text:
Categorized | Education, Entertainment, Featured
National Park Week & April 2019 Events at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Posted on March 24, 2019. Tags: hvnp, nps
April 20-28 is National Park Week!
Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i – Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture, After Dark in the Park talks, and stewardship programs in April – plus National Park Week! National Park Week starts Sat., April 20 with a fee-free day.
Park programs are free, but entrance fees apply. Some programs are co-sponsored by Friends of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association. Mark your calendar for these upcoming events:
National Park Week, April 20-28. This year's theme is "On a Mission." The mission of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is to protect, conserve, and study the volcanic landscapes and associated natural and cultural resources and processes, and to facilitate safe public access to active volcanism, diverse geographic settings, and wilderness for public education and enjoyment. Everyone is invited to the following National Park Week events that celebrate the park's mission:
Fee-Free Day! National Park Week kicks off Sat., April 20 with a fee-free day. Come take a hike on one of our newly re-opened trails, or walk out to the Keanakāko'i side of Halema'uma'u to see where Crater Rim Drive slid into the crater during last year's eruptive activity!
When: All day, Sat. April 20
Where: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and all fee-charging national parks in the U.S.
Junior Ranger Day at Kahuku. The Kahuku Unit will debut its new Junior Ranger Program and wooden junior ranger badge! Keiki who complete the junior ranger handbook (illustrated by Hawai'i artists) will earn the badge, a junior ranger certificate, and will be sworn in as a National Park Service junior ranger. Free!
When: Sat., April 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Kahuku Unit
Merrie Monarch Festival Events. Part of the park's mission is to perpetuate Hawaiian culture, and what celebrates the culture more than the annual Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo? During Merrie Monarch Week, the park will offer six 'Ike Hana No'eau ("Experience the Skillful Work) programs for everyone to experience and connect with Hawaiian practices. Come learn about 'ulana niu (weaving coconut leaves); nā lei (lei making) with Patty Kaula and Lehua Hauanio; play kōnane (a Hawaiian game that resembles checkers) with park rangers, and learn about nā pa'ahana hula – the tools, altar and plants that symbolize hula – with Amy Ka'awaloa. Musicians Rupert Tripp, Jr. and Ti Kawhi Chun and Pōki'i Seto will share their melodies.
When: Tues. April 23 and Wed., April 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Kīlauea Visitor Center lānai
Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 Lower East Rift Zone Eruption. Kīlauea Volcano's long-lasting East Rift Zone (ERZ) eruption changed abruptly when the Pu'u 'Ō'ō crater floor collapsed on April 30, 2018, followed by an intrusion of magma downrift. On May 3, lava erupted in Leilani Estates and within two weeks, 24 fissures had opened along a 4.2-mile-long segment of the lower ERZ. Fissure 8 soon became the dominant vent, erupting a fast-moving channelized lava flow that reached the ocean, burying 13.7 square miles of land and destroying over 700 structures along the way. Join USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Carolyn Parcheta as she recounts the progression of this dramatic eruption and shares her experiences monitoring it. Part of Hawai'i Volcanoes' ongoing After Dark in the Park series. Free (park entrance fees apply).
When: Tues., April 23 at 7 p.m.
Where: Kīlauea Visitor Center Auditorium
Other ongoing April events:
Stewardship of Kīpukapuaulu. Help remove troublesome plants at Kīpukapuaulu, home to diverse native forest and understory plants. Bring clippers or pruners, sturdy gloves, a hat, and water. Wear closed-toe shoes and clothing that you don't mind getting permanently stained from morning glory sap. Be prepared for cool and wet or hot and sunny weather. New volunteer? Contact Marilyn Nicholson for more info: nickem@hawaii.rr.com.
When: Every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. (April 4, 11, 18 & 25)
Where: Meet at the Kīpukapuaulu parking lot, Mauna Loa Road, off Highway 11 in the park.
Stewardship at the Summit. Volunteer to help remove invasive, non-native plant species that prevent native plants from growing in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, a World Heritage Site. Wear sturdy hiking shoes and long pants. Bring a hat, raingear, day pack, snacks and water. Gloves and tools are provided. Under 18? Parental or guardian accompaniment or written consent is required. Visit the park website for additional planning details: https://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/summit_stewardship.htm.
When: April 5, 13, 20 & 26. Meet at 8:45 a.m.
Where: Meet project leaders Paul and Jane Field at Kīlauea Visitor Center on any of the above dates.
A Walk into the Past with Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar. Walk back to 1912, and meet the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, at the edge of Kīlauea Volcano. Dressed in period costume, Ka'ū actor-director Dick Hershberger brings the renowned geologist to life. Dr. Jaggar will take you on a tour of his tiny lab located below the Volcano House to see original seismograph equipment and other early instruments. You'll learn what motivated Dr. Jaggar to dedicate his life to the study of Hawaiian volcanoes, and how his work helps save lives today. Space is limited; pick up your free ticket at the Kīlauea Visitor Center's front desk the day of the program. Program includes climbing stairs and entering a confined space. Supported by the Kīlauea Drama Entertainment Network (KDEN). Free (park entrance fees apply).
When: April 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Each performance is about an hour. Where: Meet at Kīlauea Visitor Center
Ki'i Demonstration. Hawaiians carved ki'i (statues) to represent forces of nature, gods, guardians, and the spiritual world. Acclaimed artist James Kanani Kaulukukui, Jr., who has worked on the sacred site of Ke Kahua o Kaneiolouma Heiau on Kaua'i, will share his expertise and the essential role of ki'i in Hawai'i. Part of Hawai'i Volcanoes' 'Ike Hana No'eau "Experience the Skillful Work" workshops. Free (park entrance fees apply).
When: Wed., April 10, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The Amazing, Almost Unbelievable, Story of the Coconut Palm. The coconut palm is beautiful, iconic, useful and deeply connected with many cultures. Palm expert John Stallman guides us on the epic journey of the modern coconut palm, from its earliest record in India and Asia, to recent genetic studies and a spectacular shipwreck. The coconut palm has accompanied human migration across the globe and journeyed across oceans, earning the nickname of "the most useful tree on earth." Part of Hawai'i Volcanoes' ongoing After Dark in the Park series. Free (park entrance fees apply).
Explore Kahuku. The Kahuku Unit is open Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free! Take a self-guided hike, or join rangers on Sundays in April for a two-hour guided trek at 9:30 a.m. (The trail will vary depending on visitor interest). Enter the Kahuku Unit of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park on the mauka (inland) side of Highway 11 near mile marker 70.5. Kahuku is located in Ka'ū, and is about a 50-minute drive south of the park's main entrance. Sturdy footwear, water, raingear, sun protection and a snack are recommended for all hikes.
Kahuku Coffee Talk: The Sandalwood Story. Hawaiian sandalwood, 'iliahi, was once so abundant in the Hawaiian Islands that the Chinese called Hawai'i "Tahn Heung Sahn," or Sandalwood Mountains. However, the sandalwood trade in the early 1800s rendered the trees commercially extinct within a few years. Biologist and former park ranger John Stallman delves into the past, present and future of Hawaiian 'iliahi and the conservation of this irreplaceable species.
When: Fri., April 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Where: Kahuku Unit Visitor Contact Station
Visitors are encouraged to check the park's online calendar of events, and look for program flyers posted after 9:30 a.m. on the bulletin board at Kīlauea Visitor Center: https://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/calendar.htm.
Hawai'i Volcanoes is one of five national park units on the island of Hawai'i. Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is also free of charge April 20. Pu'ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, and the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail do not charge entrance fees.
Steaming bluff at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Photo by Jancie Wei
'ulana niu (weaving coconut leaves)
Ranger and keiki at Kahuku. NPS Photo
Kahuku Jr. Ranger badge
Morning Glory at Kīpukapuaulu. Photo by Jancie Wei
Kilauea's Lower East Rift Zone Fissure 8 vent and lava flow on July 13, 2018.
Stewardship at the Summit volunteers.
Sandalwood blooming in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Photo by Jessica Ferracane
Couple at Pu'u o Lokuana in kahuku.
Coconut Palms
Carving Ki'i. Photo by James K. Kaulukukui Jr.
Actor Dick hershberger as Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar.
← Hawaii Island lane closures for the week of March 23-29, 2019
Fire burns shack in Puna early Sunday morning (March 24) →


text:
Raising the standard of trust online.
Five steps to protect your privacy in 2020
Resolve to take back control of your personal data online with these few quick steps, and protect your privacy in 2020.
Your Connection is Secure with DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption
A detailed look at how DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption protects your privacy. Pinterest is now using the technology, and the code is now open source.
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials for Safari: Tracker Blocking & Privacy Dashboard
We're delighted to announce that DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials is now available for Safari users, helping even more people get the privacy they deserve.
Search Preference Menu Immediately Increases Google Competitors' Market Share by 300-800%
Could a search engine preference menu significantly increase competition in the search market? We conducted research to find out.
Gabriel Weinberg
DuckDuckGo Search Improvements: Past Year Date Filter, Dark Theme Refinements, and More!
We're excited to share several improvements to DuckDuckGo Search that should make your searching not only more effective, but also a more pleasant experience.
Introducing the DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly Newsletter
We've just launched DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly, a curated newsletter to highlight important privacy developments & share reliable advice to protect yourself.
New DuckDuckGo Research Shows People Taking Action on Privacy
The results of our latest research are clear: not only are privacy concerns widespread, but people are taking real actions to protect their privacy online.
2019 DuckDuckGo Privacy Donations: $600,000 for Privacy Advocacy
In our ninth year of charitable donations, we've chosen the theme of privacy advocacy for 2019. Our continued growth has enabled us to increase our donations to $600,000.
DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps for Enhanced Search With the Same Commitment to Privacy
Earlier this year we announced that we're using Apple's MapKit JS framework to power our mapping features. Today, we're excited to show you some new improvements.
Call for Change: People Want Stronger Privacy Laws
To gauge public sentiment towards privacy & the law, we conducted a survey of U.S. adults. The results clearly show strong support for legislative privacy protections.
The Do-Not-Track Act of 2019
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are using the "Do Not Track" browser setting and yet most all sites ignore it. We're proposing draft legislation that can serve as a starting point to fix this unfortunate reality.
24 Tech Companies Back CCPA Amendment to Make It Stronger: Privacy for All Act of 2019
With 23 co-signers, we're sending a letter of support for the Privacy for All Act of 2019 to the Privacy Committee of the California Assembly, to strengthen CCPA.
Improved Weather Results on DuckDuckGo
We're pleased to announce we've given our weather results a revamp, making them more detailed and interactive, but still just as private!
DuckDuckGo Testimony Before the United States Senate
Testimony of Gabriel Weinberg, CEO & Founder of DuckDuckGo, before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.
The "Do Not Track" Setting Doesn't Stop You from Being Tracked
Most browsers have a "Do Not Track" setting which sends "a special signal to websites, analytics companies, ad networks, plug in providers, and other web services you encounter while browsing, to stop tracking your activity." Sounds good, right? Sadly, it's not effective.
2018 in Review: A Breakout Year for DuckDuckGo and Internet Privacy
We're honored to share that 2018 was DuckDuckGo's best year yet 👏. From where we stand, it was a breakout year for online privacy, the likes of which we haven't seen since the surveillance revelations of 2013.
Ethical, by Design: How We Design With Your Privacy in Mind
At DuckDuckGo, ethical design is simply... "design." It's part of our mission to set a new standard of trust online, empowering people to take control of their info. All roles are focused on an ethical way forward and this is how we do it.
Holly Habstritt Gaal
DuckDuckGo Taps Apple Maps to Power Private Search Results
We're excited to announce that map and address-related searches on DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop are now powered by Apple's MapKit JS framework.
Measuring the "Filter Bubble": How Google is influencing what you click
Does Google show you different search results based on your personal info, even when signed out and in so-called "incognito" mode? We ran a study to find out.
Most Americans aren't aware that Facebook owns WhatsApp, or that Google owns Waze
As Facebook usage wanes, messaging apps like WhatsApp are growing in popularity as a "more private (and less confrontational) space to communicate." That shift didn't make much sense to us because both services are owned by the same company, so we tried to find an explanation.
DuckDuckGo Partners with OMERS Ventures to Expand Canadian Presence and Global Impact
Today, we're announcing a partnership with OMERS Ventures (OV), part of the $95 Billion global OMERS pension fund, based in Canada. Their expertise, shared interest in privacy, and investment in DuckDuckGo will help us continue expanding our privacy protections across the globe.
Three Reasons Why the "Nothing to Hide" Argument is Flawed
As Internet privacy has become more mainstream, this argument is rightfully fading away. However, it's still floating around and so we wanted to take a moment to explain three key reasons why it's flawed.
2018 DuckDuckGo Privacy Donations: $500,000 + $142,000 From You!
We're excited to share the results of the DuckDuckGo Privacy Challenge Crowdfunding Campaign!
A Majority of Americans Don't Know That Facebook Owns Instagram
In a survey of random U.S. adults, we found approximately half of Americans do not know that Facebook owns Instragram or Google owns YouTube.
What U.S. Adults Think About Facebook After Cambridge Analytica
Survey results from 1,153 U.S. adults on awareness of the Cambridge Analytica incident, what people think about it, and what they think should be done about it.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


I debated, mulled, stressed, lost sleep, finally went to sleep and lost sleep again a million times about whether or not I would do a 2012 review (read: I am just now recovering from holiday festivities).
So, here are the top 5 looks from 2012.
Thank you all for continuing to support this blog. Seriously.
No, for real, I'm not kidding.
humor on the side and a huge part of my passion.
blessed and let's make 2013 the best that ever was!


text:
Ryan Harbuck
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Chair: A Memoir
Ryan Rae Harbuck, author
Adult; Memoir; (Market)
Her story has (not) defined her. From where she sat, her perspective of the world was both quite ordinary and rivetingly extraordinary—from a paralyzing car accident in her teens to traveling overseas on a journey of self-reflection to becoming a mom. Throughout everything she experienced, she fervently believed in following her given path. She wanted to trust its trajectory. She wanted to be sure. Her story is not about a chair. Her story is about her strengths and how they rose out of her instinctive vulnerabilities. Her story is about her struggles and how they became her victories. Her story is about being willing to hold it all, for herself and the whole of her world. Everyone has a chair. That thing you are bound to or unwillingly defines you. An element that makes you different from the rest. One that you have little choice in the matter. What's YOUR chair?
Plot/Idea: 9 out of 10
Originality: 9 out of 10
Prose: 9 out of 10
Character/Execution: 8 out of 10
Overall: 8.75 out of 10
Plot/Idea: Harbuck's remarkable life story is told in raw, compelling fashion. When I Grow Up I Want to be a Chair: A Memoir is an honest, emotional, and humorous reflection on how losing the use of her legs changed the author's life.
Prose: The author discusses some very dark moments in her life, most of which stem from the car accident that left her paralyzed and her boyfriend dead when they were just teenagers, but this darkness is punctuated with hope, acceptance, humor, and a smattering of small miracles that makes it a delight to read.
Originality: The author tells the story of her life up to adulthood, but the narrative is structured in such a way that the chapters are more like interlocking essays, each related to the others but also interesting on their own. This polished memoir strikes a great balance between jumping around in time, creating some narrative interest and tension, without confusing the reader.
Character Development/Execution: Overall this is an engaging, emotional read that keeps the reader's attention throughout. Readers also may wish for more discussion of the idea behind the title and how it ties into the text.
Date Submitted: November 09, 2022
Foluso Falaye for Readers' Favorite
Life took a new turn for Ryan Rae Harbuck when she suffered a car accident that landed her in the hospital, unable to move around like she used to. As she learned to see herself through a new lens, Ryan experienced different challenges, including having to grow up quickly, watching her mother struggle with addiction, loss, heartbreak, and more. At the other end of Ryan's trying moments are exciting, blissful days that involved trips to other countries, discovering the joy of motherhood, getting married, and getting a dream job. In When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Chair, Ryan Rae Harbuck shares a deeply compelling and inspiring story about coming to terms with being a paralytic as a teenager and growing up to become a mother with a plethora of experiences and lessons.
What an artistic, elegant, and profound memoir! Ryan Rae Harbuck is an incredibly talented writer, and I would love to see more of her works. It's the way may of the events in When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Chair are described creatively and profoundly that amazed me and kept me glued for more. An example is the part where the concept of time is described as impossible to hold but "all around you." For a nonlinear narrative, the different parts fit together quite well as it's clear to see the various factors and events that contributed to making the author the strong, wise woman she is today. You should read this treasure of a book if you enjoy true stories that touch the deepest part of your soul and motivate you to keep looking forward to the next day.
9News Colorado & Company: From Athlete to Author
9News Colorado & Company segment-- From Athlete to Author with Ryan Harbuck
9News Colorado & Company YouTube Page
INSIDER: Being paralyzed at 16, I learned early on that there weren't many peopl
Ryan Rae Harbuck is a new author, swim coach, speaker, wife, and mom.
The following is an excerpt from her book, "When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Chair."
In it, Harbuck recounts the last weeks of pregnancy and the doctor that took care of her.
INSIDER: I've answered why I'm in a wheelchair countless of times. When my 4-yea
In it, Harbuck recounts putting her child to bed and getting a question about her wheelchair.
INSIDER Book Excerpt


text:
Aleksandar Mitrovic Newcastle United transfer investigated as part of police raids on Wednesday
Aleksandar Mitrovic moved to Newcastle United in summer 2015 for around £14m and now that move is reported to be part of a investigation into alleged moneylaundering.
Wednesday morning has seen police carry out raids in Belgium at Anderlecht's stadium and training ground, as well as at the Belgian FA and player management company 'One Goal Management'.
All of the Belgian media are covering the case, including HLN, DH and Sporza.
The public prosecutor has told the Belgian media that this raid is completely separate from the large scale fraud investigation in Belgian football (Operation Zero), that started in October.
The investigation is claimed to centre around transfers that happened between 2013 and 2015, Newcastle having bought both Aleksandar Mitrovic and Chancel Mbemba from Anderlect in summer 2015.
Large quantities of documents are said to have been seized in the raids at the various locations, as the police investigation looks to tie everything together.
Super agent Pini Zahavi was involved in the deal that brought Aleksandar Mitrovic to St James Park but he has denied any collaboration with the company One Goal Management in the Serbian striker's deal.
Recent media reports have claimed that Pini Zahavi has been engaged by Mike Ashley to line up a potential replacement for Rafa Benitez.
Both Anderlecht and the Belgian FA have confirmed that they are cooperating fully with the investigation.


Aspen, Colorado watercolor/sketch samcolburn.com .
This view of Aspen, Colorado is an 14 x 11 inch watercolor and pencil sketch was done by Sam Colburn on location. This work is not matted or framed and is shipped in a flat cardboard box. A copy of Sam's publication, Tales from the Taxicab, is included in the purchase and is shipped with the sketch.


text:
Criminal Record at 14 | juvenile crimes attorney at Jardine Law Offices, PC
When your juvenile is facing serious charges of grand theft or drug possession do not hesitate to contact a Farmington juvenile crimes attorney with years of experience obtaining favorable results for their clients.
Criminal Record at 14
Home > Blog > Criminal Record at 14
Posted On Aug, 10, 2017 By jardinelawoffices
Some children do not have the most stable home life and begin to rebel. This seems to be the case of the now infamous Cash Me Outside teen who became famous after appearing on an episode of Dr. Phil for her erratic behavior. Things have finally come full circle as she has gone to court for the four previous arrests she had. She was sentenced to a mere five years of probation after pleading guilty to some of the charges against. The charges include grand theft, drug possession and filing a false police report. Danielle Bregoli obtained counsel from a juvenile crimes attorney. At Jardine Law Offices, our Farmington juvenile crimes attorney have experience with cases just like this one and work hard to obtain the best possible results for the minor.
The teen was accused of stealing her mother's purse and car leading to the charges of grand theft. She was found to be in possession of marijuana in a later incident leading to the drug charges. Lastly, she called the police and told them her mother was using heroin. When they arrived at the home they found a white substance on the bathroom counter which had been planted by Danielle using powdered sugar as an attempt to frame her mother. She pleaded guilty to all of these charges and ended up with the sentence of five years probation as opposed to the more serious consequences. While serving her probation she will need to be enrolled in a sexual education course, domestic violence course and anti-theft courses. She will also need to complete 100 hours of community service and will have a curfew. The curfew is from 5 p.m until 6 a.m meaning she must be home during those hours. The questions still remain as to what will happen when she turns 18. The charges were brought against her when she was thirteen and she was sentenced at age 14. This would mean that the five-year probation for juvenile charges will follow her past her 18th birthday into adulthood.
Reformed Teen
The reason behind the seemingly lighter sentence is due to her reformed behavior. After she appeared on Dr. Phil, her mother sent her to a turnaround ranch for troubled teens. Her mother and herself say that this experience changed her and gave her the time to do some soul-searching and reflect on the mistakes she has made. The court took this into consideration and a representative of the Juvenile Department of Justice says that she seemed to have changed over the past year.
When your juvenile is facing serious charges like grand theft or drug possession do not hesitate to contact a Farmington juvenile crimes attorney with years of experience obtaining favorable results for their clients. Retaining a competent attorney can make the difference between having a juvenile record that can follow you and have your name cleared while being able to move on with a bright future.
Lyft Accident
Snowmobile Accident
Theft Lawyer
Trampoline Accident
Three People Severely Injured In Salt Lake Crash
Major Crash Halts I-15 Traffic
Man And Daughter Hurt In Motorcycle Crash
Losing A Daughter In Jail
Companies Unwilling To Tell The Truth


text:
Q: How I do create a animated loading indicator spotify apps How I do use the loading_indicator.png provided in the design resources folder to make it act like an ajax loader?

A: This is how I display a loading indicator when starting my app, taken from the 'home' application (What's New). In your index.html:

In you app.css:
@import url("sp://import/css/eve.css");

adam.css being the dark Spotify theme and eve.css the light. Then, when your application is finished loading, just remove the element. You can do it with the dom methods in the spotify dom.js. In your app.js:
var dom = sp.require('sp://import/scripts/dom');

var loadingEl = dom.queryOne('.loading');
dom.destroy(loadingEl);

I don't know if the dom.js will be in the official API or not. Otherwise you can remove it any other way (standard dom methods, other js libraries you're using, etc):
var loadingEl = document.querySelector('.loading');
loadingEl.parentNode.removeChild(loadingEl);

Note that the above example does not necessarily use the loading_indicator.png but whatever images that are used by the adam.css and eve.css themes.
If you wan't to use the loader as a normal ajax loading indicator inside your app, then all the normal rules of web apps apply. Display loader when initiating ajax call, hide it in completed-callback, position it with css.

A: I realize this is an old topic, but with the 1.X API there is an easier way to do this by using the Throbber class which allows you to instantiate and hide fairly simply via JS.
var tracks = document.getElementById('tracks');
var throbber = Throbber.forElement(tracks);
// (wait for tracks to load and render)
throbber.hide();

Just make sure to include the Throbber class at the beginning of your JS:
require([
  '$views/throbber#Throbber'
], function (Throbber) {

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


When the news first came out that there was going to be a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding over 13 years later, I was hesitant. The first movie was an instant classic, and I believe—for the most part—that classics are best left at that. However, with this movie that wasn't the case. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 proved to be nothing short of spectacular. It hosts the same cast of characters, following Tula and her outrageous Greek family, through yet another wedding. It was even funnier than the first and is a movie that will become a classic in its own right.
Some of the movie's funniest moments come from Yiayia just appearing—seemingly out of nowhere. We first see her hiding under the table with a dish of baklava, then she creepily appears standing beside the Northwestern recruiter. One scene shows her dancing down the street in Toula's lingerie, causing the whole theater to burst into laughter. Yet, maybe the funniest moment of all is when Maria, Tula's mother, and her wedding party are leaving the store where she had been trying on wedding dresses, and Yiayia can be seen standing in the storefront window, posing in a beautiful wedding gown. Wherever Yiayia ends up, she's sure to make everyone watching laugh.
With this movie, you still get the same great wedding story, but now the two getting married are Tula's parents. They find out after fifty years of marriage that they were never actually legally married and decide to have a whole new wedding. While watching the events of Tula's parents' wedding unfold, the audience is also given another dynamic to the story. The movie also focuses on the relationship between mother and daughter, and how difficult it is to let go of your children as they are growing up.
It wouldn't be a romantic comedy without those borderline cheesy, but actually really sweet, sentimental moments. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 has just the right amount of those. One of my personal favorites is when Tula's father, Gus, describes what it's like being married to someone for so long, and how lost you feel without them. He says being married is like going through your life "seeing two shadows instead of one." *sighs* How cute is that?
For someone who may be hesitant to see this film because they haven't seen the first, don't fear! Since this film has a whole new story than the first, you don't need to see the first movie to understand this one. It helps, but the parents wedding / Tula's daughter, Paris, growing up and going to college are stories that stand on their own.
Tula and Ian are still the most adorable couple ever. Even though in the beginning of the film they seem to have lost their spark (because of Tula's over-dedication to their daughter's life instead of their marriage), they most certainly redeem their relationship throughout the film. By the end of the movie, there's no doubt in anyone's minds that Tula and Ian are the cutest couple (and perfect for each other).
Something that's so great about this movie is that it brings back all of the same characters from the first film. No one is left out or missing, and you actually get to learn a lot more about some of the characters that didn't play as big of a role in the first move. Tula's aunt Voula, for example, has a much bigger role in this film than the first, and she's hilarious throughout the entire film. It also helps that all of the same actors play the same characters!
This is something that isn't said often, but I honestly thought this film was even better than the first. It's a feel-good movie that'll have you laughing until you cry, and leaving the theater smiling. Definitely don't miss out on it!


Cornelia Kaschel, Oliver Bertram and Torsten Sievers (from left) ensure the success of the NOVATEX products with their specialist expertise.
Fawn or car, pink or light blue – stoppers and mouth plates are the eyecatchers. We are talking about baby's dummies. The German company NOVATEX in Saxony-Anhalt is one of the leading manufacturers. The health of the child is the company's highest priority.
Cute and even artistic motifs adorn the dummies, in colours from pink and light blue to bold pink, purple and red. Cornelia Kaschel heads the printing section at NOVATEX, a manufacturer of dummies, baby bottles and baby food spoons. The company has its production site in the city of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt. Cornelia Kaschel has assembled a collection with motifs. "These are aimed at the parents," she says. The motifs even include Germany's national colours. And who likes the skull? Cornelia Kaschel grins and already has the black and white catalogue to hand: "Rock Star Baby" – the idea for this lifestyle brand for babies and toddlers comes from Tico Torres. He is the drummer of the band Bon Jovi. With his range, he wants the attitude of a rocking generation of parents to be passed on to their children as well. Oliver Bertram, the commercial director of NOVATEX, is proud that his company is producing this licensed brand; the order shows confidence. "Our production is characterised by high-quality materials and strict adherence to European quality standards," he says.
Oliver Bertram is the father of two children and this is another reason why he is an expert in the NOVATEX products. Do young parents not feel overwhelmed by the enormous variety? Bertram knows from his own experience: "Actually, the baby itself decides. It wants to stay with the dummy that it gets used to in the first days of its life." Parents should find out in advance, and in detail, about the dummies and teats that their child has in their mouth from almost the first day. There has also been a particularly clear increase in awareness of the health risks of synthetic plastics after the film "Plastic Planet," says Bertram. As a result, NOVATEX is doing without the softening agent bisphenol A in all products. The company uses harmless materials, including natural latex, the milky sap of the Brazilian rubber tree, and silicon.
Suggestions and wishes of customers are constantly being incorporated in the development of new products, says Bertram. Valuable suggestions have also come from midwives, dentists and scientifically sound studies. "The health of the child always has priority for us," says Oliver Bertram and mentions the "tooth-friendly" campaign. A tooth with an umbrella is the logo of the association that informs the public about dental health. "Dentistar", an in-house development by NOVATEX, is the first dummy allowed to be decorated with the Happy Tooth symbol. Together with orthodontists and experts, the company has developed dummies with an extra flat shaft, which prevent jaw deformation, for three age groups of babies.
"Ist doch schnulli" is a common German expression for trivial, simple, cheap. If the end customer buys a dummy from a retailer for a low price, that does not indicate anything about the enormous innovations and investments behind it, emphasises qualified economist Bertram. "After immense development costs, a whole machine park comes into operation to produce the variety of dummies that will secure the company's existence." Torsten Sievers nods in agreement. The deputy manager of NOVATEX was originally a toolmaker. When colleagues from "Research and Development" have developed a new pacifier or bottle teat, or a design with new colour components, then he and his production team apply the appropriate skills to turn the idea into a product. An abundance of products, more accurately, which are manufactured under the own brand "Baby Nova" and "Dentistar", but also for the trade brands of big-name chemist's shop chains. Exports go to the EU, the USA and China.
Torsten Sievers brought relevant experience from a plastic processing company in Halberstadt when he joined NOVATEX almost 20 years ago. The company was founded in 1984 in Hanover and set up a production site in Halberstadt in 1998. Since then, the company has appreciated the good cooperation with the state of Saxony-Anhalt, says Oliver Bertram. This includes programmes for the promotion of trade and industry as well as support in expansion plans. In 2016, the company moved to Wernigerode in order to expand its capacities. "From a good dialogue with the investment bank, we also established contact with Saxony-Anhalt's Network of Excellence for Applied and Transfer-Oriented Research," says Oliver Bertram. He refers to the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences: "With the plastic experts there we were able to find explanations for several questions arising in the production process." There is currently cooperation with the Harz University of Applied Sciences in the field of management to optimise the logistical processes within the company.
And how do you see the big future field of "Industry 4.0"? "That will be very exciting. For example, baby's dummy prototypes from 3D printers would be a time and cost-saving innovation," says Oliver Bertram and is optimistic: the research partners for this will be found in the academic landscape of Saxony-Anhalt.
Microvista GmbH has specialised in industrial computer tomography, one of the most modern non-destructive measuring and test processes, and is among the leading service companies in Germany in this area.
Fuel tanks, wind turbines, production platforms and suspension bridges around the world have one thing in common: highly resilient and high-performing plate from Saxony-Anhalt. Because where heavy plate in special qualities and quantities is required Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH (ILG) is there.


text:
Il Muson Vecchio è un fiume di risorgiva del veneto centrale.

Percorso

Nasce in comune di San Martino di Lupari, attraversa il territorio di Loreggia e, a Camposampiero, incrocia il Muson dei Sassi tramite un ponte-canale. Prosegue dunque verso est sino a Mirano, dove le sue acque sono incanalate (dopo un salto di circa 3 metri tra i bacini di sopra e di sotto) verso il Naviglio del Brenta per mezzo del Taglio Nuovo o Canale di Mirano (7 km).

Storia

L'appellativo Vecchio risale all'inizio del Seicento: è infatti ciò che resta del corso originale del Muson, radicalmente modificato in seguito alle opere idrauliche intraprese dalla Serenissima.
Sino a suddetto secolo il letto del fiume raccoglieva alcune acque da svariate sorgenti che nascevano nelle colline a nord di Asolo. Nel 1612 le acque del Muson Vecchio furono deviate dalle acque di Asolo sino a immettersi nel fiume Brenta tramite un fosso corrispondente all'attuale Muson dei Sassi. I lavori operati dalla Serenissima portarono il Muson Vecchio a sfociare nel Brenta presso Mira. L'originaria foce del fiume era situata presso la laguna. Oggi il corso del fiume è in gran parte canalizzato e scorre in un paesaggio diverso da quello originario, ricco di foreste e paludi.

Note

Bibliografia
 Comune di Mirano – Storia di un fiume - 1988

Collegamenti esterni

Siti di interesse comunitario del Veneto
Fiumi della città metropolitana di Venezia
Fiumi della provincia di Treviso
Fiumi della provincia di Padova
Vie fluviali di Padova
Affluenti del Naviglio del Brenta

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


We have recently acquired two branches of another bank, along with the customers base from those two locations. We are wondering about the CIP violations that we seemed to have "inherited" from these two locations. Are these now our issues or does it fall under the bank of account opening? We are the second bank to own these two particular locations. Any information or guidance is appreciated.
Patriot Act Notices/UBO Notices on Bank Website?
Do Patriot Act Notices and UBO notices have to be on the bank website? We do not open accounts online at this time.
We are looking at revising signature cards for an existing HOA management company and their subsidiaries. We are adding an employee and deleting an employee. If the employee is just an authorized signer and not an owner or person in control, do we need to gather or require the beneficial ownership certification? This relationship was created before the regulation went into effect. We have nothing on file regarding beneficial ownership and are wondering if this would be a "triggering event"?
In regards to the control prong of the beneficial ownership certification, can more than one person be listed? We have condominium association accounts that have a board that makes all decisions and they may not want to designate just one control person.
Beneficial Ownership Rule Apply to DBA's?
Does the beneficial ownership rule apply to DBA's (fictitious name registered with the Secretary of State)?


text:
DevX Archives : March 2018
Tip: Infinite Loop Using Java - 03/30/2018
Tip: Statistics IO and Statistics Time - 03/29/2018
Tip: Infinite Heap in Java - 03/28/2018
Tip: Determine if the Current Request Is from a Crawler in ASP.NET - 03/27/2018
Tip: Connecting to a MySQL Database from the Command Prompt - 03/26/2018
Tip: Improve Performance of Web Pages with CSS3 Styles - 03/23/2018
Tip: Print All Table Column Definitions in an Entire Database - 03/22/2018
Tip: Why XML Parsers Often Are Not Very Useful - 03/21/2018
Tip: List All Available Time Zones - 03/20/2018
Tip: How to Check Whether or Not a Browser Supports Web Workers - 03/19/2018
Tip: Create a Table from an Existing Table in MySQL - 03/16/2018
Tip: Finding All Currently Blocked Requests in SQL - 03/15/2018
Tip: Using the iFrame HTML Tag - 03/14/2018
Tip: Cycle Through Clipboard Ring in Visual Studio Editor - 03/13/2018
Tip: Understanding UNION in MySQL - 03/12/2018
Tip: View the Breadcrumb of Page Visits in Chrome - 03/09/2018
Tip: Using dm_exec_function_stats in SQL Server 2016 - 03/08/2018
Tip: Make Your Web Page Background Image Stationary - 03/07/2018
Tip: Supress Errors When Duplicate Data Is Inserted in MySQL - 03/06/2018
Tip: Quickly Switch to the Last Saved Position in a Word Doc - 03/05/2018
Tip: Check Whether a String Contains Another String - 03/02/2018
Tip: A Handy Delete Stored Procedure - 03/01/2018


text: Q: Unexpected Rebooting of Ubuntu 18.04 I have been using Ubuntu 18.04 in my PC for past 4 months. Of late my PC is restarting unexpectedly . Kindly help me since I am using the system for high level computations. Unexpected reboot will cause a loss of data


text:
Image link to Oak Hills Endodontics homepage
Scott A. Janse, DDS, MS
Board Certified in Endodontics
Christopher F. Bates, DMD
Jeremy M.Thompson, DDS, MS
Please take note of our additional location: 1014 Paris Street, Suite C, Castroville, Texas 78009, Phone: 830-538-3000
Endodontic FAQ
Before Endodontic Treatment
Jeremy M. Thompson, DDS, MS
Endodontic Case Assessment
Treatment Planning Options
Castroville Office
Facebook Google Plus Yelp Twitter Instagram
Dr. Jeremy Thompson earned both his Bachelor degree and his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He served as a dentist in the United States Army for eight years, earning his Master of Science Degree at the Medical College of Georgia while completing his endodontics specialty training at Fort Gordon, Augusta, Georgia. Dr. Thompson had a private practice in El Paso before moving to San Antonio where his wife continues her Army service at the San Antonio Military Medical Center.
Dr. Thompson is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics.
Scott A. Janse, DDS, MS • Christopher F. Bates, DMD • Jeremy M.Thompson, DDS, MS
Oak Hills Endodontics
601 NW Loop 410, Suite 455 • San Antonio, TX 78216 • Phone: 210-342-2444 • Fax: 210-342-2443
1014 Paris Street, Suite C • Castroville, TX 78009 • Phone: 830-538-3000
San Antonio, Helotes, Boerne, Comfort, Fredericksburg, Kerrville, Schertz, Universal City, Converse, Castroville, Uvalde, Pleasanton, Bandera, Hondo, Devine,Poteet, Floresville, Alamo Heights, Bulverde, Cibolo, New Braunfels, Seguin TX
Endodontic Website Design by PBHS © 2020


text:
Barbados Integrated Government Access
Education Technical Management Unit
Higher Education Development Unit
Information Technology and Quality Assurance Unit
Media Resource Department
Nursery & Primary Education
Planning, Research & International Relations
Student Revolving Loan Fund
Tertiary Education
Welcome Stamp
Barbados Education System
Private Primary Schools in Barbados
Public Primary Schools in Barbados
Public Secondary Schools in Barbados
Home Schooling Process
Home Schooling Application Form
Attainment Targets
Data Collection Tool
Early Childhood Syllabus
Primary School Syllabus
school dates
The Maria Holder Memorial Trust will ...
The Maria Holder Memorial Trust will host its annual four-part post 11+ webinar series
In the Winners' Circle Inc., under the direction of Madam Justice Barbara Cooke-Alleyne, QC, in collaboration with the Maria Holder Memorial Trust will host its annual four-part post 11+ webinar series for parents as well as a virtual segment for students who recently completed the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination.
The sessions which will run from 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. each week as follows:
Saturday, August 13, 2022 – "The Transition to Secondary School" by Mrs. Margaret Grant
Saturday, August 20, 2022 – "Strengthening the Parent-Child Relationship" by Mrs. Donna Tull-Cox
Saturday, August 27, 2022 – "You, Your Child and Social Media" by Madam Justice Barbara Cooke-Alleyne, QC and Mr. Steven Williams
Saturday, September 3, 2022 – "Substance Abuse" by Mrs. Makeada Bourne of the National Council on Substance Abuse
The sessions geared towards students will be on Friday, September 9 & Saturday, September 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. each day. More details on this will be provided in a subsequent email.
Here is the registration link: https://bit.ly/parentwebinars2022
Meeting details are:
Password: winner
Interested persons can contact the undersigned for further information or assistance - including to be registered - at 828-8142 or rhonnellesmith@gmail.com.
© 2023 Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Barbados. All Rights Reserved. Legal & Privacy | Terms of Use


text:
Product Beat
Quick Look: New Fastcase Android App
By Catherine Sanders Reach
In news for Android-using lawyers, the much anticipated Fastcase app for Android is now available. For lawyers who do not have a Fastcase account at all, this app—like the Fastcase iPhone app—allows you to search, browse, read and save statutes and cases from a national library. If you already have a Fastcase account, then related activities on your Android, such as search queries and saved documents, automatically synchronize to your desktop subscription.
Installing the app takes mere seconds, and existing users can sign right on in. New users can quickly create a new account. I received a "Welcome to Fastcase Legal Research System" email confirmation, thanking me for downloading the iPhone application—evidence that this Android app should do everything the iPhone crowd has in their app.
The interface is mostly intuitive and simple. Users can search or browse statutes, or search cases. Case law searches can be done by keyword or case name; restricted by jurisdiction and date; and refined by results cited generally or within, as well as by relevance and number of results. To search for statutes, you can choose to search by keyword or citation, to restrict to a jurisdiction, and to limit the number of results.
Once you've run a case law search, the results set is ranked by relevancy and cites cases by numbers. It shows the first paragraph of the case, the case name and the date. All of these parameters can be edited, though using the menu button to get into the settings to make changes after you've gotten the results will force you to rerun the search. Once in a case, the rest of the search results can be accessed through left and right arrow keys at the bottom of the screen. There is also a "search within the case" function that allows you to find keywords in the text of the case you are viewing. Up and down arrow keys take you to the next match. Click on the "Save" button on the top right to save the case or statute.
In "Saved" documents, found through the menu button on your Android device, there is a synchronize symbol. Pressing synchronize will add any items in the "Recent documents" tab of My Library in the desktop version of Fastcase to the Saved listing in the Android app. Documents saved in Android will automatically sync to the desktop. If you click on "Edit" in the list of saved documents, the button label changes to "Done." Select a case and a checkmark appears. Click "Done" again and it will remove the case from the saved list in the app. The labeling for this function is not terribly intuitive, but not to worry—if you delete a saved case in the app, it isn't removed in the My Library on the desktop.
The Fastcase app for Android is a web app, meaning you must have access to the Internet for it to function. While there are settings for how long users want to cache data, and how much they want to cache, I was unable to find cached versions of saved cases. This renders the app useless without a data connection, so I will continue to explore.
Note that currently there's no way to share or email a document from the app, so remember to save the cases you are interested in to access these features from the desktop. As time progresses, perhaps we may see integration with Dropbox or Evernote, as often legal research is only one step in the legal workflow.
The fact that Fastcase makes these apps with access to 50 states' statutes and case law available for free to subscribers and non-subscribers goes a long way toward access to the law for all people. As an Android owner, I'm happy I get to take part!
Catherine Reach is Director, Law Practice Management & Technology for the Chicago Bar Association. A popular speaker and author on law technology, she was Director of the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center for over 10 years, providing practice technology assistance to lawyers.
From the Editors: More New Products and Updates
A number of new technology announcements for lawyers have crossed our inboxes this past month. Here's a quick look.
My Legal Briefcase integrates with Clio cloud-based practice management software. My Legal Briefcase streamlines the small claims litigation process with online access to court forms, documents and other legal information by allowing My Legal Briefcase to connect and sync with Clio. My Legal Briefcase CEO Monica Goyal says, "Instead of using two different systems, clients will be able to work from one portal and complete all their essential scheduling, case and client management tasks from one place."
New iTimeKeep app for TABS3 users. Bellefield's iTimeKeep mobile app is now available for TABS3 billing software users. With the app, available from the Apple Store, users can enter time directly from their iPad, iPhone or Android devices and their entries synchronize and register in the TABS accounting system. When users add new clients, matters, tasks and activity codes in TABS3, iTimeKeep makes it visible on their mobile device immediately. The iTimeKeep app works with most time and billing systems and is available for iPads, iPhones, Android devices and any web browser.
Total Attorneys adds legal support services from LegalEase. Total Attorneys, which announced its $1 per month practice management platform earlier this year, now integrates with LegalEase, which provides legal support services to law firms and law departments. Now lawyers can work seamlessly with LegalEase's attorney or paralegal support staff directly from the Total Attorneys platform. LegalEase joins Legal Leads, Fastcase, Capital Payments, Legal Web Experts, Virtual Receptionist and others—as well as Total Attorneys' own iPad and iPhone apps—in the company's Total Apps marketplace.
On the law practice marketing front. FindLaw has launched Contact Advisor to help vet client leads—it's described as a "new contact management dashboard with advanced analytic capabilities and tools to simplify the client-screening process." Contact Advisor is part of FindLaw's Conversion Solutions suite, which offers an online staffed web chat service that alerts firms about potential clients who visit their website. Using the details from the web chats, Contact Advisor allows lawyers to view demographic data, read email forms and web chat transcripts, manage and categorize contacts, and communicate with prospects via email. Another lawyer-leads website coming soon, "with a mission to reinvent effective attorney marketing," is AttorneyBoost.com. The new service promises to deliver quality prospects searching for legal help through "highly focused marketing campaigns and proprietary Internet technology."
Updated e-discovery tools. Compiled Services has released version 4.2 of ReadySuite, with upgrades to the image and text viewers, added redaction capabilities within the image viewer, and improvements in the parsing and output of EDRM XML and Summation DII load files. ReadySuite is a bundled suite of specialized litigation software for handling various document-related tasks. A free 14-day trial of ReadySuite can be downloaded on the company's site. CloudNine Discovery has released version 11 of OnDemand, the company's cloud-based online review tool. Highlights include a brand-new review set assignment module to enable clients to administer their own reviews and an enhanced, intuitive search interface to facilitate advanced searching capabilities such as stemming, synonym and fuzzy searching. And Eleventh Hour has acquired X1 Social Discovery to address the need for social discovery. The software can collect, authenticate, search, review and produce electronically stored information (ESI) from popular social media sites.
New e-brief PDF-creating software. Offering a new approach to creating e-briefs, efileinteractive allows users to easily convert Microsoft Word documents into fully interactive hyperlinked PDF files—without leaving Microsoft Word. The software takes the often cumbersome process of creating a single hyperlink and reduces it to three steps. From within a Word document, (1) highlight the text where you want to add a link; (2) click the hyperlink tool in the toolbar; and (3) attach the desired file. Repeat until all hyperlinks have been added, then the software will copy, link and embed each attachment into the final interactive PDF. Because the hyperlinked attachments are embedded into the final PDF, the end-users don't have to be online. The software itself is free—you pay $25 per e-brief when the final interactive PDF is created. A 30-day free trial is being offered for a limited time.
Keep the Good Ideas Coming
You can subscribe here to Attorney at Work's Daily Dispatch to make sure you get "one really good idea every day" in your inbox … no charge.
Categories: Daily Dispatch, Legal Technology, Legal Technology Product Reviews, New Products
Catherine Sanders Reach
Catherine Sanders Reach is Director for the Center for Practice Management at the North Carolina Bar Association, providing practice technology and management assistance to lawyers and legal professionals. Formerly she was Director, Law Practice Management and Technology for the Chicago Bar Association and the Director at the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center. Previously, she worked in library and information science environments. In 2011, Catherine was selected one of the inaugural Fastcase 50. and is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. She served on the ABA TECHSHOW Board from 2007-2009, 2014-2016 and as co-vice chair in 2019. Follow her @catherinereach.
Why Won't My Partner Cross-Sell Me?
BlackBerry Speed Essentials
Bookmarks: The Secret to Quickly Creating User-Friendly PDFs January 13, 2023
The Remarkable 2, Supernote A5 X and iPad: War of the E-Tablets! January 12, 2023
Getting Automatic Paragraph Numbering Back on Track January 7, 2023
Your Four-Step Foolproof Paper Reduction Plan January 6, 2023


The Tribunal Transformation and Supports Office (TTSO), within the Ministry of Attorney General, has been designated as the new roster organization for the Bylaw Adjudication Program. The TTSO will assume this role previously held by Mediate BC, starting on April 1, 2019.
Adjudicator time commitment (full day or half day).
Local government staff responsible for bylaw services that wish to receive future communications regarding bylaw adjudication are asked to provide their contact information to the province.


About 10 seconds later she was walking near the drums, tripped on a cymbal stand, fell on her face, and cut her lip open. Not as much fun.
I've heard you reference playing a couple musical instruments here before. How many do you actually play? How many do you own? Are you in a band?
Buddy, I'm making music with my keyboard. That general sense of well-being you're experiencing right now? That's the chimerical miracle of my satirical lyrical genius (a.k.a ReubensCube). DEAL WITH IT.
Actually, my best instrument right now is the spoons. Seriously. I'm totally into spoons.
Other than that, It would be more accurate to say that I used to play musical instruments. I still own both a violin and some drums, but my skill level at both is disappointing, and don't find too many opportunities to play anymore. Playing drums while the kid is sleeping doesn't work out very well.
I've been in a few bands. Well, two really. One in high school called The Jarbers, which is one of my favorite memories ever from my teenage years. I also played drums in a group called Never*Mind (also here) for a bit back in 2004-2005. I got kicked out of Never*Mind because I thought our manager was both unnecessary and kind of a douche. No big deal, but I was disappointed since I really liked where that group was heading musically (though they seemed to have changed directions a bit since I left the group).
your kid is really cute. just how sure are you that you're really the father?
Thanks, but I don't really like your attitude. She is obviously mine, and that is very clear based only on the incredible amount of cheese she eats.
I can't give any specifics here, but I can tell you this: it involves a blindfold, a half-dozen zip ties, some plastic wrap, and a hacksaw.


Fashionable Crystal No Lens Glasses Frame (Pink) M.
Perfect for your hip hop, raver, 80s, 90s, or punk fashion.
Frame no lens framed glasses frame.
Newest 2010 design worn by many celebrities.
Suitable for fashionable you and can be a great gift for your friends.
These no-lens glasses are the latest fashion accessory.
Come with an exquisite case (color random).


Get Reliable, 24-hour security Solutions from a High-quality security business in Sands Point NY that everyone trusts.
We're a New York-based safety consultants offer offer topnotch security services to several types of clients all over the nation. We deliver a huge range of security services which include watch protection, mobile patrols, armed security guards, unarmed security guards, personal k9 safety, special events security and so on. Over the years, we've assembled a team of professionals whose work is to give our customers with the best security services which could safeguard their homes, companies, events, possessions and so on. Provided that the delivery of safety solutions is concerned, we take pride in our consistency in offering our customers the very exceptional services.
Our team is qualified in all locations of security and have successfully passed thorough testing programs so you can be certain you are working with the very best.
We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for our consumers. Day or evening, phone us and let us address any issue you may have.
If you have postponed thoughts of renovation or house construction due to price worries, fear not. We are able to accommodate any sort of budget plan, and our costs are fair and sensible.
Sightful Sevices delivers a wide range of house renovation and construction of services. Locating the ideal general contractor might be difficult, that's why you needn't look any further than right here. Have a look below at all the services we offer.
Spintax: I was referred by a colleague of mine to use Sightful Services to an occasion I had been having and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with how seamless the process and execution was. The professionalism, consideration and promptness I received when dealing with the team at Sightful Services has been unmatched. In a nutshell, you will not regret using Sightful Services to your security needs. Highly recommend!
Iltb-singlequotesve hired Sightful Services for many events and they consistently go above and beyond whatltb-singlequotess expected of them! This company is absolutely the very best and this ease to work with. Iltb-singlequotesve contracted security services and cleaning solutions on several occasions and my customers are always happy with the professionalism that is provided by this amazing company. Sandy and Jenna are so helpful in making sure my last minute request are met.
The village was incorporated in 1910. In 1917, the village absorbed the communities of Barkers Point and Motts Point. It was originally owned by three families, the Sands, Vanderbilts, and Cornwells. In 1917 Daniel Guggenheim bought his 216-acre (0.87 km2) Hempstead House, formerly Castle Gould. His son Harry Guggenheim, founder of Newsday, later erected his estate "Falaise" nearby in 1923. Today, the estate belongs to the Friends of the Sands Point Preserve, which is a non-profit organization that maintains the property. In the 1960s, under less strict building codes, many homes were built on 1-acre (4,000 m2) parcels. Current zoning allows subdivisions of 2 acres (8,100 m2) or more.
Various bodyguard agencies provide different Kinds of security guard services; Thus, You must rest assured that the personal security service you are hiring can Provide the particular safety services you need. For instance, if you want mobile patrol Solutions, you should go for retail security guards Having the experiences and Techniques Required for these services.
Provided that selecting the best bodyguard companies is concerned, you shouldn't overlook The affordability of their solutions. Evaluate how much they charge for the services that they Are offering and determine whether you can spend it on a long-term basis or not. Generally, many top safety guard firms in New York provide services that are great at Relatively inexpensive prices. Resultantly, do not deal for less when you are Searching for If you want private safety in New York or wish to employ reputable and dependable armed Bodyguards, get in contact with Sightful Services now. Sightful Services is a trusted Private safety agency that goes additional miles to provide unrivaled protection solutions in New York to individuals, homes, and corporate bodies.


Coastal Sage and Chaparral habitats in Mission Trails Regional Park.
Mission Trails Regional Park represents the Chaparral biome.
Sea Surface Temperature Data and Images - NASA. Build an animation of sea surface temp. changes (only through 1996).


When do you go from dating to a relationship? If you're unsure of the answer, let us give you some friendly pointers on when to take things to the next level. Discover How To Move Beyond Small Talk & Have Meaningful Conversations. Learn Now. When Do You Go from Dating to a Relationship? Never get into a relationship because you think.
Have you ever been dating someone and found yourself wondering You've heard of the book-made-movie "He's Just Not That into You", right? And when you both decide that moving forward in a relationship is what is.
From Dating to Relationship – if you met a person that seems promising, this would Sometimes that transition from dating to relationship goes so smoothly, you.
Are you casually dating a guy but want more? I'll show you how to turn casual dating into a more serious relationship without appearing desperate in this If he can't meet your expectations of committing to you, then move on.
"You want to be the fast-moving car that he wants to jump into, not the one sitting in It's dating , but show you're interested in what he has to say and ask.
After a man and a woman said "I like you" to each other, they moved to a new level and started a serious relationship. Now everything is different. A little flirtation.
How To Move Your Relationship From Casual Dating Into a Serious Relationship. So you've been dating a new guy for weeks or months and he's reluctant to call you his girlfriend and he's even more reluctant to tell you he loves you.
Like marriages, dating too moves through stages. Just as marriages move through stages, so too do dating relationships. What this all translates into for couples is the natural experience that things are settling or a.
Moving A Relationship Forward whatever" and kicks you back into the giant pit of online dating apps from whence you came. the sooner you can move onto the next thing. Unless you two are.
How long should you date for before you make your relationship official? You don't want to appear possessive and jealous just weeks into meeting someone them of how remarkably brilliant you are after this time, what's going to change?.
There are some blatant signs that a relationship is getting serious: You might have a discussion about making the relationship exclusive, discuss moving in with each other and of course, there's.


text:
Recordsure's Joanne Smith Awarded Innovator of the Year at UK FinTech Awards
We're very pleased to announce that Recordsure and TCC Founder and Executive Chair Joanne Smith took home the title of Innovator of the Year at the UK FinTech Awards 2022!
The UK FinTech Awards celebrate the many achievements and successes of the UK's burgeoning FinTech and RegTech sector, reflecting the nation's emerging status as one of the world's most pre-eminent technology hubs.
UK FinTech Awards said:
Joanne's passion for compliance and technological solutions to complex problems that arise is second to none, as is her talent for transforming good ideas into practical products.
UK FinTech Awards
Organised by market intelligence firm FinTech Intel, these prestigious awards are judged by a panel of independent experts from across the industry.
For Joanne to not only be shortlisted but take home the prize against fierce competition is a fantastic achievement – and serves as proof that Recordsure and TCC's forward-thinking approach to solving financial services' biggest operational obstacles continues to strike a chord with our clients, partners and peers.
I'm proud to have been named Innovator of the Year by the UK FinTech Awards.
My approach has always been to listen to what customers are looking for in a solution and find the best technology to bridge that gap whilst providing real value. I'm incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the years – and to be recognised as an innovator within the RegTech sphere is a great honour.
Joanne Smith, Founder and Executive Chair, Recordsure
This latest accolade follows Joanne's receipt of the similarly titled Innovator of the Year at the Women in Governance, Risk and Compliance Awards last year.
FinTech UK also shortlisted Recordsure for the RegTech of the Year award.
Click here to learn more about how the UK FinTech Awards is supporting the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
You can watch the highlights from the ceremony below.
Contact us to find out how our RegTech can help your business thrive.
Accelerate a positive culture: AI's role in the Consumer Duty's future
Webinar recap: What is the FCA's approach to enforcing the Consumer Duty, and the role of smart data


The Sheriff's Auxiliary picked up a Wouxun KG-UV920P Dual Band Mobile Radio for purposes of evaluation in its last bulk radio purchase. We were looking for a bare-bones dual-band mobile at a price that volunteers could readily afford. The 920P is programmable to a wide range of channels, allowing us to use a single unit for Amateur radio (2m/148Mhz and 770cm/440Mhz), Part 90 Public Service, and, in a pinch, GMRS and MURS. The unit also supports cross-band repeat and, with the aid of a second unit and a cable, full repeater functionality. In that last two months we have had an opportunity to test the unit, including on a cross-country treck to Nevada and back. This review documents our initial findings.
Part 90 certified and narrow-band compliant.
Overall, we were quite pleased with the field performance and feature set of the radio, especially for the price.
The front-panel interface is confusing, difficult to use initially, and has several serious glitches. Programming from the front panel is possible but extremely cumbersome.
Speaker setup makes remote mounting tricky.
Options for programming from a PC are limited and, in particular, it is quite difficult to share data from programming files for other radios.
Installing the Wouxun PC software is error-prone but workarounds are available.
Good for the price, but definitely needs work.
From the first moment of opening the box, it is clear some thought went into the radio design. Everything needed is right there and well packed: the transceiver itself, power cable, computer-interface cable, the remote front panel, patch cable for remote installation, two separate adaptors for mounting the front-panel, mounting hardware for the radio, panel, and microphone, the DTMF microphone, software. No hard-copy of the manual was included, but the PDF was included with the software and available online. Both the power cable and the remote-panel patch cable were of a generous length.
Getting it up and running for an initial test was not difficult. I wired it temporarily to a set of aligator clamps to a deep-cycle battery and to our multi-band ground-plane house antenna. I made a printout of sections of the manual for working from the VFO. The unit powered on and I attempted to key in the information for the local 2 meter ARES repeater (W0OAR) working from the manual. After several minutes of poking through the menus, I was able to hit the repeater well at 10W and 20W output which is what I normally use on the Yaesu FT-1900 with the same antenna. The weekly ARES net started a short time later, so I attempted to save the settings to memory and tested a simplex 2 meter channel to a handset. When I switched back to the stored settings to check in to the Net, the Net-controller was not receiving because my offset was no longer correct (the transceiver had stayed in simplex mode). Switching to the VFO and correcting the offset allowed me to check in and operate. Reception was very clear, and the transceiver apparently read well. The DTMF microphone is small for my hands and I would not mind replacing it with something more comfortable.
Working from the VFO mode appears to be reliable, but there are odd glitches with saving and restoring manually programmed channels. This may be problems with the interface, problems with the user (me), the fact that the manual is awful, or some combination. If you screw things up, resetting to factory was easy, although you then end up with it speaking Chinese until you find the language setting. Basic operating features, such as changing channels, switching transceivers, loading stored channels and so forth are not intuitive but work OK once you learn them. Controlling volume and squelch for some reason is totally bizarre and I have still not figured out why it sometimes adjusts one transceiver, sometimes the other and occassionally both. The various controls for selective scanning I have not even tried to puzzle out yet.
In order to program anything complex, it was clear I would have to do most of the work from the computer. I quickly discovered that Chirp, the Open Source software I use for programming the KG-UV6Ds, did not support the 920P. This left me with just the Wouxun-supplied software which only works on Windows (we typically use Linux and Macintosh). I booted into a clean install of Windows XP on one of our Panasonic Toughbooks using the Restore disk and applied the service packs. The Wouxun software itself installed painlessly and I connected the radio using the supplied USB cable. A dialog immediately came up requesting a driver for the USB-serial-bridge adapter and no combination of inputs satisfied this problem. The problem is that the supplied cable actually requires an outdated USB driver which must be installed over the newer driver included in the XP service packs. Instructions for doing this are available at several locations online. Once this is done, you can look up the COM port in the Windows device manager and then select that COM port inside the Wouxun Commander software. To make things worse, the exact driver and filename you need can vary according to which exact cable was included in your package. Some tinkering and some Google searching may be required if this does not work.
The Wouxun Commander software is not bad; it does what is needed to set up the features of the radio and to program your channels. It does not, however, have any particularly useful options for importing or exporting channel settings from anything else, such as the Wouxun programming files we have saved for the UV6D, CSV spreadsheets exported from Chirp, or the export files included with the National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG). The best solution I found was opening a spreadsheet of the desired lay-down in another window and manually cutting and pasting settings. If you have many channel settings (and remember, this beast as 999 channels), this is a slow but not difficult process. It is also potentially error-prone as it can be difficult to keep track of where you are when inputting many repeaters or many channels. We have to interact with ARES, SkyWarn, local emergency services, and mutual aid resources in neighboring counties, so we use approximately 85 channels in our standard lay-down.
One nice feature is that this model allows up to 8 characters in the channel name, including upper/lower and symbols, so it is much easier to provide meaningful names when searching through a lot of saved settings. In particular, it makes it easier enter simplex/duplex, carrier squelch, etc. variants for your common channels and still provide distinct names for them. Our standard practice in this county is to use the same repeater in talk-around mode if the repeater goes offline and many of the emergency services interoperations channels have squelch/no-squelch variants, so the extra characters come in handy.
On the other hand, the completely bizarre behavior of this radio when navigating to a channel by number often negates the benefit of a readable name. There is a keypad setting for switching through display of the channel number, channel frequency, or channel name. If I set this correctly and page through the channels with the up and down keys on the microphone, the names display fine. If I decide to go to a specific channel number (I enter 4 for channel recall, followed by 1-3-9 for the ARES Repeater followed by MENU/ENTER), only the channel number is displayed for that channel. If I now use the up and down arrow, I can see the names of other channels as I browse through them, but the channel I entered directly still shows as "ch139" and does so until the radio is flashed again from the WOUXUN Commander software.
As you use the radio over a long period of time, more and more of these channels display only as numbers until you get sick of it and update the programming. That means you either need to remain in the habit of only using the up and down error keys or you need a full printed listing of your channel settings. Normally my reference cards only print the first channel in a major group (local law enforcement, for instance); I enter the first channel by number and then browse through until I find the specific channel I need. That does not work well with this radio and we have too many settings to either memorize them all or scroll through them one at a time. A workaround I have discovered is to put a dummy channel at the beginning of each group; I can then key in the number of the dummy channel and browse down from there without messing up the first channel in the group.
For the trip from Southwest Missouri to Reno Nevada for an emergency management conference, we installed the radio in a Toyota 4Runner. I crimped a DC accessory socket plug onto the end of the power cable (I will replace it with Anderson Powerpole connectors down the road) and simply plugged it into the accessory socket in the cargo area of the vehicle. I was then able to run the antenna cable out the back hatch to a mag-mount antenna (it is often better to run the cable out the back in this vehicle because the moon-roof makes installing an antenna forward difficult and it messes with the compass). I ran the patch cable for the front-panel remote under the carpet to the front of the vehicle, under the passenger seat and around the center console to get to the dash. I could then use industrial velcro to attach the panel-remote to the dash (be mindful of the airbag). I wanted to be able to easily pop the front-panel back off either to pocket it to discourage theft in high-crime areas or to be able to move the front-panel and the mic into a communications station next to the vehicle. The patch cable is plenty long enough to run it out the passenger door when needed.
This setup worked fine except for one small problem: the supplied microphone has no built-in speaker. The only audio output is from the transceiver unit installed in the cargo area of the vehicle. The transceiver comes with external audio jacks, but I had hoped to avoid dealing with external speakers for the purpose of the trip and I did not realize the problem in time to hook one up before we left. This resulted in me moving the radio either to the center console (inconvenient) or under the passenger seat (muffled). During the trip, I stopped in at a Flying J and bought an external speaker and once again rewired the unit. That is when I discovered that the 920P has two external audio jacks, one for each transceiver. As there simply is not room on the dash of our vehicle for two decent speakers while still avoiding the passenger-side airbag (high-velocity speaker-in-the-forehead is to be avoided...), I had to add an adapter to combine the output from both audio channels to the single external speaker. As a bonus, I get a jack on the external speaker to temp-in a monitor headset (for the passenger or RIO, obviously). This final arrangement works fine, but it would have been nice if they had just put a speaker in the %#$!&&#$ handset for quick-and-dirty installation.
The radio worked very well with the inexpensive magmount VHF/UHF antenna and I had no trouble with the vehicle electronics either. I had pre-programmed a number of HAM repeaters to carry us through Kansas, Colorado, and into Utah and monitored the NIFOG channels periodically. I began picking up the Colorado Springs repeater almost 80-miles out, catching and losing it as went over each hill. I did not try to get back to it until we got inside 40 miles. When I did, I had no trouble using it at 20-watts, heard the repeater tail coming back and had a good conversation with a local HAM. He reported that the radio sounded clear except for one point when I was on the reverse-slope of a hill. Both the remote-panel and the microphone have convenient lock features to prevent accidentally changing settings or keying the mic, although you do look stupid when talking into the mic having forgotten to unlock it. The display is good, very similar to the Yaesu FT-8800 I have used in exercises, and it is pretty easy to tell what is going on (which band is receiving, which band is set to transmit, etc). Once you learn what all the various little abbreviations mean, you can start to tell what the specific settings are for each channel as you browse through. I had no problem reading the display day or night and it has several settings for different viewing conditions.
Once we got to Rio, I programmed in additional repeaters for Nevada (they have a linked system along I-80), Utah, Wyoming, and Nebraska for the return trip. Working with the Wouxun Commander software went more smoothly the second time. I have no further trouble with the USB interface. I entered in all of the settings from the comfort of the time-share where we were staying, reprogrammed our UV6D handsets at the same time in Chirp, and then dragged the laptop down to the cargo area of the vehicle to flash the 920P.
I had issues with transmissions twice, once on the trip and once when logging into the ARES net on our return. Both times appear to be the fault of a lose connection in the magmount antenna, however, not the transceiver. The antenna locks to the magnetic base using an allen wrench; this appears to loosen up after long travel and then the connection becomes squirrely until it is tightened back down. Eventually, we need to install a permanent antenna on a better mount, but magmounts are quick, easy, and easy to move when needed.
I have not had a chance to play with the repeater functions. One intriguing feature added in the 920P over the 920R is that two 920Ps can be daisy-chained together for full-fledged repeater function. Spreading the duty-cycle over two radios presumably reduces overheat problems significantly for a field-expedient repeater.
So basically, the 920P works fine for what it is. It is a low-end pro-sumer radio at a very low price. Don't expect the world of it. Expect to have to spend time learning how to use the interface, working around the various glitches, and to spend some thought on how to wire it into a vehicle. Aside from the quirky interface, however, performance is quite good and reception is unexpectedly clear. Hopefully the interface will improve with future models/updates and support for other programming applications will get better as well. The Yaesu FT-8800 (e.g.) is definitely a better radio for more money. If you need a mobile unit for volunteers on a shoe string or as a spare, this is a good bet. The fact that it can be turned into a field-expedient repeater is just gravy.


text:
Travel tips for Ireland
Ireland Travel Guide	January 24, 2015
Fly budget – Ireland is extremely well-served by budget airlines traveling throughout the UK and Europe. By booking in advance with the likes of Ryanair, Easyjet, and BMIBaby, you can get cheap flights from Ireland to elsewhere in the world.
Student discounts – A valid student ID will get you discounts (up to 50%) to many attractions, museums, and buses throughout the country.
Drink less – Ireland's strong pub culture will hit your wallet hard. Temper the cost by visiting happy hours, drinking at home, or skipping drinks all together.
Eat the pub food – Eat at the pubs for good, hearty local Irish food that won't destroy your wallet.
Get a OPW Heritage Card – For those of you that love to tour heritage sites, you should definitely pick up one of these. It guarantees access to main attractions, including most of the castles throughout the country. The card costs $28 USD for adults.
Top Things to See and Do in Ireland
Get down in Dublin – Most people who visit Ireland spend time in its capital city, Dublin. Dublin is synonymous with fun. Fans of Ireland's most famous export (Guinness) will find no shortage of pubs that claim to pour the city's best pint. The city's Georgian architecture, music, and "craic" have made Dublin one of Europe's most popular locations.
Wander around Galway – Famous for its horse racing festival every July, Galway is popular with tourists from all over the world. Connemara, where 'The Quiet Man' was filmed is a must see, along with Kylemore Abbey, a beautiful Benedictine monastery. Galway City itself is a hub for students, writers, and musicians.
Spot whales in Cork – Cork is a bustling city nestled on Ireland's south coast. Originally a maritime hub, Cork is now a cosmopolitan university city filled with cheap eats and a lively nightlife. Surfing and whale watching are also popular here.
Drive along the Ring of Kerry – Also known as the Iveragh Peninsula, this is one of the most well-trodden tourist trails in Ireland. The Ring of Kerry is filled with winding coast roads, lakes, mountainous terrain, and historical forts. Photogenic is an understatement for this area.
Source: www.nomadicmatt.com
Dublin: By Locals - A Dublin Travel Guide Written In Ireland: The Best Travel Tips About Where to Go and What to See in Dublin, Ireland (Dublin, Dublin ... Ireland Travel Guide, Ireland Travel)
eBooks (BS Publishing)
Ireland - FREE Travel Guide
Mobile Application (MobileReference)
✔ GPS map loads to your smartphone memory - no network access needed once the app is downloaded.
✔ GPS map displays your location along with nearby sights and attractions.
✔ MobileReference guides use vector-based maps so they load quickly and are easy to zoom and scroll.
✔ Unlike other travel guides, GPS coordinates for attractions have been verified by users on the ground.
✔ Attraction articles can be accessed from both an alphabetical and a categorical index.
✔ Top 10 attractions article features sights that no visitor should miss.
✔ Articles include tips on what to do and see in your destination.
✔ Articles can be added to a list of favorites.
✔ The top restaurants have been individually selected by MobileReference editors. These restaurants are marked by a star in the EAT chapter and are plotted on the...
✔ No ads
TNT Magazine is a free magazine published in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
The UK magazine started in 1983 by Ali & Ghadir Razuki, and was the first magazine to reach readers via distribution bins in key areas across London. It was also available from pubs, hostels, travel agents and, later, internet cafes. The Australian and...
Thanks to @IrelandEmbUSA for the travel tips at the EU Open House in DC. We've had a great visit to Ireland. Even found another ancestor. Mon, 25 May 2015 07:09 PM
@AliciaDaBae Ireland is great for solo travel ☺ Where would you like to go? Just give us a shout if you need any tips, we'd love to help! Tue, 26 May 2015 02:07 PM
Thanks for the #Ireland travel tips @shannonartsdiva! @NullNFull @Failte_Ireland Tue, 26 May 2015 07:07 PM


text:
Home » News » PNY News
Partnerships Are Key to Our Programming
It would be impossible to produce our current amount of programming without help from colleagues like you.
Supporting Emerging Leaders in the Field
PNY is launching the 2015 cycle of the Young Leaders Breakfast Club – a peer-to-peer networking and group-based mentoring program for emerging leaders in the sector.
HR & Operations
Send Grad Students Our Way
Philanthropy New York is accepting applications from candidates completing or recently graduated from a masters-level or Ph.D. program in public policy, government, social work or related field of study for a two-year fellowship.
We're Expanding the New York PhilanthroPost, and We Need Your Help
We are grateful for all the great feedback we're received so far and for the contributions of critical information to the New York PhilanthroPost.
"Poor" is Washington's Four Letter Word
Language that ignores that fact denies reality. You can't erase poverty by not talking about it.
Celebrating Philanthropy New York's 2014 Accomplishments
Building on Board and member input, we launched the Fund for 2025 campaign.
How Can We Apply a "Lens" That Doesn't Distort?
How do you apply a population-focused lens to grantmaking while also recognizing great variations among individuals and segments of communities?
You Can Help Guide PNY in 2015
As we look forward to 2015, we have a host of new ideas and initiatives in the works – to go with our new home!
The Moment I Lost It
The education practitioners in the room are the real experts because they are living the reality of education reform every day.
How Philanthropy Can Address the Needs of Our Veterans
It has been almost exactly two years since Philanthropy New York last brought together funders to explore the best ways to help returning Veterans thrive.
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors (59)Disaster Relief (21)Public Policy (14)Education (9)Gender Justice (8)Health (6)Economic Security (4)Social Justice (4)Civic Engagement (3)Food Systems (3)Justice Reform (3)Arts (2)International/Foreign Affairs (2)Census 2020 (1)Children, Youth and Families (1)Community Development (1)Corporate Social Responsibility (1)Human Services (1)Religion (1)Technology (1)Veterans (1)Workforce Development (1)
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors (36)Public Policy (20)HR & Operations (7)Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (4)Leadership Development (3)Finance & Asset Management (2)Governance (2)Communications (1)Nonprofit Financials (1)Volunteerism (1)
All Funders (7)HR & Operations Staff (5)Executive Leadership (4)Emerging Leaders (3)Family Foundation (1)Private Foundation (1)Public Foundation/Grantmaking Public Charity (1)
2014 (43)2015 (37)2016 (30)2017 (30)2020 (27)2018 (23)2021 (19)2022 (12)2013 (10)2019 (8)


For more than 30 years, Walter Graves has been in the construction industry building hundreds of custom homes in and around Polk county. During those years, WGC has built and maintained a solid reputation as a quality builder and is listed with the Better Business Bureau with an A+ rating. By holding licenses in building, roofing and plumbing WGC is able to maintain superior quality control by limiting the amount of sub-contracting work on each project. Walter, his employees and his hand-selected subcontractors take great pride in their work and strive to perform with excellence, building each home as if it were their own. With only skilled professional, respectful and courteous employees we would love the opportunity to build for you! You will not find a more personable builder with such a strong desire to please customers than here at Walter Graves Construction. Please browse our site and give us the opportunity to build something beautiful for you!


There are 3 different ways of making a Russian visa. You can have an agency do the whole process for you – this is usually done by local travel agencies. You can also bring your support documents to an official visa center authorized by the Russian consulate to process visa applications – this is the most convenient and less expensive way to do it. You will need to get your own invitation (visa support) and fill out visa application form online, print it out, bring it along with your insurance, passport and photos to make the application. Finally, you can also come directly to the consulate. It's the cheapest option, but they are not so friendly with visitors so you might have to bring more documents in and there will be nobody helping you with the application process.
Here we list some authorized visa centers around the world that do visa processing. We also list travel agencies that can do the whole process. If you get your visa support (invitation) through this site you can then contact one of the agencies below, so that they do the rest. Normally it will involve helping you filling out the Russian visa application form and bringing your documents to the consulate, so you don't have to deal with the bureaucrats or spend hours in the queues. They charge from $50 to $100 US for their services in addition to the consulate's fee, so see how you feel about it: once you have the Russian visa support and the application, it's easy to do it yourself and usually takes about 2 hours when you apply and half an hour when you get your visa back.
If you already got your invitation (visa support), just find the right visa center in UK on the website of ILS – the company officially authorized to process visa applications on behalf of the Russian consulate worldwide. You can then apply with this invitation and the application form that you can fill out on Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website. You will need to go to the center yourself, but it's the cheapest option.
A specialist agency with offices in London, Moscow and St. Petersburg, has extensive knowledge on Russian visa application process and a very easy application process. They charge about £50 on top of the consular fee for their services.
If you don't have an invitation yet, you can use this form to apply for full Russian visa processing.
If you already got your invitation (visa support), just find the right visa center in USA on the website of ILS – the company officially authorized to process visa applications on behalf of the Russian consulate worldwide. You can then apply with this invitation and the application form that you can fill out on Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website. You will need to go to the center yourself, but it's the cheapest option.
One of the major visa agencies, expedites visa applications for many countries around the world. The prices are a bit high though – they charge about $89 US on top of the consular fee for expedited visa service.
A smaller agency with offices in major US cities. Charges $55 for expedited service on top of the consular fee.
If you already got your invitation (visa support), just find the right visa center in Germany on the website of ILS – the company officially authorized to process visa applications on behalf of the Russian consulate worldwide. You can then apply with this invitation and the application form that you can fill out on Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website. You will need to go to the center yourself, but it's the cheapest option.
A specialist travel agency with a focus on Russia and China. They charge about €35 to submit your documents to the consulate on top of the consulate's fee, but don't get visa support through them – too expensive (€45 vs standard €25).
A small agency specializing in visa services. They have quite low fees and two offices: one in Berlin and one in Frankfurt-Am-Main.
If you already got your invitation (visa support), just find the right visa center in France on the website of ILS – the company officially authorized to process visa applications on behalf of the Russian consulate worldwide. You can then apply with this invitation and the application form that you can fill out on Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website. You will need to go to the center yourself, but it's the cheapest option.
If you already got your invitation (visa support), just find the right visa center in China on the website of ILS – the company officially authorized to process visa applications on behalf of the Russian consulate worldwide. You can then apply with this invitation and the application form that you can fill out on Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website. You will need to go to the center yourself, but it's the cheapest option.


RALEIGH, N.C. — Nancy Mullin fears the worst. Her fears about a plan for high-speed trains are spreading fast through her handsome, leafy neighborhood near Raleigh's Five Points.
The Five Points Citizens Advisory Council voted 81-0 Thursday night to condemn a proposal that would route new passenger trains through the Norfolk Southern freight yard between Capital Boulevard and the Five Points area.
The unanimous vote was an ornery endorsement of warnings from Mullin and others that train noise and vibration would rattle homes, erode property values and drown out sidewalk conversations.
You can expect to hear these alarms amplified Tuesday night, when the Raleigh City Council holds a public hearing on three alternatives for the downtown path of a proposed 162-mile fast track from Raleigh to Richmond.
The state Department of Transportation is considering options called NC1 and NC2 that would run the trains through a CSX freight yard on the east side of Capital.
City transportation planners and a citizen task force have endorsed the proposal dreaded in Five Points, known as NC3, that would route the new trains along Capital's the west side.
All three options would disrupt car and foot traffic between downtown Raleigh and the Glenwood South eating-and-drinking district. NC1/NC2 would close West and Harrington streets and transform Jones Street into a four-block viaduct over the tracks. NC3 would close Jones while leaving West and Harrington open.
NC 4 alternateA fourth alternative (shown here) is being floated by an informal group of engineers and activists. It would send the new trains soaring above Capital Boulevard on a five-block viaduct – lifting off from North Street near West Street and touching down on the CSX tracks north of Peace Street.
There was barely a ripple of concern around Five Points in June when the three official options were unveiled in a 666-page DOT study.
Some folks objected to an NC3 provision that would close Fairview Road where it crosses the tracks, cutting a convenient link to Capital Boulevard. But they were consoled by news that closing the crossing would silence the loud horns sounded day and night by approaching trains.
The mood changed after Norfolk Southern launched its own campaign against the proposal. Most of the negative comments at a DOT hearing in late July were delivered by Norfolk Southern and some of its corporate freight customers.
A school consultant who moved from Boston to Raleigh a year ago, Mullin warned that street closings would leave Five Points residents "landlocked," cut off from easy access to other parts of the city.
She cited the Federal Railroad Administration for her warning that trains would be as loud as jackhammers, shaking homes as far as six blocks away.
Eric Lamb, the city's transportation services manager, was skeptical of the dire consequences laid out by Mullin and other critics in neighborhood newsletters and on a new website called DontRailroadHistoricFivePoints.com.
"I think there's a lot of misinformation floating around," said Lamb, who has endorsed NC3. For the past century, he said, Five Points has lived with the noise and vibration of Norfolk Southern locomotives shoving rail cars together and assembling freight trains.
Mullin's arguments drew strength from the summer-long suffering of Five Points residents during a noisy and disruptive street repair project on Glenwood Avenue.
"There have been days we couldn't figure out how to get out of our neighborhood because the streets were closed," she said.
"We are more than six blocks from Glenwood" at her house on Aycock Street, Mullin said. "And we can feel the effects of the jackhammers now.


text:
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var http = require('http').Server(app);

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.sendfile('index.html');
});

http.listen(3000, function(){
  console.log('listening on *:3000');
});

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub