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Can the midterms save care policies?- POLITICO
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Hello again! I'm Eleanor Mueller and I'm back after last week's dispatch on how the private sector is responding to the Roe v. Wade news","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2022/05/13/how-employers-are-reacting-to-the-roe-news-00032392?nname=women-rule&nid=00000169-5991-d01a-a169-5d9f0cc10001&nrid=00000161-0f65-db71-a5f3-fffd338d0000&nlid=2485581″,"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21760000″,"_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21760001″,"_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">how the private sector is responding to the Roe v. Wade news. As a labor reporter for POLITICO, I've written extensively about paid leave, child care and other policies that shape the way women work. I'd love to hear your thoughts: Don't hesitate to email me at [email protected] or find me on Twitter at @eleanor_mueller. See you next time!
It's been almost a year since the Biden administration unveiled its American Families Plan, which proposed 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, free pre-K for all 3- and 4-year-olds, lower child care costs for qualifying families and more. The plan — eventually rolled into the Democratic social spending package known as Build Back Better — gave hope to working women and families still grappling with the fallout from the pandemic.
And yet in the months since, those policies have been stripped down or abandoned altogether amid opposition from moderates like Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), whose support is a dealbreaker in the narrowly divided Congress.
Care advocates are still hoping Congress might pass at least some investment in child care and home care, but that's uncertain in the quickly evaporating weeks before the midterms.
Instead, advocates are now shifting their focus to those very elections, where they hope to elect enough women to Congress that things will be different next time around.
That pivot was a near-constant topic of conversation at the Institute for Women's Policy Research invitation-only summit in San Francisco last month, where some of the most powerful women in politics and policymaking gathered at the foot of the Bay Bridge for a couple days.
"There are a lot of women in this room [who] were part of this really incredible fight in a very tough Congress, a 50-50 Congress, for paid family leave; for maternity benefits; for the issues that, honestly, everyone has been [fighting for] forever, and then we never got this close," Cecile Richards, co-founder of Supermajority and former Planned Parenthood president, said at the summit. "We didn't get there but we are going to get there."
"That conversation would not have happened without the representation of women in Washington," she added.
Richards and others who took the stage that week — including EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler, National Partnership for Women and Families President Jocelyn Frye, National Women's Law Center President Fatima Goss Graves and United States of Women Executive Director Jordan Brooks — called upon those in attendance and watching from home to focus their efforts on electing women and other candidates who prioritize so-called care policies so that there is a better chance at enactment next session.
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"How do we get to a place where we are holding our leadership accountable, being bold, being brave to say, 'No, actually, this is what women and girls need across this country and we are going to fight and vote in the way that we know is going to make that happen?'" Brooks said at the summit. "I'm hoping we can get there over the course of the next year."
There are 145 women in Congress right now comprising 27 percent of lawmakers — a historic high, but still "anemic compared to what it should be," Richards said. One hundred and six are Democratic.
"It is not a coincidence that our representation is anemic, and the things that we care about so much are under despair," Butler said in San Francisco.
Richards' moonshot? "I actually think women need their own political party in the United States," she said. "Instead of trying to knock at the door and get child care or maternity benefits on their agenda, we could say, 'no, you come to our power sources.'"
Paid leave is already preparing its playbook. The U.S. is the only wealthy nation without a federal paid leave policy, and enacting the country's first has broad support from those on both sides of the aisle.
"Our movement is doubling down, scaling our political arms," Dawn Huckelbridge, director of Paid Leave for All, said back in D.C. "We intend to make clear that voters demand paid leave, and they don't intend to wait years to catch up with the rest of the world on this common-sense policy."
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Child care is also starting to think about how they can make sure that the voices of women "will be heard loud and clear in November," said Julie Kashen, a senior fellow and director for women's economic justice at The Century Foundation. "Parents, providers, and other advocates will remember who stood up for them, voted for child care and preschool, and championed progress," Kashen said.
But there are other things voters care about. Democratic pollster Carly Cooperman said that how much these advocates can move the needle will depend on their ability to supersede other issues like rising prices that rank high on voters' list of concerns.
"They have the ability to certainly raise the issue," but they must figure out how to do so "in a way that becomes dominant as long as inflation is high … to get people's attention to really focus on anything besides the economy and inflation," Cooperman said.
If they can accomplish that, Cooperman said, it might help with Democratic turnout more broadly: "Democrats are so much less enthused and interested and engaged in these elections and just feeling really frustrated and disconnected," she said. "If they can turn to the midterms and focus on both electing candidates who care about these issues and also connecting to voters, largely women voters, where this is a priority — it's something that could help the Democrats in terms of hopefully increasing turnout."
In the Round: A conversation with today's leaders.","_id":"0000017f-986c-d0a7-ad7f-dbeccac60000″,"_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">A conversation with today's leaders.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS – Join Women Rule on Wednesday, May 25 at 1:00 p.m. EST for "Women Running the Midterms," a virtual program moderated by POLITICO's Elena Schneider featuring back-to-back conversations with Democratic and Republican women who are shaping the midterm campaigns.
Heritage Action for America Executive Director Jessica Anderson, veteran GOP consultant Kristin Davidson, EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Executive Director Christie Roberts are the confirmed panelists. We will discuss trends among women voters, what the candidates are doing to target them, and how the draft opinion from the Supreme Court's conservative majority that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling is reshaping the political landscape. RSVP to watch live: thewomenrunningthemidterms.splashthat.com/Newsletters","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"http://thewomenrunningthemidterms.splashthat.com/Newsletters","_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21790000″,"_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21790001″,"_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">thewomenrunningthemidterms.splashthat.com/Newsletters
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"The need for the 36-hour-turnaround reflects one of the critical dual roles Harris has been forced to play in office. She is both the second most high-profile member of the administration and the 101st senator, the latter of which requires her to be in Washington in case she needs to cast a tie-breaking vote.
"In her 16 months as vice president, Harris has broken 23 ties in her official role as president of the Senate, according to the official Senate count. That puts her third of all-time, only trailing America's very first vice president, John Adams (29 votes), and its seventh, John C. Calhoun (31 votes). Last week alone, Harris cast six tie-breaking votes. Her current boss, Joe Biden, broke all of zero ties while serving for eight years as vice president under President Barack Obama.
"With a 50-50 Senate, the need for Harris to be on hand for possible votes has frustrated some aides who said she would much rather be traveling the country, touting the administration's accomplishments on replacing lead pipes or repairing highways and bridges. That's especially true as the Covid-19 pandemic has receded. Harris, those around her say, would prefer amplifying support for abortion rights, voting rights and other issues important to her and the administration. But tie votes need breaking, and she has that constitutional honor."
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POLITICO Focus sat down with members of Women Rule: The Exchange to answer this very question. Click here to see what leaders had to say about the strategies and solutions that will power an economy that benefits all.","_id":"0000017f-9866-de36-a37f-fffe4faf0000″,"_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">Click here to see what leaders had to say about the strategies and solutions that will power an economy that benefits all.
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"Democratic lawmakers and abortion-rights advocates say they are worried that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, their clinics — which are already struggling with pandemic burnout and budget cuts — will be overwhelmed, causing long waits for abortions for in-state residents and travelers alike.
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"Why the Internet Hates Amber Heard","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/05/modern-celebrity-fandom-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial/629887/","_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830000″,"_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830001″,"_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">Why the Internet Hates Amber Heard," by Kaitlyn Tiffany for the Atlantic: Johnny "Depp's ongoing and highly public lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard … is complicated","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/arts/johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial.html","_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830002″,"_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830003″,"_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">is complicated, and the testimony is rife with sordid, disturbing details. In short, Depp has taken Heard to court for defamation over a 2018 essay she published in The Washington Post that identified her as a victim of domestic abuse and sexual violence. Heard also made abuse allegations when she filed for divorce","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/27/johnny-depp-restraining-order-amber-heard-divorce-domestic-violence","_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830004″,"_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830005″,"_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">when she filed for divorce from Depp in early 2016, and was granted a restraining order","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/27/johnny-depp-restraining-order-amber-heard-divorce-domestic-violence","_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830006″,"_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830007″,"_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">restraining order against him.
"[Former Depp fan] Rebecca felt betrayed by Depp when Heard came forward with her story, and has since renounced her fandom. But she's been positively horrified by the behavior of Depp's other fans, who have spent the past several years trying to discredit Heard as a 'gold digger' and a 'monster.' (I agreed to identify Rebecca by only her first name because she was concerned about harassment from this community.) In April, when fans' efforts picked up momentum, Rebecca started a Twitter account called @LeaveHeardAlone","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/LeaveHeardAlone","_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830008″,"_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd21830009″,"_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">@LeaveHeardAlone, with a plan to document and counter the ridiculous claims that #DeppfordWives, as she and others call them, have made about Heard. …
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"Rebecca's new Twitter account has not many more than 500 followers, which means she is far, far outnumbered by the other side. The pro-Depp, anti-Heard stance is now a dominant trend on social media. Across the web, Heard's supposed lies have been turned into all manner of memes","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://embedded.substack.com/p/the-amber-heard-memes-are-getting?s=w","_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd2183000a","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd2183000b","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">all manner of memes, and even, by one cosmetics company, a piece of marketing material","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ikrd/milani-cosmetics-tiktok-about-johnny-depp-and-amber-heard","_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd2183000c","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd2183000d","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">a piece of marketing material. On TikTok, couples have been acting out violent moments as described in Heard's testimony, in order to highlight their alleged absurdity. On Tumblr, Depp supporters continue to circulate the debunked claim","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial/","_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd2183000e","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000180-e345-d353-a3b0-ebfd2183000f","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266″}">the debunked claim that Heard plagiarized part of her opening statement from Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley. …
"One could blame 'the Deppford Wives' for all these online smears, but that's not exactly right. Some of the most active commenters aren't so much determined fans of Johnny Depp as anti-fans of Amber Heard."
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Q: Bash script with command argument not working Using a bash script ./find_dates. Code in find_dates
 grep '^2019/02/01' /pi/home/data/*|sort -t: -k2 > /pi/home/files/data.txt;

I am getting data in the data.txt
However when I run ./find_dates2 2019/02/01. Code in find_dates2:
grep '^$1' /pi/home/data/*|sort -t: -k2 > /pi/home/files/data.txt;

The data.txt is empty.

A: Simple typo - use double quotes instead of single quotes, otherwise the variable doesn't get expanded.
grep "^$1" /pi/home/data/*|sort -t: -k2 > /pi/home/files/data.txt;

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Ukrajinský levkoy je plemeno kočky domácí s velmi originálním vzhledem: je bezsrsté a se zahnutýma ušima. Plemeno není zatím uznáváno žádnou mezinárodní chovatelskou organizací, pouze ukrajinskými a ruskými chovatelskými kluby.

Historie
Plemeno bylo vyšlechtěno na Ukrajině mezi roky 2000 až 2011. Chovatelka Elena Birjukova (původem z Ruska), zakladatelka tohoto plemene, chtěla vyšlechit kočku aby nejen splňovala její požadavky na vyzáž ale i charakter. Jedná se o křížence několika plemen, přičemž dominantní roli sehráli donský sphynx a skotská klapouchá kočka. V dalších rolích byly třeba kočky orientálního tipu a dokonce i nějaké nečistokrevné kočky. Po donském sphynxovi nese urajinský levkoy gen pro bezsrstost, po skotské klapouché kočce zase gen pro klapouchost (sklopení uší směrem dopředu). Při křížení byly použity i orientální krátkosrsté kočky a běžné domácí kočky. V roce 2005 bylo plemeno uznáno ukrajinskými chovatelskými kluby, v roce 2010 se pak přidaly i chovatelské kluby ruské.

Popis
Jedná se o středně velké plemeno kočky domácí. Tělo má poměrně dlouhé a svalnaté a štíhlé, které tvoří úhlovou siluetu. Ukrajinský levkoy má holou kůži bez srsti, která je měkká a teplá, není příliš flexibilní a vrásčitá. Do specifických vlastností patří zahnuté uši, ale mohou mít také normální tvar (viz sekce Genetika a zdraví). Oči jsou mandlového tvaru. U koček, tohoto plemene je jasně viditelný pohlavní dimorfismus, kdy jsou samci větší než samice.

Povaha
Tyto kočky jsou velmi přátelské a aktivní.

Genetika a zdraví
Jelikož gen pro klapouchost je stejný, jaký nesou skotské klapouché kočky, týkají se i tohoto plemene zdravotní problémy spojené s tímto genem. Homozygotní kočky často trpí závažnými zdravotními problémy včetně deformace kostí a těžkými a bolestivými formami osteoartritidy. Proto se stejně jako u skotských klapouchých koček i u tohoto plemene páří vždy pouze klapouchý jedinec (heterozygot) a jedinec s rovnýma ušima. Zhruba polovina koťat pak nese gen pro klapouchost (heterozygoti), druhá polovina bude mít rovné uši.

Gen pro bezsrstost není spojen s žádnými zdravotními problémy. Zcela bezsrstá koťata však vyžadují zvláštní péči, neboť bývají slabší než ostatní.

Reference

Externí odkazy

 Standard plemene na stránkách ICFA (chovatelská organizace se sídlem na Ukrajině)

Plemena koček z Ukrajiny
Plemena koček s atypickými tělesnými znaky

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ATIKU'S ENDORSEMENT BY OBJ WILL NOT DISTRACT BUHARI
The Presidency has said President Mohammadu Buhari will not be distracted by the purported endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar by former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
Senior Special Assistant to the President, (Media & Publicity) GARBA SHEHU in a statement said that the Presidency received the news of former President Olusegun Obasanjo's predictable U-turn and somersault on the endorsement of the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at a meeting Thursday, and to say that we are the least surprised by the well-rehearsed theatre.
"They will lose together. Listening to the prepared statement of the former President after the meeting showed the usual ego trip and "I know it all" character of Chief Obasanjo".
"In the first place, we dare to say that a pompous statement from the former President advising Nigerians on a vote against President Buhari is the best recommendation that can come at this time".
"It also betrayed a lack of understanding of today's politics which is about good governance.
READ ALSO: FULL TEXT: WHAT OBASANJO TOLD ATIKU
The country voted for change in 2015 and a leader that ensures good governance which only President Buhari and the APC can provide".
"Bent on these laudable goals, we will not allow ourselves to be distracted".
"We are busy on various national issues including the restructuring and the diversification of the economy, fighting corruption, terrorism and other threats to national security; increasing the availability of electric power, improving education, health, and providing long-delayed infrastructure – roads, rail, airports and so forth".
"Many governments have come and gone, but they did not care about some of these projects".
"We were talking about these things for sixteen years under the PDP and nothing was done".
"President Buhari is proud of his record because his achievements are verifiable, while that of the PDP is manifested by the devastating social and economic impact of large scale corruption during their governance".
"The President will not relent in the war against corruption because the ordinary people are the ultimate victims if we surrender to corruption and let its perpetrators go unpunished".
"Abandoning the war against corruption is not an option. President Buhari is in this battle against graft because he cannot allow a few, rapacious, and selfish class of the elite to divert the resources meant for the well-being of the ordinary people to their private pockets".
"Nigerians trust President Buhari in this effort because they are convinced he is not in government for personal financial benefits, or for an ego trip. It is just eleven years ago that the former President and Vice President in their ugly fight for power accused each other of corruption. Nigerians are yet to forget all that".
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How to hold money managers accountable
Madoff case shows need for custodial accounts when working with advisers.
chip east/reuters
Advice Inside? New Yorkers stroll by the offices of Bernard Madoff, who confessed to defrauding investors of some $50 billion.
By Thomas Watterson Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Who's holding your money?
As the list of wealthy individuals, institutions, and charities that have lost millions, even billions of dollars in the Bernard Madoff fraud case continues to grow, other investors have been asking an important question: Why was there no independent custodian holding the securities and other assets Mr. Madoff's firm was said to be investing?
In a legitimate arrangement between an individual investor and a money management firm or financial planner, the money manager may buy and sell stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other investments on behalf of the client. These trades are often, but not always, made after consulting with the client.
But the money manager does not – in fact, experts say, should not – have access to the client's money. Rather, it is held in a separate "custodial account." Several large firms, including Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, and T.D. Waterhouse, provide custodial services.
Checks from the client should be made out to one of these firms, not to the planner or adviser. Every month, both the client and the adviser receive a statement from the custodial firm showing the current value of the account, as well as a list of any trades. If the client wants, he can even go online every day to check his balance. This arrangement isn't much different from if an investor made trades through Schwab or Fidelity himself; he's just giving the adviser authority to use those firms to make trades on his behalf.
The importance of independent custodians is likely to grow as more investors turn to professionals to manage their money. Many recent retirees, for instance, may have several hundred thousand dollars or more in 401(k) or 403(b) plans that they want to roll over into IRAs, and they're looking for professional money management. In general, a planner's service costs about 1 to 1.5 percent of client assets per year.
In the Madoff case, there was no independent custodian. All client statements and checks came from his office. But, as long as clients could take out money when they wanted to, they apparently didn't ask questions. Of, course, this meant they didn't know that the money they were getting was coming from new investors, which made Madoff's operation a classic Ponzi scheme, and at some $50 billion, the nation's largest.
Another red flag, experts say, should have been the consistently positive returns his firm provided, even in the face of severe market turbulence. For instance, Madoff claimed an average return of more than 10 percent a year, with very little price volatility, in both up and down markets.
That may have been one reason investors didn't ask questions, says Michael Martin, a financial planner and president of Financial Advantage, a planning firm in Columbia, Md. "They may say 'I've got something here that other people don't know about, so I'll keep my mouth shut.' "
In addition, he notes, the financial business is filled with many smart people with good social skills that they use to gain the trust of potential clients. That may be fine, Mr. Martin says, but, quoting former President Ronald Reagan, he adds: "Trust, but verify."
"Madoff ingratiated himself to his community," agrees Jeanne Sullivan, a financial planner with Back Bay Financial Group in Boston. She points out that in addition to being a former chairman of Nasdaq, Madoff spent many years cultivating clients in Boston, New York, and Florida. "Many of them were people he had known for 20 or 30 years," Ms. Sullivan says. Also, she notes, Madoff would sometimes refuse to take on new clients the first time they asked, "so it increased their desire to be part of his operation." It's also been reported that if current clients asked Madoff too many questions about how he invested, he kicked them out.
But experts stress that there was no financial or legal reason why even these wealthy people and large institutions could not have insisted on having their money held by an independent custodian – except that Madoff would not have let them into his "club."
As difficult as the Madoff case has been, avoiding this problem isn't difficult. Just ask the money manager or financial planner plenty of questions, Sullivan says. Of course, one of the first should be: Do you use an independent custodian, and do my statements and any checks come from you or the custodian? (They should come from the custodian.) "Make sure that the custodian is a well-known independent firm," such as Fidelity, Schwab, or T.D. Waterhouse, Sullivan adds. Several large banks also provide custodial services.
Other important questions to ask any financial adviser:
•Are you registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission?
•Can I see the ADV (adviser) form that you filed with the SEC? This form is also used for state registration and includes information on the adviser's education, type of business, as well as any disciplinary actions within the past 10 years. It also covers the adviser's services, fees, and investment strategies. (It's not foolproof; Madoff was registered with the SEC and had an ADV form.)
•What kind of investment returns have you provided over the past several years? While many managers do "beat the market," their returns should not be wildly out of line. Some managers have legitimately been able to lose far less than the market this year by constructing portfolios that include a fair amount of bond and money-market investments, as well as stocks. But even some of these portfolios fell 20 percent this year, while the S&P 500 is down about 40 percent.
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Classic car and 4×4 lovers the world over have always sought to modify their cars in some shape or form. There are purists who will claim to never dream of doing such a thing, but for most of us, it is sometimes a necessity rather than a choice.
From driver safety to vehicle security, there are modifications that will always be needed to the motors that we adore, especially as they get older.
Then there are the power mods and the aesthetic mods we may choose to make, from new engines to the humble re-spray.
These things will affect insurance premiums, but we can help keep costs to a minimum, because we understand classic motoring and modifications.
We recently put together a list of the top five modifications we deal with and how these affect premiums. Here is a summary.
It might surprise you to hear that re-spraying can affect your insurance premium and is classed as a modification. However a simple refresh with the same colour shouldn't affect your insurance or even a change of colour providing you inform the DVLA. Pearlescent or two tone changes are one of the few aesthetic modifications that could affect your insurance costs as well as altering your excess. Any increase should only be to do with the effect the re-spray will have on the value of your classic.
As newer cars move into the classic car realm, more and more vehicles are fitted with some sort of computerised control. These are usually pre-set by the factory. However, some owners like to get these upgraded or remapped to increase performance.
Again, the increase to your premium and excess should only be small.
Many owners replace their classic's engine with a higher powered alternative if they're looking for more torque or speed. An engine replacement will have more of an effect on your insurance than re-mapping or re-spraying, but the increase should still not be eye-watering.
Stage 1, the lower end of the tuning scene, is the collection of mods to improve the overall performance. These include things like exhausts, fuel pressure regulators and blow off valves.
This modification will have an effect on the price of your insurance well as the potential to increase the excess.
A Stage 2 upgrade is a little more aggressive than a Stage 1 and will promote larger power gains. Stage 2 will include fuelling modifications and some engine strengthening and dismantling.
This type of performance modification will have the highest impact on your insurance premium. You would definitely want to look at going with a specialist insurer whose policies can cater for the additional risks.
As autumn sets in, 4×4 season is kicking off too. Our wonderful off-roaders are also subject to a range of modifications for various reasons. These may be improvements made to the vehicle for off road use or changes to accommodate things like camping materials as we get ready for our seasonal adventures.
If you're thinking of making modifications to a classic or a 4×4 but you're unsure about your premiums, call us today on 0121 248 9304.


Pound 360: Does Your Burger Cause Wildfires?
On ABC World news for Tuesday, I heard this year's wildfire season is supposed to be pretty harsh. I couldn't find a write-up at the recently redesigned ABC News homepage, but I did find this at USA Today.
That in mind, I thought I'd type a bit on the connection between what we eat and how it affects the earth's temperature.
Last month, the UN quietly released a study identifying "the world's rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to the climate," according to a report at The Independent (UK). As it turns out, livestock crank out 18 percent of all greenhouse gases on earth. The problem there is that gases from livestock are particularly nasty. Methane, for example, "warms the world 20 times faster than carbon dioxide."
Of course, it gets worse. According to the Independent, "Livestock also produces more than 100 other polluting gases, including more than two-thirds of the world's emissions of ammonia, one of the main causes of acid rain." Oh, ranching is also cited by the UN Report as the "major driver of deforestation." And in the oceans, pollution from feedlots create "dead zones" where aquatic life, including coral, is wiped out.
The animal "most to blame?" The UN report cites cows (there are an estimated 1.5 billion cattle around the world). But I say, if any animal is to blame, it's the one whose steady appetite for beef has created the massive, global heard and its brutal environmental impact.
Not-so-fun fact: In the Independent article, I learned that it takes 260 gallons of water to create one quart of milk.
And it gets worse: The UN reports "the massive damage done by livestock" will double by 2050 as "demand for meat" climbs.


Being with Texas-based Internet Service Provider AT & T, the 14th largest company in the World in term of revenue, Forbes 2011 can be a matter of proud. But technology has never been devoid of errors or issues, and moreover these are highly unpredictable, and problems can happen with any of the services including AT&T U-verse, DSL, Wireless or any other. There can be various issues with the Internet service; it could be related to accessibility, performance or security. These can pinch the network server as well.
Whatever the reason or cause, you are at the receiving end. Understanding this, AT&T Support team offers round-the-clock technical support to fix any related errors. Experts' services are accessible through phone or email or chat. In case of server error experts can configure the Internet browser, amend the TCP/IP and Domain Name Service (DNS) settings. They can unravel the firewall settings if required to fix Internet connectivity problems, and can remove viruses and malware to protect your digital assets and conversation from getting breached. Email support services is also available from experts, and they are accountable to setup, configure and troubleshoot any related issues with any email clients including Outlook, Apple Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, etc.
Did you know that most of the issues can be resolved without calling At&T customer Support service, provided you have the basic understanding of the computer and Internet? Exploit the ready-to-follow sections available with the portal. The portal has been organized well to facilitate quick and easy navigation. Browse through the categories like: Wireless Support, Internet & Email Support, Digital TV Support, and Home Phone & U-verse Voice Support to narrow down your search and hit the most suitable solution. From fundamental setup and installation to advanced troubleshooting and the removal of viruses and spyware, all is there to ease your job. The mobile devices like smartphones and tablets also join the fleet, and you can avail of technical assistance for those as well.
Accessing the Internet through a wireless router? Remember wireless network can be highly vulnerable, as a person having access to the router signal can gain unauthorized access to network files and personal information. Hence, be conscious while using that. Comprehending the growing Internet threats and incidents associated with privacy invasion, AT&T Technical Support offers instant and effective tech support to secure your personal and business data. Experts can help you to exploit the various built-in security features of router, firewall, and operating system to attain the highest level of protection against the Internet threats.
Now, learn to make a difference in AT & T Internet security. Change router administrative password on regular intervals, enable (Compatible) WPA / WEP Encryption and default SSID, disable SSID Broadcast, and more. Some network security features are integrated with the operating system as well. Apart from the usual Windows Firewall and Windows Defender that were part of Windows Vista, Windows 7 has been engineered with better security features—native biometric support, enhanced BitLocker and User Account Control. Set all as per the requirement and specifications to achieve the desired level of protection. If you own a business then make use of the Windows Active Directory Security and amend Password Policy Setting, Account Lockout Policy, Enterprise Admins Group Membership, and more to secure vital information of your organization.


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Harry Potter Mania Trivia Quiz
"No story lives unless someone wants to listen. The stories we love best do live in us forever. So whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home."
J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
"Swish and flick."
"Great, tell me when you've defeated Voldemort for me, will you?"
"So why in the name of Merlin's saggy left —"
J.K. Rowling, Holy Bible: King James Version
"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Anonymous, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Yeah 'ear 'ear," said George, with half a glance at Fred, the corner of whose mouth twitched."
"I'm Draco Malfoy, I'm Draco, I'm on your side!"
"I know [Umbridge] by reputation and I'm sure she's no Death Eater-"
"It was not, after all, so easy to die."
"I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be."
"Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, 'It unscrews the other way."
J.K. Rowling, The Da Vinci Code
"These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time."
Dan Brown, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive."
"Hermione drew herself to her full height; her eyes were narrowed and her hair seemed to crackle with electricity.
"We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that."
"His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad,
"Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four."
"Don't forget to give Neville our love!' Ginny told James as she hugged him.
"The ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming."
"But if it matters to you, you'll be able to choose Gryffindor over Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account."
"Which way did they go, Peeves?" Filch was saying. "Quick, tell me."
"I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are."
"Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own living body than ever before. Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart? It would all be gone…or at least, he would be gone from it. His breath came slow and deep, and his mouth and throat were completely dry, but so were his eyes."
"You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!"
"Can you think what the Mirror of Erised shows us all?" Harry shook his head.
"October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces."
"I don't think you should be an Auror, Harry," said Luna unexpectedly. Everybody looked at her. "The Aurors are part of the Rotfang Conspiracy, I thought everyone knew that. They're working to bring down the Ministry of Magic from within using a mixture of dark magic and gum disease."
"Did you see me disarm Hermione, Harry?"
"Hermione had taken his hand again and was gripping it tightly. He could not look at her, but returned the pressure, now taking deep, sharp gulps of the night air, trying to steady himself, trying to regain control. He should have brought something to give them, and he had not thought of it, and every plant in the graveyard was leafless and frozen. But Hermione raised her wand, moved it in a circle through the air, and a wreath of Christmas roses blossomed before them. Harry caught it and laid it on his parent's grave.
What is the colour of the Inter-departmental memos? (messages inside the Ministry)
During 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', what does Draco Malfoy use to get through the Peruvian instant darkness powder on the seventh floor during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower?
Hand of Glory
Lumos
Before the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', who was put under the Imperius Curse in Hogsmeade and helped Dumbledore and Harry get to the Astronomy Tower?
Katie Bell
A Hufflepuff student
Madame Rosmerta
Aberforth Dumbledore is older than his brother Albus Dumbledore.
In 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', at what time did Harry perform the Patronus Charm to protect himself and Dudley from the Dementors?
What did Madam Pomfrey conjure up to give to Minerva McGonagall when she found out that Dumbledore was dead?
A tissue
A bandage for wounds
A blanket
A chair
What were the first names of Neville's parents?
Frank and Alice
Arthur and Molly
Severus and Lily
Lucius and Narcissa
When did Remus Lupin ask Harry to be his son's godfather?
At St Mungo's Hospital for the sick and injured
Before taking Harry to the Burrow
When he saw Harry at Shell Cottage after Ted was born
Through the Potterwatch radio station
Did Severus Snape create all of the following spells? Sectumsempra, Levicorpus, Langlock and Muffliato.
Which of these was NOT a name of Fleur and Bill Weasley's children?
Phillipe
Magical Animals and Objects in Harry Potter Trivia
How Closely Did You Read the 'Harry Potter' Books?


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Ally McIntyre, Early Blue, 2021
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Ally McIntyre
Early Blue, 2021
Signed on verso
10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.)
After graduating in Painting and Sculpture from University of Alberta in 2013, Ally McIntyre completed the MA Fine Art course at the prestigious Goldsmiths University of London, where she was awarded the Jealous Prize 2014/2015 and HIX Award 2015. Her solo exhibitions at Jealous 'Moondazed' in 2015, 'Dog Days' in 2016, 'Decaf Honey' in 2017 all of which proved sell-out successes with artworks placed in private collections around the world. Most recently, Ally was a finalist for the 20th anniversary Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Painting Competition in Canada.
Ally McIntyre's work rebels against the constraints the art canon has imposed on painting. She reinvents her subjects through large dimensions, bright colours and an unconventional pairing of mixed media and styles. Bold and assertive, her work stands up to the prevalent association of large-scale art with the male artist. Confident brush strokes envelop glimpses of realism and dissolve faces into playful combinations of dream-like colour, line and glitter. Ally's work is an amalgamation of various genres across history; faux-naive, realism, kitsch, expressionism, and cartoon. The subject and narrative of her work often has to do with the structure of hierarchy in culture, art, human-animal relations, and somehow circumventing or looking at it in a new way, that can place importance on a subject that may otherwise not be considered honourable or iconic.
Her work is placed in many public and private collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum Permanent Print Collection, where her Jealous Prize winning screenprint 'Ferdinand' joins the growing archive of Jealous Prize winner's prints.
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19. Settlement. After sale settlement of the net sum due to you normally takes place within 28 days of the sale unless the buyer has not paid for the goods. In this case no settlement will then be made but we will take your instructions in the light of our Conditions of Sale for Public Auctions. You authorise any sums owed by you to us on other transactions to be deducted from the sale proceeds. You must note the liability to reimburse the proceeds of sale to us as under the circumstances provided for in Condition 12 above. You should therefore bear this potential liability in mind before parting with the proceeds of sale until the expiry of 28 days from the date of sale.
(c) In order to comply with money laundering regulations we reserve the right to require proof of source of funds and/or confirmation of the nature and source of wealth for all receipts of monies from clients directly or from third parties for payments on behalf of clients.
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2021 sees the twentieth anniversary of The Hepatitis C Trust and they have packed a massive amount into those twenty years. The Trust has prided itself on its innovative approach to charity work. As well as building the Art on a Postcard brand as a fundraising tool, they have set out to make themselves obsolete by campaigning to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030. In addition to playing a huge part in getting the NHS England to announce a unique elimination deal in 2019, The Trust played its part in getting 194 countries to sign up to elimination by 2030.
To help celebrate this extraordinary feat the line-up includes conceptual artist Anish Kapoor, Jordan Wolfson whose enigmatic, and at times provocative, work investigates the darker side of the human condition. Art historian and instigator of The African Diva Project, Margaret Rose Vendryes, has set out to celebrate and connect Black female singers with their ancestorial roots; Shezad Dawood whose multi-media works are inspired by his varied cultural heritage, revered urban contemporary artist Hush, Marina Adams whose work explores colour form and movement and Rana Begum whose work blurs the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture through her refined language of Minimalist abstraction.
Bidding starts at £50 on each lot.
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BUYER'S PREMIUM:
There is no buyer's premium applicable on lots in this auction and the reserve price for all the lots featured is £50.
Date: Tuesday 29 June 2021: 6 - 9pm
Venue: Hoxton Gallery, 17 Marlow Workshops, Arnold Circus, London E2 7JN
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Since many of my clients have never worked with an Executive Coach before, some new clients wonder exactly what I do and how I can help them progress. A more appropriate question than what I do is what I do not do.
What I do not do is provide answers or tell you what to do. I do not swagger in like I'm an expert in what you're dealing with, nor do I presume to know any better than you do. I'm a firm believer that you're already an expert in all the things you need to be an expert in, and that you have all the resources and capabilities you need to navigate around the roadblocks that you've encountered. I believe that facilitating the process that we will work on together to help you assimilate seemingly disconnected pieces of information hold the key to your continued professional growth and success.
This process is deceptively simple. It is actually fairly easy to explain on paper, but in practice, it takes a lot of time, patience, and listening, to do it properly. The first thing I do is learn about you, both as a person and as a professional. I ask open-ended questions and let you provide full and complete answers, listening carefully to every detail. This will allow me to form a clear understanding of your goals, values, and assumptions. Of course you are free to ask me questions as well, but I'm more likely to respond with more questions than with straight answers. Remember, I'm not there to tell you what to do, I'm there to help you find the answers you most likely already know but are unable to access. In other words, I direct the process, but you provide the content.
As part of this process, our sessions will always start and finish with your agenda, and we will both regularly check to make sure that we are moving in a positive, constructive direction that will move the needle for you. In addition, I always apply a winning combination of four attributes which helps me keep my own perspective while understanding yours: these are empathy (an ability to understand and relate to you), unconditional positive regard (a consistently positive outlook on our work), congruence (keeping our goals synced together), and authenticity. There will also be a number of micro-level strategies and techniques that I will employ to help you find your answers, however these vary greatly from client to client.
Over time, as you begin to realize the answers to the questions you've had for so long, we will begin to identify the changes that you need to make. Though these can frequently include changes in attitude and thought processes, I generally like to focus on a behaviour-based approach. In other words, we will work together to figure out the actions you need to take and the practical changes you need to make in your everyday professional life to overcome the challenges that we have identified. As you undergo this process I will help you monitor and tweak things as necessary, but it will always be your responsibility to take the first step and create change in your own life.
My goal is to leave a discernible footprint on your professional life in the form of an improved process or behaviour, but you will always be in the driver's seat. I want to give you all the help that you need to get to where you need to go, but I respect you as a person and a professional, and I want to help you realize that you have what you need to succeed. I'm not in the business of dispensing quick, easy answers, but trust me – at the end of our work together, you will feel empowered to move forward and tackle whatever the corporate world has to throw at you. And that is something that we can both call success.
If it sounds like my process could work for you, why not give it a shot? Contact me today for a consultation, and see what we can set up!
If your company is undergoing changes with methods, products, or staff, or if you are going through changes at the corporate level, I can apply my expertise in communication and teamwork to ease the transitions and help your company make a positive (and profitable!) impact with its new composition. When you hire me, I'll conduct a full assessment of the situation and then recommend ways in which I can help your staff learn to ameliorate problems and overcome challenges they have been presented with.
Remember, I can provide this assistance to any company in any industry regardless of how large or small it may be or how long it has been in operation. I can apply my combined experience as an entrepreneur and an Executive Coach to literally any situation, so contact me today for a consultation! You've got nothing to lose but inefficiency.
A growing number of companies now give financial assistance to employees who are in need of executive coaching, so ask your HR department today what your options are! Because we will primarily focus on improving your effectiveness at work and your focus on your career, your employer stands to reap benefit from our time together as well. Should they need to speak to me or have any forms filled out, just let me know and I will give them all of the information they ask for.
Even if you are not sure what your company's policy is, we can still get started and see how I can assist you. Contact me today for a consultation session and let us see what we can put together!


"Game of Thrones": Kit Harington & Rose Leslie Engagement, the final directors annouced, and The Live Concert Experience Tour is Back!
I know many of you, like me, are still absorbing the death of Littlefinger in the season finale and grappling with having to wait until at least Summer 2018 (possibly 2019) for the finale season. Luckily, we got a bit of good news today with the announcement of the directors for the finale season, an engagement, and the return of the GOT Experience tour.
Today, as production on the eighth and final season of GOT begins, HBO has unveiled their decision on who will be helming the last six episodes. Fans can breathe a sigh of relief in knowing many familiar faces made the short list including Miguel Sapochnik, David Nutter, and creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
Simultaneously, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie coyly announced their engagement in the Times newspaper after much speculation from fans. The couple met on the show in 2012, where they played on-screen lovers Jon Snow and Ygritte. Leslie left the cast two years later and is now on the show The Good Fight, while Harington became one of the biggest names in Hollywood.
In addition, fans were given the added perk of knowing the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience will be heading back out on tour for 2018. The tour was critically acclaimed on it's initial run earlier this year, bringing Ramin Djawadi's music and the world of Westeros to life in different arenas around the US. With new music, visuals and stage design, the tour is going journey throughout all of Europe before returning to North America next fall. Tickets go on sale this Friday (9/29) at GameofThronesConcert.com.
While we're still left pining for the new season, at least these crumbs are helping us get through the winter!


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Investigators are looking into at least two other complaints of allegedly misappropriated funds.
A suspended Fort Wright attorney has been charged with stealing from clients' estates, according to prosecutors.
On Wednesday, Dale Anthony Brinker, 60, was charged with two counts of felony theft after a complaint about suspected misappropriation of funds entrusted to Brinker, according to the Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney.
Prosecutors said the Kentucky Bar Association lists Brinker as a "former member" and said he has been suspended from the practice of law since 2010.
According to the arrest warrant, Joan Siemer signed a will that was prepared by Brinker in 1994. When Siemer died in February 2006, the money did not go to heirs, instead, $110,000 sat in a bank account.
In January, two transfers of $10,000 were made to accounts controlled by Brinker and one $5,000 check was cashed by Brinker, police said.
Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders said prosecutors are seeking the public's assistance to locate the heirs of Siemer's estate.
Sanders said investigators are looking into at least two other complaints of allegedly misappropriated funds.
Sanders advises anyone concerned about Brinker to contact Kentucky State Police.
Anyone who believes they have information which would assist in the investigation or who may be a victim, should contact Detective Charles Hazelwood at Kentucky State Police Post 6 in Dry Ridge at 859-428-1212.


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Carl Epps, attorney for the school districts, said he does not see the court's intervention as a problem and intends to reach out to Lucas soon.
"I have always stated both publicly and privately that I was very appreciative of the work the task force was doing," Epps said. "At some point in time, we have to agree on a plan to educate these children. And that's what our motion did."
A spokesperson for Lucas, R-Darlington, said the districts ideally would continue working with the House panel and ask the court to strike the deadline.
The school districts sued the state in 1993, saying they did not have enough money to provide students with a quality education. Last November, the Supreme Court found the state had failed to provide rural students with a "minimally adequate" education as required by the state Constitution.
The court ordered legislators and the school districts to find solutions together. Lucas launched a task force, inviting the school districts and other stakeholders to participate.
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Iraqi refugees still worry about family at home, but are making the most of being in America
George H.W. Bush dead at 94
Santee Cooper will pony up $15 million for consultants on possible sale
Santee Cooper has agreed to pay $15 million for a consultant or investment bank to study the utility's sale. Now, the state can begin fielding and evaluating offers for the power company.
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US Education Secretary DeVos to visit SC Thursday
SC Democrat Joe Cunningham has a target on his back for 2020, and a lot of cash
USC faculty rallies against Gov. McMaster's involvement in presidential search


Interesting Greek word: PANTELES. It means throughout, through all time, ever. Only used twice in the Bible: in Heb. 7:25 and in Luke 13:11.
In Luke it is used to describe the sickness of a woman whose body was bent over and could not straighten at all. In Hebrews, it describes our salvation- it is all throughout and complete for all time.


1. Our home tour on Green Wedding Shoes!
Below are the most recent outside photos of the house. We finally redid the front deck, took out the grass and did a drought tolerant area, and made the front gates more modern with horizontal slats.
Be sure to follow along as we embark on our new adventure in San Luis Obispo! Bye Livermore, you were great to us!


I had a deep and real craving for cookies last night, so Adam and I decided to search ye olde intarwebs looking for a good paleo cookie recipe.
Fortunately (or unfortunately) there are a lot of different ideas about what constitutes a paleo diet. For the sake of making life easier, Adam and I have decided that its paleo if it's naturally occurring, basically. I basically sing to myself, "meat, fruits & veggie, nuts & berries!!!!" So, we believe in the goodness of tubers, and enjoy honey and maple syrup, as well as a myriad of spices.
We came across a good looking recipe on the Civilized Caveman's Cooking site, but thought it needed our special touch.
Adam's pretty great at baking, and I'm pretty good palate-wise, so we ended up changing a few things. Like the coconut oil for example. I don't understand why if it's paleo, people automatically think we should use coconut oil where ghee will do the job much more elegantly and tastefully. We need to remove casein, sure, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater! We also added eggs, dates, raisins, and honey to this recipe to make a fantabulous cookie that we are still nomming on today!
Put everything in a food processor EXCEPT for the honey, eggs, and raisins. Blend until dough-like.
In a mixer (or large bowl) beat the eggs, add the honey and the raisins, and then add the mixture.
Form patties (the cookies will not change shape in the oven) and place them on parchment paper on cookie sheets prior to placing in the oven.
Cook the cookies in the oven for about 30 minutes.
I am sore as hell this morning and aching like an 50 year old with a deep-seated mid-life crisis who tried to be cool again last night. That's what happens now when I break the diet.
See, one thing I've been lax about covering on this blog (because I didn't wanna get anyone all excited prematurely) is that I've been on the Paleo Diet for about 6 weeks now.
And truth be told, it's great! When I stay true to it, that is… when I break the diet, I hurt. Then again, when I wasn't on it at all, I was hurting regularly, so what am I bitching about???
The Paleo Diet is actually really simple if you think about what you can have as opposed to what you can't have. You can eat meat, fish, shellfish, eggs, tree nuts, vegetables, roots, fruit, berries, mushrooms, squash, and tubers. Or to simplify: protein, fruits & veggies, nuts & berries.
In any case, the reason I'm on it is that I got really tired of feeling bad! And, as you know, I've been following news on MS since diagnosis. It's really clear that there's a gut-to-brain connection going on, and so what we eat affects our condition.
The Paleo Diet is dairy-free, grain (and gluten)-free, legume-free, and soy-free, so it removes a ton of potential allergens and is incredibly anti-inflammatory. Many folks who have Autism were having great success with stopping their unintended movements, as well as improving their moods with a gluten-free, dairy-free diet, and I thought, if I gave it a try, I might feel better and lessen the nasty that was going on with me. Surprise of surprises: it worked.
After the initial wheat detox (The first 2 weeks were awfully painful…), I suddenly woke up without pain in the morning, and with more energy.
But the Paleo Diet has a fatal flaw at the moment: our current minds have "carbs" and "gluten" set as comfort foods.
So Adam and I keep breaking it, on a weekly basis, and basically, I keep hurting myself. We only break it when one of us is feeling really bad, but it's like hurting yourself for feeling bad. Is chinese food like my crack rock? I simply have to come up with some recipes that will make us feel good when we're feeling sick, and we're tired that aren't too difficult to make.
Hard to believe it, but I'm awake of my own volition at 7:30 on a Saturday morning, and I'm not even watching cartoons! (What's up with that action? Clearly, this must be rectified.) My body woke me up at 6:30. It's done that the last couple of days. I've just been going with it.
Speaking of cartoons, though – Last night, Adam and I discovered a bizarre little anime toon called Sgt. Frog. It was out there. We're 2 episodes in, and I'm scratching my head. It's not as adorable as School Rumble was, but what is? Ok, Sailor Moon. And Adam still hasn't seen Sailor Moon. Another travesty which must be rectified. He schooled me in Ranma 1/2. I feel it's my duty to give him the gift of Tuxedo Mask & Usagi.
Today, I'm determined that no matter what, I'm going to bleach my roots blonde and re-color my hair. I've been waiting because I wanted to go to the store and pick out a new brunette instead of going blue again… but, oh jeez, oh well, oh darn, I guess I just have to keep rockin an awesome blue for a little longer and be that cool. Besides, I went the distance to get the good stuff: Raw hair color – True Blue. My hair will be Royal Blue. Almost patriotic.
It says, "Think differently," constantly.
Ah, society, you bring out the silly in me.
Oh my gosh, it's like a whole new blog.
The move to new hosting from LiveJournal is a success! And a pretty success at that. Of course, I've lost all the user-pics that go with each blog entry, but into every life a little rain must fall.
Over the next week, I will be prettying up the joint: fixing tags and categories, even adding pages. I have so much more content than I realized! Pretty cool!
Time for migration, I think.
Well, In It For The Parking has been on LiveJournal for a long time. But LJ has been seeing a lot of action recently from hackers and governments, and frankly, I don't like that. Plus, when I type in "http://www.initfortheparking.com" into my browser, I want to go there and not be redirected a bajillion times by LJ.
That leaves me no option but to buy server space and convert it to a "proper" blog. I'm hoping that will help me write in it more often too, since I'm not really giving it the attention that it's due and instead have been spending my attention on Facebook and G+.
I'll still keep this account and post a link to updates when I have them, which ought to be more often.
Sometimes things need a facelift and to be reorganized. This is one of those times.


Just spray and wipe. When the bottle is empty, add four tablespoons of our Multi-Surface Concentrate to 1/2 bottle of water. Effective, easy, and thrifty.
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Cambremer – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Normandia, w departamencie Calvados. W 2013 roku populacja ówczesnej gminy wynosiła 1168 mieszkańców.

Dnia 1 stycznia 2019 roku połączono dwie wcześniejsze gminy: Cambremer oraz Saint-Laurent-du-Mont. Siedzibą gminy została miejscowość Cambremer, a nowa gmina przyjęła jej nazwę.

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Miejscowości w departamencie Calvados


Get your Hockey Athlete a Jump Start for this Winter with a Custom Ground Training Program catered directly towards the Athletes individual needs. This program will be run in a small group and will take place in the POWER PITT at the Team Revolution High Performance Facility in Millet Alberta. If you don't live within driving distance don't fret we will build you a customized home base program and save you the travel hours.
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The title of the show reflects the ambitions and visions of a new Guiding Coalition that was launched this October by IHI and some 30 founding partners with the goal of making a demonstrable improvement in the health of communities on a global scale…starting in the US. One of the driving principles behind the effort – which over 200 individuals and organizations from across public health, community health, health care, policy, and more have already signed on to – is to learn from and support community innovations and initiatives that are right now having an impact on people's health. Millions stand to gain if what's effective is better understood and spread.


I really don't remember all the details of this book, but a scientist makes a crystal of some sort and finds out he can use it to communicate with an alien, eventually, the alien gets the scientist to create a small black hole that is eating the earth. The book was in English and I must have read it around 2003-2003.
Browse other questions tagged story-identification aliens black-hole or ask your own question.


A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was reported in Templeton, Massachusetts at 12:51 p.m. on Friday, according to the Weston Observatory.
The local Public Safety Communications Center in Gardner and communications centers in surrounding towns received citizen calls reporting shaking and associated loud noises.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said it was aware of reports of shaking but there were no reports of explosions, fires or significant property damage.
Ordinarily, a magnitude 2.0 earthquake will cause minor shaking but will not cause significant structural damage, MEMA said.


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Agrilus epaulus es una especie de insecto del género Agrilus, familia Buprestidae, orden Coleoptera.

Fue descrita científicamente por Obenberger, 1932.

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Q: Datediff function adds startdate day also to the output I have a report in Report Builder 1.0 wherein I have written a formula that calculates the number of days between startdate and enddate. For that I have used a DATEDIFF function in such a manner:
DATEDIFF(DAY, TODAY(), column from table which has end date)

Suppose, if today's date is  1 July 2013  & the column is sending end date as 10 July 2013, then the DATEDIFF function is returning "10 days" whereas it should return output as value "9 days". Why is it returning 10 days rather than 9?

A: Execute this in Sql Server and you get 9 days:
select DATEDIFF(day, '2013-07-01', '2013-07-10')

Using this as a dataset:
select CAST('2013-07-01' AS DateTime) AS StartDate, CAST('2013-07-10 23:59:59' AS DateTime) AS EndDate

then using this expression in SSRS:
=DateDiff(DateInterval.Day, Fields!StartDate.Value, Fields!EndDate.Value)

still yields 9 days, even when using a time component. Try the following expression:
=DateDiff(DateInterval.Day, DateTime.Today, Fields!EndDate.Value)

Are you displaying the date fields to make sure what you think you should get is what you actually get? For instance, make sure you aren't being returned cached data.


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Amit Shah launches 'Winter Grade Diesel' for Ladakh
Posted by Qayam Published: November 17, 2019, 3:25 pm IST
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched the supply of 'Winter Grade Diesel' in Ladakh via video conferencing.
It has been developed by the Indian Oil Corporation to address the problem of loss of fluidity in fuel during extreme winter conditions.
During the winter season, the temperature in Ladakh goes below -25 degree celsius to -30 degree celsius. The Winter Grade Diesel, which has been developed by the IOCL's Panipat Refinery, is usable up to -33 degree celsius.
Speaking on the occasion, Shah said: "This is the work done by our government under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. Ladakh had to face injustice for thousands of years but now it is witnessing development. It is a new dawn in Leh, Ladakh."
The Home Minister said that he had assured the people of both Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh – that the pace of development in both regions will move fast by taking into consideration what their needs are.
He asserted that the step would boost tourism and economy in Ladakh.
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP MP from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal were also present at the launch.
Pradhan said that all diesel taxi vehicles in Ladakh stop working in the winter season as diesel gets frozen but now people can use Winter Grade diesel.
Meanwhile, a petrol pump owner from Ladakh said, "I am very glad that the IOCL has developed Winter Grade Diesel in Ladakh which is a first here."
Source: ANI
Topics: Amit Shah Dharmendra Pradhan


Incipio continues to convert their popular cases into iPad Air 2 accessories. The latest one, Faraday, is an ultra-slim folio tablet case made from Plextonium polycarbonate and faux-leather combination providing decent impact protection. The fold over closure not only keeps the tablet safe from all sides, but also keeps the case secures with a magnetic flap lock. The case comes in a variety of color options allowing users to choose the one that suits them best. There's also a convenient integrated stand feature with multiple angles.
Incipio began in 1999 with the goal of making a case that would protect your mobile device. Over the last 15 years we have grown to an award-winning global designer and manufacturer of mobile device accessories and technologies that are sold in over 40,000 retail locations worldwide.
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Central to bandgap engineering, or more precisely, 'wave-function engineering,' is the concept that, by spatially varying the composition and doping of semiconductors over distances ranging from a few micrometers down to one monolayer, one can tailor the electronic band structure in a nearly arbitrary and continuous way using epitaxial growth techniques. The objective of this book is to review the progress on interband and intersubband transitions in semiconductors including III-V, IV and II-VI materials and quantum structures, as well as to cover the progress on light sources, detectors, modulators and electronic materials and devices. This book brings together internationally recognized researchers to report on their most recent results and newly gained insights and to provide an up-to-date snapshot of optoelectronics and related fields in 2004/2005. The book covers a wide range of topics spanning opto- and microelectronic materials, growth and synthesis, devices, experimental techniques, modeling tools, and applications. Wavelength ranges span from the UV to the THz, and into the GHz modulation range.
Claire Gmachl Princeton University, New Jersey.
M. Omar Manasreh University of Arkansas.
Karl Unterrainer Universität Wien, Austria.


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Аляски́т  (от назв. п-ова Аляска, где впервые обнаружен) – магматическая плутоническая горная порода кислого состава умеренно-щелочного ряда из семейства умеренно-щелочных лейкогранитов. Относится  к гранитам.

Состав
Состоит из крупных кристаллов кварца (25-55%), калиево-натриевого (55—65 %) и известково-натриевого (менее 10 %) полевого шпата. Тёмных основных компонентов в аляските присутствует очень мало (менее 1 %), что обуславливает его светлую окраску. Аляскиты обычно красновато-розового цвета за счет калиевого полевого шпата, но могут быть желтыми, светло-серыми или белыми. В небольших количествах могут содержать альбит (до 10%), биотит, мусковит, циркон, апатит, магнетит, монацит и др.

Добыча и использование

Добывается главным образом в Канаде и Японии. Месторождения разрабатываются открытым способом. Используется в производстве стекла и керамики.

Примечания

Плутонические горные породы
Кислые магматические горные породы
Умереннощелочные магматические горные породы


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MHP Finds 8 lbs of Meth in Spare Tire
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The Gazette reports Montana Highway Patrol officers found eight pounds of methamphetamine in a spare tire after a traffic stop in Stillwater County in which the driver, 31-year-old Manuel Sanchez Jr., reportedly told officials he'd been visiting Yogi Bear in Yellowstone National Park.
Sanchez, of Sacramento, California, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy Cavan in Billings on Thursday on a criminal complaint, charging him with possession of meth with intent to distribute. Sanchez waived a preliminary hearing, and the case will be presented to a grand jury for indictment. He remains in custody.
If convicted, Sanchez faces a mandatory minimum 10 years to life in prison and a $10 million fine. Sanchez was arrested on Tuesday after a Montana Highway Patrol trooper pulled over his 2017 Ford Fusion for following a vehicle too closely, heading eastbound on Interstate 90.
Filed Under: Montana Highway Patrol
Categories: Montana News


Around the Fourth of July, Jordan Crane was hiking in the woods with his wife, Rebecca, when she exclaimed, "Interdependence Day!" Her idea was for a holiday like Independence Day, with parades and fireworks, a way to celebrate all the ways we are connected to one another and to the planet. Dazzled by the thought, Jordan decided to make a comic about it. He worked for many months trying to get it right. Rebecca told him, "It's not a new idea. It's something that people know. Just be clear, and draw it as you see it." So he drew it all over again, and at last it was done—the book you now hold in your hands.
Highly visual stories with limited words are a great way to engage young readers by making them describe what is happening on their own. Our wordless books have simple panel-to-panel progression and easy-to-read sound effects, making them especially attractive to the youngest readers.


Collection 2018-2019 FW. Product Line: Braccialini. Manufacturer: Braccialini. Functionality: handbag. Material: genuine leather. Color: black. Warranty 2 years. Shoulder strap adjustable. Dimensions: 47x25x21 cm. Height of handle: 15 cm. Weight: 1.31 kg.