SAME NEW LOGO! Angel and American Brown Back in Cans!
American Brown, Angel & the Sword, Northern English Brown and ESB now available in cans ONLY at the brewery!
SAME NEW IMPROVED LOGO ON OUR AMERICAN BROWN CAN!
The American Brown you love is now also filtered! SAME GREAT TASTE SAME GREAT BEER. 3 out of 3 brewers agree! And 99 out of 100 people will not notice until they are almost finished with their pint! Last statement is not scientifically proven, yet.
On Tuesday our new American Brown can with almost SAME NEW LOGO was released into the wild! Due to two average sales days it hasn't been circulating as much as it had wanted to but you have the power within you to change that by coming down to the brewery and buying a 6-pack or case.
There is no doubt that we loved our first version of American Brown cans. Our trademarked chap with two obviously Imperial Pints takes center stage and for good reason on that version. It's not possible to see on the below picture but he is definitely on the new can as well but just a bit more subtle.
We loved the previous can but there was something we noticed in our cold room when these cans were stacked next to other cans. Can you tell? I hope so. The below picture on the left is actually not one but two different beers! So that made us start thinking because if we are ever really LUCKY ENOUGH to be case stacked by some higher than genius level retailer some day we had to find a way to fix this issue. We also know the crazy competitive market is just going to get more competitive over the next few years and we are doing everything we CAN (See what I did there?) to keep this little company of 9 full time and 3 part time employees moving forward rather than just sideways which we have been doing for 3 years now.
We discussed with our uber talented can designer (Brian Woolbright) and he went to work. How could we improve on what we already thought was a great can? We also pulled in another regular and "big picture thinker" David Boyd to give us real direction on how to someday present ourselves to a wider audience. Now just to be clear, these aren't just two Civil Life drinking regular chaps, these chaps do this sort of thing for a living. We never could have afforded them if they didn't like our beer so much. They also have followed me from my previous ownership of 33 Wine Bar to the Civil Life. I have spent countless hours discussing a range of topics with them and they were the ones we turned to when we realized how important it was to get this right for our little company.
For those that say this new logo looks familiar, you are correct as this new logo was quietly released in the pub on our printed menus a few weeks ago. In the next several months it will arrive on merchandise, coasters and growlers as well.
The new same logo is everything we hoped it would be.
What else is new you say?
What follows is very important news concerning our American Brown! Aren't you glad you read till the end? After deliberation and a solid tasting analysis we will be filtering our American Brown going forward. This is our flagship beer and no doubt the reason we are still in business. So rest assured, we take no chances or do no experimentation with this beer (rarely with any of our beers) and always, always keep this beer the same. Some business decisions are often made about how to squeeze extra margin into products. You remember when a bag of chips had at least 12 chips in it? In our case it's more of can we use a little less of that expensive grain? Can we pitch the yeast a few more generations? It's easy at the Civil Life to make these decisions as the number one response I give is, "Will this in any way, even small, change the consistency of our Brown or change the taste of our brown?" Small changes do not work for us as it isn't the foundation on which this company has been built. We aren't some jello manufacturer? We make good fairly priced beer. And drinking our beer is no different then slipping into a conversation with an old friend.
It goes like that for all of our beers, but I just want to settle the nerves of those reading that are not able at this particular moment to also be drinking an American Brown. Our panel gave high marks to the filtered version and found that the differences (albeit really really, really small! Notice the exclamation point and the extra really for emphasis) are very slight appearances in taste and obviously very large in appearance. In all honesty, it really just looks like we left it in the fermenter for a few extra weeks before we canned it. That's another way to filter.
If there is any disagreement among our customers in the market, we will be providing counseling over a pint of American Brown in our pub Tuesdays to Thursdays 4 to 11. Fridays 12:00 am to 11 pm, Saturdays from 11 am to 11 pm and Sundays from 11 to 9 pm.
So that's it for today. Please stay tuned to this channel. We have more things coming over the next year. Keep your ear to the grindstone and your nose in your pint glass. Or whatever that is supposed to be.


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« Island of Mauritius enters first international event at 2018 IMMAF Africa Open
IMMAF World Champions Benjamin Bennett and Gamzat Magomedov sign with Brave CF »
Defending champion Abdulmanap Magomedov returns for 2018 IMMAF Africa Open
Abdulmanap Magomedov (pictured above with KHK MMA founder, Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa) was among the top rising amateurs of 2017, securing gold medals at both the Africa and Asian Open ahead of the 2017 IMMAF World Championships, the final event of the year, where he claimed a bronze medal.
The 2018 IMMAF Africa Open Championships take place at the Brakpan Sports Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 24 to 26 May.
The 25-year-old is a product of Bahrain's KHK MMA program and first competed for Russia at the 2017 Asian Open in Singapore, winning his first continental title in the Men's featherweight division. A quarter-final victory saw him best national Czech prodigy Jakub Tichota with a second round TKO. In the final, Magomedov battled to a unanimous decision triumph over Kazakhstan's Bekzat Zhassiya, who in the semis earned a decision win over 2016 European gold medalist, Sweden's Daniel Schalander.
Magomedov was granted Bahrain citizenship in time for the Africa Open later that year and represented the island Kingdom for the first time in Johannesburg. He advanced to the featherweight tournament final alongside fellow Bahrain representative, Gamzat Magomedov, however the latter was unable to compete to due illness and settled for silver while his namesake was awarded the gold. Gamzat would go on win the 2017 IMMAF World Championships title as a bantamweight.
Magomedov earned a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships. After an opening victory over Japan's Kohei Maeda, he stormed into the semi-finals with a knockout stoppage of Kazakhstan's Merey Zhubanov in just 12 seconds (video below). However, the momentum was eventually halted by Finland's Joel Arolainen, who clinched a unanimous decision for a place in the final.
The defending Africa and Asian Open champion begins his 2018 campaign next month, back in Johannesburg. Currently ranked as the world's number-two featherweight, just 33 points behind Bulgaria's world champion Delyan Georgiev, Magomedov aims to assert himself as the number-one seed en route back to the end-of-year World Championships in Bahrain.
For more event and team information visit MyNextMatch.com.
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package org.motechproject.tasks.json;

import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
import org.motechproject.tasks.contract.ActionEventRequestBuilder;
import org.motechproject.tasks.contract.ActionEventRequest;
import org.motechproject.tasks.contract.ActionParameterRequest;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.isBlank;

/**
 * {@code JsonDeserializer} for the {@code ActionEventRequest} class.
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public class ActionEventRequestDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<ActionEventRequest> {

    public static final String DESCRIPTION_FIELD = "description";
    public static final String NAME_FIELD = "name";
    public static final String DISPLAY_NAME_FIELD = "displayName";
    public static final String SUBJECT_FIELD = "subject";
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Although Android is, due to its open source nature, seen as a target by many hackers and individuals that wish to steal information for illicit purposes, the Google Play Store is, at least in theory, as safe as most other app portals. After all, it is moderated by Google to ensure that apps comply with the rules and terms of service, and anything suspect is usually disposed of in a swift and timely manner. But one app by the name of Brightest Flashlight, which requires no further description, appears to be keeping users in the dark about how it collects user location data before sending it to third party ad firms.
Brightest Flashlight is by no means rogue, but's good to see the FTC making a stand against an app that extracts information from users without due permission. GoldenShores Technologies, the company behind the app, will now have to offer better controls and more information regarding how location data is being utilized, and must also, as part of its settlement with the FTC, remove all data collated as a result of its misdemeanor.
One thing a user of Android should familiarize themselves with is the permissions menu that pops up each and every time an app is installed. Unfortunately, most tend to ignore this and simply accept it as a formality, which to some degree, it is; but if an app purports to be a calculator yet requires permission to access your contacts or messages, there's more than a slight chance that the developer is up to no good.
It pays to check – especially since, as aforementioned, tens of millions of users downloaded the seemingly innocent app. You needn't be an expert, but by scanning through those permissions and making sure nothing is afoot, you could save yourself from having your details inadvertently shared using permission that you so frivolously granted.


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Over the last year it has become more popular for phone manufacturers to use more and more glass in the protect designs, and while we are getting more beautiful looking devices, it's getting easier and easier to end up with a broken device.
Be it the complete screen shatter, or damaged back, nobody likes to have a phone that is no perfect. Regardless of the design, we feel a cover is a must for a smartphone. Since Flagship devices from Samsung, iPhone, Sony and others are have reached close, if not over €1,000. Getting a good cover is more important.
We also like to see a cover offer significant coverage around the edges and above the display. More so when it comes to Samsung's infinity display's. This means having the device with the screen facing down on a table, it still keeps the display from touching anything. This also helps if you drop it and it hits screen side first.
The corners have extra reinforcement to prevent those awful drops from shattering the entire display/glass of your device. Another important feature of any cover.
The Plasma cover offers the same design and level of protection that we have seen from UAG in the past. The semi-transparent Blue looks really good with the Black Note 8, but will of course go well with other Note devices.
The level of protection is the most important aspect when it comes to a cover. Design is subjective, but for us, we love the military style, and it always stands out. UAG also do a lot to make sure the cover is strong in the right parts. Throughout the years of using UAG covers on various devices, we have never had a single broken display, or any damage to speak of, and that's after some nasty drops.
Ultimately you want a cover that protects your phone, while offering a nice design and feel. The UAG Plasmic adds a bit of bulk to your device, but it still manages to look and feel great in the hand (excellent grip), and it does it while offering top protection. Its RRP is around €30-40, but can be had for cheaper during sale periods. It's not the cheapest cover around, but spending less that 5-percent of the device value may be warranted. We definitely feel it ticks all the right boxes to be recommended to anyone looking for great protection for their Galaxy note 8.


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Talcum Powder & Ovarian Cancer Attorneys in Denver and Aurora, CO
Have you OR a loved one been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer after using Talcum Powder?
An estimated 20,000 women are diagnosed each year with ovarian cancer and more than 14,000 of these women pass away. Studies have shown that women who use talc-containing products on their genitals have a one in fifty chance of developing the disease.
In the early 1970's, Johnson & Johnson was put on notice that that their baby powder was posing a significant risk to women. The natural mineral, Talc, contained in Johnson & Johnson baby powder increases the risk of women developing ovarian cancer due to its natural properties when used on the genital area.
In February 2016, a jury in St. Louis awarded $72 Million Dollars to the family of Jackie Fox. Ms. Fox passed away from ovarian cancer in October 2015. Ms. Fox's family claimed that her cancer was caused by the regular use of Johnson & Johnson baby powder.
Johnson & Johnson continues to deny these claims contrary to the scientific evidence that talcum powder increases the risk of developing ovarian cancer. Johnson & Johnson is currently facing at least 1,200 other lawsuits and thousands more are expected.
If you or someone in your family has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, you may be entitled to compensation. Boesen Law, LLC is currently accepting cases of those who may have been affected.
Contact us to take a step in the right direction. Call us toll free at 1-303-835-9342 or locally at 303-999-9999. All consultations are free and our firm will not collect a fee unless you make a recovery.
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Montserrat's COVID-19 Vaccination Programme To Begin in February
The first shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to arrive on island in the first week of February and will be available for distribution shortly after, the Ministry of Health & Social Services announced today.
According to a release from the government, the ministry is commencing its COVID-19 vaccination programme, including public education and awareness as to the safety and importance of the vaccination.
The vaccine was developed through collaboration between Oxford University and the pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca and went into distribution in the United Kingdom on January 4th 2021.
In the coming weeks the public will have the opportunity to engage with Ministry of Health officials as they embark on their public education and vaccine awareness campaign; which will include radio discussions, Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and radio features on frequently asked questions; print publications to include posters, and online and social media content to raise awareness about the vaccine.
One such opportunity, for the public to engage with Health Officials will come in the form of a live Talking Health programme on Wednesday January 20th at 3:00pm on ZJB Radio, where acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Briamah Kassim, Immunization Manager, Nurse Violet Brown and Director of Primary Health Care Dr. Dorothea Hazel- Blake will be the featured guests on the programme.
Members of the public are invited to tune in to the programme and call–in should they have any questions about the vaccination programme. Details of other planned activities will be announced as they are being implemented.
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By far, the best game on the jam ever. Love the humor/message that it emits.
Surprisingly good gameplay concept, coupled with the best music I've heard in the jam so far, and the most amazing ending that actually had me laugh out loud. Great work!


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'Fast & Furious 8' Trailer Surprises with Vin Diesel As Villain
By Wes Rendar Published On 12/12/2016
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Furious 7 was a miracle. The sudden death of Paul Walker forced friend and series mastermind Vin Diesel to reconceptualize the blockbuster on the fly. The finished product, a reverse-heist movie, stood as a fitting tribute to Walker and one of the rowdiest entries in the franchise. But one thing was clear in the end: Fast & the Furious would never be the same again.
With the first trailer for Fast & Furious 8, dubbed The Fate of the Furious, we see exactly how Diesel's Dominic Toretto handled his pal Brian O'Conner riding off into the sunset at the end of Furious 7. Short answer: poorly. In this new installment, directed by Straight Outta Compton's F. Gary Gray, Dominic is recast as the adversary of his high-wheeling family, a puppet with strings pulled by Furious newcomer Charlize Theron. Theron brings her Mad Max: Fury Road energy to the role -- crazy hairstyle and all.
The reasons why Dominic turns on his Corona-drinking cronies remain unclear. This may be the actual resolution to Brian's story that Furious 7 couldn't take on. Something is veering Dominic back into the criminal lane, and thankfully for audience members, it results in a bevy of insane car stunts, explosions, and ridiculous fight sequences. In this movie, Dwayne Johnson's stand-up military enforcer and Jason Statham's smarmy terrorist-type team up to take down Dominic. Of course they do.
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Q: Set-Cookie was blocked on a dot net core application I'm getting the following error when setting a cookie:

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with regards to the current host URL

In my angular application I'm using credentials on my http call:
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The exclamation triangle is what shows the error above.
What have I done wrong?
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A: If cookies are used only on localhost, it is not necessary to specify the domain attribute. It is safer not to.
If you really want to add the domain attribute, specify domain=localhost. The scheme (http://) and port number are unnecessary.

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Alyssa Andrews Wants To Draw You (Yes, You!) For #AllQueerBods
Alyssa Andrews has spent the past couple of months drawing 100 queer humans, and they're showing no signs of slowing down. Since launching their #AllQueerBods portrait project, Alyssa has committed to drawing every single queer person in the world. So far they have more than 400 queer selfie submissions waiting in the email inbox they created specifically for the project (allqueerbods [at] gmail [dot] com), but they're not intimidated. "I want to draw anyone and everyone," they tell me when we get together to chat about the project. "I want all queer bods. There is no beauty standard, no height or weight or race requirement. I want as much diversity within this collection of drawings as I can possibly get."
I raise my eyebrows. "Every single queer person?"
Alyssa nods seriously. "Yeah, I wanna draw every single queer person." Then they grin. "What a scary endeavor."
But they don't sound scared, not really. As they describe the origin story of their project to me, they sound excited and happy, ambitious and wise. Alyssa explains that the project was born from self portraits they were drawing of their own bod. "I was drawing a lot of…semi nudes, not hiding scars and things like that," they say. "I'm disabled. I've had a lot of surgery, and the world [often] tells you to cover up when something is perceived as wrong with your body."
The drawings started as something they weren't sharing with anyone or putting anywhere specific. Things shifted when they started drawing their partner. Alyssa explains that they loved the drawings and did want to start sharing them, but realized they wanted more subjects. "I didn't want just a million drawings of my partner on the internet," they laugh. To find more subjects they started asking friends and then eventually reached out to their followers online. Their partner helped them coin the hashtag #AllQueerBods, and suddenly the project was exploding – in a great way! The response was huge immediately, which Alyssa credits to the excitement marginalized queer folks felt in being asked if they'd like to be seen.
What makes this queer portrait project different from other ones is Alyssa's focus on both consent from and agency for their subjects. The specific ask for submissions is "send selfies," a medium which already lends itself to the subject dictating how they will be seen and perceived. During our conversation, they stressed over and over how important it is for them that their subjects feel in control throughout the process.
"I think that it's a really intimate thing to be subjecting yourself to working with an artist and letting them essentially display you to the world," they said. "Usually the artist is in charge of the perspective, they're in charge of the way in which we are seen. I wanted it to be a connecting experience, where we kind of give and take and share that experience together."
Keeping with the theme of control and agency for their subjects, Alyssa is very focused on consent when it comes to this project, too. They do not want to draw anyone who doesn't explicitly want to be drawn, which is why they encourage solo selfies as submissions. Pets are okay – "I think pets can be real anxiety relievers," Alyssa says – but any additional humans in the image need to have enthusiastically consented to be drawn. If this consent isn't clear and obvious, Alyssa won't do the drawing.
Alyssa explains that it can be easy for an artist to take on a role of a voyeur, and to manipulate things to suit their needs and desires. "I want to have a pure and real documentation of people, and consent is the bottom line most important thing to me," they say. "I think people really misunderstand how important consent is in all different kinds of life decisions and choices. It might sound really funny to be like, I want everyone to consent to being drawn with their clothes on, but I think it's really empowering and important to know that you said yes, and you had the option to say no .I think that is really very important."
Though the enthusiasm for the project was large and swift, Alyssa says they do still get a lot of questions about eligibility. Many folks seem shy at first, they say, unsure if Alyssa really wants to draw them. "I'm not the queer police!" They stress again and again that their is no requirement for the project other than a submission. "If you're submitting, you're in! There's no queer questionnaire, I don't need any validation or proof, there are no rules, there is absolutely no policing. You're fantastic and you're amazing and you're in! You, yes you, you're specifically exactly what I'm looking for!"
Alyssa purposefully does not require any cash for the portraits they draw – these are not commissions, and are not treated as such. While they often include links to their Patreon and Paypal accounts to help support the project and keep it going, they do not want any queer human who is unable to pay anything at all to feel excluded.
"One of the biggest things for me, is that if I'm wanting a real connection with people and if I'm wanting a real, authentic look at the queer community, I can't have anything that's rooted in a person's ability to pay or not pay," they say. "I think that's one of the biggest things that separates people within communities – perceived class or ability to pay for things. I find all bodies valuable, so I don't just want 'all bodies that can pay.' I think that really defeats the purpose of the project and it really cuts a lot of the people from the community out."
Though the project initially began as one of body positivity, it has grown to be a larger celebration of queerness in all its beautiful forms.
"I like doing this because there's this tendency for marginalized people to make themselves smaller all the time, to not take up space and to not want to be seen," Alyssa says. "I think even within the queer community we have a really big problem of assigning different bodies privilege or value, and it's just so disheartening when you think about the sheer numbers within the community, how many vibrant amazing people there are, versus how many of those people we actually see on the day to day, it's a real bummer for me."
#AllQueerBods is a love letter to all queer bods, truly, and the respect and admiration Alyssa has for their community shines clearly out of each perfectly rendered image.
For now, the project lives on Alyssa's website and on their Twitter and Instagram accounts, where #AllQueerBods organically began. Alyssa hopes to create a dedicated website for the project and is also considering creating a print zine featuring the portraits.
Submit a selfie to allqueerbods [at] gmail [dot] com to participate in #AllQueerBods and help Alyssa reach their goal of drawing every queer human in the whole damn world!
Please note: if you email Alyssa, they received it! Promise! They are but one human, and can only draw so fast while also holding down a day job, paying bills, hanging out with their cute friends and partner, and doting on their cute dog George. You do not need to follow up with any check-in emails. Also, while Alyssa is truly committed to drawing all queer bods, they're particularly hoping to receive more submissions from POC, fat, trans feminine, and disabled bods! What are you waiting for? Send in those selfies!
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As a human person with extremely thick hair right next to barely adequate eyebrows. I am in my Tesla on the way to Mars about this drawing style!
Thank you for your great work Alyssa
Anxiously awaiting mine
This project is so beautiful!!! Such an amazing idea Alyssa!
I am very excited to see all the wonderful queer bods you draw, including mine :D
I saw this on Twitter earlier this year and sent in my selfie!! I was definitely a bit hesitant, being bi and not looking (imo) particularly queer or counterculture, but I decided to trust in their stated desire to draw all queer bodies and I'm glad to see that principle reaffirmed here!
I wonder if I might ask Alyssa about the thinking behind the stylized unibrows? Personally I am constantly struggling to prevent my brows' quest to become brow, and while it's certainly not something I object to to the extent that I'd request a departure from the style, it's a bold choice and I wonder if you've received any negative reactions about it? (This sounds like I'm passive-aggressively requesting an exception and I'm really not! I really am just curious…)
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i wish i had a fun answer for this question because it does come up a lot! i can say that i for one, am obsessed with eye brows. very underrated facial feature if you ask me. but ultimately, it's just a goofy thing i've always done.
i think if i dig deep it probably started out as an anxiety, like maybe i couldn't get them right so i just swooped a line up there and called it a day. but now i don't even think about it – at this point it's just the way i draw. i like it as a fun little challenge in the portraits, though. working to draw as i draw, but keep you looking like you. i dunno! just a goofy thing!
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"…very underrated facial feature if you ask me"
I so agree ! I love eyebrows so much.
Doggy eyebrows are really the best but human eyebrows are pretty terrific. I'm sad they get so mistreated and practically erased.
I love what you do to eyebrows because you restore them to their place of glory.
As someone who has recently embraced my own unibrow, I absolutely love that you draw eyebrows this way! <3 <3 <3
I love that answer! That's always the trick with stylization, finding the balance between "recognizably what you're drawing" and "recognizably yours." Thanks for answering!!
I love this project so much! I hope it's in a gallery someday. <3
That is such a cool idea !
This is such a wonderful project! I'll definitely be sending over a selfie.
I love everything about this and can't wait to see more from Alyssa.
*raises hand enthusiastically* I volunteer to make you a website for this!
!!! let's talk! shoot me a message at allqueerbods[at]gmail[dot]com and include something about this in the subject box so i'm sure to catch it among submissions! XOXO
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Inside the Proposing Release, we sought remark concerning whether or not the Rule 10b-18 Protected harbor need to apply to issuer repurchases effected in marketplaces outside of The usa. Even though the Secure harbor at present applies only to issuer repurchases effected in The usa, a few commenters recommended that we amend Rule 10b-eighteen to use to non-U.S. markets.forty two A single commenter urged us to increase the Risk-free harbor to bids and purchases in non-U.S. markets, with the value, quantity, timing, and method circumstances modified so as to use with a marketplace-by-market basis so as to address specified practical complications affiliated with shares traded in a number of markets around the world.forty three A different commenter, on the other hand, said that issuers are presently relaxed accessing liquidity outside the house America without having to increase the Risk-free harbor.forty four Just after taking into consideration the feedback, Now we have determined not to increase the Safe and sound harbor to issuer repurchases effected beyond the United States.
80 These commenters declare that they are unable to effect repurchases inside the Secure harbor's parameters or keep efficient and efficient repurchase courses without the block exception. See, e.g., comment letters from Morgan; National Association of Housing Expense Trusts (NAREIT); SIA; Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom, LLP (Skadden); and Sullivan. eighty one For functions from the amended block exception, we've been retaining the current "block" definition. See Amended Rule 10b-eighteen(a)(5). We cautiously viewed as whether or not to permit issuers to effect one particular block buy every day (in lieu of each week). On the other hand, commenters noted that even one block purchase for any thinly traded issuer can be increased than twenty five% of its ADTV on a certain working day.
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ninety four The NYSE's Petition for Rulemaking seeks an amendment to Rule 10b-eighteen to make the Protected harbor accessible to an issuer to get a classification of "special purchases" effected by an unbiased trustee all through a period of uncommon volatility within the issuer's stock. The petition is publicly obtainable in File No. four-446 within the Fee's Public Reference Area.
65 Beneath this definition, the issuer's order must be effected at precisely the same price for each-share at which the broker or seller bought the shares to satisfy the issuer's acquire buy, special of any explicitly disclosed markup or markdown, commission equivalent, or other rate. Moreover, only the very first leg of the transaction (i.e., in the event the broker or supplier buys the shares in the open up marketplace), as opposed to the 2nd leg (i.e., if the broker or supplier sells the shares into the issuer) is documented underneath the rules of the self-regulatory Group or beneath the Act.sixty six Moreover, for functions of this definition, a broker or supplier have to have prepared insurance policies and processes in position to guarantee that, in a minimal, the issuer's order was received previous to the offsetting transaction; the offsetting transaction is allocated to some riskless principal account or maybe the issuer's account within just sixty seconds on the execution; plus the broker or seller has supervisory techniques in place to provide records that enable the broker or seller to properly and easily reconstruct, inside of a time-sequenced manner, all orders effected on a riskless principal basis.sixty seven 6. Volume of Buys
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(iv) Effected during the period of time from your time of general public announcement (as defined in § 230.one hundred sixty five(file)) of a merger, acquisition, or very similar transaction involving a recapitalization, right up until the sooner of your completion of these types of transaction or the completion from the vote by concentrate on shareholders. This exclusion isn't going to utilize to Rule 10b-18 buys: (A) Effected during such transaction during which the consideration is entirely money and there is no valuation period of time; or (B) Wherever: (one) The whole quantity of Rule 10b-eighteen purchases effected on any single day does not exceed the lesser of twenty five% of the security's 4-7 days ADTV or perhaps the issuer's common day-to-day Rule 10b-eighteen purchases in the course of the a few full calendar months previous the day of the announcement of such transaction; (2) The issuer's block purchases effected pursuant to paragraph (b)(four) of the portion don't exceed the common dimension and frequency of the issuer's block purchases effected pursuant to paragraph (b)(four) of this part during the 3 total calendar months preceding the day from the announcement of these kinds of transaction; and (3) These purchases are certainly not otherwise limited or prohibited;
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In the Proposing Release, we sought particular remark relating to the application of Rule 10b-18 to riskless principal transactions. Riskless principal transactions raise The problem of how to apply the Safe and sound harbor to the two "legs" with the transaction: the broker-seller's acquire in the marketplace for its very own account; plus the issuer's invest in on the shares in the broker-seller. The issuer along with the broker-supplier (obtaining on behalf on the issuer) might look for to say the security of your Protected harbor for the two legs of your transaction. We believe that the Harmless harbor need to implement to riskless principal trades that are analogous to agency trades effected on behalf with the issuer. Hence, the Risk-free harbor should really utilize only to Those people riskless principal transactions in which equally legs are effected at the same cost and just one leg is reported to the industry (e.g., transactions that will qualify for trade reporting beneath the NASD riskless principal trade-reporting regulations, which need that only the first leg in the transaction be claimed, instead of the offsetting sale for the issuer), delivered that this primary leg from the transaction satisfies each of the conditions of Rule 10b-eighteen.63 Appropriately, We've got amended the "Rule 10b-18 obtain" definition to explain that purchases with the issuer include riskless principal transactions.sixty four Paragraph (a)(twelve) from the Rule defines "riskless principal transaction" like a transaction in which a broker or dealer, after having obtained an purchase from your issuer to acquire its security, buys the safety as principal after which sells the safety (into the issuer) to fulfill the issuer's obtain order.
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She was the second born child into a family which eventually comprised of mother, father and seven children. The family lived in Vosloorus and her father was employed as a policeman. All the children including Rebecca received a basic education.
When Rebecca's father died some years later some of her siblings had married and others had moved away leaving Rebecca the only one at home. Her mother who had been at home was now forced to look for work so that Rebecca could finish her schooling. She worked at a crèche in Boksburg and Rebecca used to go there after school.
Some years later Rebecca fell pregnant and gave birth to a little girl in July 1982. The little girl was named Rose. The father of Rose was present only for 3 months before returning to Mozambique and never featured in their lives again. Shortly after this Rebecca's Mom suffered a stroke and could no longer work at the crèche. Rebecca took over her job while her mother looked after little Rose at home.
Rebecca started losing weight and generally had the feeling of being unwell. That scenario continued until one day she suddenly haemorrhaged! Rushed to the Johannesburg General Hospital she received emergency care and multiple blood transfusions. The verdict was that she had very advanced TB of the lungs She was treated and discharged on medication which included daily injections for 40 days from the local clinic. Rebecca began to feel better …so much so that she thought she didn't need to take the medication anymore! That was a fatal mistake as her condition deteriorated and she was diagnosed with MDR-TB. She was admitted to SANTA for a period of 6 months.
After the treatment was completed an HIV test confirmed that Rebecca was HIV positive. There and then she was commenced on anti -retrovirals. Her daughter Rose became her "supervisor" reminding her constantly to take her meds and generally encouraging and supporting her.
Around this time Rebecca was encouraged by the clinic Sister to attend the newly established support group started by Hospice East Rand. The meetings were held twice a week in a local church.
Sometime after that in 2006 a house in Vosloorus was purchased by Hospice East Rand and soon it opened as a drop-in daycare centre. So Rebecca might be classified as a founder member and indeed her
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Little Rose is no longer little! She is Rebecca's only child and she is a well educated woman trained in aspects of social care and a mother herself of 4 lovely children.
Some years later Rebecca looks the picture of health. She plays a significant role in the lives of her 4 grandchildren. She has become an educator in the community. She has physically helped in the nursing of community members and is particularly drawn to the youth to share her passion. She has learnt her lesson of non compliance the hard way!
Rebecca's mantra is "cancer kills, sugar diabetes kills but HIV does not kill."
That is the opening door to a conversation that exposes her passion, her witness and a deep concern for humanity as she shares the reality of her lived experience.
Without a doubt her winning smile, attitude and charisma is making a difference in her community. Well done Rebecca!
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First of all, my e-mail is hookofabook(at)hotmail(dot)com. If that's all you needed, hope to hear from you there. If you'd like to know about me, then keep reading!
I'm Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi and I'm a published author, writer, author, journalist, editor, marketer, public relations professional, and photographer. I have Bachelor of Arts degrees in Journalism, English, and History from a private college in Ohio. I was born in England where I lived for a few years in a quaint cottage as a toddler before heading to the United States, where I currently live. I am both a British and American citizen, which is really cool to me.
My debut collection, BREATHE. BREATHE., is a mix of dark poetry and short stories and was published by Unnerving Magazine for their book line in October 2017. Upon its debut, it reached #2 on the Amazon paid Hot New Release Best-seller list in women's poetry, right behind New York Times Best-seller Rupi Kaur's second book that came out at around the same time, where it stayed for bit. It also hit the top ten Amazon best-selling in the horror short stories category. it consistently stayed in the top 100 best-selling charts in both for three months. I'm also featured in Unnerving's anthology, HARDENED HEARTS, with my story, "The Heart of the Orchard," which published in December of 2017. As well, one of my stories from BREATHE. BREATHE., "Dandelion Yellow," is re-printed in the anthology called MY FAVORITE STORY. This anthology is made up of authors and podcast hosts of the Project Entertainment Network and includes work by Christopher Golden, Brian Keene, Jonathan Maberry, Mary SanGiovanni, and more. My poem about the medieval mermaid Melusine, "Chained by Love," was featured in the February 2018 issue of Enchanted Conversation: a fairy tale magazine. In July 2018, I had a poem anchor the anthology Dark Voices, an anthology of female dark fiction writers, published with proceeds to go to breast cancer research by Lycan Valley Press.
I'm an award-winning professional with over 20 years experience in the PR, Marketing, Advertising, Media, Writing, Journalism, Editing, and Communications fields, working in publicizing and marketing authors, people, healthcare services, tourism and travel, awareness issues, non-profit organizations, books, clothing, entertainment, events, festivals, and more over this time. I've written and edited numerous articles on a wide variety of subjects, for business clients, magazines, websites, as well as fiction. I written content for marketing materials, advertising: ads, billboards, radio and TV ads, websites, social media, and blogs. And…..I've been writing my whole life, ever since winning my local newspaper's essay contest when I was a teen.
I've owned Addison's Compass Public Relations now for ten years and Hook of a Book Media and Publicity for about seven. I've had this site for eight years now, which I started to talk about my writing and reading. I am also working on several manuscripts in various genres: children, historical, and horror/suspense.
I'm a very hands-on mother of three children (19, 15, 11), all who are early and avid readers who love books and writing as much as I do. My son is in his freshman year at George Washington University in Washington D.C.
I am diverse in my interests and publicize many types of book on this site (this doesn't include for work) and sometimes my children help in reviewing children's literature – middle grade, YA, and even adult.
As I noted, I am a writer myself. I've been writing articles, press releases, news pieces, website copy, material and ad copy, and blogging for years. I also have written a lot of poetry. In 2011, I finally started sketching and journaling about a children's book series I've been dying to write! It's a magical adventure series and in chapter book form.
I've now started a horror/suspense adult fiction and it's got some major revenge tones mixed with the paranormal. Taking place in Amherst, Mass., Emily Dickinson makes an appearance.
In poetry, I'm writing poems and compiling them around a water theme. I am searching for a publisher and hope it could make an appearance in 2018.
I'm additionally compiling research for an historical fiction based on my first family member to come to the United States in the 1600s when it became New Amsterdam….an English aristocracy,who was also Dutch for awhile, who was gifted land here that eventually became Manhattan.
I also have all these other ideas floating around my head that haunt me at night and tell my fingers to type.
We are freelance journalists and writers, as well as aspiring authors. We have a combined 40 years in the field of communications/editing/journalism/marketing/publicity and Tim assists me with Addison's Compass Public Relations and Hook of a Book Media.
We can write articles, blog, edit, manage social media, work with media, write press releases, bios, advertise, publicize, copy edit and consult, and perform marketing duties, create marketing materials, and more. I'd love to focus now on working with authors and am open for consultations.
Tim is a former newspaper journalist/news editor with stints as marketer/copywriter/social media manager/blogger. He has worked as a long time reporter, news and copy editor for a newspaper (and is an Associated Press award winning headline and editorial writer), an advertising/communications agency, a nationally known appliance company, for one of the biggest law firms in Ohio in the marketing department doing content writing, communications, and blogging/social media. Most recently he worked for clients for whom he did copy writing for ads, newsletters, white papers, etc., with the marketing department at a company in Cleveland as a writer, and he worked as an Assistant Editor at the online newspaper for three years, starting a new sect of their online news in a community, creating a Facebook page as an outlet for spreading the news that rose to over 5,000 followers in less than a year.
I also dabble with my hobby and utilize my Breathe Beauty Art and Photography as an outlet for my creative side and love of art and fine art photography. I primarily capture nature or outdoor architectural or historical photography. I do sell photos for book covers. I used to sell my photos as prints or notecards, but I need to find a new source for printing. Most of this takes a hiatus when we are so busy with everything else or might go as the seasons change. Check out my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/breathebeautyartandphotography.
I love history, fairy tales, fantasy, Tudor England, Egyptology, Paris, Victorian, paranormal, psychological horror, mythology, ancient cultures, food and baking, writing, reading, yoga, and art. I like walks outdoors with my camera and family, baking new things with my kids, and browsing old and new bookstores, vintage thrift stores, classical music AND rock music, art galleries and museums.
My favorite writers are Stephen King, Ted Dekker, Edgar Allan Poe, Brian Moreland, Deborah Harkness, Madeline L'Engle, C.W. Gortner, Dandi Mackall, Kate Mosse, Sue Harrison, Kathleen and Michael Gear, Eva Stachniak, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Kostova. I like historical fiction, especially on ancient Egypt, Rome, Tudor-era England, or Native American; horror-paranormal, psychological; thriller/suspense; YA and children's books.
I appreciate the award Nicky!! I do try to cover all different types of books and I suppose that is because as a person I'm so interested in so many things too. Thanks for following too!
I got my Kindle. email me. I don't understand it.
Hi, Phil! I will email you about your books, though the only option I see is through your contact form on your website. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you, Erik!! Best of luck for Toroa!!!


I spoke to one of my friends in the African-American community leadership on Friday morning. They are actively recruiting additional bloggers for Avenging Archangel.
Stay tuned, as 2.0 is pending.
My Hotmail account is where I get copies of these blog comments. It's active.
So will this blog become an African-American issue blog?
I like the variety of topics you have now!
The only real change I would expect is a greater emphasis on education, and a lesser emphasis on mass transit.
I still haven't heard back, but I should see my good friends soon.


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The project Yamaha's paint is its most striking modification. It had to be perfect.
I always wanted Cada Día to look like a factory bike; I didn't want it to scream 'look at me, I'm custom'.
I knew that painter Chris Tunbridge (www.ctmotorcycleservices.co.uk) and I had nailed it when photographing the finished bike next to a standard XSR700 at Webbs Yamaha in Peterborough – one guy walked up, looked at both, and said "I'd wouldn't buy that one, but I'd definitely buy that." Not that there's anything wrong with the standard XSR – sales are proving that – but with my off-white bike and its tidy styling next to the mix of colours and textures exhibited by the silver original, they look surprisingly different.
I had an idea of what I wanted when I took the bike to Chris' Maidstone workshop, and while we spent a couple of hours experimenting with ideas (after Chris had finished laughing at my terrible sketch), the final design maintained the colour scheme that I'd based on the Yamaha Yard Built logo (not the German football strip). We toyed with 'Speed Block' designs and LC-style swoops, but when Chris laid the tape on, running down onto the side panels, we both knew he had it.
Chris wasn't impressed with my sketch, though it set the style for the colours.
Laying the tape, even when in the planning stages, is an art form.
"Getting the paint out of the gun is the easy part, it's the hours of preparation, the cleaning, the primer, the base-coats – that's what really takes the time in a job. It takes seconds to lay a coat of paint, but I've had a tank take eight hours just to mask! A bike can typically take about 20 hours to complete, but probably only four of five minutes are spent with a paint gun in my hand.
I stripped the bike in Chris' workshop, but knowing it would be a few weeks until it went back together, I used old tackle boxes to label the fixings.
"The XSR's plastic panels were fairly easy to prep, just needing cleaning and degreasing, keying with grey Scotch-Brite, then a fine primer, which I flatted off very gently with 600-grit. Once cleaned again, it meant the mudguard, tail, hugger, side panels and top of the tank were relatively quick as there were no scratches, nicks or cracks to deal with.
"As lovely looking as the tank's brushed-aluminium side panels were, their surface was cratered and orange-peeled – they needed flatting down with a coarse abrasive, then etch primed. Then they had a large dose of high-build primer and a guide-coat [a dusting of black] to see any remaining imperfections. Finally they were flatted down and ready to start working on.
Stripped and ready, this is where I would leave Chris to it.
"I knew the bike needed to be an off-white as soon as you showed me the colours – they'd be too brash on pure white. I had to make it quite a 'dirty' white – if it had gone too creamy it'd look yellow.
"The panels were first painted a flat, off-white base coat. They were then painted in the flat cream colour I mixed specially, then followed by two coats of Mercedes Metallic White – it looks like white pump-soap in the tin, and allows the colour underneath to show through.
"When all that had gone off, I sprayed a clear-coat with one-percent liquid Xirallic [tiny flakes of aluminium oxide covered in titanium oxide for a fine glitter effect] and a thumbnail's worth of crushed pearl-effect powder. After that, the colours went on, laid over each other, and finally the black before another, crystal-clear lacquer.
Masked ready for the first of the stripes to be painted.
Final flatting before the second layers of lacquer are applied.
I mocked up some visuals as we were planning the paint scheme.
The finished job is nothing short of stunning. This £750 paint job has a deep, sparkling shine that you can judge yourself at Motorcycle Live this November at the NEC; it's bought a continuity and style to a machine so clearly created as a good-value canvas for riders. Chris tells me as I load the bike onto my trailer before heading home "When I paint a modern bike that's not a full-on custom, I try to make it look like it could be a factory special – like it could have been a development bike.
We decided not to paint the hugger off-white, or the wheels. We wanted something that would grab attention, but that would look like it could have rolled out of Yamaha's Iwata factory. I think we did it.
I'd always wanted gaiters on the XSR's forks. I'd like to say it was to protect the sliders, but to be honest it was because they look cool.
There are plenty available on eBay, but I wanted to make sure they'd fit and bellow without buckling, so went for the £36.99 Yamaha parts. But the remaining chrome at the top of the forks just didn't look right. The Anniversary Edition XSR700 has black-chrome forks, or the MT-07 has plastic sleeves at the top.
My XSR has £4.39 40mm black waste pipe from Screwfix. Cut to size, then split down the length, it snaps over the top of the forks to black them out, creating a more balanced look. With the split turned towards the headstock it can't be seen, and I found that by putting a second piece over each side, the diameter matched that of the fork lowers, giving a really distinctive and beefier look to the front-end. Sure, it serves no handling purpose, but it balances against the other tweaks to create an overall package that I'm really pleased with.
The area beneath the seat looks untidy on the XSR, thanks to the brake reservoir, ABS pipes and cables on the right, and another pair of cable bunches on the left. Chris came up with an idea to use black Foamex board to create infill panels, which looked good on the left, but when I got home and tried on the right, proved unhelpful.
Yamaha rightly insists that Yard Built bikes cannot have any part of the frame cut or welded, and while it would have been easy to move the brake reservoir, its bracket is welded to the frame. After experimenting with many different designs of panel that could run around the bracket I gave up.
The solution proved much more simple, if not in execution. By removing the battery box and the tank, I could drop the back of the air-box down. From there I was able to run the offending cables ahead of the air-box mounting bolts and hide them behind the frame. The right was easy, while on the left there was just enough slack in the cable to reach.
A plain black brake reservoir would have tidied up the right, but with costs getting so high I tried making a cover out of 40mm waste pipe… and it worked.


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New oiled bronze light fixtures help freshen up this eating area.
Cabinet hardware switched from gold to oiled bronze brings new life to this kitchen.
Darker walls, new flooring and white trim work help transform this foyer.
New flooring and painted white trim work bring new life to this living room.
New flooring and a bright red island are just two of the great features in this kitchen remodel.
Removing the kitchen bulk head makes this kitchen seem much larger.
This kitchen floor plan was reconfigured to make the space more open and include a center island.
New flooring makes all the difference in this kitchen.
New paint, woodwork painted white, new flooring and removal of the built-in shelf are are fantastic updates to this dining room.
This bathroom comes alive with a the complete renovation!
This credenza is a beautiful piece of furniture, but the new built-ins match the existing kitchen cabinets and unify the space.
A subway tile back splash and new counter tops make this kitchen look completely updated.
Black granite counter tops give this kitchen island a fresh look. The crescent edge allows for stools.
This basement, kitchenette and bar area was freshened up with painted cabinets and lighter carpeting.
Painted cabinetry and oiled bronze fixtures help this master bathroom seem clean and fresh.
This stairwell comes to life with painted spindles. The neutral walls and lighter carpet help update this area.
This room was cleared out, painted a neutral color and the drapes were removed to feature the beautiful windows.
This kitchen didn't get much sunlight, so we painted the cabinets to brighten it up. The flooring was updated to help the breakfast nook and kitchen flow.
Simply re-arranging furniture can make a room look larger. The matching pillows and drapes add spice to this living room.
A spare bedroom is transformed by decluttering and adding coordinating drapes and bedding.
This bland office was spiced up by adding a few additional pieces of furniture and some accessories.


Harvey Forderer, 77, of Fargo, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019, at his home in Fargo.
Harvey was born October 7, 1941 at Linton, ND, the son of Edward and Freida (Thurn) Forderer. He attended rural school and worked for area farmers. Harvey later moved to Minneapolis, working various jobs and was a manager of a warehouse. Minneapolis is where he met Lois Conrad. They were married on June 28, 1969 in Page. They lived a short time in Minneapolis, Wahpeton and Jamestown, ND. In 1971, they moved to Page where they resided until 1988 when they moved to Leonard, ND. In 1990, they moved to Fargo. He had a career of over 49 years driving semi trucks for several trucking firms. He was still driving at the time of his death.
Harvey enjoyed collecting cars, watches, John Wayne memorabilia and time spent with his family.
Surviving are sons, Richard (Stacy) of Fargo, Travis (Jessica) of Casselton and Andrew of Fargo; daughter, Cynthia Forderer of Fargo; grandchildren, Amanda Rhinhart and Sarah Tarvestad, Anela and Marjorie Forderer; a brother, Elmer of Sequim, WA; sisters, Shirley (Robert) Kloberdanz of Canyon Springs, CO and Donna (Myron) Morlock of Pierre, SD; a number of nieces and nephews.
Preceding Harvey in death were his parents and wife, Lois.
Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 22, 2019, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Casselton.
Visitation: 5 to 7 pm followed by a 7 p.m. Prayer Service, Thursday, March 21, at the church and an hour before the funeral on Friday.


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← Contributors
Igor Yurgens
Igor Yurgens is Chairman of the Board, Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR), Russia.
Since 2001 has been vice president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Yurgens also is Honorary Council General of Monaco in the Russian Federation.
Mr. Yurgens graduated from the Moscow State University. He has a PhD in Economics and is a professor at the Higher School of Economics.
Starting in 1974 he served in various positions with the international departments of the All-Nation Professional Unions Confederation and of the UNESCO Secretariat.
Articles by Igor Yurgens (1)
Igor Yurgens 1 Aug 2014 17:04
MH17: Russia faces a tough test
The aftermath of the tragic crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has generated consensus among the world's leading countries on Russia's role in the Ukrainian crisis.


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Nanny State Hawaii May Increase Smoking Age To 100
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,
The state government in Hawaii wants to increase the smoking age to 100. Although pretty much everyone on Earth knows smoking is damaging to a person's overall health, the nanny state is taking it upon themselves to ban the use of more substances.
Nothing good can ever come from the government dictating to people what they are allowed to put in their bodies, and that includes smoking. Are we free or not? Do we own ourselves or not? Governments assume they own us as tax cattle and therefore it's their right to tell us how to live our lives. Unfortunately, too many bow down to the whims of the state while others enforce these nanny state policies.
If this bill succeeds in becoming a law, it would effectively ban the use of cigarettes for a very vast majority of the Hawaiian population. The bill was proposed by Democrat Richard Creagan, an obvious authoritarian. Even if it does become a law, laws hinge only on the population's willingness to abide by them, so it could be futile much like prohibition was. Not to mention worldwide smoking rates are plummeting to people voluntarily making the decision that it isn't good for them. According to the BBC, Creagan, who was an emergency room physician before he was elected as state representative in 2014, calls the cigarette "the deadliest artifact in human history" in the bill.
The new bill, HB 1509, demands that the smoking age go up to 30 in 2020, 40 in 2021, 50 in 2022, and 60 in 2023. The last jump will take place in 2024 when people would need to be 100 years old to buy cigarettes.
"We don't allow people free access to opioids, for instance, or any prescription drugs," Creagan said in defense of his tyrannical bill.
And even though the government has banned opioids without a prescription, there's an opioid addiction crisis lowering the life expectancy of Americans. Prepare for a cigarette black market in Hawaii should Creagan get his way.
All nanny state policies including taxation beg the question: who owns you?


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HongKong is a sans serif typeface created by Gaetan Baehr and published by Indian Type Foundry which was inspired by futuristic style. With a minimalist design it comes in 14 styles, 7 weights (from Hairline to Black) and their italics. It is ideal for branding, poster, logotype, graphic design etc. Have fun in (with) HongKong!
A font description published on Monday, April 2nd, 2018 in Fonts, Gaetan Baehr, Indian Type Foundry by Alexandra that has 2,370 views.


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The Type 63 and Type 65 are Chinese self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the china type 58(T-34-85 produced in china) medium tank chassis.

Description
The Type 63 is a Type 58 produced by China converted into an anti-aircraft vehicle, armed with Chinese twin 37 mm Type 61 AA guns. The related Type 65 variant was instead based on the Type 58 chassis. None of the original Type 63's survive today.

The Type 65 retained the hull from the Type 58 but the turret was replaced by an open-top box turret armed with twin Type 61 37mm anti-aircraft guns. The guns were loaded manually with 5-round clips. While the Type 65 was on par with contemporary anti-aircraft systems, such as the M42 Duster, due to the lack of hydraulic elevation systems, the guns had to be elevated manually. Because of this, the Type 65 was ineffective against fast moving, low flying aircraft, and while it proved somewhat effective in the ground support anti-armour role, it was ineffective against then-modern main battle tank armour of the Vietnam War.

Construction
The modification was made by bolting a steel plate over the opening in the hull for the turret with 27 bolts. The plate was reinforced with a vertical steel beam welded to the hull floor and the bottom of the roof plate. A twin 37mm Type 61 anti aircraft gun was removed from its 4-wheeled carriage and it's traversing gearbox was bolted to the middle of the steel plate. A turret was made from welded sheet metal and bolted to the floor of the anti aircraft gun mount. The only ammunition stowage was two metal bins, one located on each side of the outside of the hull. A travel lock made from channel iron is located on the engine deck of the tank.

Service history
Both Type 63 and Type 65 were supplied to the NVA by China during the Vietnam War. The NVA were supplied with several examples of the tank from China and used them during the Vietnam War, but only a small number were available due to the lack of adequate anti-aircraft equipment. It remained in service with the post-war People's Army of Vietnam, as well as the PLA, with the last numbers being retired in 1990.

One example of the Type 65 was captured by the ARVN 4th Infantry Regiment during the 1972 Easter Offensive. This vehicle was turned over to the United States military and shipped to Bayonne, New Jersey in the Summer of 1975. From there it was shipped to Aberdeen Proving Ground where it was evaluated. It was placed on display at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds where it remained until the early 2010s, when it was transferred to the Air Defense Artillery Museum in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Uncertainty over Origin
There is disagreement over the origin of the tank. While many sources claim it is of Chinese manufacture, it may be a single Vietnamese improvised vehicle. It was crudely made, with basic materials which is common of improvised fighting vehicles, and little information on the vehicle exists in Chinese military archives, though recent studies indicate that such a vehicle was in service with the People's Liberation Army. The vehicle captured by the ARVN 4th Infantry Regiment is the only known example to exist. This vehicle did have the number "045" painted on at least the left and presumably both sides of the turret, which suggests there may have been more examples manufactured, but no other vehicles are currently known. Similar Vietnamese SPAAGs exist, including a T-34 hull with a 57mm anti-aircraft gun mounted in turret with a similar design, also missing the hull machine gun. However, recent studies have confirmed the existence of both Type 63 and Type 65.

Many sources state that the armament are paired "Type 63" anti-aircraft guns, however the Type 65 is the more likely armament, as the Type 63 AA gun is not mentioned in any sources beyond references to this self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. This could be due to the limited information on Chinese military equipment available in the United States during the Cold War.

Operators

Former operators
  - Remained in service until 1990.
  - A handful of examples supplied from China in the 1960s. Passed on to unified Vietnam.
  - At least one captured from the Vietnamese People's Army.
  - Small numbers retained after the Vietnam War.

References

Bibliography
 Hogg, Ian (2000). Twentieth-Century Artillery. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers.
 Dougherty, Martin J. (2007). The World's Worst Weapons. Amber Books Ltd.

Cold War weapons of China
Weapons of the People's Republic of China
Anti-aircraft guns of the Cold War
Anti-aircraft guns of China
Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons of China
37 mm artillery
Military vehicles introduced in the 1960s


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Q: Load data in view in Laravel I have a simple controller function that fetch all records from db. but when i am trying to show all these records it show nothing. In fact it shows me hard coded foreach loop like this.
 @foreach ($compactData as $value) {{ $value->Name }} @endforeach

this is my contoller function.
public function showallProducts()
{
    $productstock = Product::all()->stocks;
    $productoldprice = Product::all()->OldPrices;
    $productcurrentprice = Product::all()->CurrentPrice;
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    return view('welcome', compact($compactData));
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this is my view
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                All products

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 why it is behaving like this. any solution?? I am using phpstorm version 17. Is their any setting issue to run project because what ever project I ran it gives me the only page which i ran with only html?
My route is.
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    $action = 'showallProducts';
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A: Have you checked your $compactData variable? Please dd($compactData) to see what it contains.
Problem 1
You are accessing a relational property as a property of Eloquent collection, like this:
Product::all()->stocks
which is not correct. Because the Collection object doesn't have the property stocks but yes the Product object might have a stocks property. Please read the Laravel documentation about Collection.
Problem 2
$compactData = array('productstock', 'productoldprice', 'productcurrentprice');
This line creating an array of 4 string, plain string not variable. So, your $compactData is containing an array of 4 string. If you want to have a variable with associative array then you need to do the following:
$compactData = compact('productstock', 'productoldprice', 'productcurrentprice');
Problem 3
return view('welcome', compact($compactData));

Here you are trying to pass the $compactDate to the welcome view but unfortunately compact() function doesn't accept variable but the string name of that variable as I have written in Problem 2. So, it should be:
return view('welcome', compact('compactData'));

Problem 4
Finally, in the blade you are accessing each element of the $compactData data variable and print them as string which might be an object.

A: I think you didn't mention the blade in the name of the view file by which it is saved. So change the name of the file by which it is save to something like:
filename.blade.php

and try again.
Explanation:
@foreach ($compactData as $value) this is the syntax of blade template engine, and to parse and excute it, you have to mention the blade extension in the name.

A: You most likely have a problem with your web server.
Try to use Laravel Valet as development environnement.
Edit : I found this : Valet for Windows


Tonight was our Lifehouse social night. That means we had a meal as a group, pizza tonight, and then we mix & mingle and get to know everyone there a little bit better. All of our kids ate & played outside having a blast! I love getting to just sit & talk with all the other families that God has blessed us to be with in this Lifehouse. Thank you Ryan & Monica for opening your home to all of us each week!


No new topics have successfully been created on the Exalted forum since November 3rd, even though the posts have been showing up in the 'Latest Topics' sidebar.
Also, no existing topics have registered new posts since then either, even though at least one, Ask the Devs, has been updating.
Scion 2E: What We Know - A wiki compiling info on second edition Scion.
Seconding this, and I have seen people reporting issues elsewhere.
I emailed the administration team a few days ago.
Please spare a thought for updating the Exalted wiki.
No new topics have successfully been created on the Exalted forum since November 3rd.
Topics are being successfully created, they're just not displaying in the forum topic listing.
Unfortunately I don't know what's causing it, but last time it happened, it sorted itself out.
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Wow, what a spectacular participation this week!
The Mavens and I Have really enjoyed seeing so many new participants and your layouts!
There are some really talented people coming here each week, like finding hidden gems !
Congrats everyone!!! I'm honored to be chosen as top 3!! ALL of the layouts were simply amazing!!
congrat so the winners! It was fun seeing all the sketches and how they were used!
Congrats to the Top 3 and the winner! It was such a fun looking at everyone's work.
Congrats, Sharon, I told you that layout was fantastic :) Congrats to the top 3 as well. I love all of them!


I made a joke about my Ad Age Power 150 ranking a while back, but when I found out how low my score was last Spring it seriously upset me.
I used to be a top-ranked blogger! What happened?
De-listing became a serious thought for a couple of days. After all, publicly quitting networks and such seems to be the fashionable thing to do amongst bloggers these days.


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By the South Park guys and Avenue Q's Robert Lopez
Lots of profanity and adult material
So wrong in so many ways- and all the more hilarious because of this
Promises to be the hit musical of the season (tickets will be tough!)
About 2 hours 30 minutes, one intermission
Lottery: two hours before each show, for $32 tickets
Standing room: $27, only when show is sold out
To purchase tickets, visit telecharge.com or call 212.239.6200.
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone
Directed by Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, Choreographed by Casey Nicholaw
Broadway, New Musical
Open Run
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 230 West 49th Street
by Dan Dinero on 3.25.11
From left, Josh Gad, Nikki M. James and Andrew Rannells, with the cast of The Book of Mormon. Photo by Sara Krulwich.
BOTTOM LINE: The Book of Mormon is somehow both jaw-droppingly ill-mannered and adorably innocent, not to mention one of the best new musicals in recent memory.
Oh, hyperbole—you are so dangerous. The trouble with rave reviews is that sometimes, when folks finally get to see the show, their expectations are far higher than any show could possibly live up to. I want you to see The Book of Mormon, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. So I won't say that it is The Best Musical Ever! (It isn't). Or The Best Musical Comedy Since The Producers! (the epitome of overrated musicals). Or even The Best New Musical of the Season! (in many ways, The Scottsboro Boys was just as good, if a lot less fun). But it is easily the best new musical currently playing on Broadway.
If you've seen Trey Parker and Matt Stone's South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut, you will have some idea of the treats in store for you here. Like the 1999 movie, The Book of Mormon has a story line and lyrics that go far beyond the edge of "proper decorum." I don't want to overshadow the score's truly excellent music. But if you blush at foul language, be warned. Oh my god, be warned. At times, The Book of Mormon makes the South Park movie look like The Sound of Music. Yet while The Book of Mormon is foul-mouthed, offensive, blasphemous, and incredibly rude, it is also one of the sweetest, most innocently hopeful musicals I have seen in a long time. And the fact that it manages to be both is a key factor in its success.
The story concerns two young Mormons who are sent to Uganda for their mission. Needless to say, Uganda is not their first choice—nor is the slobby, overweight, unsocialized Elder Cunningham (a terrifically annoying Josh Gad) the first choice partner for Elder Price (Andrew Rannells). Price, the golden boy of his missionary training center, has a deep-seated faith in his religion, and is horrified by Cunningham's ignorance about Mormon theology. Normally, this "handsome leading man" role would be the show's least interesting character, but Rannells gives a subtle, layered performance. Outwardly, he is overly polite to everyone he meets, yet inwardly he is overly confident that he actually will save the world—all by himself.
As Nabalungi, the village girl who is the first to see the possibilities in what Price and Cunningham have to offer, Nikki M. James is freshly bright-eyed and eternally sweet. Her touching ballad about the magical land of Salt Lake City is one of the few times the show takes a break from its steady stream of more adult humor. She also plays a key role in what happens to the boys once they arrive in Uganda. And while it would be a shame to spoil them here, these adventures are capped off with "Joseph Smith American Moses," clearly inspired by "The Small House of Uncle Thomas" from The King and I. Sung by the Ugandans with innocent, enthusiastic vigor, this is hands down the most shockingly crude story-song I have ever had the pleasure to witness. It also happens to be pure genius, and that is no exaggeration.
Given that The Book of Mormon is by Parker, Stone, and Robert Lopez (Avenue Q), it is not surprising that Uganda here embodies every single stereotype about Africa you have ever heard. Starvation, poverty, warlords, genital mutilation, AIDS—this village has it all. But The Book of Mormon is not blind to the troublesome ways in which "Africa" is often represented in Western culture (what I think of as the "fly on the eyelid" syndrome). Indeed, as a hilarious reference to The Lion King makes clear, its intent is actually to skewer these prejudices, well-intentioned as they often are. While this is often an extremely difficult line to walk, between "Hasa Diga Eebowai" (don't worry, it gets translated) and Cunningham's wonderfully self-centric "I Am Africa," The Book of Mormon walks it brilliantly.
Now, one might expect The Book of Mormon to be an attack on Mormonism, especially given that church's recent attacks on another segment of the population (i.e., the segment most commonly associated with musical theatre). But to the writers' credit, The Book of Mormon is not an attack at all. Which is not to say Mormonism doesn't take its fair share of knocks. The show starts off with some delightfully irreverent diorama-style Mormon storytelling (a nod to the all-too real Hill Cumorah Pageant). The team of missionaries are introduced with the song "Turn It Off"; led by their deliciously repressed head Elder (Rory O'Malley), the Mormons explain just how it is that they can keep smiling, no matter what happens. And then there is the theological masterpiece "I Believe," in which we learn about some of the more interesting tenets of Mormonism.
Given all of this teasing, how can Parker and Stone call The Book of Mormon an "atheist love letter to religion"? Indeed, The Book of Mormon seems to be saying that all religion is in many ways completely ridiculous, often involving crazy stories that don't make any sense, and that any logical person should well run screaming in the other direction. But The Book of Mormon also shows why people don't—and how religion can be a source for good—because religion provides hope, light, and inspiration to countless people. For myself, I think the exact same things can be said about musical theatre, especially after seeing The Book of Mormon.
(The Book of Mormon plays at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 240 W 49th Street. Performances are Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7 PM, Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 PM and 8 PM, and Sundays at 2 PM and 7 PM. The schedule changes slightly between May 30 and September 4: Wednesdays are at 2 PM and 7 PM, and Sundays are at 3 PM. Tickets are $69 - $142. There is a lottery two hours before each show; winners can purchase two $32 tickets in the front row and boxes. When the show is sold out, standing room is available at the box office for $27, cash only, 1 per person. To purchase tickets, visit telecharge.com or call 212.239.6200. For more information visit www.bookofmormonbroadway.com.)


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