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AppRadioLIVE is Pioneer's latest AppRadio compatible app (iOS only) that puts your connected lifestyle in your dashboard. Things like local event information, maps, traffic, and music are included in the app.
One feature which was also included was a notifications sidebar which put all your notifications in one place, allowing you to view them without leaving the app. Unfortunately the feature didn't quite work as advertised. Not anymore though.
AppRadioLIVE has been updated to fix the notification bug. Some other bugs have also been fixed. Read our full review of AppRadioLIVE with screenshots and dashboard pictures.
Link to download: AppRadioLIVE from the App Store.


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'US sanctions on Rab not punishment, rather a warning' Over 2cr people in Bangladesh using renewable energy: Nasrul Hamid HC allows Evaly to withdraw Tk 2.35cr to run operations There's no 'if', AL candidate will win: Shamim Osman 10 Minute School raises $2m seed funding Covid positivity rate 28% in Ctg, cases highest in 5 months No monga in Rangpur region after AL came to power: PM Djokovic 'extremely disappointed' with cancellation of visa 50% votes cast at poll centre in Siddhirganj in over 5hrs Job seekers demanding raising govt job age limit block Nilkhet intersection Voters facing difficulty with EVMs slowing things down GM Quader tests positive for Covid-19 No health rules being followed at poll centres No agent for Taimur at 9 polling centres out of 45 Boat will win: Ivy
Cops foil CPB, BSD attempt to lay siege to secretariat
Star Online Report
Mon Aug 31, 2015 02:50 PM Last update on: Mon Aug 31, 2015 03:05 PM
Law enforcers foil leftist political parties' CPB, BSD attempt to lay siege to secretariat protesting the government's decision to increase gas and electricity prices. Star file photo of Bangladesh Secretariat
Police today foiled two leftist parties' attempt to lay siege to the Secretariat, protesting the government's decision to increase gas and electricity prices.
Around 150 leaders and activists of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) gathered in front of the Jatiya Press Club to surround the secretariat around 11:00am.
As they started towards the Secretariat, police intercepted them near the No. 5 gate of the secretariat building.
Later, they held a rally in front of the gate and issued an ultimatum to the government to cut down the price of gas and power after holding a mass hearing on the issue.
To press home their demand, the parties would organise a sit-in in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on September 8 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, they said at a rally held near the Gate no. 5 of the Secretariat this morning.
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on August 27 announced a new tariff structure for gas and power.
"The prices are increased at such a time when oil prices are already low internationally and those who generate electricity and distribute gas are cashing profit, therefore this move by the government is illegal," BSD General Secretary Khalequzzaman told reporters.
The protesters will organise tougher movement if the government fails to meet their demand, he said.
"Transport fares and prices of daily commodities go up as the tariff hikes take effect, which is inhumane," Khalequzzaman said.
Under the new rates, which take effect on September 1, households using a single burner will have to pay 50 percent more with the monthly gas price going up to 600 from Tk 400. For double burner users, the tariff has been raised to Tk 650 from Tk 450 a month.
Average retail power tariff rises by 2.93 percent to TK 6.33 kilowatt-hour unit from Tk 6.15.
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গোলযোগ হয়নি, ভেতরে ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং হয়েছে কি না দেখতে হবে: তৈমূর
নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটি করপোরেশন নির্বাচনে স্বতন্ত্র মেয়র প্রার্থী তৈমূর আলম খন্দকার বলেছেন যে আজকের নির্বাচনে গোলযোগ হয়নি। তবে ভেতরে কোনো ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং হয়েছে কি না, তা দেখতে হবে।
নৌকার প্রার্থী হারবে না, যদি বলে কোনো কথা নেই: শামীম ওসমান

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This post from The City Fix looks at various efforts to increase communication between transit riders and transit providers in Chicago.
For example, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning has a communications tool that gives residents a voice in the long-range planning of transportation in the region.
"The tool that CMAP uses for public input, called MetroQuest, recognizes that in developing long-term plans to anticipate the influx of 2.8 million residents to northeastern Illinois by 2030, it is essential that residents of the region have a voice in how plans are formulated. Targeted education to various demographics in the region is one of the key components of public engagement. Users can access the participatory planning site here. It is informative and provides options for residents to give input on the region's development, design, transportation, planning, energy, quality of life and even governance."


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Head of the Class (1986)
Head of the Class is an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network. The series follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program at the fictional Monroe High School in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore. The program was ostensibly a vehicle for Hesseman, best known for his role as radio DJ Dr. Johnny Fever in the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. Hesseman left Head of the Class in 1990 and was replaced by Billy Connolly as teacher Billy MacGregor for the final season. After the series ended, Connolly appeared in a short-lived spin-off titled Billy. The series was created and executive produced by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias. Rich Eustis had previously worked as a New York City substitute teacher while hoping to become an actor.
Rich Eustis
Michael DeLorenzo
Rain Pryor
Jeannetta Arnette
Khrystyne Haje
Release Date: Wed, Sep 17, 1986
Alex Torres
Theola June 'T.J.' Jones
Billy MacGregor
Bernadette Meara
Simone Foster
Kimberly Russell
Sarah Nevins
Jasper Kwong
Dan Frischman
Arvid Engen
Brian Robbins
Eric Mardian
Dan Schneider
Dennis Blunden
Tony O'Dell
Alan Pinkard
Darlene Merriman
De'voreaux White
Aristotle McKenzie
Lara Piper
Viki Amory
William G. Schilling
Dr. Harold Samuels
Episode 1: Where's Charlie? (Sep 11, 1990)
Charlie doesn't return for the new school year and the Kids are wondering where's Charlie? Charlie found an acting gig and left and now the students have a new teacher, Billy MacGregor.
Episode 2: Getting Personal (Oct 09, 1990)
Billy tries the personals ads.
Episode 3: Twelve Angry Nerds (Sep 18, 1990)
When Alan is caught cheating, Billy has the class act as a jury to decide his punishment.
Episode 4: And Then There Were None (Oct 02, 1990)
Arvid's infectious flu may keep the class from performing in a Shakespeare competition.
Episode 5: The Heartbreak Nerd (Sep 25, 1990)
Arvid goes out with gorgeous Viki.
Episode 6: Napoleon Blown Apart (Oct 16, 1990)
Inspired by his French class, Eric goes to ""find himself"" in Paris.
Episode 7: Billy's Big One (Oct 23, 1990)
Billy fakes a heart attack to circumvent a health-insurance bureaucrasy; the IHP girls try writing a romance novel.
Episode 8: Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors (1) (Oct 30, 1990)
After Billy is robbe, he has the class write papers on gun control, leading Arvid to a harrowing experience when he buys a gun for the assignment. (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 9: Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors (2) (Nov 06, 1990)
Bully Zach may have Arvid's missing gun. (Part 2 of 2)
Episode 10: Fillmore vs. Billy Jean's (Nov 13, 1990)
The IHP class behaves obnoxiously when their bus breaks down at a rural truck stop.
Episode 11: Be My Baby . . . Sitter (Oct 20, 1990)
Jasper's overprotective parents hire a babysitter for him -- and to his mortification, it turns out to be Sarah.
Episode 12: Dancing Fools (Nov 27, 1990)
Billy and Bernadette take dance lessons at the studio where Alex teaches, and where he's pursued by a woman.
Episode 13: My Son the Primate (Dec 04, 1990)
Arvid trains a chimp at his part-time pet store job and, rather than let it be sold, hides it in the classroom.
Episode 14: The Importance of Being Alex (Dec 11, 1990)
Simone's reputation suffers when Alex lies to his friends about a romance with her.
Episode 15: Viki's Torn Genes (Dec 18, 1990)
At Christmas, Billy helps Viki find her birth mother, but the woman doesn't want to see her.
Episode 16: The Last Waltz (Jan 08, 1991)
T.J. turns down Aristotle's invitation to the senior prom.
Episode 17: Most Likely to Be Forgotten (Jan 15, 1991)
The kids work on their yearbook, with Eric beginning to regret not having participated more extracurricularly.
Episode 18: The Strange Case of Randy McNally (May 28, 1991)
To save Dennis after a prank, Billy creates a fictional student -- who apparently gets the MIT scholarship Dennis wanted.
Episode 19: My Dinner With Darlene (Jun 04, 1991)
Darlene promises to treat the class to an elaborate farewell dinner, but then finds her credit card revoked.
Episode 20: The Phantom of the Glee Club (Jun 11, 1991)
The class learns T.J. is more than just a contemporary-style musician when Billy discovers her operatic talent.
Episode 21: It Couldn't Last Forever (1) (Jun 18, 1991)
With a wrecking ball ready to demolish the school, the IHP class waits to fund out who's to be valedictorian. (Part 1 of 2)
The IHP class graduates, with T.J. as valedictorian. (Part 2 of 2, and series finale)
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The Joey Bishop Show
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CYZ Board Succession
Posted 23rd January 2023 by Fiona Fergus
Carlisle Youth Zone (CYZ) extends a warm welcome to Professor Julie Mennell DL as new Trustee and Chair Designate as part of Board succession planning at the Charity.
The role of Chair at CYZ has been held by Chris Holmes DL since 2013, during which time the Charity has reached in excess of 11,500 young people aged 7 – 25yrs. As part of succession planning for the conclusion of his 10-year tenure, Chris and the Board of Trustee's, alongside newly appointed Chief Executive Caroline Taylor-Beswick, are delighted to welcome Professor Julie Mennell DL to take forwards this pivotal role from April 2023.
Chris comments, "it has been a huge privilege to hold the role of Chair for Carlisle Youth Zone over the last 10 years, and I am so proud to have seen first-hand the enormous difference the work of the charity makes for young people in Carlisle. As we commence 2023, I know that work has never been more needed, with increasing numbers of young people coming to access the fun, support and opportunities our dedicated team provide. And that's why over the last year we have been preparing carefully for leadership succession, including setting 5 new strategic priorities, appointing a new Chief Executive, and securing the support of a new Chair, all of which place the organisation in a robust position to continue to respond to young people's needs in the years ahead. I am delighted to be able to welcome Professor Mennell to the Board of Trustee's, and know her knowledge, experience and dedication to young people will make a significant contribution to the Charities ongoing development".
Professor Julie Mennell DL is Vice Chancellor at the University of Cumbria. A mathematics and physics graduate with a PhD in Applied Physics. In April 2022 Julie was appointed as one of six new Deputy Lieutenants for the county of Cumbria and is Co-chair of Cumbria LEP's People, Employment & Skills Strategy Group.
On why she was keen to volunteer and join the Board, Julie comments "I am delighted to be joining Carlisle Youth Zone as Chair of the board. I thank Chris for all he has done for CYZ, and the thousands of Carlisle's young people that have come through its doors, during his ten-years as Chair. He leaves a tremendous legacy.
"Our young people deserve our time, care and encouragement, not least in these difficult times for so many. Together with other youth organisations across Carlisle and Cumbria, CYZ provides this support and so much more, helping and encouraging our young people to grow their confidence and to realise their huge potential.
"This commitment to our young people and the communities they are part of, resonates with me personally as well as professionally and I look forward to joining CYZ, Caroline and the team, to play my small role, alongside so many member organisations and ambassadors, in growing CYZ's reach and impact further."
Julie is set to join the Board this month as Chair Designate, operating alongside Chris over a transition period. Also joining as a new Trustee this month is Neil McIntyre, Managing Director at Kingmoor Park. Neil is part of the CYZ Business Ambassadors Group, who are a dedicated group of people connected to businesses within the CYZ Patron Family, and who go even further in assisting the Charity with spreading awareness of the work they do and securing much needed support.
CYZ is a charity which opened in 2011 with the objective of supporting young people's personal, social and educational development. They do this by giving young people from diverse backgrounds access to incredible facilities 6 nights a week, in a vibrant, purpose-built space packed with engaging activities, and the opportunity to make friends, develop new skills, unlock their potential and have fun.
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Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) include Pioglitazone and Rosiglitazone and they are indicated in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. They are insulin sensitizers and are metabolised primarily by CYP2C8 enzyme. The drugs inhibiting or inducing CYP2C8 enzyme may result in pharmacokinetic drug interactions of TZDs. The probability of drug interactions is higher in type 2 diabetic patients as they administer many medications to manage blood glucose and to treat other diseases. Clinically significant drug interactions of TZDs are discussed in this review.
The literature review was done in databases like Medline/PubMed/PMC, Science Direct, Google scholar, Directory of open access journals (DOAJ), and reference lists to identify relevant articles.
The drugs inhibiting the CYP2C8 enzyme such as Gemfibrozil, Clopidogrel, Trimethoprim, Ketoconazole and Rifampicin have been identified to affect the pharmacokinetics of TZDs.
The clinicians need to be aware of adverse drug interactions of TZDs to prevent negative outcomes.
Key words: Drug interactions; Thiazolidinedione antidiabetics; Pioglitazone; Rosiglitazone; CYP2C8; CYP2C9.


IT was a busy afternoon at the third Black Forest Lodge fixture of the season with a total of 83 runners contesting the seven races.
Byerley Bear extended his unbeaten run to four this season with a fluent success over Mobaasher and Numbercruncher in the Ladies' Open in the hands of Leanda Tickle. Nine-year-old Byerley Bear evidently relishes soft ground, and is currently the leading point-to-pointer in the country. Jumping soundly, the tough chestnut drew right away in the closing stages to land the AGA sponsored prize.
Byerley Bear was giving his Thorverton based trainer Robert Chanin his eighth winner of the season. This quickly became nine as the progressive youngster Welstonedruid, owned by Andrew and Sue Knox, stayed on strongly to notch his third win of the season in the Intermediate with the trainer's son Ian in the saddle. "This horse is so lazy at home but he stays and gallops on the racecourse which is what really matters," explained the trainer.
Iron Chancellor followed up his Wadebridge victory four weeks ago with a solid performance to take a good quality Confined event. Sue Popham trains this former winning chaser for the Harperswood Partnership at West Buckland near Taunton.
Iron Chancellor's successful rider Michael Legg went close to scoring a double for the same yard in the 16-runner Men's Open, but his mount Swansbrook could not quite peg back the front running Nobby Kivambo. The winner is owned by Jason Warner and trained by his jockey Mark Wall, and had travelled from the Cotswold Vale Farmers country. Nobby Kivambo kept pulling out a bit more after looking vulnerable jumping the third last. "I have had him since he was two years old and he kept going up in the handicap when he was with Brendan Powell under rules. We will stick to point-to-points now," commented the owner, who is joint master of his local hunt.
Level Spirit came back from a two year break to win the Restricted at 10-1 under Robbie Henderson. Although described on the race card as 14-years-old, Level Spirit is only nine. The HeronIsland gelding won his Maiden in Ireland but was injured on his first run in this country. "We thought he may have needed the run today," said his Ottery St Mary based trainer Ed Walker.
Despite a few drizzly outbursts it was fine during the afternoon despite the odd rainbow appearing over the Devon skyline. The ground was proving quite tiring however by the time the concluding maiden races took place. Given a patient ride by Matt Hampton, Thetalkinghorse came through to lead at the third last to score in his division. The well bred six-year-old is trained by Keith Cumings at Bishops Nympton, and is owned jointly by Hannah Broggio and Janet Cumings. "We got him at the Derby sales in Ireland two years ago and he is still learning," said the trainer.
The Glamorgan gelding Canshetrain was heavily backed in the other division, but was pulled up after racing keenly early on. The prize still found its way over the SevernBridge however thanks to Bob the Butcher who was having only his second race in the colours of David Brace. Bradley Gibbs sent Bob the Butcher clear round the final bend to score easily, but it may pay to keep an eye on the placed horses Way Before Dawn and Gift of Dreams who each finished with a flourish.
There seemed little sense in opposing BYERLEY BEAR (4-7 touched 4-6) in the Ladies' Open, but there was a gamble on ISLAND LIFE who was backed into 3-1 from an opening show of 8's. This appeared to be optimistic since Island Life had been beaten out of sight behind Byerley Bear at the Silverton. . In the event he finished fourth behind the favourite this time, with Mobaasher (runner up) providing an action replay of the Silverton result.
UN AMI had created a favourable impression in his two English points after showing promise in France. This good looking grey was always tight in the Restricted betting and 11-10 on soon became 6-4 on. He got very tired in the sticky ground and was probably feeling the effects of his recent exertions when his young rider pulled him up before the last. He deserves another chance in similar company.
There was good support for DANDAN (6's to 4's) and GEORGE REID (14's to 10's) in the Restricted, with GEORGE REID and Nick Williams doing their best to shake up the eventual winner LEVEL SPIRIT who was easy to back at 10-1.
Although the punters struck first with IRON CHANCELLOR (5-2 into 2's) the bookies came off best in the afternoon with only two winning favourites out of seven.
Saturday 8th February, Western Point-To-Point, Wadebridge.


What is this information telling me?
Are there contradictions here? Why?
Is this believable? Am I finding it unbelievable because I am making assumptions which aren't correct? Is there other evidence to support this?
Does the person I interviewed agree with the conclusions I'm reaching?
Change your mind and start again!
After your interviews or focus group you might feel as if you've just tipped open the box holding a 2000 piece jigsaw – so many pieces of information! How does it all link up to make a picture? How do you even start to put it together?
Well, just follow these steps.
Before you begin your analysis, remind yourself of the purpose of the interviews or focus groups. The information you need might be quite limited−which means you don't have to do a lengthy or detailed analysis–or you might be doing research, in which case you might want to capture every piece of information.
If you were doing a large scale research project you would then transcribe your audio-tape, writing down everything that was said. This is time consuming (and unless you have students or volunteers to help it is therefore expensive). It has been estimated that each hour of interviewing takes at the very least two hours to transcribe in this way.
An appropriate 'work-around' is to listen to the recording with your notes in front of you, and make additional notes of anything you missed that you think important.
Now you have to sort your notes into categories, or themes. You do this by deciding what is significant. You might decide something is significant because it's been repeated to you often or you might have only heard it once, but it's significant because it's a really important insight or piece of information.
Start by reading through your notes.
Look for the big ideas that come up through the discussions. Write these down as headings. Re-read your notes and put dot points under each heading of all the issues/concerns/details that have been talked about that fit under the heading. It doesn't matter if things fit under a few headings – you can make a final decision where they go later.
Hint: Ideally the person who did the interviewing or facilitated the focus group should do this analysis.
After you have sorted everything out, look at it all again. You will probably decide it all needs resorting. This is your brain analysing and re-analysing the information, creating connections and making sense of patterns. You might have put a whole lot of notes or quotes into a category called 'cost of living problems' and then noticed that there is a lot of information specifically about transport. So you might decide to split the information into 'transport problems' and 'other cost of living problems'.
When you have done this you have analysed your information.
I had $15 a day to meet the daily needs of me and my three children. I rang and said I was desperate and they gave me an emergency appointment but there was no way I could get there.
You can describe the information more generally, such as 'a theme noted in focus groups on our crisis service was that lack of transport was a major problem for people trying to get to our service'.
It's not appropriate to report the results in a numerical way, that is, you can't say '70% of the focus group participants reported that…'.
Add summary statements at the beginning of each theme, and conclusion statements at the end that sum up the content.
You are now ready to put it all together and report on it.
You need to write up the information, or data, from your interviews or focus groups in a report. Start by working out the order in which you want to report on things, and what you have concluded from listening to the information. The first section has to be called 'methodology'. This is where you explain how and when you collected the information.


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This Article is Every Creature Type at All Times
Posted in Feature on November 21, 2007
By Doug Beyer
Bio Archive
Senior creative designer on Magic's creative team and lover of writing and worldbuilding. Doug blogs about Magic flavor and story at http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/
Time is not running out for Lorwyn.
There is no ultimate struggle for survival there, and Lorwyn's very existence does not hang in the balance.
Actually, it's a pretty nice place to be. No countdown to disaster. No supervillain secretly pulling the strings. No sadistic killer leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. No gruesome monsters lurking—
—well, the plane does have its mysteries and secrets. There are, I admit, deep truths about Lorwyn that have yet to surface. But the point is that these secrets are not going to destroy the plane in a cataclysm of evil. As I've mentioned earlier, Lorwyn is a purposeful departure from the strife and multiverse-threatening plotlines of the Time Spiral block and others. The tone is lighter and the scale is smaller.
Which brings us to changelings.
It was late in set design, and Lorwyn needed a race of shapeshifters.
One of the design goals of the Lorwyn set was that it feel even more tribal than any set before it, that tribal interactions should fire off all over the place and make tribal feel like the main thing you had to pay attention to. One powerful way to meet that goal is to fill the set with creatures that count as more than one type. Onslaught did this, for example—it had creatures that were both Grassland Crusader, or both Spined Basher, at the same time, allowing those creatures to be in either tribal deck and to activate either kind of whatever tribal combo you were trying to pull off.
With the eight main races in place (Kithkin, Merfolk, Goblins, Elementals, Elves, Faeries, Giants, and Treefolk), it didn't make sense to us on the creative team for there to be cards that had more than one of those types. The two-race trick just wasn't going to cut it here. Tons of work had already been done to define the look of the eight races, and we liked how they expressed Lorwyn's feeling of a storybook world inspired by European folklore. There were no classic faerie tales about Treefolk Goblins or Merfolk Elves—a lot of the combinations didn't make any kind of sense. (Hi, Gaea's Skyfolk! What exactly was up with your parents? I know, I know, Apocalypse was a crazy time. Coalitions came together, people hooked up, strange bedfellows—I get it. But I've been meaning to ask you—you're an Elf and a Merfolk. Why can you fly?)
Even if we had been willing to do a few oddball Faerie Elves or whatnot, it was clear from development that there would need to be a lot of creatures with multiple creature types for it to be relevant to gameplay.
Note that I was part of the Lorwyn development team. So I was kind of divided mind about this issue—the development needs of the set on the one hand, and Creative's goals on the other. My internal dialogue went sort of like this.
DeveloperDoug What about some Faerie Goblins? That would really help trigger more tribal interactions in Limited black decks.
CreativeDoug No way! Faeries are tiny, cliquish, insectoid flyers and boggarts are brutish goblinoids with big teeth. They're totally different things. And they don't date.
DeveloperDoug Hmm. What about a Giant Kithkin? Heh.
CreativeDoug Har har. No. And anyway, "Giant" isn't used that way—it's its own type, not a descriptor. Giant Spider doesn't count as a Giant, etc.
DeveloperDoug Fine, but Limited could really use a bunch of creatures that triggered multiple tribal combos. It's very important to the set.
CreativeDoug Okay. We'll figure something out. So what is this, IRC?
DeveloperDoug LOL
In Onslaught Block, the mistform creatures aided tribal play even more flexibly than creatures with two or more tribal-relevant creature types. If you needed to Voice of the Woods or Cabal Archon, you could use a Mistform creature to pull off the trick. It was looking like the set needed some creatures like the Mistforms—but across all five colors.
In the creative team, we knew this problem was not going to be solved by a few strange race hybrids. When it came down to it, we needed a whole new race, something that would do the job similar to the Mistforms. What would they be like?
Design and development were beginning to hammer out what these creatures would be like. One of the first attempts at defining them was an ability that would cause the creature to take on all the creature types of the other creatures in play. That sounded like a shapeshifter.
But that brought up what I'm calling the Shapeshifter Problem.
The Shapeshifter Problem isn't a problem with shapeshifters themselves, or shapeshifters in Magic. Magic loves shapeshifters—the game is riddled with examples of them, both with and without the Shapeshifter type. Transforming from one form to another is a time-honored fantasy trope—in fact, personal transformation is a fundamental part of the concept of magic (little "m") itself. A magician changes his lovely assistant into a tiger. The full moon changes a mild-mannered villager into a slavering werewolf. A kiss changes a frog into a prince. All of these transformations are typical of what we think of as magic, and all are perfectly at home in Magic. In essence, they're all examples of shapeshifters doing their thing.
But in a story, shapeshifting is a particularly powerful literary device. Whenever you introduce the capability of a character to change forms, the range of possible actions for that character deepens dramatically. If you're building a story about a pleasant little world, and you add in some problems to get in the way of your protagonist, and then you introduce the ability of some characters to shapeshift, suddenly every problem in your story looks like a job for shapeshifting. Shapeshifting becomes the skeleton key—the whole story becomes about it. Either the protagonist can shapeshift, and he cleverly uses the ability to fool the bad guys and overcome his problems, or the bad guy can shapeshift, and he uses it to fool the protagonist and generate the conflict. This is what I'm calling the Shapeshifter Problem—introduce shapeshifting ability into your setting, and your setting tends to become all about shapeshifting.
And we didn't want the Lorwyn setting to be all about shapeshifters.
Remember, Lorwyn is an idyllic, storybook setting. There's no House Dimir here, deviously sending assassins to wax VIPs and assume their forms using doppelganger magic. There are no body snatchers that secretly turn your loved ones into evil clones, no Great Ancient Evil that is behind the scenes puppeteering everything. We worried that introducing a race of shapeshifters to Lorwyn would turn the setting's lighthearted feel way too dark, and spoil the tone we were going for. Tales of Lorwyn should be rustic fables, not supernatural thrillers about identity theft.
So how do you make a shapeshifter that doesn't take over the setting? You make it an obvious—and obviously not devious—shapeshifter.
As a shot at a solution, Magic art director (and, once upon a time, Magic concept illustrator) Jeremy Jarvis drew this:
Concept sketch by Jeremy Jarvis
The changeling was born.
In folklore, fairies sometimes steal human children away from their families, leaving behind a fairy child in its place (somewhat like a mother cuckoo laying her eggs in another bird's nest). The fairy child left in the human child's place is called a changeling. In the stories, this is definitely not a trade-up—this is not like the Kents inheriting a lawful good alien from Krypton. The changeling usually grows up to be ugly and badly tempered, and the family is heartbroken over the loss of their true and beloved child.
Our use of the word "changeling" is different—it is closer to meaning "creature that constantly changes" rather than "creature that was exchanged." But we liked how "changeling" already appeared in the same source material we were consulting for the rest of Lorwyn's world-building (the legends and myths of the British Isles).
Lorwyn changelings do not substitute themselves for the children of other races, but a faerie or boggart might pull such a prank on an unsuspecting kithkin mother at times.
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Crib Swap art by Brandon Dorman
The changelings of Lorwyn are a race of semi-intelligent humanoids who involuntarily change their shape into that of the creatures around them. They have childlike expressions and translucent, blue-green bodies. Their magical bodies transform reflexively, like the skin of chameleons or octopuses.
Changelings are skilled at mimicry, but they're far from devious or deceptive. Changelings are obvious. No matter what shape a changeling takes, it always has its characteristic opalescent sheen and its translucent "Gummi Bear" look to it. They can't use their transformation abilities to their own advantage, because they automatically adapt to whatever forms are near them. You never look at a creature in Lorwyn and wonder, "Is that really a shapeshifter in disguise?" because you can always tell.
Changelings have no culture per se. They don't have technology or art. When they speak, it's incoherent parroting. They are creatures of high magic, but they don't have the intellectual wherewithal to forge an agenda as a race.
Changelings can be found all over Lorwyn, in every kind of terrain. They have no proper homeland, but they are associated with a mysterious cavern called Velis Vel, which the card Shimmering Grotto represents. Here's an excerpt from the Lorwyn style guide about it:
There are no notable changeling individuals; they are indistinguishable from each other by anyone other than themselves. The only notable changeling place is Velis Vel Grotto, a place known only to a few merrows. The Grotto is a subterranean cavern through which an underwater stream flows. The cavern's walls are encrusted with quartz crystal. Once a year Lorwyn's sun shines down through a small hole at the top of the Grotto, and it lights up like a disco ball. Changelings are biologically drawn to the Grotto at this time, like salmon swimming upstream to their spawning beds. It's the time of year during which most changelings are created. When the sun passes over the hole and Velis Vel goes dim, the changelings disperse.
As Lorwyn design and development continued, the most logical way to word the changeling ability (as it came to be called) was to match Mistform Ultimus. This change had a flavor impact—the flavor of changelings as mimics of everything near them no longer matched the mechanics precisely. We thought about trying to match the mechanic more closely; we could have let changelings be crazed amalgams that have parts of all creature types all the time. But we already had greater elementals in this setting looking like surreal fusions of animal elements, and trying to cram everything into the look of one creature would have—well, sucked. The visual result would have been very unsatisfying. Besides, the art can only show a freeze-frame—even a second of animation is unrepresentable on a card. The temptation was to think of changelings as a roiling mass of constantly-changing shapes, but you just can't show "roiling"—especially in thirteen different ways across the set. So Jeremy's changeling design, with slight elements of the creature it was representing but a consistent changeling look, was the solution we adopted.
Concept sketches by Jeremy Jarvis
The changelings were a late addition to Lorwyn's creative landscape, but I think they worked out in the end. They are lovable, vapid little creatures, and the card art that depicts them lends them a lot of charm. Changelings represent a lot of Lorwyn's creative goals wrapped up in one blue-green little package—they are engaging without being threatening, important and uniquely magical without casting a sinister shadow on the storyline, and expressive of a sense of childlike wonder without contradicting their card function (which, for any creature in Magic, is mostly about fighting).
Changelings may not be one of Lorwyn's deep mysteries, but they were a creative puzzle to figure out.


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It's a paint in the grass to keep McNay Art Museum installation looking good
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Deborah Martin Jan. 16, 2019
It's a paint in the grass to keep McNay Art Museum...
1of6Anastasia Pelias' installation "mama" includes an expanse in front of a sculpture painted kimono violet, a custom color.Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /
2of6John Atkins repaints the ground around artist Anastasia Pelias' outdoor installation "mama" on the grounds of the McNay Art Museum.Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /
3of6Anastasia Pelias' installation "mama" rests on a low hill on the grounds of the McNay Art MuseumPhoto: Marvin Pfeiffer /
4of6John Atkins (left) and Daniel Guerrero fill a backpack sprayer with paint to be used to refresh the ground cover derived around the Anastasia Pelias' installation "mama."Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /
5of6John Atkins repaints the ground around Anastasia Pelias' installation "mama" a custom color called kimono violet. The piece, which includes a monumental sculpture, was installed at the end of November. The paint needed to be freshened due to weather and the growth of the grass.Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /
6of6John Atkins repaints the ground around the outdoor installation "mama." The piece is on the grounds of the McNay Art Museum.Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /
So, when is the right time to freshen up painted grass?
That's a question that the staff at the McNay Art Museum has had to work out thanks to "mama," an installation by New Orleans-based artist Anastasia Pelias that includes a lush expanse of violet-painted grass spread before a regal sculpture made of limestone concrete.
The piece was installed in November as part of a push to activate the museum's rambling grounds with temporary installations.
"We're thinking about outdoors as an extension of the indoor galleries, said René Paul Barilleaux, head of curatorial affairs for the museum.
After about two months, the grass needed a touch-up, thanks to new growth shooting up from the earth and the impact of the elements. Staffers had to keep a close watch on the weather to figure out just the right day to head outside and revive the paint job. The fact that it's been pretty rainy complicated things, said John Atkins, a conservation technician who did the actual painting on an overcast Thursday afternoon, spraying the all-natural, biodegradable paint from a canister similar to those used by exterminators.
"You don't want to spray if it's already wet, because then the paint's going to run off," Atkins said. "And you don't want to spray before it rains, because the paint's going to run off."
It took multiple coats of the paint — a custom shade from Sherwin-Williams mixed to Pelias' specification and dubbed kimono violet — to get the color just right.
"This is like trying to paint on a T-shirt," Atkins said. "It kind of takes a lot of application."
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The ever-growing ground cover isn't the only changing aspect of the piece. Since it's outdoors, it looks different depending on the quality of the light.
"What I really appreciate is, when I first drive in in the morning, the light's one way, and when I leave at night, the light's another way," Barilleaux said. "When you have a painting in a gallery, the light's static, the environment's the same, nothing changes. Here, the light changes, the background changes, stuff starts to grow throughout it. And so it's a living work of art. It's not static, it's not dead, it's living."
There's another, slightly more offbeat aspect to it that he enjoys, too: "How often do you get to walk on the art?"
The McNay commissioned the piece from Pelias. The sculpture, which calls to mind a throne, is a shape informed by symbols associated with the Minoan civilization on Crete, a nod to Pelias' ancestral roots in Greece. Pelias has drawn the shape much of her life, but "mama" marks the first time that she has realized it in a three-dimensional form.
"It felt like that was a form that it needed to take," she said.
She paid two visits to the McNay to figure out where the piece should be placed, settling on the hill across the road from the fountain. She likes the way that the violet expanse "sort of flows down the hill and kind of mirrors the water flowing from the fountain across from it."
The piece will be displayed through about mid-spring, Barilleaux said.
"The idea is that when the buildings are closed, that people can still enjoy art, some kind of an exhibition, outdoors," he said. "People use the campus, they walk their dogs, people jog around here, so they'll be able to experience art while they're doing that."
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A religious figure should be a person you can trust. They absolve your sins and are there to provide guidance. There is a strong bond you form with a priest or pastor. But when that trust is violated in the most horrific way, the long-lasting effects are devastating.
At Fellerman & Ciarimboli, we have been fighting for the rights of minors and adults for decades. Our PA clergy abuse lawyers are committed to those who were victimized by a religious authority. We make sure your voice is not silenced and you receive the justice from not only the predators that committed these terrible acts but from those religious institutions that allowed them to occur.
Clergy Sexual Abuse is Still a Problem
Since the late 1980s, abuse allegations have been popping up throughout the world. Between 2001 and 2010, the central governing body of the Catholic Church, the Holy See, had been investigating sex abuse allegations involving 3,000 priests that date back at least 50 years.
Clergy abuse is not only occurring within the Catholic Church. According to the New York Times, a survey from the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence found that up to 15 percent of clergy members in all religious groups have engaged in some inappropriate sexual conduct.
In Pennsylvania, a two-year grand jury investigation into sexual abuse of children within six Catholic dioceses across the state — Scranton, Allentown, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Erie, and Greensburg — was recently released, detailing more than seven decades of sexual abuse by more than 300 predator priests throughout six of the eight dioceses in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia independently did an investigation prior to the report. To read the report, click here.
Unfortunately, religious organizations choose to conceal the abuse rather than end it. This not only makes it difficult to know how many have survived sexual abuse but allows the cycle of abuse to continue.
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Sexual abuse is when a person experiences unwanted sexual activity. The perpetrator will take advantage of the victim, sometimes using force or threats of violence. Sexual abuse does not have to involve the act itself; it can be something as simple as an unwelcome touch or a kiss.
There are several types of abuse that a survivor may have experienced at the hands of a priest or clergyman. It may include one of the following:
Lewd or lascivious acts
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The effects of sexual abuse can be devastating and last a lifetime. They can range from depression and sleeping disorders to self-harm, suicide, and substance abuse. In children, a drastic change in behavior can occur. The child may change eating habits, engage in risky behavior, and may become overly sexualized.
Legal Remedies Available to PA Clergy Abuse Survivors
If you or a loved one is a survivor of clergy abuse, you have the right to seek compensation. You may receive economic damages for your abuse, such as medical and therapy bills and loss of income. You may also be able to recover punitive damages, to punish the individuals and the institutions that allowed these horrible acts to occur for decades.
In Pennsylvania, you have the right to file a claim against any party who is liable for the abuse. This means not only can you bring a suit against the perpetrator, but also the organization who had failed to report, prevent, or attempted to conceal the abuse.
Remember, by speaking up you not only stand up for your rights but will be protecting the rights of others. When you bring forward a sexual abuse suit against a religious body, you will be fighting for the institutional corrections to prevent anyone from being abused again.
In these cases, liability needs to be established which is why it's important to hire experienced clergy abuse lawyers to help you with your claim. Fellerman & Ciarimboli has been fighting for the rights of sexual abuse survivors for decades. With a former member of the Luzerne County District Attorney's office, we understand what is needed in these cases to get you the justice that you deserve and to stop the abuse from reoccurring.
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When are interest-only loans going to be more viable again?
By Sasha Karen 26 September 2018 | 1 minute read
With the recent push away from interest-only loans by APRA and the RBA, this investor favourite is becoming more difficult to secure. We ask a mortgage broker when he predicts investors could get their hands on this loan type again.
Interest-only loans have seen their fair share of scrutiny by financial institutions, but it is only a matter of time before heat on these loans cool off.
According to Aaron Christie-David, managing director of Atelier Wealth, interest-only loans will start becoming more accessible by 2021 at the earliest.
However, that does not mean lenders will give up their increased scrutiny entirely.
"Because you come out of royal commission, you come out of... an Australian banking review... we've had a Productivity Commission; you overlay that and the banks can't be seen back to lax lending standards. It's almost what got us here in the first place," Mr Christie-David told Smart Property Investment.
In saying that the scrutiny will remain, Mr Christie-David added that interest-only loans will be here to stay.
"There will always be a market for [interest-only loans]. There will always be enough demand for it that lenders will always have that product. The banks can just get choosier as to who they sell that product to, and that's probably where people may over-leverage themselves," the MD said.
There is also an element of rises in consumer spending such as luxury car sales and generally high living expenses, Mr Christie-David said, which these rises resulting in impacts on serviceability.
"Until people start to get their heads around it, get confidence and we get through the next few years of uncertainty, I'd probably say 2021, 2022 is when we'll start to turn a corner as well."
Before this, in 2020 is what Mr Christie-David has previously referred to as the "danger zone" for interest-only lending, when these loans will roll over into principal and interest loans.
"You look at the numbers where they roll off, when they go from paying interest-only to principal and interest. That becomes a real concern," Mr Christie-David said.
"You could get easily drawn into the trap that you start to get interest-only loans, [but] you haven't provisioned for P&I repayments as well.
"Whereas if you're two, three steps ahead, if you are forced, in a tougher environment, go to P&I, and then once you then come out of tougher lending and things start to ease up a little bit as well, then you're going to be there to go back into an interest-only loan."
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Renewing Judgements In Georgia | Busch, Reed, Jones & Leeper, P.C.
The Official Code of Georgia Annotated 9-12-60 addresses the general terms and conditions of judgments in the State of Georgia. This statute was designed to clearly define the force an effect of a judgment taken within Georgia. In Georgia, a judgment is valid and enforceable for seven years from the date it is granted.
In order to keep a judgment from becoming unenforceable or dormant, O.C.G.A. 9-12-60 states, in part, the following actions must be taken: (1) entry is made on the execution (judgment) by an officer authorized to levy and return the same and the entry and date are entered by the clerk on the general execution docket within seven years after issuance of the execution and its record, or (2) unless a bona fide public effort on the part of the Plaintiff in execution to enforce the execution in the courts is made and due written notice of such effort specifying the time of the institution of the action or proceedings, the nature of the proceedings, the names of the parties, and the name of the court in which it is pending is filed by the Plaintiff in execution or his attorney at law with the clerk and is entered by the clerk on the general execution docket.
What this means for the average creditor is that while their judgment is good for seven years, they must take certain action before the expiration of seven years to keep their judgment enforceable. This is important for several reasons with respect to collection efforts. First, most debtors do not remain debtors forever and thus those who have patience and persistence can often collect on the judgment many years after it is rendered merely by keeping the judgment active. Second, because a judgment becomes dormant after seven years if it has attached to real property of the debtor and is not renewed, the debtor may be able to now sell the real property without making payment on your judgment. Third, most debtors quickly learn about this seven year rule and make a conscious effort to keep future earnings and assets out of their name for the seven years in hopes that creditors will not renew their judgment. Thus, if not renewed, the creditor has now given up on the debt and for credit and title purposes, the debtor no longer has any judgments against him or her.
It is advisable to attempt to establish a system for handling older judgments. This system may include such procedures as a annual review and credit check on the debtor. This would reveal major changes in the debtor's credit history such as a new employer or automobile. This information can then be used to determine when is the best time to renew collection efforts. It is important to note that the renewal process can take place every seven years and thereby keep the judgment enforceable forever.
If a creditor fails to renew a judgment and it is later learned that assets exist, it is possible to "revive a dormant judgment". Within Georgia, there are two methods to revive a dormant judgment. First, an action to renew a dormant judgment can be filed as a new action. Under this method, a petition is present to the court requesting that the dormant judgment be renewed.
The second method is a petition for seire facias. This is a petition which must be filed in the original case within three years of the time the judgment became dormant. Under this process, the original court is requested to allow the renewal of the judgment. These revival processes are usually granted, but there is always the possibility that a court will determine that a creditors failure to pursue a judgment would justify denying the revival petition.
Therefore, it is important to establish some procedure on how aging judgment are to be treated. It is important to note that the vast majority of creditors give up on cases after about three years and the fact that others are giving up may enhance your ability and likelihood of collection. In conclusion, your judgment is enforceable for seven years, but may be renewed for additional seven year periods forever. However, your failure to renew your judgment may render it unenforceable and thereby prevent any collection.


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Republicans Besieging Voting Rights in at Least 20 States
Philip Layne
Republicans are now pushing for more restrictions on voting rights in at least 20 states in a bid to prevent "voter fraud." Critics of the measures, which include tougher voter ID legislation, multiple voter-registration restrictions, and a shorter early voting period, say this a veiled attack on voting rights.
The restrictions came a few weeks after president Donald Trump pledged to order a massive investigation into the colossal voter fraud that allegedly deprived him of the popular vote.
The new rules are in the making in states such as Indiana, Nebraska, Arkansas, Maine, and Iowa. These five states now want to require from voters to show an ID at the polls. New Hampshire and Iowa want to remove Election Day registration and make it harder for college students to cast a ballot. Texas thinks the period for early voting is too long.
GOP lawmakers say that the measures will help curb voter fraud and boost Americans' trust in the elections. Critics, on the other hand, cite research that found in-person fraud is very unlikely. Critics also say that the restrictions will just hurt minorities, the poor, and college students – three groups that overwhelmingly vote Democratic. The new rules will also affect the elderly.
Democrats are concerned that the U.S. Justice Department's new chief Jeff Sessions will do nothing to hamper these plans. Myrna Perez of the New York University's Brennan Center for Justice thinks Republicans try to "manipulate the system" to work in their favor. Perez said that the GOP tries to control who can vote and who can't.
Brennan Center, however, acknowledged that in some parts of the country there are efforts to streamline the voting process. These measures include automatic voter registration and a longer period for early voting. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is already backing a bill that would automatically register New Yorkers based on their driver licenses and expand early voting to 12 days.
The GOP was first able to set restrictions on voting rights in 2013, when the Supreme Court shut down a provision in the Voting Rights Act that forced specific states to get the DOJ's approval before setting the restrictions. Last year, voters in more than a dozen states faced multiple restrictions as the federal protections were gone.
Iowa said that the new legislation would provide voters with photo identification cards and will revamp the election system's technology. The Iowa Secretary of State's office described the proposed measures as "commonsense."
New Hampshire Republicans, on the other hand, want to scrap same-day registration and set a residency requirement which will likely bar college students from voting. As a result, a voter will be able to vote in the state only if he considers the state his home.
Nevertheless, before the 2016 presidential election, federal courts struck down several voting restrictions in Texas and North Carolina. The cases however are on their way to the Supreme Court and voting rights advocates are concerned Sessions will undo Obama administration's efforts to fight the restrictions.
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Astronomers can tell us how fast light goes.
How they do this beats me.
I've checked into it and just don't understand it.
But I accept it as fact and go about my dailyness paying only heed that light travels 186,000 feet per second –faster than the speed of sound and faster than I used to jog.
I am more impressed when astronnomers tell usthat there are many whirling things out there in spacethat are ten and twenty and even more light-years away.
How in the world are they able to figure that out?
And that means that if there is any human intelligenceon some of those far away starsour earth light takes light-years to reach them.
Thus, what happens here today could be seenbut only years after it actually occurs.
So if I die today and there are fantastic telescopes on distant satallitesmy death will not register until light-years later.
I spend time pondering matters like those I've just mentioned even though television attempts to lure me awaywith the news in Washington. DC.


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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield: A cap raise, new strategy, the situation has changed
Russell Katz, April 6, 2022
A lot has changed for URW since our first publication on 18 August. The stock had fallen 19.7% prior to Friday, 16 October 2020's market open due to shareholders rejecting management's massive dilution and balance sheet revamp plan. In fact, after a group of shareholders, representing 4.1% ownership in URW, released a different plan of action the market responded by driving URW's share price up approximately 12.1% on 16 October 2020. However, management has already met and released a statement strongly opposing the plan put forward by this shareholder group and the truth is, 4.1% is just not a large enough block of shares to force management to back down. For this group's plan to be pushed past management, we believe shareholders representing at least double this block's equity stake would be required to join forces with them publicly. Therefore, the question must be asked, if management's plan is enacted, and the massive dilution does occur, do we keep our four star rating?
The answer to that is yes, and here's why. First of all, the full amount of the capital raisings and asset sales will be used to pay down URW's €7.8bn debt maturing in 2HY22. This would reduce URW's total debt by well over half and leave the company in an extremely strong financial position. Second of all, based on the current share price, even after the dilution, the company would still be trading at an unreasonable discount to its asset value.
A €3.5bn capital raise, assuming a 30% discount to 16 October 2020's closing price, would mean the issuing of around 121,300,340 new shares; a dilution of about 46.7%. As of 30 June 2020, EPRA Net Reinstatement Value (NRV) was around €27.3bn. Subtracting the €4bn worth of assets to be sold gives us a per share value, after dilution, of approximately €89.6, or €4.5 per CDI (20-1 CDI ratio). Using the Euro / Australian Dollar exchange rate as of 16 October 2020, that comes to a EPRA NRV of about $7.44 per CDI; 122.8% higher than 16 October 2020's close.
The truth is, no matter whose plan is followed, we believe URW is still heavily undervalued.
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A Cirrus Factory Tour
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Text and Photography by Robert Goyer
When Cirrus announced its latest single, the SR22-G2, the company from the get-go stressed that many of the changes were more than skin deep. While Cirrus pilots were excited about the claimed increase in cruise speed, their mechanics were equally psyched about the easier maintainability of the airplane, which features new doors (a blessing) and a number of new access panels, including a much-improved way to get at the parachute.
Because it's hard to see most of the changes to the airplane upon inspection of an airworthy G-2, Cirrus gave me the chance, along with other owners at the annual Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association fly-in, to see the airplane as it is constructed and assembled step by step.
While the following photo tour of the factory is by no means a comprehensive look at the Cirrus production process, it does give pilots a chance to see just how a composite airplane gets from molds and parts to flying shape.
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Godrej aer pocket, one of India's leading range of bathroom fragrances, has unveiled a new TVC campaign in which it establishes the idea of Happy Bathrooms. This campaign emphasizes that Godrej aer pocket keep bathrooms happy through its unique fragrances, right from morning. This leads to happiness of the consumers throughout the day.
Conceptualised by Creativeland Asia, the ad film explores the early-morning struggle of urban life - refusing to let go off the blanket, debating if it is necessary to get out of the bed and reluctantly dragging oneself towards the bathroom. The film ascertains the fact that the first thing we do when we wake up is to go to the bathroom. It is here, in the bathroom, where Godrej aer pocket is seen. The refreshing fragrance of the product lifts the spirits of the three protagonists. After a deep breath, the three of them break into a happy dance as they go about their bathroom routine in their happy place. A pleasant fragrance at the beginning of one's day is likely to set a tone for a happier day ahead. This is where Godrej aer pocket comes in, to give us a fragrant start to our day.


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Organic experiment sparks farm rethink
Profiles July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 OrganicBiz
Livestock are an integral part of the production system on Harris Farms. Photo: Gord Leathers
By Gord Leathers
Glacier FarmMedia contributor
It all started with a request from a neighbour selling them land.
About seven years ago Paul Harris, of Harris Farms near Stony Mountain, Manitoba, and his son Andrew bought some land.
The land was organic so the previous owner asked them to keep it that way. They honoured that request and wound up re-envisioning the way they farm as a result.
I'd say we're learning every day. There's always something new. – Paul Harris
"That got us thinking about what we were doing," explains Paul. "The way I see all the chemicals going on the fields, I think there's got to be some health benefits in not having all those chemicals there."
They started moving their 1,400 acres over to organic production as a result. Currently they're still farming 260 acres conventionally with 660 acres fully organic and 455 in transition. Organic farming is a more labour-intensive process so, with so many more tricks to the trade, transition can be quite complex.
"I'd say we're learning every day," Paul said. "There's always something new. You've got to process things more, figure things out and find out how you're going to do them."
One of their new tricks is intercropping, planting two different crops in the same field. In one stand they have wheat planted alongside flax which does a number of things. Planting them together makes a denser canopy so weeds have a tougher time within a more competitive crop. The disease pressure should be lessened as well when there's a living barrier between plants of the same species.
"It's also good for soil health having more than one species growing," Andrew's wife Patty explains. She practises the same thing in her vegetable garden where she looks for companion plantings, species that do better in proximity to each other.
Another transitioning field has acres of alsike clover blooming. Honeybees work the blossoms, readying for seed harvest in a few weeks while the root nodules nitrify the soil. The plans are to let the field grow back next year so they can plow down the clover as a green manure and the transition to organic will be done. They always try to start a new organic field after a green manure plow-down.
There is some cow manure available as well from a small herd of crossbred beef cattle. Not only do they provide beef, they're also used for soil treatment through controlled grazing.
"We seeded 70 acres of oats and peas and we just finished grazing the standing oats and peas," Andrew said. "Our goal is to get 50 per cent trampled and 50 per cent eaten."
To get that 50/50 split he uses portable fencing. When the cattle trample the plants they're crimped and killed so they'll form a protective mulch over the soil. In time the plants will decompose and refresh the soil organic matter. It's what Andrew calls his experiment in soil management.
"It's not huge scale, it will be about 20 acres so we may get to the end of December for grazing," he said. "When we figure out what works for us we're going to increase our cows and integrate that into all our other green manures."
Integration is the important word here, because everything influences everything else and there are a lot of moving parts to this farm. There are cattle and green manures for soil conditioning and plant intercropping for better overall performance. It's also important attention paid to the foundation of every farm, the soil itself and its diverse biota.
"There are microbes with different purposes and it's really about getting the environment in balance," Patty said. "Once the environment's in balance, I believe that the nutrients pass better and the crops can grab the nutrients better. Healthier soil is the beginning of a healthier crop."
This article was originally published in the July 19, 2018 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator.
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Just got word that the church has found my replacement.
I guess we just brush our hands together and declare a job well done.
I have until Thursday to clean out my office. New Guy starts in two weeks.
OH…did I mention the new guy is the son of one of the elders' girlfriend?
I was not horribly angry yesterday. I just thought it was stupid. Now I am angry. I am glad they prayed hard about all of this.
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OK – various vulgarities come to mind (not swearing, mind you, not taking the Lord's name in vain… just vulgarities). CRAZY! May God have mercy on us all, and esp. on you and yours.
Hard to underestimate the shear inertia of craven stupidity. God have mercy on that congregation.
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Dacia Root shares her weight loss success story of how she lost 130 pounds. With the support of her friends and family, Dacia Root changed her lifestyle through fitness and healthy eating. Here, she tells her story and her tips on to lose weight and keep it off.
The weight continued to melt off, and I followed my routine through the first year of college. I even started to run and do some strength training.
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This allover makeover will help you lose weight in just one month! The Lose 10 Pounds in 30 Days Workout. " I lost 10 pounds.
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How Many Calories a Day Do I Have to Burn if I Weigh 165& Want to Get to 130? by ELISE WILE July 18, resulting in a weight loss of 2 lbs. per week. How To Lose 130 Pounds In A How To Lose 130 Pounds In A Year Detox Teas Weight Loss Colon Detox Does It Help Get Rid Of Thc How To Lose 130 Pounds You can use your goal weight to estimate your individualized calorie needs for weight loss. The University of Washington reports that eating 10 calories for each pound of your ideal, or desirable, body weight can help you reach your goal.
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Okay… I am on vacation right now, because I had to get out of the Texas heat. Especially when the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is happening and all I want to do is wear the fall sweaters they have on the sale. So that's why I jumped at the chance to head up to Portland/Seattle for a week with my blogger besties.
Since the sale is now public I wanted to share a few fall favorites outfits I've been wearing this past week that y'all don't want to miss out on…trust me. So just click the images below to shop. Also, I'll be updating over the next few weeks, because the sale doesn't end until August 5th!
These pictures are gorgeous! I love your outfits and how you styled each piece. I'm so excited for all these fall pieces!


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A: I'm going to give you a high level explanation on what  I think you need to do but i think it's very custom and if you are not a developer I think you will have to hire one.
Create different customer groups for individual and entity
Use something like this to add body class
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The Elgro River Lodge is proud to be the home of the Elgro Traditional Archers Club Potchefstroom.
The main objective of ELGRO TRADITIONAL ARCHERS is to promote traditional archery – whether for recreational target shooting or bow hunting.
Join us at the biggest Traditional Archery Club in South Africa. It is the place where the whole family can participate and compete on our 3D range. Enjoy nature on the banks of the mighty Vaal.
Are there any training/lessons offered by the club? If so, kindly send through relevant details for my 10 year old son who would love to take lessons in archery; on the other hand, if not, we would appreciate if you'd be able to refer us to any person / institution who does offer these.
Thank you for your attention and prompt response.
Hi, My brother and I will be visiting SA from Australia in 2017 JUNE. I am Secretary of Traditional Archery Australia and would love to meet some SA trad archers and shoot some arrows.
Could you advise if we could do this and when you shoot.
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Aldec gives SoC Software Engineers early access to Hardware Aldec Inc. presents on Platform Validation at Verification Futures 2012
Date: Nov 5, 2012Type: Release
Henderson, NV – November 5, 2012 – Aldec, Inc. is presenting a paper on Platform Validation at Verification Futures 2012 in Windsor, United Kingdom, on Monday 19th November; where Platform Validation is at the heart of SoC hardware and software co-verification, and currently one of the EDA industry's hottest topics.
With technology trends, such as embedded processors, and time-to-market pressures, concurrent engineering demands that software engineers have early access to silicon. Platform Validation extends beyond the realms of hardware design simulation and functional verification (for which Aldec is perhaps best known) and pushes into system hardware and software co-verification.
Jacek Majkowski, Senior Hardware Engineer with Aldec will be presenting the Platform Validation paper and comments: "Whilst embedded system complexity is growing very fast, driven by high customer expectations, verification tools need to keep pace by providing hardware-based methodologies for SoC designers. The complexity grows in both setup of the design under test and the runtime stage of the test. With Aldec's new HES-7™ platform, setup of the high capacity designs is far simpler with the ability to scale the available capacity of the tool, while Standard Co-Emulation Modeling Interface (SCE-MI) interface provides an efficient and standardized way to test the design on an emulation platform."
Importantly, Aldec provides simulator and hardware boards with software that automates (design) mapping to FPGAs. In addition, thanks to Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), SCE-MI methodologies and supporting hardware/interfaces, it is possible to move freely between hardware simulation, emulation and system prototyping.
Moreover, Aldec's HES-7 boards can be used in different configurations at different phases of a project. For example, four boards (with two Xilinx® Virtex®-7 FPGAs each) could be used by four engineers (hardware or software) as desktop prototyping platforms; to work on separate parts of the design. Moving toward system integration, a backplane can be used to connect the four HES-7 boards together; delivering the equivalent of 96 million ASIC gates.
Majkowski's presentation will cover an overview on transaction-based verification technologies, including SCE-MI macro-based and Direct Programming Interface (DPI) function-based synthesizable transactors, eliminating communication bottlenecks that could compromise the performance of hardware emulation systems. Real-life use cases will be shown, as well as two detailed customer case studies on transaction-based verification of large ASICs.
Now in its second year, Verification Futures is organized and run by test and verification services company TVS and the Electronic Chips & Systems design Initiative (ECSI). Engineers wishing to register to attend Verification Futures 2012 in Windsor on 19th November can do so by clicking here.
Aldec Inc., headquartered in Henderson, Nevada, is an industry leader in Electronic Design Verification and offers a patented technology suite including: RTL Design, RTL Simulators, Hardware-Assisted Verification, Design Rule Checking, IP Cores, DO-254 Functional Verification and Military/Aerospace solutions. www.aldec.com


Kendall Square — the area of Cambridge that Baxter International is reportedly eyeing — has become a magnet for biopharma firms.
The area of Cambridge, Massachusetts, that Baxter International Inc. is reportedly eyeing has become a magnet for biopharmaceutical companies looking to be near some of the nation's top hospitals and universities.
A strong startup culture has fed the growth of the industry in the Boston area, where Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology students graduate into jobs at a cluster of nearby biopharma businesses that are expanding their footprints. Just in June, Pfizer Inc., a $52 billion drugmaker, opened a 280,000-square-foot research and development hub in an area called Kendall Square, where Baxter is reportedly hunting for space.
Deerfield-based drug and medical device maker Baxter is reportedly looking to move to Cambridge. It's not clear whether Baxter executives are planning to move a division or to set up a headquarters there. A Baxter spokeswoman has said the company would keep both its headquarters in northern Illinois after it splits into two next year. She did not return a message to comment today.
The specific space Baxter is apparently eyeing is a four-year-old building in Kendall Square, according to a listing from BioMed Realty and the Boston Globe, which cites life science industry sources. The area is where the biotechnology industry "grew up," Mr. Abair said. It was a place where companies could find ample laboratory space and, over the years, development boomed as companies sought proximity to renowned hospitals and universities.
The building Baxter is reportedly looking at has two tenants, both pharmaceutical companies, according to the listing. A representative at BioMed declined to comment.
Meanwhile, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development is waiting for more specifics from Baxter about a potential move and hasn't yet offered the company a deal to keep it in-state.


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J. Courtney Sullivan: Biography
J. Courtney Sullivan is an American novelist who is also a well-known New York Times Best Selling Author. She had great interest in writing from a very young age. Courtney received many prizes right from the start of her career. She received the Ellen M. Hatfield Memorial Prize for best short story, the Norma M. Leas Prize for excellence in written English and the Jeanne MacFarland Prize for excellent work in Women's studies.
Courtney's first novel, 'Commencement' was a huge hit. The success of the book made it listed in Oprah's Book Club under '5 Feminist Classics to Re (read) as a Mom, Wife and Writer'. Courtney's initial works focussed on the relationships between female characters.
'The Engagements' was Courtney's third novel which became one of People Magazine's Top Ten Books of 2013'. The Entertainment Weekly praised this novel as 'her most ambitious novel yet'. It is an Irish Times Best Book of the Year and to be soon adapted a movie.
Courtney's writing has appeared in magazines such as The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Elle, Glamour, Allure, the New York Observer and many more.
Almost all works of Courtney's were best-sellers. Her novel, 'Maine' was named Best Book of the Year by Time Magazine and a Washington Post Notable Book for 2011.
Living with her husband Kevin Johannesen and their dog in Brooklyn, J. Courtney Sullivan currently works with non-profit organisations helping female writers and also in ending child sex trafficking.
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Street signage. Every city and town seems to have their own format for street signs, from the colors and lettering to the format and shape of the signage itself. In my eyes, one city stands out more than any other, San Francisco.
Seeing the all-caps, modern large black letters on a white background just gives me the goosebumps as soon as I enter the city. Being able to capture two signs at once at an intersection, like at Beach and Larkin when visiting Ghirardelli Square, priceless.
Having spent so much time in San Fran, seeing specific streets brings back memories of yester-year, while also highlighting great things about the city. When I see Grant, Jackson and Stockton that means I'm in-and-around Chinatown and the Transamerica Pyramid.
Lombard makes me immediately think of the famous curvy road and Hyde Street evokes thoughts of being on a San Francisco manual cable car going up a very steep incline.
The Embarcadero signage brings the sea lions at Pier 39 into focus. One street over, Beach brings back memories of trying to park to go to Fisherman's Wharf and The Embarcadero haha. Great Highway is the first street I hit up when in town, as it rides right along Ocean Beach and the Pacific.
Van Ness Avenue just makes me think of multiple lanes in each direction and a busy street. I was really careful capturing its street signage. Octavia and Hayes Streets brings me back to memories of the Hayes Valley neighborhood whereas 15th Street is where I usually park when going for a morning coffee at Four Barrel in "The Mission".
In regards to San Francisco and its historic street signage, unfortunately it is not all sunshine and roses. Now days, as you roam S.F., you might notice some signs featuring mixed-case lettering, with the first letter only being capitalized. This is to conform with the goals of the Federal Highway Administration that signs be easier to read. What?! You'll notice I didn't capture any signs of this format.
On the plus side you still have time to experience the capital letting as you move about the city. Due to the federal mandate, street signs will get swapped out only when they need to be replaced. Though the Moraga and 23rd Street signage looks a little rough, there is still something historic and beautiful about them.
A few more pics of that vintage and memorable San Francisco street signage for the road.
What city or town contains memorable, historic and/or well-designed street signage in your eyes that you have come across in your travels?
When researching places to go in a big city, the cemetery is not a place that readily comes to mind. After making a couple of visits to Oakland Cemetery in the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta, I've completely changed my tune.
Oakland Cemetery represents the Old South. It takes you back into history when within. It's the oldest cemetery in Atlanta founded in 1850. It sits on six acres and has roughly 70,000 graves. Past mayors, governors of Georgia and famous Atlantans rest here, along with many soldiers dating back to the Civil War era. The famous golfer Bobby Jones and Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With The Mind, also reside here.
Marvel at all the various architecture featured throughout. Oakland Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places which helps with the upkeep and preserving.
Along with being a cemetery it's also a vast botanical garden and park with beautiful colors all year long. I was lucky to make a trip here in Autumn and being able to experience the Fall colors throughout.
This Grant Park neighborhood cemetery is also a beautiful spot to capture the downtown Atlanta skyline from. Always keep the camera out when walking the grounds!
Grab a coffee from Octane Coffee across the street and head in in the early morning hours. The park has many entrances, I recommend going in from Oakland Avenue. Your feet will take you onto the red bricked paths of many named narrow streets throughout. I walked around on my own, but guided tours are also available.
Being a public park, Oakland cemetery is open dawn to dusk every day of the year.
Go on an official self-guided tour. Download the Android or iPhone app.
Guided tours are available every weekend during the warmer months and for tour groups and schools.
Tip: When on the Northeast end of the cemetery checkout the Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills plant off in the distance.
What other historic cemeteries would you recommend checking out?
Photo(s) of the Week: A Victoria Drive By in Canada.
While on an Alaskan Cruise, we had a quick stop in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. On the way to an excursion we went through downtown. Driving by I managed to get a shot of both the historic British Columbia Legislature Building and Fairmont Empress Hotel.
Victoria is the capital of British Columbia with the government being housed in the beautiful legislature building. It is quite the sight to see at night being all lit up along the southern banks of the Inner Harbour. The hotel has seen many famous people come through it walls since it opened in 1908. It is designated a National Historic Site of Canada and sits facing the Inner Harbour from the east.


When it comes to fund-raisers, Washington Square United Methodist Church never goes in the hole.
Every year at about this time, volunteers turn the auditorium of the church is converted to a doughnut factory.
Between Monday and today, church volunteers will mix 400 pounds of flour, 200 pounds of sugar, 35 dozen eggs and other ingredients needed to fry up 12,000 doughnuts.
"There's about seven of us that will be working all night," Patsy Weigand, who has worked on the fund-raiser for 32 years, said Monday evening. "And then we'll work all day tomorrow."
Weigand, coordinator of the church's Children's Division, and the others will go about 32 hours without sleep during that stretch, but she said it is necessary to meet the demand. Before the frying began, the church had taken orders for more than a thousand dozen doughnuts.
Money raised from the $2-per-dozen sale will pay for carpeting for two elementary classrooms, Weigand said.
Last year's proceeds paid for carpeting for the kindergarten and primary rooms, she said.
Weigand said a great deal of preparation is required before the doughnuts are ready for delivery.
As a first step, she and another volunteer spent hours labeling bags with the names of customers and the times the orders will be picked up.
The assembly line then goes to work.
Volunteers began mixing the ingredients for the secret recipe in the kitchen at about 6:15 p.m. Monday.
The dough then goes to 11 stations around the room, where volunteers drop them into fryers. Trays of the hot doughnuts are set aside to cool.
The cooled doughnuts are dipped in powder and bagged for the customer. The result is a homemade treat with a loyal following that has built up over the past 45 years or so that the church has been holding the fund-raiser.
"These are homemade," said Hagerstown resident Joyce Turner, who ordered two dozen doughnuts. "It's an old-fashioned doughnut. They're just good."
Weigand said orders start streaming in about two weeks before production day. The size of orders range from a half-dozen to 65 dozen - this year's order from The Stationery House. The Antietam Paper Co., the Beachley Furniture Co. and other businesses placed large orders as well, she said.
Weigand said about 45 people help with the baking and bagging, including a second shift that was to arrive at about midnight. But there is no need to recruit sales people.
"No one goes out and sells them," she said. "We don't have to. They sell themselves."
The annual fund-raiser coincides with Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Christian Lenten season.
There's only one hitch - the doughnuts don't always come out of the fryer in a perfect ring shape.
"Frying is a science. It really is," said Kathy Itnyre, who was working at one of the frying stations. "You drop them down there and you think you've got doughnuts with perfect holes and they come out looking like this."
She pointed to some frying doughnuts on which the traditional holes appeared to have closed up.
Itnyre, her husband, daughter and mother, volunteer for doughnut duty every year.
It is also a family affair for Weigand, who makes the donuts with four generations of her family.


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