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Have you considered the new trend with a blue wedding theme? It is a perfect color for many beach themed weddings especially if it is light blue. Or you can go darker for romantic elegance. Additionally, your blue theme can simply have blue touches with blue wedding favours or decorations. Find great blue wedding tips right here with our selection of aqua and blue wedding favours.
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As strange as it may seem, an aqua blue wedding theme is a new trend that is gaining a lot of popularity. That theme is really good for beach and destination weddings. One thing that couples have trouble with is picking aqua blue wedding favours to go along with that theme. Looking for blue wedding favours is actually not that hard, check out our great selection of matching aqua blue wedding favours below. For blue wedding favours, you can select coasters, candles, and more. For other interesting colours for favours, consider silver, white or rose gold wedding favours.
To create your wedding theme, it's important to consider what both represents the bride and the groom as a couple. You may choose an interest you share, a favorite season or animal. But one way to imprint a theme is to select a specific color and a sure color to impress is the underrated aqua blue wedding theme.
You're no doubt tiring of people telling you the wedding should include something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. But there's a reason for this. When something is old, it represents continuity but when it is new, it is all about optimism for the future. Interestingly, something borrowed is a symbol of happiness shared with others. And finally, something blue is a bold statement about love, purity, and faithfulness.
Whether the blue is subtle, bright or bold, symbolic of youth, spirituality, and tranquility, the ways to blend it in the marriage mix are countless! The lighter the blue the stronger the association with health, healing, and understanding. Light aqua is taken by many to mean protection, inspiration and compassion. Dark blues are a strong statement about knowledge, power, and seriousness.
These are all factors you can consider depending on the type of feel you want to give to your blue wedding theme. Remember, a wedding is also about you and your couple and not only about your guests!
With the aqua or blue wedding theme, comes a very varied and unique selection of aqua blue wedding decorations.
You can check out the preferred items below available in our store to assort with your blue aqua wedding theme. On top of these blue themed accessories, you could choose blue wedding shoes or a colored wedding dress. It doesn't need to be in an over dramatic shade but just a pale blue for that little extra hint of your Blue Sky style!
You will want your friend and family know what they have to look forward to during this ,the most important ceremony in anyone's adult life. To have your Order of Service included into this beautifully hand illustrated and romantic program is bound to give your friends and family a frisson of excitement. Embellished with floral notes this piece will stand out as a imply lovely design to have and to hold as the ceremony unfolds and for ever after as a keepsake.
Armed with their exquisite Order of Service you can take your guests breath away by decking the church with the color of your chosen theme with this Wedding Tulle By The Bolt Accessory. Tulle is such a great wedding accessory that can be used in so many different exciting and creative ways! It could be attached to the church's pews as a way of lining the aisle. Alternatively it could be tied into stunningly attractive bows that could dress up the church's aisles, as well as being continued at the reception where it could adorn the tables. It could even be wrapped it around guest favors for that very special polished and pretty look.
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When the ceremony is over, it is guaranteed that you and your guests will need a drink and there is only one way to quench a post wedding thirst: Champagne. These attractive blue lacquer and silver plate flutes add that je ne sais quoi that a splash of "something blue" brings to your wedding day. Elegant and pretty these glasses are the perfect choice for toasting the big event. To give that extra special touch they can be customized with the engraving of your names to ensure these are a truly personal gift for any bride and groom. To the Bride and Groom . Cheers!
When the time comes for the Wedding Breakfast, your guests will want to know where to sit and you can continue your Blue theme with aptly colored place cards. The Aqueous Stationery Collection makes use of original color washes so these palace cards have a chic, contemporary appeal. With their unique calligraphy each component is a true work of art to mark your wedding as extra special.
To create a flourish for each of your reception tables, these hand-illustrated table signs with their floral embellishments will stand out. They are lovely in a simple way and can be used to enhance your wedding style.
No detail is too much at a marriage ceremony and this aqua blue acrylic diamond shaped confetti is a great touch to bring a special occasion feel to any table. It may be simple but it is an elegant addition for your table top displays. The classic shape is perfect for your wedding décor. Every pack contains an assortment of three sizes to make sure there is a truly dazzling effect.
Other white accessories include a range of cake toppers. You could for instance add an extra theme like the beach and complement your wedding with this striking starfish cake topper. It is pure white with shells at the base and a white bisque finish.


Playing in front of its own fans, Brazil is expected to easily advance from Group A, leaving Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon fighting for the other spot in the second round.
The squad led by Neymar and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has won 13 of its last 14 matches and should be the team to beat in the group. Croatia and Mexico just barely made it through qualifying and will be hoping to regain their top form in Brazil, while Cameroon will be relying on striker Samuel Eto'o.
The Group A match between Brazil and Croatia will open the World Cup on June 12 in Sao Paulo.
Brazil is one of the favorites to go all the way to the final so it's no surprise that few expect the hosts to face difficulties in the group stage.
The five-time champions have reached the second round every time since 1970, and after escaping some more traditional opponents in the draw, it should be able to avoid a major surprise in its group this time. Brazil has a winning record against all of its first-round opponents.
Boosted by its boisterous fans and confident following the Confederations Cup victory last year, Brazil will be looking to do better than it did at the last two World Cups, when it was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
After just barely qualifying, Mexico hopes to finally get past the second round in Brazil. The Latin Americans were eliminated in the round of 16 in the last five World Cups, by Argentina the last two times. At least this time there is no chance the Mexicans will play their nemesis right away, as the Argentines are in a different side of the bracket.
Mexico has reached the quarterfinals only twice, at home in 1970 and 1986.
Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez is Mexico's biggest star, but his place as a starter in Brazil is not guaranteed because of his lack of minutes at Manchester United.
The Mexicans have never played Cameroon at the World Cup, and it had only one match against Croatia (a 1-0 group win in 2002). It hasn't had good fortune against Brazil, losing all three matches (1950, '54 and '62). It also lost to the Brazilians in the group stage of the Confederations Cup last year.
After reconsidering a decision to retire, Samuel Eto'o will be back at the World Cup carrying Cameroon's hopes of a surprising performance in Brazil.
The striker, who will be 33 in Brazil, has been playing well with Chelsea and his experience of three World Cups will be key for the Indomitable Lions, who had some help qualifying after a loss to Togo was overturned because of an ineligible player.
Cameroon hasn't advanced past the group stage since 1990, when it became the first African team to reach the quarterfinals.
It will play Mexico and Croatia before facing the hosts in its final Group A match.
Croatia already knows it won't be at full strength for the difficult opener against Brazil.
Croatia coach Niko Kovac won't have forward Mario Mandzukic, who was red-carded in a decisive qualifier against Iceland. The suspension carried over from qualifying so he will have to sit out against the hosts. Kovac also knows he will be without defender Josip Simunic, who was banned for 10 games by FIFA for leading fans in a pro-Nazi chant after the Iceland match in Zagreb.
Back at the World Cup after not qualifying in 2010, Croatia will play its second match against Cameroon and then close out group play against Mexico.
No matter which teams advance from the group, a tough road is expected. The Group A qualifiers will have to play one of the top two teams in Group B, which has defending champion Spain, Netherlands, Chile and Australia.
Beyond that, the Group A winner has a chance to play against one of the teams in Group D, which has former world champions Uruguay, England and Italy, in addition to Costa Rica.


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With a decade of restaurant success at Senate, Abigail Street, Pontiac, Holiday Spirits, and Forty Thieves, Daniel and Lana Wright are lifting up the next generation of food entrepreneurs. We sat down with them to chat about their educational residency program at Forty Thieves.
You're hosting and mentoring aspiring food entrepreneurs every Sunday at Forty Thieves, the walk-up restaurant inside your bar Holiday Spirits, as part of an educational residency program. How does it work, and why was it something you wanted to do?
Daniel Wright: We were brainstorming what would make Sundays a little bit more fun around here…. I was like, You know, it'd be really cool if we did a residence program and brought all the people in who are aspiring to run their own kitchen one day but don't have the forum. They'd either do two Sundays or four Sundays, depending on the concept.
When we put the news out [about it], a bunch of people reached out to us…. There is an interview process that goes into it. They don't pay rent, and they get to keep 100 percent of their profits. We just ask that they take care of our property, clean the kitchen, stuff like that. Our first one was in November, and it was funny because, you know, the dishes start piling up, and I just look at them like That's part of this, part of the course. This is your kitchen. You have the ability to make the money, but you also have to staff it with your people to be able to make it through.
What can they learn here that they can't on their own?
DW: In a commercial kitchen—to actually be able to put out their own menu and make the decisions on the food—they learn about costing out food and what you can charge versus what you can't and being able to run the kitchen as if it's their own. Then that segues into them being able to make money, and they get to keep their profits. I just thought it was a good entry-level opportunity for people to be able to get into this industry and, to be quite frank, decide if they want to break into the industry. By the time the two to four weeks are over, they're going to have a really good indication of whether this is something they really want to pursue or if it's something that may just stay as a hobby.
Some might be surprised that as successful restaurateurs you would spend your time helping other people get into the business. How do you look at it?
Lana Wright: I think, the longer we've been restaurateurs, you kind of have to look at it like we haven't always followed what other people are thinking or doing—we do what we do. We don't want to ever be jealous or keep anybody else down because that isn't how this industry should work. I think it's a very humbling thing, and it's just a kind of a way to say Hey, let's see if you've got it. There's enough light to shine for everybody.
What are the biggest challenges jumping into this business?
LW: We always joke around and say just because you can bake an apple pie doesn't mean you should open up a pie place because, you know, you have to staff it, you have to do this, etc. You have to understand that, sure, you might be busy on a Friday, but everyone in this neighborhood is busy on a Friday. What are you doing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday? The hard part of the business is managing the POS [point of sale], learning how to deal with employees, learning how to talk to employees. You know, they may get in one of these residencies and might have hired a couple of their friends, and they might at the end of the day say, I don't think I'm good at managing people…. I think just giving people that opportunity, even if it's just a small glimpse of it, is something we feel we can give to people and give them a break when there were people willing to give us breaks.
Who were your mentors early on, and what was your first big break?
DW: I think we had to make our own big first break, to be honest with you, because I worked for a lot of chefs in Los Angeles and Chicago but I didn't actually cook in a kitchen when I came here. We came here with the idea to open a restaurant, which is something Lana and I really wanted to do. She spent most of her life in the front of the house, and I spent mine in the back of the house. I'm not saying I haven't had mentors over time who taught me about kitchen aspects, but I certainly didn't have anybody teach me about the business aspect of what else it took. There was a lot of trial and error for us when we opened Senate. Obviously it wasn't anything that we couldn't do, because we were used to running restaurants for other people in Chicago.
LW: But there were people like Jean-Robert de Cavel, like Alex Mchaikhi, who opened their restaurants, their hearts, and their worlds to us when we first moved back to Cincinnati, and I think it's people like that who we're almost modeling because it's not this insecure thing where it's like You're opening a restaurant, I don't want you in here. I want you working here. You're going to see what POS I use, and you might steal a couple of employees who you get in good with. Jose Salazar actually worked at Abigail Street while he was building Salazar. We knew he needed a break and knew that he couldn't work for The Cincinnatian while opening a restaurant. So he worked for us for a couple months.
DW: When we came here, I just was like, I'm done working for someone else. I want to work for myself. I want to run my own kitchen and do my own food. I actually bartended for Jean-Robert and Alex, who were very content knowing exactly what we were trying to do, and they put me behind a bar and didn't care. Alex would walk up and be like, Hey, this is Danny. He's opening a restaurant in Over-the-Rhine. And of course all the customers then were like Why would you open a restaurant in Over-the-Rhine? I'd work Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays as a bartender, and he gave me the rest of the week to try to open Senate…. It was very encouraging.
LW: Before we opened Senate, we had run out of money, and it's in the cookbook (Senate: Street & Savory, City Stories), but we had an angel donor. We had these business plans—it was called The Senate—and passed out maybe 20 or 30 of them, like, Give us $5,000, and we'll give you a food credit. Nobody, not one person was interested. 3CDC contacted us about this guy, and they said he loves the neighborhood and wants to help. He loaned us $40,000, and of course we'd forfeit everything to him if we failed. The agreement was to pay him back over five years, and we did it in a year and a half. It was a financial break. I feel like the lessons we learned in the restaurant industry we kind of had to figure out on our own.
Are there misconceptions about how much the finances come into play?
DW: Oh, I think there's that, yeah. These guys and girls are cooking because it's what they want to do, but then realizing that there's far more that goes into the business side, I think it becomes a bigger picture thing for them.
I can tell you guy No. 1 of our residency program [Derrick Braziel of Pata Roja Taqueria] is doing awesome. The first week he made the most money he'd ever made. So he's continuing to go up and build his confidence and realize there's something there that people love. And I think that he slowly needs to start doing different things. So it's not just like, Hey, come in and cook. I try to steer him in the right direction…. My thing is You can't do what you did last week. You can do al pastor because that's your signature, but now you have to do something different. He has to push the boundaries and teach himself how to do different stuff.
Did you ever come to that "bigger picture" realization yourself?
LW: It's not just, like, I make a good taco. I'm going to be rich. We never ever thought about money when we opened Senate, ever. When we opened those doors, I had an apron on and I thought we were going to have this cute little mom-and-pop place and we were just going to kill it. But at the same time, we were scared to death. What if no one shows up? We were hoping that wouldn't happen. When we started making money, I remember the first $5,000 went through, and I was like, We have $5,000 in our bank account! That's crazy! But then I was like, Wait, oh, we've got to pay sales tax and workers comp, and we have to pay our employees. And then I was like, Oh, we're left with $300. People don't get that.
Why do you think it's important to help these entrepreneurs get their start?
LW: I think once you get to a certain point, you're able to help people instead of feel like they're going to take something from you. You just give it to them.
DW: I don't expect everybody who leaves here will go on to open a place. But anybody who does it, hopefully in the future, when they have the ability to go and help someone else, I hope they do it, too. It's a sort of "pay it forward" mentality.
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School is blocked again from moving into Hampstead police station
Department for Education stuck with empty building
24 December, 2020 — By Harry Taylor
Abacus headteacher Vicki Briody
THE Department for Education has been left stuck owning a police station which has stood empty for seven years after a planning inspector refused to allow a primary school to move in.
Abacus Belsize Primary School was told on Thursday that its appeal against Camden Council's refusal to grant planning consent for the conversion of the grade-II listed building in Rosslyn Hill had failed.
The DfE bought the site in 2013 for £14 million after it was shut down as a police station in cuts ordered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during his time as the Mayor of London. In his judgment on Thursday, planning inspector Paul Jackson said concerns over the impact of noise on the building's neighbours, fears over damage to its heritage and the long-term effect of pollution on children were too great to overturn the council's decision.
Abacus headteacher Vicki Briody called the decision "bitterly disappointing", and said the academy trust behind the school, Anthem, was weighing up its options.
Although opinions were split on the proposals, it had faced opposition from neighbours including residents' group Hampstead Community for Responsible Development (HCRD). During the long-running saga, the school has been bussing pupils from Belsize Park to a temporary school in Camley Street.
The formation of the school had followed campaigns against a shortage of primary school places in Belsize Park for families who did not want to be forced into private or religious education – so-called "pay or pray" options.
But Mr Jackson said neighbours would see "frequent and very loud and distracting peaks" of noise as a result of children playing in the proposed playground, at the rear of the building, adding it was unreasonable to expect people nearby to shut windows during playtimes.
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The inspector said that children could also suffer from the high levels of pollution from the main road, both in any walk to school and while on the site.
He also acknowledged that changes to convert the former police station to a school would require "very significant demolition".
He added: "It has not been demonstrated that alterations have only been proposed where absolutely necessary."
In response to fears that changes to the old magistrates' court would irreparably affect the building's heritage, Mr Jackson agreed, saying it would amount to "harm to architectural and historic interest".
The planning inquiry was set up after councillors rejected planning consent at a meeting in November 2019, a vote which went against the advice of Camden's own officers.
A DfE spokesperson told the New Journal: "We are currently working with Camden Council and Anthem Academy Trust to consider next steps for Abacus Belsize free school, and are focused on ensuring the best possible outcome for the education of the school's pupils."
A larger scheme had already been rejected in 2016.
The empty police station in Rosslyn Hill
This time around, primary schools nearby had voiced their opposition, saying Abacus's arrival would put the squeeze on their numbers at a time of school rolls in decline.
Camden's ruling cabinet voted to shut down Carlton Primary School in Gospel Oak last week due to a shortage of numbers.
But Ms Briody said: "This decision means a whole community of Belsize families seeking an excellent education for their children within safe walking distance of home will be disappointed, and a noteworthy, listed building will be left unoccupied and decaying."
Parent Emily McCarron, who has two children at the school, said she was shocked and disappointed by the outcome, adding: "There is clearly a need for the school. One of the reasons we are so disappointed is that we are worried now about what will happen next. We need a school in the area and there is no alternative for Belsize children, hence the huge number of applications to the school each year."
But Andrew Neale, from HCRD said the judgement vindicated the group's objections, and hoped Abacus would now look at alternative sites in the area. He thanked individuals and groups in the area for their support, including money that had been donated.
He said: "We have fought this through two planning applications and it's been thrown out by Camden. We've had the massed ranks and funds of the Department for Education against us, ignoring all the factors that we have raised. "It is high time Hampstead Police Station is brought into active and beneficial use in accord with the needs of the local community."
Political parties in Camden had been split.
Conservative councillor Maria Higson was opposed
Tory councillors Oliver Cooper and Steve Adams have written to education secretary Gavin Williamson, asking for the department to find a new site for Abacus. Cllr Adams supported the application, while Hampstead Town councillors including Cllr Maria Higson opposed it.
She said: "This was not an appropriate location for a school, with high air pollution, existing traffic issues, and limited outdoor space. Abacus deserves better, and the planning inspectorate has evidently weighed in the potential disbenefits for the wider community too." But the Liberal Democrat group had supported the plans.
Its leader and Belsize councillor Luisa Porritt said: "Local children deserve to have this outstanding-rated school in a proper permanent home in its local area. It is a great shame, and a waste of public money, that the former Hampstead police station will remain vacant, having already been empty for seven years."
Lib Dem group leader Luisa Porritt supported the idea
Labour councillor Danny Beales, Camden's regeneration chief, said the council would support the school in finding another site.
He said: "The inspectorate supported our view that the benefits of the building being used as a school would not outweigh the harm caused to pupils by the school being close to a busy road with poorer air quality, and the negative impact that it would have on neighbouring residents, and the damaging works that would be required to the listed building to convert it for use as a school."
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So I received my email.
Instead of being invited to a briefing, I was just told to collect and sign my letter of secondment to Golden Lounge by the 28th.
I am going to be a ground staff (mostly) for the coming months.
We're supposed to get a week of flying, but who knows.
I was recruited to be a cabin crew and now we're told to be something else. Training starts next month apparently.
Oh, that QR secondment.. apparently it was only open for those who have been flying for more than five years.
And I don't even know whether I'll be a permanent staff/crew/whatever until I collect my letter.


Industry professional and institutional investors want to understand return behaviour and portfolio attributes of infrastructure investment. However, there are limited empirical analyses that support these investments. The scarcity of infrastructure research motivates this study to apply finance theory to this investment. In this paper by collecting monthly Jordanian infrastructure sub-index returns over the period from January 2010 to February 2017, we address two objectives. The first objective is to examine the importance of listed infrastructure sectors by evaluating the investment characteristics as well as performance of various infrastructure subindexes in Jordan. Second, this paper investigates the strategy of infrastructure investors. That is, if the investor obtains diversification benefits by investing in a portfolio including various infrastructure sub-indexes or invests in only a single infrastructure sub-indexes. The results of this study find that Jordanian infrastructure sub-indexes perform differently and provide dissimilarity in monthly returns and volatilities. The current study finds that listed infrastructure sub-indexes are strongly related to general stock market while weakly related to bonds. This study also shows that some infrastructure sub-indexes such as Health Care and Educational Sub-indexes dominate optimal portfolio selection while others such as Hotels and Transportation Sub-indexes are undesirable. This paper presents a first light of Jordanian infrastructure returns and provides the foundation for the evaluation of infrastructure in other countries.


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Home Office plans integration of back-office processes
Written by Rebecca Hill on 10 April 2017 in News
Department to replace enterprise resource planning system, business intelligence tool and payroll system with integrated cloud-based system called Metis
The Home Office is based at Marsham Street, London - Photo credit: Steve Cadman, CC BY 2.0
The Home Office is creating a new integrated system for its back-office processes, covering enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and human capital management.
The system, to be called Metis - which in ancient Greek means a quality that combines wisdom and cunning - will replace the department's ERP system and business intelligence tool, as well as its separate payroll solution.
The transfer to a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service model will require the use of modern best practice processes and "significant associated business change", the department said.
"Cloud-based SaaS solutions cannot be customised as the previous generation of applications could," the contract notice said. "Key to achieving benefits will be effective adoption of the new processes."
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In addition, the department noted that it would be a "pathfinder for government in cloud-based services", and that the configuration of the new system would need to support shared civil service outcomes.
"The implementation is part of, and has dependencies with, the overall government roadmap for shared services," the Home Office said.
The department said that all staff and functional areas are in scope for change, which includes Home Office HR and finance specialists, around 29,000 end users - such as operational and overseas staff - and the business processing outsource provider based in Newport.
The contract, which is valued at £2m, will begin on 25 June 2017 and is due to end on 31 December 2018.
The Home Office said it would begin a G-Cloud procurement process on three related lots: for a systems integrator, which will act as a prime supplier and have overarching responsibility for the programme; for a technical supplier to oversee functional configuration; and for a technical supplier to be responsible for integration.
The department added that a further service management lot is expected, but there are no procurement actions expected for that in the near to medium term.
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ICE Refuses to Release Georgia Father Despite Judge's Recommendation
Palemon Padron Tirruviartes is a father of 4 currently detained at the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia, despite recommendation from an immigration judge that he should be released. While he has been detained, his wife had a baby, his oldest daughter as hospitalized for attempted suicide, and two of his children are being treated for severe depression.
On Thursday January 29, 2015 Palemon was racially profiled ty Georgia police and taken into custody for driving without a license for the 4th time, a felony in under state law. Even though his wife Araceli paid bond immediately, the local police lied and said he had already been transferred to immigration custody so that he would not be released. In reality, he was not transferred to ICE until Monday.
Palemon has a pending U-visa application, and despite the suffering of his wife and children, ICE has refused to allow him to be with his family. In contrast, when he went to immigration court the judge decided to postpone his deportation proceedings until a decision on the U-visa was reached, and requested that the prosecutor work with Palermo and his lawyer to get a bond posted so that he could stay with his family.
Despite the Judge's request and recommendation, ICE refuses to issue any bond under the excuse that Palemon is a threat to the safety of the community. Palemon does have two driving without a license charges, one from 16 years ago, and a recent one from 2014. These two misdemeanor charges, and the impossible to avoid driving without a license charges, are what ICE is using to separate Palemon from his family.
Palemon needs to be with his family now. There is no reason for ICE to keep him detained, especially with the suffering of his family, and if he is only awaiting for an answer regarding his U-visa application. ICE has the authority to release Palemon, please sign the petition to support his release.
Please sign below to tell the Georgia ICE office to follow the immigration judge's recommendation and release Palemon to his family.
Message to Georgia ICE office
To: Corey Price, Georgia ICE Acting Field Director
Cc: J.D. Thorpe, Georgia ICE Assistant Field Director
Sean Irvin,Georgia ICE Assistant Field Director
Dear Director Price,
I am writing as a member of the public regarding the case of Mr. Palemon Padron Tirruviartes (A 208-032-693). He is a father of 4 currently detained at the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia, despite recommendation from an immigration judge that he should be released. While he has been detained, his wife had a baby, his oldest daughter as hospitalized for attempted suicide, and two of his children are being treated for severe depression.
Mr. Tirruviartes is a father of 4 children who has lived in the U.S. for the last 19 years. On Thursday January 29, 2015 he was racially profiled ty Georgia police and taken into custody for driving without a license for the 4th time, a felony in under state law. Even though his wife Araceli paid bond immediately, the local police lied and said he had already been transferred to immigration custody so that he would not be released. In reality, he was not transferred to ICE until Monday.
I understand that Mr.Tirruviartes does have two driving without a license charges, one from 16 years ago, and a recent one from 2014. These two misdemeanor charges, and the impossible to avoid driving without a license charges, do not make him a threat to public safety. In addition, Mr. Tirruviartes has a pending U-visa application, which could provide him relief. This is, and the suffering of his family, is why the immigration judge recommended he be released with a bond.
Mr. Tirruviartes needs to be with his family now. I urge you to take into consideration the family's extreme hardship, the potential for Mr. Tirruviartes to have relief, and the support from the community, to release him from detention.
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For the past two weeks I have been experiencing sharp pain in my left buttock, groin, hamstring and quad. It is painful to lift my leg, sit up or sit down. I also feel these symptoms to a lesser degree on the right side. It doesn't appear to be getting better. Maybe worse.
Intermittent sharp pain in the lower abdomen. Cyst in the ovary. Had ablation in the past. Suggestions?
Why is my daughter vomiting from past two weeks ?
for the past 3 weeks I have been experiencing shortness of breath, stiff neck (can hear it crack), tight shoulders, and fatigue in the early afternoon (around 2 pm), and headaches too. In the morning all seems fine, then as the day progresses I become tired and it feels as though there is wieght added to my chest making it more difficult to breath. My right ear rings a lot and has been giving my trouble (both ears) for over a year. The doctor gave me cream to put in them but that doesn t help. They keep ringing.


Simon to start a wiki page on how to manage source for Orbit bundles.
No progress on wiki. Simon has added source for many bundles in the repo. Looking to make some progress on the wiki today. Simon will also propose a template for the about files so that new projects have a hope of getting it right.
Some progress as far as design. Looking to have the real build setup running by Jan 1.
Jeff reviewed with Adrian and confirmed that there are no particular issues. The Eclipse project already ships features that consolidate several third party libs under a variety of licenses. Simon will produce a template for the about files.
Bundle naming The [Bundle Naming] conventions call for bundles to be named after the dominant package in a library. This works reasonably well but there are "legacy" cases such as Ant and JUnit that work less well. We need to agree on an approach for naming these bundles.
In cases where the dominiant package is "malformed" (e.g., Junit uses just "junit") we will, on a case by case basis, create a well-formed bundle symbolic name that is as close as possible to the originator's package naming.
For existing bundles whose names do not follow these conventions (e.g., Ant, JUnit 4) we discussed whether we should go for consistency or leave well enough alone. The consensus was that all bundles in Orbit should follow the conventions and where that requires a change in the name of an existing bundle (e.g., org.junit4 => org.junit version 4) we can provide a compatibility wrapper bundle that has the old name and requires and reexports the new bundle.
Action: DJ to test the wrappering and see if there are any issues.
Action: Jeff to work with the PDE team to ensure that having multiple versions of the same bundle will work smoothly.
There was some discussion around the need to expose which versions of which libraries are currently in Orbit. This is needed both for people to understand what is being worked on but also what is available for download.
Agreed that each project should have a file in the HEAD branch that notes what branches there are.
We can then create a server side tool that runs over the projects and gets all the files from the various branches and generates a table.
Action: Jeff to setup another call in three weeks.
Jeff to work with the PDE team to ensure that having multiple versions of the same bundle will work smoothly.
Jeff to setup another call in three weeks.
This page was last modified 07:51, 6 December 2006 by Martin Oberhuber. Based on work by DJ Houghton and Jeff McAffer.


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Las marismas de Sancti Petri son una zona de marismas situada cerca del poblado y la playa del mismo nombre en el municipio de Chiclana de la Frontera (provincia de Cádiz, España).

Pertenecen al conjunto del parque natural de la Bahía de Cádiz. Se sabe de que las marismas de esa zona comprendida por lo que actualmente es el parque natural ayudó a frenar a los franceses puesto que estos no estaban acostumbrados a moverse por ellas.

Véase también
 Espacios naturales protegidos de Andalucía

Enlaces externos
 Paraje Natural Marismas de Sancti Petri

Chiclana de la Frontera
Espacios naturales de la provincia de Cádiz
Playas de Cádiz
Geografía de la provincia de Cádiz
Sancti
Parajes naturales de Andalucía
Accidentes geográficos de Andalucía
Áreas protegidas de España establecidas en 1989


Bern once inspired Albert Einstein, who developed his famous Theory of Relativity in Bern. The Einstein House and Einstein Museum provide visitors with fascinating information about the ingenious physicist's life and work.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) lived in Bern, when he invented his famous formula E=mc2 in 1905. At the world's first Einstein Museum inscenated originals, scriptures and film documentaries give insight into Einsteins life and illustrate as well the history of the 20th century. The museum can be discovered by private guide or with an audio guide (available in 7 languages).
In the middle of the Old Town guests can furthermore visit the Einstein House, where the scientist lived in during his time in Bern.


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This conformance test suite (CTS) has been developed to improve the interoperability of products that adopt the MIPI I3C® interface. It defines a set of conformance or interoperability tests whereby products can be tested against other implementations of the I3C or I3C Basic v1.1.1 specifications.
This first version of the CTS is limited to meet time-to-market requirements imposed by the rapid adoption of I3C in the marketplace. Given this, the I3C Working Group has decided to focus this version of the CTS on the following:
SDR-only devices without optional I3C capabilities
All controller and target error detection and recovery methods
Basic HDR Enter/Tolerance/Restart/Exit in scope, but HDR-DDR under consideration
Considering the CTS to be a living document, the I3C Working Group will continue to expand the scope of the CTS through future revisions that eventually encompass all required and optional features of the I3C specification.
Tests contained in this document are organized as Controller DUT and Target DUT with tests occurring for each in order as they appear within the I3C specification. Each test will contain a clear purpose, references, resource requirements, track last technical modification, discussion, and all test case detail (e.g., setup, procedure, results, problems, and registry inclusion). Also, DC/AC parametric requirements will be embedded in each test as opposed to splitting out a separate PHY-related CTS or subsection.
Visit the MIPI Alliance website to learn more and see MIPI Alliance's entire portfolio of specifications.
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Marble, a type of metamorphic rock formed under high temperature and pressure inside the earth's crust that change any original rock formation. All kinds of internal force in the earth's crust makes original rock qualitative changed. Marble is mainly composed of calcite, limestone, serpentine and dolomite, whose main ingredient is calcium carbonate, accounting for about 50%. Other include magnesium carbonate, calcium oxide, manganese oxide and silicon dioxide. Marble is a crystalline substance which consists of limestone or dolomite by regional metamorphism. Mineral ingredient is calcite, bubbling in hydrochloric acid, regular or irregular blastic texture, particle thickness is different.
Marble can be widely used in various industries after grinding by powder grinder . A full set of marble mill configuration included hammer crusher, bucket elevator, storage bin, vibration feeding machine, milling machine, variable frequency powder classifier, double cyclone powder collector, pulse dust removal system, high pressure blower, air compressor, and electric control system. High pressure medium speed grinding mill of Vipeak is professional for marble processing with unique design.Compared with other grinding mill, its Production can improve 20-30% under the condition of equal power.
With the development of modern architecture, the key factor of choice of decoration material is becoming lightweight, high strength, beautiful, and multispecies, so the application of the marble is becoming more and more popular. Marble is mainly used for processing into various shaped materials, plank, building metope, ground, table, column, tablet, tower, statues and so on. It can also be carved in marble arts and crafts, stationery, lamps and lanterns, utensils, and other practical works of art.


"Joe Miller" is composed of at least 10 distinct authors, divided by their works.
1) Joe Miller's jest book is named for the English actor Joe Miller (1684-1738), although it was really compiled by John Mottley (1692-1750). Right now, none are listed under Mottley.
"Joe Miller" is composed of at least 10 distinct authors, divided by their works. You can edit the division.
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Peer-to-peer grooming is becoming an increasing problem, particularly with regard to encouraging sharing of inappropriate images. Games of 'dare' are being used which start small but lead the victim towards sharing of naked images. Our grooming unit has been updated to raise awareness of this and to encourage children to be suspicious when a peer encourages them to enter a game of dare.
Pupils no longer need to have accounts made to access the OSA Certificate of Online Safety. Google or Microsoft account (depending on which your school uses) can now be used to log in. We are sure that this will make accessing the system much easier for most schools and having one less username and password to remember is always a good thing! Pupils will still need to enter a code once to gain access to the course of their choice. This will also link them to a school administrator account so that their progress can be monitored. Please contact us to get an access code for your school.
Request for samples of resources and test questions from the Certificate were common last month. We have created a Dropbox folder with a sample to help you see what the presentations, summaries, videos and questions within the Certificate are like. The Dropbox can be accessed here.
Please click here to learn more about the OSA Certificate of Online Safety and to gain access for your school.


Seattle's $15 minimum wage law is supposed to lift workers out of poverty and move them off public assistance. But there may be a hitch in the plan.
The twist is just one apparent side effect of the controversial — yet trendsetting — minimum wage law in Seattle, which is being copied in several other cities despite concerns over prices rising and businesses struggling to keep up.
Despite a booming economy throughout western Washington, the state's welfare caseload has dropped very little since the higher wage phase began in Seattle in April. In March 130,851 people were enrolled in the Basic Food program. In April, the caseload dropped to 130,376.
At the same time, prices appear to be going up on just about everything.
Some restaurants have tacked on a 15 percent surcharge to cover the higher wages. And some managers are no longer encouraging customers to tip, leading to a redistribution of income. Workers in the back of the kitchen, such as dishwashers and cooks, are getting paid more, but servers who rely on tips are seeing a pay cut.
Some long-time Seattle restaurants have closed altogether, though none of the owners publicly blamed the minimum wage law.
"It's what happens when the government imposes a restriction on the labor market that normally wouldn't be there, and marginal businesses get hit the hardest, and usually those are small, neighborhood businesses," said Paul Guppy, of the Washington Policy Center.
Seattle was followed by San Francisco and Los Angeles in passing a $15 minimum wage law. The wage is being phased in over several years to give businesses time to adjust. The current minimum wage in Seattle is $11. In San Francisco, it's $12.25.
And it is spreading. Beyond the city of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week also approved a $15 minimum wage.
New York state could be next, with the state Wage Board on Wednesday backing a $15 wage for fast-food workers, something Gov.Andrew Cuomo has supported.
Already, though, there are unintended consequences in other cities.
Comix Experience, a small book store in downtown San Francisco, has begun selling graphic novel club subscriptions in order to meet payroll. The owner, Brian Hibbs, admits members are not getting all that much for their $25 per month dues, but their "donation" is keeping him in business.
"I was looking at potentially having to close the store down and then how would I make my living?" Hibbs asked.
To date, he's sold 228 subscriptions. He says he needs 334 to reach his goal of the $80,000 income required to cover higher labor costs. He doesn't blame San Francisco voters for approving the $15 minimum wage, but he doesn't think they had all the information needed to make a good decision.


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Pleco water monitor provides real-time data for real impact @ CES 2021
Marcelo DeCarmagc, the co-founder of Nudge Systems and the Pleco water monitor, hails from a background of instrumentation and measurement. His partner and co-founder works in the water utility industry. In 2014 they experienced one of the severe droughts common in California. In the process of discussing how difficult it is to get compliance when governments and utilities ask people to conserve water, Nudge Systems was born. The company's goal is to save and conserve as much water as possible while giving people the tools and information they need to make good conservation decisions.
Nudge Systems believes the gap in the residential market related to water conservation, exists because residents don't have an intimate relationship with water, and therefore don't understand exactly what they need to do to make an impact. Their solution, Pleco — named after the common aquarium suckerfish that keeps tanks clean — is based on the premise that people would be more willing to conserve water if they were given more actionable information. Nudge Systems nudges people to take the steps to do what they wanted to do but didn't previously have the information to inspire them to do it.
Most water conservation systems for homeowners are complex, says DeCarmagc, and require professional installation. The Pleco system consists of three main elements and an app, all of which can be installed and deployed easily, without tools. The sensor is a "water watch" that's wrapped around the existing water meter and measures water flow into the home. The sensor data transmits the water usage data to the homeowner via a customized radio system. The data appears on the Pleco touch screen display in real-time. The display also acts as a hub connecting to the internet and a companion smartphone app. The entire system can be set up in minutes by the homeowner.
By measuring water flow in real-time, the homeowner can not only see the information, but via an algorithm that recognizes patterns of usage, can actually identify where the water is going — to showers, faucets, toilets, irrigation, or being lost through leaks. By seeing more clearly in real-time where their water goes, Nudge Systems believes that homeowners can and will change the way they relate with and use water in their home.
The device retails for $249. You can learn more about Nudge Systems by visiting their website.
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