"All drivers need to know a little something about the field of auto repair. That said many people..."
All drivers need to know a little something about the field of auto repair. That said, many people don't know the basics. This article fortunately allows you to learn some tips that will keep your car in great condition.
Consider keeping a high quality battery charger in your car. Dead batteries are a very common problem for all car owners. Not only will you be able to charge up your battery, you can also help others whose battery has broken down. Learn how to find connection points so that you can use the charger with ease.
When you have problems with your car, you may not need to visit a mechanic. Many things are able to be fixed easily. You can research the problem online in order to find out more about it. If the repair isn't too difficult, you might be able to save money by doing it yourself.
Referrals will lead you to a great mechanic. Ask friends, family or co-workers for recommendations. This allows you to ask about the price, quality of work and satisfaction. They will be the first to tell you about a dishonest mechanic too!
Thoroughly review your car manual. When you visit a calibercollisiondenver.com car shop, mechanics will need to know particular information about your car. You could even find the answer to a problem in your car manual and fix the problem yourself.
Keep a record of all the repairs you make on your vehicle. This will help the technician when you get future repairs on your car. No records means a blank slate to go on.
Ask people you know about experiences they have had with repairing their cars. They have used mechanics before and can fill you in on their experiences. You should still do your research however. Go online and see what else is being said about the shop.
A dealer is not your only option when car repairs are necessary. There are many great technicians all over the place. If you feel comfortable with someone, use them.
Educate yourself about questions to ask your mechanic before you go to the shop. Parts are classified as new, re-manufactured, rebuilt, and reconditioned, and salvage. "New" means that they just arrived from the manufacturer, meeting the standards set out by that company. Rebuilt, reconditioned, and re-manufactured are parts which are restored and in good working condition. Parts that are salvaged are used; therefore, they cannot be altered.
Most people do not read their owner's manual. It is important to read over the information in your manual and become acquainted with it. Your manual will tell you what needs to be known when it comes to keeping your vehicle maintained so you can do repairs if you have to.
If you receive a repair estimate in excess of a couple of hundred dollars, get things in writing. Getting the estimate in writing can help you if ever you have to complain about the mechanic. It can also help avoid being overcharged if the mechanic has already given you with the written quote.
Set a dollar limit on the amount of work that can be done on your car without your specific authorization. Do not allow the repair shop to do anything they want when you drop it off to be serviced. Have a limit and stick to it.
Be sure and ask questions when speaking with your mechanic. You need a thorough understanding of the repair, not just a price quote. How long will this job take? What repairs will be completed? How much does each part cost? Be thorough in your questioning. This shows you know a little and would like to know more, and it helps you deal with future issues.
Keeping your car in proper running order is a necessary chore of life for most people. Too many people do not understand what steps to take to have repairs performed on their cars. Take a second to read over all of the concepts discussed above and you will have what is required to maintain a running vehicle for years to come.


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Le Musée des monnaies et médailles Joseph Puig est un musée de numismatique situé dans la villa "les Tilleuls" à Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales). Il est géré en régie par la Ville de Perpignan, et en constitue, avec le Muséum d'histoire naturelle et le Musée Casa Païral, le Pôle muséal de la Direction de la Culture.

Historique
Le musée des monnaies et médailles Joseph Puig est installé au cœur de la villa "les Tilleuls". Ses collections bénéficient de l'appellation "musée de France". La fondation du musée est liée au legs consenti par Joseph Puig (1859-1929) à la ville de Perpignan. Riche négociant, Joseph Puig a fait fortune dans la mercerie, fortune qu'il réinvestit en partie dans sa collection de monnaies. Sa passion pour la numismatique remonte à l'enfance : à l'âge de 14 ans il trouve, dans une vigne, une monnaie de , comte de Barcelone (). Cette découverte va provoquer un passion insatiable pour la numismatique. Dès lors, et jusqu'à la fin de sa vie, il n'aura de cesse d'enrichir sa collection. Joseph Puig a une préférence particulière pour les monnaies catalanes, mais dans un souci d'universalité il rassemble aussi des monnaies antiques, féodales, modernes et contemporaines de tous les pays. Il a ainsi bâti une collection qui couvre près de 25 siècles d'histoire de la monnaie.

Un évènement va décider de l'avenir de la collection. Son fils unique, Paul Puig, aviateur lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, est abattu le 2 septembre 1918. Joseph Puig décide alors de léguer à la ville de Perpignan ses collections et la Villa des Tilleuls pour qu'y soit créé un musée de numismatique. Le legs prendra effet après sa mort, survenue le 29 mai 1929 et celle de son épouse.

De 1954 à 1984, un cabinet numismatique est ouvert aux chercheurs et aux amateurs. Puis, en 1984, le musée est officiellement créé avec deux salles d'exposition présentant au public, selon les vœux du donateur, les monnaies ayant circulé en Catalogne en exposition permanente et les autres séries à l'occasion d'expositions temporaires. Une troisième pièce ouverte au public reconstitue le cabinet de travail de Joseph Puig.

La villa "les Tilleuls"
Joseph Puig achète un terrain à Perpignan le 17 décembre 1895. Il est situé dans un quartier alors en plein développement à proximité de la gare ferroviaire. Son aménagement sera confié à un architecte pour la villa, Viggo Dorph-Petersen, et à un architecte paysagiste pour le jardin, Adolphe Raveau, qui travailleront en étroite collaboration. Les plans sont conçus en 1905 et les travaux terminés en 1909.

Côté villa, Dorph-Petersen manifeste le souci d'une harmonie générale dans le style Art nouveau, en soignant tous les détails : le perron, la rampe d'escalier en fer forgé ornée d'un « lion d'écume » et la salle à manger lambrissée avec plafond à caissons.

Côté jardin, Adolphe Raveau l'organise autour d'une grande allée dessinant un yin-yang. Des plantations d'arbres et d'arbustes sur le périmètre du jardin dressent des écrans de verdure derrière lesquels sont dissimulés les espaces fonctionnels : poulailler, fosse à fumier, potager. Au centre du jardin se trouve une pièce d'eau avec son ruisseau et son petit pont. L'arrosage est assuré par un système de rigoles encore visible aujourd'hui.

À partir de 1909, Joseph Puig loue en partie la villa à Gustave Reynès, négociant en vin. Mais à la mort de leur fils, dès 1918, Joseph et Marie Puig s'y retirent.

Les salles du musée Puig
Le parcours de visite du Musée Joseph-Puig se répartit sur trois salles, deux dédiées à l'exposition permanente et la troisième aux expositions temporaires.

Exposition permanente
Les salles d'exposition permanente présentent, en plus de la reconstitution du bureau de Joseph Puig, une sélection de monnaies et de médailles de la collection. Elles sont organisées de manière chronologique et thématique. Une grande section est consacrée aux monnaies roussillonnaises et catalanes. La diversité des monnaies en provenance de tous les pays et de toutes les époques  permet d'aborder des thèmes aussi divers que  l'histoire, l'économie, la sociologie, l'iconographie ou encore l'histoire de l'art.

Trésors découverts dans le Roussillon
Le musée abrite plusieurs trésors découverts dans le département : le « trésor de Bompas », en réalité découvert sur la commune voisine de Claira, datant des IIe-Ier siècles avant notre ère, et ceux mis au jour sur les communes de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho et de Saint-Estève, datant du .

Les monnaies de nécessité
Dès le début de la Première Guerre mondiale, les Français ont thésaurisé les métaux précieux (or et argent), dans l'attente de jours meilleurs. Cela eut pour effet de limiter fortement la circulation des espèces et l'achat des biens courants. L'État, n'ayant plus les moyens de fabriquer de nouvelles monnaies, demanda aux Chambres de commerce locales de pallier ce manque, en créant des « monnaies de nécessité », prenant la forme de pièces et de billets en métaux de moindre valeur, voire en carton. Submergées par la demande, les Chambres de commerces demandèrent à leur tour aux commerçants de participer à cette action, en créant des monnaies à leur nom. L'utilisation des « monnaies de nécessité », dont le musée conserve de nombreux exemples, dura jusqu'en 1927.

Les pellofes ou méreaux
Ces fines pièces en laiton, frappées sur une seule face, sont apparues au cours du . Leur nom catalan, pellofe, qui signifie « pelure » en français, est dû à leur extrême légèreté. Elles furent émises et utilisées par les communautés ecclésiastiques comme jetons de présence, afin de vérifier l'assiduité des membres du chapitre aux offices. Elles furent également distribuées, plus tard, comme aumônes aux fidèles les plus pauvres, qui pouvaient alors les utiliser comme bons d'achats auprès des commerçants. Ces derniers devaient ensuite se rapprocher de la communauté émettrice afin de les échanger contre des monnaies de cours légal.
Enfin, dans la période de pénurie monétaire qui marqua le , elles servirent de monnaies de nécessité et circulèrent largement hors des communautés religieuses, avant de disparaître.

Expositions temporaires
Le musée des monnaies et médailles Joseph Puig organise une grande exposition temporaire tous les ans :
 2015-2016 : Trésors d'Asie
 2016-2017 : À la conquête du Nouveau Monde -  volet
 2017-2018 : À la conquête du Nouveau Monde -  volet
 2018-2019 : Monnaies corrompues : les faux se dévoilent au musée Puig
 2018-2019 : Paul Puig, un parcours dans la guerre
 2019-2020 : Trésors
2020-2022 : Monnaie, Monnaies! (prolongée d'un an  à cause de l'épidémie de covid 19)

Notes et références

Liens externes

Monnaies
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package nxt.http;

import nxt.Asset;
import nxt.Trade;
import nxt.util.Convert;
import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
import org.json.simple.JSONStreamAware;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import java.util.List;

import static nxt.http.JSONResponses.MISSING_ASSET_NAME;
import static nxt.http.JSONResponses.UNKNOWN_ASSET;

public final class GetAssetsByName extends APIServlet.APIRequestHandler {

    static final GetAssetsByName instance = new GetAssetsByName();

    private GetAssetsByName() {
        super("assetName");
    }

    @Override
    JSONStreamAware processRequest(HttpServletRequest req) {

        String assetName = req.getParameter("assetName");
        if (assetName == null) {
            return MISSING_ASSET_NAME;
        }

        List<Asset> assets = Asset.getAssets(assetName.toLowerCase());
        if (assets == null || assets.isEmpty()) {
            return UNKNOWN_ASSET;
        }

        JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
        JSONArray assetsJSONArray = new JSONArray();
        response.put("assets", assetsJSONArray);
        for (Asset asset : assets) {
            JSONObject assetJSON = new JSONObject();
            assetJSON.put("account", Convert.toUnsignedLong(asset.getAccountId()));
            assetJSON.put("name", asset.getName());
            if (asset.getDescription().length() > 0) {
                assetJSON.put("description", asset.getDescription());
            }
            assetJSON.put("quantity", asset.getQuantity());
            assetJSON.put("asset", Convert.toUnsignedLong(asset.getId()));
            assetJSON.put("numberOfTrades", Trade.getTrades(asset.getId()).size());
            assetsJSONArray.add(assetJSON);
        }
        return response;
    }

}

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Q: Does Lightning Support making REST API calls to third party webservices with CORS? While doing my reading, I came across this link
Lightning API calls
it says the following -

Make API calls from an Apex controller. You can't make API calls from JavaScript code.

Question - Is it possible for me to read from and write to an external REST API from inside a Lightning component? Any sample code will be much appreciated.

A: This document goes into detail on how to call an external API from the Apex controller. https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Apex_Web_Services_and_Callouts

A: It's now possible to call external API using JavaScript from within Salesforce Lightning.
You can use all the normal HTTP methods / verbs: GET, POST, PUT etc
Therefore, you should be able to read (GET) or write (PUT or POST).
Start by going to Setup → CSP Trusted Sites and adding your trusted site.
Which in this example is: https://api.postcodes.io/
Then use an approach like this:
({
    postcodeSearch : function(postcode) {
        var url = 'https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/' + postcode;
        this.makeAjaxRequest(url);
    },
    callAjax : function(method, url, async, callback) {
        var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(component) {
            if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 ) {
                callback.call(this, xmlhttp);
            }
        };

        xmlhttp.open(method, url, async);
        xmlhttp.send();
    },
    makeAjaxRequest : function(url) {
        this.callAjax("GET", url, true,
                      function(xmlhttp){
                          if (xmlhttp.status == 200) {
                              console.log(xmlhttp.responseText);
                          }
                          else if (xmlhttp.status == 400) {
                              console.log("makeAjaxRequest: 400 Error");
                          }else {
                              console.log("makeAjaxRequest: Error");
                          }
                      }
                     );
    }
})

A: In the above example from @Robs, you need to add the host https://api.postcodes.io to CSP Trusted Sites as well as Remote Site Settings.

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Alianora Erleigh1
Alianora Erleigh is the daughter of Sir John Erleigh.2 She married Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 4th Lord Poyntz, son of Hugh Poyntz, 3rd Lord Poyntz and Margaret Paynel.1
Her married name became Poyntz.
Children of Alianora Erleigh and Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 4th Lord Poyntz
Margaret Poyntz+2
Amicia Poyntz2
[S35] BLG1965 volume 1, page 579. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S35]
[S35] BLG1965. [S35]
Margaret Poyntz1
Last Edited=26 Apr 2010
Margaret Poyntz is the daughter of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 4th Lord Poyntz and Alianora Erleigh.2 She married Sir John Newburgh.1
Her married name became Newburgh.3
Child of Margaret Poyntz and Sir John Newburgh
John Newburgh+3 b. 1360, d. 1438
[S3722] Anonymous, "re: Heywood Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 17 April 2009. Hereinafter cited as "re: Heywood Family."
Sir John Newburgh1
Sir John Newburgh was born in 1330.2 He married Margaret Poyntz, daughter of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 4th Lord Poyntz and Alianora Erleigh.1 He died in 1381.2
He lived at Lulworth, Dorset, EnglandG.1
Child of Sir John Newburgh and Margaret Poyntz
Amicia Poyntz was the daughter of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 4th Lord Poyntz and Alianora Erleigh.2 She married John Barry.1 She died, without issue.1
Her married name became Barry.
John Barry1
John Barry married Amicia Poyntz, daughter of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 4th Lord Poyntz and Alianora Erleigh.1
Johanna Poyntz1
Johanna Poyntz is the daughter of Hugh Poyntz, 3rd Lord Poyntz and Margaret Paynel.2
Her father granted her a pension out of the manor of Stoke St. Edward and Batcombe.1
Nicholas Poyntz1
Nicholas Poyntz is the son of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 2nd Lord Poyntz and Elizabeth la Zouche.2
He was ancestor of the Poyntzs of North Ockenden, Essex, which became extinct in 1709.1 He received the moiety of Hoo from his brother.1 He lived at Hoo, Kent, EnglandG.1
Katherine FitzNichol1
Katherine FitzNichol is the daughter of Sir Thomas FitzNichol.1 She married Robert Poyntz, son of Sir John Poyntz and Elizabeth de Clanvowe.1
Her married name became Poyntz.1
Children of Katherine FitzNichol and Robert Poyntz
Sir Nicholas Poyntz+2 d. 1449
Thomas Poyntz+2 d. 1458
Maurice Poyntz2
Blanche Poyntz2
Isabel Poyntz2
Joan Poyntz2
Matilda de Acton1
Matilda de Acton is the daughter of John de Acton.2 She married Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 2nd Lord Poyntz, son of Sir Hugh Poyntz, 1st Lord Poyntz and Margaret Paveley.1
Child of Matilda de Acton and Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 2nd Lord Poyntz
Sir John Poyntz+2 d. 21 Sep 1376
Sir John Poyntz1
Sir John Poyntz was the son of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, 2nd Lord Poyntz and Matilda de Acton.2 He married, firstly, Elizabeth de Clanvowe, daughter of Philip de Clanvowe.1 He married, secondly, Margery (?)1 He died on 21 September 1376.2
He lived at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, EnglandG.1 He held the office of Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1363.1
Child of Sir John Poyntz and Elizabeth de Clanvowe
Robert Poyntz+2 b. 15 Jun 1359, d. 15 Jun 1439

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Silver cup presented to Captain John Wilson in 1806. The silver cup has a flat chased floral border and reeded rim, and stands on an octagonal foot with reeded lines; the interior is gilt. It is inscribed: 'To Captn John Wilson, for his Gallant defence of the Ship Shipley; During an action of One Hour and three quarters with the Hebe French Privateer in which he received two severe Wounds. Presented by the Owners SHIPLEY WILLIAMS & Co. Liverpool 25th July 1806'. In his 'History of the Liverpool Privateers' (1897), Gomer Williams wrote: 'in February the 'Shipley' was on passage to the West Indies, when she was attacked by a French three-masted schooner privateer (ex HM Schooner 'Demerara') mounting 14 guns. Being becalmed, the 'Shipley' 'engaged the privateer with small arms for an hour and a quarter, until four of her men were killed, Captain Wilson and Mr Holden, the first mate, besides the steward severely wounded (the former shot through the shoulder and his hand much shattered, the mate having his thigh broken), when the men, after a most gallant defence, and having no officers to command them, were obliged to strike. The French had their second captain and five men killed and many wounded. The Shipley, having been plundered of much valuable cargo, which was carried on board the privateer, was recaptured by HMS Galatea, and sent to Barbados'.


Investment and self- improvement is quite common in everyday personal business, many people seldom understand its practical meaning.
Contrary to any other way of thinking, it possesses a deep meaning that touches the trait of a person. This is so important in a person's life that it even helps him to realize the goal of his life. The progress of a man, whether materially or spiritually, has a lot to do with the understanding of this very meaning.
Let's briefly analyze the importance of business opportunities in every human's life. On checking out the Dictionary for the exact meaning, you will find it to be defined in simple words as the act of improving the condition of a person through efforts.
This definition may be quite dry on the surface level, but it has a lot to do with the productivity and finance investing of a person. Each individual in this world is gifted with some special talents that he can use for his own progress as well as for the society.


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VIDEO: Polaris ACE 570
By: Shane Solomon, Photography by: Shane Solomon and Polaris
In what could be just the answer for the safety-conscious farmer, Polaris has released a potentially game-changing new ATV to the local market in the form of the Sportsman ACE.
The all-new Polaris Sportsman ACE is the perfect combination of an ATV and UTV. It's similar in size to a 4x4 quad and rides almost exactly like the new Polaris Sportsman 570 4x4, but it's equipped with a single bucket seat, steering wheel, and a roll cage that provides an uber-safe platform for both work and play. This easy-to-use, nimble machine has the easiest learning curve of any ATV or UTV I've ever tested. If you're used to driving UTVs, you'll feel right at home in the ACE.
The Sportsman ACE is covered by a ROPS (roll over protection system) cab frame that's similar to the roll cages found on the brand's RZR lineup, and offers an ergonomically-friendly cockpit that's both easy to get into and out of for small or large riders, perfect for the older farmer or those that struggle to swing a leg over a standard quad. The secure, high-backed, adjustable bucket seat is paired with an adjustable steering wheel. It's also equipped with a three-point seatbelt and has side bolsters to keep the operator properly positioned in the center of the machine. The steering wheel offers 89mm of tilt adjustment, and the driver's seat slides back and forth by 102mm to customise the fit for the rider. There is an integrated dead pedal for your left foot to rest on and an integrated heel pocket for your right foot, with an easy reach for both the gas and brake pedals. Branches and the odd sheep are kept out via dual side nets that feature a metal rod to easily secure for clipping and positioning the nets to the back of the vehicle while exiting. For added protection there's a range of optional accessories like doors, front and rear brushguards, rock sliders, and a variety of custom wheel and tyre packages. To protect the driver from the elements, a Lock & Ride roof, windshield, and rear panel install in seconds to offer a quick solution for all climates.
Beginner to expert riders will appreciate the ACE's comfortable ride and nimble handling characteristics. The suspension feels stiff, compared to standard Sportsman ATVs, but it soaked up the rough, rocky test loop and was difficult to bottom out, even with my substantial weight in it. The machine felt stable, even around quick, 90-degree corners and at top speeds you always feel in control.
The Sportsman ACE 4x4 is equipped with a new Polaris ProStar electronic fuel-injected powerplant. It's a dual-overhead cam, single-cylinder, four-stroke design that is similar to the 570 RZR and Sportsman, which Polaris released last year. Its displacement is in the sub-400cc category, and it packs a solid 32hp with a top speed of around 70kph. It didn't hit hard out of the hole, but its power range is wide and very easy to adjust to. The motor provided plenty of excitement, the power doesn't overwhelm or scare, and it'll provide an excellent platform around the farm, with enough punch to make the odd bit of off-roading a real joy.
The transmission is identical to Polaris's 570 RZR's and provides the driver with the option of both high and low range, neutral, reverse, and a park mode that acts as the emergency brake. In high, the 32hp donk pulled the 385kg ACE up and over every obstacle on the technical test loop Polaris had set up for us journos at a big 4WD testing track outside Melbourne, where the company had its full range of ATVs and UTVs for us to play with. I used low range for ascending and descending the steeper sections, just as you would if you were negotiating a back-country hill, and we powered through deep ruts, mud holes, and dusty trails without so much as a scent from the CVT.
The Sportsman ACE is equipped with the same On-Demand True All-Wheel Drive (AWD) system found on all Polaris ATVs and UTVs. The system eliminates the guesswork by automatically engaging AWD when you need it and then reverts back to two-wheel drive automatically when the AWD is no longer needed.
Braking is solid, thanks to four-wheel hydraulic discs with dual-bore front calipers, and the little ACE rides on Carlisle 489 tyres, mounted on stamped steel wheels, that provide great traction on most terrains. I put a good pounding on that rubber and didn't come to close to a flat.
Storage on the Sportsman ACE is exceptional with its integrated 10.6-litre, semi-dry, front storage compartment and a high-capacity Lock & Ride cargo box with rack extenders and rear tie-down rails that also accept the accessory Lock & Ride cargo box for additional dry storage, can carry up to 260kg of gear, and can tow up to 680kg. The ACE is also pre-wired for the installation of a winch with up to 1587kg of capacity, and Polaris offers more than 25 accessories for the Sportsman, including doors, winches, cabs, and storage to suit their driver's needs.
Like it or not, these UTVs are transitioning from a fad to the future of ATV-ing. Since the release of the original RZR 800 seven years ago, Polaris has been the leading UTV manufacturer of such machines, and for an RRP $11,995 incl. GST, the Polaris Sportsman ACE is sure to be a hit for both farmers/contractors and trail riding enthusiasts alike.
Exceptionally easy to get in and out of
Confidence inspiring
Great handling characteristics
Is a little underpowered but does have a good mid-range
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Sotheby's introduces new fee on top of the hammer price and buyer's premium
Sotheby's has introduced a new fee called an 'Overhead Premium' that is payable by all auction buyers across its salerooms and online auctions globally.
Laura Chesters
Sotheby's said the new 1% fee on the hammer price is to cover "overhead costs relating to our facilities, property handling and other administrative expenses".
The charge, which is 1% of the hammer price, is on top of the regular buyer's premium and any other fees such as local taxes and artist's resale right.
In a statement, the auction house said the new premium is to cover "the overhead costs relating to our facilities, property handling and other administrative expenses, and reflects the increasing costs associated with delivering great service and experiences in a highly competitive marketplace".
Sotheby's last raised its buyer's premium in February 2019 but the fact that the new overhead premium is a flat percentage and not part of the tiered fee structure means the overall fee increase is most notable at the top end.
Sotheby's recently announced it had sold $2.5bn (£1.9bn) of art, antiques, luxury items and collectables so far this year, including more than $285m (£216m) in online-only auctions and $575m (£436m) in private sales.
It said 30% of all its bidders and buyers were under 40 during this period and nearly 20% of its new bidders and buyers were from Asia.
The results covered its year to date for the period January to the end of July. Sotheby's is now a private company following its purchase by telecoms businessman Patrick Drahi in 2019 and does not have to reveal its performance publicly. It did not publish information relating to profit or how the period compared to the previous year.
CEO Charles Stewart said: "The art and luxury markets have proven to be incredibly resilient, and demand for quality across categories is unabated. The power of Asia, combined with the sophistication of established collectors and the appetite of new clients, was central to our success over the past seven months, and particularly since March.
"And although driven by necessity, it's clear that our clients' interest and confidence in technology has fundamentally changed."
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Silver cup 'rewarded to a loyal Jacobite' offered jointly by auction house and dealer
Buyer's and seller's premiums
Front Page and News
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Buyer's premium rises at Bonhams and Phillips
Christie's takes third way on premium structure
ATG letter: Sotheby's shop – will there be a buyer's premium?
ATG letters: Sotheby's 'overhead' fee – so what is the point of buyer's premium?


Not all trees are right for residential properties, so what are the best trees to plant near houses? Before you imagine that big shady maple, it's best to learn a bit about tree roots and foundations.
How Close Can You Plant Trees to a House to Avoid Tree Root Problems?
Tree root problems affecting your house comes down to tree size. A good rule of thumb is to start at about 8 to 10 feet away from your home for small trees and scale up to account for the tree's mature height and spread. Here are the best and worst by zone.
Choose any of the following and you won't have to worry about headaches with tree roots and foundations. Not only are they beautiful trees, they have their non-invasive root systems or low-maintenance cleanup.
Crabapple (Zones 3-8): A short, flowering tree that matures at about 20 feet tall.
The trees have widespread, invasive tree roots and foundations are at risk.
Once you find a tree you like, do a little research to see how fast growing and destructive their roots could be. When you choose the right tree, you save yourself the future stress of tree roots and foundations becoming an issue.


Severely weakened by the economic crisis, Russia's top metals producers are embracing a proposal to merge into one massive company. The merger, which is subject to state approval, would make the industry less vulnerable to the rapid shifts in demand that characterize economic downturn. But while the metals giants agree on the basic plan, they differ about how much government support is needed.
Equity strategists from a majority of leading Russian and international investment banks and brokerage houses have predicted that the flow of Russian equity fund raisings will not resume until H1 2010. A poll of leading analysts conducted by Merlin has established that 11 out of 15 interviewed analysts do not see international IPOs by Russian companies resuming before Q1 2010, while Q3 2010 was named by most analysts as the likely timeframe for Russian domestic IPOs to recommence.
The 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 30.74 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in December, according to a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials just released. This is a decline of 640,000 b/d from the November level of 31.38 million b/d. The total includes Indonesia, which left the oil producer group at the end of the year.
The first IPO of 2009 will probably not take place until the middle of February due to Japan's switch this month to electronic stock certificates.
NYSE Euronext announced trading volumes for its global cash equities and derivatives exchanges for December 2008, as well as other business metrics. December 2008 trading volumes were characterized by strong year-over-year growth in U.S. cash trading, stable European cash trading volumes and lower futures and options trading volume across our U.S. and European derivatives platforms. For the full-year 2008, NYSE Euronext registered double-digit growth in trading volumes across U.S. and European cash and derivatives product areas.
2008 was a historic year for the Oil & Gas industry as oil prices hit a record high of close to US$150/barrel and fell steeply to below US$50/barrel in a matter of 3 months.
According to Fitch Ratings' 2009 global steel outlook report, Fitch expects the current sharp contraction in steel demand to continue to weigh on steel production and pricing through the first half of 2009. While in the short-term the steel market will be in a downturn, the Ratings Outlooks on the vast majority of Fitch Ratings' steel coverage are Stable.
Companies across the London Stock Exchange's markets raised a record £63 billion in new and further issues of equity during the course of 2008, significantly ahead of the total for the whole of 2007. These strong figures, despite difficult market conditions, were underpinned by a number of substantial secondary issues throughout the year, together with key international wins which consolidated the London's position as the international capital market of choice. There is a good IPO pipeline awaiting an improvement in market conditions.
Gold jewelry is one of the top three most popular items for women's discretionary spending in the U.S. according to World Gold Council's (WGC) 2008 survey, What Women Want: Global Discretionary Spending Report, conducted by independent research firm, GfK, among 1,068 American women aged 16 to 65.
The Abraham Energy Report issued a special analysis to subscribers of OPEC's decision Wednesday to cut production by 4.2 million barrels per day.


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Debra Walker '87
(6/4/19)
The Honorable Debra Walker has been named President of the Illinois Judges Foundation (IJF). Walker was installed for a 1-year term on Friday, May 31, at a meeting of the IJF Board of Directors. The IJF was established in 2007 to serve as the charitable arm of the Illinois Judges Association. Its membership includes current sitting and retired judges.
Jeff Berman '87
(4/18/19)
Jeff Berman was honored for his years of service to Buffalo Grove at a recent village board meeting. Berman will leave the board in May after serving as trustee for 20 years. A proclamation was read in his honor and a plaque was presented as part of the recognition.
Jeffrey Berman '87
On June 9th, Jeffrey Berman (BS '84 BUS, JD '87 LAW) was sworn in as the President of the Lake County Bar Foundation. Jeff has nearly 30 years' of experience in a wide range of complex commercial litigation, and his practice currently focuses on class actions and related insurance coverage litigation. Jeff also currently is serving his fifth elected term as a Village Trustee, and as Village President Pro Tem, in the Village of Buffalo Grove, Illinois. He also serves as Co-Editor of the Docket, the official publication of the Lake County Bar Association.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Debra Walker is being recognized with a national lifetime achievement award for philanthropy. Walker is the third person and the first judge to receive the annual National Conference of Bar Foundations' Excellence Award. The group, an organization under the American Bar Association's Division for Bar Services, supports and shares programming ideas between bar foundations throughout the country. Member organizations include state, county, and smaller bar foundations.
Kathleen Feeney '87
In November 2016, Judge Kathleen A. Feeney received the Justice Marilyn J. Kelly Award for Outstanding Judicial Service from the State Bar of Michigan Family Law Section for her 16 years on the bench presiding over Family Division cases in the Kent County Circuit Court, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Judge Feeney received the award for being "an outstanding judge with a great reputation" and because she is "passionate, widely respected, acknowledged as a leader by her peers, and is well-known by family law practitioners." Grand Rapids Legal News, 12/23/16, vol. 81, no. 79. Judge Feeney is currently the Presiding Judge of the Family Division in Kent County and the chair of the Michigan Judges Association Family Law Committee; she also serves on the Michigan Supreme Court Civil Jury Instruction Committee and Michigan Family Law Benchbook committee. She remembers fondly The Law Revue and singing The Unemployment Chorus with her fellow law students!


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Alberta Settlements
Foremost and Walsh
Medicine Valley
Stettler-Big Valley
Urban Communities
As journalist John Hawkes stated in 1901, "The North-West Territories was a land of many peoples and many tongues." Indeed, ambitious immigrants from all across Europe, including Estonia, arrived here in response to the Government of Canada's advertisements of inexpensive, available land. The land out west was sparsely populated, and the federal government wanted to change this rapidly. The Dominion Lands Act entitled males over the age of 21 to one-quarter piece of land for a minimal fee. Government officials advertised homesteads for the modest price of $10 CDN. The ads claimed to be seeking experienced "stalwart peasants born on the soil, whose forefathers had been farmers for generations." The Estonians who immigrated to Canada largely fit this description, having toiled as farmers or labourers under serfdom's oppressive system.
The railway, along with topographical factors, determined the location of Alberta's communities. Settlers arrived by train at various towns throughout the province including Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, and Red Deer. The next task was to find agreeable farming land. Once a location was deemed suitable, it was not uncommon for friends and relatives to gravitate to the same area, thereby creating centralized ethnic ties within the community. The Estonians predominantly settled in three locations: Barons, Medicine Valley, and Stettler-Big Valley. Together, they brought both their farming skills and their support for co-operative ventures. In Alberta's first year as a recognized province, 1905, 80 percent of the population was rural; consequently, it was known to the rest of Canada as the granary of the empire.
Alberta's rural towns and villages provided a variety of goods and services for newly arriving pioneer families. Weekly newspapers reporting local, national, and international news were printed. Members of the community would gather to share their opinions on the issues of the day. Moreover, within small towns such as Stettler, professional services, including those of doctors, lawyers, druggists, and blacksmiths, were available. The railway was instrumental in determining the location of a new settlement. Consequently, many early Albertan settlements, including Stettler and Eckville, were situated along the north-south corridor from Edmonton to Calgary. No doubt Alberta's ethnic rural communities were vital to the province's initial development. In fact, by 1911, immigrants from Eastern Europe, including Estonia, comprised 12 percent of Alberta's population. Other smaller Estonian settlements became established in Walsh and Foremost in southern Alberta, Sylvan Lake in central Alberta, and Peace River in the northern part of the province.
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Papton's structure is based on subdividing panels into load-bearing areas and bending zones, and the partial removal of the top layer on one side allows for controlled folding. Low weight and volume ensure a dense package of unfolded chairs (up to eighty chairs fit on a standard Euro pallet).
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JOINT PARLIAMENTARY SEMINAR ON THE MISUSE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES DURING ELECTORAL PROCESSES
28.05.2018 Our expert worked as a general rapporteur for the seminar on "Misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes: A Major Challenge for Democratic Elections" organized by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
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HOW THE PROPAGANDA CONTRIBUTED TO PUTIN'S FOURTH TERM
07.05.2018 Information Peace, a group of Russian media analysts led by Luydmila Savchuk, in cooperation with the Slovak-based media monitoring organization MEMO 98, systematically monitored the media coverage of the 18 March presidential election in Russia. The...
CONFERENCE ON MISUSE OF ADMIN RESOURCES DURING ELECTIONS
20.11.2017 Our expert worked as a general rapporteur for the conference on "Misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes: A Major Challenge for Democratic Elections" organized by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
ELECTORAL PROCESSES AND THE NEW MEDIA SPACE - HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS SPACE
11.06.2017 Our expert Rasťo Kužel acted as an introducer to the lecture given by the IFES Regional Director, Europe and Eurasia, Beata Martin Rozumilowicz titled ELECTORAL PROCESSES AND THE NEW MEDIA SPACE - HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS SPACE for students at the Taras...
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07.06.2017 From 1 until 18 March 2017, Rasťo Kužel of MEMO 98 worked as a deputy head of mission/media expert in the framework of OSCE/ODIHR election assessment mission with a task to coordinate the work of all the core team analysts and to assess media compliance...
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05.06.2017 Our expert was one of the key speakers at a roundtable called "Media and Elections in the New Era which was organized on 24 June 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine, by IFES, Council of Europe, Venice Commission and Internews Ukraine. A robust and analytical...
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29.11.2016 MEMO 98 was approached by the BBC Media Action to review the literature on media and elections in Burma and to incorporate insights from previous fieldwork/country engagement to produce a report on political economy of media and elections.


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Sustaining Militarism and Enabling War in Liberal Societies
The following analysis is from Volume 3, Issue 3 of the Peace Science Digest.
Citation: Basham, V.M. (2018). Liberal militarism as insecurity, desire and ambivalence: Gender, race and the everyday geopolitics of war. Security Dialogue, 49(1-2), 32-43.
War is usually explained with reference to the ends it is purported to achieve—as a tool for defending one's territory and/or ensuring the security of one's population. The use of war, however, for these instrumental purposes depends on far more fundamental factors like widespread societal beliefs about the necessity and legitimacy of military force. To understand what makes war possible, we must first, therefore, understand how militarism is created and sustained. Liberal democracies present a puzzle when it comes to the emergence and maintenance of militarist ideology, as their emphasis on the importance of individual freedom appears to contradict reliance on a tool that limits this freedom—both for those who participate in the military and for those who are militarily targeted. Often this means that liberal democracies will justify their reliance on military force as necessary to maintaining freedom. It also means that, for individuals to be willing to give up some freedom for personal security, the threats to which military force is portrayed as a response must be framed in terms of the dangers they pose for the everyday lives of regular people, rather than for abstractions like the "state," "nation," or "economy."
Militarism: "society's emphasis on martial values." (Lutz 2004; full citation under Continued Reading)
Liberal militarism: "the commitment by liberal democratic states and societies to maintain and use military force." (Basham 2018)
The author therefore explores how militarism is reproduced in liberal democracies—in the United Kingdom (U.K.), in particular—and, by extension, what enables such countries to wage war. To anchor this exploration, she looks at the case of British airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria (authorized in December 2015) and related debates over Syrian refugees in the U.K., paying close attention to the language used by Prime Minister David Cameron to justify the U.K.'s policies. Through this analysis she finds that, to gain a full picture of how liberal militarism is sustained, we must consider the ways in which military force is made to seem normal and rational at the level of both geopolitics and everyday experience.
At the level of geopolitics, the author finds two ways that U.K. state narratives make military force the "rational" response to insecurity. First, the British state—through Cameron's speeches—casts itself as having a moral responsibility to respond to threats to its allies (the terrorist attacks on Paris in late 2015) and thereby reassert itself as a global power. This responsibility stems, in part, from the U.K.'s self-proclaimed impressive military capabilities—the obsession with which can be attributed to the masculine credentials they provide to political leaders—and, in part, from what Young calls the "logic of masculinist protection," whereby military action is justified in terms echoing the need for men to protect their women. Furthermore, residual racism from British colonialism ensures that military action paired with humanitarian aid—and not more welcoming policies for Syrian refugees—is presented as the appropriate policy response. While this approach is a way of responding to the "threat" multiculturalism is seen by some to present to an idealized white Britain, Cameron justifies it in humanitarian terms by stating that by "help[ing] refugees closer to their homes… [we will prevent them from] having to make that terrible journey across the Mediterranean." Second, the British state represents ISIS as a threat to the U.K. and the "British way of life" and then presents military action as the logical response to that threat, reinforcing the widespread notion that military action equals security. This conflation of military action with security, however, eclipses the ways in which military action can make Syrians and also some British citizens—through the "economic trade-offs between warfare and welfare"—less secure.
At the level of everyday experience, the author finds that fear, desire for normalcy, and ambivalence about military action combine to reproduce liberal militarism and ultimately normalize and enable war. First, fear of a the racial "other," in the form of Syrian refugees crossing the border and threatening "our way of life" with terrorism—a fear itself dependent on a clear-cut conception of what is inside a country's borders as stable/safe and what is outside those borders as dangerous/threatening—creates a level of everyday insecurity conducive to support for militarism. Second, this feeling of insecurity and fear is heightened by the desire and general expectation in liberal societies for normalcy and an ordinary everyday. Third, this widespread (though by no means universal) enjoyment of an ordinary everyday is what makes ambivalence about military action possible for many; most British citizens can afford to be ambivalent about the military policies of their government, leaving these policies unchallenged, as long as they don't disrupt their "worry-free" everyday life. In the end, although the liberal state clearly attempts to equate military action with security, bolstering its legitimacy in the process, the author highlights the multiple ways in which liberal militarism actually produces insecurity for many, both inside and beyond the liberal state's borders—those whose everydays are sacrificed so that some can continue enjoying their normal everydays undisturbed.
Contemporary Relevance:
This research helps us think through some of the strategies liberal societies employ more broadly for managing insecurity and justifying military action, especially in the post-9/11 world—in the process revealing some of the assumptions upon which these policies are based, as well as their often obscured effects. Although this research is focused on the U.K., we can see similar processes occurring in other liberal democratic countries that have been threatened with terrorism. In the wake of 9/11, the Bush administration in the U.S. capitalized on the fear Americans were feeling—a kind of vulnerability new to many of them who were used to going about their daily lives in relative security—to launch, first, the war in Afghanistan and then, a year and a half later, the war in Iraq. As with the analysis here, employing gender and racial lenses help us see some of the legitimation strategies at work in building public support for these wars: the oppressed women the U.S. was "saving" in Afghanistan (see Young under Continued Reading); the evil male rival who must be eliminated as the symbolic stand-in for an entire country, Saddam Hussein for Iraq, Osama bin Laden for Afghanistan (what Cohn calls the "unitary masculine actor problem"—see Continued Reading); the obsession with weaponry as proof of masculinity (again, see Cohn); the racist dehumanization of Afghans or Iraqis or anyone seen to be vaguely Middle Eastern as "ragheads," making violence against them seem somehow less troubling (see Herbert under Continued Reading). Similarly, there was also the unquestioned conflation of military action with security—the framing of military action as the appropriate, indeed the only viable, response to insecurity, whether terrorism or weapons of mass destruction, and the associated assumption that military action is effective and decisive. Yet, 17 years later, there is still intense instability and violence in Afghanistan where the Taliban still holds vast swaths of territory; and the war in Iraq sparked a bloody military occupation, insurgency, and civil war, leading to the formation of a new terrorist organization that itself became the target of military action and was the subject of the research presented here. So, the cycle of violence and insecurity continues. This research makes us more alert to the ways in which those of us living fairly comfortably in liberal democracies can be complicit in the steady reproduction of militarism in our daily lives, leaving these assumptions unchallenged, normalizing military action, and thereby making war—and these cycles of insecurity—possible.
Liberal democracies often justify their reliance on military force as necessary to maintaining freedom, as well as frame security threats in terms of the dangers posed to the everyday lives of regular people, such that individuals will be willing to give up some freedom for personal security.
To understand how liberal militarism is sustained, we must consider the ways military force is made to seem normal and rational in terms of both geopolitics and everyday experience.
At the geopolitical level, the British state justifies military action by identifying its moral responsibility to respond to threats to its allies and by equating military action with security—despite the fact that it ends up producing insecurity for many, both inside and beyond its borders.
As part of everyday experience in some liberal democracies, a racist fear of refugees, the desire for normalcy, and ambivalence about military action combine to reproduce liberal militarism and ultimately normalize and enable war.
Practical Implications:
As this research demonstrates, militarism is not necessarily fervent or flashy, nor is it dictated from the top-down; rather, it is embedded in our everyday lives and emerges through how we construct (and consume constructions of) threats, how we privilege our own daily comfort and normalcy, and not least of all how we accept—or at the very least remain ambivalent towards and don't challenge—narratives about the effectiveness and necessity of military action for security. The good news is that if we reproduce militarism in our everyday experiences, that is also where we can resist it. Military action can only happen if these narratives remain intact and if the targets of military action are understood as appropriate targets of violence. Those of us concerned with preventing war must therefore push up against the everyday practices and narratives that reinforce and enable it: the taken-for-grantedness around how military action is supposed to be decisive and effective; the celebration of military sacrifice over other forms of communal sacrifice/service (for instance, firefighters, civil rights activists, police officers, teachers, AmeriCorps/Peace Corps volunteers, etc.); the simplistic representation of what is inside the country as safe and what is outside as dangerous; sometimes subtle and sometimes overt forms of racism that end up separating some out of the human community; the machismo competition that somehow gets mistaken for rationality in the lead-up to war; and so on. One way to enact this resistance is simply to think and speak critically about the way your government justifies its calls to military action and about the assumptions it's relying on: Do these military policies attain their objectives? Have they in the past? Do they stop or do they reinvigorate terrorist organizations? Do they actually create security? For whom? And for whom do they create insecurity? Whose lives are valued over others?
Bringing up such questions may make us feel uneasy, especially those of us in liberal societies who like to think of ourselves as valuing human life and individual freedom and human rights the world over—but it is a productive uneasiness, as it forces us to consider whether our actions actually align with our supposed values. Is supporting a war that kills the same number of civilians in the first few months that were killed in the terrorist attack it was a response to consistent with these values? (See Carl Conetta's Afghan civilian casualty estimates in his Project on Defense Alternatives report here: (http://www.comw.org/pda/0201strangevic.html#appendix1.) How can we instead choose policies that actually do align with our liberal democratic values? There are of course no easy answers, but such questions are a start—exercises in resisting the impulse towards ambivalence, normalization, and complicity that makes war possible.
Militarization By Catherine Lutz. In A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics, edited by David Nugent and Joan Vincent. New York: Blackwell, 2004. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2323843.
The Military Normal By Catherine Lutz. In The Counter-Counterinsurgency Manual, by the Network of Concerned Anthropologists. Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, 2009. http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo6899695.html.
How to Change a Narrative: A Guide for Activists and Peace Builders By Beth Hallowell and Jos Truitt. American Friends Service Committee, July 3, 2017. https://www.afsc.org/story/how-to-change-narrative-guide-activists-and-peace-builders.
The Logic of Masculinist Protection: Reflections on the Current Security State By Iris Marion Young. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2003. http://www.signs.rutgers.edu/content/Young,%20Logic%20of%20Masculinist%20Protection.pdf.
War, Wimps, and Women: Talking Gender and Thinking War By Carol Cohn. In Gendering War Talk, edited by Miriam Cooke and Angela Woollacott. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. http://genderandsecurity.org/sites/default/files/Cohn_-_Wars_Wimps_W_0.pdf.
From 'Gook' to 'Raghead' By Bob Herbert. The New York Times, May 2, 2005. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/opinion/from-gook-to-raghead.html.
Strange Victory: Appraisal of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Afghanistan War By Carl Conetta. Project on Defense Alternatives, January 30, 2002. http://www.comw.org/pda/0201strangevic.html#appendix1.
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Chicken and rice is a go-to favorite for weeknight meals. It is a complete meal with protein, vegetables, and a grain all in one hearty meal. This is a simple recipe for deliciously seasoned rice with chicken and mushrooms all cooked together in your pressure cooker for a quick and easy comfort dish everyone can enjoy. Using low-sodium chicken stock allows you to control the seasoning in the dish. After releasing the pressure from the MultiPot give it a taste and season with salt as desired.
Here is a great tip for removing the needles from rosemary or the leaves from thyme in a snap! Holding the sprig of thyme or rosemary at its top, slide your fingers down it, to the bottom, to strip off the leaves or needles. To chop, bundle them together and slice until you reach the desired texture.
Per Serving: 332 calories; 7g fat; 24.4g carbohydrates; 41g protein; 96mg cholesterol; 421mg sodium.
Such a simple dinner idea! We used chicken thighs and drumsticks, so we cooked it for 8 minutes instead of 5. The recipe says it makes 4 servings, but the way my husband eats, it's more like two. Next time I'll probably double the batch. Really good recipe.
I used boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into chunks instead of breasts, and got the same amazing, delicious results. It does not get any easier than this! I also used sliced white mushrooms so they cooked a little quicker in the oil, but they came out nice and golden, and so fragrant. So easy to make!
This was insanely easy to make! I added green peas to the chicken and rice and it was really delicious. I recommend everyone make this recipe, especially when you're looking for something quick!
Really good recipe, but I also have to say this was a great video. I have been buying Chicken and Rice bowls from a food truck next to my work for a long time and this is the first time I have actually made it myself. Great meal prep, will make again.
Loved this recipe. I didn't have fresh rosemary or thyme so I used dry. It was yummy. I will be making this again.
I would have given this five stars if the chicken hadn't been a bit dry. Should I alter the quick release time, or would that affect the rice being ready?
I doubled the recipe and there was a lot of chicken broth left and the rice didn't fully cook. I googled it and found that you do not double the liquid. Has any one done this???
This recipe is great if you use fresh Rosemary and Thyme. Don't have to but definately after making several times, makes a big difference. Here's a tip. This particular recipe is the perfect amount of heat to the lid to make removing those pesky warning stickers on the lid handle and below come off easy after you QR and are done. Sure wish Mealthy would add nutrition info to all recipes.
This was a great first meal with my new multi pot! I used a brown and wild rice mix and upped the time to 15 min after looking at brown rice recipes. The rice was perfect but the chicken overdone for my taste. I'm sure 5 min for wild rice would have been fine. Very flavorful and healthy. The hardest part was chopping the fresh herbs and garlic so I would use dried herbs on a weeknight.


A murder investigation has been launched after a two-year-old boy was found dead at his home.
Rio Smedley was found unconscious at the two-bedroom home, in Bolton, Lancashire, yesterday evening after police were called following reports that his heart had stopped.
Medics rushed the toddler to the Royal Bolton Hospital but were unable to revive him.
A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently being quizzed by detectives.
Leon's mother, Kirsty, in her 20s, is believed to be pregnant by the man now under arrest, who is not the dead boy's father.
Her oldest daughter, five-year-old Ella, is being comforted at her grandmother's nearby home.
The arrested man and Kirsty were both at home in Bolton when police arrived.
Rio's family said in a tribute: 'Rio was the loving son of Kirsty, brother of Ella, grandson of Karen and Paddy, Gordon and Yvonne, nephew of Shaun and Jason.
She told how Kirsty had only been living in the street for a few weeks.
Dozens of floral tributes, cards and teddy bears have been left outside the house in Cheriton Drive, Breightmet.
One card read: 'Sleep in peace little angel'. Another said: 'Rest in peace baby Rio. Taken too soon'.
Neighbour Natalie York, 31, a mother-of-eight, said she saw the drama unfold.
'They're just a normal family,' Ms York said.
'I saw the police and ambulance around half four yesterday and heard the boy's mum screaming and the ambulance guy running out of the house with the boy in his arms.
'The ambulance shot off with flashing lights and sirens.
Police said a post-mortem will be held to establish the boy's death at the Manchester Children's Hospital.
Detective Superintendent Jon Chadwick added: 'I would like to extend my sympathies to this young boy's family and friends at what is clearly a very difficult and emotional time for everyone.
Bolton council said professional support will be made available to the family.


Boutique hotels rarely get a look in on our travels. The bigger name hotels normally advertise a deal or two when the time comes to book a trip and I guess the security of knowing at least if something went wrong that hotel would have multiple rooms as a backup option. We broke the trend in Milan opting to splash out a bit on a hotel with hot tubs in the room's, a free minibar and a location on the tip of Milans famed fashion street the Corso Venezia.
Montenapoleone Suites, located just off the main Corso Monforte in a quiet street, is a small, boutique hotel with suites as opposed to your average hotel rooms. Finding the place was pretty easy from the nearby San Babila metro station which sits in the centre of a large selection of shops, restaurants and is just a ten minute walk to the Duomo at Milan's city centre. On check-in our friendly receptionist apologised that the room would just be another ten minutes in preparation due to the air conditioning being fixed. After a long train ride from Turin we decided to head across the street to the small supermarket for a couple of cold drinks to pass the time.
True to her word the room was ready on our return and….wow! What a place! I couldn't take in much of what the receptionist was saying for gazing around the room at the comfy bed, wall mounted televisions both in the bedroom and in the adjacent room which housed a huge hot tub with a champagne ice bucket containing complimentary prosecco. This is the life alright.
It's a wonderful feeling to stick your hotel gown on, flick on the tv and wait for the tub to fill up after a long trip. We discovered that you could use YouTube on the tv as well so if none of the foreign channels take your fancy there's a handy backup. Prosecco in hand we chilled in our luxurious surroundings sipping Italian bubbly and trying to come up with a plan for dinner.
After we finally made it out of the tub we took the opportunity to inspect our room a little more closely. The mini bar is decent but provides only a small alcohol selection, just a small bottle of prosecco and a mix of orange juice, pear juice and water. Slippers and gowns are provided and the temperature in the room with our newly fixed air con was pleasant. The only slight let down was the state of the shower which looked like it had been subject to a fair amount of usage.
Interestingly each room has a name, our's was 'coco' presumably after madame chanel whose photographs stood proudly on the walls of our room. Another nice touch in the hotel is that when you are heading out they will ask you if you would like the room made up which saves you coming back and finding your room still being done after a long day trekking around Milan. Also the free wifi worked superbly well during our stay.
Our two night stay really wasn't long enough in this place but ultimately cost us £362 (€407.70) which for the quality of room in a major city was excellent value. We have stayed in some of London's hotels for more and got way less. Well done to the guys at Montenapoleone Suites I say. For affordable luxury in a location that rivals some of Milan's finest hotels you really can't beat this place.


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Eugenia Golea (born 10 March 1971) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1984 and 1988. She is known for scoring a perfect 10 for the vault optional in the team competition of the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and for being the first gymnast to compete two consecutive layout stepout jumps. She helped her team to win an Olympic silver medal, a world title and a world silver medal. She liked all the events equally, though she excelled in vaulting and floor. On vault she won a world silver medal and a continental bronze and on beam she won a continental silver medal.

Career
Golea began training at School Club N 2 in Bucharest under the coaching of Lucia Marcu and Mihai Demetrescu. Later she joined the national team at Deva where she trained with Adrian Gorean, Adrian Stan and Maria Cosma. Her debut as a senior in an international event was in 1984. Although she had an excellent showing at the 1984 Balkan Championships where she placed first with the team and third all-around she was left off the 1984 Olympic team.

In 1985 she was a member of the silver winning team at the World Championships in Montreal.
In 1987, together with Aurelia Dobre, Camelia Voinea, Celestina Popa, Daniela Silivaș and Ecaterina Szabo, Golea was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. During the vault optional in the team finals both Aurelia Dobre and Golea scored perfect tens from the judges, Golea being one of three women (along with Elena Shushunova and Svetlana Baitova) to debut the double twisting yurchenko at the World Championships that year. Individually she won the silver medal on vault behind Elena Shushunova. She added two more individual medals at the 1987 European Championships in Moscow, a silver on beam and a bronze on vault. After winning silver with the team at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Golea retired.

Post retirement
After retiring she joined her brother in an acrobatic circus act. In 1991 she moved to Puerto Rico. There, she worked for a circus and helped coach the Puerto Rican gymnastics team. Golea eventually moved to the United States to work as a gymnastic coach and choreographer.  She coached at American Gymnastics in Bedford Hills, New York and YWCA in White Plains, New York.

References

1971 births
Living people
Gymnasts from Bucharest
Romanian female artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of Romania
Olympic silver medalists for Romania
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
20th-century Romanian women


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Bagula Bhagat is a 1979 Bollywood action film thriller directed by Harmesh Malhotra. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Shatrughan Sinha and Shabana Azmi in lead roles.

Cast
Ashok Kumar
Shatrughan Sinha
Shabana Azmi
Kamini Kaushal
Mehmood Jr.
Padma Khanna

Songs
All lyrics are written by Anjaan.

"Barso Beete" - Kishore Kumar, Amit Kumar
"Mehfil Me Meri Aaye Hai" - Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Bum Bole Ke Bagto Ko" - Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor
"Chali Aayi Tere Pichhe" - Asha Bhosle

External links

1979 films
1970s Hindi-language films
1970s action thriller films
Indian action thriller films
Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji
Films directed by Harmesh Malhotra


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Message: "The Divine Mentor #1" from Gene Cunningham
Home/Message: "The Divine Mentor #1" from Gene Cunningham
Gene Cunningham - January 8, 2000
The Divine Mentor #1
The Divine Mentor (the Holy Spirit), Jesus promised to the disciples before His departure. He introduced the "living water" in Joh 7:37-39. The Spirit worked with old testament saints (Zec 4:6, Joe 2:28) but now works in us. This was anticipated in the Old Testament (Isa 12:3, Isa 43:20, Isa 44:3, Isa 55:1). Joh 13:10-15 has the Spirit pre-figured in the cleansing water Jesus washes their feet (1Jo 1:9). Jesus' command in Joh 13:34-35 "love one another" is impossible without the Spirit (Rom 5:1-5, Gal 5:22-23, 1Co 13:1-13). In Joh 14:12-17 the Spirit is the "Paraklete"("called along side") -- the Helper. His character as Mentor: mother comfort (1Th 2:7); father as teacher of children (1Th 2:11); coach urging an athlete (2Ti 2:1); commander urging soldiers in battle (2Ti 2:3). Spirit is Truth (Joh 13:25-27) is involved in our recall -- He guards and gives peace (Phi 4:6-7). Joh 15:1-7 says the Spirit is the "fruit-bearer". Joh 15:26-27 says the Spirit is "witness" (Act 1:8). Joh 16:5-11 says the Spirit is conviction -- convicing men. Joh 16:12-15 says the Spirit is guidance (1Ki 19:1-13). He'll keep us from deception (Luk 21:8), deliver us from fear (Luk 21:9), provide us a witness (Luk 21:13), give us endurance (Luk 21:19), guide us where we need to be (Luk 21:21), give us joyous expectation (Luk 21:28), warn us of danger to our heart (Luk 21:34), and give us a watchfulness (Luk 21:36).
Scripture References: John 13:10-15, Luke 21:34, John 13:25-27, John 7:37-39, John 16:12-15, Isaiah 55:1, Luke 21:28, John 14:12-17, John 16:5-11, Isaiah 44:3, Luke 21:21, Galatians 5:22-23, Acts 1:8, Isaiah 43:20, Luke 21:19, Romans 5:1-5, John 15:26-27, Isaiah 12:3, Luke 21:13, John 13:34-35, John 15:1-7, Joel 2:28, Luke 21:9, John 1:9, Luke 21:36, Philippians 4:6-7, Zechariah 4:6, Luke 21:8
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The Divine Mentor is God the Holy Spirit. God answered Jesus' prayer to provide us the Spirit not just to be with us but in us -- to pray with us labor with us to guide us teach us and equip us -- the goal being that we'd be prepared for the troubled times in which we live.
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