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Below are links to Arden's messages beginning in March 2020.
January 10, 2021 — Worship the Lord (Psalm 29)
January 3, 2021 — Guest Speaker: Mark Franklin
December 27, 2020 — God Is Here and Is Not Silent
Christmas Eve Service
December 20, 2020 — You Have Reason to be Joyous
December 13, 2020 — A Banner Day
December 6, 2020 — Our Coming King's Peaceable Kingdom
November 29, 2020 — Our Coming King
November 22, 2020 — Ungratefully Thankful
November 15, 2020 — Where Love Leads Us (Part 2)
November 8, 2020 — Love Leads Us Deeper (Part 1)
November 1, 2020 — "Love One Another" Really Is Enough
October 18, 2020 — Where Love Leads Us
September 27, 2020 — The Wholehearted in Christ
September 20, 2020 — SHINE! (Guest Speaker: Janet Kinser)
September 13, 2020 — Working Backward (Guest Speaker: Mark Franklin)
September 6, 2020 — Hope for the Thirsty (Part 2)
August 23, 2020 — What Love Has To Do With It (Part 2)
August 16, 2020 — Walking as Jesus Walked Begins with the Love of God
July 26, 2020 — When It's Hard to Pray: Overcoming Obstacles to Prayer (Part 2)
July 19, 2020 — When It's Hard to Pray: Overcoming Obstacles to Prayer
July 12, 2020 — Graduation Sunday – Life's Defining Moments
July 5, 2020 — What You Can Learn From Getting In and Out of a Boat With Jesus (Guest Speaker: Calvin Blom)
June 21, 2020 — Enoch: A Father's Walk With God (Genesis 5: 18-24)
June 14, 2020 — Living As the People of God While We Gather Together Again
June 7, 2020 — How to Pray When the Problem Won't Go Away
May 31, 2020 — Deep in the Life of God (Romans 14:17)
May 24, 2020 — From Generation to Generation (Psalm 78: 4-5)
May 17, 2020 — A Teaching Psalm for the Discouraged (Psalm 42: 6-11)
May 10, 2020 — Happy Mother's Day!
May 3, 2020 — Finding God in the Middle of This, Part 2
April 26, 2020 — Finding God in the Middle of All This
April 19, 2020 — The Insecurity of Change
April 12, 2020 — Easter Sunday — He is Risen!
April 5, 2020 — Palm Sunday – Centered On the Cross
March 29, 2020 — God's Peace For These Difficult Times
March 22, 2020 — Welcome and Reflections on Psalm 98: 1-3


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We are a charity located in Bolton and provide a fun and supportive environment for our members to take part in team sports and group activities. Contact us If you would like to join us for one of our sessions.
We are a Bolton Charity who are passionate about the outdoors and introducing people to healthy new activities, Wave Adventure organise events for individuals or groups of all ages and abilities.
Wave Adventure will take you kayaking across Lancashire's dramatic landscape, or up it through climbing challenges, where you can enjoy the stunning views the North West has to offer. We have group indoor wall climbing in Bolton, Stockport and other local climbing venues. Also, we have outdoor bouldering sessions and go on regular hikes.
At Wave Adventure the goal is to promote the health and well being of our members by offering fun activities in a supportive environment. Regular participation in sport and leisure activities is proven to not only improve physical health, but have a positive impact on mental and emotional wellbeing too.
Taking part in team sports and group activities can significantly improve fitness, communication skills and build confidence.
Best of all, we can adapt our sessions to your needs so the activity is as gentle or as challenging as you want. Why do we do this – because WAVE Adventure is for everyone!
WAVE Adventure was founded and formally constituted in 1999, in partnership with Bolton Youth Service. It was originally aimed at offering young people from deprived backgrounds in Bolton opportunities to participate in outdoor activities, such as canoeing and climbing.
Our aims grew to include work with families and adults over the years. Since 1999 it has introduced thousands of people to exciting, healthy outdoor activities.
Here at Wave Adventure, we have developed excellent partnership links with a range of organisations – and we continually look to establish relationships with relevant groups who can help people to access our services and facilities. If you feel you have services or facilities to offer, please contact us.
As a charity we aim to support individuals and groups experiencing disadvantage to take part. We are keen to enable children young people and adults of all backgrounds to be more confident and healthy.
We have found the activities offered by WAVE Adventure can have an enormous impact on self confidence, personal and social skills through helping participants to develop skills and the experience of being part of a team.
Participants on our programme have reported back positively on their adventures with WAVE Adventure.
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We want your views on polling stations and districts
The deadline is approaching for everyone to have their say on proposed changes to polling stations and districts.
Stroud District Council launched a public consultation on Monday 12 August as part of the polling district and station review. The consultation will provide individuals with the opportunity to comment on the current and proposed amendments to the polling districts and polling stations in their area.
A consultation report has been published outlining the current and proposed amendments Stroud District Council is considering. The majority of the changes outlined in the document are following the approved Community Governance Review recommendations at Council in July 2019.
As part of the review, we are asking for individuals, councillors and parish/town councils to make a submission and make their views known on the recommended changes by the deadline which has been extended to Monday 14 October.
All submissions received will be carefully reviewed and considered before final recommendations are produced to Full Council on Thursday 19 December. If agreed, the amendments will come into effect when the revised register is re-published on Saturday 1 February.
To have your say, visit the polling district and station review at www.stroud.gov.uk/elections.
Alternatively, email your name, address and views to elections@stroud.gov.uk
Deadline approaches for community funding applications January 15, 2021

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No longer in the gang database, yet forever marked a gangster
Yawu Miller
Yawu Miller is the Banner's senior editor. VIEW BIO
Calvin Feliciano was deported from Canada after police there questioned his alleged gang affiliation. Photo courtesy: Calvin Feliciano
Calvin Feliciano was looking forward to attending a spiritual retreat on an island in British Columbia when he picked his luggage off a carousel at Vancouver International Airport. He wasn't expecting to be detained and questioned about his gang record.
But when Canadian police officers approached him, took his luggage and placed him in handcuffs, it was the start of a 14-hour ordeal that ended in his being deported back to the United States. Feliciano, who grew up in Boston's Villa Victoria public housing development and had a series of arrests from when he was 12 years old in 1997 until 2003, said he was questioned repeatedly about his involvement in a gang.
"They said, 'What's the name of your gang? Who's the leader? What's the knowledge of the gang?'" Feliciano told the Banner.
The officers showed Feliciano a copy of his juvenile criminal record, which included convictions for selling marijuana and assault and battery.
"The officer said, 'You have a 2000 conviction for assault and battery. Can you explain that?'" Feliciano recalled. "I said, 'I had a fight in high school. Can you explain your fights in high school?'"
As a resident of Villa Victoria, who was criminally-involved during his teenage years, Feliciano associated with others from his housing project who were similarly-oriented. Although there was no gang leader, hierarchy, colors, initiation ritual or formal process for leaving, Boston police consider the criminal elements in public housing developments to function as gangs and list their members in the department's gang database.
Feliciano said he considered the Villa Victoria teens he hung out with 15 years ago to be a gang.
"I was definitely was marked as a gang member," he said. "I was marked as an impact player."
But while those designations may have squared with the Boston Police Department's somewhat liberal notions of what a gang is, Feliciano's experience in the Villa Victoria housing development bore little resemblance to the more common notions of gang membership in other major cities.
Gang culture
The Canadian police officers' question about his gang's "knowledge," for instance, refers to a tradition among well-organized gangs in which members are expected to know signals, code words and other signifiers that identify them as members.
"My story was just so foreign to them," Feliciano said. "They kept saying, 'What do you mean there's no leader or knowledge?'"
Gangs such as the Crips, Bloods, Latin Kings and MS 13 have hierarchical structures, leaders and function as highly-organized criminal enterprises. Members attempting to leave such gangs typically face sanctions ranging from beatings to murder. In contrast, when Feliciano ended his association with his criminally-active neighbors in the Villa Victoria, became a teen activist, then joined the staff of City Councilor Chuck Turner, he simply stopped hanging out with them.
Feliciano has not been arrested since he was 18 — and he said that case was thrown out at arraignment. He earned a GED and is currently working toward a bachelor's degree. He works as the deputy political director of the Service Employees International Union Local 509. He is married with two children.
But apparently, as his recent ordeal shows, the stigma of being identified as a gang member can be a lifelong sentence. Feliciano may no longer be in the Boston Police Department's gang database. There's no way of knowing, as BPD officials refuse to share such information. But his affiliation from 15 years ago, documented in court papers the U.S. government shares with Canada, continues to have consequences for him.
The Canadian police searched Feliciano's bags, then informed him he would be deported on the next available flight. When the officers continued questioning Feliciano, he refused to answer.
"I said, 'You're deporting me on the next flight,'" he recalled. "I'm not answering any more questions."
The officers removed Feliciano's cuffs and placed him in a locked holding room with others slated for deportation, including asylum seekers.
"It was a dozen people, all Latino," he said. "All from Central America and Mexico."
The room was outfitted with benches. The lights were kept on all night. The detainees weren't fed until they complained and guards bought them food at 3 a.m.
Feliciano has worked with ex-offenders to change state laws to help people leaving incarceration re-integrate into society. He was a lead organizer in the push for criminal justice reform that led to reductions in mandatory minimum sentences and other reform measures this year. But the experience of being cuffed and confined, after 15 years of not being criminally involved, brought him back to the same feelings of fear and helplessness he experienced the first time he was locked in a juvenile facility at age 13.
"I felt like if I couldn't escape this," he said, "what do I tell other people who are trying to straighten out their lives? What's the hope for any of us when I can't make it?"
But knowing he was being detained with people who spent their life savings and borrowed to get to Canada, people who were facing violence and possibly death in Central America, was a sobering reminder of his status as a U.S. citizen.
"People were literally saying, 'I can't go back. I'll be killed right away,'" Feliciano said. "You were seeing people in their most desperate times, with death sentences hanging over them. That was humbling. I was going home to my wife, kids and good-paying job. They were going back to poverty and death."
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Q: SQL Server 2008 SSIS: Importing date field incorrectly (from Oracle) The date fields in the file (CSV) I must import are in the format DD-MMM-YY, SQL Server is importing them as YY-MM-DD. So 01-FEB-13 is imported as 2001-02-13.
How can I change the format SQL uses to import the dates?
I don't have access to the original Oracle database, only the flat file exported from it. So everything I do pretty much has to be done in SQL.

A: Changing the date format that SQL Server uses by default would require mucking around with the Windows server culture settings. Not a good idea, especially if this is the only file where you're having this issue.
I would use a Script Transformation and the .NET Framework's DateTime.ParseExact method, which lets you completely control the expected format. Start by configuring the Flat File Connection Manager that you're using to read the CSV files so that the columns with the DD-MMM-YY dates have their DataType set to string or Unicode string rather than date, database date or any other date-specific type:

In your Data Flow, place a Script Transformation between your source and destination components, like thus:

Select each of the DD-MMM-YY date columns as inputs to the Script Transformation:

And create an output column with a DataType of date corresponding to each input column:

The Script Transformation code will look like this (using C#)
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Globalization; // needed for CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper;

[Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.SSISScriptComponentEntryPointAttribute]
public class ScriptMain : UserComponent
{
    public override void IncomingRows_ProcessInputRow(IncomingRowsBuffer Row)
    {
        string incomingFormat = "dd-MMM-yy";
        Row.ConvertedCreateDate = DateTime.ParseExact(
            Row.CreateDate,
            incomingFormat,
            CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        Row.ConvertedLastUpdateDate = DateTime.ParseExact(
            Row.LastUpdateDate,
            incomingFormat,
            CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    }
}

A: You can use the to_char() function in oracle to format your dates so that they are in the format you want.  Hopefully Gordon's comment about storing as text referred to a staging table.  For a variety of reasons, your first import should be into a staging table anyway.

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Толлойоки (Ливойоки, Ливо, в верховьях — Суарийоки) — река в России, протекает по территории Костомукшского городского округа Карелии. Впадает в озеро Верхнее Куйто. Длина реки составляет 78 км, площадь водосборного бассейна 714 км².

Бассейн

Притоки
 В 22 км от устья по правому берегу реки впадает река Курей
 В 30 км от устья по правому берегу реки впадает река Шури
 В 33 км от устья по левому берегу реки впадает река Хейняйоки (с левым притоком — рекой Каменкой)
 В 51 км от устья по левому берегу реки впадает река Маселяйоки

Озёра
Бассейну Толлойоки также принадлежат озёра:

 Ниемиярви
 Кивиярви
 Шариярви
 Нискоярви
 Ливоярви
 Юпенга
 Елутлакша
 Каменное

Галерея

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Баренцево-Беломорскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Кемь от истока до Юшкозерского гидроузла, включая озёра Верхнее, Среднее и Нижнее Куйто. Речной бассейн реки — бассейны рек Кольского полуострова и Карелии, впадает в Белое море.

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 02020000812102000002826.

Примечания

Бассейн Верхнего Куйто
Реки Костомукшского городского округа

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An admired high school hockey player with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girlfriend and two other friends with ...
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill, Alberta Watson, Alex Borstein, Sergio Di Zio, David Huband, Laura Vandervoort, Greg Dunham, Morgan Kelly, Aaron Berg, Tinsel Korey
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Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, Joanna Vanderham, Wunmi Mosaku, Paul Dixon, Janet Montgomery, Jenna Coleman, Anthony Head, Allan Corduner, Mel Smith, John Goodman, Tom Hughes, Miles Richardson, Angel Coulby, Chris Storr, Jay Phelps, Charles Angiama, Oroh Angiama, Miles Brett, Trevor Edwards, Cosimo Keita, Steve Williamson, Pascaline Crêvecoeur, Jacqueline Bisset, Jamie Crew, Maggie McCarthy, Sam Hoare, Caroline Quentin, Gerard Horan, Jane Asher, John Hopkins, Rob Edwards, David Dawson, Matthew David Hearn, Ariyon Bakare, Abigail Halley, Nicola Sloane, Calvin Dean, Madeleine Smith, Sam Troughton, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Simon Lewis Marriott, Martine Richards, Richard Teverson, Leo Chell, Laura Haddock
It's 1973 in Cemetery Junction, a Reading suburb. Three working class lads, best friends, are coming of age. Freddie wants to rise above his station, ...
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Actors: Tom Hughes, Ricky Gervais, Christian Cooke, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Jack Doolan, Steve Speirs, Jessica Jones, Madeleine Dunbar, Andrew Brooke, Burn Gorman, Anne Reid, Julia Davis, Albert Welling, Katy Murphy
Chasing Liberty
Anna Foster, code-named "Liberty," the daughter of the president of the United States, can't get the Secret Service off her back when she goes on ...
Genres: Romance, Comedy
Actors: Mandy Moore, Matthew Goode, Mark Harmon
Imagine Me And You
The film content: The day of the wedding in the church, the bride Rachel is "spark of love" hit. Who makes her unprecedented feelings is ...
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Actors: Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode, Celia Imrie, Anthony Head
The Good Wife - S01
Alicia Florrick, the disgraced wife of a scandal-ridden politician, returns to work as a defense lawyer in the first season of "The Good Wife." With ...
Actors: Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips, Makenzie Vega, Alan Cumming, Zach Grenier, Matthew Goode, Cush Jumbo, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Adapted from a novel of the same name, the film is a psychological movie about a gay man. He decided to live a celibate life, ...
Actors: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult
The Good Wife is a drama centers on a wife and mother, who boldly re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political ...
The third series of "The Good Wife" follows as Alicia Florrick flourishes in both her personal and professional life following her decision to leave husband ...
The fifth season of the legal drama begins with Alicia and Cary secretly planning their exit from Lockhart/Gardner in order to start their own firm. ...
A group of men are trapped in a small pod on the sea bed, after diving down to fix an oil pipeline and becoming separated ...
Actors: Joe Cole, Danny Huston, Matthew Goode
Roots - S01
The series is an adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave sold to America and his descendants. Filling out the cast ...
Genres: Adventure, History, Drama
Actors: Emayatzy Corinealdi, Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode
The Hatton Garden Job
The story takes place on a film set in April 2015. It is about the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company which is an underground safe ...
Actors: Matthew Goode, Joely Richardson, Stephen Moyer
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Actors: Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Michelle Dockery, Matthew Goode, Emily Mortimer, James Wilby, Edward Holcroft, Billy Howle, Freya Mavor, Joe Alwyn, Peter Wight, Hilton McRae, Jack Loxton, Timothy Innes
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance
Ordeal by Innocence - S01
Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He ...
Actors: Morven Christie, Anthony Boyle, Christian Cooke, Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode, Luke Treadaway, Anna Chancellor, Crystal Clarke, Ella Purnell, Eleanor Tomlinson, Luke Murray, Catriona McNicoll, Abigail Conteh, Rhys Lambert, Hayden Robertson, Brian McCardie, Alice Eve, Frances Grey, Sandy Welch
A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.
Country: USA, Hungary, Germany
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music
Actors: Diane Kruger, Ralph Riach, Matyelok Gibbs, Ed Harris, Bill Stewart, Angus Barnett, Viktoria Dihen, Phyllida Law, Matthew Goode, Gábor Bohus, Joe Anderson, David Kennedy, Nicholas Jones, László Áron, Márta Hainfart
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a ...
Country: USA, UK, France
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Actors: Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay, Michiel Huisman, Katherine Parkinson, Marek Oravec, Jack Morris, Matthew Goode, Lily James, Stephanie Schonfield, Pippa Rathborne, Emily Patrick, Rachal Olivant, Clive Merrison, Glen Powell, Bernice Stegers
Birthmarked
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Genres: Biography, Drama, Thriller, Romance, War
Actors: Matthew Goode, Keira Knightley, MyAnna Buring, Ralph Fiennes


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The April Essential Rewards Promotion is all about making positive changes to your routine. Each of the products featured in this month's promotion will bring a breath of fresh air into your routine. Add flavor to your favorite dishes with Basil and Fennel Vitality. Spruce up your beauty routine with Tea Tree oil. Use dryer balls as a natural alternative to dryer sheets (plus you get to change the scent each time you run the dryer). Finally, enjoy your favorite spring and summer treats, thanks to Allerzyme.
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If you decide to do the packing yourself, we recommend the following to make your packing time more efficient and to ensure that the packed items are in a state ready for us to load onto the truck.
Before All Canada Moving arrives to load your belongings onto our truck, you may need to prepare some of your belongings (namely the larger items such as furniture) for the transport. Some of this will be done by our packers and movers, while there are other that must be done by you or by a professional appliance serviceman.
Here are some tips for packing the home items if you are packing yourself. Otherwise, these are items that our movers will handle as part of our service.
Beds: Take apart the bed frames and tie them together with tape or rope. Make sure that all the screws are taped to the frames so that they are not lost.
Dressers: Don't remove clothes or any non fragile items. We will move them with the contents in the drawers. Secure the drawers so that they do not open during transport.
Clothing: For hanging clothes, pack them in wardrobe boxes which we can provide.
Tables: If possible, remove legs and tie them together. Tape any screws or bolts under the tabletop.
Chairs: Use bubble wrap to wrap and protect the arms and legs.
Kitchenware: Stack pots and pans, and cushion with paper.
Mirrors and artwork: Wrap in large cloth materials such as bath towels or bed sheets if you have them and store them in mirror boxes. Otherwise, wrap them up in cardboard and tape securely.
Rugs: Roll up along the short end and secure with rope or tape.
Bicycles: If possible take apart to make into a smaller package. Cover with plastic wrap to prevent the grease of the chains from dirtying nearby items.
Small appliances and electronics: If you still have them, pack small appliances in their original boxes. otherwise, pack them into boxes sufficiently padded with newsprint paper or bubble wrap.
Power and garden tools: Make sure that any batteries are detached. Wrap all sharp edges with towels and tape securely.
Water beds: Follow manufacturer's instructions on how to drain and prepare the bed for transportation.
Medicines: Store medicines in leak proof bags. Seal caps with masking tape. Don't forget to bring some with you during the move.
Larger appliances and electronics may need to be prepared by professional service men to ensure safe transportation. If you are unsure about your particular appliance, please consult All Canada Moving or consult an authorized dealer for more information.
Refrigerators and Freezers: Refrigerators must be emptied and defrosted a few days before the move. Remove any loose accessories and store them in a labeled bag.
Washer and Dryers: Prevent the washer tub from rotating by stuffing towels between washer sides. Wrap with blankets and tape down.
Gas appliances: These items need special attention by a professional to have them properly disconnected and reconnected. We are not able to disconnect any of your gas appliances before the move.
Electric Stoves: Stoves must be disconnected. Stove rings, oven racks and other loose parts must be removed and stored separately.
Television Sets : All wires and cables should be disconnected and separately packed. Some colour TVs may need to be checked before and after transportation.
Grandfather clocks: Remove the pendulum. An experienced servicemen should be consulted on how to prepare the clock for moving.
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Friends Reunion: Here's Every Latest Update On Its Arrival On HBO
Friends is a well-known sitcom that is delivered by Marta Kauffman and David Crane. It was communicated on NBC from the year 1994 to 2004. The last episodes of the show broadcast on May 6, 2004, and was seen by about 52.5 million American observers, making it the fifth most-saw series in TV history.
For praising the 25th celebration of 'Friends,' a reunion special unscripted episode with all the six cast individuals authoritatively affirmed to arrive on HBO Max-new streaming program of HBO.
Fans have been sitting tight for the group of all the six stars-Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Courtney Cox, and David Schwimmer, for an exceptionally significant time-frame. After sitting tight for such a long time, we will see them together at long last.
Source: Quartz
In any case, there is terrible news for the fans of the sitcom; it is authoritatively postponed for quite a while because of the coronavirus pandemic. It should film at Stage 24, where all the episodes of the sitcom were shooted. The production process will initiate until May, as per the sources, and a particular arrival date has not been fixed.
Other Major Updates
Friends reunion special episode will be utilized for propelling HBO Max, and to commend its 25th celebration. It will coordinate by Ben Winston and official produce alongside makers of the sitcom Marta Kauffman, David Crane, and Kevin Bright.
At last, the primary cast individuals from Friends have entered in concurrence with Warner Bros. Television to participate in an hourlong show shaped to help in advancing the accessibility of Friends on HBO Max. The idea of a reunion showed up when the show finished in 2004, yet it got postponed each time due to the spending issues. For amassing the cast individuals, it is accounted for to have cost Warner Bros. Television over $4 million for every entertainer.
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Likewise, each of the 236 episodes and reunion special of Friends will be accessible to endorsers at the very beginning of HBO Max. Netflix recently missed the right to manage everything, and HBO Max would have selected the rights to stream the comedy series.


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Shame EA is using online singles for the objectives, wish they man up and make them WL only, win 8 games with silver German team in the WL.
Yes please this would really be my player i'm missing in the midfield.
I used his NIF and is beast but is really to SLOW.
Tournies would 100% keep me playing through the week.. Even if it was just an untradable pack as a reward.
Last couple designs been tasty, this is the pick of the bunch for me.
I just know my teams about to change drastically.
I agree. Don't think it's as spunktastic as others have made it out to be. Looks a bit XBoxy.
Think I can get to like 5m liquid. 600k left to spend on Bergkamp's SBC to complete it.
Ran out of squad fitness & cba to apply individual player fitness cards.. Its the only option!
Bale and Guarin would be very Welcome additions.
That is surely a bad thing.
100% that isn't what EA had thought of though, just a very fortunate coincidence on their part.
Having 2 teams is more fun. Gives you more scope to try players and experiment a little.
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I open Bronze packs to sell.
I guess a lot of people have Rewards and SBCs packed stacked together.
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Masi_edc_removal_bycw.doc
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) and Pathogens
removal in an hybrid CW system for a tourist facility
wastewater treatment and reuse
F. Masi*, G. Conte*, L. Lepri**, T. Martellini** and M. Del Bubba** * IRIDRA S.r.l., Via Lorenzo il Magnifico 70, 50129, Florence, IT (E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]) ** Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, IT (E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]) Abstract
Within the frame of the "SWAMP" project (a demonstration project co-financed by the European
Community) an hybrid constructed wetland (CW) system was realized for the treatment of wastewater
produced by a medium-size hotel located in Florence, Italy. The system consisted of a 70 m3 primary
treatment by Imhoff tanks, a 160 m2 HF and a 180 m2 VF. The results obtained in the first year of
operation regarding to the hygienic indicator bacteria (total coliforms, faecal coliforms, faecal
streptococci and Escherichia Coli) and some selected organic compounds (Phthalates, PAHs and
Estrogens) were reported. In terms of overall performances the following mean removal rates were
obtained: COD 94%, BOD5 95%, TSS 90%. The CW system showed a satisfactory functioning of the
treatment process, especially related to the sedimentation and filtration processes and to organic matter
trapping and degradation inside the reed beds. As regard the EDCs a clear water quality increase
during the purification process was observd. PAHs were found below 0.5 µg/l in the inlet and at
significantly lower amounts in the outlet of the system. Total inlet phthalates concentration was
included in the range 100 to 300 µg/l and this class of compounds showed a certain persistence even in
the outlet (10-200 µg/l) due to HDPE liner release. Among the other compounds, 17-α-estradiol and
ethynyl-estradiol were revealed in the inlet at concentration below 10 µg/l, while were absent in the
Hybrid systems, Endocrine disruptors, Sustainable water management, Constructed wetlands, Reed
beds, Wastewater reuse
Chemical substances that can interfere with the normal functioning of the endocrine system have
been termed Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) (Keith et al., 1997). The full list of EDCs
includes a large range of anthropogenic and natural organic compounds, such as phthalates,
pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, polyciclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),
alkylphenols, bisphenols and steroid estrogens (Birkett and Lester, 2003). Several of these
substances have been released in increasing amounts in the environment since decades, and, due to
their low degradation rate, a significant increase of their background concentrations have been
observed in the different environmental compartments (Skakkebaeck et al, 2000, Tyler et al 1998).
In wastewater, EDCs, have a variety of source. A number of EDC classes (phthalates, pesticides,
PCBs and bisphenols) are industrial products, worldwide used for several applications and are
therefore ubiquitous pollutants (Staples et al, 1997, Kupfer, 1975, Safe S.H., 1994, Chen et al,
2002). Other kinds of EDCs compounds (dioxins and PAHs) are not commercial products, but are
formed as by-products of various industrial and combustion processes; they are transported from
atmosphere to soil and water bodies by the atmospheric runoff or deposited on the soil during the
dry period and then go through the water cycle by land runoff (Birkett and Lester, 2003).
Alkylphenols are metabolites of their ethoxylate precursors, which are non-ionic surfactants used in
many industrial, commercial and household functions (Del Bubba and Lepri, 2002). The presence of steroid estrogens in wastewater mainly arises from direct women excretion, in particular from pregnant females and women using oral contraception or hormone replacement therapies (Arcand-Hoy et al, 1998; Andrews, 1995). Several studies have shown that EDCs are present in the effluents from domestic and industrial conventional sewage treatment plants (Birkett and Lester, 2003) and this evidence is of potential concern about their reuse for non industrial applications, such as irrigation of crops and aquaculture, since EDCs could represent a contamination source of food chain. The behaviour of some EDCs has been studied in pilot constructed wetlands pointing out that reed beds are effective in the removal of phthalates and alkylphenol ethoxylates (Del Bubba et al., 1998; Del Bubba and Lepri, 2002). Another crucial parameter in order to assess the suitability of effluent wastewater to be reused is the occurrence of pathogens, which presence is usually evaluated by the analysis of the indicators total coliforms (TC), faecal coliforms (FC) and faecal streptococci (FS). Such microorganisms are commonly removed at high percentages in conventional sewage treatment plants and in constructed wetlands (Karpiscak et al., 2001; Arias et al., 2003), but the evaluation of residual concentrations is of strong importance for establishing the performances of the treatment plant and the final destination of the effluent wastewater. For these reasons, the understanding of removal processes and fate of EDCs and pathogens during wastewater treatment, may facilitate controlling or limiting exposure of both humans and environment to these compounds and create more solid basis for the choose of different Sustainable Water Management approaches. This paper presents the removal data of some EDCs and of TC, FC, FS and Escherichia Coli (which is required by the Italian national law about water reuse, D.Lgs. 185/2003) for an hybrid reed bed system located at an Hotel in Florence (Italy). This research was realized under the EC FP5 project SWAMP (for more details about the project see the website www.swamp-eu.org). MATERIAL AND METHODS
Description of the CW system
The reed bed is composed by a first stage horizontal submerged flow (HF) and a second stage
vertical flow (VF) (see Fig. 1). In Table 1 are reported the main features of the reed bed system,
including the measured hydraulic loading rate (HLR) and organic loading rate (OLR) during the
monitoring period. In fact, an important characteristic of this treatment plant is the tourist
fluctuation, which involves a high variability of the daily flow and, consequently, of the loading
rate. A pump station located after the Imhoff tanks regulates the loading inside the HF bed by a
floating valve and so proportionally to the raw wastewater production. The effluent from the HF
bed is divided by a partition well into two independent siphons which feed the VF filter in an
alternate way. The waterproofing of the bed has been realized by an HDPE geo-membrane.
Fig. 1 - Schematic representation of the hybrid constructed wetland at the Relais Certosa Hotel. Table 1 – Main features of the Relais Certosa Hotel wastewater treatment facility Parameter
HF: mean 0.17 min 0.11 max 0.23 VF: mean 0.15 min 0.10 max 0.21
Sampling and analyses
As regards the ECDs analyses, grab samples were collected in glass bottles previously washed with
hot chromic mixture and repeatedly rinsed with ultra pure water; collection of samples for sanitary
indicators was carried out in glass bottles previously sterilized by autoclave treatment.
The sampling took place monthly from September 2003 to February 2004 (six samples), at the inlet
of the HF stage (after the Imhoff tank) and at the outlet of both the HF and VF stages. Inlet grab
samples were collected three days before the outlet ones, according to the estimated hydraulic
retention time (HRT) of the HF bed. Sampling campaigns were carried out when rain did not occur
within three days before the collection of the inlet and the sampling of the outlet samples, so as to
avoid dilution effects and HRT shortening, even if the rainwater is managed by a separated sewage
system.
Analyses of ECDs were performed, separately for dissolved and particulate phases, after filtration
of the samples. In order to determine the concentration of particulate matter, filtration of each
sample was carried out on two aliquots of wastewater. One of the two filters was used for the
extraction of EDCs, while the other was dried in oven at 105°C for one hour and finally weighed.
Water phase, previously modified for pH and polarity by adding hydrochloric acid, sodium chloride
and methanol, was extracted by a triple liquid/liquid treatment with methylene chloride, evaporated
to 200 µl and analysed by a GC/MS Varian, model Saturn 4D in "micro selected ion storage (micro
SIS)" way. For phenols and estrogens a derivatization with N,O-bis-(trimethylsilyl)-
trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA) needed, in order to enhance the GC/MS response (Del Bubba et al.,
Particulate samples were extracted according to the method of Desideri et al. (1987), significantly
modified in order to obtain satisfactory recovery percentages (60-97%) for all the investigated
compounds (Del Bubba et al., 2004). Instrumental analysis of the extracted compounds was
performed as described above.
The bacteriological indicators TC, FC, FS and Escherichia Coli were evaluated according to the
protocols for membrane filter procedures of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater (1995).
Removal of indicator bacteria
The average removals of the four analysed hygienic indicators were in the range 99.93-99.99%,
showing a very high efficiency of the system to remove pathogens (Tables 2-5). During the passage
through the HF Reed Bed the bacteria were reduced 2.9-3.2 log units, whereas the reduction in the
second stage VF bed was 0.7-1.2 log units.
Table 2 - Changes in Total Coliform density (cfu/100ml) through the CW system
Aug03 Sep03 Oct03 Nov03 Dec03 Jan04 Feb04 Mar04 1x107 3x107 2x107 1x107 4x106 7x106 7x105 4x106 2x106 8 x105 3x106 Table 3 - Changes in Fecal Coliform density (cfu/100ml) through the CW system Aug03 Sep03 Oct03 Nov03 Dec03 Jan04 Feb04 Mar04 8x106 3x107 7x106 8x106 2x106 3x106 5x105 7x105 1x106 4x105 9x105 Table 4 - Changes in Faecal Streptococci density (cfu/100ml) through the CW system Jul03 Aug03 Sep03 Oct03 Nov03 Dec03 Jan04 Feb04 Mar04 4x106 1x106 2x105 4x105 4x105 3x105 4x105 4x105 3x105 Table 5 – Changes in Escherichia Coli density (cfu/100ml) through the CW system Aug03 Sep03 Oct03 Nov03 Dec03 Jan04 Feb04 Mar04 6x106 3x107 7x106 6x106 2x106 2x106 4x105 6x105 1x106 4 x105 5x105 From such data, the following considerations can be highlighted: the reed population establishment inside HF and VF beds during July-August 2003 seems to have increased the pathogens removal in comparison to the first operating months; since October 2003 the removal rates increased, despite the different loading rates and the strong temperature changes during the seasons (water temp. range: 7-25 °C); from the same month the treated wastewater fulfilled the Italian regulation limits for reuse as regard the pathogens indicator E. Coli (80 percentile equal to 50 cfu/100ml and maximum admitted value equal to 200 cfu/100ml).
Removal of EDCs
The investigated organic compounds and their endocrine disrupting potencies (EDP), expressed as
17-ß-estradiol equivalent, are reported in Table 6.
Table 6 – Organic compounds investigated in the present work and their endocrine disrupting potencies (EDP); n.a. = quantitative data or magnitude order not available Compound
Among these compounds, estriol, butylbenzylphthalate, phenols and the most part of PAHs were never detected in the analysed samples. As regards PAHs, the compounds found in the inlet samples of the CW system were only Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, Fluoranthene and Pyrene, which concentrations for water and particulate phase ranged from 15 to 180 ng/L and from 2 to 7 mg/Kg, respectively. This clearly indicated a strong enrichment of PAHs in the particulate phase, according to their high value of log KO/W (Naphthalene 3.45; Phenanthrene 4.46; Fluoranthene 6,12; Pyrene 6.04). These compounds were below the detection limits (7-9 ng/L) in the outlet particulate matter, while the outlet concentrations for the dissolved phase ranged from 13 to 22 ng/L, giving rise to a removal efficiencies of about 60-70%. Steroid estrogens were detected in two inlet samples in the range 164 - 259 ng/L and 2.3 - 2.9 mg/Kg for water and suspended matter, respectively. These data pointed out that also for estrogenic compounds the adsorption onto particulate material is high, according to the log KO/W values, included in the range 3.43 (estrone) – 4.67 (mestranol). All the estrogens were below detection limits (15 ng/L) in dissolved and particulate phase of outlet samples of the HF stage, pointing out the high efficiency of this plant in the estrogen removal. Phthalates, with the exception of the butylbenzyl ester, were determined in all the inlet samples and were, generally, the most abundant compounds. For the dissolved phase concentrations changed in the ranges 151-3788, 43-6134 and 40-2480 ng/L, for diethyl, di-n-butyl and bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate, respectively. The concentrations found in the particulate phase were affected by a less variation and were in the ranges 33-152, 49-194 and 209-4566 ng/L. According to the different values of log KO/W for the above-mentioned phthalates (ranging from 1,46 for diethyl to 13,1 for bis-2-ethylhexyl), the enrichment factors increased, going from diethylphthalate to bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate. The trend of phthalate along the CW system was different from those of the other classes of EDCs as shown in Figure 2 and 3 for dissolved and particulate phase, respectively. As shown by figures, diethyl and di-n-butyl-phthalate were highly removed during the treatment, while for bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate an opposite trend was observed. This trend was found in all the analysed samples suggesting that a source of this compound could be present inside the plant. In order to explain this unexpected behavior a little portion of the HDPE geo-membrane (50 cm2) was placed in water (HPLC grade) under stirring for three days (the design HRT). The results of this test pointed out that the membrane released all the three phthalates. However the compound released at highest concentration was bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate, which accounted for more than 70% of the total phthalate release. These findings explain the different observed trend among phthalates. Fig. 2 – Concentration of diethyl, di-n-butyl and bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate in the dissolved phase of the sample collected on December 2004. Fig. 3 - Concentration of diethyl, di-n-butyl and bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate in the particulate phase of the sample collected on December 2004.
The hybrid CW system, realized for the treatment of wastewater produced by a medium-size hotel,
was suitable for the removal of pathogens and of ECDs since eight months from its conctruction,
and the outlet water was able to be reused according to Italian regulations. Among ECDs trace
amounts of estrogens (17-α-estradiol and ethynyl-estradiol), PAHs (Naphthalene, Phenanthrene,
Fluoranthene and Pyrene) and phthalates (diethyl, di-n-butyl and bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate) were
found in inlet wastewater. All of these compounds were removed at high percentages (up to 100%
for estrogens), with the only exception of bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate, which was released by the
HDPE liner. Therefore the use of geo-membrane with no ECDs release it is of paramount
importance, especially for the reuse of the final effluent.
This study was partially funded by the European Commission under the Fifth Framework
Programme and contributing to the implementation of the Key Action "Sustainable Management
and Quality of Water" within the Energy, Environment ans Sustainable Development Programme,
project "SWAMP" n° EVK1-CT-2000-00071. The authors are solely responsible for the content of
this paper that does not represent the opinion of the Community. The European Community isn't
responsible for any use that might be made of data appearing therein.
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phthalate esters: a literature review, Chemosphere, 35, 667.
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The University as Corporate Handmaiden: Who're ya gonna trust? "Data is not information; information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom." – Frank Zappa Prologue: anatomy of twin scandals I begin this essay by anatomizing a pair of research scandals whose aetiology can, in significant ways, be traced to the new entrepreneurial spirit prevailing in our universities. Later, I will
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European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning A multimedia system for tele-education in Secondary school Mario Allegra1, Giuseppe Chiazzese1, Maria Rita Laganà2Italian National Research Council-Institute for Educational and Training Technologies, University of Pisa–Department of Computer Science1Italian National Research Council-Institute for Educational and Training Technologies, Via


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Filmografia

Attrice

Cinema
Camille, regia di Gregory Mackenzie (2007)
Lars e una ragazza tutta sua (Lars and the Real Girl), regia di Craig Gillespie (2007)
Dirty Singles, regia di Alex Pugsley (2014)
Il superpoliziotto del supermercato 2 (Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2), regia di Andy Fickman (2015)
The Disaster Artist, regia di James Franco (2017)

Televisione
Super Fun Night – serie TV, 17 episodi (2013-2014)
Another Period – serie TV, 9 episodi (2015)
Superstore – serie TV, 113 episodi (2015-2021)

Doppiatrice
She-Ra e le principesse guerriere – serie animata, 30 episodi (2018-2020)

Doppiatrici italiane
Nelle versioni in italiano delle opere in cui ha recitato, Lauren Ash è stata doppiata da:
Valeria Vidali in Super Fun Night
Paola Majano in Superstore
Emanuela Damasio in The Disaster Artist
Da doppiatrice è sostituita da:
Gemma Donati in She-Ra e le principesse guerriere

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni


This was a bit of a chick flick, if I'm honest. There's really no other way to say that. It was girly and romantic and not at all my kind of thing, but I'm going to try not to be biased! It was, in my opinion, not one of Sophie McKenzie's better books. You read the blurb and you're not really surprised when you read the book itself…there's not really a massive plot twist that really grips you. There's River, and her two friends Emmi and Grace, and they audition for Romeo and Juliet- the girl parts, of course. Grace is shy-and-pretty, Emmi is bold-and-gorgeous, and River is River- which is to say, I-don't-think-I'm-pretty-but-the-boy-I-like-finds-me-gorgeous. Flynn has not so much of a "secret" as a different lifestyle to the rest. There is one thing about Flynn, though, and that's his personality. He's moody and strange and yet she falls for him anyway.
It's a story I'm not massively fond of, mainly because it's not my type of genre. But it's worth a read if you enjoy romance. It's quite short and I have to say this for it- it's quite 'different'. Age, I'd say around 13-14.


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October 24, my country, the Netherlands, will receive the Google Home. Not the fancy Home Hub, but only the speaker. It's a great gift to us only 2 years after the initial release in the USA. We got Google Assistant in beta in May of this year. 2 years after the USA too. Google only releases the pair once they're deemed proficient in the local language and understand some of local customs.
Unfortunately it is very common for the Netherlands not to be included in the release schedules of cool tech. Of this weeks Google announcements, we receive exactly nothing. We only get the new Chromecast (and that technically wasn't announced at the event). The Germans only get the Pixel phones, no Home Hub, no Pixel Slate. The same goes for Nest, which has alarm systems and door locks in the USA, but not here.
This goes too for many of the IoT essentials. The Netherlands doesn't get the Samsung Smartthings Smarthub or Wink. It has the homegrown Athom Homey or Polish Fibara, but their support is much more limited. As a result many of the things you can buy in the US, can't work here as they generally rely on a hub for their more advanced features. That does mean even simple door sensors are often out of reach. There are ecosystems such as Fibaro available, which are really cool and European but their support is more limited. Getting anything to work is more homebrew, DIY, hack it till you crack it.
And what we do get is often crippled. Google Assistant for example doesn't work in Dutch when the screen is off (not only when its locked, but also when its off). In English you just say OK, Google and the phone turns itself on and even unlocks itself. In the car, this makes quite a difference. However setting it to English means that telling the phone to call a contact or a local business generally goes horrendously wrong. It starts searching in English and the bastardization of Dutch last names is humorous, but also distracting while driving. I have good hope it gets fixed and it is one of the reasons I bought an Android One phone, if anything I'll get it there first.
It is not that the Netherlands (and I suspect this is true for many other European nations) isn't technologically advanced. Our broadband is fast. Google and Microsoft have datacenters here and AWS is present in Frankfurt, which is close enough. All in all it should work, but in the end it just doesn't.
I can excuse certain omissions. Nest for example had trouble operating in my home, as it had to cooperate with a city wide heating system. However even in my country this situation is odd. Fortunately tado° has an excellent solution with individual knobs per heater. And still the oddness shows, Google Assistent knows tado° is in my home, but can only tell me that Tado(degree) (yes, it's exact response) is currently not available. I understand that the June oven is only available in the USA at the moment, because it's hard to enter one market, let alone a global market, but we don't have an alternative. Smart locks? forget about it. All we really have is Smart Lighting, but that's because Philips Hue was developed here.
So in the end this rant was written to show that rather large parts of the world are omitted in the IoT/AI craze. In some ways firms are leaving a ton of money on the table of willing consumers. Come over and help us.


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Special needs prom 'amazing' fun
Nancy De Gennaro
USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee
Smyrna Town Centre was filled with smiling faces Wednesday for the 10th annual Rutherford County Schools' special needs prom.
"It's a lot of fun. It's amazing," said ninth-grade Stewarts Creek student Gracie Jones, smiling as she took to the dance floor.
More than 150 special education students and peer tutors from Blackman, La Vergne, Oakland, Riverdale, Siegel, Smyrna and Stewarts Creek high schools were on hand for the event. Students dressed in formal wear — from sparkly prom dresses to custom-fit tuxedos — and enjoyed dinner and dancing.
"This is a day the students look forward to every year. It's the most joy you can pack into a room. They love dressing up. They love having a good meal and just having fun together. You couldn't ask for a happier place," said Siegel High special education teacher Rachel Watts, one of the prom organizers.
Several companies donated time and supplies to help make the event possible. The town of Smyrna offered the use of Smyrna Town Centre, Street Tuxedo donated the use of formal wear, Jo's Custom Cakes and Catering provided festive cupcakes, RJ's created the colorful decorations and backdrop for the event, and Mid-South Mobile provided a DJ. The only cost to the students was the meal, Watts said.
For three hours, DJ Cody Codespote played hits such as "Gangnam Style" and "Call Me Maybe," and students also did the Whip and Nae Nae — and a few even did a little break dancing.
"I love dancing around and having a good time meeting people. It's good to go and have fun," said Conte Johnson, who has attended the prom for all four years of his high school career and said "every year is the best year."
Although this year was Stewarts Creek high-schooler Spencer Snider's first time to volunteer at the prom, he served as a peer tutor in middle school and said he attended because he "loves being around the kids."
"They're always positive and make the most out of life. I really enjoy them," said Snider, who took to the dance floor with several of his fellow students from Stewarts Creek.
Siegel High senior Ty Steward, a prom volunteer, is also involved in the Best Buddies program and has enjoyed "building good friendships" with fellow students.
"This is my first year ... and I love getting to know the students. They always bring my day up," said Siegel High senior Hannah Bowe. "This is one of the best experiences I've done throughout my high school career."
Reporter Nancy De Gennaro can be reached at 615-278-5148 and follow him on Twitter @DNJMama


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The Black Cat Decaf Espresso was roasted for you by Intelligentsia Coffee. This decaf coffee is from Brazil and was decaffeinated using the natural Mountain Water decaffeination method. This smooth espresso tastes predominantly of cocoa, with hints of sweet pipe tobacco, roasted walnut, and subtle dried fruit.
Favorite Decaf so far. Send this one over and over!
Better than the previous one. Still a little weak. I use 3 Tablespoons of beans and grind for 10 seconds at a setting a little less than coarse. Then brew for 5 minutes in 12 oz water. Is there something bolder you could recommend?
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package cli_storage_test

import (
	"testing"

	_ "github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/cli/command/commands"
	"github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/proxmox"
	storagesubtests "github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/test/cli/Storage/storage-sub-tests"
)

func Test_Storage_Directory_0_Cleanup(t *testing.T) {
	storagesubtests.Cleanup("directory-test-0", t)
}

func Test_Storage_Directory_0_Create_Full(t *testing.T) {
	s := storagesubtests.CloneJson(storagesubtests.DirectoryFull)
	storagesubtests.Create(s, "directory-test-0", t)
}

func Test_Storage_Directory_0_Get_Full(t *testing.T) {
	storagesubtests.DirectoryGetFull("directory-test-0", t)
}

func Test_Storage_Directory_0_Update_Empty(t *testing.T) {
	s := storagesubtests.CloneJson(storagesubtests.DirectoryEmpty)
	s.BackupRetention = &proxmox.ConfigStorageBackupRetention{}
	storagesubtests.Update(s, "directory-test-0", t)
}

func Test_Storage_Directory_0_Get_Empty(t *testing.T) {
	storagesubtests.DirectoryGetEmpty("directory-test-0", t)
}

func Test_Storage_Directory_0_Delete(t *testing.T) {
	storagesubtests.Delete("directory-test-0", t)
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Business people can learn the management skills needed to perform their jobs in school. Books can impart trusted principles and theories that can then be applied in the real world.
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Remember General George S. Patton from your American History classes? He was able to drive his troops beyond a level that would have broken others. Patton was so demanding that he once slapped a soldier he thought malingering to avoid combat.
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Helga Crane Reconsidered: An Intellectual Experience with Essentialism in Quicksand
Author(s): Ammar Aqeeli
Subject(s): Novel, Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: mulatto; identity; race; essentialism; prejudice
Summary/Abstract: The themes of quest for racial identity in Nella Larsen's Quicksand and the protagonist's struggle with dual identity are the most commonly discussed topics in countless critical articles over the past twenty years. However, Larsen's portrayal of Helga Crane's struggle to find an identity as a woman of mixed race serves to demonstrate that her issue is mainly with how society is essentialist. The primary goal of Quicksand is to demonstrate the fluidity of identity. With the challenges that the protagonist faces in the story, Larsen vividly demonstrated that identity is relentlessly changing. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate that the reductionist nature of different forms of essentialism causes many people continuous suffering. In other words, Larsen deploys the mulatto figure as a useful critical tool to explore how society is immersed in essentializing categories of race, class, gender and sexuality.
Journal: Folia Linguistica et Litteraria
Issue No: 34
A Lost Lady: A Narrative of Manifest Destiny and Neocolonialism A Lost Lady: A Narrative of Manifest Destiny and Neocolonialism 2020


It was just a small section in Romans tonight, and yet the words sprang off the page, like staccato notes on a piano.
wickedness. greed. evil. envy. murder. strife. deceit. malice.
gossips. slanderers. haters of God. insolent. arrogant. boastful. disobedient.
And all I can think is, Jesus, shine Your light.
In this world of confusion and darkness we need Your light to extend Your truth and grace.
Never separated - truth and grace. grace and truth.
Shed light on the tough issues.
Bring light to the questions.
Be light on our path.
Take every dark part of me and transform it into something beautiful and useful by the power of You, the Light of the World.
There is a part of my heart that wants to keep you little for always. I want to protect you from pain and loss and tough choices. But I know that is impossible. You started your lives being poked and prodded in NICU isolettes. You dealt with pain a little earlier than most have to.
There is a lot of talk on the internet this week about purity, about grace, about the pressure it puts on females. There are bits of insight I know I'd want to impart if I had daughters, but I want to impart just as much wisdom to you.
You are just little guys now, but I know I will wake up and there you will be ... mostly grown. Along the way you will make more disgusting noises, you will destroy household items, and you will push boundaries and break rules. At some point, too, you will start dating. That thought terrifies me.
I'm telling you upfront that we will never have "The Talk," sweet boys, because we have a home where there is no shame in asking questions. Already, C, you ask questions about bodies, and we don't give you silly names for private parts. I hope that we are setting a solid foundation for transparency.
I want you to always know that you can come to me with anything. I never want you to doubt my unconditional love for you. I will always be honest with you.
On the topic of purity, I do not quite know what to say yet. I know what I DON'T want to say. I will not repeat bad theology nor hyped up emotionally driven programs. You deserve better than that. You are valuable. Not because of what you do or don't do but because you are dear to the heart of God. I want you to always, always, always know where to find your worth.
Just a few more things on my heart tonight, boys.
You are always accountable for what you do in relationships with others. That is not limited to romantic relationships, but it extends to every friendship and interaction. I pray that you will be men who are honest, who are kind, who are strong but gentle, who are sincere, who are fun, and who are accurately confident. I pray that you will be able to see the big picture of things, but that you will also be able to enjoy the moment. I pray you won't over-analyze every decision, but that you will embrace grace and not beat yourself up over every mistake.
The minivan has an empty back row.
I think I have known for most of my life that I have wanted four children. So you can imagine the heartache of making the decision after a miscarriage and two premature babies to not get pregnant any more. My uterus says she can't take any more, but my heart says I can't live without them.
Somewhere out there are children that I don't know yet, but I already love. Just like I loved my babies in the womb from the time they were just a grain of rice, I already love these children. At this time they are only a dream to me, but I still love them. If it was within my power, I'd find them and get them today. However, I must wait and hope and pray because that is all I can do.
We lack the resources right now. The Hubs needs to finish nursing school. We have not even started one iota of the process. But it doesn't stop me from praying for them, just as I pray for the children that are already under my roof.
I can't sew a button. My cooking is probably a B-minus. I may never get to seminary, and I might never write that book. But I was made to be a mommy . I do not doubt this. Even on the exhausting days. Even on the days filled with therapy appointments for Grady and endless questions from Cole. Especially on these days ... I am reminded that I am good at this. And so I wait.
I'm linking up with Emily's imperfect prose for today's prompt "motherhood."
Last night I saw Ben and remembered the Armageddon poster that hung in my college dorm room. I listened to Jodie's odd speech and managed to get something out of it. Everyone in that room was famous or beautiful or talented or rich - but none of that will make you happy. That was my takeaway from Jodie Foster last night. You can have everything and still feel lonely.
There are no awards in my line of work. Motherhood. No one invites us to a fabulous banquet, gives us jewels and a gorgeous dress to wear. There probably should be something for us, but there's not. At least not to my knowledge.
We had to make a very hard decision yesterday. We have discussed it for months now, not wanting to make the decision because overall we were happy and growing and loved. But in one tiny aspect we felt alone, hurt, rejected, and in the big picture of things, we are unsure of how healthy it would be for our family over time.
I cried on the drive to the appointment yesterday. What would these two friends think? Say? Ask? Their kindness and their questions made it easier and harder as I shared about our decision.
In so many other instances in my life when I have shared about my heartbreaks, about us taking a stand, about rejection I have been made to feel that it was all my fault, that there was something wrong with me. But my friends yesterday cried with me, prayed with me, loved on me. They let me know that there is always a place for my family with them, with their communities. So much healing happened in my heart at that table. That healing surpassed the details of this situation, and flooded over to begin to heal parts of my heart that never experienced such understanding and love in other situations.
I cried on the drive home. I felt the weight of the unfairness of it all - leaving these amazing people for now. It is frustrating that just one little thing can cause so much damage. The unwillingness to do the right thing, to ask others to do the right thing, does not just affect an individual, but ultimately an entire community. But slowly I am given peace. God knows the right place for us at this time, even if we don't. And I am hopeful that some how, someday, He can restore what has been lost, that He can bring us back.
I am weary, but encouraged. God cares about the things that break our hearts. He showed me that yesterday as I sat with my two friends.
Last year I picked a word. Intentional. I set some goals that revolved around that word. Some of them I met. Most of them I did not.
I was intentional about two very important things. Cultivating new/newer friendships and being intentional about hospitality and service. I learned that the people who I care about spending time with the most care the least about my house, my income, my politics, etc. So while there may have been dust on the ceiling fans many weeks, I did not let that stop me from inviting someone over.
I volunteered for things that fit my gifts and callings as well as that fit the schedule of a mom with two little ones. I was even given the opportunity to lead/teach a few different types of groups of people throughout the year in ways that I did not seek out.
This year I didn't know if I would pick a word. I didn't want another thing to do. I didn't want to commit to anything and not follow through. I want to be more organized this year, but I knew if I picked the word "organize," I am just setting myself up for failure.
So I waited. I prayed a little, but mostly I waited.
And last night I was soaking in the tub (a rare treat to just be), and my word for the year was revealed to me.
I don't need to focus on doing. I don't need to worry about the future or live in regret of the past.
BE present, BE thankful, BE authentic.


Washington, D.C. - Gains in the Associated Builders and Contractors' (ABC) Construction Confidence Index (CCI) indicate that contractor confidence expanded as 2013 wound to a close, particularly with respect to near-term industry profit margins and staffing levels. The CCI measures construction prospects along three dimensions – revenues, profit margins and hiring. All three indices remained above the threshold value of 50, which indicates growth, and each is up on a year-over-year basis.
"Brutal winter has wrought havoc upon many major markets and has made recent economic data difficult to interpret," said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. "Data regarding retail sales, auto sales, housing starts, and nonresidential construction spending has been largely disappointing of late and the last 3 months have been the worst for job creation since the summer of 2012. Economists have been forced to consider whether recent economic weakness is temporary and attributable to the weather, or whether it points to yet another disappointing year.
"The CCI survey results, most of which were gathered when temperatures had already fallen, suggest that much of the near-term weakness observed in nonresidential construction spending is merely temporary," said Basu. "Contractors continue to report lengthening backlog, enhanced pricing power and greater sales momentum. The cold weather, which has persisted into March, has likely substantially suppressed first quarter spending data; however, CCI survey results show that construction spending probably will snap back with the temperatures this spring.
"Contractors will be busier in 2014 but with the economy still expanding at less than 3 percent, the pace of improvement remains gradual and constrained. Despite steady improvement in CCI readings over the past 18 months, sales expectations are below where they were during the first half of 2012. Still, roughly three in five contractors expect some level of sales expansion this year," concluded Basu.


The Government is right to cut public spending but the legal aid cuts proposed by Chris Grayling, the Lord Chancellor and Minister for Justice, will increase the likelihood criminals going free and of innocent people going to gaol. They will devastate both the barristers' and solicitors' professions. The savings to public money – even if they are achieved – are minuscule in comparison to the damage that the cuts will inflict. The cuts in criminal legal aid will be felt most by the poorest: many, perhaps most, defendants in criminal criminal cases are penniless. But a decent criminal justice system is essential for everyone whether rich or poor.
The government wants to save £220M by cutting criminal legal aid. It is a tiny proportion of overall public spending (equivalent to the cost of a single civilian airliner) but it will have a devastating effect on the criminal bar and solicitors' professions.
Criminal barristers are highly qualified but most earn far less than any comparable profession. The government's own figures, untrustworthy though they are, show that most have a turnover (including VAT) of £57,000 or less which equates to a taxable income of about £37,500 or less.
The criminal legal aid budget has been falling anyway since 2009.
Crown Court advocates, whether barristers or solicitors, have received no increase in legal aid fees for 10 years, not even to keep pace with inflation.
In 2010 Crown Court barristers' fees were actually cut by 13.5% over three years.
No other publicly funded professionals have had fee cuts imposed in this way. At worst they have had their pay increases restricted.
The incentive for able young barristers to come to the criminal bar is already almost non-existent. The result if the cuts are implemented will be a steady deterioration in the quality of lawyers practising in the criminal courts. Inevitably more guilty people will be acquitted and more innocent people will be convicted.
Solicitors firms as well as individual barristers are threatened by these cuts. The only survivors are likely to be massive companies dealing with as many clients as possible as fast as possible. The Ministry of Justice proposes that clients pleading guilty will be more valuable to these companies than those who contest their guilt.
This will lead to less client choice and less competition between individual barristers and solicitors. Choice and competition are essential to maintain and improve quality of service, a principle accepted by the Government in nearly every other context.
For years barristers and solicitors practising criminal law have simply got on with their job and accepted every cut in fees that has been imposed on them. The time has come when we cannot accept any more and still hope to keep a decent and properly functioning legal system.
I agree with most of your points, but I do have a comment to make about point 7.
Although the deterioration in the quality of criminal barristers may be reduced it doesn't necessarily follow that this will cause an increase in innocent people being convicted.
Although I do believe you are right in saying that there will be an increase in making sure only the guilty pleas are taken as they are quicker and so will generate more income over time, which is obviously fundamentally wrong.
Otherwise, some great points here and plenty of reasons for the walk-out.
I agree with most of your points that have been shared. Point number 10 is most important according to my viewpoint. It is necessary that a proper legal system should be set up for appropraite functioning.