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TEXAS HORSEMEAT MASSACRE: Horses From The US Butchered In Mexico After 17-Hour Journey From Texas
Post category:Animals / Bizarre
Horses bought at auction in Texas are being butchered in Mexico before being sold in food products to consumers around the world, as these images purport to show.
Horses wait to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse in Zacatecas, Mexico, undated. Animal Equality shows through an undercover investigation the export of horses from the US to Mexico to be slaughtered and destined for human consumption, the practice is prohibited in the USA since 2007. (Igualdad Animal/Newsflash )
The images, some of them distressing, allegedly show horses that were bought in the town of Bowie, in Montague County, in the US state of Texas, waiting to be butchered in Mexico after a 17-hour trip before they are turned into meat products and exported around the world to Russia, Japan, Vietnam and China, among others.
Newsflash obtained a statement from animal rights organisation 'Igualdad Animal' ('Animal Equality') today, on Thursday, 1st December, saying: "Animal Equality has documented the shipment of American horses to be slaughtered in Mexico and used for human consumption.
"A practice that is prohibited in the US since 2007. These animals, from areas such as the breeding or horse riding industries, suffer through trips of up to 17 hours."
Horses wait to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse in Zacatecas, Mexico, undated. Animal Equality shows through an undercover investigation the export of horses from the US to Mexico to be slaughtered and destined for human consumption, practice is prohibited in the USA since 2007. (Igualdad Animal/Newsflash )
The organisation said that it carried out an undercover investigation that shows that horses are being exported from the United States to Mexico where they are then slaughtered before being processed into meat products.
The footage purports to show American horses waiting to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse in Zacatecas, Mexico, which the animal rights organisation said belongs to a company called Carnicos de Jerez.
The Igualdad Animal statement said: "The yellow tag attached to the body of one of the horses, with the number 5036, and issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, shows that this horse, like the rest of the horses in the corral, is American. The Animal Equality investigator also recorded the testimony of a veterinarian confirming the American origin of this horse."
The animal activists explained: "In 2007, Congress defunded USDA inspectors who oversaw horse slaughterhouses. This meant that horse meat could no longer be sold, as only USDA-approved meat is legal.
"Since then, the US horse meat industry has focused on transporting horses to Mexico and Canada as a means of continuing their business. In 2021, more than 24,000 horses were sent to slaughterhouses outside of US borders.
"According to the documents obtained by Animal Equality, the Carnicos de Jerez slaughterhouse receives some of its horses from auctions in Bowie, Texas. These animals are bought at auction when they are too old or injured after a lifetime of breeding or riding, among other purposes."
They added: "The horses in this particular auction are transported across Texas for almost eight hours. Later they cross the border with Mexico at Eagle Pass and travel for more than nine hours until they reach the slaughterhouse of Carnicos de Jerez, in Zacatecas, a total of 17 hours of travel.
"Once slaughtered, Carnicos de Jerez sends the meat products to Russia, China, Vietnam and Japan, thus contributing to the world trade in horse meat, which totals EUR 383 million euros"
They said that the United States was continuing "to participate in this trade despite the fact that 83 per cent of Americans oppose the slaughter and consumption of horses, according to a survey conducted by Lake Research Partners and the ASPCA."
Sharon Nunez, the President of Animal Equality, said: "The death of horse 5036, as well as the death of tens of thousands of American horses each year, is unnecessary and unacceptable.
"As our researchers have documented, the US ships these horses across its borders so that their slaughter is hidden from view for the majority of Americans who oppose the slaughter of horses for human consumption. Citizens consider this suffering to be wrong; now is the time for the US Government to ban it once and for all."
Picture shows the slaughterhouse in a slaughterhouse in Zacatecas, Mexico, undated. Animal Equality shows through an undercover investigation the export of horses from the US to Mexico to be slaughtered and destined for human consumption, practice is prohibited in the USA since 2007. (Igualdad Animal/Newsflash)
Carnicos de Jerez says on its website: "The enterprise Carnicos de Jerez S.A. de C.V. was founded in 1971 as a company dedicated to the slaughter and processing of horse meat. Currently, it is an integrated enterprise in its operation, as has their pens collection, the slaughterhouse, cutting and boning; fridge and a fleet of trailers for gathering cattle and selling their products mainly to foreign markets. Carnicos de Jerez was created to sell their products to foreign markets around the world."
Other images purport to show the treatment of horses in a slaughterhouse in Arriaga, Chiapas.
The images show how the animals "cannot walk and are forced to move while being beaten with sticks or hung from chains to immobilise them". Workers routinely use electric shocks or a water hose to get horses unable to get up to move, according to the rights group.
Igualdad Animal said its investigators uncovered "serious breaches of the Official Mexican Standard that determines the methods of slaughtering animals to avoid unnecessary suffering. In the images, the horses are ineffectively stunned before slaughter. Some are shot multiple times in the head before falling unconscious. They also show how many are killed while still conscious."
Igualdad Animal said: "Due to the lack of transparency in its labelling, horse meat slaughtered clandestinely is often sold as beef."
They added that this was a dangerous practice because of "its high content in clenbuterol, a veterinary medicine that is harmful to humans and whose use is not permitted in animals intended for human consumption."
The organisation has launched a petition to end the slaughter of horses. At the time of writing, it had been signed by over 107,000 people.
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If you've seen any of Top Draw's presentations in the last 5 years, you'd have seen a lot of focus on creative solutions, measured results. Those measured results are most evident and clear with direct response marketing, where you market to a client and expect a trackable, immediate response from the client. Direct response marketing offers easily trackable ROI, and a high volume of low cost leads, sales and customer call-ins. What if you have bigger online marketing needs, and need to market not just on a direct response level, but on a brand level?
Pretend for a moment that you own a popular website that gets tons of visitors, but you have no way of turning that popularity into any revenue. You could approach potential advertisers 1 by 1, but the act of negotiating deals, coming to a reasonable price, collecting payments, and implementing ads can be tough. That's why many publishers out there opt for Google's Display network. Those same features that attract publishers are also attractive for advertisers. Google's vast display network gives readily available, reasonably priced, no fuss online advertising with much better statistics than many popular offline media channels. No more mystery-meat "views" data and no more publishers who can't support your interactive ads. The advertising price is set in a fair auction style and gives access to a volume of web properties that would be very time consuming to manage if you were to do it site by site.
Because we're not measuring a direct response like a lead or sale, the measurement methodology has to adapt. Instead of leads or sales generated, intermediate stats like reach & frequency (the number of clients who have seen your ad, and how many times they've seen it), reports on which websites are showing your ad, and other demographic information shows where your brand dollars are being spent.
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EBRD addressing youth unemployment in West Bank and Gaza
By Nibal Zgheib
Innovative results-driven approach to addressing youth unemployment
More than 1,000 young Palestinians to benefit from the project
Project raised US$ 1.8 million in investment and US$ 5.0 million in outcome funds
The EBRD and its co-investors the Palestine Investment Fund, Semilla de Olivo and FMO (the Netherlands Development Finance Company) are financing the first Palestinian employment-development impact bond to address high levels of youth unemployment in the West Bank and Gaza.
The project will provide professional training for more than 1,000 young Palestinians to support their transition into sustainable employment.
An estimated 38 per cent of young people in the West Bank and Gaza are unemployed, with a mismatch of skills being a key impediment to their sustained employment. The project is a test case to assess how private sector investment can tackle this challenge by promoting results-oriented employment services.
The investors will provide upfront funding to the project, while the outcome funders, the World Bank and the Palestinian Authority, will repay them if and when the training and employment results are achieved. The project raised US$ 1.8 million in investment and US$ 5.0 million in outcome funds.
Private sector organisations will provide training, starting in 2020. They will focus initially on employment opportunities in the healthcare sector, as well as in the industrial and construction sector. Additional training will be rolled out according to market needs, with the goal of delivering sustainable employment outcomes by late 2021.
Heike Harmgart, the EBRD Director for the eastern Mediterranean region, said: "We are very proud to launch with our partners the first employment-development impact bond in Ramallah, an innovative financing tool that will help tackle youth unemployment. We aim to provide sustainable jobs to the Palestinian people, thus contributing to the development of their economy."
Social Finance led the design of the project as an impact bond, as part of the World Bank's Finance for Jobs programme, implemented by DAI Global. Since the first impact bond was created in 2011, more than 140 others have been contracted globally, with an increasing percentage in low-to-middle-income countries.
In 2017, the EBRD started investing in the West Bank and Gaza. To date, five projects have been signed for a total amount of US$ 18 million.

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The CTE Applied Horticulture program here at Anchor Bay High School has really helped students achieve skills in the different career areas of the horticulture field. Students are learning the principles of horticultural science; basic techniques of horticulture, including soil management, plant propagation, selection and maintenance of plant materials, and landscape design. We will begin planting annual and perennial flowers, fruits, vegetables and herbs in our greenhouse in early April.
Students have also been learning about Turf Management and Care. Our class works on the football, baseball, soccer and practice fields, seeding, fertilizing, and maintaining the grass. In Coastal Flora, our student-run floral shop, we have many new arrangements, gifts, and fresh flowers, all designed by our students.
Students experience business management skills of a retail flower shop by designing floral displays; handling flowers, plants, and floral accessories. Also, students learn the aesthetic principles of design firsthand as they create a series of floral compositions from natural and artificial materials.
CTE courses are very important to many high school students. These classes promote new ideas and give students many skills that can be learned first hand. These skills will be used for the rest of their lives.
Remember to stop by Coastal Flora to pick up your garden plants and flowers this year in early May!
We offer a variety of plants for sale through our greenhouse such as annuals and perennials. Come on down and select yours today!!


Coleman Super light F1 - open up the slightly bigger than fag packet sized box and the contents are surprisingly small. Bought from http://www.go-outdoors.co.uk/ for£12. A small mesh pocket fits all the burner components.
The main burner unit srews onto the support arms and into the std cannisters. The bottom part is the folded up supprt arms.
The arms slide out and lock into the heat resistant plastic. A quick and easy fit.
In use it is a ferocious wee burner and boiled a pint of water very quickly. Reasuringly noisy.
As with all gasburners it needs a windshieled so I'm designing one just now with a snap on heatshield for a pan too, hopefully working like a heat exchanger.


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Biografia
Gaspare Vincenzo Ranuzzi nacque a Bologna nell'omonima famiglia senatoria dei conti di Porretta  il 1º ottobre 1726 dal senatore Marcantonio conte di Porretta e da Maria Ermellina Anna Teresa Bergonzi, figlia del marchese Alessandro di Costamezzana nel ducato di Parma. Fu il quarto di cinque figli: le sorelle Dorotea nata nel 1720 e Camilla nata nel 1722, Girolamo futuro senatore nato nel 1724, Vincenzo Gaspare, Giovanni Carlo nato nel 1728 e morto in giovane età. Era pronipote del cardinale Angelo Ranuzzi morto nel 1689.

Fu battezzato il 3 ottobre coi nomi di Vincenzo Antonio Baldassarre, più tardi cambiato con quello di Vincenzo Gaspare, avendo per padrino il conte Angelo Ferdinando Ranuzzi Cospi. Il padre Marcantonio, che morì nel 1735, fu dal 1719 il nono senatore della famiglia e il decimo conte. La sorella Dorotea sposò il conte Giulio Bajardi di Parma; Camilla sposò il marchese Antonio Gherardini di Verona; Girolamo, che morì nel 1784, divenne il decimo senatore della famiglia nel 1735 e l'undicesimo conte: sposò Maria dei marchesi d'Alsazia e in seconde nozze Maria Bianchetti. D'indole, come scrive un biografo "soave e temperata" Vincenzo Ranuzzi si era distinto anche per ingegno ed applicazione allo studio, mentre una soda pietà lo portava ad abbracciare la vita ecclesiastica. Avviato alla carriera ecclesiastica, come il fratello Giovanni Carlo allievo della Pontificia accademia ecclesiastica come convittore, ma morto prematuramente quindicenne, Vincenzo studiò presso il collegio romano dei gesuiti e dal 1746 completò gli studi intrapresi alla Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica. Dalla morte del padre nel 1735, la madre amministrò la contea fino al 1747 e si occupò della carriera dei figli. Fu infatti la madre a chiedere a papa Benedetto XIV di patrocinare la carriera di Vincenzo in nome della comune origine bolognese, trattando per l'acquisto di una prelatura vacabile nel 1746. Fu incoraggiato e premiato dallo stesso pontefice il quale "vide tosto di quale lustro potea essere per la Chiesa Ranuzzi, scrive il biografo Angelo Astolfi e ben seppe vieppiù rincorarlo allo studio delle leggi civili, e canoniche, additandogli i ministeri onorevoli a cui tali scienze l'avrebbero condotto".

Vincenzo si addottorò in utroque iure all'Università La Sapienza di Roma il 5 aprile 1753, divenendo referendario delle due Segnature e iniziando la carriera curiale come prelato ponente della congregazione del Buon governo. Il 25 aprile 1755 mentre era ponente della Sacra Congregazione del Buon Governo, divise i beni paterni col fratello Girolamo, tenendo per sé la tenuta di Zenerigolo. Ordinato sacerdote il 5 aprile 1760, iniziò la propria carriera presso la Curia romana durante il pontificato di Benedetto XIV(1740-1758), prestando servizio nella Congregazione del Buon Governo e presso la Sacra Consulta. Divenuto canonico di San Giovanni in Laterano, il 20 luglio 1775 fu inviato da papa Pio VI nunzio apostolico a Venezia, succedendo a Bernardino Honorati. A tale scopo fu nominato l'11 settembre 1775 arcivescovo in partibus infidelium di Tiro di Fenicia ed il 17 settembre seguente fu consacrato vescovo nella chiesa di Sant'Agnese fuori le mura dal cardinale Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze, assistito da Nicolò Saverio Santamaria, vescovo di Cirene, e da Giuseppe Aluffi, vescovo di Bagnoregio, carica che mantenne fino al 1785. Nominato nunzio apostolico alla Repubblica di Venezia il 18 settembre 1775 fu anche nominato prelato domestico ed assistente al soglio pontificio dal 22 settembre dello stesso anno. Fu quindi nunzio presso la Serenissima per sette anni fino al 1782. Della nunziatura di Venezia resta la corrispondenza con il cardinale Carlo Rezzonico. Da queste missive sappiamo dei tentativi di ottenere l'arcivescovado di Bologna libero da pensioni e del fatto che il nunzio si trovava in difficoltà economiche per avere dovuto rinunciare al canonicato di San Giovanni in Laterano. Grazie alla mediazione del cardinale Rezzonico, Ranuzzi ottenne l'abbazia di Santa Lucia della Rocca di Roffeno. Ranuzzi fu il primo nunzio a Venezia a perdere le imposte sui fondi ecclesiastici e a doversi mantenere solo con le spedizioni di bolle per le parrocchie della città e i proventi della cancelleria. Erano a Venezia insorte nuove controversie per la immunità ecclesiastica, sempre difesa dalla Santa Sede per suo decoro. Pur essendosi dichiarato all'inizio incapace di sostenere una tale missione, il prelato bolognese, costretto ad accettare, come egli era uso, la volontà del papa, si accinse all'impresa. E subito incontrò il favore dei veneziani che benevolmente lo accolsero, e con le "nobili e costumate sue maniere" egli strinse amicizie ed intrattenne personaggi influenti della Serenissima sulle ragioni del Papa. Alla fine la fermezza del prelato fu vincente e piegò alla persuasione i veneziani in questa opera lunga e difficile. Il papa Pio VI ebbe a congratularsene e in una sua lettera lo chiamò "uomo benemerito dello Stato della Chiesa". Intanto si erano acuite le divergenze di carattere giurisdizionale tra la Chiesa e il regno di Portogallo. Papa Pio VI scelse personalmente monsignor Ranuzzi come nunzio apostolico presso il re di Portogallo il 26 febbraio 1782.

Lasciata Venezia con dispiacere dei veneziani per la partenza del rappresentante del papa, Ranuzzi fu inviato per una missione in Portogallo, dopo una breve permanenza a Bologna per incontrarsi con i parenti e occuparsi delle sue cose. Ranuzzi raggiunse il porto di Genova dove iniziò un fortunoso viaggio. L'imbarcazione sorpresa da una tempesta verso il Capo San Vincenzo, minacciò di affondare e scene di panico si ripetevano di continuo. Il nunzio rincuorò, anche con promessa di doni, i nocchieri e, fortemente amareggiandosi per aver voluto che i suoi servitori e le loro donne lo seguissero nel pericoloso viaggio, con le sue parole e con il suo esempio li ridusse alla calma finché non cessarono i venti.

Il pontefice Pio VI lo elevò al rango di cardinale con breve datato 7 aprile nel suo tredicesimo concistoro del 14 febbraio 1785, e lo nominò arcivescovo, titolo personale, di Ancona e Numana, sede vacante fin dal 3 agosto 1782 per la morte del cardinale Gian Ottavio Bufalini. La berretta cardinalizia gli fu portata in Portogallo dall'ablegato apostolico Luigi Gregori di Foligno e gli fu posta sul capo dal re Pietro III con una solenne funzione a Lisbona. La nunziatura di Portogallo iniziò il 4 aprile 1782 e si protrasse fino al 2 settembre 1786 dove Vincenzo Ranuzzi successe a Filippo Acciaiuoli. Prima di lasciare Lisbona il nunzio dovette assistere il moribondo re Pietro III al quale somministrò i sacramenti e celebrò le esequie. Il viaggio di ritorno attraverso la Francia, toccò poi Bologna dove il cardinale Ranuzzi si trattenne in famiglia per un paio di mesi e soltanto a maggio del 1787 tornò a Roma solo nel 1787, elogiato dal papa, gli fu imposto il pallio e ricevette il titolo di cardinale presbitero di Santa Maria sopra Minerva il 28 settembre, titolo che mantenne fino alla morte. Prese quindi possesso della sua diocesi e in essa vi rimase fino alla morte. Erano anni di carestia, si prodigò quindi a favore dei bisognosi spendendo i redditi propri e della mensa vescovile. Sempre ed ovunque pronto a consolare gli afflitti, a provvedere alle necessità dei poveri, a richiamare il clero ed il popolo ai loro doveri, a prevenire il male ed a promuovere il bene, il cardinale Ranuzzi seppe farsi amare e stimare da tutti.

Negli sconvolgimenti seguenti alla rivoluzione francese, accolse numerosi prelati in fuga dalla Francia, durante le persecuzioni in patria. Si adoperò per mitigare gli eccessi della Rivoluzione, per evitare rappresaglie contro gli aderenti alla parte francese, con lo stesso spirito cristiano con cui aveva prestato opera e mezzi alle vittime della Rivoluzione. Nel pericolo di assedio di Ancona da parte dell'esercito austriaco, nelle more delle vicende napoleoniche, si rifiutò di abbandonare la città ed i suoi fedeli. Anche il cardinale Vincenzo, sebbene in luoghi e condizioni ben differenti, ebbe a patire a causa dei francesi che questa volta, attuando le minacce fatte dal re Sole al tempo della nunziatura dell'altro porporato di casa Ranuzzi, il cardinale Angelo, invasero lo Stato della Chiesa, rapinando tesori artistici, taglieggiando le ricchezze pubbliche e private, e soprattutto il patrimonio destinato al culto ed ai poveri. Sulla pacifica Italia rapidamente conquistata scesero morte e desolazione. Nonostante ciò, sotto il suo episcopato, a fatti luttuosi si avvicendarono avvenimenti assai importanti dal punto di vista religioso: nel 1795 fu riconosciuto ufficialmente il culto del beato Antonio Fatati. In quella occasione furono celebrati solenni festeggiamenti. Il 25 giugno 1796, mentre incombeva la minaccia dell'invasione francese, avvenne il prodigio dell'immagine della Madonna, venerata nella chiesa cattedrale di San Ciriaco. Il fatto eccezionale si ripeté per sei mesi consecutivi, suscitando commozione e risveglio religioso nella moltitudine dei fedeli, preoccupati dei gravi pericoli imminenti. Il periodo dal 7 febbraio 1797 al novembre 1799 fu per Ancona colmo di grandi sventure, causando miserie e sofferenze a tutta la popolazione. L'8 febbraio 1797, l'avanguardia delle forze francesi, agli ordini del generale Victor, giunse alle porte di Ancona e, dopo una breve scaramuccia, occupò la fortezza e la città. Il cardinale Ranuzzi, che nel frattempo si era rifugiato a Loreto, si dovette piegare a tutte le umiliazioni e concessioni richieste dagli invasori, fino ad emettere il giuramento davanti al governo repubblicano.

In seguito alla porpora divenne ponente e sottodecano della Consulta. Pio VI lo nominò membro delle congregazioni cardinalizie dei Vescovi e regolari, dell'Immunità ecclesiastica, del Concilio, delle Indulgenze e delle Reliquie, ma la partecipazione nelle congregazioni fu saltuaria poiché Ranuzzi rimase stabilmente presente nella sede della sua residenza episcopale. Ad Ancona abitò nel palazzo oggi chiamato Mei. Di questo periodo resta una lettera pastorale al popolo fedele del 1786. Sempre ad Ancona, durante la Rivoluzione Francese, diede ospitalità a numerosi ecclesiastici refrattari o in esilio. Fu pertanto onorato dagli stranieri ed amatissimo dal popolo. Intanto Ranuzzi andava declinando con la salute tanto da non poter partecipare al Conclave di Venezia, per l'elezione del pontefice essendo morto il 29 agosto 1799 a Valence Pio VI. Nel clima repubblicano e giacobino che dominava l'Italia quasi tutti i cardinali viventi si erano stabiliti a Venezia sotto la protezione dell'Austria. L'imperatore Francesco II fece predisporre il monastero dell'isola di San Giorgio Maggiore. Il conclave iniziò il 1º dicembre e il 14 marzo 1800 si raggiunse l'unanimità dei voti nella persona del cardinale Barnaba Chiaramonti che assunse il nome di Pio VII. L'imperatore non gradì quella nomina tanto che dispose che l'incoronazione non si svolgesse nella basilica di San Marco, ma nella chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore: ciò avvenne il 21 marzo.

Il cardinale Ranuzzi già infermo, nei giorni 21, 22, 23 giugno 1800 ricevette la visita del neoeletto papa Pio VII, in vescovado, in viaggio verso Roma, da cui ricevette pubblica riconoscenza ed attestazioni di stima. Con l'aggravarsi delle sue condizioni si trasferì nel palazzo vescovile di Numana con la speranza di un miglioramento della sua salute, ma ivi morì la sera del 27 ottobre 1800, all'età di 74 anni, tra il compianto di tutta la diocesi; fu sepolto nella cattedrale di Ancona.

Genealogia episcopale e successione apostolica
La genealogia episcopale è:
 Cardinale Scipione Rebiba
 Cardinale Giulio Antonio Santori
 Cardinale Girolamo Bernerio, O.P.
 Arcivescovo Galeazzo Sanvitale
 Cardinale Ludovico Ludovisi
 Cardinale Luigi Caetani
 Cardinale Ulderico Carpegna
 Cardinale Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
 Papa Benedetto XIII
 Papa Benedetto XIV
 Cardinale Carlo Vittorio Amedeo Ignazio delle Lanze
 Cardinale Vincenzo Ranuzzi

La successione apostolica è:
 Vescovo Joseph Jakob (Angelin vom heiligen Joseph) Geiselmayer, O.C.D. (1786)

Voci correlate
Ranuzzi
Angelo Maria Ranuzzi
Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi

Collegamenti esterni

Ranuzzi, Vincenzo
Ranuzzi, Vincenzo
Ranuzzi

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It's been over one year since I joined Pomelo as Style Editor. In that year I've come to appreciate the skill it takes to model. Sure, I used to watch ANTM as much as the next girl, but I couldn't help thinking models had it easy. A beautiful face and a bangin' body and certain things just come easy - modelizing rich dudes, free drinks, cool off-duty style.
But over the dozens of photoshoots, products launches, trends and collections it's clear that models play a huge role in selling our clothes, creating our brand and connecting with our customers. They are the face of Pomelo. I see that the best models are the ones who appreciate the seriousness of their job while conveying a sense of happiness, irreverence and authenticity. Being gorgeous doesn't hurt either!
So now in honor of Thais who are killing it in their various fields, here's a shout out to some of the coolest girls, and hottest models I've had the pleasure of working with (and some I haven't).
We recently shot Aokbab (her nickname means Design in Thai) for a sporty street style campaign in conjunction with LINE mobile shopping below. Her street savvy look is perfect for Pomelo (photos: Sergio del Amo), so it's amazing to see how easily she slips into high fashion mode for Vogue.
We've worked with Home a few times at Pomelo now. I love how her hair is different every time! She's a super cool girl with mile long legs and I really hope she takes over the fashion industry soon. Follow her IG for cute udpates from her and her model gang.
Another one of our faves is Fern. She's also a favorite of Cheeze and Nylon, two magazines we're obsessed with at Pomelo. She's a model, design student, artful Instagrammer and brand founder of Not For Everyone. So true, Fern, your style isn't for everyone, and we love it!
Linn is one of the most in demand Thai models. We haven't worked with her at Pomelo yet but we love her edgy, sophisticated style. Linn, if you're reading this we'd love to shoot you! See more of Linn at The FashionSpot.
Yoghurt is another Thai model that's making it to super status. She's in demand for every Bangkok fashion week and was the first Asian model to cover L'Officiel Thailand.
Thanks to all the models that work with us at Pomelo. We couldn't do it without you!! Check out more of the gorgeous girls in our funky clothes. Who do you love most?


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Moist, delicious Butternut Spice Quick Bread – made with whole wheat flour, whole cane sugar, and lots of butternut squash.
In a little over a week I am taking a trip to visit my family back in my home state. I'm excited about seeing them, but navigating the airports? Not so much. I do love flying itself, but not the airports and flight delays and missed luggage…ugh.
Ok, I don't want to think about that right now. I would rather think about spending time with my family.
Oh, and I would rather think about this Butternut Spice Bread.
It's funny how food smells bring back memories. Sometimes those memories are good and sometimes bad (like the one time my mom tried fried green tomatoes and they didn't turn out right…that was a bad day). Haha (sorry, Mom). Today we're thinking about good smells though. We're specifically talking about the smell of a butternut squash baking in the oven. If you've never smelled a butternut squash baking and you have access to a squash, go bake it right now. Your house will smell absolutely wonderful.
Butternut squash was one of the things my family would grow in our garden during the summer, and it's probably my favorite kind of squash. I think of it as the "dessert squash". The flavor and texture are perfect for use in sweet breads and desserts and it works well as a substitute for pumpkin, if you're wanting to try something a little different with your typical pumpkin recipes.
Whenever my mom put a butternut squash in the oven and our house filled with that wonderful smell, I always knew we had something especially yummy coming up soon.
Butternut Spice Bread was (and is) one of those things.
The butternut squash makes for a moist, soft bread, and the combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves is the perfect compliment to the squash's slightly nutty, sweet flavor. My husband had this bread for the first time the other day and I think he told me about five times, "That bread is SO good".
To prepare squash: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Slice butternut squash in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds and stringy pulp. Place cut side down in baking dish and add water to dish to depth of about 1/2 inch. Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour or until squash is tender and flesh is easily pierced with a fork. Drain off water. Once squash is cool enough to handle, scoop out flesh from shell and discard shell. Measure 2 cups of mashed squash for bread. I like to freeze any remaining squash for future use.
Preheat oven to 350. In large mixing bowl, beat butter with mixer until creamy. Add sugar and beat well. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Set aside.
In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. Add to wet ingredients, alternating with squash, while beating with mixer until blended. Pour batter into greased 9×5 inch loaf pan and bake for 55-65 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes and then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
So, are you saying I shouldn't try out the new fried green tomatoes recipe that I recently found next week. . .


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Garden Of Weedin': Man Rents Out Space In Backyard For Cannabis Grows
By David Carpenter | Published: May 3, 2019
Tom McDade never set out to be a part of the sharing economy.
About four years ago, the 31-year-old plumber grew six majestic marijuana plants in his Northern California backyard. It was the first time he'd grown that many pot plants, and it was the maximum number his medical marijuana card legally allowed in his county. Before that, he'd only cultivated one or two cannabis plants per year alongside his prized tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers — just enough to supply himself and share with a few friends, he says.
Six cannabis plants felt like a stretch, but McDade figured he would experiment.
"It was a big jump for me," he recalls. "It was a little scary thinking about all that growth in my yard, all that watering and tending; I wasn't sure I could handle that jumbo-size garden. But it worked out; they were fantastic, so big and healthy and so lush. It was like walking through a jungle at times."
McDade ended up with "an unbelievably large yield that year," he says. "It was like 10 wheelbarrows full of wet material I had to process, which meant a lot of cutting, drying, trimming and curing. It's never just grow it and smoke it. There's always much more to it than that."
He says that the processing aspect proved challenging, but for months afterwards he was handing out ounces to friends like it was candy.
"I'd show up at friends' barbecues or house parties with a bunch of tomatoes and bell peppers from my garden, and also these big fat sacks of weed," he says. "Of course, everybody loved it when I showed up with all those fresh bags of homegrown."
One day during the next outdoor planting season, a friend of McDade's came by with some premium clones — a heavy-yielding Trainwreck cutting — and a proposition. His friend had no outdoor space of his own for planting that season, having just moved into a new place in the city that lacked yard sun. In exchange for five clones, he asked McDade if he would grow one plant for him that he'd collect at harvest time in October.
"It was a no-brainer situation," McDade says. "I had tried some of his Trainwreck before and knew it was the real deal. Handing over one full plant at harvest time, with the understanding that he'd trim and dry it himself, seemed like a really good deal for both of us."
His garden proved abundant that year, beating the yields of any previous year he'd grown. He had more weed than he knew what to do with.
"It was a great year with good sun and really cooperative weather conditions," he says. "Also, I was getting better at cultivating by then — really understanding how to boost my roots early on, amending the soil correctly, and spotting nutrient deficiencies in time to correct them.
When McDade's friend saw his Trainwreck plant that October, he was blown away by how dense the buds were.
"He had been by my house a few times during the growing season, but he hadn't seen the plant late in the flowering stage, when it really bulks up," he says. "He couldn't believe the crazy amount of trichomes."
When he handed over the plant, McDade knew it was easily $2,500 to $3,000 worth of cannabis he'd just grown for the guy. The remaining balance of cannabis he'd produced definitely made the deal mutually beneficial.
"I was happy that my friend was happy, and I was stoked with the yield I had left, but then I began thinking about the potential to do this more," he says. "I thought that maybe there was a possibility to rent out part of my garden space as a little [cannabis] side hustle."
Reasoning that it was no different than renting out a car or a spare room, McDade put out the word to a few friends. The next season, he had three people interested in using a portion of his garden space. But this time, instead of bartering in clones, people were offering him money to share his garden space.
"They were absolutely willing to pay for a space in my garden," he says. "All of them were even happy to provide me with nutrients and planting gear, like stakes and ties."
Charging $300 to $400 per planting area, and with space for a total of six plants, he's already booked up for 2019. If the yields are like previous years, each of his renters should see between 2 and 2 1/2 pounds come harvest time. McDade is even offering to do drying and trimming for an extra fee, though all his renters so far are fine doing that themselves.
"It was kind of surprising at first, how quickly people jumped on the idea," he says. "But then it was clear to me that the need was really there. Not many people have the kind of outdoor space I have."
It's true that fewer people, especially young city dwellers like McDade's friend with the Trainwreck clones, can afford to live in places with spacious yards for growing. Home prices and rents are perpetually on the rise in many urban areas, and affordable housing is not typically a priority. Most of McDade's friends live in small, urban one-bedroom apartments or studios and don't even own cars or bikes. Forced to economize, it's a whole new era geared toward affordable living with services like GoBike, Uber and Airbnb.
While McDade has stumbled onto a niche market, it's just a small slice of a greater sharing economy that includes renting and sharing everything, from office space through companies like WeWork to scooters from Scoot and Skip. Customers can even rent other people's cars through the service Turo, which invites users to "book unforgettable cars from local hosts around the world."
Frank Klimek, who is a prior client and will rent space again from McDade this year, couldn't be happier with the arrangement.
"I got a really strong Zkittlez clone that I paid $15 for," he says. "After some supplies, I'll bring over to Tom's and the cost of the plot, I'll still be way ahead of the game come October."
For McDade's part, he's pleased with tending to six or so plants a year and is happy he can be of service to people while making a little cash.
"It's all the same to me if I'm growing two plants or six plants," he says. "I've got a watering regimen I do and have a really tight system worked out to keep the plants healthy. And I love seeing this forest of cannabis in my backyard when I wake up in the morning. It's a win-win for everyone."
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Die NWA World Women's Championship ist die Frauenmeisterschaft der US-amerikanischen Wrestling-Promotion National Wrestling Alliance. Eingeführt am 20. August 1954 wurde der Titel von der damals amtierenden Titelträgerin Moolah an die WWF verkauft. Daraufhin führte die WWF die WWF Women's Championship als Nachfolgertitel ein. Heutzutage ist der Titel aktiv und wird nur an die Women's Division des NWA-Rosters vergeben. Wie im Wrestling allgemein üblich erfolgt die Vergabe nach einer zuvor bestimmten Storyline.

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June Byers wird als Erste Titelträgerin von der National Wrestling Alliance anerkannt, nachdem sie im Jahr 1954 das Two-Out-Of-Three-Falls match gegen Mildred Burke  für sich entscheiden konnte. Nach dem Rücktritt von June Byers im Jahr 1956 wurde der Titel hauptsächlich von The Fabulous Moolah gehalten, die diese Meisterschaft im September 1956 in einem Battle-Royal Match gewann.

Nachdem die World Wrestling Federation und die NWA ihre Geschäftsbeziehungen beendeten wurde der physische Titelgürtel von Moolah an die WWF verkauft. Die WWF führte darauf hin die WWF Women's Championship ein und erkannte Moolah als erste und amtierende Titelträgerin an. Die WWF erkannte jedoch keine der Titelwechsel an, die seit Moolahs erster Verleihung im Jahr 1956 stattgefunden hatten.

Nach dem Verkauf blieb der Titel für zwei Jahre deaktiviert. Der NWA-Frauentitel setzte jedoch seine Linie fort, nachdem Combs die vakante Meisterschaft am 12. Februar 1986 in einem 9-Woman-Battle-Royal Match gewann.

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Hamid Reza Javadzadeh, Amir Davoudi, Farnoush Davoudi, Ghasem Valizadegan, Hasan Goodarzi, Sadrollah Mahmoodi, Mohammad Reza Ghane, Mehrdad Faraji, "Citrullus colocynthis as the Cause of Acute Rectorrhagia", Case Reports in Emergency Medicine, vol. 2013, Article ID 652192, 5 pages, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/652192
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Citrullus colocynthis as the Cause of Acute Rectorrhagia
Hamid Reza Javadzadeh,1 Amir Davoudi ,1 Farnoush Davoudi,2 Ghasem Valizadegan,3 Hasan Goodarzi,1 Sadrollah Mahmoodi,1 Mohammad Reza Ghane,1 and Mehrdad Faraji1
1Emergency Medicine Department, Baghiyatallah Hospital, Baghiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Mulla Sadra, Vanak, Tehran 14758 15943, Iran
2Community and Preventive Medicine Department, Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran
3Gastroenterology Department, Bagheyatallah Medical Student University, Iran
Academic Editor: K. Imanaka
Received02 Apr 2013
Accepted02 May 2013
Published30 May 2013
Introduction. Citrullus colocynthis Schrad. is a commonly used medicinal plant especially as a hypoglycemic agent. Case Presentation. Four patients with colocynth intoxication are presented. The main clinical feature was acute rectorrhagia preceeded by mucosal diarrhea with tenesmus, which gradually progressed to bloody diarrhea and overt rectorrhagia within 3 to 4 hours. The only colonoscopic observation was mucosal erosion which was completely resolved in follow-up colonoscopy after 14 days. Conclusion. The membranolytic activity of some C. colocynthis ingredients is responsible for the intestinal damage. Patients and herbalists should be acquainted with the proper use and side effects of the herb. Clinicians should also be aware of C. colocynthis as a probable cause of lower GI bleeding in patients with no other suggestive history, especially diabetics.
Citrullus colocynthis Schrad., from the family Cucurbitaceae, popularly named bitter apple or bitter cucumber in English and called Hendevaneh Abujahl (Abujahl watermelon) or Kadu Hanzal (bitter ground) in Persian, is a well-known medical plant used alone or in compounds for many medical purposes.
Different parts of the plant including seeds, fruit, root, stem, and leaves, used as either aqueous or oil extracts, dried or fresh, are believed to have antidiabetic [1–6], antihyperlipidemic [7, 8], laxative [1, 3, 9], anti-inflammatory [9], analgesic [9], vermifuge [5], hair-growth-promoting [10], antibacterial [11], antifungal [11], and antioxidant properties [12].
In spite of multiple medical benefits, some of the most frequently reported complications such as colic, diarrhea, hematochezia, nephrosis, vomiting, and liver impairment [4, 13, 14] have placed C. colocynthis amongst the top 10 toxic plants [14].
In 1989, three cases of toxic acute colitis following ingestion of C. colocynthis were reported by Goldfain et al. The main clinical presentation was dysenteric diarrhea. The colonoscopic observations were mucosal congestion and hyperemia with abundant exudates, but no ulceration or pseudopolyp formation, which disappeared within 14 days in all patients [15]. Contreras et al. also reported colocynth poisoning as a rare cause of acute diarrhea syndrome in 1996 [16]. Khan et al. reported 5 cases of toxicity due to consumption of colocynth in Saudi Arabia over a 2-year period who presented with acute severe bloody diarrhea [17].
2. Case Presentation
2.1. Patient I
A 28-year-old white housewife, with body mass index of 24 kg/m2, presented to the emergency department (ED) with rectorrhagia from 2 hours prior to admission. She had been experiencing a mucosal diarrhea with tenesmus, which gradually progressed to bloody diarrhea and overt rectorrhagia within 4 hours.
The history of common perianal causes of rectorrhagia (hemorrhoid, fissure), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and peptic ulcer disease (PUD) was negative. The patient suffered from intermittent episodes of constipation for which she mainly used olive oil and took about 1.5 g of Citrullus dried fruit for the first time on the day of admission. The patient was on no medications.
2.2. Patient II
A 32-year-old white housewife, with BMI of 26 kg/m2, came to ED complaining from rectorrhagia one hour prior to admission, reporting a sudden onset of mucosal diarrhea and tenesmus followed by bloody diarrhea and eventually ended to rectorrhagia within 3 hours. The patient had no history of hemorrhoid, fissures, IBD, or PUD. She was diagnosed with type II diabetes 6 months earlier. She took no medications and started using Citrullus fresh fruit twice a day (1.6 g/d)—as a herbal hypoglycemic agent—for the previous two days.
2.3. Patient III
A 57-year-old white housewife, with BMI of 32 kg/m2, was admitted to the ED with rectorrhagia from 3 hours earlier. She had a burst of mucosal diarrhea with tenesmus, which gradually progressed to bloody diarrhea and overt rectorrhagia within 3 hours. She mentioned no perianal causes of rectorrhagia, no history of IBD or PUD. The patient has been a known case of type II diabetes for 8 years. Her fasting plasma glucose was poorly controlled in spite of taking 500 mg metformin daily. She started to use 2 cups of brewed extract of Citrullus as a herbal hypoglycemic agent 4 days before.
The patient experienced a right ventricular rapid response atrial fibrillation 1 hour after admission which was controlled after rehydration with 1100 cc of normal saline intravenous infusion.
2.4. Patient IV
A 45-year-old white housewife, with BMI of 28 kg/m2, presented to the ED with rectorrhagia for the previous 2 hours, preceded by mucosal diarrhea and tenesmus which progressed to bloody diarrhea in 3.5 hours. She had no history of hemorrhoid, fissures, IBD, or PUD and was diagnosed with type II diabetes 3 months earlier. The patient was on no medications and she took 2 cups of brewed extract of Citrullus as a herbal hypoglycemic agent for the past two days.
All patients were hemodynamically stable. The physical examination of all four patients revealed no sign of perianal fissures or hemorrhoid and no indications for emergency abdominal surgery. The nasogastric tubes expelled clear gastric secretions. The stool examination further ruled the infectious causes out. The upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy showed no upper GI source of bleeding. In the colonoscopic examination, none of the patients had ulcerations, polyp formations, or any other abnormality but mucosal erosion. Table 1 summarizes main clinical and paraclinical features of the patients.
Age Sex Ingested form Therapeutic purpose Presentation Course Clinical findings Lab findings Imaging findings Colonoscopic findings
I 28 y F Dried pulp Laxative agent Rectorrhagia Diarrhea progressing to bloody diarrhea and overt rectorrhagia in 4 hours Tenesmus (+)
Nausea (−), vomiting (−)
Abdominal tenderness/rebound tenderness (−)
BP = 110/70 mmHg (tilt sign (−))
PR = 70/min, RR = 14/min, T = 37c
O2 saturation = 96% HB = 12.5 **/**
↓ in 6-hours followup: (−) X-Ray: NL
US: NL Mucosal erosion
II 32 y F Fresh fruit Hypoglycemic agent Rectorrhagia Diarrhea progressing to bloody diarrhea and overt rectorrhagia in 3 hours Tenesmus (+)
BP = 130/70 mmHg (tilt sign (−))
PR = 77/min, RR = 13/min, T = 37.2c
O2 saturation = 96% HB = 14
**/**
III 57 y F Brewed extract Hypoglycemic agent Rectorrhagia Diarrhea progressing to bloody diarrhea and overt rectorrhagia in 3 hours Tenesmus (+)
O2 saturation = 94% HB = 12.5 **/**
↓ in 6-hours followup: (−)
X-Ray: NL
The patient experienced an AF RVR 1 hour after admission which was controlled with supportive treatments During the course of AF:
BP = 105/95 mmHg
PR > 100/min, RR = 16/min
O2 saturation = 96% Na = 131
K = 3.5
IV 45 y F Brewed extract Hypoglycemic agent Rectorrhagia Diarrhea progressing to bloody diarrhea and overt rectorrhagia in 3.5 hours Tenesmus (+)
Summary of patients' characteristics and findings.
Proper IV line, normal saline infusion (to keep veins open), and pantoprazole were ordered for all patients. Patients I and II received one dose of metronidazole according to the consultations made with infectious disease specialist, but discontinued the treatment as further investigations ruled dysentery out of the differential diagnosis list (Figure 1).
Sample colonoscopic findings at admission.
Patients I and II were discharged from the ED observation room to home after 36 and 42 hours, respectively. With the experience of the first two patients in mind, we specifically asked patients III and IV about herbal medications including C. colocynthis, which helped to shorten their hospitalization duration to 18 and 16.5 hours.
The follow-up colonoscopy after 14 days was completely normal with no sign of erosions.
C. colocynthis has been demonstrated to be responsible for diarrhea in treated animals [18] and colitis in humans [14–17]. The membranolytic activity of saponin—an ingredient of the pulp extract—is believed to be the main pathophysiological mechanism for intestinal damage [6].
The acceptable dosage of C. colocynthis fruit ranges from 0.6 to 1.75 g/day and 0.1–0.4 g/day, according to Traditional Iranian Medicine (TIM) and modern phytotherapy, respectively. The seed should be administered at 120–300 mg (max: 600 mg) per day, and the root powder from 0.2 to 0.4 g/day. If the fruit is administered with its correctives such as Arabic gum, the adverse events are reduced and larger doses are allowed [5].
All the four presented patients had ingested considerably larger amounts of C. colocynthis than the permitted dose. Additionally, they took the whole fruit (saponin-containing pulps) and used no correctives which in turn have been the augmentations to intoxication.
The C. colocynthis overdose seems to be the reasonable cause of the mentioned clinical scenarios due to the biological plausibility, temporal relationship, analogy (i.e., consideration of alternate explanations), and coherence.
There are no approved products of C. colocynthis available in pharmacies or herbal drugstores. In the absences of official surveillance and proper patient education, the herb could frequently be administered and taken inappropriately.
We strongly suggest acquainting herbalists with side effects, allowed and toxic dosage of different parts of the fruit, encouraging use of seeds (containing no saponin) instead of the whole fruit or pulps, and considering recommendations of TIM such as using C. colocynthis correctives or grinding the herb.
Clinicians should also be aware of C. colocynthis as a probable cause of lower GI bleeding in patients with no other suggestive history, especially diabetics, and carefully ask about it. Additionally physicians can actively take part in educating people about dosage and side effects of herbal medicine frequently used by their patients.
Written informed consent was obtained from all four patients for publication of this case series.
The authors acknowledge the great cooperation of the emergency and endoscopy-colonoscopy ward staff.
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News	> Haiti
Haiti To Expand Learning Programs for 4 Million Illiterates
Jovenel Moise at the National Palace, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 8, 2020. | Photo: Twitter/ @Haiti24_
President Moise will seek that the illiterate adult population acquires minimal skills to fight to all forms of social discrimination and exclusion.
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise Tuesday called for extending literacy programs to all 10 departments to benefit his country's four million citizens who still do not know how to read or write.
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He emphasized that all citizens must learn minimal skills to take part in the country's development and to fight all forms of discrimination and social exclusion.
The President asked the Literacy Ministry to present a budget before the end of the current fiscal year to finance literacy and teaching projects throughout the country.
This budget will also support the adult education program, which is supported by Cuba's specialists who apply the "Yes, I Can", a teaching method for adult literacy that has been used in 29 nations allowing over 6 million people to develop basic literacy.
In 2017, #Haiti's Ministry of #Education filed with the High Court of Auditors for the construction of 27 schools. Three years later, there has been no answer. Many important government projects are subject to these delays. 26,000 students are waiting for their classrooms. pic.twitter.com/e7BmuyO2ZR
— Stanley Lucas (@Stanleylucas01) September 8, 2020
The Haitian education system is highly privatized, with about 90 percent of schools run by churches, non-governmental organizations, or small businessmen.
Half of the school-age children do not have access to formal education and over 50 percent of the over-15-years-old citizens cannot read and write.
Human rights activist Pierre Roy noted that this Caribbean country needs to adapt its learning processes to the contemporary world, given that its education system was established by the French in the 18th century.
Haiti Literacy Programs Yes I Can
Jovenel Moise Pierre Roy
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As the population is growing, the demand for leasing out property is always high. Starting from small property to big ones, every leasing of property process requires a legal Lease Agreement that must be signed between the two parties and such contract contains all such provisions that protect both of them as long as it is valid. The following commercial lease documents have the necessary provisions that are prepared by the professionals.
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A commercial lease involves a lot of money and a long duration as well. In such scenarios, the entire transaction and deal must be legally correct and transparent for both the parties involved. It can only be done through commercial lease agreement which mentions all the required provisions such as a description of the property, terms, rules, regulations, financial transactions applicable and most importantly; the terminating clauses. With the above-listed Lease Agreement Sample, one can form his agreement and contract document and make the process smooth and clean.
This is a sample termination letter for the Commercial Lease Samples. It starts with the lease information that was issued, the reason for the termination as per the contract offer, the effective date of the termination and the next set of actions to be taken if necessary.
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The targeted audiences for the commercial lease agreement samples are the owner of the property and real estate who are willing to lease out the properties to willing people. They are also applicable for the people who are taking the lease because they want a transparent deal so that no future complication and unfair advantages can be taken. Similarly, there is commercial lease termination letter which is applicable for the legal and official bodies to issue the letter to the owner as well as the person taking the lease.You can also see the Blank Lease Agreements.
The above-mentioned commercial Free Lease Agreement and documents are made by professionals and they cover each and every necessary provision that is required to protect the interest and deals of the client and the owner. It makes the entire process legally executable and transparent at the same time. There are conditions for termination which can be applied by the owner in case the renter breaks them.


Atlanta's own Indigo Girls will perform and speak at the "Rally for Truth" this Thursday, March 24, beginning at 10 a.m. at the state Capitol. The rally is being held in opposition to immigration bills being considered by the Georgia legislature.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists are also becoming involved in the fight against the immigration laws, stating LGBT people could be caught in the "crosshairs" of the proposed laws.
Jerry Gonzalez, the openly gay executive director for the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, said the immigration laws, which some are calling Arizona "copycat" laws, are harmful to people as well as to the state's economy and he is asking "fellow Georgians [to] take a stand against the fiscally irresponsible and economically unsound legislative initiatives which mirror the Arizona legislative initiative that cause serious division and economic peril in Arizona.
Southerners on New Ground will host the second of a two-part town hall forum today to educate and urge LGBT activists to join the fight against anti-immigration laws being considered by the Georgia legislature.
The meeting takes place today (March 9) from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Phillip Rush Center, 1530 DeKalb Ave., Atlanta, GA 30307.
The Georgia House is expected to vote on a controversial immigration bill today.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Matt Ramsey, is similar to a laws passed in Arizona last year that drew national criticism from privacy advocates and pro-immigration groups.
Opponents of the bill range from medical advocacy organizations to gay rights groups. Paulina Hernández, co-director of Southerners on New Ground, says HB 87 as just as bad, if not worse, than Arizona's legislation.
A little less than a year ago, I wrote a blog concerning the Arizona Immigration law. So if much of this blog looks familiar, forgive me, but what was written this past spring still applies ... especially in view of what is about to happen in Georgia.
Our Country is 236 years old. Of those 236 years we have been in a war of one kind or another or some kind of military action for a total of 165 years and still counting.


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Q: Statusbar color doesn't set properly on Meizu PRO 6 I got device-specific problem with Meizu PRO 6 / android 6.0
I try to set statusBar color by defining colorPrimaryDark in my theme file
When i set it to #FF0000 (red) it works fine

But when i set it to #000000 (black) it doesn't apply (as you see, color is the same as colorPrimary)

The same code run on LG Nexus 5x:

What could go wrong here? And how it can be fixed?
Suppose current device has some kind of color filtering for statusBar, maybe it allows only colors, that are lighter than colorPrimary or something like this...

A: The problem is that Meizu has custom launcher and it's own implementation.
For me
getWindow().setStatusBarColor(color);
actionBar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(color));

works ok. But when I tried to use it in activity that is not in focus yet It didn't work.
But this workaround (see snipet below) works . Just update colors when your activity has a focus
 @Override
    public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
        super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
        if (hasFocus) {
          //... your code for colorization
        }
 }

A: I'm faced the same problem with navigationBarColor on OnePlus A6000 (6) / Android 9.
So, i just used 'almost' black color: #010101, and it works well!
I suppose, some phone manufacturers use #000 (that is 0) as a default value, that points out the system to use app's primary color.

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GIA Offers Origin Reports for Colored Diamonds
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Exterior impact melt ponded to the east of Anaxagoras crater. NAC M185949707L, image width ~1.8 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Impact melt drastically altered the landscape in and surrounding Anaxagoras crater (73.458°N, 349.934°E, ~52 km diameter). Previous Featured Images focused on the interior melt pond and melt-covered mounds, but the exterior ponds are important, too. Impact crater formation is violent: all of the energy associated with a moving bolide is imparted to the target immediately upon impact. Some of the energy may vaporize the impactor, while a substantial amount of the energy is responsible for excavating the crater cavity. In many cases, some of the target rocks are heated to their melting temperatures (~1300°C for basalt, ~1500°C for anorthosite) to form impact melt. Once formed, impact melt may be excavated in a similar manner to unconsolidated ejecta. Some melt remains in the crater interior, pooled on the crater floor and terraces and forming a veneer on the crater walls, while some melt is emplaced on or near the crater rim. Similar to the crater interior, the immediate exterior of the crater may be veneered with impact melt and exhibit melt channels and flows, as well as exterior melt ponds.
LROC WAC monochrome mosaic of Anaxagoras crater. Location of the exterior impact melt pond noted with asterisk [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
The opening image by itself might be mistaken for a smooth mare region because there was enough impact melt to coalesce into a pond and evenly bury the underlying surface, but the WAC context image (above) shows this not to be the case everywhere. On the flanks of the eastern rim of Anaxagoras, the melt pond is very smooth in some areas (opening image, left) while relatively rougher elsewhere (opening image, right), which may indicate that this melt pond did not have enough volume to completely obscure the preexisting surface. In the very smooth portion, there are some fractures similar to those observed in other melt ponds. There are also several impact craters with irregular morphologies. These craters, all less than 100 m in diameter, may have these different morphologies for several reasons related to target properties. The 94 m diameter crater in the upper right may be irregular because the crater punched through a thin resistant layer of impact melt rock to the looser unconsolidated preexisting surface. Other nearby craters may have formed in partially molten melt or may have formed much later, after a thin layer of regolith was generated by micrometeorites. Additional study of superposed crater morphology on impact melt, paired with analog laboratory experiments, may help distinguish the difference between impacts into a partially molten material and those into a layered target (previously studied in depth by Drs. Oberbeck and Quaide, among others).
What do you think? Take some time to examine the exterior impact melt ponds in the full LROC NAC image!
Exposed Fractured Bedrock in the Central Peak of Anaxagoras Crater
Impact Melt Lobes
Forked Impact Melt Flows at Farside Crater
Breached Levee