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The Best Geek Locations in England
March 23, 2016 SteffiGrimm	Leave a comment
A lot of people in England want to realize their nerdy dreams overseas. This is because a lot of what we love comes from other countries. We want to visit Hollywood to see the museums and filming locations of our favourite movies. We want to visit Japan because it gave birth to anime.
It's easy to forget that there are plenty of perfect geeky or nerdy locations right here in England. And when I use those words, I mean what we usually mean. I'm talking about fans of films, books, comics, theme parks and technology!
Here's a quick, but by no means exhaustive, guide to some of the best examples!
There are plenty of comic conventions in London. The most famous example would be the MCM Comic-Con. Contrary to popular opinion, this isn't officially the British version of the San Diego Comic-Con. But this is closest we'll get, and it's amazing in its own right!
When the MCM Comic-Con is on, you'll know about it wherever you go in London. Geeks from all over the country flock here in their best cosplay outfits. Celebrities attend the event and meet fans. Comic stands are everywhere. And beware, those of you who think selfies have replaced the autograph! Celebrity autographs are still alive, kicking and very much available at the MCM Comic-Con!
The next MCM Comic-Con takes place in late May. The celebrity guests will include Warwick Davis and Meg Turney, the Internet's favourite cosplayer. Remember, though, that there's more than one comic convention in England! There's also the London Super Comic Convention, which takes place earlier in the year. For less mainstream tastes, there's also the brilliant East London Comic and Arts Festival. You can find out more at http://www.elcaf.co.uk.
Theme parks are a great way to pretend we're in a loud, colourful fantasy land. For geeks with courage, there's not much better than a roller coaster! For many of us, it's the closest we'll get to the thrilling action and speed we see in our favourite movies. There are a lot of theme parks in England, but you may as well visit one with the best roller coasters.
The names Thorpe Park and Alton Towers often come to mind. But if you're going to experience roller coasters, you may as well do it properly. Blackpool Pleasure Beach is consistently ranked as the best theme park in England and one of the best in Europe. (Remember that it has to compete with Disneyland Paris when the whole of Europe is invited to the competition!) It has more roller coasters than any other theme park in Europe. Its attractions are also world-renowned record breakers. When it launched in the mid-nineties, the Big One was the tallest and the fastest roller coaster in the entire world. It's still the tallest in the United Kingdom! There's also Valhalla, the longest indoor roller coaster in the world. (It was also the most expensive to build!) You can find out more at https://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com.
Not too far away from Blackpool is the Laurel and Hardy Museum. It's the only such museum in the world. It has a 1920s style theatre that shows classic comedy. It's a must for movie buffs!
Literature hotspots
England has an amazing history of literature! For any book geek, it's one of the best countries in the world. The first place you may think of is Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes lived in Conan Doyle's novels. In these stories, Holmes and Watson lived at 221b Baker Street. Back then, though, there were no property numbers beyond 100 on Baker Street! These days, 221b Baker Street does exist. It's the Sherlock Holmes Museum! Any fans of the stories or the BBC show must see this museum. You can read more about it at http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk.
The real homes of many authors can be visited by the public. The Brontë Parsonage Museum preserves the residence of the literary sisters as it was when they wrote their classics. The home of legendary poet John Keats can also be found in Hampstead.
The hangouts of some of the great writers are also easily accessible. A trip to Oxford isn't complete without a visit to The Eagle and Child. This is the pub where the fantasy writers C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien used to drink and chat with each other. Cornwall also houses the Jamaica Inn. The name isn't a reference to the Daphne du Maurier's classic horror novel. The novel was named after the inn! du Maurier stayed there on a particularly foggy and scary evening. The inspiration for her novel hit her there.
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London Tea Exchange Review
December 17, 2015 SteffiGrimm	Leave a comment
I have always had a strong bond with tea, but always preferred teabags over loose tea leaves just because it is so much easier to make tea. But when I opened my mind towards loose tea leaves, I realised how many more options I have at hand, and how much I can experiment with various flavours, even making my own flavour.
During my loose tea leaves discovery, I was in London, and this is where I came across London Tea Exchange. Right next to the tea shop door, there were various teas one could sample. And so I did…
Entering the shop was like I was in heaven. Everywhere I look, it was tea and more tea… Over a hundred choices, and I couldn't be more excited.. and confused.
It was hard to just choose just the one flavour, but since I never had chocolate or coconut flavoured tea, I thought that I should opt for a black tea… with these two flavours. May I say that…. It is magnificent?
The tea was given in a golden packaging which made it safely from London to Malta.
The tea itself looks something like the below… Although not cheap, it is very tasty and makes me feel all warm and tingly inside….
When in London, I'd suggest you give this shop a try, if like me, you are a massive tea lover 😉
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Black Books!
November 6, 2015 SteffiGrimm	Leave a comment
You are probably reading this, because you know my geeky self, and you have an idea what I'm about to talk about.
Second clue would be… Bill Bailey!
I suppose if you are still reading this, you are either aware of what I am talking about (fingers crossed), or otherwise you must be a curious cat. If you are the latter, Black Books is a British sitcom featuring Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran and Tamsin Greig. It is all filmed within a bookshop and it is hilarious.
During my visit to London in July, I made my way to Black Books of course… I was staying in a hotel within 5 minutes walking distance, so I could not miss out the opportunity.
Needless to say, I was delighted I finally made it:
Some book that really caught my eye in the book shop display 🙂
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That day when my name made it on a billboard in London!
I never thought I'd see the day that my name would be on a billboard in London… I know it is not going to make a difference in my life or yours, but it is still a rather cool moment to treasure.
A few weeks back (or was it months? Gosh, time flies…), Lauren Aquilina who is an England based singer (with Maltese descendants) made a competition and I was actually one of the 2,000 fans which made it on the billboard.
Thankfully the designer was wise enough and wrote the names in alphabetical order, and so it didn't take me long until I found my name on there.
Here is me making history, right next to Shepard's Bush underground station, London.. hahaha…
And here is one of Lauren's songs, because she deserves the promotion:
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Baker Street Lovin'
August 2, 2015 SteffiGrimm	1 Comment
When I was a teenager, I was fascinated by London.
I was even more overwhelmed when I discovered that in London, there was an alternative town by the name of Camden. Every time I visited England, I had to spend a day there shopping until I run out of money. When I moved to England in 2011, London become the least attractive place for me to visit. Sure there were a lot of shops and activities going on, but it was too busy and hectic for my liking. I would go down to London for a major gig or to meet friends who were visiting; but would not bother with it at all otherwise.
But this year, everything has changed.
I had to go back to London for one specific reason: AC/DC.
Any heavy metal fan would know that AC/DC are touring again, and considering their age, it would most likely be the last time (I hope I am wrong!). But this was the sole reason why I step foot in London again, after 3 odd years.
While I was there, I had to fulfill one huge dream which unbelievably I did not do even though I visited the city countless times.
I would like to think, that if you are reading this, you know where I'm going with this.
Well, geeky Steffi… geeky TV Series.
Hello Sherlock Holmes:
Did you know that 221b, Baker Street is the world's most Googled address?
Waiting for Sherlock outside the door
Sherlock's store
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Tomorrow, tomorrow…
June 29, 2015 SteffiGrimm	2 Comments
It still does not feel real that I will be in mid-air tomorrow.
For some reason, even after packing my luggage and I'm officially 'ready to go' it still feels unreal.
It could be, because I will be fulfilling five things from my bucket list, or something is just very, very wrong with me:
I will be watching AC/DC live at Wembley Stadium
I will be visiting Cardiff aka Doctor Who hot spot
Going to 221, Baker Street!! (Not sure why it took me so long!!!)
Hampton Court Palace – If you do not know why, you don't know me at all!!
CASTLES!
So, if you have read the above, it means that I am on my way to Cardiff and London, baby!
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524 years ago, King Henry VIII was born
June 28, 2015 SteffiGrimm	Leave a comment
Wishing, a very happy birthday to King Henry VIII; my favourite king from all British history. My fascination about this king started when I was around 8 years, and I was assigned a project at school about this king. Back in those days, we did not have internet available, so we had to go to the library to look up information. During this I learned so much about the king and how much he achieved, and to this date the Tudor age is my favourite era. On the 28th of June, 1491 Henry was born, and at the age of 18, he was declared the king. If his older brother did not die, he would have never become a king, or at least not at a such young age.
There are three things that you need to know about this king:
He broke off from the Roman Catholic Church in order to establish the Church of England – all for one purpose; to get his first divorce.
He remodeled the government, adored art and architecture and encouraged modern politics
He had six wives, two of which have been executed in the Tower of London:
He has married Katherine of Aragon, as Spanish princes and they were married for 18 years. He had to introduce divorce in England in order to be able to divorce her. His reason for this is because Katherine was pregnant six times but never has managed to give him a male heir. Only one of her babies survived, a daughter; Princess Mary. At her death bed, she wrote a letter to Henry VIII telling him that throughout her life she has no eyes for anyone but him. She was the most devoted wife he has ever had.
Ann Boleyn was his second wife, and their relationship lasted 3 years. She has given him another Princess by the name Elisabeth. Ann Boleyn was not very well accepted as a queen and had a lot of trouble at court. Right after a miscarriage, she was arrested and executed at the Tower of London for adultery and incest.
The only wife who has managed to give him a male heir was Jane Seymour. King Henry VIII was very happy and in love, as he felt that his mission was fulfilled, however when his son Edward was one year old, his wife died on him.
Henry has first saw his new wife on a painting by Hans Hoblein. He married Anne of Cleves and soon after he found her to be unattractive. To this, he started pursuing on of her maids of honour Catherine Howard. Anne and Henry annulled their marriage after six months, but they both remained friends. In fact, he commanded that she should be treated as the King's sister.
Three weeks after his annulment, he married Catherine Howard, who was still almost in her teenage years. As such, there were rumours going on about her infidelity, about her past and ongoing love affairs. Henry was enraged about this and had her arrested at Hampton Court Palace and later beheaded at the Tower of London.
Kateryn Parr was Henry's last wife. She evidently loved another (Thomas Seymour) however she could not refuse the king's proposal. She was known for her devotion and intelligence, and she stayed with Henry until his very last breath. She did marry Thomas in the end, but irony had it that she died 15 months later, after giving birth to their daughter.
Prince Edward VI has become king at the age of 9 when Henry VIII passed away. Edward did die from a terminal illness at the age of 15. Upon which, the reign of his half sister Mary started. If you are interested in watching a TV Series about the life on Henry and his wives, I recommend the series by the name of 'Tudors'.
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Why a Lawyer's Experience Matters to Your Case When searching for a lawyer to handle your injury claim, it is important that you find one who has experience in similar cases as yours.
Tim has been a trial attorney in Memphis for 30 years. Because of his success and expertise, Tim is a nationally recognized birth injury lawyer who receives referrals from lawyers across the United States.
Over the years, Tim has tried more than 100 jury trials to a final verdict. A jury in Shelby County awarded Tim's client what was then the highest verdict very in a birth injury case. A jury in Mississippi awarded Tim's client $12 Million Dollars, and it stands to this day as the highest birth injury verdict in the Mississippi Delta.
Because of Tim's reputation and skill as a trial lawyer, many insurance companies decide to settle with his clients rather than take a chance in the courtroom. In those cases where the insurance company will not pay the a fair amount, Tim and his team are always ready to take their cases to trial, instead of just taking what little the insurance company is willing to pay without a fight.
Tim has learned through the years that if the insurance companies think you are a "settlement lawyer" and not someone who is willing to fight them, they will only pay a minimal "settlement" amount. On the other hand, if you are a fighter who has taken on the insurance companies and won, time and time again, the insurance companies likely will offer more money and offer it sooner. Tim has always been a fighter, and is not afraid to go up against even the biggest insurance company or corporation.
Tim is licensed in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida. He has had several cases before the United States Supreme Court, and he is admitted to practice in all courts in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
In one situation, Tim was asked by another lawyer to try a medical negligence case. The call for help came on a Friday with the trial scheduled to start the following Monday. Tim and his team worked non-stop through the weekend and for the next two weeks tried the case to a jury in Shelby County. Although the insurance company said they would not pay a single penny, the jury awarded the client $750,000.00.
Tim has been involved as counsel in many mass tort cases. This past year, Tim Holton was appointed as class counsel in one of the largest class action lawsuits in the State of Arkansas.
In all his years of practice, Tim has never represented an insurance company, or a Defendant in a civil lawsuit. He has always represented the injured person, never the person who caused the injuries.
With an undergraduate degree in Journalism from Memphis State University, Tim attended the University of Memphis School of law, graduating in 1985. Tim and Angie, his wife of 35 years, have two sons, John and Adam, who both work with Tim at the Holton Law Firm. They have been blessed with three wonderful grandchildren, Jack, Avery and Vincent.


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The Wind Rises ('Kaze Tachinu')
ANIMATION; 2hr 7min (Japanese with subtitles)
VOICES BY: Hideaki Anno, Mori Takimoto
Flights of fancy: Horikoshi
The reality-influenced life and times of an aeronautical engineer seems an incongruous choice for an animated movie, even one from the fertile brain of wunderkind Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle). Miyazaki casts an otherworldly thrall over his every dreamy theme. But with the history of Jiro Horikoshi (voiced by Hideaki), a near-sighted Japanese aviation nut who fulfils a dark and morally troubling version of his childhood passion for flight with his trailblazing World War II aircraft, Miyazaki's hypnotic reveries are anchored by nuts and bolts.
Of course, the textural images are wonderful — vibrant and minutely precise. It's those nuts and bolts, which show Jiro engrossed by both the minutiae of his inspired work and the decline of his infirm love (Mori), that grind rather than fly. The technical intricacies of aircraft design crossed with a slow fade from tuberculosis are an acquired, and ultimately dissatisfying, entertainment taste, while Jiro remains a courteous riddle. But summon your patience and go with the slow flow. The trade-off is a thing of liquid beauty.
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Dr. Karim Sirsy is an osteopathic family physician raised in Henderson, Nevada. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. While applying for medical school, he realized that a physician should practice what he preaches and lost over 100 pounds by participating in triathlon races & martial arts while revamping his diet. He then went to Touro University in Henderson, Nevada for medical school and thereafter completed his residency and board certification in Family Medicine at Westchester General Hospital in Miami, Florida. Upon returning home to Henderson, he completed another board certification in Lifestyle Medicine because he believes strongly in the power of lifestyle changes; namely, in diet, exercise, sleep, spiritual upliftment, sociability, and stress reduction as critical and foundational components in the treatment of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and so much more. Dr. Sirsy believes that healing comes from within: the body's complex self-regulating mechanism will heal itself given the proper care and removal of pathologic blockages. Traditional medicine and pharmaceutical therapies also play a role in his treatment philosophy as he believes that the most recent advances in medical care & technologies are essential once first-line lifestyle interventions are exhausted. He chooses a holistic approach to patient care: he considers the person first, before the disease. Dr. Sirsy considers good listening skills, manners, an earnest desire to relieve suffering, up-to-date medical knowledge and accessibility to be the most important characteristics of a good physician. He advocates and fights hard for every patient in his care.


Nelle and Alice were excited because they were going camping in the woods. After a long drive, they reached a place called a quarry with a lake, trees, and baby fawns. The place was peaceful and the air was fresh. They could hear their echoes when they shouted. There were no sounds of screeching cars and roaring sirens like in the city. Nelle and Alice were happy to be out of their car seat and to run and skip along the path. They excitedly pitched their tent, and were happy to sleep beneath the starry sky with the stars, moon, and fireflies for company. They made their own food and walked on trails, discovering the beauty of nature.
Nelle and Alice Go Camping by Margarete Rougier is the second book in the series. Margarete Rougier takes readers closer to nature to let them experience the raw and natural beauty that exists there. The illustrations are so bright and lively that the characters and the charm of the quarry come vividly to life for young readers. Alice's and Nelle's experiences at the quarry will encourage readers to go on a camping trip like them and feel at one with nature. It is a good bedtime storytelling book, and can be used in classrooms for read aloud sessions. It is the best way to make children realize the enigmatic beauty of nature in a fun way. Reading this story will also enable readers to learn new words and enhance their vocabulary.


Mullen, Albert T., p. o. Morganville, N. Y. was born in the town of Stafford, February 9, 1856. His father, William Mullen, was a native of North Devonshire, England, born December 1, 1828, and came to Genesee county in 1851, where he carried on farming; he married Elizabeth Ford of North Devonshire, England, who was born in September, 1822. Albert T. Mullen was educated in the common schools and has always been a farmer. He married Nellie E., daughter of John and Mary Scoins; the latter was born in the town of Stafford, August 20, 1856; her father was born in England in June, 1818, and her mother January 19. 1823. Mr. and Mrs. Mullen have three children: Clarence A., born August 30, 1878; William A., born April 25, 1883; and Earl W., born October 30, 1892. Mr. Mullen is a respected and public spirited citizen.


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Illume Recruitment
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Job Title: Events Manager
Salary: 30000
Reference: TH20230
Contact Name: Tom Hibbert
Contact Email: tom@illume-recruitment.com
Job Published: July 20, 2018 15:55
Events Manager - Events Caterer - London - £30k
This is no ordinary Events Manager role – you do not want to pass up an opportunity like this! I am currently recruiting for an Events Manager to look after a portfolio of some of the most stunning venues in London. If you're looking for a role within a contract that hosts a wide range of events from weddings and large banqueting functions to elaborate drinks & canape receptions, then this is the role for you.
As Events Manager, you will lead an inspire a dedicated team of up to 30 plus multiple agency staff to deliver the very best in service standards. I am looking for a Manager that doesn't settle for 2nd best and thrives for perfection at all times.
The ideal Events Manager will have the following skills/ experience;
Have worked within an Event Managerial role for a minimum of 3 years, with extensive operational experience
Worked for an Event Caterer or contract catering venue or a high-end event caterer
Capabilities of running events for up to 1000 people
Flexible approach to running events and the ability to meet the clients demands to tight time frames
In return for your hard work, you will be joining a fantastic company who can offer you a fantastic career.
This is predominantly a Monday to Friday and on non-event days, you will work 9-5, however a degree of flexibility is required to meet the demands on the business including long hours and late nights on events days. On non-event days you will be required to work from Head Office in South East London.
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Al. Neyer and partner New York Life Real Estate Investors are making history in Greater Nashville with the delivery of Cedar Farms, the largest speculative industrial building ever built in the market. Al. Neyer completed the 902,395 SF building in December of 2018 and served as both developer and design-builder on the project.
The massive Class A bulk warehouse is part of the first phase of a two-phase project that is expected to total 1.5 MSF. Upon completion of a second speculative Class A bulk industrial building in Phase II, Cedar Farms will be one of the top five biggest industrial facilities in the region.
At 570-feet deep and 1,582-feet long, the Phase I building features 100 dock doors with 92 available in the future, and four drive-in ramp doors. Also, the 36' minimum clear height beyond the staging bay provides easy and efficient loading.
The 103-acre Lebanon site is in a prime position near three interstates, with direct access to I-840 at the Couchville Pike interchange, and just nine miles to I-40 and 18 miles to I-24. That means same-day delivery to 39 million people and parcel ground delivery to 77% of the total US population.
Crews began preparing the site for construction in November of 2017 and quietly finished work at the end of 2018. Learn more about the project and find leasing information here.
This bulk warehouse distribution building marks Al. Neyer's second development in Greater Nashville. The team recently completed Mallory Green, a 178,000 SF Class A office building in Franklin, and is currently building a 37,500 SF one-story medical office building for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Murfreesboro. We're proud of the work our team is doing in the market.
Connect with our leaders in this regional market here.


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From the Green Revolution to GMOs: Living in the Shadow of Global Agribusiness
May 24, 2016: 12:21 pm
What can we do about the powerful transnational agribusiness companies that have captured or at the very least heavily influence regulatory bodies, research institutes, trade agreements and governments? How can we assess the safety and efficacy of GMOs or their other technologies and products when narratives and decision-making processes have become distorted by these companies?
Through the 'green revolution' chemical-intensive model of agriculture these corporations and their powerful backers promoted and instituted, they have been able to determine what seeds are to be used by farmers, what is to be grown and what inputs are to be applied. This, in turn, has adversely effected the nutritional content of food, led to the over-exploitation of water and diminished drought resistance, degraded soil, undermined biodiversity, polluted the environment, destroyed farmers' livelihoods and so much more: with 60 years' farming experience behind him, Bhaskar Save outlined many of these impacts in his open letter to Indian officials some years back.
These powerful corporations increasingly hold sway over a globalised system of food and agriculture from seed to plate. And with major mergers within the agribusiness sector in the pipeline, power will be further consolidated and the situation is likely to worsen. While scientific innovation has a role to play in improving agriculture, the narrative about farming has been shaped to benefit the interests of this handful of wealthy, politically influential corporations whereby commercial interest trumps any notion of the public good.
The green revolution has proved to be disastrous in many areas (for example, see this, this and this). If the technology involved had been used more judiciously and genuinely in the public interest – and had not been married to geopolitical interests resulting in the creation of food deficit regions or instituted for the commercial gain of corporations – would we not now be in a better position? And would organic farming and agroecology have received greater attention and investment and be playing a much greater role (as research shows they should), even a dominant one, in agriculture?
Instead, while transnational agribusiness pays lip service to promoting a mix of different farming systems, alternative models are marginalised and continually discredited. PR replaces fact. Wild claims are made about the successes of the green revolution (or GMOs), which certainly should not be accepted at face value, and fail to acknowledge the massive external costs of this model.
How can the public, governments and regulatory agencies really evaluate the efficacy of technologies like GMOs when commercial interests continue to distort the narrative and hide behind slick public relations messages that are intended to mislead and misinform, while at the same time they co-opt politicians, trade policies, scientists and research?
There is of course enough independent evidence indicating the dangers, failures and shortcomings of GMOs to make anyone at least question the claims and motives of the industry, but this does not prevent the industry and its lobbyists misrepresenting the issue, smearing critics and using its enormous wealth and political clout to get GMOs onto the commercial market (see this), while suppressing research that is critical of its claims and technologies.
If we are ever going to have a system of food and agriculture that serves the interests of farmers, rural communities and consumers, rather than the interests of unaccountable corporations (that profit at the expense of human life) or extremely wealthy individuals like Bill Gates and others, we require transparency, accountability and a system of decision making that does not take place within the overbearing shadow of commercial influence.
With reference to GMOs, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI) (M) recently alluded to some of the issues mentioned above by stating:
"… there should not be any commercial release of GM crops without ensuring safety for humans, animals and the environment… The seed monopolies and agribusinesses only aim to maximise profits. They are not concerned about bio-safety or issues like biodiversity or the environment."
The statement, which can be read in full here, continues:
"The Indo-US Knowledge Initiative in Agriculture with agribusinesses like Monsanto, Wal-Mart, Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill and ITC in its Board made efforts to turn the direction of agricultural research and policy in such a manner as to cater their demands for profit maximisation. Companies like Monsanto during the Vietnam War produced tonnes and tonnes of "Agent Orange" unmindful of its consequences for Vietnamese people as it raked in super profits and that character remains."
That character remains because the aim is always to maximise profit for shareholders.
In addition to promoting and supporting local food self-sufficiency and agroecology and shielding agriculture from the destructive impacts of manipulated trade and international commodity markets, what is also required to counter the power of these corporations is a leading role at national state level for the carrying out of public research that is free from the influence of commercial interests.
Again, focusing on GMOs, the CPI (M) continues:
"Hence we are of the opinion that all such experiments should be done exclusively by the public sector and the government institutions and no multinational corporations or monopoly agribusinesses should be allowed to undertake field trials… The government is facilitating profiteering by MNCs without addressing the concerns about bio-safety, monopoly control over seeds and having a fool-proof regulatory mechanism in place… the introduction of any such innovation… should be predicated on sound research and verification of claims open to public scrutiny."
And in testing such claims, it should be not only the safety and environmental impacts of technologies that are taken into account, but also the potential effects on farmers, self-sufficiency, food security, biodiversity, nutrition, local economies and sustainability.
This approach should be based on democratic accountability and transparency and applies not only to India, but is also relevant for the US, Africa, Europe and every other country or region where transnational agribusiness has co-opted politicians and other key figures and bodies and behind the scenes has colluded with governments and agencies to gets its products onto the market.
India continues to dismantle its agriculture for the benefit of Western agribusiness at the behest of the World Bank, and what has happened in Africa has been described as a case study of how doctrinaire economics served corporate interests to destroy a whole continent's agriculturally productive base.
If we do not strive to follow the route advocated for by the CPI (M) (and others, of course) on a global basis, we will have giant agribusiness conglomerates continuing to steam roll governments, farmers and the public into accepting patented seeds, poisonous chemicals, degraded environments and a centralised food production system that for the sake of profit (and geopolitical gain) aims to eradicate or marginalise traditional agriculture and successful alternative models across the globe.
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Meek Mill Reignites Drake Feud On New 'All The Way Up' Freestyle
26 May 2016, 10:37 | Updated: 27 May 2016, 16:12
Meek is looking for revenge.
Fresh from beating Drake to win Top Rap Album at the Billboard Music Awards, Meek Mill is back firing shots at the Canadian rapper.
Over a freestyle on Fat Joe and Remy Ma's new single 'All The Way Up', the Philly rapper reignites his ghost-writing feud with Drizzy.
"This is hip-hop / You ain't write it, don't record it / I don't know how they gettin' down 'cross the border."
Fellow Roc Nation rapper Fabolous also provides a feature verse on the track.
Nicki Minaj recently celebrated Meek Mill's Billboard Music Award win by stripping down to her underwear in a pair of very revealing selfies.
Meanwhile, Jay Z has also finally addressed Beyonce's 'Lemonade' album over a remix of the same track.
The New York rapper claimed to have made millions from the drama.
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EASI acquires stakes in Computer Telecom
The IT company EASI and the telecommunications player Computer Telecom have decided to join forces. EASI will now have a 50% stake in Computer Telecom's activities. This strategic and collaborative partnership will enable both companies to continue to develop their activities.
Participation as growth enabler
This participation promises to be favourable for Computer Telecom. The company based near La Louvière was looking for a larger structure to take its expansion to the next level. Already well established in Wallonia and Brussels, the company will now be able to rely on EASI to achieve its ambitions in Flanders.
Thomas Van Eeckhout, CEO of EASI, points out: "Developing and sustaining the economy by sharing experience is deeply rooted in EASI's DNA. We felt that we were perfectly in line with their expectations because we had the capacity to energize their structure and offer them total support in the development of their activities". Thomas Van Eeckhout adds: "We sincerely believe in their ambitions and we are convinced of their potential".
Boosting development
The CEO of Computer Telecom, Pietro Cuffaro, is delighted: "We are taking a big step forward with this partnership. EASI's business model has already proven itself several times. They have a great deal of organisational expertise and we are looking forward to boosting our future development with them".
Despite a 50% stake in its activities, Computer Telecom will remain fully independent. "This is why it is important that we share common values," says Ludovic Lo Brutto, Executive Sales Manager & Partner at EASI. He adds: "Strategic support can only work when two partners share the same vision of the future. Our values are the driving force of our company and we believe that they have a particular impact on the successful evolution of companies. We quickly noticed that Computer Telecom had a similar opinion on this matter. This allows us to look to the future with serenity".
Third partnership this year
EASI is moving ahead with its ambitious projects. The company has already concluded a participation with Underside in February and announced the acquisition of ICT Architect in June. Ludovic Lo Brutto is optimistic: "This participation is the third deal we are completing in 2020. We are staying the course in our growth strategy. We can already announce that other similar projects will be carried out in the course of this year".
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Community Revisited: S1:E6-10
April 18, 2020 April 18, 2020 Author by Andrew RainaldiPosted in Uncategorized
Picking up where I left off last week, I cover the next five episodes of one of my all-time favorite sitcoms, Community, telling the story of a study group at a highly disfunctional community college.
Season 1, Episode 6: "Football, Feminism, and You,"
Synopsis: "Annie's dream of being the ex-football star's girlfriend is in jeopardy when Jeff is blackmailed into getting Troy to join Greendale's football team."
In this episode we get a little bit more of Dean Craig Pelton, who had his first significant speaking role in Episode 5. And here, he's got a bit of a larger role and definitely more of character agency. He puts Jeff in the advertisements for the school, and when Jeff asks him to be removed, the Dean kind of blackmails him. It's an interesting angle which further shows what the Dean is like, but the most hilarious thing the Dean does in this episode revolves around the football team called "The Human Beings." When asked about the name, he says that most of the players on the football team "have been called animals their entire life," which comes across as moderately endearing and over-the-top politcally correct. This leads to the absolutely grotesque and hideous Human Being mascot, who shows up throughout the series. This is slowly becoming the Dean that we know and love.
Out of everything that's come out of Season 1, nothing has gotten screenshotted quite as frequently as the conversation between Troy and Jeff:
Jeff Winger: I'm locked out of my old kingdom. You're not. You see what I'm saying?
Troy Barnes: You're saying I could be a lawyer.
Jeff Winger: I'm saying you're a football player! It's in your blood!
Troy Barnes: That's racist.
Jeff Winger: Your soul!
Jeff Winger: Your eyes?
Troy Barnes: That's gay?
Jeff Winger: That's homophobic.
Troy Barnes: That's black.
Jeff Winger: That's racist!
Troy Barnes: …Damn!
Rightfully so, that's absolutely hilarious. And Troy gets a few other hilarious lines, like his conservative football raps.
And this episode is decent from a character angle as well. Annie learns to support Troy, Jeff learns to be more sympathetic to Annie, and when Jeff tries to explain that to Troy that he doesn't need to join the football team just to bail him out, Troy explains that he likes being part of a team, at the expense of the other players. Side note, that scene where he's in the locker room getting ready for the pep rally and they keep dissing the players, and the ginger guy is like "Hey, we're right here." It's a really funny visual gag that plays on fundamental understanding of sitcoms; this would be a totally normal conversation for sitcom characters to have normally, and they usually say these things in earshot of characters they're talking about. It's really funny.
Favorite moment: the classic Jeff/Troy conversation; the dynamic plays really well there
Season 1, Episode 7: "Introduction to Statistics"
Synopsis: "Jeff sets his sights on an attractive professor with a firm policy against dating students, Annie looks to boost her social standing and get extra credit in Spanish by hosting a Day of the Dead party."
One of the strengths of this episode is Jeff's interpersonal relations to some of the other characters. Particularly, Professor Slater, Chang, and Pierce.
This is the first episode where we meet the Statistics Professor, Michelle Slater – hence the episode title. Slater is the first love interest for Jeff outside of the Study Group, and they mesh really well together. It's an interesting dynamic to have with these two verbally sparring as equals, but their different stations add some tension to the story that make it interesting. Having a romantic pairing between a professor and a student doesn't exactly make for Romeo and Juliet, but it gives the characters just enough of an obstacle to overcome before they get involved. You like Jeff, and you like Slater, so that when they start to hook up, it feels earned and you feel invested.
…Which leads me to Jeff and Pierce. Jeff leaves his pursuit of Professor Slater to go take care of Pierce. Pierce's story this episode focuses on his fear of growing old and dying, which are exacerbated by a bad drug trip. (Side note, the things that Pierce sees when he trips include skulls and Annie doing a sexy dance while saying "Tell me about Woodstock, Pierce… tell me about the Beatles, Pierce…" And that's hilarious.) He constructs a tower of chairs and desks which will collapse and kill him as soon as he pulls out the thing holding it up, and Jeff talks him out of it. Jeff makes a compelling case, convincing Pierce that he isn't dying because he's living life so vibrantly. Jeff rags on Pierce a lot, so this genuine moment feels like an important contrast.
Also, we get some interaction between Chang and Jeff, which at this point in the show, kind of regard each other as equals despite one being a student and the other being a teacher. We'll see more of these two in later episodes this season, but they play off each other surprisingly well in season 1. It's confounding because I can't quite put my finger on why.
This episode has one simple joke that makes me laugh every time I hear it, when Slater introduces herself to Britta:
Slater: "Michelle Slater, PhD."
Britta: "Britta Perry, GED."
This episode has the first appearance of Abed as Batman, who is absolutely gold in this episode. In addition to having a bunch of lines that are made riotously hilarious just by Danny Pudi's Batman voice, he actually gets a pretty considerable subplot. After Abed spends a good deal of time Batman-ing around the party, Jeff is mean to him for going too deep into character. Abed seems genuinely hurt at this. But, at the end of the episode, as Pierce's deathtrap is collapsing with Pierce and Jeff in it, Abed goes full Batman and saves Jeff and Pierce. The moment doesn't quite make sense logistically – like how could Abed get in without getting hurt by the – but who cares, it's a great scene. It pays off when Jeff addresses Abed as Batman, and Abed gets a monologue to bring the episode to a close.
Favorite Moment: Troy and Abed compare their Batman voices during the credits
Season 1, Episode 8: "Home Economics"
Synopsis: "Study group members try to help Jeff when they learn he is living out of his car; Pierce joins Vaughn's (Eric Christian Olsen) band."
The progression of Pierce in this episode is absolutely delightful, and is one of the best early Pierce plotlines. First, Pierce says that he'll talk to Vaughn on Britta's behalf, even though Britta doesn't want him to. Afterwards, Pierce says that he couldn't get through to him but, that he's instead joined Vaughn's band; and I remember my first time watching this scene, when I was absolutely cracking up at that. Then we get to see Vaughn's band, and then they have the "Gettin' Rid of Britta," song in which Vaughn and Pierce call her a "B." Vaughn and Pierce have a disagreement, and Pierce gets kicked out of the band, Vaughn writes "Pierce, You're a B" which is played at the end of the episode. This was one of few early episodes in which you could argue that Pierce is the main character for this specific episode, so much so that the end-credits stinger, which featured Troy and Abed in the first seven episodes, focused instead on Pierce's diss-track about Vaughn.
Jeff gets a bit of an interesting plotline for this episode, in which living with Abed makes him a bit of a slob and Britta needs to re-teach him the importance of… material possessions? It's an interesting premise for an episode. The story isn't amazing, but it's still pretty amusing.
Overall, "Home Economics" has some grey moments that elevate the episode from fine to quite good. Putting Pierce forward certainly makes for an interesting change of pace that really, really works here.
Favorite Moment: "I'm Gettin' Rid of Britta"!
Season 1, Episode 9: "Debate 109"
Synopsis: "As Jeff is drafted to help lead Greendale's debate team against the all-powerful City College, Abed's film class projects appear to predict the future."
Y'know what kind of comedy trope really tickles my fancy? Comedy villains who present themselves as being kind and good, but are really complete jerks. So in this episode, when Jeff and Annie join the Debate Club, their opponent from City College is a young in a wheelchair who has to argue that Man is inherently good – but then, behind the scenes, he's an asshole. That's great situational comedy – you'd think that having being differently abled and trying to argue that Man is good would make him more sympathetic, but it doesn't. It's really funny.
This episode also has the first moment where Jeff and Annie are presented as a viable couple. I routinely ship Jeff and Britta over Jeff and Annie, but in this context it makes sense. The two get distracted while preparing their debate argument – Man is Evil – because they're attracted to each other. It almost derails their debating preparation, but it ends up being the debate's saving grace. It's a good example of two plot threads being properly entwined together.
I thought I'd have a lot to say about Abed's movies predicting the future, but I don't. It's a solid goof; seeing the actors that have been chosen to play the characters is a great meta-moment. This also gives us a classic Troy line, "Why [will I be] crying? Will I listen to 'Come Sail Away' by Styx again?" And the episode ending with Abed realizing that it's a full moon after assuring Shirley that she wouldn't get chased by a werewolf like in his movie – that's a solid way to end the episode.
Favorite Moment: The conclusion of the Debate; it feels very earned
Season 1, Episode 10: "Environmental Science"
Synopsis: "When his friends ask him to do something about the amount of Spanish homework, Jeff's efforts to handle Senor Chang manage to help him, but not the rest of the class."
This episode has more of the Jeff and Chang pairing, which is really good, but it doesn't have much else. Jeff helps out Chang reconcile with his ex wife. It's interesting to see the two of them bond, but the thing which makes it funny is knowing that Jeff is just doing it out of self interest and to help the Spanish class. Jeff seems like he's doing it out of his own self-interest, but he doesn't just help Chang heal from his divorce, but actually reunites him with his ex-wife.
This episode has subplots – Troy and Abed in Biology, Shirley in Marketing – but they're nothing phenomenal. Something that's certainly worth appreciating is some classic Greendale Dysfunctionalism; they have a "Green Week," for which they hire a band Green Day, only it's not Green Day, it's Greene Daeye, a celtic rock band. It's quite funny, and Greene Daeye helps set the hilarious scene for Chang and Mrs. Chang's salsa dance.
Favorite Moment: Greene Daeye providing the score for Chang's reunion with Mrs. Chang
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From the first days of life, children begin learning about the world. Gradually expand the boundaries of the world, they start hearing more sounds. An indispensable tool in this study will be children's musical toys. The Kids Guitar is a Real Toy for your little one. The guitar has bright colors, a variety of colors. It provides comprehensive development of the baby: it contributes to the development of hearing, vision, fine motor skills and imagination. This will allow your child to be happy to plunge into the musical atmosphere.


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**NOTE:** This project is obsolete. I've reimplemented it in Swift with improvements and fixes for Mission Control and Spaces at https://github.com/adamhartford/PopStatusItem.

# ASHStatusItemPopover
Shows an NSPopover from the status bar. Uses NSWindowController with an NSPanel overlay for the look/feel and user interactions you expect in menu bar applications.

## Screenshot

![equation](https://raw.github.com/adamhartford/ASHStatusItemPopover/master/screenshot.png "AXStatusItemPopup")

## Why?

There are lots of status bar + NSPopover projects on GitHub, but for me they suffer from one or more of the following problems:

1. They don't use NSPopover, so don't have the right look and feel, or animation.
2. They use a regular NSViewController with an NSPopover, which you'd expect, but means...
3. Application gets focus when interacting with controls.
4. Controls become disabled when you try to prevent focus.

## Goal

A usable status item + NSPopover solution that looks/feels like the menu bar apps you're used to.

## Usage

1. Add ASHStatusItemPopover.h and ASHStatusItemPopover.m to your project.
2. Create an NSWindowController for an ASHStatusItemPanel.
3. Set window controller, image, and alternate image on ASHStatusItemPopover object.

See the demo for an example.

## Code

```objective-c
MyWindowController *windowController = [MyWindowController alloc] initWithNibName:@"MyWindowController"];
ASHStatusItemPopover *statusItemPopover = [[ASHStatusItemPopover alloc] init];
statusItemPopover.windowController = windowController;
statusItemPopover.image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"image"];
statusItemPopover.alternateImage = [NSImage imageNamed:@"alternateImage"];
```

## Blocks

```objective-c
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^popoverWillShow)();
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^popoverDidShow)();
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^popoverWillClose)();
@property (nonatomic, copy) void (^popoverDidClose)();
```

## Licence

Copyright (C) 2013 Adam Hartford

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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Winston Churchill famously once said, "We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us." Several local schools are taking this to heart and are expanding or building new campuses — with learning at the forefront of the design.
Hilton Head Christian Academy, Cross Schools, Royal Live Oaks Charter School and the new Polaris Tech Charter School are all embracing student-centered learning, which is characterized by a curriculum that teachers can personalize to fit each student.
And the school building is part of that. Experts say buildings that emphasize spaces for collaborative and high-tech learning, as well as interaction with the natural world, can facilitate academic excellence and richer relationships and help produce better citizens.
The new buildings at Lowcountry schools will feature spaces like "learning studios," where students can work in small groups or on their own with their tablets and laptops. These studios will replace some traditional classrooms — small, box-shaped rooms configured to seat 20 to 30 students, all facing a teacher at the front of the room. Breaking spaces down into smaller gathering places encourages project-based learning, an education trend that many schools are embracing.
Hilton Head Christian Academy has offered Christian-based education on Hilton Head Island since 1979. Today, the school is building a new campus in Bluffton that will house kindergarteners through 12th-graders. Working with Fielding Nair International, one of the top 21st-century education architects in the country, HHCA plans to break ground on the 27-acre campus in 2019 and open to students in fall 2020.
School officials say students interested in attending HHCA in Bluffton should sign up now; many grades are expected to fill up before construction on the new campus is complete. HHCA is ranked as one of the top 10 private schools in South Carolina according to Niche, one of the nation's leading school ranking organizations.
Prakash Nair, president and CEO of Fielding Nair International said that the school is designed around a forward-thinking, student-centered 21st century education model where students also will excel on standardized tests. The new campus will help students be better prepared to become professionals in the future.
The design of the school campus contributes to how children learn, said Kyle Theodore, ASLA, Principal at Wood+Partners Inc., landscape architects for the project.
The campus on Buckwalter Parkway is about to get bigger. The school, established in 1998 by The Church of the Cross in Old Town Bluffton; today, it has about 440 students in preschool through eighth grade. When its new high school opens in 2020, Cross Schools will become a full kindergarten through 12th grade school.
The design for the new space moves from the traditional four-walled classroom environment into a contemporary connection with nature, as envisioned by Parker Group Design, the architect on the project, and J.K. Tiller Associates, the landscape architect. Gone are the usual rectangular desks; they've been replaced by more work stations in more organic shapes that take their cues from nature. The desks fit together in a variety of formations to encourage partner work, learning centers and reading groups. Several classrooms will have large glass garage-style doors that offer students a view of the world beyond their classroom — and when opened, encourage students to explore outside.
The school's new Makers Space will give students a deeper understanding of how things are put together from the ground up. It will house a variety of learning tools, from computer boards to 3-D printers, that will help students see STEM in action; younger students will learn about STEM concepts at the Imagination Playground, where they'll build their own playgrounds out of large foam blocks as they learn about architecture and engineering.
The Environmental Learning Center will encourage kids to step out of the classroom. An on-campus garden will teach students about what's involved in producing our food, from caring for chickens and collecting their eggs to harvesting vegetables and fruit. And plans for an outside classroom and amphitheatre make it easy for classes to move outside when the weather is nice.
Since 2012, Royal Live Oaks Academy of the Arts and Sciences has served students from Jasper and Beaufort counties. It is a tuition-free public charter school for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and enrollment is open to any child in South Carolina. Its educational program is designed to address the individual needs of every student and serve children's diverse learning styles within a small school environment of shared core values.
Construction began in June on a new building with three wings to house Royal Live Oaks' elementary, middle and high schools, with the cafeteria and school offices in the center. Each wing will include a media/computer center and staff work rooms, with outdoor playgrounds and courtyards for each division. Outdoor basketball courts and athletic fields are also planned. The campus design is focused on creating a project-based learning environment with a combination of traditional and innovative furnishings, with the goal of outside learning as well as indoor learning and walking trails to explore nature. The project architect is SGA Architecture and site planning was done by Carolina Engineering. Phase I is expected to be completed by fall 2019, with a gym and performing arts center opening the following year.
Polaris Tech's facility will be bathed in natural light thanks to large pressed-glass atriums and a central tower. An outdoor learning and gardening center is also part of the new design, as are large learning labs and smaller "huddle rooms" that focus on individualized and small-group applied learning, all within sight of the teacher — also known as a "navigator." The architect for the project is LS3P.
The new school will focus on career growth areas like aerospace, information technology, business management, health sciences, mechatronics and logistics.


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/**
 * Routes is a service for dealing with routes.
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 * @author  Kevin Marcachi <kevin.marcachi@gmail.com>
 * @package nucleon-js
 */
var Router = function () {
    this._routes = {};

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Router.prototype = {

    _routes: null,

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        return this;
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     * Find a route matching a given url and method.
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        return this._routes[name].generateUrlWithParams(params, withHost);
    }
};

module.exports = new Router();


GEE Group, Inc. engages in the provision of staffing solutions. The company operates through two segments: Contract Staffing Services and Direct Hire Placement. Its services include professional staffing, which consist quality professional talent placement; commercial staffing, consist of flexible on demand staffing solution; and Healthcare Staffing, provides diversified product that allows to minimize the burdens of workforce management in healthcare organization. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.
Gee Group Inc. provides staffing services in the United States. The company offers professional placement services comprising placement of information technology, engineering, medical, and accounting professionals on regular placement basis or a temporary contract basis; and weekly temporary staffing services for light industrial clients. The company also provides data entry assistants, who offer electronic medical record services for emergency departments, specialty physician practices, and clinics. It markets its services under the General Employment Enterprises, Omni One, Business Management Personnel, Ashley Ellis, Agile Resources, Scribe Solutions Inc., Access Data Consulting Corporation, Paladin Consulting Inc., Triad Personnel Services, Triad Staffing, Generation Technologies, BMCH, and BMCHPA trade names. The company was formerly known as General Employment Enterprises, Inc. and changed its name to Gee Group Inc. in July 2016. Gee Group Inc. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. Gee Group Inc. is a subsidiary of LEED HR, LLC.


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Q: Where should executable files be installed to in Windows 7? I'm currently working on my applications installer and I'm wondering where the executable files should be installed to in Windows 7.
If I'm installing as admin my executables files get put in C:\Program Files.
If I install my product as a normal user where should the executables be put?
Thanks in advance.

A: Which installer are you using?
MSI runs in elevated privileges. You can install your application in program files folder

A: Put the files in the user folder.
This will mean that the application is only available to that user.

A: You should probably store that in the AppData directry, as I saw you mention in reply to @ChrisF.  Remember that the user can move this directory though, so I wouldn't point to it explicitly.  There is an environment variable that you can grab, that only applies to the logged-in user, which is %AppData%.
Keep in mind that putting it in %AppData%/Roaming would follow the user across multiple machines on the same Domain and %AppData%/Local would just stay on the one machine.

A: The executables should be under Program Files, who's precise location may vary from installation to installation. This means that the setup should run elevated. If InnoSetup makes .msi files, they will request elevation. If it makes a file called setup.exe, it will also request elevation. If for some reason the exe has a different name, like GetStarted.exe, then you should hand create an external manifest (GetStarted.exe.manifest) and put in requireAdministrator for the requestedExecutionLevel which will ensure your installer requests elevation.
Regardless of how it requests elevation, if the user doing the install is an admin (eg you) they will just have to click consent. If they are not an admin they will need to get an admin to consent for them. After that the installer will be able to write to Program Files.
If it's important to you that non admins be able to install the app then have the executables go under the users profile - but that would not be my first choice. The protection given to Program Files means that users are less likely to find themselves with messed up copies of your application if you install it to the protected area.

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filed: February 17, 2009 • Italy
Mafia wind farm operation busted in Sicily
Credit: Ariel David, www.huffingtonpost.com 17 February 2009 ~~
ROME – Italian police on Tuesday arrested mobsters, businessmen and local politicians who allegedly used corrupt practices and bribes to gain control of a project to build wind farms in Sicily.
Operation "Aeolus," named after the ancient Greek god of winds, netted eight suspects, arrested in the Trapani area of western Sicily, as well as in Salerno on the Italian mainland and in the northern city of Trento.
Police in Trapani said the local Mafia bribed city officials in nearby Mazara del Vallo so the town would invest in wind farms to produce energy.
The project, worth hundreds of millions of euros (dollars), was first devised in 2003 and later uncovered by an investigation that included wiretaps, police said in a statement.
Investigators discovered that luxury cars and thousands of euros in bribes were given to politicians to ensure that a Mafia-backed company won the lucrative public contract.
The suspects also illegally accessed the municipality's safe to copy the proposal of a rival company, which was later excluded from the bidding.
"All activities were controlled by these businessmen tied to Cosa Nostra," police official Giuseppe Linares told Italy's Sky TV. "Not only the construction of the plant, but also all the subcontracts for building materials: concrete, carpentry, electric systems and metal."
The police statement said the businessman allegedly heading the project on behalf of the Mazara crime clan had links to Matteo Messina Denaro, a fugitive who investigators say is one of Cosa Nostra's top bosses.
The infiltration of construction and other public works contracts in Sicily has long been a source of income for Cosa Nostra.
But lately the Sicilian Mafia has been hurt by top arrests and a growing rebellion by the island's businessmen against systematic extortion. It has also lost ground in the drug trade to other Italian organized crime groups, mainly the Calabria-based 'ndrangheta.
Source: Ariel David, www.huffingtonpost.com 17 February 2009


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BuRStS #53: April 11, 2017 featuring Hidden Figures & Lion
This week's BuRStS features two Oscar nominated films (Hidden Figures and Lion) which are both excellent choices to add to any home video collection. It also features two dump month releases (The Bye Bye Man and Monster Trucks) which took less than 3 months to find their way into the home video market. The remaining 6 releases earned $3.5 million at the box office combined. Here's MHT's list of what to buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of April 11th:
Hidden Figures —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: The untold true story of three brilliant African American women working at NASA who played key roles in the launch of John Glenn into orbit.
Great story, great acting and a rare movie everyone in the family can enjoy.
Lion —MOVIE HOT TAKE REVIEW—
Super Simple Synopsis: A 5-year-old boy gets separated from his family when he accidentally boards a train that takes him thousands of kilometers across India. After surviving the tough streets and being adopted by an Australian family, he decides to seek out the family he left behind 25 years later.
Lion is beautifully told both visually and conceptually. Both Sunny Pawar and Dev Patel do an excellent job of portraying Saroo, the film's main character. Make sure there are tissues handy!
Rent It!
Toni Erdmann –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: The strained relationship between a practical joker father and his serious daughter.
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Toni Erdmann has received decent buzz. It's worth a look.
War on Everyone –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: Corrupt buddy cop duo blackmail and frame every criminal in their path until they try to squeeze someone more dangerous than themselves.
Alexander Skarsgard and Michael Pena as corrupt buddy cops seems to be worth the price of a rental based on the trailer. Skarsgard was always compelling in True Blood and Pena helped make a weak movie like CHiPs fun. Those are both good signs.
Stream It!
Brimstone –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: A frontier woman is accused of a crime she didn't commit and hunted by a vengeful preacher in the old American West.
Why Stream?
Brimstone was big in the Netherlands. Originally, Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson were to star in this Western but were replaced by Dakota Fanning and Kit Harrington. Guy Pearce plays The Reverend.
The Bye Bye Man –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: If you think about him or say his name, he'll appear.
Don't you want to be able to say you have seen the dumbest idea for a horror movie to be released in a while?
Worlds Apart –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: Three stories of a foreigner falling in love with a Greek in Greece which eventually intertwine.
Unlike the previously mentioned absurd horror flick, this ambitious plot is intriguing and movies like Worlds Apart have a big payoff when they work.
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Super Simple Synopsis: A small town business owner has a change of heart after meeting a 10 year old boy who believes in miracles and decides to save the town's annual Christmas pageant.
Why Skip?
Shouldn't this be reserved for The Hallmark Channel?
Monster Trucks –NO REVIEW–
Super Simple Synopsis: High school senior Tripp builds a monster truck. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site, the monster truck turns into a "monster" truck. Yup! It's that stupid!
You have dignity and self-respect. (I'm probably going to rent it which tells you a lot about me.)
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Super Simple Synopsis: The story of the German occupation of Hungary and a man who disguises himself as a Nazi officer to discover the fate of his family.
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LBI NJ Real Estate inventory update March 2019 When looking to buy, sell or invest in the LBI real estate market it is important to know where we are in the market cycle. One of the best ways to evaluate the current state of the Long Beach Island real estate market is to look at the number of active listings relative to the number of sales. With some uncertainty in the current market compared to past years both buyers and sellers need to pay close attention to the current LBI real estate market trends. We have seen a recent increase in the number of homes for sale. This may help to offset the lower number of pending sales we have been seeing as quality inventory has been lacking.
Below is a chart that shows the number of active single family homes and the number of sales for January, February and march of each year beginning in 2016 though 2019 in the LBI real estate market.
The data above shows some interesting trends. The average number of homes for sale in the LBI real estate market are (in order from 2016 through 2019) 551, 481, 456, 472. Inventory has begun to creep back up fixing a shortage that was impacting sales on Long Beach Island. That said the number of sales is lower in 2019 than in all the prior years (85, 119, 104,78). The fact that so few homes have sold can be partially explained by the lower inventory levels but it also shows that the LBI real estate market has slowed down. The average price of a single family home has remained almost unchanged which lends weight to the argument that the lower inventory numbers are a contributing factor. As you can see in 2016 there were much higher inventory levels and 2017 showed the highest number of closed sales. An increase in inventory could help to bump up the lower sales numbers we are seeing in the Long Beach Island real estate market so far in 2019.
Year to date 2019 sales are behind that of 2017 and 2018. Buyers and sellers alike need to understand where we are in the market cycle so that offers can be made and received in the appropriate manner. As it stands now sellers should take any offer very seriously as there are fewer sales to be had. Buyers should exercise caution and patience. There are excellent buying opportunities in the LBI real estate market but buyers should wait for the right opportunity before making a purchase. If you have any questions about buying, selling or investing in the LBI real estate market please do not hesitate to contact me.


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Morgan P. Salvo claims Sanctum is truly one of the worst movies he's ever seen.
Here are two marketing ploys that are really not working for me anymore: "Based on true facts" and "shot in real 3D." I figured that James Cameron's role as producer and the 3D cinema magic would all but force Sanctum to deliver. It doesn't. I know I'm not known for being lavish with my praise, but this truly is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
The waterlogged story involves an underwater cave-diving team on an expedition to explore New Guinea's Esa-ala Cave, one of the least-accessible cave systems in the world. When a flash flood cuts off their exit, the team is caught in a life-or-death situation. With supplies dwindling, the divers must navigate a treacherous labyrinth to find a new escape route or die in the process.
Sounds promising, right? What could have been a nice harrowing survival tale instead give us yet another father-son reconciliation account through cathartic events, but it's all done poorly. Setting us up with transparencies like: Will the boy-man and gruff-strict dad reconcile their differences? Will their survival tactics intertwine? Will they find out something they never knew about each other and themselves? Will it dig as deep as the cave they so expertly plunder through? Will the duo bond like no other has before them? Will there be painful decisions made? Will domestic squabbles take on the mentality of the father-son Oedipal complex? Gimme a break.
From the first line of dialogue, Sanctum feels forced and phony. The screenplay seems like it was taken from a joke book of clichés and the acting is atrocious throughout. This wannabe action yarn comes off like a lame version of The Descent, but without the cool monsters.
Carl Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four) annoys us instantly with his take on his role, exposing a fake personality that only lame actors can convey. Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge) as Frank has the juiciest role, but has no original lines. Dan Wyllie's George has a moment or two, climber Victoria (Alice Parkinson) is all wisecrack and worry (never a good combo) and Rhys Wakefield's estranged 17-year-old son, Josh, is all crybaby with unbelievable mood swings.
Wretched dialogue is inserted to invent drama to establish a "story" that went on behind cave doors, relying heavily on all the conventions of unoriginal, over-used catch phrases stolen from countless other bad movies. If divers and underwater explorers turned first-time writers Andrew Wight and John Garvin are going to call it "based on true facts," then they owe it to us to make up something good and not this terribly generic.
Sanctum's 3D tries its hardest to enthrall, as the camera and characters squiggle through tiny tunnels, but there was no need for 3D effects - we're right there with them without having to see pockmarked rocks in the foreground. We're constantly barraged with sweeping, emotional music to invoke the bosom to swell.
Director Alister Grierson was obviously under Producer Cameron's thumb trying to invoke an Abbyss feel, but came off more like Cameron's Piranha Part Two: The Spawning without the demon fish or any imaginative ideas. Everything is so beyond predictable that this movie could make one feel downright clairvoyant. When Frank teaches Josh Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan poem, it just about threw me out of the theater. My feet were poised to bolt. Believe me, if this one doesn't make number one on my worst top-ten list next year, it will be a miracle.
Just recently, a more effective survival movie came out (127 hrs) and one guy and a rock were more intense and entertaining than this entire expedition and a cave. Sanctum's litany of bad calls is endless. Let's just call it a fiasco and be done with it - I'd rather watch my crunchy cereal flakes get soggy than watch this watered-down disaster. I came out of the theater gasping for fresh air after being submerged in this atrocity for an hour and 43 minutes.


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Grand Lake's RJ Williams makes it back to first base before a diving Will Kilgore of the Lima Locos can tag him out during Thursday night's game at Montgomery Field in Celina. See more game photos at LimaScores.com.
The Lima Locos' Ryan Bramlett throws on to first after forcing out Grand Lake's Nick Emanuel during Thursday night's game at Montgomery Field in Celina.
Jeddediah Fagg bats for the Lima Locos during Thursday night's game against Grand Lake at Montgomery Field in Celina.
Lima Locos pitcher Zach Graveno allowed six hits, a run and a walk while striking out three in nearly six innings work during Thursday night's game against Grand Lake at Montgomery Field in Celina.
Grand Lake's Cole Womack waits on the throw as the Lima Locos' Tyler Tolbert attempts to steal second base during Thursday night's game at Montgomery Field in Celina. Tolbert was called out on the play.
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CELINA — It was a battle between No. 1 and No. 2 in the Central Division of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League.
The host Grand Lake Mariners were hoping to close the gap between them and the division-leading Lima Locos. The Locos came into Thursday's baseball matchup at Montgomery Field with a six-game lead over the Mariners. The Mariners were riding a five-game winning streak, while the Locos had recorded eight wins in its last 10 games.
Grand Lake's streak is still intact.
However, the game started out as a pitcher's duel, as neither team was able to score until the fourth inning.
The Locos (24-8) scored a run in the fourth, on a ground ball to the left side of the infield by J.T. Thomas, that drove in Tyler Tolbert. Tolbert got on base earlier with a walk. The Locos did not get its first hit off Mariners starting pitcher Stephen Morrison until the fifth, when Jaxson Fagg lined a single to left. The Locos managed to get two hits off Morrison in the fifth. Ethan Hurt (2-for-4) followed in the fifth with a three-run home run to right field, giving the Locos a 4-0 lead.
Heading into the bottom of the seventh, Lima led 4-1.
However, in the bottom of the seventh, the Mariners (19-13) erupted for seven runs on five hits, pushing out to an 8-4 lead.
In the big seventh, the Mariners cut the deficit to 4-3, on a double to left by Patrick Raiff, that drove in two runs. Then, Tucker Linder followed up with an RBI single to right that knotted the score at 4 apiece. Still in the seventh, Nate Otsmo (2-for-4) delivered an RBI single, giving Grand Lake a 5-4 lead.
The Locos utilized four pitchers in the seventh.
Things continued to fall apart for the Locos in the seventh. The Mariners went on to take an 8-4 lead by the end of the inning.
In the top of the eighth, Jack Barrie (University of Northwestern Ohio) blasted a two-run home run over the right-field fence, cutting the Mariners' lead to 8-6.
In the ninth, the Locos added a run on an RBI single by Hurt, cutting the deficit to one run.
Lima's starting pitcher, Zach Graveno worked 5 2/3 innings before being pulled in the sixth. Graveno was tabbed for one run on six hits, while striking out three and walking one. Graveno threw a total of 103 pitches on the night.
Morrison pitched seven innings for the Mariners before being pulled in the eighth, as Damon Egnor took over pitching duties. Morrison scattered four hits, while striking out nine and walking three.