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ELEGANT 1906 GOLD G.A.R. PAST POST COMMANDER'S BADGE PRESENTED TO JOSEPH PONTIUS, Co. M, 15th PA CAVALRY BY COL. FRED TAYLOR POST 12 G.A.R. DEPARTMENT OF PA
The 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry was meant to expand upon the Anderson Troop, an elite organization recruited among society's upper crust. The regiment was organized in Fall 1862, but saw action in the Antietam Campaign even before it was fully organized. After organization it served throughout the war in the western theatre, losing 3 officers and 22 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded at Stones River and in a host of smaller engagements, raids, and expeditions. Joseph Pontius enlisted and mustered into Co. E on 8/22/62, but was transferred to Company M at an early date. He was captured with several others from the regiment at Dandridge, TN, on 12/24/63 when they made the mistake of attacking a superior Confederate force. He spent almost a year in Confederate prisons, including Andersonville, before being released in November 1864. He returned to the regiment and mustered out 6/21/65 at Nashville. His account of his capture and time in southern prisons is in the regimental history. He attended the 1905 dedication of the monument at Andersonville prison and in June 1906 was a representative to the PA GAR encampment in Altoona. He may be the same Joseph Pontius interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, PA, who was born in 1841 and died in 1917.
The badge has a light blue silk ribbon with a GAR eagle top bar in gold and a post commander's shoulder strap suspended under it, the position indicating he was a past officer. A pair of crossed sabers with ribbon overhead reading, "Co. M 15th PA. Cav." hangs below that a GAR star in gold with the following presentation nicely engraved on the reverse: "Presented / to / Jos. Pontius / By / Col. Fred Taylor/ Post 19 G.A.R. / Dept. of Pa. / Feb. 8th / 1906"
The medal measures about 3 1/2 inches top to bottom, with the ribbon adding another ¼ inch overall. The post was in Philadelphia and named for Colonel Charles Frederick Taylor, a Kennett Square native who was killed in action on July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg while commanding the 42nd Pennsylvania.
This is very pretty presentation badge in gold to a post officer and member of a wartime unit that prided itself on its society connections and saw very active service. [SR]
Inquire About ELEGANT 1906 GOLD G.A.R. PAST POST COMMANDER'S BADGE PRESENTED TO JOSEPH PONTIUS, Co. M, 15th PA CAVALRY BY COL. FRED TAYLOR POST 12 G.A.R. DEPARTMENT OF PA
SET OF BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - OEUVRES DE BLAISE PASCAL
A Paris: Chez Lefevre, Libraire, Rue de L'Epeon N.6, 1819. French language edition, five volumes in full leather. Gilt ruled spines and decorative design. Black leather title and author labels stamped in gilt. Each volume bears title page… (959-01). Learn More »


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The Coop - on the left 50 yards along the road to Wooler.
John Dory, Fish & Chips - opposite and on a bit.
Carters, butchers - pies and puddings.
G S Clark, fruit and vegetables.
Trotters - bread and cakes.
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Sweet Details About Kris Humphries's New Girlfriend, Neyleen Ashley
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Jaycee Levin
Entertainment And News
Jan 8, 2021, 17:15 EST
Kris Humphries has moved way past the days of being married to Kim Kardashian for 72 days.
Now, he has been seen out and about with his new girlfriend, Neyleen Ashley.
Humphries is a basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association. He is known for playing in the NBA for a plethora of teams like the Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, Toronto Raptors, New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets, Washington Wizards, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, and the Atlanta Hawks.
Kris Humphries has clearly done very well in his basketball career, but now he is focusing on spending more time with his girlfriend, Neyleen Ashley.
Who is Kris Humphries's girlfriend, Neyleen Ashley?
Keep reading to learn about Kris Humphries's hot new flame.
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She's an Instagram model.
Neyleen Ashley is an Instagram model from Miami, Florida.
She is 32 years old and was born on August 18, 1988, making her a fierce and loyal Leo.
Ashley has 2.1 million followers on her Instagram page and her bio states that she is the "CEO of personality & being kind to others." She also has an OnlyFans account with a bio that reads, "I'm in nursing school, so here I am."
In 2019, she posted to Instagram about her nursing school interview, saying:
"Me walking towards my dreams. I applied to nursing school, and I had my interview this morning. I love caring for people and helping them.. even just a smile or a kind gesture. It's never to late to go after something, if that's a goal, a dream.. or an education or anything you've had your heart set on. The first step is always the most important!"
A post shared by Neyleen Ashley (@neyleenashley)
Humphries and Ashley went on a romantic vacation together.
Kris Humphries and Neyleen Ashley rang in the new year together on a romantic vacation.
The pair went to Miami Beach and cozied up together as they lounged on the sand. At night, they got dressed up and took a stroll along the beach, Ashley wore a sparkly dress and Humphries wore a chic black outfit.
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She's feuded with TikTok.
Neyleen Ashley has publicly feuded with the social media platform TikTok.
She is known for posting funny dancing videos, but claimed that TikTok intentionally removes her videos because she is "too sexy." She pointed out that TikTok does not remove other models' videos, even though they post similar content and accused the platform of "discriminating against her body."
Ashley said of the incidents at the time:
"It makes me sad when they remove my videos. During coronavirus I fell in love with TikTok. My first ever ventures in social media were doing funny videos on Vine.
So when Vine got shut down, I quickly transferred my talents to Instagram. Then later on TikTok became a release for me and my comedic personality – until I noticed they kept discriminating against me for my body.
Given that it is summer time, many people on TikTok are posting in bikinis or shorts. If I post the same kinds of videos, wearing a bikini or shorts – not even showing too much cleavage in comparison to the other girls – they immediately delete it and remove followers. Then they say I am going against community guidelines."
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Neyleen Ashley is a mom.
Neyleen Ashley has two sons named Brody and Jordan. She keeps the identity of their father private and she spends a lot of time with her kids.
She even posted a cute photo of them together and captioned it, "My favorites. Love you all so much."
She caught her ex-boyfriend cheating on her.
Neyleen Ashley caught her ex-boyfriend, who remains unnamed, cheating on her in 2018. The couple met in 2016 through mutual friends and they quickly became serious.
She claimed that she saw red flags because, "He would never post me on social media, and he was very secretive about his phone. I always posted him on my Stories and made it known I was in a relationship, and my phone was always at his disposal."
One day when he wasn't around, she noticed his Apple Watch buzzing with notifications. Ashley checked the messages and saw a bunch of photos of a girl in lingerie and messages from prostitutes. She found out that he was meeting with prostitutes every week and had a secret girlfriend.
Ashley recalled, "At the time he was trying to get his life in order, so I was the sole money maker towards the end of the relationship, and he used my money and his free time to see prostitutes, go to massage parlors or even have another girlfriend in another city. He left me to see these prostitutes on my mother's birthday knowing how stressed I was, and wouldn't even talk to me on my birthday or post anything because he didn't want his other girlfriend to see."
She clearly ended the relationship right after she discovered that he was cheating. Ashley explains that she is better without him, saying, "I am feeling empowered and actually very strong. Unfortunately, I can't say I've never had a good relationship or partner because I love too hard and give too easily and conform."
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I am a graduated geographer with a focus on social-ecological-systems research and development studies. Whereas the first years of my studies were more physically biased, I was intensively engaged with the issue of global change and its impact on the resilience of ecosystems and local livelihoods in high mountain regions during the second half of my studies. Accordingly my diploma thesis explored the viability of a participatory toolkit for gaining system knowledge on social-ecological interactions in high mountain regions, by engaging both experts and Tibetan villagers in Northwest Yunnan, PR China. After university I have been working for almost 3.5 years with GIZ, as an adviser on agricultural policies and food security, with a focus on market integration of smallholder farmers. Within TransRe I am actually responsible for Subproject 3 and in particular the "social network perspective".
Sakdapolrak, P., S. Naruchaikusol, K. Ober, S. A. Peth, L. Porst, T. Rockenbauch & V. Tolo (2016): Migration in a changing climate. Towards a translocal social resilience approach. In: Die Erde 147 (2), 81-94.
Rockenbauch, T. & S. Harmeling (2007): Der Wassersektor in der Krise? Die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Wasserversorgung in Entwicklungsländern.
January- February 2003: Tutor for the lecture 'Geography of Soils' at the Department of Geography, University of Stuttgart.


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Q: End of AngularJS, Build (Minify, concat,...) I ended my Angular JS app...
and now what?
I have a app with 10 scripts src in index.html, 6 ng includes,...
All this are http requests, and have a relative size...
There are some particular way or command for "compile/build/generate/deploy" end app code? with all included, minified,...
Or I must do this with grunt/gulp :(?
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    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <title>App</title>
    <meta name="description" content="Generate a credit card on fly with Bitcoins">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link href="reset.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.2.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="app.css">

        <ng-include src="'partials/overlays/load.html'"></ng-include>
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A: I think you should check out: https://www.npmjs.org/package/gulp-html-replace.  It will read through that html for you and insert a new script tag in there that points to a bundled version of all those deps.

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Фрідріх Рафрайдер (;  24 лютого 1942, Дорнбірн, Третій Рейх —  16 вересня 2007, Дорнбірн, Австрія) — австрійський футболіст, фланговий півзахисник.

Клубна кар'єра
Вихованець клубу «Дорнбірн-1913», до складу якого приєднався 1953 року. У складі цієї команди домігся першого великого успіху в кар'єрі, допоміг «Дорбірну» 1960 року обіграти в плей-оф за право підвищитися в класі «Кремсер» та вийти до А-Ліги. У першому матчі (4:2) у Кремсі Фріц Рафрайдер відзначився хет-триком, а в другому матчі, який відбувся перед рекордною кількістю (12 000) вболівальників, «Дорнбірн» поступився з рахунком 2:3. У своєму дебютному сезоні в еліті австрійського футболу відзначився 16-а голами, але не зміг допомогти своєму клубу уникнути вильоту з вищого дивізіону. У 1963 році «Дорнбірн» повертається до вищого дивізіону, але вже наступного року змушений знову грати в Регіоналлізі. Цього разу Рафрайдер вирішив залишити команду й перейшов до складу представника першого дивізіону чемпіонату Австрії, «Вінер Шпорт-Клуб». Лівофланговий нападник так і не завоював у складі «Дорнбірн-1913» жодного трофею, але протягом трьох років грав у кубку УЄФА. У 1967 році інший клуб з Форарльберга, «Шварц-Вайс» (Брегенц), виборов путівку до еліти австрійського футболу. Тому Фрідріх вирішив допомогти дебютанту турніру й підписав з клубом контракт. Однак надового в команді не затримався, «Шварц-Вайс» за підсумком дебютного сезону повернувся в Регіоналлігу, а Рафрайдер залишив команду. У 1969 році переїхав до сусідньої Швейцарії, де став гравцем «Санкт-Галлена». Футбольну кар'єру завершив 1976 року виступами за команду в Національній лізі А.

Фрідріх помер 17 вересня 2007 року у віці 65 років від серцевої недостатності у своєму будинку в Дорнбірні. Журналіст Роман Рафрайдер — його племінник.

Кар'єра в збірній
Незважаючи на те, що Фрідріх виступав у другому дивізіоні австрійського чемпіонату, отримав шанс проявити себе в національній збірній. у знамениту епоху Декера дебютував перед майже 92 000 глядачів на стадіоні "Пратер" 27 травня 1961 року в перемозі 3: 1 над Англією. 27 травня 1961 року Рафрайдер вийшов на поле стадіону Ернст-Гаппель (у присутності 92 000 глядачів) у переможному (3:1) поєдинку проти Англі. Вже в наступному поєдинку в Будапешті, проти Угорщини, відзначився голом (2:1). А в московському поєдинку проти збірної СРСР став автором єдиного та переможного голу (1:0) у футболці австрійської збірної. Фріц Рафрейдер переграв на стадіоні імені Володимира Леніна в присутності 100 000 глядачів Володимира Маслаченка, після чого був замінений Руді Фльогелем. Після цього захист австрійців витримав усі атаки радянської збірної, а воротар Гернот Фрайдл відбив удар з пенальті у виконанні Валентина Іванова. Завдяки цьому матчу й до 1963 року продовжував захищати кольори Австрії на міжнародній арені, незважаючи на виступи на кулбному рівні в другому дивізіоні національного чемпіонату.

Досягнення
«Дорнбірн-1913»
  Арберліга
  Чемпіон (1): 1959

  Регіональна ліга «Захід»
  Чемпіон (1): 1963

«Санкт-Галлен»
  Челлендж Ліга
  Чемпіон (1): 1971

Посилання

 Профіль гравця на сайті footballdatabase.eu
 Профіль гравця  на сайті worldfootball.net

Австрійські футболісти
Гравці збірної Австрії з футболу
Австрійські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери у Швейцарії
Футболісти «Дорнбірна»
Футболісти «Санкт-Галлена»

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Honda Navi has garnered quite an attention in Indian market, and now it is making headlines in Nepal as well. Navi is the Honda's first 100% R&D India two-wheeler being exported. It was launched three weeks ago in Nepal, and now the company has started exporting it to the neighboring country. Also, Honda Navi becomes the quickest model to achieve 500 units dispatched in just 3-weeks of launch in Nepal.
Honda showcased Navi at 2016 Nepal Auto Show earlier this year, where it received overwhelming response from the visitors. In India too, the Navi has become very popular in very short span, and the two-wheeler manufacturer had to increase its production even to meet demand.
The motorcycle-like scooter brings freshness to the relatively boring 100cc-110cc segment. Unlike the regular scooters it features an unique design, and it is fun to ride as well. It takes power from a 109cc engine, which churns out 8PS of peak power at 7,000 rpm and 8.96 Nm of peak torque at 5,500 rpm.
Honda Navi runs on 12-inch front and 10-inch rear wheels. Suspension duty is done by upside-down telescopic front forks and hydraulic monoshock absorber at rear. For braking purposes, Honda Navi is equipped with 130mm drum brakes at both front and rear wheel, and the wheels are wrapped with tubeless tyres. The Honda Navi is available in 5 different colour options, which are – Patriot Red, Hopper Green, Shasta White, Sparky Orange and Black.
Speaking about the Honda beginning to export the Navi to Nepal Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. has said that, the company wishes to expand Navi's presence in other countries after being hugely successful in Indian domestic market. Honda presently holds 29% market share in Nepal, and Navi is expected to increase that in near future.


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Home (Deep Blue Something album)
Home (The Vampire Diaries)
PoweredUSB
Hydroelectric power in Himachal Pradesh
Power (Fast novel)
Clean (programming language)
A home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system. The specifics of the home directory (such as its name and location) is defined by the operating system involved; for example, Windows systems between 2000 and 2003 keep home directories in a folder called Documents and Settings.
A user's home directory is intended to contain that user's files; including text documents, music, pictures or videos, etc. It may also include their configuration files of preferred settings for any software they have used there and might have tailored to their liking: web browser bookmarks, favorite desktop wallpaper and themes, passwords to any external services accessed via a given software, etc. The user can install executable software in this directory, but it will only be available to users with permission to this directory. The home directory can be organized further with the use of sub-directories.
The content of a user's home directory is protected by file system permissions, and by default is accessible to all authenticated users and administrators. Any other user that has been granted administrator privileges has authority to access any protected location on the filesystem including other users home directories.
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Home is the second album by alternative rock band Deep Blue Something. It was originally released by RainMaker Records in 1994 and re-released on Interscope in 1995.
All songs written by Todd Pipes, except where noted.
"Gammer Gerten's Needle" [Instrumental] – 3:17
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" – 4:16
"Halo" – 2:44
"Josey" (Toby Pipes / Kirk Tatom) – 4:07
"A Water Prayer" – 3:20
"Done" (Toby Pipes / Todd Pipes) – 3:20
"Song to Make Love To" (Todd Pipes / Toby Pipes) – 3:08
"The Kandinsky Prince" – 2:25
"Home" – 4:28
"Red Light" (Toby Pipes) – 4:04
"I Can Wait" – 3:04
"Wouldn't Change a Thing " – 3:59
B-Sides:
"Dear Prudence" (Lennon / McCartney) - 3:00
"Sun" (Todd Pipes / Toby Pipes / Kirk Tatom) - 4:15
Todd Pipes – Vocals, bass, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards
Toby Pipes – Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel, keyboards
Kirk Tatom – Vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, organ, bass
John Kirtland – Drums & percussion
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"Home" is the 22nd and last episode of the fifth season of the American series The Vampire Diaries and the series' 111th episode overall. "Home" was originally aired on May 15, 2014, on The CW. The episode was written by Caroline Dries and Brian Young and directed by Chris Grismer.
The episode starts with Caroline (Candice Accola) crying over Stefan's (Paul Wesley) dead body at the Whitmore dorm, while Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) arrive. Stefan watches them from the other side while he starts to be pulled from existence, as the other side continues to crumble. He tries to hold on and Lexi (Arielle Kebbel) appears, saving him.
Damon meets Bonnie (Kat Graham) and is furious when he learns that they lost the only traveler who could help them with the spell, and he tells her to find another way because his brother is on the Other Side, along with other people they all care about, such as Alaric (Matthew Davis), and her grandmother, Sheila (Jasmine Guy). Enzo (Michael Malarkey) appears with a new plan, which requires a witch.
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PoweredUSB, also known as Retail USB, USB PlusPower, and USB +Power, is an addition to the Universal Serial Bus standard that allows for higher-power devices to obtain power through their USB host instead of requiring an independent power supply or external AC adapter. It is mostly used in point-of-sale equipment, such as receipt printers and barcode readers.
PoweredUSB, as a proprietary variant of USB, was developed and proposed by IBM, Berg (now FCI), NCR and Microsoft between 1998 and 1999, with the last revision (0.8g) issued in 2004. The specification is not endorsed by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). IBM, who owns patents to PoweredUSB, charges a licensing fee for its use.
PoweredUSB was licensed by Hewlett-Packard, Cyberdata, Fujitsu, Wincor and others.
PoweredUSB uses a more complex connector than standard USB, maintaining the standard USB 1.x/2.0 interface for data communications and adding a second connector for power. Physically, it is essentially two connectors stacked such that the bottom connector accepts a standard USB plug and the top connector takes a power plug.
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Himachal Pradesh is extremely rich in its hydroelectricity resources. The state is having about twenty five percent of the national potential in this aspect. It has been estimated that about 27,436 MW of hydel power can be generated in the state by the construction of various hydel projects on the five perennial river basins no matter they are major, medium or small. Out of total hydel potential of the state, 3934.74MW is harnessed so far, out of which only 7.6% is under the control of Himachal Pradesh Government while the rest being exploited by the Central Government. The state government has been giving the highest priority for its development, since hydel generation can meet the growing need of power for industry, agriculture and rural electrification. It is also the biggest source of income to the state as it provides electricity to the other states also.
Himachal has enough resources to generate surplus power but, sometimes this is a misconception as in winters the power shortage overshoots ten lakh units per day due to less flow of water in rivers and at the same time increase in lighting and heating load. Due to increased industrialization and rural electrification this figure is expected to rise even further.
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Power is a 1962 novel by Howard Fast detailing the rise of the fictional Benjamin Holt, leader of the International Miner's Union, in the 1920s and 1930s.
Written from the perspective of a journalist – Alvin Cutter – it follows Ben Holt's life from a number of different perspectives, from meeting his wife to becoming a leading light in the industrial trade union movement.
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In computer science, Clean is a general-purpose purely functional computer programming language. For much of the language's active development history it was called Concurrent Clean and emphasized concurrency, but this was dropped at some point.
The language Clean first appeared in 1987 and is still being further developed. It shares many properties with Haskell: referential transparency, list comprehension, guards, garbage collection, higher order functions, currying and lazy evaluation.
An integrated development environment (IDE) is included in the Clean distribution.
Clean's method for dealing with mutable state and I/O is done through a uniqueness typing system, in contrast to Haskell's use of monads. The compiler takes advantage of the uniqueness type system to generate more efficient code, because it knows that anything with a uniqueness type can only be used once. Therefore, a unique value can be changed in place.
Hello world:
Factorial:
Fibonacci sequence:
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by Chiara Civello
by: Chiara Civello
Fearless smile,
hands of wind on golden strings
you melody,
my homeless king of joy
and sorrow,
listen,
moon-lash smile,
my silent warrior of love,
not too far
between nowhere and goodbye
there's a heart
you can find,
that, can be your home now


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Try these simple remedies and loose your extra weight.
- Honey is the best method to lose weight. Drink at least 10 grams of honey with lukewarm water.
This is one of the best home remedies for obesity.
- Another proven home remedies forobesity is eating cabbage.
- Eat raw tomatoes early in the morning for a period of three months and see how it helps you to lose weight.
- Eat at least a 10-12 curry leaves for a period of four months.
- Drink three tsp of lemon juice in water; add some black pepper and honey. Do this for at least a period of four months.
- Drink tea made up of dandelion root. Drink this tea at least three times a day. This is one of the best home remedies for obesity. Similarly drinking green tea is also one of the best home remedies that helps you to get ridof the excessive fat and helps you to lose weight.
- Boil some pieces of ginger and add some slices of lemon into it. Drink it when it is lukewarm. This controls the habit of overeating andprevents obesity.
- Mint is also one of the best home remedies of obesity. Eat a paste made up of mint with meals.
- Drinking carrot juice on a regular basis also helps in treating obesity.


I'm sure you are all aware that I suffer from serious health problems and because of my health I take a lot of medication every day. One of the many side effects I have from taking my medication is that my lips and nails are very often blue, this happens I'd say more than 80% of the time and is a real pain in the neck when it comes to beauty products and make up, my lips throw lipstick shades off terribly meaning I can swatch a lipstick on my hand and love it and then it looks a completely different shade when I apply it to my lips.
I have tried applying my foundation and concealer and even my under eye corrector over my lips but it doesn't really work and lipsticks still can look a completely different shade than they are supposed to and to give you an example, myself and both my daughters all have the same shade in a lipstick which in the bullet and when swatched on the hand is a neon coral shade and on both my daughters it looks exactly the same as it does in the bullet but on me it is bright pink, it is such a nightmare.
Our eldest daughter is a professional make up artist and for Christmas she and our younger daughter bought me the MAC Lip Erase after our eldest had heard about it through her job as a MUA and thought it would be good for me. Lip Erase is available in 2 shades Pale and Dim, I have the shade Dim which is the darker of the 2 and has a more peachy/salmony tone to it and since those tones cancel out blue my daughter felt it would be the better of the 2 for me.
The Lip Erase looks quite dark in the pot but doesn't transfer onto the lips as dark as it looks in the pot and is in fact quite light when applied to the lips, I think the shade Pale would be too light for me.
Unfortunately this isn't the best image of my lips but I am wearing the Lip Erase in this photograph and as you can see the Lip Erase doesn't look as dark when applied to my lips and has neutralised the colour of my lips and most importantly the blue. The Lip Erase feels very much like a lip balm but not sticky at all, it doesn't have that Vaseline type texture as some lip balms do and it does settle and feel almost dry.
I apply the Lip Erase with my finger and dab it onto my lips, you could use a lip brush or Que Tip if you prefer. I apply the lip erase either before I have applied my make up or once I have finished my base and then it is drying whilst the rest of my make up is applied as my lips are the last thing to be done.
I wish I had known about Lip Erase sooner it is an incredible product and works really well, I also find that my lip sticks and other lip products last longer too so the Lip Erase also helps with the wear time of my lip sticks and other lip products I wear which is an added bonus, but most of all my lipsticks now look like they're supposed to, I recently bought a NYX soft matte lip cream in a coral shade and when I wore it the first time I forgot to apply the lip erase and it looked bright pink but when I used the lip erase it was coral and looked like it did when I'd swatched it on my hand, the lip erase is a fantastic product and I can only imagine it would last a long time because I use the smallest amount and it is quite a large pot.
The MAC Lip Erase is fantastic for my blue toned lips but would also work if you have very pigmented lips too, it neutralises the natural lip colour and I highly recommend it if you're like me and struggle with lip products not transferring onto your lips as you would like them to. I really do wish I'd known about the Lip Erase sooner and wanted to share my thoughts on it with you because it isn't a product that I've ever seen mentioned on any of the blogs I read and it really is a great product and definitely worth mentioning, I love it and will continue to re purchase it as it is such a fantastic product.
Lip Erase is a pro product so it isn't available at MAC counters unfortunately but it is available at stand alone MAC stores and also on line so it is easily accessible as pro products can be ordered on line. If you would like to try the Lip Erase, you can find it on the MAC website HERE for £15.50.
Have you tried the MAC Lip Erase? Or do you think it would be a product you would use?


Kuoni has launched the second edition of the Kuoni Cut, a promotion offering holidays with specially negotiated upgrades such as rooms, meal options or flights.
The spring campaign follows the success of the first Kuoni Cut last autumn, and offers must be booked by May 13.
Using the strapline "extraordinary holidays with added upgrades", the marketing initiative is promoted with consumer advertising, point-of-sale material, window displays and trade support.
Dean Harvey, Kuoni's marketing director, said: "The Kuoni Cut is all about exclusive offers which we've negotiated in partnership with some of our most valued hotel partners, which give people reasons to book with us.
"The cut is about more than just prices; it's about added value and also the inside track from Kuoni's experts about why we're recommending it.
He added: "The Cut is a sequel to our last campaign, which worked well for us.
Packages in the offer include the seven-night Highlights of India escorted small group tour, from £1,899 per person, including a free flight upgrade to World Traveller Plus, accommodation and selected meals departing on October 12, 2019.


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If a director cannot aspire to create something both idealistic and substantive in his debut feature then, surely, he can never will. And, in this light, first time film-maker Jim Loach has chosen to tackle the issue of "Home Children," and the investigation of Margaret Humphries into the compulsory deportation of British children to the colonies in the film Oranges and Sunshine.
Although new to the big-screen, Jim Loach will be a familiar name in the UK having worked as director- among other roles- on a plethora of the highest rated TV programmes in the country including Coronation Street, Footballers Wives and Holby City. So, plainly, he is not as green as many first time film makers, however, a step up in medium demands a similar elevation of the material and Loach has teamed up with veteran writer Rona Munro (Ladybird, Ladybird) to tackle a story of a shocking practise that endured up until the 1960s. The trailer can be found here:
The films protagonist, Margaret Humphries (played by Emily Watson), was a social worker in Nottingham in the 1980s who, following a query from a lady who lost her daughter when she was put up for adoption, discovered hundreds of children had been deported to Australia. Humphries work highlighted the callous method of informing children that their real parents were dead before deporting them to cover labour shortages that existed in the colonies. Many of the children were promised the Sunshine and Oranges of the title, only to be plunged into lives of abuse and borderline slavery, and Humphries work drew apologies from the UK and Australian governments while earning her a CBE.
It is understandable that Jim Loach may have been reluctant to make his debut on the big-screen given the regard in which his more illustrious father, Ken, is held. Though, if the trailer and real life source is anything to go by, he retains the family propensity toward issues of family and social justice.
The film is released in the UK on April 1, 2011. Hugo Weaving supports.


There are currently 16 homes available in Sylvan Park with an average price of $642,631. For availability or more information about homes for sale in Sylvan Park call Jeffrey L. Price at 615-351-8542 .
Sylvan Park is located in Nashville TN, Davidson County. There are currently 16 homes active and for sale inside the neighborhood with the average price being $642,631. The number of homes for sale in Sylvan Park is always changing so if you see a home you like and you would like to schedule a time to take a look please give me a call at 615-351-8542.


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Minnesota's Border Battles: How state policy affects economies at the margin
Written by John Phelan
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously described the states of the union as "laboratories of democracy" where a "state may, if its citizens choose…try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country."
There are numerous factors, though, that can drive a state's economic performance—such as natural resource endowments or historic development—that are not the result of state government policy. Comparing states' economic outcomes to assess state policies with- out accounting for these factors will distort the results.
We can go some way toward excluding these factors from our analysis by comparing the economic performances of neighboring counties. We can assume that factors driving economic performance besides policy exert a similar effect on, say, Washington County in Minnesota and St. Croix County on the other side of the I-94 bridge in Wisconsin.
In this report, we compare a number of economic outcomes from 2010 to 2018 in Minnesota border counties with outcomes in the counties in states that border Minnesota: Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
Minnesota and its neighboring states represent a broad range of economic policies. Minnesota levies one of the highest top rates of income tax in the United States, South Dakota doesn't levy one at all. Likewise, South Dakota levies no state corporate income tax, while Iowa's rate is one of the highest in the United States.
Minnesota compares most favorably with Wisconsin, although this comparison is distort- ed by the presence of significant geographic barriers and the Twin Cities. Only on business growth and poverty reduction does Wisconsin beat Minnesota between 2010 and 2018.
Minnesota fares less well against its other neighbors. Against Iowa, Minnesota only wins on population growth and in seeing the median age of its population fall.
Against South Dakota, Minnesota comes off even worse. Here, only on per capita Personal Income does our state score a win, but even here much of Minnesota's growth was driven by increased transfer payments.
Against North Dakota, Minnesota loses in every category except median age and the share of its population with bachelor's degrees.
These results suggest a reasonably strong effect of state economic policy on economic outcomes, and in particular, they support the consistent research finding that high taxes have significant negative effects on economic growth.
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Local Content Law: a 'loose document' ….An Industry Player's Perspective (Part II)
After analyzing some defects in the local content and participation law in the oil and gas sector in the previous article (part I), it is necessary to critically consider the subject from an industry player's perspective on the Petroleum (Local Content and Local Participation) Regulations 2013, L.I 2204 and the Petroleum Commission's role in fostering and the enforcement of the Law. This takes into account a story told by a local industry player, who is very vibrant in the industry. [Name of the source has been withheld for other reasons.]
Prior to the enactment of the LI2204, the requirement for local content participation in the oil and gas sector, specifically participation in activities envisaged under the various petroleum exploration activities were subsumed in the various petroleum agreements where the signatories to these agreements agreed to some voluntary measures to accord recognition to local content participation under their respective agreements. Under this voluntary regime, the industry did not see much local participation in the activities pertaining, for example, to the exploration work done on the jubilee field.
To ensure that the operators and the international oil companies paid attention to according local content participation under their respective petroleum agreements, LI2204 was enacted to make mandatory the voluntary obligations that the international oil companies had under these petroleum agreements.
However, despite the mandatory requirements of local content participation, the LI2204 has not lived up to the expectations of many industry participants.
Several reasons have been given for this, some legitimate and some just perspective. I will attempt to provide herein, what I see as the challenges in the enforcement of the law and provide some ideas that I hope will be useful in helping solve some of these challenges.
The L.I. 2204
The LI itself, is probably one of the most self-interpretative document compared to many legislative instruments out there. It is fairly comprehensive and easily comprehensible. The letter and spirit of the instrument is to promote the maximization of value-addition and job creation through a series of achievable measures in the petroleum industry value chain.
The main purpose is to build and retain capacity to a point where Ghanaians have to ability to perform most of the tasks involved with petroleum exploration and exploitation.
The LI has specific numerical targets that should be achieved in the acquisition of goods and services. The setting of numerical target though admirable is also the one area in the LI that has been subject to the most misinterpretation. From the player's perspective, the most important clause in the LI is the lead-in paragraph to the first schedule of the instrument; specifically, the language as captured below:
The law is very clear on the numerical target set-forth in Schedule in the LI are to be measured from the time when an operator or contractor acquired their license or signed their petroleum agreement. However, many have mis-interpreted this provision to mean the date of the enactment of the LI. Consequently, a petroleum agreement which was signed 5 years prior to the enactment of the LI which should be awarding local content contracts at the 50% milestone is still ear-marking local content targets at the 10% percentile. This is a clear violation of the LI. So, despite the admirable intent of the LI, sheer misinterpretation of it is rendering the enforcement of it ineffective.
JV Formation
The first point of contact that most of the Oil Service Providers (OSPs) make when they come to Ghana intending to participate in the oil and gas sector is to meet with local counsel to get a sense of what the requirements are in incorporating a joint venture as required by the petroleum commission. The first question that is normally asked is what percentage of the joint venture must go to the local partner. Invariably due to the misinterpretation of the LI, almost all the advice given to this question is a 10% local participation in the JV. This is a gross negligence of counselling from these lawyers who have perversely made the minimum requirement also the maximum commitment.
What is even more egregious is that the JV percentage participation is the target then used by the OSPs in allocating the local content targets attained from the contracts awarded. This gross misinterpretation then trickles down and negatively impacts the relationship of the partners throughout the life of the contract.
Another effect of the poor initial counsel given to the OSPs intending to circumvent the LI is having them partner with entities who have no technical basis for implementing a technology transfer scheme as required by the LI. For example, having a technical company partner with a bank to form a JV to bid on a tender. There is absolutely no way such a company will be able to achieve the minimum local content target more so the real targets as mandated by the LI.
Equity allocation vs. Local Content Participation in Awarded Contracts
In line with the discussion above, there is confusion regarding the equity position in the JV vis-à-vis the mandated numerical target set-forth in the LI. The advice typically given at the onset of the formation of the JV somehow permeates the process so that the OSPs equate the percentage participation in the JV (equity) to the percentage participation in the work scope in the contract (the numerical target mandated in the LI). This misinterpretation, in my view, has severe consequences with regards to achieving the purpose and goals of the LI in ensuring that Ghanaians achieve the requisite capacity to operate in this industry without foreign interference and intervention.
Relationship between the Indigenous companies and the JV partners
The default position for many of the OSPs on local content is non-compliance. My general impression of the industry is that the relationship between the OSPs and the indigenous companies has become one of an adversarial than a cooperative one. This is for the simple reason that the OSPs have no interest in adhering to the tenets of the LI while the Operators insist on some level of adherence to the LI. Remember that this is even where the minimum targets are not being achieved. Ironically, while the operators (ENI and Tullow) require the OSPs never to meet with the regulator and GNPC without their presence, the OSPs do not extend the same courtesy to the local content partners when they meet with the PC.
The other main area of contention is in how the JVs are managed and governed. It has been my view that most of the JVs are almost 100% managed by the OSPs despite submissions to the PC indicating otherwise. This is even further complicated by the adversity to compliance with the corporate governance laws of the country.
Most of the OSPs, though incorporated in the Ghana, do not have arms-length dealings with their parents in their respective countries. Hence decisions are made outside the country to be implemented in the country. This means that the JVs, though required to be independent entities, are shadows and fronts of the parents of these OSPs. This also means that capable Ghanaians recruited to work for or with these JVs become mere paper pushers with no effective voice in how these companies are run.
The PC and the IOCs and OSPs
Our LI was modeled after those in Trinidad and Tobago and Norway. In each of these countries the respective regulators have power and are feared by the OSPs due to a simple fact that the regulators do enforce the letter of the law. Here, in Ghana we see the opposite. For a variety of reasons, the OSPs have no fear of been hauled before the PC for their various infractions. The problem as I see it is that the PC does not have a strong sanctioning regime for these OSPs. This may be due to the fact that the PC sees the industry as nascent and does not want to "rock the boat" with these OSPs. However, this has to change if the industry is to attain and achieve even half of the targets and milestone mandated by the LI. This is due to the fact that many of the IOCs and OSPs see the LI as a nuisance and a drag on their business. They also almost interpret the requirements under the LI as a voluntary commitment rather than a mandatory one.
The PC and the IOCs
The general consensus when you speak to people in the industry is that although the PC has a good relationship with the indigenous companies, there is a sense that the PC is ineffective is handling complaints that many bring up against their JV partners. In my personal experience, the PC can only handle these complaints if they are filed without fear or fervor. However, since most of the JVs cow their local partners into fear, the indigenous companies are afraid to express themselves in the presence of their partners for fear of retribution.
This is obviously a sensitive subject. However, my concern is that the interference is leading to a cartelization of the industry which is not only detrimental to the industry but the economy as a whole.
How to make Local Content really work: Role of PC versus Role of GNPC
According to Mr Alex Mould, former GNPC boss, the roles of PC and GNPC are complementary and not adversary as sometimes misconstrued by the industry, especially the International Oil and Gas Companies (IOCs) and Oil Service Providers (OSPs).
The PC's role is to ensure that all players abide by the provision of the regulations that it administers, while, the GNPC's role is to ensure that their Contractor/Partners do not violate the covenants that they agree to in the PA and also that the partnership are in good standing with the Minister and PC
Good Corporate Citizen
However, another role of GNPC is to agree and enforce the rules of engagement within the partnership, especially on how the partnership will be seen as a good corporate citizen by the government, PC and other stakeholders, such as the communities, in which they work.
To GNPC, the local content law is one that any good corporate citizen should embrace because it achieves the goal of the Contractor group in the long run; reduces the cost of doing business in Ghana and thereby increases their profits; but, for government it achieves the goals that the local content laws were set out to achieve: increase local participation; increase local capability in doing majority of the scope of work within any service provider; and increased % of scope of work - in tonnage, man hours, and value; but, this has been misconstrued by many IOCs and OSP to be equated to the minimum equity participation.
GNPC has a unique role to act as first defence in ensuring that good business practices are enforced by challenging its Contractor group not to give that scope of work, for which there is in-county capability, to the Foreign Partner (FP) in the JV to do; this should be the case especially when there are capable local firms to do the work, even the JV Local Partner (LP) themselves may not have the capability themselves.
Going forward, the JVs must behave as true JVs and not like two separate entities in a forced marriage where the daily management of the JV is only handled by the JVFP; where decisions are not taking jointly; where meetings with the Operator - and in many instances with the PC and the Minister - are not done jointly as a JV (with the JVLP in attendance) or even discussed with the JVLP, either prior to the visit or even after such meetings occur; and where no minutes are taken nor supplied to the JVLP either at subsequent JV management meetings or even to the LP shareholder of the JV as a courtesy.
Industry experts have therefore recommended that, the type or concept of joint venture which requires the formation of a separate legal entity should be reconsidered when the opportunity arises for a review. It is imperative to consider the objective of the law, which is to monitor the specific roles played by the joint venture parties and for them to share profits and losses, this then gives us the idea that, the formation of a company resulting in the creation of a separate legal entity may not be the solution. The solution may then lie in the other type of joint venture which based on a joint venture agreement and does not result in the formation of a new company.
In most cases, the only time that the JVLP is taken to the PC, or to the Operator, is when the JV is in violation and needs its "local connection" to smooth things over.
Intimidation by Operators
MrMould revealed that, another issue that needs to be addressed is the intimidation techniques used by the IOCs on the OSP, especially the FP; in some cases the Operator (IOC) makes it clear to the OSP not to meet with GNPC without them present and when such a meeting is set up, (normally by the Operator) the Operator instructs these OSP and FP what to say and what not to say.
The onus of local content compliance of all service providers (OSPs) must remain with the Block Partners, and specifically the Operator; it is GNPC's responsibility to keep their Contractor Group and Operators in check and this should be done at the Joint Management Committee (JMC) where GNPC is the Chairman.
The PC must ensure that the IOCs and their Partner GNPC submit to them on a regular basis, semi-annual basis; a local content complaint report of their operations including that of their OSPs as per the terms of the contacts they awarded. Any deviation for the agreed scope of work and its split between the LP and the FP needs to be approved at the JMC level of the Partnership and then reported to and ratified by the PC before that change can occur.
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Our office is located in the Clark County Community Resources Center. A variety of Social Services are available here.
The River Fund is a local non-profit agency providing direct emergency and crisis services for individuals and families. You must call for an appointment before visiting the office.
Services include assistance with utilities, clothing, food, severe illness (some doctor's visits, prescriptions or COBRA payments when an individual is unable to work due to illness), unexpected loss of life incidents, disaster relief in the form of temporary housing (due to the partial or total destruction of an family or individual's dwelling due to disaster causing the residence to be uninhabitable), and other major hardships on a case-by-case basis.
Laughlin 2018 Schedule - Every other Thursday from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
An appointment is not needed - please call the Constable's Office to confirm the schedule.
The Colorado River Food Bank is a non-profit organization providing food and clothing free to those in need. Call first to learn the current hours they are open.
Local residents may obtain a food box once month at the CRFB. The amount of food and specific items may vary based upon several factors such as the amount of food product on hand and the number of members in the household. They also provide quality used clothing which is offered on a first-come, first-served basis to clients who simply take the items they need from the display racks in our lobby. There are also other food assistance programs.
Donations of food, clothing, and clean recyclables made be made here as well.
The Laughlin Behavioral Health Center (LBHC) provides non-crisis mental and behavioral health care services. Treatment services include outpatient counseling - either individually or in groups - for children, adolescents and adults.
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The program works by granting participants the use of a fictitious mailing address. When victims enter into business relationships with state and local agencies, the use of the fictitious address both maintains the victims' confidentiality and relieves those agencies of the difficult and costly responsibilities of maintaining confidential records. The program greatly reduces the risk of being tracked by public records. Another benefit of this program is confidential voter registration records. Pursuant to NRS (Nevada Revised Statutes) 217.464, qualified electors who become participants in the Confidential Address Program may register to vote and vote by absent ballot without revealing the physical address of the participant. Additionally, participants in the Confidential Address Program are exempt from Jury Duty.
Presently there are over 870 participants in CAP, who are using the benefits in the program to further secure the lives they are living outside of the environment they fled.
The Nevada Employment Security Division (ESD) provides comprehensive employment and training services to Nevada workers. The Division runs the state unemployment insurance program. Employment Service programs offer job placement and training opportunities that assist job seekers in returning to work through the state's workforce investment system, Nevada JobConnect. Job seeker services include job referral, career guidance, and skill enhancement training.
The Nevada Homemaker Program is an essential community-based service based on the principle that in-home care can help preserve or improve the quality of the recipients' lives and reduce the need for unnecessary out-of-home care.
Homemaker services enable chronically ill, disabled and aged persons to remain in their homes.


Having been dancing for 17 years, I always ask myself – What's my next goal?
Ever since I have left home and started uni in Melbourne, I thought I would never have the chance to do Chinese dance again. However, Flare gave me a very good opportunity to choreograph for its production. Spending my second year in Flare, I have challenged myself by trying various dance genres that I have never touched on before. The fact that I have picked up Chinese dance again in Flare and personally choreographed a Chinese dance piece is simply unbelievable yet exhilarating. With the passion and effort of my dancers, the impossible is made possible.
In others' eyes, your dream may be negligible. But don't be afraid of having the seed of dream growing inside of you. We should all go for our dreams without fear and hesitation. One shouldn't believe in dreams only after he has witnessed them coming true. It works the other way round-- dreams come true only if you believe in them. Dreams are called dreams for a reason, for they are difficult to reach. Yet, that encouraged me to try even harder and work even harder. My devotion to dancing grows day by day, and from dancing, I understand myself better and become more assured of my abilities. This is what keeps me going.
Be yourself and dance the way you are. Wish it. Dream it. Do it. Live it.
This piece definitely shouldn't be missed! So purchase tickets here to see this ball of happiness in action.


By Norberte Fischer. Bedroom. Published at Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 - 12:23:53 PM.
Dealing with the Master bedroom design can be a bit confusing especially if you have no clue and you do not know what you do. However, in today's life you can get any information you need easily including getting some inspirations for designing your master bedroom interior which will be really helpful. You can find lots of references of the master bedroom design or you can also find lots of inspirations for any kinds of the home interior design as like the Guest Bedroom bedroom design which also can give you some ideas before you start designing the bedroom.
Getting lots of references of the interior design will be a good idea so that it helps you getting inspired and you can determine what you want for the bedroom design. Thus, you will get the satisfying result. That will also help you determining the style of the bedroom which you want to get, for example an elegant bedroom, romantic bedroom, vintage style bedroom, and so on.
If you already got some inspirations or the ideas for designing the bedroom, determining the style or concept of bedroom is what you need to do, for example the Teens Room design in modern style. Then, you also need to determine the colour scheme of the bedroom.
It can be done by considering the character of the person who will use the room, for example if you want to make the Kids Room design for your little girl who loves pink and purple, then choosing those tones to decorate the bedroom is a good idea. Still, you can also combine them with other tones to improve the look. Never forget to also determine the theme of the bedroom, for example the theme of princess for your little girl's bedroom, or even the jungle theme for your little boy's room.
If you already determine some points above, then it is a good idea to start making the design of the bedroom interior. You need to consider the function of the bedroom as well, for example the Baby Nursery bedroom design, so that you will be able establishing the right ambiance and also functions with the proper features as well, for example placing the comfy sofa for breastfeeding in the baby nursery room. The bedroom interior design planning also needs to consider the style which we want to build, for example if you want to get such the Loft Style bedroom design.


3. A logo that will decide your future!
The first thing any business needs, before it rolls out its collaterals is a logo. It is known to be one of the most important design elements attached to your business, as it forms the basis for all your other materials like – stationery, packaging, promotional materials and signage.
We are all aware of some really amazing logos designs available in the market. but what most of us fail to notice, is that these logos aren't easy to create. From the very initial thought to the design, a lot goes into making a single logo!
It is very important that you are clear with what you want to say, even before you can say it!
It takes about 1/10th of a second for a human brain to create an impression or perception about something – What do you want these people to think about you?
This is where the logo does the talking for you!
Your logo is your first point of communication with your target audience. Hence, knowing what message you must convey through the Logo, that is in tandem with the company's overall message; will perhaps be the most important aspect that must be covered first.
The Color choice decides the emotional cord you wish to touch, and works together with the font, message and the target audience.
Colours are directly related to the psychology of humans! For instance – blue is popular for almost everything, Greens goes with nature, oranges / reds / browns matches best with pets and animals, black / white / gold are usually related to sophistication, pink is associated with femininity, and so on. Everything cross-associates too!
The Font choice, just like the colour decides the emotional cord you wish to touch, and works together with the colour, message and the target audience.
Different fonts work best for different businesses. They are also used to ensure that people can read any text in your logo quickly and easily. Within the short period to get your customer interested, you need a font that is legible and quickly readable, to be able to create a lasting impression.
Verdana, Baskerville, Serif, Sans-Serif, etc. are said to be some of the most legible fonts available.
Simplicity is a direct effect of all of the above points. We humans automatically tend to like the things that are easier to process. As much as, it is a given, it is very important for a logo to be as simple and self-explanatory as possible. It makes the logo effortless to look at and understand, which customers really appreciate.
Remembrance just like simplicity, is the direct effect of the above.
Think of it, you'll only be able to buy from a brand or refer it, if you remember it. This is where your logo comes to place. Since it is your first point of communication, if you make sure to maintain the drill mentioned above, while making the logo – it becomes easier for customers to recall you, which then leads to repeat customers and word-of-mouth.
Your logo is the first line of communication that decides the course of your future, don't compromise on it. Maintain your exclusivity – try Creaa Designs!


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The Cubs are facing a federal review of the Wrigley Field renovations
The Cubs tried to take advantage of their disabled fans. Then one fan caught them.
By Sheryl Ring, Esq.@Ring_Sheryl Dec 12, 2019, 3:00pm EST
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One of the largest projects undertaken by the Ricketts family since purchasing the Chicago Cubs has been the renovation of Wrigley Field. The $550 million project was supposed to bring the aging ballpark, now more than a century old, into the twenty-first century, albeit not without some controversy. Increasingly, however, the project has run into problems.
Earlier this year, Tom Ricketts said that the project had gone "around 100%" over budget, suggesting that the Ricketts family had spent almost a billion dollars on the renovations. To make matters worse, the high cost of the renovations is purportedly one reason the team is shopping star third baseman/outfielder Kris Bryant this offseason.
At the same time, it's important to note that the increasing cost in time and money of the renovation project is, at least in some part, a problem of the Cubs' own making. You see, back in late 2017, a disabled Cubs fan sued the team, alleging that not only did the renovations not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, but the renovations actually made the team's ADA noncompliance worse.
Wrigley Field, alleged plaintiff David Cerda, was more friendly to disabled fans before the renovations. That case, Cerda v. Chicago Cubs Baseball Club, details how Cerda, a Cubs fan who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, was unable to attend Cubs games beginning in 2017 because the team removed wheelchair-accessible seats from the right- and left-field bleachers. You can read the complaint here: Complaint - Cerda v. Cubs.pdf.
The Cubs filed a Motion to Dismiss, asking the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The team argued that Cerda had suffered no injury. Specifically, the Cubs argued that Cerda wasn't entitled to an unobstructed view of the game, and therefore suffered no injury by being limited to an obstructed view.
Further, the team argued that the lack of wheelchair-accessible seating in luxury boxes and luxury suites wasn't a real injury for Cerda because there was a waiting list of people ahead of him, and therefore he wasn't harmed because he wouldn't be allowed access anyway. Additionally, the team argued that the renovation, when completed after 2019, would include more ADA-compliant and wheelchair-accessible seats.
Plaintiff does not face an imminent injury with regard to the alleged shortage of Accessible Seating in the entire ballpark on Opening Day 2018 because he has neither encountered a shortage of Accessible Seats nor does he have actual knowledge of such a shortage. Moreover, Wrigley Field's compliance with the ADA requirements for the number and location of Accessible Seats cannot be assessed in the middle of this renovation when many Accessible Seats have yet to be installed. The Second Declaration of Carl Rice makes clear that after the renovation is completed in 2019, there will be more Accessible Seats in Wrigley Field than required by the 2010 Standards in more locations than ever before. Plaintiff does not know and does not allege how many Accessible Seats will be provided after the renovation is completed in 2019.
Finally, the team argued that because all of the wheelchair accessible seats would have been sold out anyway even had more been provided, because the team is a popular draw.
Under the ADA regulations, the Cubs were required to provide a minimum of 36 wheelchair-accessible seats for the first 5,000 patrons, plus one additional wheelchair-accessible seat for each 200, or fraction thereof, seats over 5000. That would require the Cubs to provide not less than 217 wheelchair accessible seats. However, the Cubs were unable to tell the Court how many wheelchair-accessible seats were present at Wrigley, or were planned even after the renovations were finished. The Cubs' own discovery answers identified only 159 wheelchair-accessible seats after the renovations were complete. During the 2018 season, only 42 wheelchair-accessible seats were available. For these reasons, the court denied the team's request to dismiss the case in this Order.
There's no argument that the team, initially, skimped on wheelchair-accessible seating, saying that they (mistakenly) believed that the stadium was exempt from modern ADA standards because of its age. But, frankly, that argument rings false. What the Cubs are saying, in essence, is that they deprived access to disabled fans as a cost-saving measure.
Even if the team could reasonably argue that the ADA didn't require a minimum number of wheelchair-accessible seats - and, to be clear, the 2010 ADA Guidelines are crystal clear that the team was required to conform to the ADA in its renovations - the fact that the team evidently thought that 42 wheelchair accessible seats in a 41,649-seat venue is nothing short of appalling. In other words, the team reserved one in every thousand seats for disabled fans. Twelve million Americans use a wheelchair, cane, or walker, and the team's callous disregard for its disabled fans is second only to its noxious argument that Cerda didn't suffer an injury because he wasn't able to buy a seat.
This, then, is one reason why the Wrigley Field renovation has gone so far over budget. The team has postponed completing the renovations whilst the United States District Attorney conducts a review of the stadium for ADA compliance. The way the Cubs have done so, however, is perhaps most appalling of all. Per the Chicago Tribune:
The Cubs were planning to add about 40 more accessible seats to the upper deck before opening day, according to sources familiar with the matter. That work is now on hold, pending the Justice Department review.
Cerda said he welcomed the government's ADA review but said it should not allow the team to delay installing more accessible seating.
"They don't have a right to put anything on hold," Cerda said. "Opening day 2020, you'd better be ADA compliant."
In other words, the team has decided to continue to prevent disabled fans from accessing games whilst it "voluntarily" submits to a review of the number of wheelchair-accessible seats in the ballpark undertaken only because it was sued for having far too few wheelchair-accessible seats. In so doing, the team is punishing disabled fans for complaining justifiably about their inability to enjoy a baseball game like anyone else, which is the entire point of the legal framework of the ADA.
This saga provides needed context for the Ricketts family's claims that the renovations to Wrigley Field have taxed the family's resources. This financial injury suffered by Cubs ownership - to the extent a family worth $4.5 billion suffers any real financial injury at all - is entirely self-inflicted. The Cubs tried to skirt a law designed to ensure equal access to public venues, using denial of access to disabled fans as a way to save money. They were caught, sued, and then argued that denying a disabled person access to a baseball game isn't a real harm because disabled fans wouldn't go anyway.
Only after a court ruled differently did the team finally submit to a federal review, doing so in a manner designed to harm even more disabled people in the process. And now, the team is using the cost overruns from this self-inflicted ableist misadventure as a justification for potentially trading the team's best player. It's all a toxic mess, and one which raises legitimate questions about how much the team - and the league, for that matter - really care about their disabled fans.


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Home » Function and aesthetics drive flooring choices
Function and aesthetics drive flooring choices
Manufacturers prioritize noise, comfort, cleanliness and appearance
Neal Lorenzi
Image courtesy of Ecore International
Health facility managers are looking for flooring materials that provide noise reduction, comfort underfoot, cleanliness and aesthetics. Surfaces that provide an ergonomic solution for staff and prevent slip-and-fall accidents also are in demand. In response, manufacturers have developed a variety of hard flooring innovations that meet those needs.
Cleanliness and infection control are top priorities, according to Dan Alan, director of marketing at Dur-A-Flex Inc., East Hartford, Conn., who sees many hospitals focusing more on seamless options. "Health care facilities also are incorporating the overall experience into their patients' health," he says. "Warm tones create a more inviting environment, low-glare surfaces reduce eye fatigue and sound-deadening properties reduce background noise."
Natalie Jones, marketing director at Shaw Contract, Cartersville, Ga., sees a shift toward modular formats in non-aseptic areas of health care. "Luxury vinyl tile continues to take share from traditional resilient sheet," she says. "Acoustics is a key factor, along with ease of maintenance. There is shifting preference for no-polish or polish-optional flooring. We also see interest moving away from traditional wood visuals in resilient sheet to more abstract aesthetics."
Hospitals are looking for abstract designs in lighter colors that are easy to clean, agrees Al Boulogne, vice president for commercial resilient at Mannington Commercial, Calhoun, Ga. "At the same time, health care budgets have been pinched, which means managers are trying to increase room turnover rates, which means less time for cleaning and maintenance," he adds.
With this shift in mind, Mannington has made dramatic changes to the way the company designs its hard flooring products by changing its urethane technology, rethinking embossing textures and manipulating gloss levels, Boulogne says.
Another trend: Hospitals are making a major shift to value-based patient-centered care, according to Sandra Soraci, marketing leader for health care and education solutions at nora systems Inc., Salem, N.H. Because of this shift, the focus is now on factors such as patient satisfaction and the ability to improve quality while reducing the cost of care. "Because flooring encompasses every square inch of the built environment, it can significantly impact patient and staff experience as well as operational efficiency and the clinical processes of care and safety," she says.
Flooring that provides a calming environment is important as well. "We recently re-launched our noraplan environcare product line with a modernized color palette," Soraci adds. "The adaptable, multipurpose premium rubber flooring offers 48 new harmonious shades that help evoke a sense of calm."
Flooring challenges
Understanding the needs for each hospital space and selecting materials that balance those often-conflicting requirements are among the key challenges to specifying health care flooring.
"Soft surfaces provide ideal acoustics but aren't conducive to infection control or heavy rolling loads," explains Jeremy Salomon, director of channel and segment marketing at Tarkett North America, Solon, Ohio. "So, it's critical to understand and prioritize these demands."
"Health care facilities are 24/7 operations, so you are always fighting against the clock to get a floor installed quickly," Alan says. "Also, you never know what kind of surface you are dealing with for installation." Thus, proper preparation is essential to a successful installation and long service life. Price comes up from time to time, but performance and timelines usually go a long way to making that less of a factor, Alan adds.
Jones says that ease of maintenance and product performance is the primary concern that Shaw Contract continues to hear from health care clients. The time between patient room turns is increasingly compressed, she adds, noting that in some facilities environmental services teams are given only 10 to 15 minutes to clean and sanitize a room. "Facilities require hard flooring that can be easily maintained and kept clean in these challenging conditions," Jones says. "Thus, product performance is a key consideration."
Having the right labor to do the installation is becoming much more of a challenge, according to Boulogne, who notes that skilled labor must do a thorough job. Trying to deal with a bad installation in occupied health care space becomes disruptive and expensive. "Important details such as moisture testing, adhesive selection, proper acclimation, flash coving and heat welding are often overlooked when specifying flooring," he says.
The latest hard flooring products incorporate features that promote safety, comfort, acoustics, mobility, ease of maintenance, infection control and aesthetics.
Stonhard Inc., Maple Shade, N.J., manufactures and installs Stonres, a urethane, seamless and resilient floor system that delivers optimum performance and the aesthetics needed in the hospital market, the company states.
Features of Stonres flooring systems include resiliency, ergonomic comfort and durability for high-traffic areas. "Stonres RTZ is poured in place to eliminate seams, joints and the need for costly repairs without compromising design," says John Walsh, vice president of business development. "Its resilient properties not only offer comfort underfoot but also the sound dampening benefits desired in hospitals."
Reflecting a trend toward hard flooring that promotes healing, Lonseal Inc., Carson, Calif., has introduced a sheet-vinyl product line, Lonstrand Topseal, which is designed to contribute to restorative responses such as reducing stress, improving cognitive function and creativity, and improving well-being and healing. The design mimics the bark of a tree, which reflects a harmonious relationship with the earth and offers a sense of healing and tranquility. Also, its long, fibrous-like strands can visually expand a space.
"The product gives a peaceful, harmonious effect when connecting with other architectural details such as floor moldings," says Lace Greene-Cordts, marketing director. "Also, Lonstrand has a multiple design purpose. It is subtle enough to provide a smooth transition between rooms and interesting enough to help emphasize a focal point."
Combining style and durability is another feature of new hard flooring. For example, Patcraft, Cartersville, Ga., has introduced a range of products for the health care market over the past year. "EcoSystem is an example of our commitment to innovation and sustainable design," says Kieren Corcoran, director of performance markets. "The product is easy to maintain, and with our exoguard+ top coat, it can withstand the punishing conditions of the health care environment."
Shaw Contract recently unveiled a bio-based resilient sheet and tile collection, Innate & In Tandem, to answer multiple converging market drivers in health care. "Our clients are seeking products that address material health concerns, have seamless transitions between sheet and modular formats, and can be maintained without the use of polish, stripping and waxing," Jones says. "Innate & In Tandem are bio-based, polyvinyl chloride-free resilient products that feature health product declarations, environmental product disclosures and Cradle-to-Cradle silver certification. In addition, the collection meets the Health Care Without Harm healthy flooring criteria at the silver level." The sheet and plank are the same construction at 2.5-millimeter thickness to provide seamless transitions and ease of installation.
Mannington Commercial has introduced the Discovery Collection, a sheet vinyl product designed for health care. It features three coordinating abstract visuals in a segment-relevant color palette, as well as a new satin emboss texture and a wear layer that creates an easy-to-maintain floor. The product is available in 6-, 9- and 12-foot rolls, which helps to eliminate seams and material waste.
Dur-A-Flex Inc. offers Accelera, a seamless floor designed to solve problems inherent in health care. From its chemical-resistant topcoat to its monolith, seamless makeup, the flooring supports the long- and short-term goals of facility managers, the company states. Harsh cleaning agents such as vaporized hydrogen peroxide can be used without damaging or staining the floor. Also, its nonslip surface reduces the likelihood of recovery room falls.
Off-site challenges
As the health care model continues to shift to more community-based, accessible locations and outpatient care, flooring vendors are seeing more installations in these settings.
Corcoran sees an increase in off-site facilities as well as highly concentrated centers that place specialty clinics under one roof so that patients can move from their general practitioner to a specialist or have a test completed on-site. "These facilities come with their own challenges, including the need for multiple types of flooring to perform well in different spaces, such as an exam room or a cancer treatment center, while maintaining a coordinated aesthetic," he says.
Mark Huxta, director of sales for health care at Ecore International, Lancaster, Pa., sees a surge in activity with off-site facility projects that mirrors the capital focus of providers. Health systems are investing in behavioral health and pharmacy renovations to meet new code and application requirements.
"At the same time, the thought that on-campus expansion and renovation would fall off does not seem to be the case," Huxta adds. "With an expanding aging population, the need for acute care has only increased."
There are differences in product requirements between small, off-site ambulatory installations and hospital installations, manufacturers say. "The main difference in product choices is that small facilities do not have the high volume of traffic that hospitals see, so they do not typically require high-performance flooring systems," Walsh says.
Flooring selections for off-site locations depend on the services being provided, according to Salomon. For example, if magnetic resonance imaging machines are present, the facility will need static dissipative surfaces. Wherever procedures are being conducted, infection control will be important. "Ambulatory locations owned by larger hospitals will likely follow the design aesthetic of the organization to carry a consistent experience," he adds.
Corcoran says that small ambulatory centers offer more time for cleaning, which allows for a wider variety of flooring including soft surfaces, if appropriate for the center. "Other than cleaning methods, we generally see consistent performance and style needs within the health care category," he adds. "One exception to that is the size and format of products, which can change to adequately scale within various spaces."
Off-site facilities may or may not be system-owned, which differentiates dollars spent to build out these spaces, says Huxta. "Leased space build-out budgets are typically less than what may be used for system-owned facilities. Short-term leases would lead to minimal investment and focus on long-term performance and return on investment."
Greater responses
Corcoran says technology will continue to advance within the flooring category, allowing for greater responses to various design needs. He adds that Patcraft is advancing durability as well as offering products that increase the ease of installation and maintenance, while also offering design flexibility.
Neal Lorenzi is a freelance writer and regular contributor based in Mundelein, Ill.
IN GOOD STANDING
Infinity Rx provides safety, ergonomic and acoustic solutions to staff and patients. Ecore International
EXPLORING OPTIONS
The Discovery Collection explores abstract, textural visuals in a soothing palette and offers Quantum Guard Elite technology for cleanability and high performance. Mannington Commercial
EcoSystem is easy to maintain and can withstand the punishing conditions of the health care environment. Patcraft
COLOR STORY
noraplan environcare rubber flooring with a changing base color consists of three harmoniously matched color components and characteristic granules to create a smooth surface for heavy-traffic areas. nora systems Inc.
STURDY SELECTION
Stonres RTZ is specially formulated for operating rooms, offering comfort underfoot while standing up to heavy equipment and impact. Stonhard Inc.
PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT
Lonstrand Topseal is designed to contribute to restorative responses such as reducing stress. Lonseal Inc.
ADDED FLAIR
Seamless Accelera flooring adds a decorative touch to hospital hallways. Dur-A-Flex Inc.
VERSATILE SOLUTION
LinoFloor brings durability, anti-microbial properties and healthy materials together in one easy solution for any health care space. Tarkett North America
Innate & In Tandem coordinating tile and sheet products composed of bio-based polyurethane material are designed to be resistant to scratches and degradation from UV light. Shaw Contract
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