there was a 50% jump in reported dollar losses from romance scams from 2019. The pandemic has only made things easier, creating legitimate reasons for scammers to hide their real motives, claiming they cannot meet in person or need money for medical treatment.
The FTC estimated on average $2,500 was sent to romance scammers in 2020, more than ten times the median loss across all fraud types. Given the rampant use of social media and rise of online dating services, the opportunity for scammers to prey on individuals is only growing, explained Emma Fletcher, an analyst at the FTC.
Government investigating massive counterfeit N95 mask scam
"To be able to make that connection and do it remotely is something that may not have been possible a decade ago, but it's very much possible and socially quite common now for people to make love connections online and they're taking advantage of that," Fletcher said.
Scammers often invest months and even years into building trusting relationships with their victims. They may ask for money to pay for a plane ticket, medical expenses or debts.
Amy Nofizger, director of the AARP's Fraud Watch Network, told CNN she's seen victims' losses range from $7,800 to $900,000. In some cases, victims end up cashing out their retirement funds or life savings under the assumption they are honestly helping somebody they care for and who needs help.
Nofziger said that victims of scammers are simply trying to find a genuine connection with someone and that they are, "smart, educated, wordly people; they just fell in love."
Like thousands of innocent consumers, Ellen Floren, a 68-year-old woman from Chicago, thought she met a fellow neighbor off Nextdoor, an online community hub. The scammer posed as a man living in her neighborhood and she said the two began exchanging messages that felt innocent.
"He couldn't wait to meet me. He was just so enamored with me. We had really nice conversations and all kinds of things," Floren told CNN.
Rossen Reports: New vaccine scam targeting seniors and millennials
Within four weeks, Floren began noticing red flags. The scammer asked for a gift card so he could watch movies for an upcoming international flight. Floren agreed, but then shortly after he asked again for more money, around $2,000 to replace work instruments he purported to have lost in a cab. It was at this point that Floren realized she was being scammed.
"He just kept coming up with all these excuses," said Floren.
Once Floren realized the scammer's intentions, she immediately posted about the fraud on Nextdoor and to her Facebook account. She was shocked to see how many women responded with similar experiences.
According to the FTC, gift cards and wire transfers are the most commonly used payment methods by online scammers, both of which can be difficult to track. The FTC admits it's not easy pinning down scammers who many times are based internationally and use fake names and photos.
"Our data suggests that there's room for improvement in fraud detection and prevention," Fletcher told CNN.
For now, Fletcher and Nofziger of the AARP both emphasized that consumer education is the most effective method in combating online romance scams. Teaching people how to identify fake profiles by flagging what types of questions scammers usually ask, talking to someone you trust about the new digital love interest and trying a reverse-image search of the scammer's profile pictures to detect if they're associated with another name.
Consumers can report suspicious profiles at reportfraud.ftc.gov or call the AARP's Fraud Watch Network at 877-908-3360.


Of course VM, but you must remember that he had wood lathes, chisels, various saws and so on. And vast experience. Walk before you can run. You are doing well. You may look into sourcing different coloured woods in order to get the colour to match the piece, such as yellow for a banana.
Wooden table mats can be made heat resistant with polyurethane varnish.
Scrap wooden pallets are a useful source of material for garden fences. Sometimes these are protected with waste engine oil.
There is a skip hire contractor near me who offers free firewood from his skips used by building contractors.
In The Days of School Science I learnt how to make artists charcoal sticks in a treacle tin....make your own Barbie Charcoal.
There must be a difference between wood and charcoal as a heat source for cooked meals.
Sinned wrote: Of course VM, but you must remember that he had wood lathes, chisels, various saws and so on. And vast experience. Walk before you can run. You are doing well. You may look into sourcing different coloured woods in order to get the colour to match the piece, such as yellow for a banana.
Thanks Sinned, I am getting a few tools here there, and the experience will come just need time.
Thanks weeladdie18 for the helpful tips. I would love to get some drift wood but I live in Iowa, not to many beaches around here.
Nice work! Some very neat designs. Keep at it, and keep posting pictures!
Got a couple items done.
Thanks weeladdie18 for the helpful tips and I have been hitting the internet for some great ideas that I want to try.
Tried my hand at 3d sawing, one way is a wolf howling and the other way a deer.
voodoomagic wrote: Tried my hand at 3d sawing, one way is a wolf howling and the other way a deer.
I think you have some real talent for this wood working. I like this one for sure!!
Thanks Fred in Skirts I really enjoy it.
When I was in shop class in high school we sometimes work with Plexiglas. And as you know it leaves sharp edges and cutting debris on the piece. My shop teacher showed us a real neat trick, it is called annealing. When you are finished the cutting and want to clean up the edges and such grab a propane torch and pass the part near the flame but only long enough to soften the sharp corners and remove the debris. While the torch we had was feed by a giant gas bottle on the outside of the school you can buy propane torches at any hardware store or Wal-Marts. They are cheap.
Fred in Skirts wrote: When I was in shop class in high school we sometimes work with Plexiglas. And as you know it leaves sharp edges and cutting debris on the piece. My shop teacher showed us a real neat trick, it is called annealing. When you are finished the cutting and want to clean up the edges and such grab a propane torch and pass the part near the flame but only long enough to soften the sharp corners and remove the debris. While the torch we had was feed by a giant gas bottle on the outside of the school you can buy propane torches at any hardware store or Wal-Marts. They are cheap.
Thanks Fred in Skirts for the great tip, I will definitely have to try that.
Have a few letter openers done. All made of walnut.
john62 wrote: Very nice indeed.


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As a dog-friendly site, Mount Vernon welcomes pups and their humans to explore the estate. In early October, the estate welcomed a special group of canines from the Guide Dog Foundation. These six labs/lab mixes and a poodle practiced good behavior in challenging situations to prepare them for their future placements as guide dogs. From left to right: Clark:…
Washington's Wheat Treading Innovation
At Mount Vernon, we have re-created the unique wheat treading process that George Washington used during his day. These demonstrations are offered July through October at the 16-Sided Barn. In preparation for these demonstrations, our historic tradesmen ventured to an Amish farm in rural Maryland to gather wheat similar to the grains of Washington's…
Boiling, Baking, and Curling 18th-Century Wigs
by Sean Devlin, Curator of Archaeological Collections Excavated from the South Grove, these five objects offer an interesting chance to explore eighteenth century life and how archaeologists attempt to learn more about it through material evidence. In this discussion, I want to walk you through how archaeologists approach interpreting artifacts. Step…
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Why Make Wine in Virginia?
For more than 20 years, Mount Vernon has hosted a wine festival to celebrate the rich tradition of Virginia wine. Since the first colonists arrived, viticulturists—or grape growers—struggled to grow wine grapes on Virginian soil. Even skilled agriculturalists George Washington and Thomas Jefferson tried and failed many times to grow wine grapes at their…
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if [ -z "$BR2_GRAPH_OUT" ]; then
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    echo "Using ${BR2_GRAPH_OUT} output, set BR2_GRAPH_OUT to override."
else
    echo "Using BR2_GRAPH_OUT=${BR2_GRAPH_OUT} output."
fi

cd ${BUILDROOT_DIR}/
BR2_GRAPH_OUT=${BR2_GRAPH_OUT} make graph-size

echo "Target size graphs are available in the graphs directory of your workspace."

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Kovosvit je český podnik působící v oboru lehkého strojírenství, který vznikl roku 1939 a nyní pod jménem KOVOSVIT MAS působí v Sezimově Ústí. Vlastníkem podniku je ruská podnikatelka Tatiana Kuranová.

Historie
V roce 1903 založil Tomáš Baťa ve Zlíně závod na výrobu obuvnických strojů. Ten se postupně rozrůstal a v roce 1936 vznikla značka MAS nabízející frézy a soustruhy. Závod MAS, tedy Moravské a Slovenské strojírny začal vznikat ve slovenském Partizánském v roce 1938, ale po odtržení Slovenska od Česka se hledalo nové místo až se našlo v roce 1939 v Sezimově Ústí v místě nazývaným Velký Dvůr. Nový závod dostal název Moravské akciové strojírny Zlín, pobočný závod Sezimovo Ústí, zkratka MAS tak zůstala zachována. V letech 1939 až 1944 postavila v lokalitě Zlínská stavební z koncernu Baťa fabriku a novou část města určenou pro zaměstnance závodu a jejich volný čas. Po zestátnění v roce 1948 probíhaly četné restrukturalizace. Závod se stal součástí národního podniku Baťa, Zlín. V následném roce přešel zlínský podnik na Svit, n.p., Gottwaldow a v Sezimově Ústí byl vytvořen podnik Kovosvit. V roce 1950 přibyl závod v Písku, v roce 1958 v Holoubkově (bývalý TOS Holoubkov) a v roce 1975 závod v Dobříši. V roce 1980 byl podnik začleněn do Výrobní hospodářské jednotky (VHJ) Továrny strojírenské techniky. V roce 1989 byla VHJ zrušena a z Kovosvitu se stal nejprve státní podnik a o rok později byla založena akciová společnost. Po roce 1990 došlo k četným restrukturalizacím. Centrála v Sezimově Ústí se v roce 2002 proměnila ve firmu Kovosvit MAS, a.s., součástí holdingu byl i písecký závod, který dostal název Kovosvit DS, a.s.

Závody
Areál továrny Kovosvit, a.s., závod Písek z roku 1949 se nacházel v Písku v ulici Za Pazdernou 5, byl původně určen pro podnik Amati Kraslice (Harmonika). Ze skromných počátků se továrna rozrostla o vysoké výrobní a montážní haly, sklady, kalírnu a energocentrum. Naproti závodu se nacházelo velké parkoviště pro zaměstnance. Později byla k závodu přičleněna také bývalá Kořánova slévárna. K továrně náležela ještě nad parkovištěm stojící panelová ubytovna a také vila z roku 1940, která byla postavena vedle vrátnice. Ve vile bydlel v 50. letech ředitel závodu, později zde měl sídlo závodní lékař a byla zde také zubní ordinace. Kovosvit Písek, DS, v posledních letech své existence vyráběl jednovřetenové soustružnické automaty křivkové a s numerickým řízením včetně příslušenství, radiální vrtačky, malé hobby soustruhy (MAHOS) a vrtačková sklíčidla. Zaměstnanci závodu (servisní oddělení) prováděli také poradenský servis v oblasti obrábění na soustružnických automatech, servis, seřizování a uvádění automatů do provozu přímo u zákazníků. Počátkem roku 2006 byla činnost závodu ukončena. Vybavení závodu bylo rozprodáno, budovy zakoupila společnost Amtek Precision Engineering Czech Republic s.r.o. Ta se později spojila s firmou Interplex Precision Engineering Czech Republic s. r. o., která písecký závod převzala.

Produkty
Po dobu svojí existence se firma zaměřovala na výrobu obráběcích strojů jako jsou soustružnické automaty, vrtačky, obrážečky, ostřičky, hoblovky a další. Vedle toho vyráběla i nářadí a měřidla, hydraulické kopírovací nářadí, držáky a za 2. světové války kola.

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy
Stránky sezimoústecké Kovosvit MAS
Stránky písecké firmy Interplex
https://budejovice.rozhlas.cz/kovosvit-zavre-pisecky-zavod-7069757
http://www.kovotron.cz/download/numeric_plus_a42_52_60.pdf
České strojírenské firmy
Firmy založené roku 1939
Sezimovo Ústí
Firmy v okrese Tábor
Průmysl v Jihočeském kraji

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I originally posted this in 2006, but have resurrected it for Dale.
When I was young, I really liked spiders. I used to let them walk all over me; up and down my arms and hands…all kinds of spiders. I lived in a place with a lot of spiders; big ones, small ones, ugly ones, and beautiful ones. And none of them ever bothered me.
But then something happened. It was a switch in my mind. Suddenly, they scared the Bejesus out of me. I couldn't go anywhere near them. And then I was in Taiwan, in a room with the biggest spider I had ever seen.
I was upstairs and heard a noise in the back room on the first floor. I couldn't have really heard anything, because when I went down there, all that was down there was a huge spider. That room has a back door that leads outside, so I had thought maybe some kids had got in. I put on my hiking books and went downstairs to see. I opened the door and there it was, as big as a grown man's hand, right in the middle of the room.
I have lived among the Buddhists for a long time, and their ethos does brush off on you. Besides, I've never much liked killing things. I went and got a broom, opened the back door, and sweep it outside.
Then I got an idea; we had a cockroach problem in the house. If I killed some of the roaches and left their carcasses in the room, the spiders would come back and wipe out all the roaches in the house. So I did it. And one day, I looked in the room and the roach bodies were all gone.
Bad move. At least it was only roaches. Now there were man-sized spiders in the house. I had to tell my roommates, but first I had to go to work. I came home and found Ann to warn her about the spiders.
"It's too late," she said. "We already found them." And this is the story she told me.
She had come home, and there it was, the biggest spider she had ever seen on the living room wall. She called Ray, our gigantic Mexican-American roommate, to kill it. I guess they don't have spiders like that in LA because Ray tried to kill it with a broom. He whacked the thing. But instead of dying, when it hit the floor out popped a small ball made of something that looked like tape. Thousands of baby spiders poured out of the thing, all over the floor.
They were everywhere. And the mama spider was still alive. On she crawled. On toward Ray. He turned and tried to climb the stairs. That's when the web wrapped around him like something from a horror movie. And on the mama spider crawled.
Really, his life was never in the danger that he feared, but he sure was scared. He ran to the kitchen, grabbed the Raid, and started spraying for all he was worth.
But the mama spider crawled on, refusing to die. On she crawled. Pulling herself through the lake of poison. Fighting for the lives of her babies; for the future of her species. But finally, this was too much even for the biggest spider in the world, and she died.
There are no movie spiders as big as a house, with the power to destroy a truck. The biggest spiders in the world aren't much bigger than your hand. For all I know, that was the biggest spider in the world, or the biggest spider of its kind. And so, Ray may have slain the biggest spider in the world on that day. No one will ever know the truth of that gargantuan battle fought in the heart of Yung-ho. It wasn't recorded by a movie or by a book. There was just death and then it was forgotten.
And while movies end neatly with a conclusion that finishes the danger or sets the story up for a squeal, reality is never so neatly organized. Mama spider, baby spiders, what's missing? We searched the house for days looking for the daddy spider. Finally we found him, and we found him much as you'd expect, dead for ages, sucked dry like an old sponge. A sorry end to this story of mythical battle for survival.


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namespace base {

class FilePath;

namespace mac {

// Full screen modes, in increasing order of priority.  More permissive modes
// take predecence.
enum FullScreenMode {
  kFullScreenModeHideAll = 0,
  kFullScreenModeHideDock = 1,
  kFullScreenModeAutoHideAll = 2,
  kNumFullScreenModes = 3,

  // kFullScreenModeNormal is not a valid FullScreenMode, but it is useful to
  // other classes, so we include it here.
  kFullScreenModeNormal = 10,
};

BASE_EXPORT std::string PathFromFSRef(const FSRef& ref);
BASE_EXPORT bool FSRefFromPath(const std::string& path, FSRef* ref);

// Returns an sRGB color space.  The return value is a static value; do not
// release it!
BASE_EXPORT CGColorSpaceRef GetSRGBColorSpace();

// Returns the generic RGB color space. The return value is a static value; do
// not release it!
BASE_EXPORT CGColorSpaceRef GetGenericRGBColorSpace();

// Returns the color space being used by the main display.  The return value
// is a static value; do not release it!
BASE_EXPORT CGColorSpaceRef GetSystemColorSpace();

// Add a full screen request for the given |mode|.  Must be paired with a
// ReleaseFullScreen() call for the same |mode|.  This does not by itself create
// a fullscreen window; rather, it manages per-application state related to
// hiding the dock and menubar.  Must be called on the main thread.
BASE_EXPORT void RequestFullScreen(FullScreenMode mode);

// Release a request for full screen mode.  Must be matched with a
// RequestFullScreen() call for the same |mode|.  As with RequestFullScreen(),
// this does not affect windows directly, but rather manages per-application
// state.  For example, if there are no other outstanding
// |kFullScreenModeAutoHideAll| requests, this will reshow the menu bar.  Must
// be called on main thread.
BASE_EXPORT void ReleaseFullScreen(FullScreenMode mode);

// Convenience method to switch the current fullscreen mode.  This has the same
// net effect as a ReleaseFullScreen(from_mode) call followed immediately by a
// RequestFullScreen(to_mode).  Must be called on the main thread.
BASE_EXPORT void SwitchFullScreenModes(FullScreenMode from_mode,
                                       FullScreenMode to_mode);

// Returns true if this process is in the foreground, meaning that it's the
// frontmost process, the one whose menu bar is shown at the top of the main
// display.
BASE_EXPORT bool AmIForeground();

// Excludes the file given by |file_path| from being backed up by Time Machine.
BASE_EXPORT bool SetFileBackupExclusion(const FilePath& file_path);

// Checks if the current application is set as a Login Item, so it will launch
// on Login. If a non-NULL pointer to is_hidden is passed, the Login Item also
// is queried for the 'hide on launch' flag.
BASE_EXPORT bool CheckLoginItemStatus(bool* is_hidden);

// Adds current application to the set of Login Items with specified "hide"
// flag. This has the same effect as adding/removing the application in
// SystemPreferences->Accounts->LoginItems or marking Application in the Dock
// as "Options->Open on Login".
// Does nothing if the application is already set up as Login Item with
// specified hide flag.
BASE_EXPORT void AddToLoginItems(bool hide_on_startup);

// Removes the current application from the list Of Login Items.
BASE_EXPORT void RemoveFromLoginItems();

// Returns true if the current process was automatically launched as a
// 'Login Item' or via Lion's Resume. Used to suppress opening windows.
BASE_EXPORT bool WasLaunchedAsLoginOrResumeItem();

// Returns true if the current process was automatically launched as a
// 'Login Item' or via Resume, and the 'Reopen windows when logging back in'
// checkbox was selected by the user.  This indicates that the previous
// session should be restored.
BASE_EXPORT bool WasLaunchedAsLoginItemRestoreState();

// Returns true if the current process was automatically launched as a
// 'Login Item' with 'hide on startup' flag. Used to suppress opening windows.
BASE_EXPORT bool WasLaunchedAsHiddenLoginItem();

// Remove the quarantine xattr from the given file. Returns false if there was
// an error, or true otherwise.
BASE_EXPORT bool RemoveQuarantineAttribute(const FilePath& file_path);

// Run-time OS version checks. Use these instead of
// base::SysInfo::OperatingSystemVersionNumbers. Prefer the "OrEarlier" and
// "OrLater" variants to those that check for a specific version, unless you
// know for sure that you need to check for a specific version.

// Mavericks is OS X 10.9, Darwin 13.
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSMavericks();

// Yosemite is OS X 10.10, Darwin 14.
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSYosemite();
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSYosemiteOrEarlier();
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSYosemiteOrLater();

// El Capitan is OS X 10.11, Darwin 15.
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSElCapitan();
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSElCapitanOrEarlier();
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSElCapitanOrLater();

// Sierra is macOS 10.12, Darwin 16.
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSSierra();
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSSierraOrLater();

// This should be infrequently used. It only makes sense to use this to avoid
// codepaths that are very likely to break on future (unreleased, untested,
// unborn) OS releases, or to log when the OS is newer than any known version.
BASE_EXPORT bool IsOSLaterThanSierra_DontCallThis();

// Inline functions that are redundant due to version ranges being mutually-
// exclusive.
inline bool IsOSYosemiteOrEarlier() { return !IsOSElCapitanOrLater(); }
inline bool IsOSElCapitanOrEarlier() { return !IsOSSierraOrLater(); }

// When the deployment target is set, the code produced cannot run on earlier
// OS releases. That enables some of the IsOS* family to be implemented as
// constant-value inline functions. The MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED macro
// contains the value of the deployment target.

#if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_9) && \
    MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED > MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_9
#define BASE_MAC_MAC_UTIL_H_INLINED_GT_10_9
inline bool IsOSMavericks() { return false; }
#endif

#if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_10) && \
    MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_10
#define BASE_MAC_MAC_UTIL_H_INLINED_GE_10_10
inline bool IsOSYosemiteOrLater() { return true; }
#endif

#if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_10) && \
    MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED > MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_10
#define BASE_MAC_MAC_UTIL_H_INLINED_GT_10_10
inline bool IsOSYosemite() { return false; }
#endif

#if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_11) && \
    MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_11
#define BASE_MAC_MAC_UTIL_H_INLINED_GE_10_11
inline bool IsOSElCapitanOrLater() { return true; }
#endif

#if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_11) && \
    MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED > MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_11
#define BASE_MAC_MAC_UTIL_H_INLINED_GT_10_11
inline bool IsOSElCapitan() { return false; }
#endif

#if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_12) && \
    MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_12
#define BASE_MAC_MAC_UTIL_H_INLINED_GE_10_12
inline bool IsOSSierraOrLater() { return true; }
#endif

#if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_12) && \
    MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED > MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_12
#define BASE_MAC_MAC_UTIL_H_INLINED_GT_10_12
inline bool IsOSSierra() { return false; }
inline bool IsOSLaterThanSierra_DontCallThis() { return true; }
#endif

// Retrieve the system's model identifier string from the IOKit registry:
// for example, "MacPro4,1", "MacBookPro6,1". Returns empty string upon
// failure.
BASE_EXPORT std::string GetModelIdentifier();

// Parse a model identifier string; for example, into ("MacBookPro", 6, 1).
// If any error occurs, none of the input pointers are touched.
BASE_EXPORT bool ParseModelIdentifier(const std::string& ident,
                                      std::string* type,
                                      int32_t* major,
                                      int32_t* minor);

}  // namespace mac
}  // namespace base

#endif  // BASE_MAC_MAC_UTIL_H_


Save the Date: Sunday 18th March 2018 from 11am – 4pm. Admission is FREE!
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The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island is seeking a term judicial law clerk to United States Bankruptcy Judge Diane Finkle, to commence in August 2019. This law clerk position is for an employment assignment of one year with the possibility of extension without further competition. Please see Vacancy Annoucement for complete details. Preference will be given to applications received by September 14, 2018.


Enjoy a 2-night break filled with winery visits and tastings, whilst staying at The Gallivant in Camber Sands, just a stone's throw away from the beautiful beach.
Inspired by the coastal motels you might find in California, the Gallivant is a relaxing hideaway from the stresses and strains of modern life where you can dine, dream and relax.
The Gallivant has twenty beautifully calm and relaxing bedrooms, decorated with an eye to the Hamptons, all with supremely comfortable beds featuring king or super-king Hypnos mattresses, plump goose/duck down pillows and duvets and the best 300 count linen.
Day 1: Visit Chapel Down vineyard and have a tutored tasting of their award-winning wines.
After enjoying homemade tea and cake back at The Gallivant, tuck in to a 5-course tasting menu complete with wine pairings.
Day 2: After a morning walk along the beach, visit Gusborne Estate situated in the quaint village of Appledore for a tour of the winery and sample some of their wines.
Return to The Gallivant for homemade tea and cake, before enjoying a 3-course a la carte dinner.


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New Glenn – Blue Origin
Family: Blue Origin meters
Diameter: 7 meters
Launch Mass:
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 45000
The New Glenn was manufactured by Blue Origin with the first launch on . New Glenn has 0 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 0 launches. The New Glenn is a privately funded orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. New Glenn is described as a 7-meter-diameter (23 ft), two- or three-stage rocket.
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36. Blue Origin is a Commercial USA entity that was founded in 2000 and is administered by CEO: Jeff Bezos.
Blue Origin has 13 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 13 launches.
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With cannabis legalization slowly spreading throughout the United States, the notion that every pot user can be chalked up as a stereotypical stoner is starting to dissipate. However, despite the fact that the laws have become more welcoming to the marijuana community, many people still see the plant through a stigmatized lens.
California medical cannabis delivery company Eaze recently set out to disprove these long held prejudices and show that cannabis users come from a variety of backgrounds, professions, and lifestyles. The startup conducted a study on the modern marijuana user, sending out a 32 question survey to more than 10,000 cannabis consumers in California.
The report contains surprising results, particularly when it comes to gender, education levels, and professional backgrounds. For starters, the survey showed that 59% of women who use cannabis do so on a daily basis, compared to 57% of men who responded. The study also showed that 51% of cannabis consumers have a college or postdoctorate degree, a significantly higher figure than the overall state average of 39%.
Eaze also found that the California tech industry is a hotbed for marijuana use, as 19% of respondents indicated that they work in tech. 49% of participants have a household income of $75,000 or more, and 16% claimed to rake in $100,000-$149,999. These findings effectively shatter the illusion that cannabis consumers are burnt out and unsuccessful stoners.
The study also collected some interesting information regarding cannabis use among parents. According to the report, parents were 50% more likely to replace drinking with cannabis compared to non-parents. On the other hand, only 27% of the respondents claimed to be married or in a domestic partnership, while a vast majority of users reported as being single or never married.
Eaze also shared details on the spending habits of consumers, finding that the average marijuana user spends more on cannabis per year than personal care products, alcohol, and cigarettes combined. According to the data, the average user spending an annual amount of $1,704 on cannabis products.
There's a wide range of interesting information packed into this study, all of which shows that cannabis legalization has benefited people from all walks of life. This isn't the first time that the delivery company has utilized its expansive customer base to dig up interesting data. Back in February, Eaze released insight into the buying habits of California's medical marijuana patients.
If you're interested in learning more about their most recent findings, you can check out the comprehensive report here.


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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency committed to improving food security around the world. Our three main goals are: eradicating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; eliminating poverty while catalysing economic and social progress; and improving the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.
FAO is headquartered in Rome, Italy, with 1 800 professional staff members and an annual budget of just over USD 1 billion. FAO's decentralized network includes five regional offices, nine subregional offices and 80 country offices.
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A key objective of FAO's Office of Evaluation (OED) is to measure the effectiveness of development interventions for policy and programming purposes, as well as to promote greater accountability in the use of resources and in achieving results. Within this context, OED provides evidence-based feedback to member countries, donors and FAO management through an independent evaluation process, enabling stakeholders to improve the relevance, coherence, impact and sustainability of future projects and programmes.
OED is responsible for ensuring the relevance, effectiveness, quality and independence of three types of evaluations: thematic evaluations; country evaluations; and evaluations of individual programmes and projects. In addition to informing programming priorities, the findings of these evaluations contribute to FAO's results-based management system, helping to optimize institutional effectiveness.
OED employs an average of 33 staff at FAO headquarters, with an annual budget of USD 5.2 million.
OED promotes a culture of evaluation by continually improving the relevance of evaluations for all stakeholders, and by reaching out to users and audiences beyond those immediately involved in the evaluation process. Instead of providing mostly passive information in the form of reports or briefs, OED facilitates opportunities and events for active learning such as workshops and conferences. These activities are complemented by improved evaluation dissemination strategies, including findings and recommendations tailored to the specific needs of each stakeholder group, as well as participation in evaluation oriented discussion groups and fora.
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Evaluators : 25
Support staff : 4
Information and communications staff: 3
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OED is located inside the FAO Secretariat structure, reporting to the Director-General and to the Council through the Programme Committee, which is composed of one Secretary, one Chairperson and 12 Permanent Representatives of Member Countries, who serve on a two-year rotational basis.
The Office receives guidance from the Council and its Programme Committee and consults with the internal Evaluation Committee, which includes four Assistant-Director Generals of FAO departments and regional offices; two Deputy Directors (Operations and Knowledge); two Directors (Office of Strategic Planning and OED); and one legal counsel. OED is solely responsible for the conduct of all evaluations (with the exception of auto-evaluations), including the selection of evaluators and the terms of reference. It is thus operationally independent within the Organization.
In consultation with FAO senior management, OED selects thematic and strategic evaluations based on a systematic review of past evaluations to identify gaps in coverage. Relevant emerging topics are also considered, as well as suggestions from FAO Governing Bodies. OED's proposal is then reviewed by the Evaluation Committee and approved by the Programme Committee.
Country evaluations are identified based on a number of factors, including requests by the Programme Committee by country, socio-economic indicators or the size of FAO's programme. Projects and programmes with budgets over USD 4 million, as well as smaller projects of particular interest, are evaluated at least once during the project lifetime. In terms of timing, country evaluations take place when FAO is about to end a Country Programming Framework cycle and has to start preparing a new one.
Evaluations of individual programmes and projects are usually funded from extra-budgetary resources. The results of such evaluations are used directly by the stakeholders, including managers, donors and others directly involved, often at country level.
Stakeholders are involved throughout the evaluation process – from design and planning to implementation and follow-up. The evaluation team selected by OED often includes professionals from the concerned countries. Whenever appropriate, especially for country evaluations, OED seeks the involvement and support of Governmental evaluation units as well as other national evaluation institutions and partners.
OED has developed the following measures to ensure that the evaluation function in FAO corresponds to the needs of Members and conforms to UNEG norms and standards: i) peer review of major evaluation reports; ii) biennial review by a small group of independent peers for conformity of evaluation work to best practices and standards; and iii) independent evaluation of the evaluation function every six years.
The results of the biennial review and independent evaluation of the evaluation function are compiled in a report for the Director-General and the Council, together with recommendations from the Programme Committee.
Each evaluation is followed by a management response, including management's appraisal of the overall evaluation, comments on individual recommendations, and an operational plan for implementing the agreed recommendations. OED then prepares a follow-up report to ensure compliance with the recommendations. These responses are reported to the Governing Body and the Director-General and are publicly available on OED's website.
FAO is committed to collaborating with sister agencies on joint evaluation and synthesis activities. In the past biennium, for example, the agency participated in the following:
OED conducted with the World Food Programme (WFP) a joint evaluation of food security cluster coordination in humanitarian action. As a result, the consolidated appeals and response plans were made more strategic, comprehensive and inclusive. The evaluation found that additional support and capacity are needed for coordination at national and global levels.
The Joint Evaluation of Renewed Effort Against Child Hunger and Undernutrition (REACH), commissioned by the Offices of Evaluation of FAO, UNICEF, WFP, WHO and DFTAD Canada, assessed the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of REACH, as well as the REACH secretariat, processes and coordination arrangements, governance and partnerships at all levels. The evaluation also examined cross-cutting issues such as gender and equity, participation, national ownership, use of evidence, progress monitoring and reporting.
In late 2013, OED and IFAD's Evaluation Office conducted the Joint Synthesis Report of FAO/IFAD Engagement with Pastoral Development, covering the period of 2003-2013. The purpose of this evaluation was to: i) create and share awareness and knowledge of the respective agencies' work and comparative advantage on pastoral development; ii) increase effectiveness, including widening the possible impact of evaluation work; and iii) provide a platform for reflection aimed at improving the agencies' future approaches to engaging with pastoral development.
PROMOTING LEARNING AND EVALUATION SKILLS
FAO participates in inter-agency learning events several times each year. Past topics have included gender analysis in evaluations of agriculture and food and nutrition security; evaluating humanitarian action; and new methodologies for evaluating complexity.
Along with other Rome-based agencies and CGIAR's Independent Evaluation Arrangement, FAO will participate in a technical seminar entitled "Enhancing the evaluability of Sustainable Development Goal 2: How can we evaluate progress towards achieving SDG2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture?" The specific objectives of the seminar are to: (i) share lessons learned on the evaluability of MDGs and other partnership initiatives of similar scale (for example the Paris Declaration); (ii) jointly review key challenges for evaluation in relation to the post-2015 development agenda in general and SDG2 in particular; and (iii) identify concrete steps for Rome-based agencies towards building the evaluability of SDG2.
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Anne-Clémence Owen
Arwa Khalid
Aurelie Larmoyer
Carlos Tarazona
Evaluation Officer, FAO
Carolina Turano
Claudia Martinez Mansell
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Evaluation Analyst, FAO
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Enika Bushi
Federica Bottamedi
Genny Bonomi
Harvey Garcia
Jenin Assaf
Lavinia Monforte
Luca Furio
Luisa Belli
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Marta Bruno
Knowledge Management and Evaluation Officer, FAO
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Evaluation Specialist, FAO
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Rachel Bedouin
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Renate Roels
Sara Holst
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Start-up tax financingscheme Prescience Film Finance has poached Sharon Menzies as head of businessaffairs from rival financier Baker Street Media.
Menzies, who takes up thepost next month, was head of business affairs at Baker Street, one of the mostestablished medium-sized players in UK tax financing circles. Before BakerStreet, she worked at sales and production company Portman Films.
"Sharon Menzies brings awealth of experience and will make a key contribution towards establishing along term business at a fascinating time in the sector," said Prescience'smanaging director, Tim Smith. "We're delighted she has decided to joinPrescience."
Prescience said it is almost30% of the way towards its target of raising £10m for the 2004/05 tax year. Thescheme has pre-agreements to co-produce projects with producers Jeremy Thomas,Andrew Eaton, Simon Channing Williams and Richard Holmes.
Prescience was set up lastyear by Smith and Paul Brett and launched its first film scheme - ForesightFilm - in February.


The College also provide a number of benefits to support staff health.
Health Care Plan, which enables staff to claim towards the cost of every day health costs; i.e. dental, opticians, therapies etc.
Working for the college also enables you to receive corporate membership rates at council run gyms in Sunderland, such as Sunderland Aquatic Centre and Wellness Centre, Hetton Community Pool and Wellness Centre, Washington Leisure Centre and Silksworth Community Pool, Tennis and Wellness Centre.


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Back in the saddle which was never left
My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.
Cookie McCool said on April 19th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Why I Should Write Sharkwater coming soon? Because that show sounds like it would be awesome, imaginarily speaking.
supergp said on April 19th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
You really love the "wrong and bad and also wrong" phrase. Which is not a bad thing, as anyone who doesn't like the phrase is wrong and bad and also wrong.
Mary Warner said on April 19th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
I have access to the internet and I haven't seen any new Doctor Who. I didn't know you could find it on the internet. (I've looked before, but only found clips.)
Tim O'Neil said on April 19th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
The funny thing about Parenthood is how they're not even trying to disguise the fact that they are recycling old Gilmore Girls plotlines for Lorelai – oops, sorry, Sarah. I mean, it's one thing to get typecast, but they're basically just writing her like this is Gilmore Girls Season 8 and Lorelai just decided to go back to her other family on the west coast.
Robert Eddleman said on April 19th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
"Superswarm" sounds like one of those made-for-Sci-Fi Channel movies.
supergp said on April 20th, 2010 at 12:58 am
Mary Warner: He means through surreptitious internet channels like thepiratebay, not legitimate ones.
Burke said on April 20th, 2010 at 5:17 am
Robert: I think it was.
…has anyone told the Discovery Channel that?
John Seavey said on April 20th, 2010 at 7:27 am
For a long time, it was pretty much a running gag on the Internet that every single Doctor Who fan was and expert on bit-torrenting; this comes from the fact that for a long time, the series was running on a one or two season delay from the British run, and so if you wanted to keep up, you had to download illegally. Even at just a two week delay, there are still people who can't wait for their fix. 🙂
For the record, I agree with MGK; Smith feels interestingly Troughton-esque, the new series feels a lot like a very good, very creepy fairytale (for all the sci-fi trappings of the first episode, the man-and-dog that both bark in the same voice and have the same facial expressions is FUCKING CREEPY in a way that feels like a very dark children's story.)
Oh, and it passes the ultimate Doctor Who test: The Kidlet screamed three times, buried her face in my shoulder once, whimpered frequently, and had nightmares. 🙂
MIB said on April 20th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Of course, the real question is what does FLAPJACKS think of the new Who?
DistantFred said on April 20th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
John Seavey: You should have her hide behind the sofa. The monsters can't get behind the sofa.
Ed (Jack Norris) said on April 20th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
As a big On Her Majesty's Secret Service booster, I have to make one quibble: almost no fans of the movie claim that Lazenby was the best Bond, just that this was the best Bond movie, not necessarily the same thing.
Even a lot of people who consider Lazenby to be the film's major weakness concede that if Connery had stuck around just for that one film, it could very well have been the best Bond ever.
Also, totally kickass title theme.


In the final chain of the countable powerset functor, we show that the set at index $\omega_1$, regarded as a transition system, is not strongly extensional because it contains a "ghost" element that has no successor even though its component at each successor index is inhabited. The method, adapted from a construction of Forti and Honsell, also gives ghosts at larger ordinals in the final chain of other subfunctors of the powerset functor. This leads to a precise description of which sets in these final chains are strongly extensional.
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Elina Svitolina was responsible for a big upset at the Italian Open on Friday, defeating second seed Karolina Pliskova in straight sets.
Svitolina had lost all four of her previous matches against Pliskova, but bucked the trend in fine style with a 6-3, 7-6 (11-9) victory.
The Ukrainian produced a masterclass defensive display that neutralised Pliskova's attacking options and put her under constant pressure.
Pliskova was only able to hold serve once during the first set, and quickly found herself a set and 0-2 down.
But she showed great spirit from there, hitting back with two breaks of her own to take a 5-4 lead and give herself a chance of leveling the scores at a set apiece.
But it was clearly Svitolina's day. The 22-year-old found another break when she needed it and then saved three set points during the tie-break to clinch victory by the narrowest of margins.
"I was a little bit unlucky, especially in the second set with all the set points," Pliskova told WTA Insider afterwards. "But this happens – it's tennis and it's normal.
Svitolina moves on the semi-finals where she will face Garbine Muguruza, who defeated Venus Williams 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
.@GarbiMuguruza secures the last spot in @InteBNLdItalia Semifinals!
The second semi-final sees Madrid champion Simona Halep take on Kiki Bertens.


East Midlands Conference Center…. Again!!!
Drive down from Manchester and get on site nice early, wait for the days workshops etc to finish, then quickly get in & set-up before they all come back in again for their meal and awards. This is then followed by me making them dance the night away. Always a good crowd, always a great night.
It was lovely, but as usual there was not enough time to dance the night away.
Finally, if you are having Corporate event and would like a dedicated DJ to make sure your staff are taken care of for the night, then please get in touch. If you can let us know your date & venue of your event. Will let you about availability and prices.


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We are again calling on all involved in the club to please pay their membership fees as soon as possible. Contact Margaret Hayes, Michael Shanahan or any club officer to pay same. You are not covered by insurance until membership is paid. Adult players 50 euro, U18 10 euro, Non player 25 euro.
U/21 (B) Football.
Our U/21 footballers play the Cappawhite/Solohead combo in Dundrum @ 12.30pm on Sunday next. We would ask players to be in attendance @ 11.45 Your support for this young team would be greatly appreciated.
Keep up to date with club happenings on our website www.kdkickhams.tipperary.gaa.ie
Kickham gearbags now in stock.
Kickham Gear bags, togs and socks are available in all sizes from juvenile to adult and can be purchased from Sean Breen at 062-71131 /087 -2646441 or Paddy Fitzgerald @ 087-9370958.
HOSPICE FUNDRAISER.
Dundrum House Hotel and Friends present their 10th Annual Hospice Fundraiser on Sunday the 18th of March in Dundrum House Hotel, featuring soloist Susan Corcoran, followed by dancing to the popular Silver Dollar band. Doors opening @ 7.30pm and finger food will be served. Admission is 25 euro. Tickets can be purchased from Paddy Ryan (087) 9219297, William Fryday, Billy and Bernadette Shanahan, Austin and Mary Crowe or Dundrum House Hotel ph:062-71116.
DAFFODIL DAY 2012
The Irish Cancer Society "Daffodil Day" will take place on Friday 23rd March.
€2,025 was raised in this area last year and we thank you for your generosity.
As in previous years, we are appealing for collectors for the day. We really do need more helpers. A little time goes a long way! Funds are needed now more than ever to continue the marvellous work undertaken by the hospice teams. Please support in any way that you can. For further information please contact Kay on 087-7999279.
This year I would like to remember one of our most valued supporters, Philomena Grene, of Grene Park , Dundrum. Philomena sadly passed away on the 31st of October last year. May she rest in peace. Each and every year for the past 24, I would return home, on the eve of daffodil day, to buckets of fresh daffodils outside my door. Even when Philomena was unable to be out and about she always had someone else willing to carry on the tradition for her and the flowers have never failed to be there for me.
Philomena was, for many years, an active member of Tipperary & District Flower & Garden Club and had many winning entries in the annual Tipperary Show. Philomena will be greatly missed by all
her friends. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a ainm dilís.
KNOCKAVILLA COMMUNITY COUNCIL NOTES.
Quiz.
The Annual primary schools table quiz will this year take place in the Community Hall Knockavilla on friday night February 24th at 7.30pm. As with previous years, the two categories will be pupils from 3rd and 4th class which will compete for the Community Council shield, while pupils from 5th and 6th class will compete for the Michael Breen perpetual trophy.
This table quiz has attracted a huge amount of entrants from all the schools in the area, and it goes from strength to strength in it`s popularity. We look forward to the usual strong support from our local schools, and the committee would encourage parents to ensure their children have their teams sorted before the night. Teams of 4 is still only 12 euro. Refreshments will be available to any parents who wish to remain in the hall while the quiz goes ahead.
KNOCKAVILLA DONASKEIGH YOUTH CLUB
Youth club will not be going ahead on Fri the 24th as previously arranged as table quiz is on that evening in the Community hall. We will be back the 9th of March. New members and volunteers remain welcome.
SOUTH TIPPERARY COUNTY COUNCIL;
Graveyard fees.
The County Council wish to announce that the purchase price of a grave space in the new graveyard in Knockavilla for the year 2012 is now E794.50 incl VAT.


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This module sets the scene for working successfully with Aboriginal families. The skills required to build rapport with Aboriginal families involve the demonstration of respect and understanding for cultural values and history, and the use of reflective practice to review decisions and actions at work. The module explores how to use these skills to develop professional relationships with women and families, supported by an understanding of the determinants of Aboriginal health and wellbeing.
Accessing this Module
This is one of four modules within the 'Learning Path – Strengthening Foundations', that supports the development of health professionals working with Aboriginal clients and communities.
To access the learning path:
Log in to My Health Learning.
In the Catalogue field in the top left corner select Search and then type 'Strengthening Foundations.' Click the Search button.
The search results are displayed. Click 'Learning Path - Strengthening Foundations'.
The course is displayed in a new screen. Scroll to the bottom of the screen to see the four modules. Select the Module you wish to undertake. Click the Play button to launch the module.
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Das Holt-Oram-Syndrom – auch (vereinfachend) als atriodigitale Dysplasie bezeichnet – zählt zu den sogenannten Herz-Hand-Syndromen.

Es ist eine autosomal-dominant vererbte Besonderheit auf der Grundlage einer Genmutation, die durch Fehlbildungen des Daumens (Triphalangealer Daumen) oder der Speiche (Klumphand) und des Herzens (häufig Vorhofseptum- und Ventrikelseptumdefekte) gekennzeichnet ist.

Erstbeschreibung erfolgte 1960 durch die britische Kinderärztin Mary Holt und den Kardiologen Samuel Oram.

Auftretenshäufigkeit
Das Syndrom tritt vergleichsweise selten auf, die durchschnittliche Auftretenshäufigkeit liegt bei etwa 1:100.000, wobei es in 85 % der Fälle sporadisch aufgrund einer Neumutation entsteht.

Ursache
Ursache des Holt-Oram-Syndroms sind genetische Mutationen im Genort 12q23-24.1 (TBX5) auf Chromosom 12, die bei 30 bis 70 von 100 Menschen mit dem Syndrom gefunden werden.
Wahrscheinlich können auch Besonderheiten in anderen Genen die gleiche Symptomatik hervorrufen.

Es besteht eine Assoziation mit dem Dreigliedriger Daumen-Polysyndaktylie-Syndrom.

Differenzialdiagnose
Das Holt-Oram-Syndrom wird oft fehldiagnostiziert. Wichtig ist die Unterscheidung vom Okihiro-Syndrom (verursacht durch Besonderheiten im Gen SALL4 auf Chromosom 20). Hier liegen dieselben Armfehlbildungen und gelegentlich auch Herzfehler vor. Menschen mit dem Okihiro-Syndrom zeigen aber oft eine Duane-Anomalie, also eine besondere Form des Schielens, bei der man nicht nach außen sehen kann, Nierenfehlbildungen und/oder eine falsche Position der Nieren, dazu noch Hörstörungen, Ohrfehlbildungen und auch Fußfehlbildungen.

Andere Besonderheiten mit sehr ähnlicher Symptomatik sind das Thrombozytopenie-Absent-Radius-Syndrom (TAR) (hier sind die Daumen immer erhalten, der Radius fehlt aber und die Thrombozytenzahl ist niedriger als üblich) und die Fanconi-Anämie (hier liegt eine besondere Brüchigkeit der Chromosomen vor sowie eine Tumorneigung).

Abzugrenzen ist auch das Pallister-Hall-Syndrom.

Prognose
Die Lebenserwartung von Menschen mit dem Holt-Oram-Syndrom ist im Allgemeinen nicht herabgesetzt; wobei es hier vor allem auf die Art und die Behandelbarkeit des Herzfehlers ankommt. Therapeutisch von Bedeutung sind die Korrektur des Herzfehlers sowie Korrekturen der Fehlbildungen der Extremitäten.

Literatur
 B. Leiber: Die klinischen Syndrome. Syndrome, Sequenzen und Symptomenkomplexe. Herausgegeben von G. Burg, J. Kunze, D. Pongratz, P. G. Scheurlen, A. Schinzel, J. Spranger. 7. Auflage. Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1990, ISBN 3-541-01727-9, S. 322.

Weblinks
 Artikel zum Holt-Oram-Syndrom (auf Englisch)
 GeneReviews (auf Englisch)

Literatur
 R. Witkowski, O. Prokop, E. Ullrich, G. Thiel: Lexikon der Syndrome und Fehlbildungen. 7. Auflage. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-44305-3, S. 542 f.

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Erbkrankheit
Krankheitsbild in der Kinderheilkunde
Krankheitsbild in der Kinderkardiologie


Hops and Vines U-Brew has been a part of the 100 Mile House community since 1990. Its newest owner, Judy Scarrow, took over the business in 2011 and is proud to continue helping local residents brew their own wine, beer, coolers and ciders.
Judy has had four decades of business ownership experience as well as a keen interest in u-brew. It was a combination that would drive her to purchase the established business, noting that "there is no better way to experience it than owning it!" After two years in business Judy has helped hundreds of locals learn about the art of wine and beer-making and, hopefully, have fun while doing it.
Owner Judy Scarrow works hard to ensure that all of the ingredients that go into the wines, beers, ciders and coolers produced on site are of the highest quality. Whether you brew in-store or at home, only excellent ingredients produce a truly tasteful finished product.
Judy subscribes to the idea that communities, particularly isolated northern ones, like 100 Mile House, should strive for self-sufficiency. The support of local residents, she states, will help to ensure that new business comes, old business stays, and ultimately the town will have everything that its residents need. She is grateful for her customers at Hops and Vines U-Brew, noting that she has been very well-received since taking over the business.
Judy is excited and hopeful for the future of business and life in 100 Mile House, thanks to all of its wonderful businesses, services, natural and human resources. Judy is an avid golfer and gets out on the local courses as often as she's able. She also appreciates the abundance of nature that surrounds 100 Mile House and likes to fish and camp in the summer time.


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Car cruise to collect toys for Christmas
Karen Pasco
Invercargill car enthusiast Bren Mathers is all set to take part in the Southern Grilles and Gasoline Santa Cruz tomorrow night.
The Santa Cruz cars will start from Thames St and follow the route marked on the map.
INVERCARGILL woman Bren Mathers knows exactly what it's like to need the support of Women's Refuge.
So she had no hesitation putting her hand up to take part in the Southern Grilles and Gasoline Santa Cruz, collecting toys for children in the organisation's care.
"The Women's Refuge that's huge to me because I've been in that situation in the past. It's even more special."
Tomorrow, members of Southern Grilles and Gasoline will cruise the streets of Invercargill, starting from Thames St at 6pm, collecting toys.
Last year, about 100 cars took part in the event and it was hoped at least that many would turn out again to make Christmas a little bit special for families who may need a little bit of help especially after the past two years, Ms Mathers said.
"We know there are a lot of families that are struggling and we know it triggers a lot of stress, so there's probably a lot more people needing help than there would normally be."
Organiser Jason Pope said he hoped Invercargill residents would show their generosity by donating a new toy which could then be given to Women's Refuge to distribute.
Each car in the cruise will bring a toy with them to donate and the plan is for all the cars to gather in Thames St before parading around the wider Invercargill suburban streets putting on a mobile car show for the community.
"Although we can't travel every street in town, we intend to make this accessible to as many as possible."
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