The leather coat for men is one of the most iconic and beloved among the clothes in the fashion history.
This 'Moto' type of design was first made in 1928 and since it has gone through many variations and styles, moving from bikers, aviators, military and World War II, to the most famous fashon houses and designers in the world.
The jacket gives an extra attitude and confidence to those who choose to wear it.
Jackets made in our factory are made of sheep nappa leather, highest quality, and has a thickness of 0.7 mm.
This type of jacket cannot miss from your wardrobe because, as the fourth generation of those who invented the original model, Jason Schott says: 'When you look at the jacket you can capture the wearer's emotions.
This emblematic model of short leather jacket, can be found in A&A Vesa collection for men in several design and colors, details and special seams, zippers and staples places accurately. On the outside of the jacket is nappa leather and in the interior is lined with a polyester fabric material.
A jacket with a history of over three quarters of a century that deserves to be part of your wardrobe.


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Al Bairre LIVE
Did you know? In 2015, we hosted 118 bands, 19 dance groups and 40 carnival groups at the V&A. That is a great deal of music, all of which we delivered to you guys for… FREE. Fully supporting local music is something that we're hugely proud of and we hope more and more people take advantage of this as the year rolls on. You don't know anything until you've sat at the amphitheatre in amongst a big crowd and experienced a local artist or band on a Summer afternoon. You know even less if you haven't walked through Watershed while an artist strums away from the informal stage that is the steps going up to Workshop 17. It's just so cool!
And speaking of cool, this Saturday, we have Al Bairre coming to perform at the amphitheatre. They will be kicking things off at 7pm.
Here is a little teaser…
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About Al Bairre
Al Bairre are a band from the Mother City that combine cello, violin, keys, ukulele, bass, drums and guitars to create what they call Classic Indie Finger Pop.
"It's indie-pop with a classical edge and a hint of sass. Our goal was to take an indie band and turn it into an ice cream of orchestral sound".
Since launching, they have completed several successful tours across South Africa and performed at all the top local festivals in the country. In 2013, the band was chosen as the only local act for Vodacom In The City JHB, supporting international acts The Hives, Alt – J, Skunk Anansie, and Boyz Noise.
At the beginning of 2014 Al Bairre was nominated for two MK awards in the categories of 'best new comer' and 'best budget video' for 'We Move On' and were asked to open the award ceremony with a performance of 'Tunnels'. They returned home victorious in both categories.
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21st September - 2nd October 2016 Raindance Film Festival 2016
The Raindance Film Festival is the largest and most important independent film festival in the UK. They showcase features, shorts, web series and music videos by filmmakers from the UK and around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans and filmmakers. Along with screenings, there are seminars, workshops and parties to allow everyone the chance to share your passion for film.
30th September - 2nd October 2016 2016 Fingal Film Festival
Fingal Film Festival is a platform for emerging Independent Film Makers nationally and internationally. Submissions NOW open for 2016.
30th September - 2nd October 2016 2nd Annual Irish American Movie Hooley
We are out to discover the next John Ford, Ed Burns, Preston Sturges, John Huston, or John Patrick Shanley, i.e.; Irish American filmmakers who epitomize Irish American pride, bravado, and legendary storytelling.
September 21st - October 12th, 2016 Filmbase - The Actors' Intensive Voice Class with Maria Tecce
This 4-week intensive voice workshop series is geared towards both professional and non-professional actors/performers. If you use your voice for a living, present or perform on a regular basis, or just want to strengthen your voice, this is the course for you.
1st - 2nd October 2016 Boxed Off Festival 2016
Boxed Off Festival will return for it's second year at Fairyhouse Racecourse with an even bigger lineup, better production, more stages and a focus on light based visual art installations.
October 1st, 2016 Final Submission Deadline - ADIFF
Its core elements include a select programme of the most exciting international cinema currently on offer, the best new Irish cinema, a retrospective of much loved and forgotten classics, a focus on screenwriting and unique access to a plethora of international filmmaking talent including actors, writers and directors and behind the scenes talent.
October 3rd-November 28th Filmbase - Intro to Acting for TV & Film
This rigorous film-acting course is aimed at aspiring and beginners level actors, as well as theatrically trained actors, wanting to make the transition from stage to screen.
October 3rd, 2016 RED ROCK Writers Academy II
The RED ROCK Writers Academy II is funded by Screen Training Ireland and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The aim of the Academy is to discover another next generation of Irish Writers for television, initially by going through an intensive course on writing for RED ROCK and then completing a shadow/trial script. 8 students will be selected for the Academy. On completion of the programme, successful students may be commissioned to write future episodes of the show. Duration: 3-7 October: 1 Story Day - week 10-13 October: Part time/writing weeks - 17 Oct-29 Nov: Final session and course review from Mon 30 Nov-Fri 2 Dec.
6th - 11th October 2016 Pariscience International Science Film Festival 2016
Pariscience is a film festival which crosses science with cinema to shed light on the evolution of the various scientific disciplines and their impact on society. Each year, the festival showcases the very best of French and international science-themed films. Many of the films had never been shown on French television.
The festival runs for 6 days in early October and is held at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. It is organised by the Association Science & Télévision (AST), a collective of independent production companies working to promote science on television and developing relationships between the audiovisual sector and the scientific world.
6th - 9th October 2016 Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival
We are an independent festival dedicated to bring together established musicians and filmmakers in a forum to celebrate the short films. Musicians who can provide great music and work together with filmmakers, we provide a platform for independent music artists and film score composers to create exposures for themselves through live performances, networking with filmmakers and sales or free giveaway of their materials. Festival dates 06-09 October 2016.
6th - 9th October 2016 In The Writers Room with Matthew Carnahan
Filmbase and Screen Training Ireland are pleased to launch In The Writers Room with Matthew Carnahan Creator/Showrunner of Emmy award-winning Showtime series HOUSE OF LIES. This unique course aims to provide Irish writers with an introduction to the current US Television landscape. It will feature: an overview of what Networks are currently developing and buying, what the Network brands stand for and how this influences commissions, break down of the US business model for writer, exploring the workings of Pilot Season, Staffing Season, Development Season and Buying Season.
7th-9th October 2016 Seattle Irish Reels Film Festival 2016
The Irish Reels Film Festival is dedicated to bringing the best of contemporary Irish film to US audiences, providing a platform for Irish filmmakers to showcase their independently-produced feature films, documentaries, short films and animation.
Friday October 7th 2016 Submission Deadline - Reel Art Scheme
Reel Art is an Arts Council scheme designed to provide film artists with a unique opportunity to make highly creative, imaginative and experimental documentaries on an artistic theme. Operated in association with Filmbase and the Dublin International Film Festival, Reel Art will support two films with a grant of €70–80,000 per project.
9th-16th October 2016 Indie Cork 2016
Great films, special experiences and some fun along the journey – exactly what festivals do best! We champion independent productions from Cork, from Ireland and from across the world. Great films continue to be made, films that often don't get to cinemas or to TV. We believe that festivals are ideal places for such productions, that the network of festivals is an important alternative distribution and exhibition circuit. We know that Cork audiences welcome independent films and we are committed to screening them.
October 10th-December 8th Filmbase - Writing for TV Drama with Eilish Kent
Writing Television Drama is a course aimed at writers who are interested in learning more about the fundamental skills of crafting good television drama in all its forms.
12th - 16th October 2016 OFFline Film Festival 2016
We're thrilled to announce that the Best Irish Short at this year's OFFline will automatically get distributed to all official film clubs across Ireland. This great prize is presented in association with access CINEMA, the representative organisation for film clubs in Ireland - representing over 80 clubs across the nation.
12th-16th October, 2016 OFFlineFilmFest
OFFline Film Festival welcomes a mix of international and Irish visitors to the autumnal beauty of the Irish midlands to view, discuss and share their love for all things film through an exciting programme of events. Premade shorts compete for screening slots and filmmakers who are selected are welcomed as guests of the Festival. Feature films are curated by the festival team and screenings are accompanied by visiting Filmmakers for Q&A sessions. Workshops on all aspects of the craft take place over the course of the Festival weekend. OFFline also has strong youth elements for both primary and secondary school students as well as screenings for Special Needs Students. Last - but definitely not least - is the 57 Hour Film-making Challenge which sees teams from all over Ireland and abroad churn out mini-masterpieces over the course of a few days. It's all good fun and brings this great festival to a frenetic, energetic climax on the closing Sunday!
13th - 22nd October 2016 International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City 2016
The International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City (DocsDF) is a private non-profit organization founded in 2006 when in Mexico there were forums exhibition devoted exclusively to the genre of nonfiction.
13th-27th October, 2016 Chicago International Film Festival


Ali Dee is one of the stars of CMT's Texas Women. I love this crazy cowgirl and if you do too, then here's your chance to help make her dreams of being the next Faith Hill or Martina McBride come true. Seems that Ali is a bit shy of her financial goals to get her debut CD released and she's reaching out to her fans for help.
Check out her page on Kickstarter to donate towards the cause. Any amount will be welcomed. And hey, when she's on stage in a few years accepting her awards for "Best New Artist"... you can say you helped produce her debt album. That's pretty stinkin' cool.
I have the best fans in the entire universe and if you look to your right you will see lots of cool REWARDS I have set up to give away in order to collect the dollars to make this thing a go. Browse, pick, and then donate whatever you can and know you are a part of helping this gal get to where she wants to be, the top of the charts!!
A few quick notes: We only have 30 short days to meet our goal of $15,000 so PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!!!! NONE of the funding goes through unless we raise the entire $15,000. If each of my facebook (16,000+) fans donate a small amount we can do this in no time! Any money raised over the $15,000 will go directly to the cost of printing/touring/marketing the record.
So DEE TEAM: Dig into your pocketbooks (or man purses) and LET'S DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's make this little 'ole gal's dreams come true! Dig deep in those big 'ole pockets of yours and give generously folks!


Ander Herrera has endured a frustrating start to the season, but you would not know it listening to him talk.
Manchester United's reigning player of the year has started just one Premier League game. But that, he says, is fine if the bench is where Jose Mourinho thinks he is most useful to the team.
It is something Mourinho values."I need good players, good people, "he said after the 4-0 win over Crystal Palace at the weekend, another game, incidentally, that Herrera did not start.
At least Herrera is used to biding his time at Old Trafford. Always a favourite with the fans since his €36 million move from Athletic Bilbao in 2014, he was not always popular with his first United manager, Louis van Gaal. It did not help, perhaps, that Herrera was signed in the months in between David Moyes' sacking and Van Gaal's arrival.
There is a story from his first season at the club when he had instinctively darted into the box to score. Walking down the tunnel at half-time, he saw Van Gaal waiting. He prepared for the congratulations. Instead, he got a volley of criticism. His run, the Dutchman said, had left the team vulnerable to a counter-attack. It was irrelevant, apparently, that the ball had ended up in the net.
Herrera has felt more appreciated since Mourinho took over and when there was talk of a move to Barcelona in the summer to link up with his former Bilbao boss, Ernesto Valverde, it was quickly dismissed.
The midfielder repaid his manager's faith with two of United's most outstanding individual performances of last season — one in the 2-0 win over champions Chelsea at Old Trafford and another in the Europa League final against Ajax. Herrera was man-of-the-match in, according to Mourinho, United's match of the season.
United's match of the season so far will come after the international break when they travel to Anfield to play Liverpool. It is a chance to prove their title credentials. It is also an opportunity for Mourinho to turn to Herrera.
Nemanja Matic's arrival from Chelsea in the summer has hit Herrera's first-team prospects. But so too has Mourinho's keenness to pick as many attacking players as he can. He has resisted the temptation to pick a three-man midfield in most games, instead going with two central midfielders and Henrikh Mkhitaryan pushed up behind Romelu Lukaku. But three of United's next four Premier League games are against Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea. And if caution creeps into Mourinho's team selection, it is likely to be Herrera who benefits.
Mourinho will remember how United only began to get a foothold in the first Manchester derby of last season when Herrera came on at half-time. He will remember, too, how the Spaniard suffocated Eden Hazard in that win over Chelsea like a smaller, more polite, Roy Keane, but with less frothing at the mouth and more Iberian gesticulating.
Typically of Herrera, he said after nullifying the Belgian that "also the team was very compact so that made it more easy for me".
It is not out of the question that he could do the same job on Philippe Coutinho at Anfield on Oct.14 or against Hazard again at Stamford Bridge three weeks later. Herrera is, after all, United's big-game player.


East Coast snowboarder Tyler Davis has been influencing New England shreds for years with his textbook style as seen on the slopes of northern New Hampshire in between his day job molding young minds in the classroom. Now, Tyler's on hill prowess has been translated into a contest at his home resort, Gunstock. The Tyler Davis Hip Jam brought together the NHDs, some buzzards, and the region's up and comers for an all-time event. If you weren't there, well, you blew it, but you can enjoy the video and get there next year!


The Financial Advice Market Review (FAMR) was launched in August 2015 to explore ways in which government, industry and regulators can take individual and collective steps to stimulate the development of a market to deliver affordable and accessible financial advice and guidance to everyone.
The Review has been jointly led by HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Read the terms of reference of the review.
The FCA and the Treasury have published a progress report reporting on the progress towards implementing the FAMR recommendations. The FAMR final report set out 28 recommendations which are addressed in the progress report.
We are consulting on guidance intended to clarify the regulatory framework. The guidance relates to four of the recommendations made by FAMR in its final report.
FAMR recommended the establishment of a Financial Advice Working Group (FAWG), to support progress in the 12 months following the Review's final report.
The Financial Advice Working Group was established in June 2016 and has been chaired by Nick Prettejohn. It has been responsible for taking forward the three recommendations assigned to it by FAMR via three subgroups and has published three reports together with a foreword from Nick Prettejohn.
Find out more about the Working Group and its members, and read the FAWG terms of reference.
The package of measures recommended by FAMR has the potential to promote a tangible improvement in affordability and accessibility of advice and guidance. Continued focus is needed to ensure the measures are effective and this can only be achieved through a multi-faceted approach. Continued commitment and co-operation is needed - not only from regulators and the government, but also employers, consumer groups and the financial services industry. The FCA and the Treasury will conduct a review of the outcomes from FAMR in 2019.
FAMR published its final report on 14 March 2016. The review builds on improvements made to the financial advice industry brought about by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) which raised the standards of professionalism across the financial advice market.
addressing industry concerns relating to future liabilities and redress, without watering down levels of consumer protection.
The government and the FCA Board welcomed the report on 16 March 2016 and accepted the recommendations directed at the Treasury and the FCA respectively. The report also made recommendations directed towards employers, service providers and consumer groups.
Affordability – these included proposals to make the provision of advice and guidance to the mass market more cost-effective. FAMR made a number of recommendations intended to allow firms to develop more streamlined services and engage with customers in a more engaging and effective way. These included a proposal that the FCA should set up a dedicated team to assist firms that are seeking to develop large scale automated advice models to bring those to market more quickly. In response the FCA set up its Advice Unit in May 2016, providing regulatory feedback to firms developing automated advice models.
Accessibility – these recommendations were aimed at increasing consumer engagement and confidence in dealing with financial advice. FAMR proposed a number of measures to help consumers engage more effectively with advice. These included making their own information more easily available to them and those that advise them; the development of 'rules of thumb' and the use of nudges to encourage customers to seek support at key life stages and recommendations intended to help employers give more support to their staff in financial matters.
Liabilities and Consumer Redress – some industry stakeholders suggested that concerns about future liability were preventing them giving advice today. FAMR made a number of recommendations to address these concerns while ensuring consumers have adequate protection. FAMR made recommendations to increase clarity and transparency about the way in which the Financial Ombudsman Service deals with consumer complaints. The report also included proposals relating to the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to assist in managing longer term liabilities.
FAMR received 268 responses to the Call for Input. The full list of non-confidential responses can be found in Annex C of the FAMR final report.
FAMR has published the non-confidential responses received via the web form.
Those that did not respond via the web form are ordered alphabetically below.
The results from this survey informed FAMR and the proposals recommended. Additionally, the results of this survey are being used to inform our ongoing supervisory work in this area.


The European Court of Human Rights has begun hearings in the case of jailed former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko. Lutsenko has asked the court to rule whether his December 2010 arrest and subsequent detention were politically motivated. In February Lutsenko was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison for embezzlement and abuse of office. Lutsenko has appealed his conviction and sentencing with the Ukrainian appeals court. Lutsenko's lawyer, Valentyna Telichenko, said the case had "great significance" for the case of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2011 on similiar charges. Both Tymoshenko and Lutsenko claim they are the victims of politically motivated repression by the government of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
The original article can be found at rferl.org.


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2016-07-06T00:25:09-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/ad9/20160706002639001_hd.jpgSenator Bob Corker (R-TN) campaigned with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a rally in the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium of the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Trump addressed several issues, including the FBI deciding not to recommend criminal charges against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for her use of private email servers while she was secretary of state. He also praised former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for having done a good job of killing terrorists.


Our Programme Manager for Liberia John tells us about the recent celebrations in Liberia, held by the Mary's Meals team to mark the country being declared Ebola free!
Great news – this week The World Health Organisation declared Liberia Ebola-free!
When Ebola brought a six-month halt to our usual feeding programme in Liberia, Mary's Meals mounted a crisis response, delivering food aid to thousands of affected people, including patients infected with the virus.
John, who works as our Programme Manager in Liberia tells us about a recent celebration in Tubmanburg where our Mary's Meals team are based.
On Friday the 8th of May all of the Mary's Meals Liberia team came together in the grand surroundings of Tubmanburg City Hall. We were joined by two colleagues; Janet and Fiona, who both work for Mary's Meals in Glasgow. They were visiting to see the programme's progress and give support to colleagues after what has been a pretty tough twelve months for us in Liberia.
Mary's Meals staff are sometimes awarded with 'golden mugs' by their colleagues and Fiona presented Liberia's Country Director Nic with one in recognition of the work undertaken during of the Ebola crisis. Nic accepted it on behalf of all Liberian staff after they were voted the 'heroes of 2014' by their colleagues in Glasgow.
Nic then received a standing ovation at what was a very joyful occasion. It was through his leadership and vision that emergency feeding was able to take place during some very dark days in the country. It is amazing how far things have progressed and a testament to the Liberian people who have finally defeated Ebola through working together. Though we must not forget during this time of celebration that many Liberians have lost loved ones and are still trying to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of a terrible epidemic.
Mary's Meals are getting back to normal operations, we are even looking at expanding in Liberia; six months ago we would never have believed things could improve so quickly.
A few days later, work in our Tubmanburg office was interrupted by the sound of children dancing and singing outside. The Government had closed schools for the day to give all children the opportunity to celebrate their country being proclaimed 'Ebola free'. We thought most would spend time visiting friends or playing football. What we didn't expect was a large number of children from the nearby Bomi Junior High to come during their free time and thank Mary's Meals staff for work during the emergency period.
All present had received emergency feeding during the height of the Ebola crisis. Sadly many of them mentioned the loss of loved ones but they also held placards high, stating how glad they were to survive. After speeches a single red rose was presented to Joseph in recognition of Mary's Meals' work and was followed by a symbolic shaking of hands (people are now able to touch each other again). The children then departed ready to begin another school week with support from Mary's Meals, but this time without the risk of Ebola.
Thank you from all of us at Mary's Meals for helping us to continue our work in Liberia during the Ebola crisis.


Our vacancy for a Marketing & Events Officer has now been filled. Thanks to all those who applied.
Look out for an announcement on social media very soon to find out who our new recruit is!
The post provides an exciting opportunity to develop and implement The Touring Network's events, marketing and communications strategies, as the Network approaches its 20th anniversary year in 2018. This is a new role that demands enthusiasm, energy and excellent organisational skills to overcome some of the communication challenges inherent within the Network's diverse membership.
Working closely with the Touring Network's Services Manager, the Marketing & Events Officer will be responsible for raising the profile of The Touring Network and the activity of its members, and increasing levels of engagement with our events and services.
This is a fixed term post, currently funded by Creative Scotland until the end of March 2018, which may be extended subject to funding.


It can be confusing knowing which fire extinguisher to use on different types of fires - not all fires are the same and some extinguishers can make the fire worse!
If you have time to really think about it, common sense will tell you which extinguisher to use. But in the heat of the moment, anyone can panic when they see a fire and grab any extinguisher or hose reel.
General purpose environments such as small retail stores, offices, workshops, garages, homes, and vehicles require Dry Powder extinguishers; they're great for most everyday situations. Carbon Dioxide extinguishers could also be used, but they are a bit more expensive.
Electrical and computer fires require Carbon Dioxide extinguishers. Dry Powder extinguishers can also be used in emergencies, but do not use any liquid extinguishers on electrical fires.
Kitchens, food trucks and fuel stations need to have Foam (or 'AFFF') extinguishers nearby. The foam smothers and cools the flaming liquid, oils or fats. Do not use dry powder as you'll just spread the fire!
Also great at smothering kitchen fires are Fire Blankets. Fire Blankets can also be used to wrap a person to smother a clothes fire.
To avoid confusion, ensure your extinguishers are hung in easy to reach locations with the right signage above it so people are aware before using them.
If you have a unique situation, or you need extinguishers for a place of gathering (either a community or work environment), we recommend you get a professional opinion to ensure you're covered if something goes wrong.
Read our blog on what training is required for building evacuation and fire safety, including the need to train building occupants to use firefighting equipment, such as extinguishers, hose reels and blankets.
Every fire extinguisher should have this official yellow inspection tag. It shows the last annual inspection of this extinguisher was in August 2017 and it's last 5-yearly pressure test was in 2014.
The actual fire extinguisher cylinders can last between 20-30 years, but they can begin to lose pressure within 5-years. This is why extinguishers should be inspected each year by a certified inspector to check the gauge, the weight, and clip the official yellow inspection tag - as shown in this photo.
Every 5-years, fire extinguishers need to be pressure tested and recharged. This is done off-site using specialist cylinder testing facilities. They drain the cylinders, test the pressure of the empty cylinder, then recharge the cylinders with new product and reinstall it at your site.
Depending on what type of extinguisher you have, and whether there is a pressure tester nearby, it might be cheaper for you to buy a brand new extinguisher.
How can I dispose old fire extinguishers?
Scrap metal recyclers: its most likely that all non-metal needs to be stripped off and some scrap metal recyclers only take them in large quantities so please check with them first.
Some local council recycling centres also allow you to drop off empty gas cylinders for free.
Your fire protection provider will also generally take your old extinguishers when they install a new replacement unit.


Dog Walkers in Waldo, ME - Dog Walking Near You | Wag!
Pups and their parents pawsitively love living in Waldo, ME! Within a short drive, you can find everything your darling doggo could possibly want or need, including off-leash dog parks, restaurants, trails, and more! When it comes to taking care of doggie business, you'll find all the necessities in Waldo, ME and its surrounding areas as well. Certified dog trainers, groomers, veterinarians, and breeders are all available either in town or in the surrounding cities. Pop that leash on Lassie and start exploring all the dog-friendly things to do in and around Waldo, ME!
Need some room to roam in Waldo, ME? Your pooch won't be "melan-collie" here — Waldo, ME has 5 off-leash areas where your pal can ditch the leash and have a doggone good time! You can find more off-leash areas in nearby Brooks, ME, Swanville, ME, and Morrill, ME. Many dog parks require memberships, so be sure to look up dog park policies before making the drive!
Does your pup need a helping paw when it comes to looking his best? Furtunately, there are 22 groomers in Waldo, ME! You can also find plenty of options in Brooks, ME, Swanville, ME, and Morrill, ME, all of which are just a short, tongue-waggin' car ride away!
As pet owners, we don't like to think about doggie emergencies, but it's still good to know where the closest vet clinics are just in case. Luckily, Waldo, ME has 45 veterinary services, so you won't need to make a long drive if your pup is sick. You can also find quality, compassionate care in Brooks, ME, Swanville, ME, and Morrill, ME.
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Home Molecular Diagnostics/In vitro Diagnostics Supreme Court Unanimously Overturns Prometheus Dosage Calibration Method Patent
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Supreme Court Unanimously Overturns Prometheus Dosage Calibration Method Patent
High court concluded that the patent claims covered laws of nature and were thus invalid.
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a unanimous blow to Prometheus Laboratories by saying that its methods of dosage calibration for thiopurine drugs for gastrointestinal and nongastrointestinal autoimmune diseases are ineligible for patenting. In a decision written by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the high court overturned the decision by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last December. The Federal Circuit had upheld the two diagnostic method patents, which covered the methods designed to take into account the context of a treatment regime based on the individual patient's metabolism.
"To transform an unpatentable law of nature into a patent eligible application of such a law, a patent must do more than simply state the law of nature while adding the words 'apply it,'" the court stated. "It must limit its reach to a particular, inventive application of the law."
Prometheus' patents failed that test, according to the court: "We conclude that the patent claims at issue here effectively claim the underlying laws of nature themselves. The claims are consequently invalid."
Through the ruling, Breyer answered the question he posed to attorneys for both sides during oral arguments in December: "What has to be added to a law of nature to make it a patentable process?"
The court cited precedents in several cases including Gottschalk v. Benson (1972), where a process claim based on a numerical algorithm was held unpatentable if it "would wholly pre-empt the mathematical formula;" Parker v. Flook (1978), in which an invention using a mathematical algorithm was ruled patent-eligible only if its implementation were novel and unobvious; Diamond v. Diehr (1981), where software that manipulated a specific physical object was patentable; and O'Reilly v. Morse (1853), where the Morse code dot and dash signs were patentable as applied in the telegraph though the use of electromagnetic force was deemed too broad to patent.
"The process claims at issue here do not satisfy these conditions. In particular, the steps in the claimed processes (apart from the natural laws themselves) involve well-understood, routine, conventional activity previously engaged in by researchers in the field. At the same time, upholding the patents would risk disproportionately tying up the use of the underlying natural laws, inhibiting their use in the making of further discoveries.
The Prometheus case started in June 2004 when Prometheus sued Mayo in U.S. District Court, alleging that an announced (but never marketed) Mayo Medical Laboratories diagnostic test infringed two Prometheus patents. Mayo's test measured the same metabolites as Prometheus' test, but Mayo's test used different levels to determine toxicity of the two metabolites.
Mayo countered that Prometheus' patents were invalid and unenforceable because the claims were based on subject matter that is unpatentable as they impermissibly claimed natural phenomena—the correlations between, on the one hand, thiopurine drug metabolite levels and, on the other hand, efficacy and toxicity—and that the claims wholly preempt use of the natural phenomena.
The case spent more than six years winding through the judicial system. In December 2010, the Federal Circuit sided with Prometheus, by stating that the firm's claims passed a revised In re Bilski machine-or-transformation standard. Prometheus' claims, the circuit court ruled, recited specific treatment steps, not just correlations themselves, and involved a specific application of natural correlationism, namely the treatment of a specific disease by administering specific drugs and measuring specific metabolites.
The Supreme Court disagreed, siding with Mayo. "Because the laws of nature recited by Prometheus' patent claims—the relationships between concentrations of certain metabolites in the blood and the likelihood that a thiopurine drug dosage will prove ineffective or cause harm—are not themselves patentable, the claimed processes are not patentable unless they have additional features that provide practical assurance that the processes are genuine applications of those laws rather than drafting efforts designed to monopolize the correlations. The three additional steps in the claimed processes here are not themselves natural laws but neither are they sufficient to transform the nature of the claims," the court ruled.
"There is a danger that granting patents that tie up their use will inhibit future innovation, a danger that becomes acute when a patented process is no more than a general instruction to 'apply the natural law,' or otherwise forecloses more future invention than the underlying discovery could reasonably justify. The patent claims at issue implicate this concern," the court concluded.
Prometheus v. Mayo was one of two cases being watched closely by molecular diagnostics companies looking for answers about what intellectual property they can patent and what they can't. In the other case, Myriad Genetics is seeking to protect seven patents related to breast cancer susceptibility genes 1 and 2 (BRCA1 and BRCA2) and its method for analyzing sequences of those genes for mutations associated with breast cancer. Myriad's patents are being challenged by several medical associations and individual doctors, assisted by the American Civil Liberties Union and Public Patent Foundation.
The court decision in Prometheus may also shape the USPTO's study, due in June, of how to ensure the availability of confirming genetic diagnostic tests where gene patents and exclusive licensing for primary genetic diagnostic tests exist. The study was required by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the patent-law overhaul enacted by President Barack Obama in September, and USPTO recently concluded a pair of hearings seeking public input on the issues raised.
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Q: How to create a vagrant box in a remote server I've been using vagrant since a few months to test server configurations (with ansible).
At work we have some spare internal servers that I would like to use for our continuous integration system.
Is there a way that just like you can do vagrant up and you get a locally running virtualbox VM, you can do the same but creating that VM on a different server?
So far we are creating VMs on our servers via vmbuilder and I would like to replace it with something up-to-date, as I'm familiar with vagrant I would like to stick with for a while.

A: There is an old vagrant module for ansible in GitHub that might still work, but seems to be unmaintained. If you have interest enough in going this route, you might want to revamp it.
Other than that, you can still use the command module.

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Feeling a little safer knowing how well our border fence is working to keep undesirables out? I wonder if ISIS members know how to climb?
While Bernie Sanders and other leftist Presidential hopefuls are focused on stealing money from hard working Americans to give to entitled voters and ringing phony climate change alarms, some of the most violent people in the world are freely crossing our borders.
A video shows how Drug smugglers scale border fences and continue to bring drugs across into the U.S. with little trouble. This disputes the many claims made by top officials within the Department of Homeland Security that the border is as safe it has ever been.
As can be seen in this video published in the Facebook page of the Mexican radio outlet Borderlinea.com.mx, two drug smugglers carrying what appear to be large marijuana bundles were able to climb over the border fence and get away.
Breitbart Texas consulted with law enforcement officials who confirmed that the video was taken at the border fence just south of Nogales Arizona which borders the Mexican city by the same name. The city is located in the Mexican state of Sonora.
The two men climbing the fence resonates with the message delivered by presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. The 2016 Republican presidential hopeful visited Arizona. He said the fence in those areas would not keep him out, Breitbart News reported.
While the drug traffickers were able to climb the fence with little to no trouble, just East and West of their location are multiple areas where useless border fences stand about three feet tall.


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Insert your USB flash drive into your computer and launch Disk Cleaner Free. You'll find a list of hard disks in your computer, including the USB flash drive that is connected. Check it for cleaning.


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1 September 2017 First Record of Culex Coronator in Virginia, with Notes on Its Rapid Dispersal, Trapping Methods, and Biology
Karen I. Akaratovic, Jay P. Kiser
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1Suffolk Mosquito Control, Department of Public Works, 800 Carolina Road, Suffolk, VA 23434
J. of the American Mosquito Control Association, 33(3):225-228 (2017). https://doi.org/10.2987/17-6668R.1
Culex coronator is a Neotropical mosquito species that was first described in Trinidad in the early 20th century. Since then, the species has been discovered from Patagonia to the southern USA. A single adult female Cx. coronator was collected on November 1, 2016, in Suffolk, VA, in a BG-Sentinel 2® trap during routine mosquito surveillance. This represents the 1st record of this species in the state of Virginia and the northernmost record in the USA. Based on male specimens examined from Texas and Mississippi, Cx. coronator sensu stricto seems to be the only species from the complex expanding into the southeastern USA. A comprehensive review of the available literature from the southern and southeastern USA is provided describing trapping methods, ecological, and biological information.
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"Erstwhile foe"
Posted on February 20, 2014 by Bharat Karnad
The main presentation of interest on the first day of the 16th Asian Security Conference hosted by IDSA (Feb 19-21) was by Beijing's designated hardline pitchman — Yan Xuetong of Tsinghua University. Yan made clear that the "new model for major power relations" that President Xi Jinping has articulated, tends in fact towards "competition" not "cooperation" as many in the West and the usual docile lot of China-pleasers in the Indian foreign policy establishment believe is the case. He, moreover, stressed that the world was moving towards bipolarity owing to the increase in China's "material power" which, he claimed, is the sole reason for the "inevitable" rivalry with the United States. And, as regards Japan, Yan was almost vituperative. But he got as good as he gave from Vice Admiral (ret) Fuma Ota, former head of Japanese Military Intelligence, who responded with zest to Yan's provocations — and on a projected map highlighted the growing incidents at sea and in the air, any of which could have escalated into military crisis. When asked how long the Chinese Navy would take to integrate their recently inducted aircraft carrier, Liaoning, into fleet operations — the litmus test of a carrier-centered navy, Ota estimated 20 years, and Andrew Scobell of RAND ventured that this eventuality "is long way off".
In the first event of the morning, MK Narayanan, Governor of West Bengal, in his keynote address proved what I have publicly written and stated that he was, perhaps, the worst National Security Adviser India has had to-date. In the main because of his singularly risk-averse attitude and thinking. For instance, he went on and on about "the risk of unintended consequences" of the India-China naval race, and why "deft management" is necessary to avoid conflict — something, no doubt, he feels he provided as NSA. Worse, he yoked the country's nuclear arsenal and policy not to its own national security interests or the emerging geostrategic situation in Asia and the world, but exclusively to Chinese aggressiveness and also to whether and how much America retrenched. It emphasized his way of thinking that had confirmed India's status as a free-rider on security and is the sort of approach that helped Narayanan deliver the inequitable nuclear deal that enormously hurt India's nuclear weapons program and strategic interests, to Condoleeza Rice in July 2005. He also confessed that in his time "We never worked very hard on an Asian security architecture" because of the divisions and differences between Asian states. He ended with a gratuitous dig at me saying MEA stalwarts such as — and he named — Rakesh Sood, who was in the audience, had stalled "our erstwhile foe, Bharat Karnad" in the foreign and security policy realms. While this mention was flattering, wonder what Yan Xuetong thought about it considering China is the foe Narayanan ought to have worked aggressively against as NSA, but did not.
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2 Responses to "Erstwhile foe"
Hahaha…Chinese, Japanese and Americans, wrestling it out in New Delhi !!! If I were in India, wouldn't let go of this hilarious opportunity.
About M K Narayanan, you should feel proud that he has not forgotten you till now. Its obvious that you didn't let him have any peace when he was the NSA, so he still wouldn't let a chance go waste to score some brownie points over you. Maybe you are still his nightmare. 🙂
He forgets though that first step after new administration in Delhi would be replacement of ALL governors of "erstwhile era".
Time to pack for oblivion..
arjunks says:
Narayanan killed/attempted to stop cold start as well. Worst NSA ever.


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So to Speak: Hillary and Trump on the Stump
I spent a good chunk of my adult life teaching public speaking to college students. Some years ago, a tome called The Book of Lists was compiled by David Wallenchinsky; his father, Irving Wallace; and his sister, Amy Wallace, who researched and ranked items in sundry categories. In the list of " greatest fears," speaking in public was ranked number one, beating out other commonly dreaded fears like heights, bugs, deep water, sickness, dogs, darkness, and even death. Perhaps that's the reason why a college course in public speaking used to be mandatory.
But that was before the greatest fear among academics became coaxing fragile, self-absorbed students out of their protective "comfort zones."
My time spent judging oratorical skills naturally compels me to scrutinize the public performances of political candidates. And in this ersatz election year, I am having a field day – though you won't find me gamboling across said field in unbridled glee!
It is pretty obvious that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald J. Trump is a public speaking heavyweight. At the Democratic Convention, Team Hillary tried to ease expectations about her acceptance speech by pointing out beforehand that she is no titan of elocution, compared to, say, our present president – or even, for that matter, the former president to whom she is married.
Speechifying has become an increasingly significant factor in the vetting of presidential wannabes, even if it comes with the risk of being bombarded by partisan verbosity. Television has made a tremendous difference in our ability to judge the aspects of a candidate's speaking performance: content, delivery, and body language.
Before the electronic revolution, voters who wanted to see and hear candidates had to go out and find them in the flesh. My mother frequently told the story of how, as a young child, she was taken to a whistle stop to observe Theodore Roosevelt orating from the rear platform of his campaign train. She recollected seeing the gas lamps being lit in the station and her father hoisting her onto his shoulders to get a better glimpse of the happening.
But the convenience of technology brings with it the downside of overexposure and repetition. And the more candidates jaw on the hustings, the more vulnerable they become to criticism. Trump is facing the added factor of a basically hostile press that pounces on and parses his every word. You'd think The Donald would learn by now to stick to script. But public speaking is a complex process in which the whole is greater than the sum of its critics. By being outspoken – or speaking out of turn – Trump may feel that he gains as much as he loses.
The content of political speeches has become largely boilerplate, cobbled together by professionals, with some input from the candidates themselves. That's what made the hubbub over the similarity between passages of Melania's present and Michelle's past convention speeches so ludicrous, since neither was written by either lady. So who's stealing from whom?
Naturally, the safest form of delivery is that of reading the speech from a script or a teleprompter. But Trump, an inveterate risk-taker, refuses to play it safe. He often repeats phrases, as if to nail them down. The Donald adlibs. That could prove to be his undoing.
Hillary's speaking style suffers from being the reverse. She is too predictably "on script," making her delivery sound mechanically driven, rather than "in the moment" inspiring. When she does veer from her teleprompter, she measures her words carefully, punctuating them with a lot of annoying "uhs." Maybe it's a matter of wanting to be safe instead of sorry, but her dull rhetoric can sound pretty sorry in itself, even without apology. She sternly berates Trump about how "words matter," yet her own personal dilemma is that the majority of Americans do not take her at her word.
As in all forms of social media, much of what sells a speech is the sizzle, not the steak. The evasive quality called "delivery" is crucial to the credibility of a candidate. At the same time, the sense of frankness that comes from "moving off message" can also unintentionally lead to damaging misinterpretations. Both candidates have landed in hot water over unscripted remarks. But it's Trump whose goose is continually being cooked.
In the weeks ahead, will he adopt a more cautious speaking style? Not likely, because, ironically, the unscripted "outsider" moment has also become part of The Donald's appeal. Rhetorically speaking, Hillary finds safety in boredom while her opponent finds boredom in safety. Indeed, what may be packing Trump's rallies to the rafters is this very quality of spontaneity, dangerous though it may prove.
I think it's fair to say that the faithful flock to Trump's tents in anticipation of being treated to a taste of his notoriously blunt speaking style. They seem to love it when he throws in the vintage Trump "believe me" or "it's a disaster." His use of adjectives to describe others may seem crass or silly, but they stick.
Body language also plays a "yuuuge" part in public speaking. Hillary plods slowly onto the stage at her rallies, clapping her hands, smiling broadly, hugging dignitaries, pointing to the audience – and grabbing the microphone almost immediately. She grandly waves her arms and jabs her fingers for emphasis. Her platitudinous pronouncements rarely receive rousing cheers. Some of those in the "rainbow coalition" seated behind Mrs. Clinton on the stage seem glassy-eyed and distracted. An exception was Seddique Mateen, the Orlando nightclub shooter's father, who jumped up and waved a small American flag, even as Hillary bemoaned the tragedy wrought by his dead son.
At gatherings of the Trump faithful, there is a different vibe; he speaks to – not at – his supporters in an almost conspiratorial tone. Often Trump will ponder aloud what he should do in light of the latest campaign developments. Should he punch back at those who attack him? Is there anyone in the audience from Utah? Don't you love New Hampshire? I love New Hampshire! This is the entertainer in Donald Trump that, at its best, can grab an audience by the seat of its pants. FDR, also a New Yorker, was a very different kind of candidate. But he accomplished a similar coziness with his audiences through his fireside chats.
Other past presidents, like Reagan and Lincoln, possessed an indefinable speaking quality that connected with listeners. It's a good trait, but it isn't always found in a good person. Adolf Hitler was a powerful public speaker. Arnold Schwarzenegger said that once and was roundly criticized for it. But the fact is that Hitler managed to mobilize an entire nation through the power of the spoken word.
We're into the final stretch of an election in which both candidates have regrettably high personal negatives. Hillary's henchmen may be concerned that she sounds too shrill and comes across as a moralizing schoolmarm. Trump's team may by now have had it with his contentious adlibbing. There will be many more stump talk in the months to come. But the contrast of their styles and substance will matter most during the three crucial presidential debates. That's when the rubber of speech will truly hit the road.


Last Friday I was reading some threads on Splitcoaststampers, and came up with a great solution for organizing my scrapbook paper.
It didn't look too bad, but I could never find what I needed. The 12x12 papers were all mixed up and I had to pull everything out to find what I wanted. The smaller paper pads were all thrown in a bin together and I had to dig through all of them to get one out.
So first, I ordered some 12 inch record album sleeve bags from Amazon. They're $17.99 with free shipping if you have Prime. They're resealable bags, and you get 100 in the pack. They're actually larger than 12x12, so scrapbook paper fits in perfectly.
Next, I hit up The Container Store.
I set to work sliding my 8.5x11 card stock into the 9x12 bags (you can fit about 25 sheets, or one pack of Stampin' Up! card stock, in one bag). I also put my loose 12x12 paper into the record sleeve bags (solids or patterns).
These bags, along with my 12x12 paper stacks, I stood up vertically in the large bins, organized by theme. I labeled the fronts of them with my Dymo Caption Maker. The Caption Maker is unavailable from Amazon now but this is another style of embossing label maker.
Not easy to pick out one to use. For these, I started by taking any scraps for each pack and sticking them into a small clear plastic resealable bag inside the paper stack.
For some paper stacks that were already falling apart, I just stuck the entire stack into a larger zip lock bag.
Then I stacked them all up vertically in that clear bin I bought at The Container Store.
Here is my organized scrapbook paper storage. Now I can just slide out a bin when I need paper rather than pulling out everything to find what I'm looking for. It doesn't look much different but it's much more efficient!
How do you store your scrapbook paper?
I user cropper hoppers and 12" ziplock baggies for my 12" paper and cardstock.
For my paper pads, they're in smaller baskets and I keep smaller ziplock bags with each pad for scraps.
This makes me happy... as organizing stuff often does! It looks great AND useful!
What a brilliant idea to use album sleeves, Melissa! I use those Iris Storage Containers that are stackable, but I turn them on their side in the bottom of a bookshelf & label them. Though it is tricky to find what I'm looking for in there since they are so deep. Your sleeve idea would work perfectly to keep like papers together in them. Thanks!


The Paris Flooding has made world headlines. These shots are just a few that I took to cover the story.
There were a lot of places along the river that's were effected by the rising water levels. I went out on my bike each day for about a week, looking for the shots. I tried the find moments that gave scale to flooding. So I looked for elements that I could relate to, i.e. road signs submerged, steps into water, things out of place.


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As we have stated before, the BacktoFrankBlack campaign is pushing more towards the media and getting the message out to the masses that the Millennium fans want a Millennium movie! We are proud to share with you an interview that we did with the fantastic horror website DreadCentral.com.
Both Troy Foreman and James McLean were interviewed by Heather Wixton and discussed everything from how the campaign started, the current state of the campaign as well as what they see in the future for the campaign. We think you will find the interview enjoyable and a must read for all fans of Millennium and the campaign.
Head on over to this link and enjoy the read!
Please make sure you leave a comment about the interview!
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Nice interview! I really hope Fox comes out with the movie. I still watch the reruns on Chiller. The Curse of Frank Black is probably my favorite episode.
Loved the interview. Keep going guys, you're doing great!
Happy 70th birthday to Lance Henriksen!!


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Q: Selecting entries that are numerically close to each other in a database Lets say I have a table called ABC in a MS-Access Database.
There are several columns in this table but only two columns are of interest for this question - "Hugo_symbol" and "Start_position". "Hugo_Symbol" has gene names and several lines can have the same Hugo_symbol - meaning this column has duplicate entries. "Start_position" has numbers - anything from 1000 to 100000000.
I want to build a query that returns lines from table ABC that
1) Have the same Hugo_Symbol AND
2) Start_position is within 20 of each other.
For eg., the query should return,
Hugo_Symbol         Start_Position

TP53                      987654
TP53                      987660
TP53                      987662
APOB                      12345
APOB                      12350
APOB                      12359

because these lines have the same Hugo_Symbol and Start_Position is within 20 of each other.
Is such a query possible? If so, what would the SQL code be?

A: I don't use Access, but this is how I'd approach it with ANSI SQL.
SELECT
  *
FROM
  ABC    AS first
INNER JOIN
  ABC    AS second
    ON  second.Hugo_Symbol     = first.Hugo_Symbol
    AND second.Start_Position <= first.Start_Position + 20
    AND second.Start_Position >  first.Start_Position

This will potentially return more data that you expect, and potentially a different format that you expect.
First.Hugo_Symbol First.Start_Position Second.Hugo_Symbol Second.Start_Position
     TP53              987654                TP53              987660
     TP53              987654                TP53              987662
     TP53              987660                TP53              987662
     APOB              12345                 APOB              12350
     APOB              12350                 APOB              12359
     APOB              12350                 APOB              12359

EDIT:
The answer above is highly influence with "Each Other".
If you reform the requirements as "all records where another record exists with the same symbol and a position with 20 of it's own position" you could get something like...
SELECT
  *
FROM
  ABC     AS data
WHERE
  EXISTS (SELECT *
            FROM ABC AS lookup
           WHERE lookup.hugo_symbol     = data.hugo_symbol
             AND lookup.start_position >= data.start_position - 20
             AND lookup.start_position <= data.start_position + 20
             AND lookup.start_position <> data.start_position
         )

But Access2000 is more limitted that the databases I normally use.  I don't know what Access2000 can and can't do.

A: SELECT ABC.Hugo_Symbol, ABC.Start_Position, ABC_1.Start_Position
FROM ABC INNER JOIN ABC AS ABC_1 ON
   ABC.Hugo_Symbol = ABC_1.Hugo_Symbol AND
   ABC.Start_Position + 20 >= ABC_1.Start_Position AND
   ABC.Start_Position < ABC_1.Start_Position


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After Deadly Hurricane, Hemingway Asks: Who Killed the Vets?
Clip: Episode 2 | 4m 21s | Video has closed captioning.
In 1935, a hurricane hit Florida killing more than 400 people, including 259 homeless veterans of WWI. Hemingway, whose peers denounced him during the Great Depression for his refusal to declare solidarity with the working class, admonished the Roosevelt administration in "New Masses" magazine for its role in sending veterans south to build highway bridges to bring visitors to the Florida Keys.
Corporate funding for HEMINGWAY was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and by 'The Better Angels Society,' and …
Corporate funding for HEMINGWAY was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and by 'The Better Angels Society,' and its members John & Leslie McQuown, the Elizabeth Ruth Wallace Living Trust, John & Catherine Debs, The Fullerton Family Charitable Trust, the Kissick Family Foundation, Gail M. Elden, Gilchrist & Amy Berg, Robert & Beverly Grappone, Mauree Jane & Mark Perry; and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.
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Relax and take in the beautiful and scenic view of the ocean from your room and enjoy lounging in the pool at 74% off the original price at Moxon's Beach Club!
Enjoy a weekend getaway at Moxon's Beach Club, St. Mary!
This voucher is valid up to 2 months from the date of purchase. May purchase as gifts. Redeem only at Moxon's Beach Club which is located at Stewart Town, Boscobel P.O. St. Mary. Check in is at 1:00 PM and check out is at 11:00 AM. Reservations are to be made in advance by contacting the hotel via telephone at (876) 975-7023 or via email at moxons-beach-club@cwjamaica.com to make your bookings. Valid for weekdays and weekends. Must present valid identification on arrival. Name on Voucher must match ID presented. Print your Brawta Living voucher or show your coupon code on your smart phone. Cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
We are located 8 miles east of Ocho Rios in quaint Stewart Town, directly on the Ocean.
This elegant hotel, with a bohemian island style decor, consists of four levels, built on a cascading slope to our own private beach, which is flanked by two large piers on the beautiful tropical blue waters of the one mile reef.
Members can join us at the beach bar by small boat and or jet skis from neighbouring homes and hotels. Swimming and snorkelling can keep one in the warm water for hours at a time.
Bought this brawta before and it literally felt like it was too good to be true. We were the only couple there (not sure why the place is SPECTACULARLY BEAUTIFUL) and it felt like we had the whole beach club to ourself.
The staff is super nice , the food was AMAZING. Our room opened onto a beautiful balcony that looked over on to the water.
The only slight downfall is that it's a stone beach, there is a little sand portion you can walk on but when you enter the water it's kinda hard to walk BUT they have a nice pool that makes up for it. We were still able to utilize the sea when we decided to go kayaking. I would recommend this place a MILLION times.


Servicing remote and rural Indigenous communities and isolated stations through RASS since 1977, Chartair has supported the Government's development of the scheme by introducing larger aircraft capable of delivering scheduled RPT passenger services. Currently, Chartair services five of the ten national RASS contracts in the NT, SA, WA and QLD connecting more than 100 remote locations to major centres.
As a government subsidised air service, there are strict rules around who and what can fly on these scheduled services. For further information or to enquire about a booking, please call our operations team on 1300 790 800.


The business facilities in Kai Lodge are minimal and just sufficient to carry out only general work. The hotel has a fax machine which one can use to send important notices or information.
Besides this, the hotel also has a photocopying machine. One can use the machine or request the hotel staff to get photocopies of important documents. Travelers and tourists can use these services while staying in this budget hotel. Apart from this, the hotel has an international direct dial telephone connection not only in the reception, but also in all the rooms.
The lodgers can make use of this facility to make important calls, both local as well as international. The connectivity is good and one can get instant connection also.
The hotel however does not have any specific rooms for conducting meetings. However, the restaurant serves as a venue for small meetings. One can book a table and conduct business deals and small discussions in the restaurants in Kai Lodge in Maldives. For larger conferences or meetings, one has to check out for halls in the bigger hotels in the nearby area.
The business facilities in Kai Lodge are extremely basic and simple.


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Adams, Rega power Independence to sectional title
Freshman Kim Rega and senior Larissa Adams sent Independence's softball team back to the district semifinals with a 5-3 win over visiting Oberlin in Wednesday's Division III sectional championship game.
Rega, who took over as Independence's starting pitcher when Victoria Sirna suffered a finger injury last week, allowed just six hits in shutting down Oberlin's offense for most of the game.
"I hate to keep calling her a freshman because at this point she's pretty seasoned," said Independence coach Garry Moore. "She had a pretty tough strike zone out there so the nervousness set over me very quickly. There were a couple of times she was ahead in the count and I just called for the fastball and they hit her pretty good. She only gave up six hits and three of them came in the last inning. Other than that she shut them down pretty well."
Independence's offense set up Rega with a four-run cushion in the first inning.
Katie George and Sirna drew walks and Halle Dorko singled to load the bases for Adams, who doubled home two runs. Rega then hit a sacrifice fly and Mallory Trombetta singled home the fourth run.
"It was nice to come out in the first inning and get four runs," Moore said. "That was very helpful."
Oberlin scored a run in the top of the second on a pair of singles then Rega took control. She retired the next 12 Phoenix batters.
"In her first inning she went 1-2-3 and we had a 6-4-3 double play," Moore said. "The run they scored in the second started out with a single and got to second on a wild pitch then scored on a single. She shut them down until the seventh inning. She went 1-2-3 in four consecutive innings. She was in command."
Independence added another in the third when Adams hit a solo home run.
"She crushed the ball to right center and she had a running, diving catch in right field," Moore said. "She plays well out of her comfort zone and above her skill level. That's just a kid that wants it that bad."
Adams, who finished the game with the two extra base hits and three runs batted in, credited the defense for pulling out the win.
"It was a great way to start off the tournament as well as a great way to finish off our season at home," Adams said. "Our defense was key to the win. Everyone was doing their job and making the plays they needed to. I've been working on my hitting a lot this season and it feels good when I'm able to come through for the them and contribute when I need to."
George and Sirna also had hits for the Blue Devils, who advanced to the Avon Lake District Semifinals. The Blue Devils will play top-seeded Laurel on Tuesday.
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