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Nedbank allocates $292k to SA entrepreneurial development
By Tom Jackson on February 28, 2018 News, Southern Africa
South Africa's Nedbank is to fund a ZAR3.4 million (US$292,000) enterprise development initiative with Cape Town-based Fix Forward, designed to develop the entrepreneurial skills of 100 tradespeople.
The non-profit Fix Forward has been matching skilled tradesmen from low-income areas with homeowners and businesses undertaking renovation and construction projects since 2012.
The Nedbank funding will enable 100 tradespeople – 50 in Cape Town and 50 in Gauteng – registered as contractors within the Fix Forward network to take part in a 12-month entrepreneur development programme to equip them with the skills and experience necessary to run their own small businesses.
"We're delighted with Nedbank's support of our initiative to set talented, skilled and hard-working tradesmen on a path to building successful businesses. We not only connect them with the market but also focus on giving them the know-how on how to run their own businesses, thus becoming self-sufficient," said Joshua Cox, chief executive officer (CEO) of Fix Forward.
Nedbank's senior manager for enterprise development Nirmala Reddy commended the role played by Fix Forward in creating opportunities for hard-working individuals marginalised as a result of lack of resources, business acumen or contacts.
"Fix Forward introduces the industry to competitively priced, competent tradesmen, and is giving back to equip these individuals in establishing businesses of their own. As a bank for small business, it's an initiative that matches our desire to grow the economy and create jobs through our own innovative solutions aimed at helping small entrepreneurs," Reddy said.
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Order: Nestor said he had something to tell you about Project Drakanhammer. Go to the Library of the Sages in Sanctum and meet Nestor.
Step 1. Go to Sanctum and talk with NestorA scholar at the Library of the Sages in Sanctum. He studies history with an emphasis on the Humans who lived in each epoch..
Step 2. Go to Theobomos and talk with AtroposThe Aetheric Field Protector in the Observatory Village in Theobomos. She is a diligent worker..
Step 3. Find Research DiaryA secret notebook said to be hidden somewhere in Port Anangke. It may reveal the way to enter the secret laboratory. at Port Anangke to get a possible lead about the secret laboratory .
Step 5. After reading Assistant's JournalA journal discovered in the Theobomos Library which details a report on Petraliths. Click the journal to read it., go to Sanctum and report to Nestor.
Wings infused with power extracted from the core of Project Drakanhammer. The wings emanate energy somewhat different from those made in Sanctum.
the Quest is actually called: Project Drakanhammer and is the last part of the Theobomos campain quests.
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Realization of Parabhraman Thought Bhakti
by Shravya Naveen
The general perception about Hinduism is that it is a Polytheistic religion. In reality, it's a Pluralistic religion. The original name coined to this particular religion is 'Sanatana Dharma'. One should understand God (Parabhraman, the supreme soul) is only one existing. From Parabhraman, the entire universe was created. He is beyond time and the materialistic universe in which we are living.
Parabhraman is basically without any form and Gunas (Attributes) hence called Nirguna brahman. As it is difficult to understand his true self for ignorant souls like us he took the gross body with Gunas which is called Saguna brahman. Parabhraman, the supreme soul is in every living being and he takes different forms based on the Karma (Residual actions). when a living being realizes the presence of God within him/her and realizes the same in others living being, such a person is called 'realized soul' or a person who understand Parabrahman.
Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheswara are called Trinity in Hinduism. Parabhrahman took three different forms for three different activities- Brahma for creating the materialistic universe with living beings (Demigods, humans, demons and other species), Vishnu for preservation- protecting the created universe, and Maheshwara for destruction during the dissolution time. A person who considers Trinity as one is equal to the learning of all scriptures quoted by Lord Shiva (Maheshwara) in the Rudra Geetha.
Praying to Trees and Stones
In India, most of the place people do puja to auspicious trees located inside the temple and also few stones. In someplace people do puja to brick stone by applying turmeric powder and vermilion. It looks ridiculous until they understand the hidden meaning in that. It symbolizes god is present in every atom of the universe not only in living being as souls but also in non-living things as well.
Lord Narashima avatar is an example of this, Once there lived a demon king called Hiranyakashipu. He had a son by name Prahalada. Hiranyakashipu was the enemy of Lord Vishnu as the Lord killed his brother Hiranyakasha for sinking Bhum Devi (planet Earth) into Rasatala(Nether world). His son was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, which triggered turbulence between father and son.
Hiranyakashipu tried to kill Prahlada multiple times but failed as Lord Vishnu saved his devotee every time. One day Hiranyakashipu got fed up with his son's unwavering devotion towards Lord Vishnu and questioned "Where is your Lord Vishnu, show me where is he?" for that his son Prahlada replied, "he is everywhere, each and every atom in the universe". The reply made the demon king furious and questioned his son for the presence of Lord by showing a pillar in the palace, for which Prahalada's answer was 'Yes'. To prove his son was wrong he broke the wall with his mace, but to the King's surprise, Lord Vishnu in the form of Lord Narashima (Man-Lion) comes from the pillar and kills Hiranyakashipu to restore peace and prosperity in the three worlds.
Cognition of God(Parabhraman)
The main purpose of human life is to reach god. According to Hinduism after multiple birth and death cycle, a soul attains human birth based on its Karma. The main goal of human birth is to reach Parabhraman. Only through Human birth one can understand God and realize his presence in oneself which differs us f0rom animals, other activities are common like eating, sleeping and reproducing.
The soul is similar to water as water doesn't have a color or taste, it reflects the color of the container in which we pour it and tastes based on the ingredients added to water. Similarly, the soul also reflects the body nature it attains and also the emotions like sadness, happiness, hunger and so on.
How to Attain God
Till now you got a basic understanding of Parabrahman, human life greatness, and its
purpose. Now we go to the next step that is "How to Attain God". There are many ways to reach god, in this article we will be discussing mainly on Bhakti (Devotion) way to reach God.
Devotion towards god plays a major role to attain the blessing of God and also to attain him. To understand bhakti (Devotion) on god clearly, let's have a look into a wonderful story about a 5-year-old child called Dhruva. In Krita Yuga, there was a King named Uthanapada, son of Savyambuva Manu. Uthanapada had two wives - Suruchi and Suniti.
Uthanapada was more affectionate towards Suniti. Both wives had sons. Suruchi's son was Dhurva. As a five-year-old kid, he wanted his father's attention, love, and affection. One day Dhruva went to his father's palace and saw his stepbrother sitting on his father's lap. Dhruva too wanted to sit on his father lap. He approached his father and told his desire to sit on his lap for which Uthanapada agreed but Suniti couldn't take it. With harsh words, she insulted Dhurva and his mother. Dhurva waited for the father reaction and was heartbroken when his father didn't utter a single word. He left the palace with a heavy heart and narrated the whole incident to his mother.
She was heartbroken by seeing her son's condition and advised him to pray to Lord Vishnu. To get his father's love, Dhruva left the palace and went to the deep forest to do Tapas (Meditation) on Lord Vishnu. He was on severe tapas for many months without having food, surviving only with water and leaves. Lord Vishnu was pleased with the child's determination and blessed Dhruva to regain his father's love and attain a great place in the universe.
To many people who have not read the story of Dhruva, it is believed that Dhruva is the Pole star. In India, we call it as Dhruva Nakshatra (star).
Bhakta Kannappa
Another story to understand the power of bhakti is the story of Bhakta Kannappa. Once there lived a tribe called Tinnadu. His duty is to hunt animals and take them to his hamlet. One day while hunting, he came across a Shiva Linga. Not knowing how to pray, he offered the flesh of animals to the Linga which was supposed to be shared with other tribals.
This became a daily routine and on one fine day when the temple priest came to do the daily ritual to the idol, he got angry by seeing the remnants of the flesh in front of the idol. The priest talked to the Linga " Why are you silently baring this insult instead of punishing him for this offense?. When there was no response, the priest declared he will kill himself. For his surprise, there was a loud voice from the Linga. He is pure at heart I will accept anything offered to me with Bhakti
Tinnadu came and offered food but the lord dint accept the food. Tinnadu observed lord' tears falling from Lord's (Linga) eyes and he got worried. He wiped the tears, applied some medicinal herbs but the effort went in Vain. Unable to stop the tears from the Linga, he removed his eyes and placed on the Linga. After placing he confirmed with his hand whether tears got stopped from the Linga. Once he confirmed the tears stopped, he started dancing with joy to which the priest was wonder struck. The lord gave Tinnadu his eye back and the priest understood the devotion of Tinnadu. From that day he is Known as Bhakta Kannappa.
The main goal of human birth is to reach Parabrahman, the soul can reach Parabrahman only through bhakti. A pure devotion towards God is the only a way to escape from the cycle of birth and death.
Om Tat Sat.
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An open seminar with policy makers and stakeholders entitled "Value Forestry Values" was held on 27 February 2018 , back to back with t he 12 th General Assembly of the European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR) . The aim of the seminar was to foster dialogue between policy, practice and research & innovation on the options for coherent policies and managerial opportunities, which can boost innovation and attract investments in the sector while taking full advantage of the multiple goods and services forests provide.
" The delivery of m ultiple forest services requires a sound eco nomic basis . We are deeply convinced that a strong forest – based bioeconomy needs to encompass the ecosystem management dimension , and properly value the provision of wood and other forest services , " states Piotr Borkowski , Executive Director of EUSTAFOR .
Picture, presentation and a summary report are available from this page.


Samsung's latest fifth-generation V-NAND technology allows the 970 EVO Plus SSD to deliver more performance and improved power efficiencies.
Looking for a high performance SSD? Samsung's new 970 EVO Plus SSD based on the company's fifth-generation V-NAND technology may be the drive for you. This builds on the 970 EVO by bringing faster sequential write speeds, significantly faster random read and write speeds, and improved power efficiencies.
The 970 EVO Plus is aimed at IT professionals, tech enthusiasts and gamers to looking for an SSD for their PC or workstation that will handle intensive workloads.
The fifth-generation V-NAND technology, in combination with optimized firmware, allows the 970 EVO Plus allows for up to 53 percent improvements in write speed, and sequential read and write speeds of up to 3,500 and up to 3,300 MB/s respectively (that's a bump in write speed from 2,500 MB/s compared to the 970 EVO). It also brings with it a big increase in random speeds performance, up to 620,000 IOPS for read and 560,000 IOPS for write operation.
"Since introducing the first NVMe SSDs to the consumer market in 2015, Samsung has continued to challenge technical barriers in SSD design and performance," said Dr. Mike Mang, vice president of Brand Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. "The new 970 EVO Plus powered by Samsung's latest fifth-generation V-NAND technology will now offer unrivaled performance in its class when taking on demanding tasks like 4K content editing, 3D modeling and simulation as well as heavy gaming."
The Samsung 970 EVO Plus comes in storage capacities ranging from 250GB, to 1TB, with the 2TB capacity going for sale in April. Retail prices start at $89.99.


The dieting industry is one multi-million dollar money-making business. Due to such reason, finding the right diet plan may be impossible. There are now a lot of products in the market which promise miraculous weight loss claims and it is hard to know what you should believe. You may think if there truly was an overnight weight loss miracle cure wouldn't everyone be thin and healthy?
The first thing that you should understand is the role of your diet in the weight loss regimen that you have. Diet can certainly be a confusing term. An important thing that you must know is that diet is nothing more than food that you take in so that you can keep the body active. There are individuals who would consume more than other individuals but the principle is just similar.
It is not recommended that you would use such fad diets or the pills. You should only make changes to those unhealthy habits that you have. You should keep in mind that a successful weight loss would include lifestyle change. You should do this permanently. You aren't looking for a way to lose weight and just go back to those old and unhealthy habits you have. You must get rid of the old ways and adopt something new. The diet that you must have needs to be something which you are able to live with for a long time and this should not just be something temporary.


Wonderfully situated in the Waterford Rise Estate is this brand new four bedroom home that's just minutes from shopping facilities, Waterford Rise early learning centre, schools, parks, Lardner Park and freeway access.
With an incredibly well thought out floor plan, you will instantly recognise that this home is all about space. A large, separate lounge room flows through to a casual, open living area that adjoins the kitchen and extends even further to a covered alfresco – maximising space for your family and friends. Gas ducted heating will keep you comfortable all year round!
A hostess style kitchen – boasts plenty of storage, dishwasher, ample bench space and 900mm stainless steel appliances, a necessity for those who love to cook!
With comfort in mind, the huge master bedroom is located furthest from the other bedrooms at the front of the home – providing maximum peace and quiet and serving as the perfect parent's retreat, with a generous walk in wardrobe and ensuite.
The remaining three bedrooms are moderately sized, each with built-in wardrobes, so whether you need the extra room for kids, guests or to set up the home office, you've chosen a great house to make your next home. Fully fenced backyard for privacy with newly landscaped gardens.
This property caters to everyone, so don't delay – enquire today.


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Want to own a Corcoran office? You'll need at least $153K
Franchisors permitted to do new development work
National /
By E.B. Solomont
Pam Liebman and Ryan Schneider
It will cost between $153,350 and $518,000 to open a Corcoran Group franchise, according to newly-filed public documents.
In a franchise disclosure form filed with the Federal Trade Commission, the New York brokerage said the initial franchise fee to open a new office is $35,000 (plus $10,000 for each additional office).
Corcoran said this fall it would franchise its name as it seeks to expand to "global megacities" and leisure markets starting with Miami. The company is projecting 22 new offices in 2019, according to the filing. Corcoran said it expects to open franchise locations in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
As of this month, the firm is actively selling to prospective franchisees, whose royalties will start at 6 percent but go down as they bring in more revenue.
Franchisees will also be required to contribute a percentage of gross revenue for brand marketing — to the tune of 1 percent for those pulling in up to $5 million; 0.75 percent for those grossing $5 million and $10 million; and 0.5 percent for those making more than $10 million.
Baked into the projected start-up costs are things like leaseholds improvements ($20,000 to $125,000), office furnishings ($40,200 to $80,200), computer equipment ($5,000 to $10,000) and building signs (up to $20,000).
"We will conduct an inspection of your proposed Office location to determine if it meets our then current standards for Corcoran® brokerage offices," the filing said.
By going the franchise route, Corcoran may inadvertently compete with its own owned offices, some skeptics have noted. And franchisors will be going up against other Realogy brands, including Century 21, Coldwell Banker and Sotheby's International Realty.
In the filing, Realogy said franchisors will be able to engage in new development marketing — a notable detail given the dominance of Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group. Franchisors will pay royalties of 6 percent of new development revenue.
In a statement, Corcoran CEO Pam Liebman said the firm's brand will provide franchisors a "competitive edge" in their respective markets, "to help increase their market presence and build their business."
Realogy said Alvaro Cardenas, senior vice president of global development, will oversee the franchise rollout.
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Explaining the Bantams Heritage Project
Latest Heritage Number: Richie Smallwood (#1337)
Latest Series: Bantams Cult Heroes
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Andy Cook joined an illustrious club on Tuesday evening when scoring his first Bradford City hat-trick.
Cook's treble – a perfect hat-trick of a header, left foot and right foot finish – made him the latest player to score three times in one match for Bradford City Football Club. This is a brief history of hat-tricks at the club since 1903.
The first-half hat-trick
The fact Cook's goals all came in the first half of the 4-1 victory against Stevenage prompted the obvious question to start with: who was the last man to score three times before half-time?
The answer: the great Dean Windass – 7,789 days prior to Cook's first-half hat-trick.
That is a lengthy wait between drinks!
How many players have scored City hat-tricks?
Andy Cook is now the 115th players have scored a hat-trick in competitive football for Bradford City, starting with John Forrest in the 1904-05 season, through to Cook.
Only 18 individuals have managed to score hat-tricks in more than one game for the club, though:
5 hat-tricks: Frank O'Rourke, Jack Deakin, Eddie Carr.
4 hat-tricks: Jack Hallows, Dean Windass.
3 hat-tricks: Albert Whitehurst, Oscar Fox, Bruce Bannister, Jack Forrest, Gerry Ingram, Wallace Smith, George Handley, David Layne, John McCole, Derek Stokes, Robert Whittingham, Sean McCarthy.
2 hat-tricks: Nahki Wells, Bobby Campbell.
Four or more
Cook missed out on joining an even more illustrious club on Tuesday – which contains just 13 men.
Only 13 players have the distinction of scoring more than three times in a single competitive game for Bradford City. Ten of them feature on the list above, as well as three more individuals. They are:
7 goals in one game: Albert Whitehurst (a club record)
5 goals in one game: Jack Hallows
4 goals in one game: Eddie Carr, Jack Deakin, Frank O'Rourke, Albert Whitehurst, Oscar Fox, Bruce Bannister, Jack Forrest, Gerry Ingram, Wallace Smith, Willie Hibbert, Derek McNiven, John Hawley.
Back-to-back hat-tricks
Only one man has scored hat-tricks in consecutive Bradford City matches. Albert Whitehurst scored seven times in an 8-0 win against Tranmere in March 1929, before following that up with four more goals three days later as City defeated Barrow on their way to the Division Three North title. Whitehurst finished that season with 24 goals in just 15 games.
Appearance Stats/Records, City in Competition
September 11, 2020 Aaron Bower Leave a comment
The new season is barely a week old, and Stuart McCall's Bradford City are setting club records.
Our history with youth development has been, it's fair to say, mixed. While some of the club's all-time greats have come through our own Academy and left their mark on the club, recent years have been somewhat leaner.
However, there are signs that this season will be markedly different for City, with six Academy products already featuring in a first-team match this season, just two games into the campaign. That, certainly in the club's modern-day history, is a record by some distance.
Three of them made their debut for the club in the EFL Trophy match against Doncaster Rovers: Kian Scales, Connor Shanks and Finn Cousin-Dawson.
Jorge Sikora, another product of the same Academy class, debuted in last season's EFL Trophy, but has already added to his one appearance in that competition last year.
The other two Academy products to have featured are defender Reece Staunton, who has now made a number of appearances for the first-team since he debuted, and Dylan Mottley-Henry, who is in his second spell at City but also classes as a homegrown talent.
In the last decade, from 2010 to 2020, City blooded the following Academy graduates in at least one first-team game: Louis Horne, Luke Dean, Dominic Rowe, Alex Flett, Adam Baker, Scott Brown, Kwame Boateng, Daniel Devine Ellis Hudson, Tom Windle, James King, Sam Wright, Alex Laird, Cameron Hawkes, Elliot Goldthorp, Raeece Ellington, Connor Morris and George Sykes-Kenworthy.
However, the expectation is that this current class will feature much more prominently, with a large portion of those playing only once for the club, and an even smaller fraction making any sort of appearance in league football.
It seems that the future is bright at City.
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Born: 1878 in Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bradford City debut: 1 September 1903 v Grimsby Town
Goals: 24
Achievements: Top scorer in 1904-05 season (17 goals)
Scottish-born forward Jack Forrest was signed for Bradford City in the summer of 1903, following a spell at Stoke City which started with him scoring twice on his debut, but ended just a handful of appearances later after he became homesick.
Forrest had earlier impressed for Wishaw United and Motherwell north of the border, and was lured back to England by the City directors ahead of the club's inaugural league campaign in 1903.
Forrest scored seven goals in 30 games in 1903-04, but would prove to be much more effective the following season. He ended 1904-05 as the club's top scorer, scoring 17 times in 25 games: including four in a 9-0 FA Cup victory against Sunderland WE. However, that summer, he left City and returned to Scotland, signing for Hamilton Academical.
Jack Forrest
Already possessing Football League experience with Small Heath, wing-half Thomas Farnall was a vital addition to Bradford City's first-ever league squad of 1903-04.
Signed from Watford – he had also played for Bristol Rovers – Farnall made 26 appearances for the Paraders in total: all of them coming in the club's first season. He left in 1905 to join Walsall, before later playing for Barrow and Gloucester City.
Thomas Farnall
#1: John Beckram
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Born: August 1881
John Beckram was born in Sunderland in 1881, and played for Sheffield United before becoming part of the first-ever side to play a competitive fixture for Bradford City.
Beckram has the distinction of owning Heritage Number #1, on account of being the first player listed in the team sheet against Grimsby Town in September 1903 alphabetically.
He was released by the club in the summer of 1905, after failing to make an appearance for City in the club's second season of 1904-05.


January 23 (Renewables Now) - New Jersey has started accepting tax credit applications from companies making a capital investment in offshore wind-related facilities in the state under a programme capped at USD 100 million (EUR 88m).
The announcement comes less than a month after the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) approved the adoption of a funding mechanism for the state's offshore wind programme, which targets 3.5 GW by 2030.
Businesses can qualify for tax credits of up to 100% of capital investments made in an eligible wind facility, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) said on Tuesday. The projects have to be located within seven southern counties in New Jersey -- Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Mercer and Cape May. The deadline for taking part in the reimbursement programme is July 1, 2024.
Interested parties must make a capital investment of at least USD 50 million and guarantee the creation of at least 300 full-time jobs. Applications will undergo a net positive economic benefits test to ensure that the state will get a return higher than the value of the credit.
Entities that receive approval have two options afterwards, either to apply 10% of the total credit amount per year against their corporation business or insurance premiums tax or sell the credit for no less than 75% of its value.
"The new Offshore Wind Tax Credit Program is a fiscally responsible and targeted incentive that will help accelerate private sector investment into offshore wind infrastructure and manufacturing here in New Jersey," said Brian Sabina, NJEDA senior vice president – Office of Economic Transformation.


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10 Things to Know About Henry Bolton
The new UKIP leader is Henry Bolton. Guido answers the question: "Who are you?"
Bolton was the Faragista candidate and Nigel has already congratulated him on his win
He is a former British Army officer with an an OBE for services to international security
He ran as a LibDem in 2005
He worked for the EU in Common Security and Defence Policy roles
He was a police officer for Thames Valley police for eight years, during which he received an award for outstanding bravery
His wife Tatiana Smurova-Bolton gave birth to their daughter Victoria on a train to St Pancras
He warned UKIP was in danger of becoming he "UK Nazi Party" if Anne-Marie Waters won
He says Islam is a "problem"
He says left-wing extremists like Antifa are as bad as the BNP and EDL
He got more votes (3,874) than he had followers on Twitter (2,359) at the time of his election.
Henry Bolton doesn't rule out kicking Anne-Marie Waters out of UKIP when I ask him how he will deal with her and supporters #UKIP17 pic.twitter.com/H1WBFocQTJ
— Ross Kempsell (@rosskempsell) September 29, 2017
Asked by Guido after he won, he didn't rule out kicking Anne-Marie Waters out of the party…
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Jarosław Marycz (ur. 17 kwietnia 1987 w Koszalinie) – polski kolarz szosowy, od 2018 zawodnik polskiej profesjonalnej grupy Wibatech Merx 7r.

Karierę zaczynał w koszalińskim klubie kolarskim Spółdzielca.

W lipcu 2009 został w Belgii wicemistrzem Europy orlików (do lat 23) w wyścigu szosowym ze startu wspólnego. Reprezentant Polski na mistrzostwach świata w 2008 roku w Varese, 2009 w Mendrisio oraz 2010 w Geelong.

W listopadzie 2009 podpisał kontrakt z duńską zawodową grupą Team Saxo Bank, będąc piątym w sezonie polskim kolarzem posiadającym licencję do startów w ProTour. W listopadzie 2012 podpisał dwuletni kontrakt z polską zawodową grupą CCC Polsat Polkowice

Na 1. etapie Tour de Pologne 2010 w Warszawie zajął 5. miejsce i w ten sposób zdobył swój pierwszy w karierze punkt w klasyfikacji Pro Tour.

Startował m.in. w Vuelta a España w 2011 (149 m. w klasyfikacji końcowej) i Giro d'Italia w 2015 (nie ukończył).

Najważniejsze zwycięstwa i sukcesy
 2005
 4. miejsce w mistrzostwach świata juniorów (jazda indywidualna na czas)
 2007
 1. miejsce na 4. etapie Tour du Loir-et-Cher
 2008
  1. miejsce w mistrzostwach Polski (do lat 23, jazda indywidualna na czas)
 1. miejsce w Berner Rundfahrt
 2009
  1. miejsce w mistrzostwach Polski (do lat 23, jazda indywidualna na czas)
 2. miejsce w mistrzostwach Europy (do lat 23, start wspólny)
 1. miejsce na 3. etapie Okolo Slovenska
 2010
  1. miejsce w mistrzostwach Polski (jazda indywidualna na czas)
 5. miejsce na 1. etapie Tour de Pologne
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 2. miejsce w "Międzynarodowym kryterium w Dzierżoniowie"
 1. miejsce w Wyścig Szlakiem Bursztynowym
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Apple's iWatch isn't shipping before 2015: Report
Apple's wearable gadget — which everyone calls the iWatch — isn't going to be on your wrist anytime soon, says John Paczkowski at Re/code.
He says it will be announced on September 9, but might not arrive until early 2015: Sources in position to know tell me it won't arrive at market for a few months. "It's not shipping any time soon," said one. So when does Apple plan to ship its eagerly anticipated wearable? That's not clear, but my understanding is that we're unlikely to see it at retail until after the holiday season — think early 2015.
Paczkowski has been all over the timing of Apple's announcements, so we trust him on this one.
When Apple announced the iPhone, it didn't start selling the phone for six months. When Apple announced the iPad, it took weeks before it went on sale.
It looks like Apple is doing the same thing with the iWatch, which is a new product category for Apple.
For a major new product, relatively little is known about the iWatch. It's reportedly going to be used for health and fitness tracking. It will also reportedly offer some sort of mobile payments solution.
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Blue Ridge China was produced by Southern Potteries in Erwin, Tennessee from 1938 through 1957. The individual items were hand painted by local women and production reached almost 25 million pieces a year, making it the largest producer of hand-decorated pottery in the country. Today Blue Ridge China is collected by thousands of people around the world. This new book celebrates Blue Ridge China and those who made it. Thousands of pieces are illustrated in full color, with informative captions and guide to current values. It includes newly identified patterns as well as many of the old favorites. There is also historical background on Erwin, Tennessee and the people of Southern Potteries.
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New iPads expected at Apple event set for October 22
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Apple Inc next Tuesday is expected to introduce a new line-up of iPads that will compete with the latest tablets from Amazon.com Inc and Samsung Electronics, amid pressure to preserve market share.
The company sent out invitations to media on Tuesday for the October 22 event that read, "We still have a lot to cover" and sported a close-up, half-view of Apple's logo. The usual stylized, elliptical apple-stalk is replicated and scattered throughout an attached image in multiple hues.
New versions of the iPad, which will go up against Amazon.com's latest Kindle Fires and gadgets made by Samsung, are expected to feature lighter, thinner designs and more powerful processors. The iPhone maker has come under pressure over the past year to preserve market share and bolster sales against rivals that are rapidly raising capabilities and lowering prices.
News of the October 22 event was first reported by AllThingsD last week.
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Kaylen Morgan commits to the University of Michigan & Lauren Little commits to the University of Alabama
By Carly Thomas, 11/20/21, 11:30AM EST
We are so excited to announce that Everest's Lauren Little has committed to the University of Alabama for gymnastics. We are so proud of her and all that she has accomplished. We can't wait to cheer her on!
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We can officially announce that Everest's Kaylen Morgan has committed to the University of Michigan for gymnastics. We're so proud of her and all that she has done! We are so excited to cheer her on in this next journey!
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 Дотри, Крис (род. 1979) — американский певец, автор песен, музыкант и актер.
 Дотри, Лейла (более известна под фамилией Денмарк; 1898—2012) — американский педиатр, одна из разработчиков вакцины от коклюша.
 Дотри, Рауль (1880—1951) — французский инженер, министр вооружения Франции.

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Both IELTS formats in IELTS syllabus - IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training - are made up of four compulsory sections – Listening, reading, writing and speaking.
The Listening section of IELTS has four sub-sections. The first one is a conversation between two people set in an everyday social context. Second is a monologue or a speech. Third section is a conversation between a maximum of four people set in an academic setting and the final one is a monologue on an academic subject, for instance, an academic lecture. Each section is heard only once.
According to the IELTS syllabus 2016, the Reading section assesses the test taker's skill in reading as she/he answers the questions (multiple choice, sentence completion, summary writing, matching information, short-answers etc.) after reading one long text in each of the sections. The Reading component consists of 40 questions. A variety of question types like reading for gist, reading for main ideas, reading for detail, skimming, understanding logical argument, recognizing writers' opinions, attitudes and purpose are used in order to test a wide range of reading skills.
According to the IELTS 2016 Syllabus, the General Training version requires candidates to read extracts from books, magazines, newspapers, notices, advertisements, company handbooks and guidelines. These are materials you are likely to encounter on a daily basis in an English speaking environment.
You will be presented with a graph, table, chart or diagram and asked to describe, summarize or explain the information in your own words. You may be asked to describe and explain data, describe the stages of a process, how something works or describe an object or event.
The IELTS Speaking test which is in recorded form consists of three parts that simulate a face-to-face oral interview with an examiner. The Speaking component assesses your use of spoken English, and takes between 11 and 14 minutes to complete. Every test is recorded. The Speaking component is delivered in such a way that it does not allow candidates to rehearse set responses beforehand.


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New Jersey Elementary School's Book Vending Machine An Innovative Project, And Pandemic DistractionSince the pandemic has been a downer for so many students, a school in New Jersey came up with a special project to spark some joy.
Fundraiser Held In Honor Of Detective Killed In Jersey City ShootingAll the funds will go to the Tunnel To Towers Foundation.
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed By Fmr. N.J. Superintendent Who Defecated On School's TrackThomas Tramaglini claimed Holmdel police violated his constitutional rights by taking his mug shot and releasing it after he was issued summonses last year.
Defecating Superintendent Sues Over Release Of Mug ShotA former New Jersey school superintendent who pleaded guilty to defecating on another high school's track has sued the local police department for releasing his mug shot to news outlets.
Superintendent Who Defecated On Other School's Track Fined $500, Court CostsAuthorities had accused Thomas Tramaglini of repeatedly defecating on the track at Holmdel High School, but he only admitted to defecating under the high school's bleachers.
N.J. Superintendent Accused Of Defecating On Another School's Track ResignsKenilworth School Superintendent Thomas Tramaglini allegedly relieved himself on a daily basis at Holmdel High School's track and field.
Family Of Girls Expelled From NJ Catholic School Ordered To Pay Legal FeesAs WCBS 880's Kelly Waldron reported, the parents of 13-year-old Sydney Phillips have been ordered to pay the legal fees for St Teresa's School in Kenilworth and the Archdiocese of Newark.
Judge Rules NJ Girl Who Wanted To Play On Boys' Basketball Team Must Be Allowed Back To SchoolA judge has ruled that a New Jersey girl expelled from her Roman Catholic school after her family sued because it wouldn't let her play boys' basketball must be allowed to return to school.
NJ Girl Who Sued For Right To Play On Boys' Basketball Team Expelled From SchoolTwelve-year-old Sydney Phillips is not welcome at St. Theresa's School in Kenilworth, her father told reporters Wednesday.
New Jersey Judge Won't Order School To Put Girl On Boys Basketball TeamA New Jersey judge has refused to order a Catholic school to allow a girl to play on the eighth grade boys basketball team.
New Jersey Family Sues To Let Daughter Play On Boys' Basketball TeamA girl who wants to play for her school's boys' basketball team has sued the Archdiocese of Newark.
Police Pursuit Of Stolen Car In Kenilworth, NJ Ends In CrashPolice tell CBS2's Meg Baker they were in pursuit of a stolen car when it crashed into a grey Honda.
Police: Man Went On Violent Crime Spree Before Crashing Carjacked Vehicle In Union CountyA high-speed chase on Wednesday ended when a carjacking suspect crashed into a Halloween store in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
Police: Prank Caller Who Reported 'Hostage Situation' In N.J. Will Be ProsecutedA prank call that brought a massive response in Union County, N.J., was the subject of a criminal investigation Monday.
Police: Apparent Prank Call Sparked 'Hostage Situation' Near Kean UniversitySomeone called 911 and directed law enforcement to a home on Newark Avenue, where they claimed a Kean University student was holding his brother and sister hostage with a pipe bomb.
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Olivia - Webydo Team – Webydo - Participate.
Webydo automatically creates a sitemap for your site.
This is being worked on as we speak so should be with us soon!
You can use the form tool to allow users to sign up for a newsletter, however at the moment Webydo does not incorporate databases so it will have to be edited manually.
In terms of password protected pages, this is due in 8-10 weeks!
We are working on a solution that will enable you to upload a variety of things, including templates from Bootstrap and WordPress!
You should be able to access the colour codes of your saved colours in the "Site Presets" section.
However, this really is a great idea and something that has already come up. We will definitely take this into consideration in our next updates.
Is it possible to enable a linked image to download a document, like a PDF?
You may try adding an image with the text tool, and then link it to a document.
At the moment you can link text to a downloadable PDF.
If you highlight text in the text box and then go to the top toolbar where it says "link to", from the dropdown menu next to it, you can select "file" and then choose the correct one. When it's linked it will change the colour and underline of the text, but you can just change this using the text editing toolbar.
Webydo does have site wide colors.
Click on the "Site Presets" link in the top menu and choose your site colors.
If you change later on the colors, they will take affect on all the site.
Regarding site wide fonts, we are working on that, and it should be available in the near future.
This is something we are working on - including it in the H tagging options so you can change them site wide like this - including fonts, colour, size etc.
Hopefully this will be with us soon although I don't have a date to give you. We will keep you updated though and we really appreciate your patience!
Is it possible to import animations from other sources, such as Adobe's Edge animate or Hype?
Have you tried embedding the HTML code using Webydo's Widget element?
At the moment there isn't any way of uploading files on to Webydo servers but we will definitely keep this in mind!
I suggest that is very important to have an spanish version.
This is actually not a bug.
The way to do this is by inserting one of your menus on the homepage of one of the languages. Then right click and select "duplicate on all pages". Here you can select exactly which pages this menu will be on. Then go to the homepage of your other language and insert the correct menu and repeat this on the specific pages it is supposed to be.
I just wanted to let you all know that you can change your password directly from the dashboard.
Next to a site you will see a cog wheel - the settings, when you click this, a new box opens up with one of the tabs named "password". If you change your password here it is your log in password, it is not site specific.
At the moment the only way to change your log in email is by getting in contact with us at support@webydo.com.
We do hope to incorporate the features you are talking about here, so please bear with us!


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Elder Tsarnaev's Cause Of Death: 'Gunshot Wounds And Head-Torso Trauma'
Massachusetts examiners continue to inspect the corpse of Tamerlan Tsarneav, the elder of the two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing, before his body is buried, which could happen as soon as this weekend.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Tsarnaev's death certificate lists the cause of death as "gunshot wounds of torso and extremities" as well as "blunt trauma to the head and torso," according to the Boston Herald. The file has not been submitted to city of Boston but Peter Stefan, the owner of Graham, Putnam, and Mahoney Funeral Parlor in Worcester, showed the document to media.
Tsarnaev, 26, was killed after a gunfight with police in the early morning hours of April 19, nearly four days after he and younger brother Dzhokhar are thought to have detonated explosives near the marathon's finish line. The attack killed three people and injured 264 others.
It is widely believed that Dzhokar drove over his injured brother in a rush to escape from law enforcement. Tamerlan was pronounced dead at 1:35am on April 19 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Stefan told reporters that protesters were demonstrating outside the building chanting "USA" and holding signs implying the funeral director, who friends described as a "man of integrity," was betraying his country by preparing Tsarneav for burial.
"If somebody dies, I can't pick and choose," he said. "I've had people come to me and say, 'What are you doing?' Somebody murdered their mother. Somebody murdered their child. I don't bury murderers. I don't bury terrorists. I bury bodies."
Tsarnaev is to undergo a second 'independent' autopsy demanded by his relatives as the defense team prepares for trial. a family spokeswoman, Heda Saratova, said.
Despite suffering a gunshot wound to the neck the younger Tsarneav is now able to speak and has been interacting with staff at Federal Medical Center Devens, a prison spokesman said earlier this week.
"A second autopsy doesn't take long," Stefan said. "It's fairly common. You see it a lot with car crashes…My main thing is looking for a cemetery. I've been making calls. I've been turned down by every one of them. All these people are petrified."
Tamerlan lived roughly 40 miles away from the funeral home where his body was prepared for burial this week, in a house on Norfolk Street in Cambridge, with his wife and child.
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In family's battle against teen pregnancy, a birthday carries special meaning
Sweet 16 is a milestone. In this family, one more year would be far sweeter.
Niya Finlayson is the first woman in four generations to reach age 17 without having a child. Family and friends gathered to celebrate Niya's 17th birthday at Carne ChopHouse in Ybor City. While she sat at a table with a gaggle of her closest girlfriends, her family was never far away. Her mom Niki Johnson, upper left, and grandfather Carlton Spaulding joined in for the singing of "Happy Birthday." Photos by MELISSA LYTTLE / Times
Niya Finlayson, center, who is almost never allowed to leave the house except for church and school, spends most of her social time talking to friends, like Megane Gay, 18, left, between classes and in the cafeteria lunch line at Newsome High School. Her grandma has carefully vetted her girlfriends by speaking with all of their parents.
By Weston Phippen, Times Staff Writer
Published May 1 2014
Updated May 4 2014
IT BEGAN MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY AGO, when an older man took an interest in a girl who knew nothing of sex. At 16 she had her first child. Sixteen years later, her daughter carried out the trash in their Tampa housing complex and a man asked her name. At 16, she, too, became pregnant. Two was coincidence. But later when her pregnant daughter also dropped out of high school at 16, the reality of three generations of women impregnated at the same age began to seem like a curse. This is the shadow of history Niya Finlayson never asked for, but all the same inherited.
Now Niya is 16, and only 48 days from 17. This birthday was especially significant for Niya's mother and grandmother. They were determined to make sure she reached it without having made the same mistake as them, as if it were a way to amend their own past.
And so here was Niya on a Friday at her friend's birthday party in a Riverview Applebee's. About a dozen teenage girls sat in a booth carrying on half a dozen conversations. But only Niya had chaperones.
Mother and grandmother sat across the busy restaurant. From behind their plates, the two women jerked when they saw Niya and a few friends reappear through the front doors, having not seen her leave in the first place.
"What's she doing outside?" Niya's grandma, Carlotta, asked.
"I don't know," said Niya's mother, Niki.
"She don't have any reason to be outside in the first place," Carlotta, 53, said, arching to get a better view.
For a moment it seemed as if Carlotta might tear across the restaurant to ask just what her granddaughter was doing outside. If Carlotta had asked, she would have learned the girls were taking pictures in their heels and dresses.
Niya's friends said they planned to continue the party at one of their houses. Niya didn't even bother asking if she could go; she already knew the answer. She would hear about the festivities Monday at high school. Niya was safe for now, if only mother and grandmother could keep her eyes off boys, and their eyes on her.
Forty-seven days left.
Niya said she once had a boyfriend in seventh grade. The two would hold hands and they even kissed once. Carlotta said she never had a boyfriend, as if Niya had made up the story. Boyfriends lead to hand-holding, which leads to kissing, which leads to sex. And Niya has been told multiple times what that leads to.
Niya can recall three "talks" she has had. One was in third grade about "becoming a woman." The second was in sixth grade from her grandparents, the thesis of which she remembers as "If you have sex, you get pregnant, so don't have sex." And her freshman year she learned about gonorrhea and watched a film of a woman giving birth. She was terrified.
And yet curiosity in sex is not lost on Niya. At church she met a boy and the two exchanged numbers. Then they sent texts, and later Niki snooped through Niya's phone and found indecent photos she'd sent to the boy.
"What if you would have had sex?" Niki asked her.
"Maybe I do wanna have sex!" Niya yelled back.
Even in God's house the older women must be vigilant, because where there are broad shoulders and square chins, there looms a threat. After Niki found the photos, mother, grandmother, grandfather and her uncles lectured the girl on the intentions of boys, and reminded her once again what happens when you have sex. Then they took away Niya's cellphone. In ways little and large, she was always paying for what happened half a century ago.
Eula Duhart, now 70, grew up on a farm in Georgia and remembers wearing clothes cut from a burlap sack. Her family moved to St. Petersburg when she was still young, and when her parents learned she was pregnant they called her a whore and she moved out.
Men would stay and some would go as she raised Carlotta, and Carlotta's early years as a mother with Niki, her middle child, were not different.
Carlotta took custody of Niya when she was 18 months old. At that time, Niki was living in public housing and more interested in partying than motherhood. Carlotta took Niya from her not long after she found the baby alone with a bottle of laundry detergent, bubbles dribbling from her mouth.
Carlotta has three children of her own, from three fathers. When Carlotta met a hard-working Jamaican man named Carlton Spaulding, they married and moved Niya to the predominantly white suburbs of Riverview. Spaulding is a supervisor for Hillsborough Area Regional Transit. Carlotta drives a bus. They live in a two-story, four-bedroom home.
Riverview surrounds Niya with aspirations, Carlotta said. All of Niya's friends at school, at church and in the neighborhood, plan to go to college. That was not the case where Carlotta grew up. But even in Riverview, there is temptation, and so Niya spends most her time at home under family supervision.
She's almost never allowed to leave the house except for school and church. She can only hang out with a group of girlfriends whom Carlotta has thoroughly vetted by speaking with their parents. No boys. Once, a boy came to the house when Carlotta and Carlton were home, and the grandmother called the boy's parents, told him he should not visit unannounced, and sent him away.
"I'm not trying to be a hard parent, but from my experience, I don't want her to go through the same thing," Carlotta said. "I just don't want her to end up with a baby on her hip, in a food stamp line, on welfare, waiting for some clown to give her money."
Niya has her grandmother's small physique. She has beautiful, coffee-bean brown eyes, and runner's legs. She attended private schools as a child. Now she's a junior at Newsome High School, where there is a greenhouse and cow pen by the student parking lot. She hopes to attend Florida State University or the University of Central Florida. Somewhere far away. Maybe she'll join a sorority, she said.
"You ain't joining no sorority," Carlotta said.
"What if it's a good one?" Niya said.
"No such thing," Carlotta said.
Niya is a bright student when the class interests her, and she earns mostly A's and B's, some of them in advanced placement classes.
"I've been in them, since, like, seventh grade, so it's just, like, whatever."
Even the way she talks sets her apart from the family. Her cousins facetiously call her "Suzie," because it sounds like a white girl's name, and they say Niya is the only one in the family who speaks "like a white girl."
She is the only one raised by Carlotta not to have a car bought for her. And she is the only one who was never allowed to hang out with friends on weekends. Which is why on this Friday she was at her 7-year-old nephew's basketball game.
Inside a youth gymnasium in Tampa, Niya sat in the bleachers beside her grandfather, whom she calls Daddy. Because of the illicit photos, she still had no phone, so she couldn't even text a friend to find out what fun she'd miss. She might as well be a castaway on an island.
The next day she would work the night shift at McDonald's, which Carlotta says is a reward for good behavior and grades. On Sunday she would spend three hours at church, trying to not make eye contact with the boy to whom she had sent the photos. Then there would be another shift at McDonald's. Sometimes a boy with sagging pants riding a bicycle hits on her from outside the drive-through window.
"He's so nasty," she said, smiling.
In the gym, her nephew ran out on the court in a No. 8 jersey. The little kids clumped around the ball, a spaghetti glob of limbs.
"I have one more year," Niya said, looking supremely bored.
Lunch is Niya's favorite period at school, and one of her only chances to freely socialize. Once, Carlotta offered to pick her up during lunch to buy shoes for track and Niya complained and asked to get her out of class instead.
On the way to the lunch room, Niya walked into the courtyard with her two friends, Elizabeth and Megane Gay. Newsome's student body is only 6 percent black, but nearly all of Niya's friends are. Kids crisscrossed each other heading to class.
"Oh, that's him," Elizabeth said as a boy disappeared into a classroom.
"Oh, yeah?" Niya asked, having heard about her crush before. "He's a baseball player?"
"I thought he looked like a wrestler," Megane said.
"No, baseball," Elizabeth said as they continued to walk.
"All the wrestlers here are short," Megane said.
"Yeah but the wrestlers got butts!" Elizabeth said.
The five girls set their bags on a round table in the corner. They gabbed as they waited in line for their food. One girl said Niya had a boyfriend.
Then Niya said it's really her "stalker." The kid is good-looking, wore glasses and studied during lunch. Niya, wearing a jacket over a short tan dress that fit like spandex, didn't seem interested.
All the girls wore gold necklaces. They stood shoulder to shoulder in a circle waiting for their lasagna, flipping their hair. In the line, Megane explained Niya's situation:
"If we want to invite her out, we have to take her grandma with," Megane said. "That's what hanging out for Niya is."
One time Niya went to a birthday party. Carlotta was also invited, but she took her home shortly after she found Niya around a corner dancing with a boy. Niya is not allowed to go to school dances. Niya has heard that's where some kids have sex. They do it right on the dance floor in the dark, she says in a serious tone that sounds just like her grandmother.
Before they left the lunch room, Megane walked over to two men in uniform recruiting at the school.
"Why you always hitting on Army guys?" Elizabeth asked jokingly.
"Girl!" Megane said as the group bounded off.
They merged back into the surge of bodies, pausing to talk with passing boys. Niya walked to her trigonometry class. She had 21 days left until her birthday.
About two weeks before her birthday, Niya got a D on her report card. Before they learned it was the teacher's error, Carlotta and Niki were so angry they threatened to cancel the birthday party.
You can't do things halfway and expect full results from it, Niki said she told Niya by phone. You have to make sure your grades are up to par.
Niya didn't answer her.
If you want better, you have to do better, Niki said.
Again, no response.
If you don't want to go to college, and you don't want to do anything in your life, Niki said, then make the choices that I made.
Hello? Niki asked.
Yeah, Niya said. Okay.
Niya decided she wanted to ring in 17 in Ybor City, Tampa's capital of booze and clubs. Niki and Carlotta's first response was absolutely not. But on second thought, as long as they were around to chaperone, and as long as the party finished before dark, they figured they'd allow Niya to make the decision this once. The party would be no small affair.
Niki has spent the past year rededicating her life to school and trying to straighten out a path that gnarled at a young age. With money from her school loans she helped pay for her daughter's party.
"I wanted her to understand the importance of this milestone," Niki said.
Around 6 p.m. on a Saturday, inside Carne ChopHouse, Niya sat with her friends at a table. Her birthday cake was shaped like a designer purse and a high-heel shoe.
The girls chatted and danced. Niya had finally earned her phone back, and all the girls took pictures of themselves in their heels and dresses. After dinner, everyone sang Happy Birthday.
In Niya's mind, today she was 17, and next year she would be 18, and soon she would be off to college. One month ago, the crisis of her life was losing her cellphone. Today was her birthday, and also a Saturday, and for the first time in a long while she was with friends on the weekend. That's what she'd looked forward to.
"I don't want to do that stuff," Niya said of partying and sex. "But they've got to let me spread my wings."
With her family around her, Niya leaned toward the candles on her cake and blew. As silent as an exhaled breath, the cycle that started a half century ago and that three women bore ended with Niya.
Soon Niya will send out her college applications, and soon she will hear back. In one year she'll move away from home and for the first time in her life she'll be responsible for herself. Even she's a bit worried about how she'll cope with freedom.
After the party, Niya and her friends walked the streets of Ybor. In a few hours crowds would fill the bars and clubs, and the next week Niya would have her phone taken away again for trying to arrange a secret date with a boy.
Niya clicked down the street, imagining, with mother and grandmother steps behind.
Weston Phippen can be reached at wphippen@tampabay.com or (727) 893-8321.
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New restaurant Lupo Italian Ristorante opens in Banff
The newest Banff Hospitality Collective eatery is open for business on Wolf Street
Image via Lupo's Instagram page
A new restaurant from Banff Hospitality Collective and chef Justin Leboe opened its doors in Banff this week. The contemporary restaurant aims to offer an authentic taste of Italy, something which has been lacking in the ever-popular mountainside town.
Located on the street from which its name was inspired, Lupo (which is Italian for "wolf") will feature a whimsical assortment of Northern Italian fare with an emphasis on house-made pastas and woodfired pizzas.
"Like the wolf, Lupo's food is curious, explorative, and pushes the bounds of classic Italian while honouring the beauty of traditional Italian dishes," says chef Leboe.
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Aside from pasta and pizza, guests can look forward to menu options that range from authentic Italian antipasti and starters to vegetable-forward dishes and meat-centric family-style entrees. In terms of libations, Lupo is offering a large list of local and imported draft and bottled brews, classic Italian cocktails, and a wide selection of old and new world wines.
Lupo is open from 5 to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays (except Tuesday) and from 5 to 9:30 p.m. on weekends. Reservations can be made online.
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Leech Lake is a lake located in north central Minnesota, United States. It is located completely within the Chippewa National Forest. It is used as a reservoir. The lake is the third largest in Minnesota, it covers 111,527 acres (451 km²), and has a maximum depth of 150 feet (46 m).
Leech Lake is a popular sport fishing hotspot, and is fished for walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, panfish, northern pike and muskellunge. The state record Lake Whitefish (12 lbs, 4.5 oz) and Pumpkinseed (1 lb, 5.6 oz) were both caught here in 1999.
Every February, Leech Lake is home to the International Eel Pout Festival. The eel pout, also known as the burbot, is rarely seen in Leech Lake, except in the winter when it is very plentiful. Events include a black-tie dinner, ice bowling, and a contest to see who can catch the largest eel pout.
Leech Lake is the third largest lake entirely within the boundaries of Minnesota and has approximately 112,000 surface acres. The lake is geographically located in three glacial zones and has an irregular shape with many large and small bays. The deepest area of the lake is located in Walker Bay where depths reach around 150 feet deep. Approximately 80% of the lake is less than 35 feet deep.
Similar to other large lakes in Minnesota, the fish community is dominated by species in the perch and pike families. Walleye, northern pike, and muskellunge are the primary predator species, while yellow perch and cisco are principal forage species. Leech Lake is well known among anglers for its walleye, northern pike, and muskellunge fishing. For more information about fishing on Leech Lake, visit the MN DNR Leech Lake information report.


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Q: Blocktrail Bitcoin API receive payment After I created an address, a webhook (on that address [address-transactions]), and sent BTC to that address, I am getting a callback.
How can I get the address, which was the purpose of payment (receive address)?
How can I be sure?
Callback below:

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Thank you very much for your help.

A: The addresses portion in the last line (in your example) has the address. It is a key so you can use .keys() and select the first one. Here is an example of how I parsed it using python:
data = json.loads(request.body)
address = data['addresses'].keys()[0]
amount = data['addresses'][address]
confirmations = data['data']['confirmations']

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Car accidents are things that we are rarely completely prepared for. Sure most of us have car insurance which helps cover most of the financial liabilities but there are circumstances that can make the situation far more complicated than it already is. Most accidents have the potential to turn into a very messy court case and sometimes the immediate shock of the accident can make you forget to do some very important things assuming you're physically okay. Fortunately, Lifehacker put together a great list of things to do to prepare for an accident before it happens.
Make a Cheat Sheet – You should make a checklist for yourself for steps that you should take in the event of an accident and keep it in your glove compartment. Things that you should get from the other driver in an accident are the other driver's name, license plate number, telephone number and insurance carrier so write these down so you don't forget to a crucial piece of information.
Have a Camera phone, Pen, and Paper – Keeping a pen or pencil and paper in your glove box will make it easy to exchange information with the other driver. Having a camera phone handy is extremely useful for taking pictures to document the scene of the accident and things like the other driver's license plate in the event they refuse to share information. Having photos of the scene will dramatically help your case if there is a dispute with your insurance company or with the other driver in court.
Write Down Everything – When you're still at the scene, write down every detail you can think of about the accident. This includes things like the date and time, the street and location, make and model of the other car, a physical description of the driver, and any damage done to the vehicles. This will help you immensely if the other driver leaves the scene of the accident and will help you immensely if it ends up in court.
Approach Witnesses – If there were any witnesses to the accident still around, approach them and take down their contact information just in case.
Review Your Insurance – The time to make sure you know what your insurance does and doesn't cover is before you need to file a claim. Collision protection is necessary for insurance to cover fixing your car while underinsurance will cover you if the other driver is uninsured and can't pay the damages that he or she is liable for. Reviewing your insurance policy beforehand will help prevent any nasty surprises when you need it most.
Stick Around – Stay at the scene of the accident until the Police arrive and they say you can leave. Though the exact state laws differ, leaving the scene of an accident is a crime that you can be charged with if you leave early. If you're not doing anything that is otherwise illegal, you have absolutely nothing to gain from leaving the scene of an accident.
Drive Safely – This bit is obvious but you can greatly reduce your chances of getting into a crash by doing some fairly simple things. Don't text and drive. Don't drive under the influence of any controlled substances. Don't drive more than 10 mph over the speed limit. Slow down when driving in bad weather. Don't drive aggressively. All of these things will greatly reduce the probability of you getting into an accident and if you get into an accident while following that advice it will be far less severe.


It is undeniable that Vietnam is a wonderful destination to spend your holiday, and like other places, there are some certain things you should bring along for convenience. Check out here!
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When talking about the charming Vietnam, we cannot stop thinking about the exquisite S shape that holds the impressive attraction to the travelers all over the world. In each corner of country, there are lots of beautiful destinations to explore. Citizens of Netherlands are always welcomed to this friendly nation, thus the matters of traveling to Vietnam from Netherlands is always their concern.
With clear turquoise waters, dreamy sand beaches, gently swaying palm trees, surfing spots, breathtaking underwater life and some of the best diving sites, Asia's fascinating islands, including Phu Quoc of Vietnam are close to being heaven on earth.
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Charles White Kirk Bauer
In 2015, we started collaborating on the possibilities of a fully customizable etched metal product. We wanted to solve the problem that textural metals typically exist only in fixed patterns. It was virtually impossible to be original and creative with textured metal.
We asked: What if you could etch any image or pattern into metal? What if you could add color to it? What if you could order 1 square inch or 10,000 square feet? What if you could create a fully customizable etched metal product manufactured on-demand?!
We answered those questions. And more. In 2018, after years of trial and error, we received a United States Patent on our customized etched metal method. In 2021, after dozens of projects, and after much experimentation and refinement of the process, we filed a second patent application with the US Patent office further expanding the potential of this exciting and innovative product.
Charles White is the Founder and Principal of Skyline Art. Founded in 1987, Skyline Art has become a leader in turnkey art solutions for Healthcare, Corporate and Higher Education. www.skylineart.com
Kirk Bauer is the CEO of Skyline Art. Kirk worked in NYC for Conde Nast, Ogilvy & Mather, Disney and ESPN. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Texas, Austin, and his Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in NYC.


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La proteína tirosina fosfatasa tipo IVA 2 es una enzima que en humanos está codificada por el gen PTP4A2.

La proteína codificada por este gen pertenece a una pequeña clase de la familia de la proteína tirosina fosfatasa (PTP). Los PTP son moléculas de señalización celular que desempeñan funciones reguladoras en una variedad de procesos celulares. Los PTP de esta clase contienen un dominio catalítico de proteína tirosina fosfatasa y un motivo característico de prenilación C-terminal.

Se ha demostrado que este PTP se asocia principalmente con la membrana plasmática y endosómica a través de su prenilación C-terminal. Se descubrió que este PTP interactúa con la subunidad beta de la geranilgeraniltransferasa II de Rab (beta GGT II) y, por lo tanto, puede funcionar como un regulador de la actividad de GGT II.

La sobreexpresión de este gen en células de mamíferos confirió un fenotipo transformado, lo que sugirió su papel en la tumorigénesis. Alternativamente, se han descrito variantes de transcripción empalmadas que codifican dos isoformas distintas.

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If the US Values Free Speech, It Will Investigate the Murder of Shireen Abu Akleh
Majeed Malhas
From the persecution of Chevron opponent Steven Donziger to the murder of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the US government disregards free speech in situations where corporate allies stand to benefit.
Tributes are paid to murdered Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh at a protest and vigil at the BBC, May 12, 2022. (Guy Smallman / Getty Images)
On May 11, 2022, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) shot and killed veteran Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh while she was covering a military raid on a refugee camp outside the West Bank city of Jenin. Dressed in labeled "PRESS" jackets and helmets, Abu Akleh's Al Jazeera colleagues filmed the moments after she was shot, during which the sniper continued firing at other reporters attempting to retrieve her body.
After Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem debunked Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's claims that a stray bullet fired by Palestinians struck Abu Akleh, the Israeli government called for a joint probe into the journalist's murder with the Palestinian Authority (PA), requesting the handover of the bullet and Abu Akleh's body to conduct an autopsy. The PA has refused, citing the historic lack of transparency and accountability in investigations of other civilian murders and the illegal occupation of the IDF in the Palestinian territories. The PA instead chose to conduct an independent probe.
The PA's investigation concluded that the bullet matched a weapon regularly used by the IDF, the Ruger Mini-14. Al Jazeera correspondent Nida Ibrahim reported that the bullet that killed Abu Akleh "was 5.56mm, and it corresponds with Mini Ruger sniper fire weapon." The Israeli probe has made no progress.
The US State Department has made clear that it will rely on the findings from Israel's investigation. The government's nominal commitment to free speech, it appears, is less important than placating its allies, ranging from foreign governments to multinational corporations.
Silence From the States
A small number of Congressmen, led by Representatives André Carson (D-IN) and Lou Correa (D-CA), have penned a letter requesting the Biden administration conduct an independent investigation of the Palestinian American journalist's murder. "We . . . request the US Department of State determines whether any US laws protecting Ms. Abu Akleh, an American citizen, were violated," reads the letter. "As an American, Ms. Abu Akleh was entitled to the full protections afforded to US citizens living abroad."
Despite the extrajudicial murder of an American citizen and journalist by a foreign government, the Biden administration has refused to conduct its own independent investigation. Instead, Secretary of State Antony Blinken intends to rely on the results of the Israeli probe, which refuses to proceed without Abu Akleh's buried body.
This is not the first time the US federal government has refused to investigate the death of an American citizen at the hands of the IDF. In 2003, it left the murder of activist Rachel Corrie in Gaza to be deliberated by Israeli courts.
The call for US-led investigations into IDF war crimes in Israel's illegally occupied Palestinian territories has fallen on deaf ears for many years. The IDF receives $3.8 billion in American public money annually in military aid, as per the renewed ten-year Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Obama administration in 2016. Demanding a US-led investigation into the murder of Abu Akleh opens legal avenues for Palestinian and American activists and politicians alike to challenge this continued financial support to the IDF.
The United States absolutely has the power to conduct such investigations. The freedom "to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of choice" is protected by Article 19(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, of which the US and Israel are ratified signatories.
And should the investigation reveal war crimes, the United States' financial support for the IDF would come under automatic scrutiny. As per Leahy Law, the US federal government is prohibited from providing "assistance . . . to any unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible information that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights."
A US-led investigation is critical not only to attaining accountability for the IDF's murder of Abu Akleh and eighty-six other journalists reporting from the Palestinian territories since 1967, but for challenging Israel's taxpayer-funded illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories. And that's precisely why the State Department is uninterested in pursuing it.
The Military-Industrial Complex
Given the United States' long history of providing diplomatic immunity to Israel, having vetoed at least 53 UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel in the past five decades, the United States' lack of interest in accountability for the murder of Abu Akleh comes as no surprise. However, outside the well-covered geopolitical reasons the United States has in historically giving Israel impunity, one underreported facet of the human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories is the vested interest of the American military-industrial complex in arming the IDF.
The sniper rifle used to murder Abu Akleh, the Ruger Mini-14, is manufactured and sold by American weapons manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., which has a distribution dealership in Israel and promotes its firearms by highlighting the IDF's use of them.
Israel is the fourteenth-largest importer of weapons globally, with 92 percent of its imports coming from the United States. Effectively, US military aid to Israel subsidizes purchases from American weapons manufacturers and defense contractors. As sociologist Max Ajl writes, "'US 'military assistance,' more accurately understood as a circular flow through which US weapons firms profit off the colonization of Palestinian land and Israeli destabilization of the surrounding states, is a long-term structuring element of the U.S.-Israel 'special relationship.'" In other words, the neoliberal economic orientation that tasks the government with promoting the interests and profits of private-sector firms above all else extends to US foreign policy.
According to Open Secrets, between 2001 and 2021, American defense contractors and weapons manufacturers directed "$285 million in campaign contributions and $2.5 billion in lobbying spending to influence defense policy." These companies include Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies, and General Dynamics.
Among the most prominent lobbyists for both domestic and foreign arms sales are the infamous National Rifle Association and the lesser-known National Shooting Sports Foundation, which spent $1.2 million in lobbying expenditures in 2021. The NSSF's president, Steve Sanetti, was a chief executive and later president of Sturm, Ruger & Co. — the manufacturer of Abu Akleh's murder weapon.
Neoliberal Censorship
The insinuation that American defense contractors and weapons manufacturers condone the killing of American journalists may invite disbelief. But a reflection on the case of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger attests to its plausibility.
Donziger successfully represented the indigenous Ecuadorian group the Amazon Defense Coalition in its legal battle against American oil company Texaco, holding them accountable for 16 billion gallons of toxic waste dumped into the Lago Agrio region of the Amazon rainforest between 1972 and 1992. Since then, Donziger's professional and personal life have been under attack by Texaco's parent company, the American multinational oil giant Chevron.
In 2011, Chevron refused to pay the $9.5 billion settlement for the pollution carried out three decades prior, and launched a countersuit against Donziger accusing him of bribery and fraud. The company claimed that Donziger embellished the extent of the pollution and Texaco's accountability, having been bribed by Ecuadorian officials to scapegoat the oil company for the state's role in failing to mitigate the pollution in Lago Agrio. Chevron's claim has been thoroughly debunked.
Leaked Chevron documents from 2009 reveal that company officials made it an explicit long-term strategy to "demonize" the human rights lawyer to turn the tide of the legal battle against him. Meanwhile, the Amazon Defense Coalition has not received any of the agreed settlement.
Chevron filed a "racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations" (RICO) suit, usually levied against organized crime rings, against Donziger. The federal court judge who presided over Donziger's case was Lewis A. Kaplan, a former corporate lawyer for the tobacco industry who held investments in Chevron. Kaplan found Donziger guilty of the RICO charges in 2014.
The district attorney's office in New York refused to prosecute Donziger despite Kaplan's ruling. Kaplan then took an unusual action for a federal court judge: he invoked Rule 42, which allows a federal judge to appoint a private law firm to prosecute on behalf of the courts if prosecutors refuse to. Kaplan appointed the law firm Seward & Kissel, of which Chevron is a regular client, to represent the US government and ensure that the criminal charges would be brought against Donziger.
Leading up to the trial against Donziger by Seward & Kissel, in another unusual move, Kaplan skipped the standard random assignment process for choosing a judge and directly appointed senior District Judge Loretta Preska to preside over the case. Preska has served on the advisory board of the Federalist Society, to which Chevron is a significant financial contributor.
In August 2019, Preska confiscated Donziger's passport and sentenced him to house arrest for the trial's duration. On October 1, 2021, after two years of house arrest, Preska found Donziger guilty of all charges and sentenced him to six months in jail, the maximum sentence.
"Corporate influence over our federal judiciary has increased dramatically in recent years," said Donziger during the trial. Chevron "has captured an element of power from the government and deployed it against a human rights activist."
The Corporate War on Free Speech
In the Steven Donziger's case, the United States took direct action on behalf of the oil and gas industry. In Shireen Abu Akleh's case, the US is pursuing inaction, at least partly on behalf of arms manufacturers and the broader military-industrial complex.
Donziger was released from prison April 26 and is finally free of persecution. But Abu Akleh is dead and, due to the United States' refusal to launch an independent investigation, is unlikely to have justice.
In both cases, the US government has sided with corporate interests over the value of free speech, including journalists' right to report without fear of harassment and violence and the public's right to information from a free press. Abu Akleh and Donziger's cases reveal the cold, calculated pragmatism with which multinational corporations rope the US government into their project of maintaining global economic hegemony.
Our news cycles are dominated by talk of "cancel culture," and yet average people pay little attention to cases like Abu Akleh's and Donziger's. If the mainstream conversation is going to center on free speech, it should highlight the blatant collusion between neoliberal governments and multinational corporations to silence journalists and activists challenging exploitation and injustice around the world.
Majeed Malhas is a Palestinian-Canadian freelance journalist and managing editor at Spheres of Influence . His writing addresses issues of political economy and foreign policy in North America and the Middle East.
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