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January 9, 2023, 9:57 p.m. ·7 min read
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador challenged U.S. President Joe Biden to end an attitude of "abandonment" and "disdain" for Latin America and the Caribbean as the two leaders met on Monday, making for a brusque opening to a summit of North American leaders.
The comments were a stark contrast to the public display of affection between López Obrador and Biden shortly before, as they smiled and embraced and shook hands for the cameras. But once the two sat down in an ornate room at the Palacio Nacional, flanked by delegations of top officials, it didn't take long for tensions to bubble to the surface.
Most of the summit's work will be handled on Tuesday, when the two leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are to hold hours of talks. Migration, both legal and illegal, and border security will be key topics.
On Monday, López Obrador challenged Biden to improve life across the region, telling him that "you hold the key in your hand."
"This is the moment for us to determine to do away with this abandonment, this disdain, and this forgetfulness for Latin America and the Caribbean," he said.
He also complained that too many imports are coming from Asia instead of being produced in the Americas.
"We ask ourselves, couldn't we produce in America what we consume?" he said. "Of course."
Biden responded by defending the billions of dollars that the United States spends in foreign aid around the world, saying "unfortunately our responsibility just doesn't end in the Western Hemisphere." And he referenced U.S. deaths from fentanyl, a drug that flows over the border from Mexico.
While both men pledged to work together, it was a noticeably sharp exchange, on full display before reporters. They met privately for about an hour before having dinner with Trudeau and their wives.
The meeting is held most years, although there was a hiatus while Donald Trump was U.S. president. It's often called the "three amigos summit," a reference to the deep diplomatic and economic ties between the countries, but new strains have emerged.
All three countries are struggling to handle an influx of people arriving in North America and to crack down on smugglers who profit from persuading migrants to make the dangerous trip to the U.S.
In addition, Canada and the U.S. accuse López Obrador of violating a free trade pact by favoring Mexico's state-owed utility over power plants built by foreign and private investors. Meanwhile, Trudeau and López Obrador are concerned about Biden's efforts to boost domestic manufacturing, creating concerns that U.S. neighbors could be left behind.
Biden and López Obrador haven't been on particularly good terms for the past two years either. The Mexican leader made no secret of his admiration for Trump, and last year he skipped a Los Angeles summit because Biden didn't invite the authoritarian regimes of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
However, there have been attempts made at thawing the relationship. Biden made a point of flying into the new Felipe Angeles International Airport, a prized project of the Mexican president even though it's been a source of controversy.
The airport, which is expected to cost $4.1 billion when finished, is more than an hour's drive north of the city center, has few flights and until recently lacked consistent drinking water. However, it's one of the keystone projects that López Obrador is racing to finish before his term ends next year, along with an oil refinery, a tourist train in the Yucatan Peninsula and a train linking Gulf coast and Pacific seaports.
The two leaders rode into Mexico City in Biden's limousine. López Obrador was fascinated by the presidential vehicle known as "the beast," and he said Biden "showed me how the buttons work."
In a notably warm comment, the Mexican president described the two leaders' first encounter of the trip as "very pleasant," and he said "President Biden is a friendly person."
The U.S. and Mexico have also reached an agreement on a major shift in migration policy, which Biden announced last week.
Under the plan, the U.S. will send 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela back across the border from among those who entered the U.S. illegally. Migrants who arrive from those four countries are not easily returned to their home countries for a variety of reasons.
In addition, 30,000 people per month from those four nations who get sponsors, background checks and an airline flight to the U.S. will get the ability to work legally in the country for two years.
On Monday, before the summit began, López Obrador said he would consider accepting more migrants than previously announced.
"We don't want to anticipate things, but this is part of what we are going to talk about at the summit," López Obrador said. "We support this type of measures, to give people options, alternatives," he said, adding that "the numbers may be increased."
Mexico would likely also require an increase in those receiving work authorization in the U.S. in order to take back more migrants who are being expelled.
Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser, cautioned that nothing was decided yet.
"What we need is to see how the program announced last week works in practice, what if any adjustments need to be made to that program and then we can talk about taking the next steps," he said.
On his way to Mexico, Biden stopped in El Paso, Texas, for four hours — his first time at the border as president and the longest he's spent along the U.S-Mexico line. The visit was highly controlled and seemed designed to counter Republican claims of a crisis situation by showcasing a smooth operation to process migrants entering legally, weed out smuggled contraband and humanely treat those who've entered illegally.
But the trip was likely to do little to quell critics from both sides, including immigrant advocates who accuse the Democratic president of establishing cruel policies not unlike those of his hardline predecessor, Republican Donald Trump.
The number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has risen dramatically during Biden's first two years in office. There were more than 2.38 million stops during the year that ended Sept. 30, the first time the number topped 2 million.
On Monday afternoon, López Obrador formally welcomed Biden at the Palacio Nacional, the first time since 2014 that Mexico has hosted a U.S. president.
In a display of solidarity, the first ladies of the U.S. and Mexico delivered the same speech, alternating between Jill Biden in English and Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller in Spanish.
"We believe that poverty is not destined by God, but the product of inequality," Jill Biden said. "We know that the poor deserve to live better and are working with compassion, every day, to improve lives for everyone."
Earlier in the day, Jill Biden met with women from the fields of education, art and business, most of them recipients of U.S. cooperation programs or scholarships.
"Do whatever you want but teach others," she said.
Biden is expected to follow up his first trip to Mexico as president with another to Canada, although it has not yet been scheduled.
A senior Canadian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said Canada is working with Americans on a visit in the near future.
Associated Press writers Andres Leighton in El Paso, Texas; Anita Snow in Phoenix; Morgan Lee in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Mark Stevenson and Christopher Sherman in Mexico City; Rob Gillies in Toronto and Chris Megerian and Josh Boak in Washington contributed to this report.
Colleen Long And Maria Verza, The Associated Press
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Yednovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Shemogodskoye Velikoustyugsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 10 as of 2002.

Geography
Yednovo is located 31 km northeast of Veliky Ustyug (the district's administrative centre) by road. Balagurovo is the nearest rural locality.

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Rural localities in Velikoustyugsky District

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Kipling, Rudyard (1865 – 1936)
Artist Autographs
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Kipling admits to plagiarism in The Jungle Book!
A one-page autograph letter signed by Rudyard Kipling, circa 1895, opening "I have been absent from home for some days. Hence the delay in answering yours of no date, in regard to my account of the Law of the Jungle."
Kipling goes on, "I am afraid that all that code in its outlines has been manufactured to meet 'the necessities of the case': though a little of it is bodily taken from (Southern) Esquimaux rules for the division of spoils. In fact, it is extremely possible that I have helped myself promiscuously but at present cannot remember from whose stories I have stolen.
Very sincerely, Rudyard Kipling". In very fine condition.
Kipling's Law of the Jungle was a set of rules that, if followed, would ensure safety, justice and fairness for all who entered the jungle. It was a strictly hierarchical concept, incorporating ideas of subservience, obedience, and authority.
The Jungle Book was published in 1894. Letters by Kipling that mention his most enduring work are extremely rare
Category: Archive.
"in regard to my account of the Law of the Jungle"
Monroe, Marilyn (1926 – 1962) & Miller, Arthur (1915 – 2005)
Monroe and Miller sign a record to their Rabbi, on the day of their wedding!
Chopin, Frédéric (1810 – 1849)
An important and poignant letter, 1848
Mercury, Freddie (1946 – 1991)
Mercury fills out a questionnaire, age 14
Hughes, Howard (1905 – 1976)
An impressive and extremely rare 9.5″ X 7.5″ head and shoulders portrait signed and inscribed by Howard Hughes.

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June 14 2016 and June 15 2016, the National Business Institute will be holding a professional education seminar for attorneys on title insurance. I will be giving a lecture on June 15. My topics are Quiet Title lawsuits in Illinois and Drafting Documents to Cure Defects on title.
To form your own corporation, you must take these essential steps. If you've sorted through the many types of business structures and decided to create a corporation, you're facing a list of important — but manageable — tasks. Here's what you must do: Choose an available business name that complies with your state's corporation rules….


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Trippie Redd has often been pegged as one of the leaders of so-called emo-rap—his vocals range from sung to caterwauled, his lyrics delve into the dark sides of love, drugs, and mental health, and he's released songs featuring him singing over unaccompanied electric and acoustic guitars. The Ohio rapper's new mixtape, A Love Letter to You 3, takes the burgeoning subgenre closer to one of its logical conclusions: pop. Like its two predecessors, both released in 2017, the project was written after a breakup, which it often addresses head-on. But the sound is lighter, more melodic, and much more hopeful—a far cry from the distorted, SoundCloud-centric music that first gained Trippie fame. The first single, "Topanga," named after a bucolic Los Angeles enclave known for hills, hiking, and hippies, might be his most joyful song yet. Trippie tells Apple Music about his love life, depression, and oversharing.
Do you go to Topanga Canyon a lot? Are you into hiking?
I actually didn't even realize that Topanga was a word until after I recorded the song. The craziest thing about it is my friend Juan, he lived in Topanga and I used to stay up there with him. It's like one of those words that I knew that just snuck up on me. When you hear it, it's like, "You made it! You're here!"
You recorded this album right after a pretty public breakup, and you can hear it in the music, especially in "Toxic Waste."
"Toxic Waste" is about a toxic relationship—and that's all I can really say about that. A lot of people be looking for trouble. I think even sometimes I be looking for trouble on purpose.
What about "I Tried Loving"? It's easy to imagine writing that after a breakup.
It's about depression and shit. I almost ended up changing up the title to "I Tried Loving Myself" 'cause that's what it was supposed to be called, low-key.
You aren't shy about your personal life, whether in your music or on social media. Does being so public take a toll on your relationships?
No. I feel like I should just be open with everybody. I just speak what's real, what's on my mind. A lot of people would say they don't fuck with me for doing that, but it is what it is. I like the people that like me for me at the end of the day, so I'm not going to act like somebody else. I'm going to act like myself. You like me, you like me. If you don't, oh well.
A Love Letter to You 3 Trippie Redd
Fire Starter (feat. Emani22)
Negative Energy (feat. Kodie Shane)
Can't Love
Love Scars 3
A.L.L.T.Y. 3 (feat. Baby Goth)
Emani Interlude (feat. Emani22)
Elevate & Motivate (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Nel-Denarro)
I Tried Loving
Loyalty Before Royalty
1400 / 999 Freestyle (feat. Juice WRLD)
Diamond Minds (feat. Tory Lanez & Elliott Trent)
Camp Fire Tale
℗ 2018 TenThousand Projects, LLC
More By Trippie Redd
LIFE'S A TRIP
A Love Letter To You
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Sauce (feat. Trippie Redd) - Single
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For this swap you'll have three partners, you'll send them two postcards in an envelope, one blank, for them to keep, and one self addressed and stamped one to send back to you! You can choose to write on it yourself before sending or let them write you a message, it's senders choice since you're getting it back in the mail! Feel free to add stickers/washi to the PC you're getting back! While the PC is senders choice, try to find something your partner will enjoy!
Newbies welcome with at least 35 completed and rated Type 2 or Type 3 swaps!
I will be checking all profiles!


Engineered to provide superior performance in hot and humid climates, the Taclite Pro Short is crafted from 6.14 oz. poly/cotton ripstop fabric, ensuring durability, breathability, and lasting comfort in the warmest environments. The self-adjusting tunnel waistband ensures a secure and reliable fit that moves with you, while triple needle reinforcements and 48 individual bartacks ensure maximum durability. Additional features include our signature 5.11 strap and slash pockets at the rear, extra deep front pockets, three thigh-mounted utility pockets, a double thick seat, and a convenient D-ring that holds your keys or ID.
Warm weather never felt so good. Modeled after our popular 5.11 Stryke™ Pants, the 5.11 Stryke™ Shorts present the same valuable features in a useful, lightweight tactical short. Made from Flex-Tac® ripstop fabric, with a TEFLON® finish and fully gusseted crotch, these shorts deliver durability, flexibility, and comfort for the mission or casual environment. The 12 pockets, including low-profile cargo pockets with AR magazine compartments, keep your hunting, range, or tactical gear in place. Stay ready when it's hot outside.
The perfect shorts for the EMS professional. Engineered from Taclite® ripstop fabric, these shorts are lightweight, breathable, and durable. With a high-rise, self-adjusting waistband and fully gusseted crotch, they deliver maximum comfort and range of motion, regardless of whether you're riding en route, running, or kneeling at the scene. Extra smart pockets, including thigh-mounted cargo pockets with integrated organizing compartments, ensure your EMS gear is right there, where it needs to be. Ready for a good day's work.
Tough, lightweight, breathable 6.14-oz., 65% polyester/35% cotton ripstop. Fade and wrinkle-resistant. Teflon treated for stain, liquid and soil resistance. Patented rear strap and slash pockets. Action waist and a gusseted crotch for enhanced movement. Double-reinforced seat. Double and triple-needle stitching. Bartacks in high-stress areas. Quick-access multipurpose pocket. YKK zippers, Prym snaps. 9 1/2 inch inseam.
Tough, lightweight, breathable 6.14-oz., 65% polyester/35% cotton ripstop. Fade and wrinkle-resistant. Teflon treated for stain, liquid and soil resistance. Patented rear strap and slash pockets. Action waist and a gusseted crotch for enhanced movement. Double-reinforced seat. Double and triple-needle stitching. Bartacks in high-stress areas. Quick-access multipurpose pocket. Genuine YKK zippers, Prym snaps. 9 1/2 inch inseam.


two12 is a private community where the world's most respected entrepreneurs and thinkers gather to mentor founders and executives to help them grow, evolve, and solve their problems.
Most events create one set schedule. At two12, we personalize 65 different schedules for every attendee. Our focus is ensuring that every mentor session is designed for your needs and goals.
Our 3:1 attendee-to-mentor ratio is unlike anything you'll find at any event. You'll share mentor sessions, meals, and activities with all the mentors, so you can learn, grow, and build real relationships.
We spend 14 months searching the globe for the best, most innovative entrepreneurs. We don't want you to meet the same people you find at other events. We bring new faces to your universe and build a community of support.
I've been a mentor at two12. I admire how they've helped entrepreneurs and executives grow their businesses.
It takes an entrepreneur to understand and help an entrepreneur. We spend 14 months recruiting the best leaders who want to be at two12 and connect with the attendees. The event is part growth, part exploration, and part connection. The sum of the parts is an accelerator for your business, your mindset, and — most importantly — an unprecedented level of clarity and control that will help you think and act more efficiently.
From stunning mountain views to a sweeping Pacific coastline — this event's location will awe and inspire you.
The Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara sits between acres of lush jungle and tranquil gardens — and just steps from one of the most spectacular beaches in California. Your luxurious accommodations and exquisite meals are all included when you attend two12.
Steps from one of the most beautiful beaches in California, with private bungalows and terraces set amongst acres of lush jungle and gardens.
Photographs Courtesy of Four Seasons Santa Barbara.


Valeria Gastaldi - a female celebrity - born on Saturday December 5th 1981, in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina,.
Valeria Gastaldi is the philanthropist and humanitarian who is deeply concerned about the state of the world, for which she has great compassion and idealism. She has a utopian personality, and will spend her life trying to realize some aspect of her utopian dream, sacrificing money, time, and energy for a better world.
Her broad outlook on life allows Gastaldi to see the big picture, and to often shy away from dealing with the minute details. That is why Valeria Gastaldi attracts people who can fit into her larger plans and take over the areas she considers uninteresting. Consequently, Valeria evaluates people on the basis of what they can do for the larger cause. She is a true egalitarian, rarely prejudiced and would not accept social biases of people.
Valeria Gastaldi has a romantic personality, but her love is more impersonal as she tends to be focused on her dreams instead. When not in harmony with her true nature, Valeria can fall to moodiness, or become aloof, and withdrawn. She can also become timid, uncertain, and ungrateful, putting the blame for her troubles on others or the world. She is often disappointed by the realities of life, her own shortcomings, and those of others, and is relentlessly driven to improve upon it all - striving for greater accomplishments. This is Valeria's life-lesson - to accept the natural limitations of the world and its habitants in order to make it possible for her to enjoy life more fully.
Entrepreneurial and progressive, Valeria Gastaldi is ever-striving, heading for the top, and enjoying an enterprising, ambitious and determined personality to do things well, and an unyielding dedication to her plan until the goals are achieved.
There is danger, however that her trait of determination and dedication will shift to stubbornness, making Valeria cling to ideas and projects well past their fruitious season. It is a good idea for her to keep fresh pipeline of ideas to make it easier to replace outdated plans by new and better ones.
Patient as she is towards her goals, Valeria's flying, ravaging temper endangers her relationships with the very same people that will help her to accomplish those goals. She should use her strength of will to study and practice anger management.
Valeria Gastaldi makes a good performer, but at the same time she can be quite intense and serious.
Valeria can easily gain high respect in the community, being understanding of the views of others, and she often tends to achieve her goals.
When balanced, she is compassionate and emotionally secure. Gastaldi is also a natural healer, with leadership qualities and the ability to genuinely empathize. She also radiates love and spiritual happiness to those around her.
When unbalanced, drama queen is not an unfamiliar term to Valeria, and she often likes to give advice to others even when her own life is a mess.
Valeria Gastaldi wakes up on April 22nd 2019 with renewed energy, dynamic and looking forward to new beginning.
Valeria radiates authority that make it only natural that she takes the lead and others follow.
Gastaldi may be lacking sensitivity - due to her concentration on the tasks and goals ahead and her no-nonsense and straight-forward attitude.


As a little pig, your dearest wish is to build a strong and beautiful house in which you can spend your long winter evenings. But you won't need trowels nor scaffoldings, as only dice will allow you to construct your dream home. Beware the wolf prowling around, whose only thought is to literally blow down your comfy house!
The Three Little Pigs is an easy and fun dice game for the whole family. On your turn, roll the special pink dice up to three times and try to generate symbols to trade for doors, windows, and roofs made of straw, wood, and brick.
The more beautiful and voluminous your house is, the more points you will earn at the end of the game. If you generate two wolf symbols, take a huff and puff and blow someone's house down!
This original game comes in a box decorated to look like a storybook and includes an illustrated version of the famous tale of the Three Little Pigs.
As a little pig, your greatest desire is to build a strong and beautiful house where you can pass long winter evenings. To do this, you won't need a trowel or scaffolding, because you can simply use the dice to build your dreamhouse.
But beware: The wolf is prowling, and has only one thing on his mind: Blowing down your beautiful building!
36 House tiles ( 1 ) comprising 12 straw, 12 wood, and 12 brick. Each building material has 4 door, 4 window, and 4 roof tiles.
5 special dice ( 2 ), 3 of which include one Wolf face.
1 Breath spinner ( 3 ).
6 Award cards used in the variant (see end of rulebook).


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Laureatosi in lettere alla Sorbona, viaggiò a lungo per le repubbliche dell'America centrale e meridionale, per poi stabilirsi negli Stati Uniti. Negli ultimi anni tornò in patria come professore di greco.

L'originalità poetica di Sousândrade risulta già dal primo libro, Arpe selvagge (Harpas selvagens, 1857), raccolta di liriche ispirate a una metafisica esistenziale che ha i suoi modelli in Friedrich Hölderlin e in Novalis.

Ma più importante è il poema in tredici canti L'indio errante (Guesa errante. 1884), che narra le peregrinazioni di un indio e il suo approdo finale a New York: nella baraonda di Wall Street, rappresentata come una Sodoma e Gomorra dell'oro, a contatto di questa esplosione demoniaca in cui si mescolano voci di lingue diverse (americane, francesi. spagnole, portoghesi), egli prende coscienza della propria identità india, totalmente estranea al mondo dei colonizzatori. L'opera, frammentaria e a struttura aperta, ricca di invenzioni lessicali e di audacie ritmiche, prelude alle esperienze del modernismo.

Opere
 Harpas Selvagens (1857)
 Guesa (1871)
 Novo Éden (1893)

Voci correlate
Letteratura brasiliana
Modernismo (letteratura)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Nati nel Maranhão
Morti nel Maranhão


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'Whale' Creates Immersive Audio Art of the Self
Audio and art have always gone hand in hand, and as technology has advanced, the realms of possibility have only broadened. But while we often delight in seeing technology used to create something otherworldly that we've never seen before—say, video games or the latest special effects blockbuster—Brooklyn-based multimedia artist Sonia Li has been making her name by creating art that explores and interprets the natural world around us through experiential technology. Her latest art installation is Whale, which she describes as "an interactive multichannel sound installation strongly rooted in humanity."
By Clive Young
Whale is designed to be experienced by one person at a time; the visitor lays on a subsonic vibrating bed and makes sounds into a nearby microphone, which in turn triggers different whale songs that are experienced both audibly and via resonances throughout the body. The combination of sounds, vibrations and complete darkness around the visitor alludes to a variety of things, from the depths of the ocean to Li herself, as she noted that the installation was "…an aural and physical manifestation of who I am as a person and how I feel within. However, since the user doesn't know who I am nor how I feel, one ultimately experiences oneself through me."
Of course, art is always open to personal interpretation; Li told PSN, "I interviewed many about how they had felt amongst the Whale installation; everyone had a very different experience, ranging from meditative, peaceful/happy, warm/comforting to unsettling, isolating, intimidating, powerful and otherworldly, amongst other [sensations]. Each of these descriptions is highly personal, and reflect much on each user and their psyche."
Besides the vibrating bed, Li's installation employs Cycling 74's Max MSP visual programming language for multimedia; Ableton Live; and various speakers for the multichannel sound. "I shaped the concept to maturity with some sense of what I would use," said Li. "As I went into the production phase, I tested out many different technologies, and found the ones that worked best. In the case of Whale, the technicality supports the concept, and the concept would not work without the technicality."
"Currently, this is a one-person usage installation, with plans to expand it into multiple users," she added. "However, many I have interviewed have told me that while waiting to experience the installation, the whale sounds seemed very distant, but when they are laying in the subsonic vibrating bed, they felt as though the whales were right next to them, and the space became much larger. In that sense, everyone is able to experience this piece at different standpoints."
Whale will debut at La Sala / Royal Cantina (58 N. 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11211) on May 1, from 6pm-midnight.
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Thanks to dbilsborough and their 10p Tesco posting.
I've managed to grab a load of these blank discs for 10p for 3!!
I don't know what the dye code is, will have to wait til I get home later, but a friend of mine uses a lot of these and says that they are fine - got to be worth 3.3p per disc!!!
I bought 50 blank DVD-R from Tesco (own brand) before Christmas for about £8, when they were doing a BOGOF on their 25-packs.
I ended up throwing away the entire lot. After trying to burn around 30 and getting a coaster each and every time, I just couldn't be bothered. I hadn't kept my receipt or the packaging, having just tipped them onto a spindle when I got home.
I've never had consistent problems with any other brand of disks. My DVD-RW is fully up to date in terms of firmware and was more than capable of burning at the right speed. After getting so many failures, I scanned the disks with Disk Checker, which threw up all sorts of surface read errors.
Tesco's own brand DVD-R are without any shadow of doubt the worst blank media I have ever used.
Unfortunately, I have no idea what dye was used on them.
i'll check them when I get home!
Pathetic garbage media, landfill material, about 0-50% success rate. … Pathetic garbage media, landfill material, about 0-50% success rate. These discs are pretty much only suited for preventing drink cup rings from forming on a table. Most of the time, these are ready-made coasters. If you can actually get a burner to acknowledge the disc, do not expect much. And if the burn actually succeeds, do not be surprised if a DVD-ROM or player chokes on the disc (read/play errors). Cheap prices, cheap junk quality.
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some burners are not as fussy as others about the dye...my LG has yet to produce a coaster and I've tried several brands...also wise to ensure you have the latest firmware.
strange! but could it depend on you pc equipment? and also what programe you are burning on, as i could put hand on heart and say, " i am at present using tesco media and i can not remember the last time i had reading errors!!
some burners are not as fussy as others about the dye...my LG has yet to … some burners are not as fussy as others about the dye...my LG has yet to produce a coaster and I've tried several brands...also wise to ensure you have the latest firmware.
If you use Tesco DVDs then keep them out of sunlight completely! The ones I got discoloured quickly and cannot be read anymore - and they were kept in a reasonably dark area.
strange! but could it depend on you pc equipment? and also what … strange! but could it depend on you pc equipment? and also what programe you are burning on, as i could put hand on heart and say, " i am at present using tesco media and i can not remember the last time i had reading errors!!
I have 2 DVD-RW drives, a Sony and an LG. Both are less than a year old and are fully updated in terms of firmware and are certainly capable of handling the burn-speeds of these DVD-Rs. Even at lower speeds, each and every burn I attempted (on both drives) failed badly.
Tried burning using Nero and CD Burner XP Pro.
Like I said, I've never had a problem with any other media. I really hope that these disks work fine for those who buy them, but I just wanted to let people know that it may turn out to be a false economy.
Just have a bit more common sense than me: hang on to your receipts and any coasters you get! Take them into the store and get a refund.
only checked the Chester city centre store - but i'm guessing it's every store!
burning to media is a minefield anyway....some discs will work on some drives and not on others period! At 10p a go its worth a try and if they dont work you at least you havent got to re-mortgage your house!
I've used these and they burned OK for the most part but got damaged easily and some just randomly didn't work a few weeks later. I'd say they're fine for burning temporary stuff and non important files though.
is it only DVD-R and +R's and no CDs? And if there are, can you 'mix and match' as such?
Also like to add that i too have used plenty of tesco dvds with no problems..
is it only DVD-R and +R's and no CDs? And if there are, can you 'mix and … is it only DVD-R and +R's and no CDs? And if there are, can you 'mix and match' as such?
Tesco do have cd-r in the £1 promotional packs, although they didn't have any in the Chester store, so therefore they couldn't reduce them!
as for mix and match - they're 10p a pack - mix them all you like!!
Even if they dont work too well, 10p for a pack of coasters is still a great price to protect your table!
i got the dvd+r 4 discs for a pound tesco brand last week, they seem to work fine for me all the time. my player and friends, for a £1.00 u cant got wrong to burn something that u just want to pass over to ur freinds for one view, say a film, but i huess if its important i wouldnt recomend these just incase.
I notice that the majority of posts come from PC users.
i've used these 'budget' discs quite a lot with my DVD recorded without any issue.
So, has anyone else managed to get some of these?
I've got loads of them (CDs + DVDs) from the store near work (Wythenshawe).
They also have cable ties and tape measures for 10p too.
I just went to the tesco in dunfermline and got over 300 of em for bout a tenner. They had Millions of em!
Just been to Tesco's in Pollok (glasgow) and there were tons of these as well as all the other 10p bargains!
I've just got back in my local tescos in grimsby.They had an aisle full of these 10p items!It was like being in the january sales-people picking up loads of stuff!Spent £7 on stuff including buying 20 packs of DVD+Rs and 10 packs of CD-Rs!
Also bought knives & forks 10p for pk 5, useful for work or if you dont want to spoil the good stuff.
I've just burnt a couple of films and backed up 15GB of data for 20p.
No failures so far, but wouldn't stake my life on them lasting past the weekend!
I've used about 50 Tesco DVDs over the last few months and only buy them when i'm desperate but have had no problems with them at all and as far as I know neither has anyone else.
Looking forward to my early morning Tesco shop tomorrow now.
I've bought these discs before (use them with a Panasonic DVD recorder) and every one has worked fine...used about 40 so far.
I'll be filling my boots as long as you scavenging hounds haven't taken them all.
Any 1 know where in london dey got this offer going ?:?
Hope you've left some for me, i'm off in a minute!!
Doh! I was about to post this! I just got 30 packs of these, haha, I'm not a fan of Tesco DVD-Rs, but even if I get a few coasters, THREE QUID for NINETY discs, crikey, best deal I've seen in ages.


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i want to put these tires on my 2003 toyota 4runner sr5 v6 rwd. Please give me recommendations on what i would need to do to get rid of most rubbing. I already have to buy 1.5in wheel adapters to fit the lug nut pattern. But what kind of modifications would i need to make, preferably a body life, but what would i need, if i need to, suspension lift wise?
If it ends up being cheaper i could buy smaller tires, maybe 265/70/r17 (i want to use the aftermarket rims i have). Would i still need to but some kind of lift on the car with this tire size? I was thinking putting a 3" net leveling kit. 3" in the front and 1.5" coil spacers in the back. I want to do whatever is cheapest and get rid of all/most rubbing.
What do yall think is the best option for me?
Don't know about the specifics regarding the suspension on your rwd forerunner, however, I would not try to do anything "cheap" when it comes down to suspension upgrades because you want to try to stuff some larger tires on your ride. Research what has to be done, talk to people, like you are doing, and do it right the first time. Don't just get it "up in the air" to fit the tires because you are going to creat a lot more problems and spend twice as much money in the future. Just my opinion. Good luck!
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Slugs: Squish, stomp, sling or stalk?
No one wants to think about slugs right now, but they're thinking about us -- at least about our plants. My front walkway proves it. When I take my dog, Molly, for her last sojourn of the night, their trails weave across the concrete like the paths of drunken drivers. The slug police should be out arresting those slimy, slithering, plant-eating, shoe-sticking (if you're lucky enough to have shoes on), all-around pesky hermaphrodites. Since there are no slug police, we gardeners have no choice but to mete out our own judgment.
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people who like nothing better than to stalk slugs in the dark of night wielding a sharp weapon. There's something satisfyingly "Law and Order"-ish about that. My ex-husband delighted in watching them shrivel under an onslaught of salt. Other gardeners put them in the freezer. Hmmm. That's a little gross for me. I don't want to see an unappetizing bag of black, jumbled-up goo when I reach for my Lean Cuisine. I guess that's one way to lose weight, though.
Beer, salt, vinegar. Sounds like a fish-and-chips dinner. But they're also ingredients for slug slaughter. As are many other things, including one I just found on the Gardens Alive website: human hair. It says, "Surround your plants with a protective barrier of hair. The slugs will get all tangled up in it and strangle ... and the hair will eventually add plant-feeding nitrogen to the soil." I can just see wads of my hair blowing into my neighbor's yard like little blond tumbleweeds.
Personally, I like stepping on slugs. Actually, more like stomping and then scraping my foot back to make sure they're as squished as they could possibly be. Not just to make sure they're dead. The sensation gives me a sense of finality, as does throwing them onto the hot asphalt. Most of the time, though, I prefer the more-passive method of sprinkling Sluggo, a nontoxic, iron-phosphate-based bait, around the tastiest plants. You know the ones: hosta, primula, pulmonaria, dahlia, daylily, sweet little veggie starts, petunia, begonia, zinnia, black-eyed Susan. It's easier to say what they don't eat. Which is what? I guess they leave most of the conifers alone. And the roses ... because I don't have any.
The Sluggo bait works pretty well. Unfortunately, I forget to actually apply it. That's why I need the slug police.


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Against the grain: Why are you only hearing what you want to?
There's nothing more annoying than running into a bunch of information that contradicts something you always believed, you always knew, you were sure about.1 Fortunately (or not... ) it appears that most of us are quite capable of avoiding information if we think it is not going to tell us what we want to hear. How can otherwise sensible people believe that cutting taxes creates new jobs or that autism is caused by vaccinations?
(b) de-escalation just does not work with people who are really mentally ill — like people with psychoses?
I could refer you to piles of research and literature that contradicts these viewpoints — but people have likely already pointed you that way. You do not buy it. In fact, you are not even going to look at the data. What's with that?
Well, I am not going to try to present the data here (partly because I know you will not read the sources I refer you to) and I am not going to try to convince you that you are wrong. I am going to try to shed a little light on why you are being so contrary.
Alas, if you are like most people, then the thing to do when there is the possibility that you might be confronted with information that disputes your view of things is to put a bag on your head and pretend the information does not exist. Don't even look at it. Just to be clear: I am not recommending this strategy. But the fact is that's what most of us do.
We all do this. We'd rather not see the calorie count on a dessert we really want because if we did, we would not order the dessert — and we really want that dessert. We'd rather not see the odds of our team winning or losing (if the odds are bad) because we might end up feeling pressured to bet against our team. We'd rather not know if our partner is cheating. We'd rather not have the medical test if it might tell us we have some horrible disease. Rather than change our point of view to something less intuitive, we'd rather just not know.
It's a curious thing. We are not talking about considering new information and deciding we do not agree. We are talking about actively making sure we do not even come in contact with the information. To make matters worse, we are most likely to actively avoid information at the very times we most need that information. We avoid information when a decision has yet to be made, and we avoid information when situations are most unclear.
Maybe this accounts for why some very unlikely politicians have been elected recently. If you really dislike the people in power and have decided that you are "voting for change," you may well not want to be faced with the fact that the "change" party really makes no sense or has weird policies you do not agree with. Better just to believe what they say and leave it at that.
Avoiding information is of course impossible sometimes. Maybe they put the number of calories in big numbers right beside the description of the decadent chocolate mocha surprise cake with whipped cream. You saw it even though you didn't want to. The curious thing is that once you have seen the information, you do pay attention to it. No cake for you!
Perhaps it is easier to avoid it than to ignore it. Maybe there is something to be said for mandatory training, especially when you are sure it is a waste of time.
Did I mention that people with mental illnesses are not more violent and that you can de-escalate people who are psychotic?


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican lawmakers are trying again to make English the official language in Wisconsin.
Senators Andre Jacque, Dave Craig and Steve Nass' proposal would declare English the state's official language and require all state and local governments to write all their documents in English.
The senators wrote in a memo seeking co-sponsors that English proficiency is vital to American society and immigrants who understand English have a better chance of finding a job.
Jacque and Craig proposed the same bill in 2013 when they were both in the state Assembly. That measure didn't get so much as a public hearing.


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… A RAND study examined the evolution of this controversial decision, which has left the United States open to charges of hypocrisy in the war on terrorism. An examination of MeK activities establishes its cultic practices and its deceptive recruitment and public relations strategies. A series of coalition decisions served to facilitate the MeK leadership's control over its members. The government of Iraq wants to expel the group, but no country other than Iran will accept it. Thus, the RAND study concludes that the best course of action would be …
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The Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iraq
A Policy Conundrum
by Jeremiah Goulka, Lydia Hansell, Elizabeth Wilke, Judith Larson
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, coalition forces classified the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK), an Iranian dissident group dedicated to the violent overthrow of the Iranian government, as an enemy force. The MeK had provided security services to Saddam Hussein from its camps in Iraq and had been listed as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State. After a cease-fire was signed, the U.S. Secretary of Defense designated this group's members as civilian "protected persons" rather than combatant prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. A RAND study examined the evolution of this controversial decision, which has left the United States open to charges of hypocrisy in the war on terrorism. An examination of MeK activities establishes its cultic practices and its deceptive recruitment and public relations strategies. A series of coalition decisions served to facilitate the MeK leadership's control over its members. The government of Iraq wants to expel the group, but no country other than Iran will accept it. Thus, the RAND study concludes that the best course of action would be to repatriate the majority of its members to Iran, which in 2003 granted amnesty to the MeK rank and file and appears to have upheld its commitment. The coalition's experience with the MeK also offers lessons for dealing with unusual militias in future military actions and for providing better training for field commanders and enlisted personnel.
The Mujahedin-e Khalq: A U.S. Policy Conundrum
The MeK During Operation Iraqi Freedom
Options for Relocating the MeK
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Cultic Characteristics of the MeK
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A 17-year-old girl has thanked an optician in Northampton who spotted a brain tumour during a regular eye check up.
Lauren Whittington, aged 17, had been experiencing migraines for several months, which neither a specialist nor her regular opticians could diagnose. It was only during a visit to the Specsavers store on Abington Street with her mum that an anomaly was picked up behind her eye.
"As part of our regular eye tests, we take a digital image of the back of the eye using our state-of-the-art Fundus cameras," said Specsavers optometrist Nicole Barber.
"I could see that there was a build up of pressure behind Lauren's eye, which immediately rang alarm bells," she added.
Nicole referred Lauren directly to Northampton A&E for a closer inspection, where they took an ultrasound of her eyes and confirmed that something was causing the build-up but were unable to see what it was.
Lauren was then sent for an MRI scan at the Nottingham University Hospital Eye Clinic, where they delivered the news that it was most probably a brain tumour.
"I'm glad my mum was with me," Lauren said.
"We went from having our eyes tested to me being admitted to Nottingham University hospital. Being told I had a tumour growing in the back of my brain was frightening, I am just glad that it was diagnosed so quickly," she added.
Within a few days, Lauren was given an operation to remove the tumour at Nottingham Hospital, which thankfully proved successful.
After several months away from her studies, she returned to school in September to study psychology, business studies and history at A-Level.
"The last couple of months have been the scariest in my life," Lauren added.
Specsavers Northampton store director, Marinos Constantinides, said: "All too often, people's symptoms are misdiagnosed and all it takes is a simple sight test to reveal a deeper problem.
"This just highlights the vital importance of having regular eye tests with highly trained opticians and specialist equipment.
"We recommend that as a minimum, you should have your eyes checked every two years. These not only provide a prescription check, but also help us monitor general eye health to track any changes and identify problems as quickly as possible."


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The Easiest Healthy Vegetarian Dinner Recipes - Eat Beans Not Beings.
OnVegetarian.com – Are you confused about what to eat for dinner in your vegan diet program? Well, you've come to the right place. In this article, we will provide you with the easiest healthy vegetarian dinner recipes. So, it won't going to be wasting your time.
This is one of the most simple food you can make for your vegan dinner. This dish will let you cook all the ingredients in one single pot. There is three kind of vegetables you need to prepare for the ingredients are eggplant, mushrooms, and fresh parsley. Sautee the vegetables in a big pot or pan. After that, you must set them aside. The next ingredients you need to put inside the pot are the pasta, garlic, tomato sauce, seasonings, and water. It's super easy, right?
Do you like tofu? If you do not like it, I bet you're going to like this one. Try to make it just like this Healthy vegetarian dinner recipes. Tofu would taste great when it's cooked the right way. One thing you need to know that in this recipe, the tofu is not fried but dried and baked. To prepare the tofu, you have to dry it first, then bake it at a high temperature until it has the brown color and tougher texture. The tofu would give the dish the "meat-like" texture.
For the stir fry, you will need the prepared tofu, 2 cups of chopped green beans, 1 cup of diced carrots, two tablespoons of toasted sesame oil for sauteing. For the sauce, you will need ¼ cup of low-sodium soy sauce, one tablespoon of ginger, two tablespoons of organic brown sugar, one tablespoon maple syrup, and one tablespoon of cornstarch.
Make sure before you bake the tofu, cut it into small rectangles. Before you stir fry the mixture, you can prepare to mix the sauce ingredients. Whisk all of the together in a mixing bowl. Prepare the skillet to be medium-high in heat. Add sesame oil and swirl it to coat.
Then, add the vegetables to the skillet. Cook and stir it often for about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the sauce and stir when the veggies have some color. After it's thickened and bubbled, add the tofu and stir to coat. Cook it for about 3-5 minutes and stir it often. Finally, one of the healthy vegetarian dinner recipes is ready to serve for dinner.
Those two recipes are not all; there are still a lot more recipes you can have in your vegan dinner menu. You can find many simple recipes to support your diet. But before looking for more recipes, just try one of the above and see what happens. Those healthy vegetarian dinner recipes would make your day.


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