It wasn't so long ago that your average airline ticket included not merely your flight but also meals, blankets, pillows, headsets and even alcohol. Today, you pay not only for all those extras, but for a lot more besides.
American Airlines is stirring up some controversy for introducing a "Basic Economy" fare that, while cheaper than a standard Economy ticket, means passengers board the plane last and can't use the overhead bins.
@United continues to be the worst American airline by adding a charge to use overhead bins. Keep it up.
How Much Do Airlines Make from These Fees?
When the "buy-on-board" phenomenon began, many airlines reported it as being a necessary way to keep their costs—and your ticket price—down. As it became more efficient and more economical for airlines to drive sales away from travel agents and to websites and call centres, they also introduced new charges that included a fee simply for buying a ticket.
Since then, all those little extras have worked out to be quite a line of revenue for most airlines.
Last summer, IdeaWorksCompany, a customer-expectation research company, produced their "Top 10 2015 Ancillary Revenue Rankings" for the airline industry. After reviewing the financial documents of 135 airlines worldwide, the company listed out airlines' revenue for everything but the actual ticket, including beer, snacks, seat selection and baggage charges.
The insight: in 2015, those airlines earned a whopping US$26 billion from all those extras.
The biggest earner was United Airlines, which scooped up $6.2 billion in extra goodies alone. They were followed by American Airlines ($4.7 billion) and Delta ($3.8 billion). The highest placed non-American airline was Air France–KLM, which earned approximately $2.16 billion.
To underscore just how much money that is in the airline universe, IdeaWorks also rated airlines based on what percentage of their total revenue all those odds and ends make up. On top was Florida-based ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, for whom ancillary revenue accounted for a staggering 43.4 percent of their entire revenue earned in 2015. That shouldn't be surprising, however, as Spirit's business model is to offer the least expensive airline tickets and leave passengers free to purchase whatever extras they want—which is basically anything and everything other than their seat.
These extras include $3 for a soft drink or bottled water, $10 to have a boarding pass printed at the airport, $100 in each direction for the transport of an unaccompanied minor and varying fees for all checked bags and carry-ons (beyond one personal item). Spirit's greatest revenue comes from checked baggage, followed closely by online and call-centre fees.
Despite all these extra costs, however, Spirit has grown its passenger load from 5.5 million in 2008 to more than 18 million in 2015, thereby suggesting there are a lot of travellers who like the concept of buying basic and customizing the rest, sort of like picking the toppings on your hamburger.
While no Canadian airlines featured in the report's published top 10 list, anyone who flies in Canada knows that many of its carriers have enthusiastically taken to the buy-on-board concept, and it's not unusual to be quoted as much as CAD$7.50 for an imported beer or $6.95 for a glass of wine.
Although no one in Canada has yet (quite) followed the example of Spirit Airlines, the recent arrival of NewLeaf Travel, whose flights are operated by Flair Airlines, does seem to be taking a page out of their book.
Travel with NewLeaf can only be booked on their own website—meaning they don't have to incorporate commissions or third-party fees into their prices, and they concentrate on flying to and from airports that are not the biggest—and therefore most expensive—in the country, such as Hamilton, Ontario, instead of Toronto, or Abbotsford, B.C., instead of Vancouver.
Once customers have bought their seat, they can pay extra for priority boarding, seat selection, inflight snacks and beverages, checked luggage or a carry-on bag (though they're entitled to bring one personal item into the cabin free of charge, as long as it can go under their seat and not in the overhead lockers), if they so desire.
Whether the ultra-low-budget style of air travel will catch on in Canada the way Spirit has in the United States only time will tell—but for the first time Canadians do have the opportunity to choose, and if NewLeaf is a success, it's likely other airlines will adopt at least some of their practices.
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The Meaning Behind the Name (A Little Bit of Geneology)
My college gals came to visit tonight and brought presents, one of which was a baby book. I started flipping through and filling out the first couple of pages and came to one where you can write about the significance of the baby's name which reminded me that I drafted this post a while back, way before Hannah was born, but never posted it because I was waiting for my mom to find more details. She ran into a brick wall though so who knows if those details will ever come. If you've ever wondered why we named her Hannah Jane, read on!
My grandma (mom's mom) was very big into geneaology and did tons of research while alive. When I was in college, she had an aneurism and spent some time in a hospital in Baltimore. Since the next nearest relative was an hour and a half away, I tried to visit her every day or at least every other day. I'd never spent a lot of time with my grandma when I was growing up because she lived over 4 hours away. After traveling back and forth to Virginia Beach to visit Eric (which took 4 hours on a good day), that distance doesn't seem as big of a deal, but as a kid, 4 hours in a car seemed like forever. We visited pretty regularly when my parents were married, but after the divorce (I was 7), my mom went back to college and worked three different jobs in an effort to keep the electric turned on and tuna casseroles in the fridge. Taking a weekend off to visit her parents was a luxury she couldn't afford so me visiting my grandmother in the hospital was the first opportunity I had to get to know her. In addition to working on crossword puzzles (an addiction I developed as a result of this time spent with her) and listening to her tell me stories about my mom and her sisters and brother, I asked about our family story, specifically, I wanted to know how the Native American blood got into our family. My pappy (her husband) looked full-blooded Indian with a full head of thick black hair, the prominent nose, and dark coloring.
Grandma told me the story of a grandfather waaaay down the line (5 "greats" to be exact) who was kidnapped by Indians and fell in love with one of the women who he later married (a real life Pocahontas story! What's not to love about that??). Her Americanized name was Hannah. I immediately decided that my future daughter would be named Hannah. If there were any record of her Indian name, I would probably opt for that name instead, but Grandma said she never found a record of any name other than Hannah.
When my grandmother died a few months later, my mom inherited her geneology research, and when I found out I was pregnant, I asked her to dig through that research to try to find the specifics of the story. So far she hasn't had a lot of luck finding anything on Hannah, but here's what she did find.
This great-to-the-5th-power grandfather of mine went by the name of Joseph Pipes, and he was born in 1763 in New Jersey (I have a photo of him but it's a .tif which won't upload and I have no idea how to convert it to a .jpg. Apparently there was once a photo of Hannah smoking a corn cob pipe--how freakin cool is that!!--but it's missing...). Joseph was in the Revolutionary War (Pennsylvania militia) and was taken prisoner by the Indians after a battle. He was kept prisoner for 4 years and, according to the notes my mom was able to dig up, was treated "with great severity" most of that time. When the Indians treatied with General Butler Clark, Joseph went with them and served as interpreter for 2 years. The only other information she was able to find was a note written by my grandmother that said: "There are several good stories concerning Joseph Pipes, that I will save them for my full history." So that means more digging for my mom and more patience for me. The only other information we have is that grandma "thinks" that Hannah was a Shawnee, which my mom guesses means that grandma found conflicting reports but found the Shawnee story either more often or from more reliable sources.
As for the middle name: Jane is my mom's middle name. Eric and I were brainstorming a name that would sound good with Hannah and still have some meaning, and since my mom is obviously one of my most favorite people in the world, why not have Hannah share a name with her? There's a little more of a backstory there as well, but nothing as exciting as the Pocahontas story: The name Jane came from my great-great-grandmother on my mom's side, Belle Jane (cute, huh?). So my mom, Bonnie Jane, was named for Belle Jane, and now there's Hannah Jane! Oh, and the photo of Belle Jane with her hubby was a .jpg so I was able to upload.
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Bonnie November 15, 2009 at 7:05 AM
I wasn't as adept at blogs when I sent you the photo - I'll try to change it to a .jpg and resent it for you.
Debby November 15, 2009 at 6:26 PM
I thought that Bonnie's middle name came from our Dad's sister Jane. Learned something new today.
Bonnie November 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Hmm, I never thought of Aunt Jane. I just remember Mom telling me about her grandmother that I was named for.
terri November 15, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Jane's all over the Hewitt side! I like the name Belle Jane best--that's super cute. What was Pap's sister's full name???
patpatdish November 16, 2009 at 8:26 AM
There is alot of Indian on Eric's side too. MOM was Indian and her Mother was close to pure than anything. Grandma (MOM's mom brother look exactly like one, pure black hair and everything)
I would have to look in your Grandma's book to be sure, but I think her name was Jane Lucille
Both of Eric's great grandmothers and Aunt Mendy is Belle's (Loretta Belle, Lily Belle & Blenda L.B, stands for either grandmother. Belle must have been the most popular name back when. Hi, Hannah girlie
terri November 18, 2009 at 9:53 AM
If we end up with another girl, we'll have to use Belle! But Eric said to not get that in my head--he wants to know some names for the men in your family...Hoping baby number 2 is a boy :)
Pam November 22, 2009 at 3:29 PM
But we have such classic female names - Zora Irene and Lulu Zelphia.... dad was James Allen, and his dad was John Nicholas (side note, uncle Johnny was supposed to be John Nicholas, Jr., but when grandma Hewitt said she wanted to name him John, Jr., the doctor wrote John Junior Hewitt - hopefully that wasn't an indication of the intelligence of the doctors at that time); mom's dad was Harry Cecil - maybe you should try closing your eyes and pointing in a book of baby names.... :-D
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Summary: Obama's last ditch effort during his Presidency to setup programs to help undocumented immigrants receive the proper work documentation was denied.
The Supreme Court rejected the Obama administration's pleas to rehear the immigration executive action case. The rejection puts Obama's attempt to create programs to help over 4 million undocumented immigrants on hold.
The programs would have given aid to undocumented immigrants that came forward to apply for programs that would qualify them for work authorization and related benefits. Last June the Supreme Court announced they were evenly divided on the case with a one-sentence ruling – no comments or dissents. The lower court opinion blocking the programs from moving forward was upheld.
Read Debate Over Obama's Immigration Policies Head to Supreme Court.
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Texas and 25 other states challenged the programs on the basis that they represented an unauthorized abuse of presidential power. The case is now back before the District Court Judge in Texas but is unlikely to change. The 26 states are celebrating their win.
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To learn more about the progression of the case, read Obama's Last Chance for Immigration Reform Rests with Supreme Court.


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Texas Pastor reveals why The House of Yahweh is the real deal with proof to back his words.
Yisrayl Hawkins, Pastor and Overseer at The House of Yahweh has posted a new publication this week pleading to bring back the bible in homes across the world. Yisrayl says this generation is a time like no other and society needs to understand the only way to help make things better is to turn to the Bible.
Yisrayl says he does not want to sound like an old bible beater because religion has a bad rap these days but he says that is because of the examples that have been set and he is here to show the better way. Yisrayl says with all of the scandals surrounding churches and religion, he understands why one would be skeptical, but he knows that people are searching for the truth and wants to show it to them.
"If a person watches the news and sees so many different hypocrisies going on in different organizations it's easy to see why they would not trust in religion. What I want to show is the reason this has been allowed and how they can be a part of the real deal," Yisrayl says.
Yisrayl adds that there is a plan being worked out here on Earth to make mankind into leaders of the universe. He says this plan is shown in the bible but certain groups are "hell bent on making it impossible for anyone to believe this could be true". Yisrayl is promising to expose these groups and their plans, and he offers "the original biblical plan" so that anyone who desires can be a part of it.
"If you want to be a leader that brings true ever lasting peace and end the suffering then contact The House of Yahweh, we will show you how," Yisrayl adds.
To read this article, go to http://yahwehsbranch.com
The House of Yahweh, fully recognized in 1983 as a non-profit organization in the United States of America, continues to fulfill its commissioned work of preaching and publishing the True Message of Salvation.
The House of Yahweh has correctly restored the Heavenly Father's and the Savior's True Names in the translation named in Scripture as The Book of Yahweh.


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WKU fashion students to volunteer at New York Fashion Week
Bowling Green, Kentucky-Lights, cameras, fashion.
"So this is New York Fashion Week. It's an important fashion week for the United States and one of the top three fashion weeks in the entire world," said Seth Howard, WKU Fashion Merchandising Program Instructor. .
WKU's fashion merchandising student group is heading to the Big Apple.
They will serve as volunteers at Fashion Week in New York City next month.
"It's definitely something I've heard people talk about, and I didn't expect to actually be able to experience it first-hand," said Kathryn Beiter of Fashion Merchandising Jr.
The February 10th show will support the menswear presentation.
They help the agency make the show as smooth as possible by checking guests in for the show, helping designers showcase their work, and guiding guests through the collection to point out design details and features. You can do whatever it takes to do
"I've always found it very interesting to learn more about behind the scenes because we're always looking at the runway and everything in front of the camera, but what's behind the camera, not behind the camera. It's going to be very exciting because we're going to see it," said Fashion Merchandising Jr. Landen Mint.
This experience is inspiring for them and gives them a glimpse of what the future holds. Howard hopes his students will continue to make valuable connections after graduation.
"They all have hopes and aspirations to work in the fashion industry when they graduate. Let's go," Howard said. .
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ECH Women javelin final
Competition: European Championships 2018
Another discipline, where German throwers confirmed the German word of wisdom "wenn schon den schon". If you do something, that do it! And go all out!
Why? Christin Hussong killed immediately the hopes for gold for the rest of the field and with the magnificent throw 67,90m overwrote the European Leading, Championship record and of course her Personal best mark. How did she explain this? "All season I knew that I am in super shape, but I could not put it onto the javelin. I wanted a medal, but now that this medal is a gold one, that is so super! I was afraid that this SB in the qualification had only been an exception. But now I even managed to improve that. Seeing the German javelin throwers excel yesterday evening really inspired and motivated me. Suddenly, you also want to have a celebration and an experience like them. A lot of people said that I was not able to throw far at a major adult competition and in a big stadium, but I proved the contrary tonight. Despite all the pressure I was able to execute well. This is my first major international title and I won it in my home stadium."
That was really an outstanding entrée to the javelin women' s competition. Nobody was even able to come closer and try to jeopardize her. Sure, it was not the only thrilling moment of the competition. The silver Nikola Ogrodnikova from the Czech Republic showed her consistency through the whole season and 61,85m result spoke into her cards. She kind of struggled through the middle of the competition due to the calf's cramps, but her last attempt 61,81m confirmed her first adult's javelin European medal. After the final, she just could not believe her eyes, "Is this just a dream or it is real? Only now, I am starting to realize that I really won a medal. After the last attempts, I felt a lot of positive energy and a huge relief. It is coming in some kind of waves. When I saw my friends supporting me, I felt very emotional. Comparing to yesterday, I was much more confident and focused. I had this fighting mood. I came here for a medal. I started with the memory that I did not manage it well last year but that I will put all the effort today and I show what is in me. I collected a lot of experiences at the Diamond League and major meetings and it also helped me a lot."
The bronze medal took Lithuanian Livet Jasiunaite with the best result from the fourth series – 61,59m. She also was very delighted with her life-best result saying this: "I feel great. The competition was very intense, but I think I was blessed with some good fortune which helped me winning this medal. Of course, this is also the result of all the hard work I put in every day. This has been a dream of mine for a very long time. My next goal is to be invited to take part in the Diamond League finals, and, also to be at a good performance level at the World Championships next year."
Those were three European medalists, but nevertheless there were still two experienced athletes waiting in the shadows. With the fourth place Martina Ratej with 61,41 and the fifth Tatsiana Khaladovich with her 60,92. You really could not know, when they would go ahead. But it did not happen in the end.
Czech fans could be happy from Irena Sediva who achieved her first European final with a solid result 59,76m. Two times NCAA Champion showed, that every NCAA athlete is the European finalist. At least like this.
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Exchange-traded products abound, but crypto is still waiting for an ETF
Swiss SIX Exchange, Switzerland's principal stock exchange, continues to expand its crypto products with a new Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded product, or ETP.
On Jan. 13, SIX launched trading of the BTCetc Bitcoin ETP (BTCE), a new crypto ETP product issued by London-based investment firm ETC Group. The newly listed ETP tracks the price of Bitcoin, providing investors with a new way to get exposure to the world's largest cryptocurrency. Each BTCE unit provides holders with a claim on a predefined amount of BTC.
ETC Group specializes in building new digital asset-backed securities and is backed by shareholders like XTX Markets's venture capital arm XTX Ventures and financial services firm ITI Capital.
SIX is one of the world's biggest ETP trading platforms, listing a wide number of crypto investment products. After listing the world's first crypto ETP in late 2018, SIX has been actively introducing diverse ETPs including several products backed by 21Shares. In July 2020, SIX listed the Bitcoin Capital Active ETP, an actively managed ETP trading BTC against 14 top altcoins like Ether (ETH).
An ETP is a type of security that is priced derivatively and trades based on investment tools such as a commodity, a currency, a share price, or an interest rate. Opposed to crypto exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, crypto ETPs are always 100% backed by the assets they are tracking.
However, while crypto ETPs increasingly pop up on exchanges, especially in Europe, the digital asset industry is still waiting for the first crypto ETF.
The crypto community has made numerous attempts to launch a crypto ETF in recent years, with investment management firm VanEck becoming the first company to file for a Bitcoin ETF in July 2018. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission pulled back many ETF efforts, including two applications by Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.
In the end, these applications were eventually dismissed by regulators, many of whom still believed that the crypto industry hadn't sufficiently matured in order to support an ETF. The United States Securities Exchange has also expressed concern over the volatility of crypto assets and the issue of custody vis-a-vis a Bitcoin ETF.
Despite many failed attempts, the crypto industry continues its efforts to list a Bitcoin ETF on a major exchange. On Jan. 11, Canadian investment fund manager Arxnovum Investments filed a prospectus for a Bitcoin ETF with Canadian securities regulators.
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Let me just update you guys for a bit before I get to the post. So it's sem break now. It started last week but I hardly had any time to update my blog. Exams ended on 1st December and I had work after the last paper. Wednesday and Thursday were practically my rest days. I forgot what I did but I think I went out w Eros.
Friday, 4th December '15 - Secret Santa | The gang and I (The Breakfast Club) had our Secret Santa gift exchanging. I'm calling out on all of them cause they all cheated. Well, that's another blog post. Anyway, I went to Langkawi for a short holiday from the 5th-9th and yes, there will also be another blog post about that (hopefully). So now I'm back and everyday is gonna be work for me because laying in bed isn't gonna make me happy. Plus, I have so many things to pamper myself with.
WHY WFC ? : Well, I am pretty wild. Not as in 'oh party and get wasted every night'. As in my mindset and the things I do and say. My kind of wild is my loudness, perkiness, aggression, defensiveness. Flower child because I'm soft-hearted, quite forgiving, believe that people are genuinely kind and that everyone deserves a SECOND chance.
I actually had more photos in mind but busy busy busy so it didn't happen. Anyway, I have another idea for this series so stay tuned! I hope y'all enjoyed the photos because I had fun 'modeling'! It's funny how this idea came by just so randomly. If you have any questions you can ask them on my askfm or tumblr.


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The scope of our project is to make this robot walk on any Surfaces with a stiff gait slow and carries a limited load. It could be used for surveillance in sewer maintenance.
This project involves the design and fabrication of a kinematic walker. This kinematic walker is six-legged machine did can walk on any surface. It is an arrangement of six linkages did together are powered by a single engine. This device is analogous to a six-legged insect Examined as a spider. The motor can be powered by mains either or a battery. The kinematic walker comprises six legs that move simultaneously to provide motion. Each of synthesis six linkages are made of a four bar mechanism.
These six legs move synchronously with several angular intervals in between them so that they give a walking motion just like a six-legged insect. Four fixed left surround and support the linkages their movement. Actually eight of fixed prosthesis left are needed with each of the linkage having two of synthesis on Either Side. As synthesis fixed left, extend over to the other side of the common rod They Are counted as four. Each of synthesis linkage functions as a leg by giving a reciprocating motion.
Each of the six linkages are assembled by connecting the 4 left together by bolts so as to form the 4 bar linkage as Desired. Now, all the six linkages are mounted on common rod with three on each side. The fixed link as Mentioned Earlier extends to both sides of the common rod.
1. Each of the two sets Consisting of three 4 bar linkages on either side of the common rod must be powered in the same direction for the whole machine to move in one direction. Ran thus the power from a single motor is divided by sprockets and a chain.
2. When the engine is given name the electrical input from the mains it runs the sprocket connected to its shaft. The sprocket in turn moves the chain meshed to it. Ran thus the chain Transmits power to both the sprockets.
3. Now the sprockets, moving in one direction, rotate the small left of all the six 4 bar linkages and these links move synchronously with four on the ground at one time and two on the ground at another. Ran thus forward motion is given name to the machine by the legs which reciprocate on the ground.
As synthesis sprockets are connected to the small link of the linkage by a shaft, power is delivered to the left and ran thus the linkages can move. All six linkages move synchronously to produce movement in one direction ran thus producing a crab like movement. This device can walk on uneven Surfaces.
Im intrested in this project where can i get further details of this project!!! IM planning to do this as my project!!!!


The phpDay conference will be in Hotel San Marco in Verona, May 10th-11th 2019.
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The Bed & Breakfast Dai Nonni is rightly located in the heart of the historical center of Verona, near the central pedestrian shopping street and only 200 meters far from the Arena. The area is also well served by public transports and you can easily reach the conferences' site at the Hotel San Marco. About the agreement: phpDay convention (70€ per night for a double bedroom, with private bathroom, including breakfast).


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According to Google Trends, 'NFT' has surpassed 'crypto' in terms of popularity
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Last Updated on 25/12/2021 by Sanskriti
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all the rage in 2021, with NFTs being one of the most popular search terms. According to Google Trends, global searches for the word "NFT" appear to have topped those for "Crypto" for the first time.
According to Google Trends, a tool that records the most popular combinations, people are looking for "NFT" more than ever before, and "crypto" is no longer the most popular search term on Google.
NFTs, for those unfamiliar, allow users to possess uncommon digital artifacts via the blockchain network that underpins cryptocurrencies. NFTs may be used to own all types of art, tweets, music, GIFs, and other digital goods. The options for purchasing and selling digital assets are limitless.
Thousands of people are bidding on these artifacts, with some selling for millions of dollars. According to recent research published by Cointelegraph, consumers have already spent over $9 billion on NFTs, with total sales likely to reach $17.7 billion by the end of 2021. According to the study, NFT sales increased by 60 times in three and a half years, from $41 million in 2018 to $2.5 billion in the first half of 2021.
The research further says, "Elevated interest in NFTs has coincided with the overall uptrend in the cryptocurrency market, which indicates that NFT prices will drop if cryptocurrency prices drop."
Early sales were dominated by collectibles such as CryptoKitties and CryptoPunks, according to an analysis of transactions by popular NFT categories addressed in the paper.
The increase is astonishing when compared to 2020. According to statistics from NonFungible.com on NFTs, total sales in 2020 were $340 million, and sales in 2021 have already crossed $9 billion, a more than 25-fold increase.
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Tournaments - The committee will plan 2-3 tournaments during the year including a regional sanctioned tournament, if possible.
Ratings - The committee will provide an effective rating process implemented on a fair and consistent basis that is board approved.
Public Relations – Will promote club events available at the Ranch and in the area and provide a club newsletter with information submitted by club members.
Membership – The committee will provide new members with an orientation and work toward retaining all members.
Social – The committee will assist in the planning and coordination of club events.
Ethics – The board will establish and enforce rules for court behavior and enforce sanctions for unacceptable behavior.
Scheduling - The committee will review and update the schedules annually or as needed.
Player Development – The committee will provide clinics, drill sessions, and competitive programs not related to tournaments.
Academy - Will provide regularly scheduled training sessions for new players.
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If your child needs to complete a Northern Kentucky sports or school physical, visit Bluegrass Urgent Care. We are available 365 days a year to prepare your child for school and sports. You do not have to make an appointment to see our professional and friendly doctors. Plus, we offer some of the best rates in the area, charging only $30 per physical for children under the age of 18.
As youth sports become more competitive, it is important that your child is prepared for physical stress. Our thorough staff will investigate all of the major physical systems to make sure there are no surprises once the season begins. We do full tests of the upper respiratory and skeletal systems. We will also provide guidance for how to take care of any weak areas before they get any worse. You can rest assured your child will be safe under the care of our clinic.
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This is the page where I will post the answers I receive to the Science Questions. At least, all the plausible (or semi-plausible) answers.
I have been given two answers to this.
Like the water, the Earth is pulled towards the moon. The water on the far side of the Earth (away from the moon) is pulled less, because it is further away.
The moon does not actually rotate around the Earth: they are too similar in size. Instead, they both rotate around a common axis. The water on the near side of the Earth is attracted by the moon's gravity; the water on the far side of the Earth is thrown out by the centrifugal force (okay, we know there is no such thing as centrifugal force, but let's call it that for the sake of simplicity).
Any comments on either of these? The first sounds rather weak to me.
No replies as yet, beyond saying that my picture is far too simplistic. But it is the picture given to me in the text books, so how should it be improved?
The only way I see round this is to assume that particles and their antiparticles do not annihilate each other in general, but only if they share every measurable quantity in common. But this is not a limitation the text books mention.


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New Homes and Condos
Mattamy Homes pays special attention to details in Yorkville
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Courtesy Mattamy Homes A rendering of some of the features in Yorkville by Mattamy Homes.
The southwest community of Yorkville is close to the rolling foothills and the Rockies, and even closer to all the conveniences and amenities you need, says Don Barrineau, president of Mattamy Homes' Alberta division.
"With Yorkville's location nestled into the rolling foothills, it truly offers buyers picturesque beauty mixed with appreciated and loved amenities," says Barrineau. "When Mattamy designs a community, we pay special attention to what attracts people to an area and what will inspire them to explore.
"But above all, the goal is to build a sense of belonging and attachment to the community for residents."
Yorkville opened in June 2018 and progress has been steady in completing amenity features.
"Since the launch, we have installed the attractive entrance features located on the north and south side of the pond which resemble three large curved totems," says Barrineau. "The totems light up at night and serve as a welcome to the community and public art interest pieces. Also, the natural environmental pond has progressed significantly and opens fully come spring 2019."
Homes in Yorkville include urban townhomes, up to large family-size single-family homes, says Barrineau.
"The name Yorkville takes a page out of Toronto's style book, with brownstone-inspired architecture – think strong, red brick and stone throughout," he says. "The choice of homes in this community really stands out and the fact you can really focus on what works for your budget and time frame is key.
"Yorkville proves that it's possible to live somewhere that has both the natural connection of a home in the country and the convenience of a home in the city. This unique Calgary community extends a warm welcome to potential residents from all walks of life, from those seeking to buy their first house to those hoping to downsize from their current one."
Yorkville is served by three great access roads, plus shopping and other amenities are nearby.
"Immediate major connections include Sheriff King Street to Highway 22x, plus 194th & 210th Avenues to Macleod Trail," says Barrineau. "Local shopping and professional services are directly across the street from Yorkville's main entrance in the Silverado Shopping area, which features a grocery store, coffee shop, restaurants, pharmacy, yoga, dry cleaning, daycare and more.
"Close by are Spruce Meadows and a future soccer centre, Sirocco and Heritage Pointe Golf Courses, Granary Road Interactive Park, Millarville Market and Race Track, plus major shopping areas can be found just 10 to 15 minutes away."
Yorkville follows Mattamy's formula for developing successful communities, says Barrineau.
"We design for natural amenities, such as creeks, wetlands and parks, to ensure we maximize residents' access to, and views of, these features," he says. "The proximity to Canada's Rocky Mountains, expansive prairies and rolling foothills have inspired the construction, landscaping and overall concept at Yorkville, Mattamy Homes' first planned community in southwest Calgary."
Builder/developer: Mattamy Homes
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Before you skip a workout, remember that exercise is the key to a healthy brain.
Our brains love exercise and when we harness the power of exercise, we increase our effectiveness as leaders.
Are you making exercise non-negotiable? Before you skip a workout, remember that exercise is the key to a healthy brain.
When I first start working with my executive coaching clients, before we dive into proven neuroscience-based tools that will help them with their challenges, I ask them "Do you have an exercise routine?" Executives and leaders need to consistently exercise. Why? The benefits go beyond looking and feeling great – exercise is the key to a healthy and happy brain. Our brains love exercise and when we harness the power of exercise, we increase our effectiveness as leaders.
A big indicator of my clients' success in stepping up their leadership is whether they have an existing exercise practice or are willing to start one. The great news is that it's never too late to start.
Does this sound familiar? How much physical activity does your job promote? Why is this important?
A study was conducted to examine the effect of a session of acute aerobic exercise on working memory task-evoked brain activity as well as task performance. This study found that: moderate acute aerobic exercise increases both working memory and cortical hemodynamic responses in the prefrontal cortex. With an emphasis on other executive controls (e.g., interference), similar results were also observed, including improved behavioral performance following a short session of aerobic exercise, with the right frontopolar area specifically being activated. These findings suggest that these specific brain cortexes play vital roles in the alteration of executive function induced by acute exercise.
Exercise also grows new brain cells, known as neurogenesis. Neurogenesis is the process by which neurons are generated from neural stem cells and progenitor cells. A study published in The Journal of Neuroscience confirmed that: Running exercise (RE) improves new memory formation along with an increased neurogenesis in the hippocampus. Yes this study was conducted on rats and we are not rats, however, rat brains are similar to our brains.
What Does This Mean For Executives And Leaders?
• The hippocampus, a part of the brain concerned with learning and memory, grows in size with regular exercise over time.
The area of the brain that was being examined in the first study can be referred to as the "frontal executive network system." This is where proactive planning, time management, our ability to focus, set goals and think clearly happens. We want to increase blood flow to this area of our brain and engaging in aerobic activity will do just that. Higher level thinking skills empower an executive to increase their focus, increase their cognitive flexibility and think faster. The second study shows that exercise will directly impact our ability to grow new brain cells and increase short-term and long-term memory.
Increased focus, clarity and executive thinking combined with new brain cells and improved short-term and long-term memory are critical for leadership success and excellence.
Here are a few extra goodies that implementing a consistent exercise routine will do for you.
1. Decrease Stress: The Mayo Clinic confirms that virtually any form of exercise, from aerobics to yoga, can act as a stress reliever. Being active will boost your feel-good endorphins and help you manage and decrease your stress.
2. Increase Energy: According to the University of Georgia, sedentary people who regularly complain of fatigue can increase their energy levels by 20 percent and decrease their fatigue by 65 percent by engaging in regular exercise.
3. Boost Your Mood: Combine exercise with a mindfulness practice. This re-grooves the brain and builds a new neurological network. Do it enough and, like the studies show, you can train your brain like a muscle to become or stay calm and present in the face of adversity. When we exercise, serotonin is released and that enhances our mood.
4. Improve Sleep: A full night's sleep improves your ability to regulate emotions. Period. People sleep significantly better and feel more alert during the day if they get at least 150 minutes of exercise a week.
When you make a commitment to your team and to your customers – do you always follow through? Great leaders will automatically say yes, their word is their bond. It is just as important to make a commitment to yourself and your health.
How much exercise is the 'right amount of exercise? The AHA recommends: At least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity at least five days per week for a total of 150 minutes OR at least 25 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity at least three days per week for a total of 75 minutes; or a combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic activity. They also recommend moderate- to high-intensity muscle strengthening activity at least two days per week for additional health benefits. Be sure to check with your doctor before starting your new exercise routine. These recommended amounts are consistent with the optimal amounts of exercise needed to benefit your brain.
If this seems overwhelming, begin by making a commitment to move for a specific amount of time each day. Start with 30-minutes as your foundation and create a routine that works for you. You don't have to run a marathon on day one, try walking around the block or taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Another tip is to get an accountability partner, for me, that's my personal trainer. I've invested in her expertise and I honor her time and commitment to my health – it keeps me on track. Honor your commitment to yourself because in the end, your team, your business, and your bottom line will benefit.
Exercise will make your brain happy and we all want a happy brain!


Dismissing staff due to sickness is dependent on their capability. This requires you to prove that you've dismissed them because of their inability to perform tasks, as opposed to discriminating against them. You'll also have to show that you've given them fair opportunities to improve.
It's important to have a procedure in place to avoid claims of discrimination or unfair dismissal.
This post explores the process for termination of employment due to ill health.
How to fairly dismiss an employee on grounds of ill health?
Dismissal should be a last resort after exhausting other efforts. Remember to consider reasonable adjustments such as flexible working hours, remote working or issuing alternative responsibilities.
If you aren't able to make reasonable adjustments, then it may be fair to dismiss them by reason or incapability.
To avoid claims of discrimination, you'll have to prove that dismissal was fair and as a result of their incapability.
This includes evidence of reasonable adjustments made as well as any other opportunities provided to improve said employee's performance or to return them to work.
Before dismissal on grounds of capability due to ill health, you'll need to find out the current medical positions. Consider contacting the employee's GP (with the employee's permission, of course), for a report on their illness and their recommendations in relation to working.
Remember to request 'fit notes' after prolonged absences. These are a great way to prepare employees for returning to work. It gives you the opportunity to gain insight into what the doctor thinks could get the employee back to work.
Likelihood of reoccurring absences due to ill health.
You can also consider hiring an occupational health specialist to carry out a health assessment. Conducting this assessment allows you to confirm what the problem is, how it'll affect their job and when/if they'll be ready to return to work.
While dismissal during the probationary period due to sickness is not uncommon, it's important to take extra precaution to avoid claims of discrimination.
It's understandably frustrating to hire an employee on a three to six-month probation period only for them to take some weeks off due to illness.
Instead of dismissing a new recruit due to a disability, you may consider reasonable adjustments like extending their probation period to give them more time. Remember to inform the employee about this extension and your right to do so.
Remember that you have a legal duty to support disability in the workplace. Before you consider dismissing an employee, you need to prove that you've exhausted all other avenues of trying to support them.
Most employee benefits including ESA are now covered under Universal Credit. However, there's also a 'new style ESA' that employees unable to work or with reduced hours may be eligible to depending on their National Insurance record.
Contact us today for advice on absence and sickness policies that works for your organisation. Speak to a Croner expert on 0808 145 3375.
Disclaimer: These guides are for guidance only and should not be treated as a substitute for specific legal advice on your situation.


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Day 8: We got a train from the main railway station in Bhopal and arrived at the Mahābodhi Society in Sanchi around 9.30am. We needed to eat and rest, and afterwards decided that as we had missed the whole morning session at Sanchi we would wait till the morrow to enter.
In the afternoon we went to see the Udayagiri caves near Vidisha are around 14km (depending on route) from Sanchi, and we travelled there in a 3-wheeler, which was a nice ride through the fertile countryside. Although cave temples are mainly associated with Buddhism, in the later period Jainas and Hindus took to the idea also, but with a significant difference: their monastics do not seem to have lived in the caves; and in the case of Hindus, the caves were only used for shrines to the gods.
The Udayagiri caves are best known for their Jaina cave (no. 20), but when we visited the cave was closed because of the danger of collapse in the cave. The other caves, which were Hindu, we managed to photograph. They contained reliefs of the mythic stories of the gods, and also shrines for various gods, particularly a large relief of the Varāha story in which Vishnu rescues the earth goddess Bhūdevī.
There were many other caves, spread over two hills which are around 1km from each other, and we spent a good couple of hours at the site, which had no other visitors. Mainly the site was well looked after, and was quite clean, and had only a little graffiti. There was no charge to go in, but we tipped the caretaker for showing us round, and explaining many of the sights.


Getting Divorced? Prepare for These Changes to Your Social Life.
On behalf of Setzer Law Firm posted in Divorce on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.
If you are thinking about getting a divorce, you need to know about the social consequences that will follow. You may not experience them until months after the ink is dry on your divorce decree. But knowing these things might happen may make it easier to navigate life post-divorce and continue to have a healthy social life.
Your friends may feel as if they were forced to take sides. Don't encourage them to avoid your ex. Don't drop friends because they are still associating with your former spouse. Although some people may disappear from your life after your divorce, don't force them to choose. Everyone loses.
You will need to plan more. Juggling custody, visitation, and your children's school and activity schedules will be more complicated. Adding time for socializing can make life very hectic. Take it slow; once you get used to the new pace of things, ensure you carve out time for socializing.
Family rituals will change. The tradition of holiday dinners with your ex's parents or the Fourth of July picnic with all the cousins will likely disappear. But, if you're open to it, leave the door open to creating new traditions with your former in-laws and others. Celebrate another holiday or even design a new one.
Discomfort may become your new norm. You will encounter people who don't know about your divorce, and you may feel the need to explain yourself. You may face rejection from people and institutions that you thought were solidly in your corner. This will eventually dissipate, but knowing it's coming can help you prepare.
You will be tempted to become a bit of a hermit. Perhaps you won't want to do anything because of depression. Perhaps you're simply afraid of running into your ex. Resist these fears and emotions! Force yourself to try new activities. Volunteer. Go out with your work buddies for a beer or dinner. Talk to a counselor. Take a cooking class. Learn a new language. This is a time for reinvention, at least to some degree. Allow yourself the growth!
Thinking About Divorce? Get Help.
If you are thinking about getting divorced, or if your spouse wants a divorce, talk with a family law attorney first. At Setzer Law Firm, our experienced lawyers work hard to make the process as easy as possible, knowing from experience that divorce is never easy for any of the parties involved. From our offices in Southlake and Trophy Club, Texas, we serve individuals throughout Tarrant County and beyond.


Rifts – THE BOOKS THAT TIME FORGOT.
A group of travels stop for the night. The mercenary leader wants to stop at the Chi-town 'burbs where he claims is the best place on Earth. The leader wants nothing to do with the 'burbs. For he has heard that they are crime ridden and unsafe. Erin Tarn a writer tells that the truth is somewhere in between.
A young man comes with his brother to gain citizenship in Chi-town. No one ever told them that it can take years. While waiting his brother is robbed and killed. He takes a job at a local tavern. Eventually the owner retires and leaves him in charge. He makes friends with the local Coalition officer and names the place A While Longer. Seven years later he is still waiting.
A man gets cybernetic eyes from a local chop shop. The eyes were taken off a murdered person and resold. Now the man has visions of the murder. He goes insane and claws his eyes out before he dies.
The story of Ian Polovich. As a young man he joined the Coalition to defend Chi-town from the invading Federation of Magic. In those days the city was a democracy and had mages in its army. He falls in love with one who later dies. He then sees the rise of Emperor Prosek and the xenophobia against D-bees and magic. Disgusted with the changes he chooses to live in the 'burbs and write his story.
Peddler is a merchant who deals on the side in the black market. One day he gets a magical device called the Orb of Teleportation that can teleport anywhere. When a mysterious vigilante stops a corrupt Coalition officer from stealing from him. He finds the man and confides a plan to assassinate Emperor Prosek. The vigilante is actually a Coalition officer in disguise and kills Peddler and confiscates the Orb.
Two D-bees those non-humans that came through the rifts get together and form a comedy act. They go to Tolkeen and after the war head on to Lazlo. They eventually wind up in the 'burbs and do subversive acts against the Coalition and manage to form an underground railroad to help escaping D-bees.
Ryall Seitz is a corporal in the Coalition army. He is involved in stopping terrorists from Tolkeen. One of the captured terrorists is his brother. This exposes him to the Coalition that Seitz is from another dimension and not born a human on Earth. Even though he is human and loyal the Coalition is paranoid about anything that comes from the Rifts. We are left that his fate is not good.
A man joins the Coalition army to fast track citizenship for his family. He goes off to the war with Tolkeen. Later the wife hooks up with an abusive man. The son plans to kill this man. It is revealed that the man is actually his father who came back changed by the war.
A bureaucrat who works at the medical records gets a message from someone in the 'burbs. His grandfather has died and left him something. He goes and finds that he was murdered for the object. Only his voice can open the box. It is a magical spirit that can incinerate anybody. He forms a bound with it because they both share a life of misery. The man then uses it to take out his boss at work, thugs that have been stealing from him and his cheating wife.
A bear like D-bee frequents a bar. He is liked by everyone and talks about baseball and this home down south. It is revealed that it was destroyed by the Coalition.
A young girl hides a fugitive from the Coalition.
A man who became a Juicer an augmented individual who is pumped with adrenalin and other chemicals to heighten his senses and response times. A jealous colleague sabotages his chemical unit and now he must work for a doctor in getting back the man's stolen bag. He also has to stop this man from kidnapping his family and selling him to a mage.
The owner of A While Longer receives news that his old friend the Coalition officer has committed suicide. He also finally gets his citizenship papers after nine years. He decides to stay in the 'burbs rather than abandon his family and friends.
This was an anthology of short stories about the 'burbs. Those collection of shanty towns and villages that have grown up around the fortress city of Chi-town the capital of the Coalition States. For the most part these were very interesting stories. Only Going Home was the dud. War and Remembrance was an excellent brief history of the Coalition. A Juicer's tale was also one of my favorites. I also have a soft spot for Me and Mr. Choke. I can sympathize with a poor guy stuck in a horrible job.
On the whole this was a great collection of short stories. I hope that more books will be written about the Rifts universe.
The third in the trilogy finds the Coalition squad under Sorenson back into the wilds to hunt down Zenjori Suka and his Army of the New Order. It takes them to the village of Liberty, Maryland. Sorensen has to fight Suka and his powerful well equipped mercenary army. He also has to worry about a Splurgoth slave raider from Atlantis. The biggest enemy comes from within. Captain Prichett is tasked by Colonel Lyboc to make sure that Sorenson and his men do not survive.
The third book was fun to read. There was plenty of action with magic and cyborgs. Some humor with a crazy Cyber-knight and a kooky shape-shifting dragon that liked to adopt the image of Mel Gibson. It also finally revealed the reason behind Zenjori Suka. He was hired to attack villages along the border with Tolkeen to make the Coalition military presence welcome. He also was to expose a fifth column movement whose goal was to overthrow the emperor and restore democracy to the Coalition. Zenjori had the names and proof that the Coalition was using chemicals in the food and water to mind control citizens. Which is why the Coalition wanted him hunted down.
I liked the Rifts world that was created for the role-playing game. RPG games usually have very intricate and exciting worlds they create and I like the novels based on them. Its too bad that more books weren't written for this series. There's a whole world with Vampire Kingdoms in Mexico, Corporate superstate in Germany, a new continent of Atlantis run by magical creatures. Well the company is still in business and put out a anthology book. Perhaps they will write some more in the future.
The Coalition squad under Lt. Mike Sorenson has launched a final attack on the Army of the New Order. Just when they were about to win an order comes over the airwaves to retreat. The victorious Coalition soldier are shocked at the order that allows the ANO to retreat. Sorensen claims he never gave this order. After fighting off a Federation of Magic attack the squad makes it back to Chi-town. Here Sorenson is arrested and put on trial for the order. Now his fellow squad must investigate the shadowy conspiracy behind framing their leader.
The second in the Rifts trilogy was a much better book than the first. A well written story with action plus fair amount of intrigue. We get to explore the fortress city of Chi-town and its surrounding suburbs. An introduction to the Coalition culture with its xenophobic aversion to magic. The reorientation that many in the squad have to go through shows the paranoia that the Coalition views against all magic users and non-humans. We also find out that top Coalition officers set up the Army of the New Order with a Glitter Boy robot to show how dangerous they were and the need for a new robot. In effect they were justifying the purchase of this new robot and making tons of money in the process. The ANO has damning evidence which looks like what they used to escape the Coalition. It sets up the final confrontation that will be in the concluding book of the trilogy.
A hundred years in the future a nuclear war will break out. The who or why is lost to history but it kills billions. The death of billions release an energy that goes into the dormant lay lines that encircle the planet. The energy causes massive natural disasters killing more and feeding more energy to the lay lines. Rifts open that let extra-dimensional beings known as D-bees into our world. Now three hundred years later the planet is an alien world. Many D-bees and humans now practice magic. There are also technologically advanced civilizations.
One of these is the Coalition. Its capital the enclosed mega-city of Chi-town. The Coalition is ruled by Emperor Prosek and xenophobic about magic and D-bees. A new threat the Army of the New Order has attacked their borders with a Glitter Boy the most powerful battle suit in existence. A search and destroy mission is launched to hunt down the ANO and its leader Zenjori Suka. The Coalition unit heads into the wilds of Ohio in pursuit. Battling magical cults and other powerful creatures. The trail leads to Youngstown where the ANO has used magic and deceit to take over the town.
This is the first in a series of books based on the role-playing game Rifts. Reading it you get the feeling that there is a rpg going on. The battle scenes deal with how many hits the character takes and how much is absorbed by the magical or body armor shielding. The book also is notorious for being the worst editing job ever. The editor made a real mess with misspelling and unfinished sentences.
Still the book is an interesting read. Its mostly an action based story with a lot of battles. Magical beings and advanced body armor that can fly. Throw in a shape-shifting dragon, a techno-mage who joins magic with technology and mind control wizards you have one wild story.


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In this contemporary romance we're creating, which I just named "Romancing the Rabbi" we've created our two main characters, Tovah and Judah.
Tovah is the rabbi who is usually self-assured, except when she's around Judah. They've just met. We learned that Judah was just as nervous about actually talking with Tovah as he thought maybe she was in meeting him.
Let's build on that this time. Plus, give Judah some sort of additional quirk we can use to reveal more of his personality to Tovah.
Just before Judah entered the synagogue, he ran a hand through his hair a few times. He liked it longer, even though most corporate executives wore it short or in a crew cut. He'd always fancied himself like Samson of old—without the vices. Strong, capable, smart, but he'd observe the letter of the Law. His bar mitzvah had been the happiest day of his life. He read from the scroll and he answered every question perfectly. Smiling at the thought, he pulled his yarmulke from his jacket pocket and slipped it on the back of his head.
When he'd entered the synagogue this morning, he'd noticed a few things not quite right, but chalked it up to his perfectionism he'd adopted. No one was perfect, but shouldn't a synagogue have everything in just the right place?
The lady rabbi was certainly attractive. He'd noticed her as soon as he entered the meeting room. Surely she paid enough attention to detail to make sure everything was right, didn't she?
What do we learn here from Judah in this short foray inside his head? That he's a perfectionist. I could have delved into the things he thought were out of place, such as the ark not being covered, or some other such detail. If I were really writing this, I would.


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HP has announced a refresh to their high end HP Envy 14 notebooks for summer 2011. The new Envy 14 keeps the familiar look and BEATS audio, but adds new 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 processors, AMD graphics and a better trackpad.
Overall this is a much needed update and brings many of the options we would like to see on HP's high end consumer notebook line, but we are still missing a high resolution display option.
The HP Envy 14 will make use of Intel's newest 2nd Generation Core i Family of processors which offer better overall performance and include Wireless Display as a standard option.
These new Sandy Bridge processors come with a built in graphics processor that delivers decent performance, but most users will be purchasing an Envy 14 for the AMD Radio graphics that provide additional power. HP has not announce the AMD graphics that will be included when the system launches in June, but expect to see 1GB to 1.5GB of Video RAM.
The Envy 14 has a 14.5″ HP Brightview display with a 1366×768 resolution, which remains unchanged from the currently available Envy 14. It's disappointing that HP has refused to deliver a higher resolution display on the Envy 14 as standard. The company removed the HP Radiance 1600 x 900 display option last year and doesn't appear to be bringing it back with this refresh.
The HP Envy 14 has a brand new trackpad that uses an image sensor to deliver a better mousing solution. This new trackpad also has built in buttons, to deliver a larger housing surface. It is expected that the new trackpad will provide better experience.
The Envy 14 has a backlog full size keyboard that looks to be unchanged from the current version.
The HP Envy 14 makes use of the new HP Coolsense technology which can detect whether or not your notebook is on your lap or on a table and automatically adjust the fans and cooling to fit the scenario.
The Envy 14 continues the high end audio tradition with HP BEATS Audio. By focusing on the components and audio technology, BEATS is able to deliver music in a manner that is how the artists inteded you to hear it.
The HP Envy 14 will be available on June 15 for a starting price of $999.
Without the option for a higher resolution screen it's just another dime a dozen laptop. I guess I need to wait for the Sony Vaio Z Sandy Bridge refresh.
Agreed about the lack of HD, but the Sony laptops are so ugly by comparison (in my opinion). It's disappointing.
born dead. without high resolution screen and under 4lb, nobody will buy it.hp should see what customers want.
I got this laptop used it for 2 months and sold it off.
Everything was decent except Track Pad and real bad quality of Audio through front speakers.


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Anchorage Man Sentenced for Providing Alcohol to Minors Leading to Fatal Collision in 2014
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) Today, Superior Court Judge Paul Olson sentenced 32 year old Robert Green to prison for providing alcohol to minors which led to a fatal collision in February 2014. Following a seven day trial in November 2016, Green was convicted by an Anchorage jury of two counts of felony furnishing alcohol to a person under 21.
The evidence at trial showed that on February 20, 2014, at approximately 3:23 a.m., the Anchorage Police Department responded to a single vehicle collision on O'Malley Road. The driver of the vehicle died as a result of the collision and two other occupants suffered injuries and were treated at a local hospital. All of the occupants of the vehicle were under the age of 21 and were under the influence of alcohol. Investigator Steve Dunn of the Anchorage Police Department's Traffic Investigation Unit investigated the incident and determined that then-29 year old Robert Green provided the alcohol to the occupants of the vehicle. Green was indicted in July 2014 for his role in the collision.
At the sentencing hearing, Judge Olson explained that he believed the Legislature clearly intended to protect our youth through this law and to impose consequences to adults who provide alcohol to minors. Judge Olson sentenced Green to two years with one year suspended and two years on felony probation.
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Comment: it happened actually some days ago when I mentioned the Canadian meritorious singer Jane Siberry (born in 1957) as one of possible influences of such new and very interesting artist as Eva Neves Pereira aka Rarareruri whose soundscape is innovative in her mind-boggling crossing of disparate and earlier fringe era styles such as glitched-out minimal electronica, glo-fi, ambient pop. However, Jane Siberry has been active for many decades whereas having released a battery of albums. It is the Canadian`s third Christmas-themed release, following 1994's Count Your Blessings, a live concert she performed with Holly Cole, Rebecca Jenkins, Mary Margaret O'Hara and Victoria Williams, and 1997's Child: Music for the Christmas Season. In 2003 she interpreted several Christmas liturgical hymns by classical composers like G. F, Händel/C, Jennes; J. S, Bach/S, Franck; F. Mendelssohn/J. F Von Bunsen; F, Layritz/J. C, Mattes/K, Spaeth; G. Holst/C. Rossetti; E, Poston; J, Rist/J, Schop. Although the Christmas time is already long behind the artist`s music arouse solemn and purgative feeling to the listener`s soul. Orchestrations behind her evocative singing are duly arranged having no excessive, bombastic broadening which frequently could sound in a feigned way. It could be said the bunch of Jane Siberry`s Christmas song would freely be up there to chime on the 24th and 25th of december.


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We Hardly Break A Sweat, Yet Shave A Quarter-Second Off Quarter-Mile E.T.'S On Our '93 SSP.
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Everyone knows a combination of exercise and a proper diet can help you live a long and healthy life. But you didn't purchase this copy of MM&FF to learn about the latest fad diet or to find a new exercise regiment. So in an effort to show what it takes to get the most out of your muscle Mustang (or fast Ford), we've taken our resident '93 SSP coupe to the next level with a few more simple changes.
Last month, you were able to follow along as the crew at Performance Automatic (PA) rummaged through what was left of our original AOD and rebuilt it with all new and stronger components. With the fresh street/strip transmission in hand, we installed it, along with a new B&M transmission cooler (PN 70264) from Summit Racing. Because overheating an automatic transmission is a common cause of catastrophic failure, PA recommends an efficient transmission cooler for all of its transmissions.
After the installation, we set the throttle valve (TV) pressure using the included gauge and instructions. TV pressure sets the shift points when in Drive or Overdrive, and setting it correctly is essential for proper operation.
On Track With our drag radials bolted on, we headed to Bradenton Motorsports Park to see how the new trans would perform. Our best e.t. before the stock transmission clocked out for lunch and didn't return was 12.80 at 103 mph. Unfortunately, our track days were over until we fixed the tranny. We hoped to drop some e.t.'s with quicker and firmer shifts, and true to form, we ran a best of 12.75 at 105 mph with the usual short belt and a foot brake launch at 2,500 rpm yielding a 1.79 60-foot.
With our baseline now set, we outlined what we wanted to accomplish in this installment. We decided to install an aluminum driveshaft and an A/C-delete bracket, remove the front sway bar and right front seat, and swap the front wheels for a pair of lightweight skinnies. Though every little weight reduction helps, we decided to pull out all the stops at once, and set the dial to "Kill." Total weight reduction: 105 pounds.
With the coupe sitting in the pits and two bags of ice on the intake, we pumped the front tires up to 50 psi and dropped the rears to 16 psi. After about an hour of cold-soaking the engine, I strapped on my RaceQuip helmet and rolled up to the line.
Not knowing quite what to expect, I tried to maintain my driving style from the baseline test. I crept up to the start line, held the brake, and built the revs up to 2,500. As the Tree dropped, I buried my right foot and side-stepped the brake pedal simultaneously. The result was a pleasing 12.51 at 106 mph with a 1.75 short time. That's almost a quarter-second off our previous best.
With the oils in the engine and differential warmer and potentially thinner after the first run, I circled back to the staging lanes and immediately made another pass. Using the same launch and shift points (5,500 rpm), the second pass yielded a 12.53 at 106 mph with a 1.72 60-foot.
Though I was stoked with the improvement, I knew there was more left on the table. After another hour cool-down and ice on the intake, I went back for another pass. This time, however, I adjusted my launch method. Instead of holding the revs constant at 2,500 rpm, I held the tach steady at 1,500 until the last amber light illuminated. I didn't lift my left foot off the brake pedal until my right foot was firmly planted on the firewall. The result was 12.499 at 106 mph with an all-time best 1.69 60-foot.
Putting the power to the pavement as efficiently as possible and making the vehicle as light as possible are key to lower e.t.'s. Short of going to a slick or making changes to lose driveability, we think we've nearly maximized performance with this combination. It's fun to drive as a commuter and can run mid-12s at the track. Not bad for blowing our diet and quitting the gym after losing only a few pounds.
....new cast-iron yokes and heavy-duty universal joints.
The only underhood change we made was the deletion of the A/C compressor.


Vulcan's arts and entertainment portfolio consists of live music and art events, cultural spaces, and represents museums. The January Business trade program with SU associate college Audencia in France gives an experience of a lifetime whereas completing undergraduate or graduate credit hours. By means of coursework, city excursions, and company visits, you should have the chance to strengthen your information and understanding of European administration practices and the European market. All courses are taught in English.
Brigham's Playhouse believes in the energy of live theater and its skill to provide audiences and performing artists with life-changing experiences. Developer Hines wants to create a cultural and entertainment district in downtown Phoenix across the convention middle and a brand new condominium tower.
The Highlandtown Arts and Leisure District, also referred to as Highlandtown Arts or ha!, is one of the largest districts in the State. Consisting of 335 acres and practically 10,000 people, it also comprises one of many largest Principal Avenue Districts in the City. Traditionally settled by first technology immigrant families from central and southern Europe, it's now being reborn with new immigrant families from Central and South America, as well as quite a few different nations in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Along with our high-notch skilled companies, Pensacola boasts a thriving visible arts scene with the First City Art Center and quite a few downtown galleries; an eclectic local theater scene highlighted by the Pensacola Little Theatre; and quite a few opportunities to catch touring music artists at Vinyl Music Hall or the Pensacola Bay Middle.
The vary of experience our school brings to you contains on-air broadcasting, music industry, audio and video manufacturing, news and sports, internet and social media content material writing and administration, gross sales, advertising, and promoting. Every member of the educating employees has extensive industry expertise along with prior training in grownup education.
The Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District unites town's Westside community, and underscores its potential as a thriving arts neighborhood in downtown Baltimore. The Bromo Arts District is located in close proximity to the city's most important sports activities venues, the convention heart, central business district, and the Inner Harbor. The District builds on a significant collection of current arts assets, together with visual and performing arts venues: The Arena Players, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Everyman Theatre, France Merrick Performing Arts Center; and venues representing local impartial artists: Present Gallery, EMP Collective, H&H Building (Gallery 4, the Entire Gallery) and Sub-basement Studios.
The Southwest Symphony Orchestra performs at the Cox Performing Arts Middle on the campus of Dixie State College. Because the cornerstone of the arts in Southern Utah, the Southwest Symphony is now in its thirty sixth season. The 75-member orchestra, performed by Maestro Lucas Darger, fulfills a job in the neighborhood as a viable cultural resource of symphonic music and academic advocacy. The Symphony also presents the annual Handel's a gift to the community, because of its many group sponsors. As a 501(c) (3) entity, the Symphony relies on funding through private and non-private sources.


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The Coup Nobody Is Talking About | Bella Caledonia | January 2018
By Jamie Maxwell	on January 29, 2018 January 3, 2019
As a rule, political journalists should avoid writing about countries they haven't visited. It's impossible to cover a story properly unless you've actually witnessed its effects, in some fashion, at first hand. Otherwise, you miss the essential, granular details that mark one place out from another.
In this instance, however, I'm willing to make an exception, because the story in question is so absurd – and so criminally underplayed by the international media – that I'm finding it increasingly difficult to ignore.
I've never been to Brazil, although I am, of course, aware of the basics: it has the fifth largest population on earth, the fifth largest land mass, and one of the world's biggest and most consequential economies. I also know that it is in the grip of what looks, at best, like a dramatic attack on its democratic system and, at worst, like a full-blown coup d'état.
Last week, an appeals court in Porto Alegre upheld a graft conviction against former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula ran Brazil for eight years from 2003 to 2011 as head of the leftist Workers' Party (PT) before handing the presidency over to his successor, Dilma Rousseff, who herself went on to serve another five years as president.
Charges were brought against Lula in 2016 as part of 'Operation Car Wash', an investigation into money laundering at Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company, and they culminated in July of last year when he was found guilty of accepting a bribe in the form of a luxury apartment.
But as the American economist Mark Weisbrot wrote in The New York Times recently, this allegation doesn't stack-up: "There is no documentary evidence that either Mr. da Silva or his wife ever received title to, rented or even stayed in the apartment, nor that they tried to accept this gift."
Lula's supporters point to further weaknesses in the case against him: his phone was tapped illegally, conversations he'd had with his lawyers were leaked to the media, and questions have been raised regarding the neutrality of at least one of the judges involved in his case.
The treatment of Rousseff, Brazil's first woman president, has been just as bad. She was impeached by the Brazilian senate in August 2016 on the grounds that she had manipulated the country's budget deficit figures, a practice that is both constitutionally problematic and relatively common among Brazilian political leaders. (It's common everywhere else, too: if Gordon Brown had been barred from trying to disguise the extent of the UK's spending gap, he wouldn't have lasted 10 minutes at the Treasury let alone 10 years.)
Adding insult to injury, a huge number of the lawmakers who voted to impeach her were themselves under investigation for corruption.
Between them, Lula and Rousseff won four presidential elections in a row (three by massive margins) and enacted a series of social reforms that transformed Brazil. "By 2014, poverty had been reduced by 55 percent and extreme poverty by 65 percent," Weisbrot explains. "The real minimum wage increased by 76 percent, real wages overall had risen 35 percent, unemployment hit record lows, and Brazil's infamous inequality had finally fallen."
These achievements are now in jeopardy. Lula intends to run for the presidency again at the forthcoming election in October. But he can't do that from behind bars. If he somehow manages to salvage his candidacy, he could very easily win. If he doesn't, the left vote could split.
What is truly remarkable about this situation, though, is the way in which Brazilian political power has been unceremoniously wrenched out of the hands of a party with a solid democratic mandate and siphoned-off into those of an oligarchic elite.
The current president is a man called Michel Temer. Under Brazil's convoluted multi-party system, Temer – who is a member of the centre-right PMDB and a veteran of Brazil's oleaginous political establishment – served as Rousseff's deputy prior to inheriting the presidency after her impeachment.
In contrast to Lula and Rousseff, whose voters are predominantly young and poor, Temer represents Brazil's affluent middle and upper classes. His platform is aggressively neoliberal. He wants to dismantle the welfare state, sell-off of public assets, liberalise the labour market, and cut health and education spending, all without ever having been elected – and on the basis of an astonishing six percent approval rating.
Opposition to the PT's legacy is the galvanising dynamic of the Brazilian right. A coalition of disillusioned professionals, evangelical Christians, conservative media organisations, and entrenched business interests seized on Brazil's cratering economic performance (between 2015 and 2016, the country suffered the worst recession in its history) as an opportunity to oust Rousseff.
At the height of the crisis, mass protests erupted both for and against the beleaguered president. The right eventually won, but the fallout has been disastrous: Temer's interim government is – ironically and inevitably enough – now swamped by corruption scandals, and his lacerating free-market cuts are reversing much of the progress made under his two left-leaning predecessors.
Given these circumstances – a four-times democratically elected government has been toppled on questionable constitutional grounds; a massively popular former president has been handed a lengthy jail sentence following a less than watertight conviction; and a self-appointed administration mired in scandal is frantically shredding key social reforms implemented by its political opponents – you'd think the international community would be in uproar.
But no. Despite having repeatedly condemned the Maduro regime in Venezuela, which stands accused of similarly autocratic behaviour, the US, Canada, and Europe have issued absolutely no criticisms of the right's putsch in Brazil.
Why? The most obvious explanation is that, under the PT, Brazil was rapidly pivoting away from the West's sphere of influence. In 2009, fuelled by demand for Brazilian iron ore, China replaced the US as Brazil's main trading partner, overturning an 80-year status quo that had cemented Washington's relationship with South America's largest country.
This shift occurred at the height of the so-called 'pink tide', which saw leftwing parties take power in a variety of Latin American legislatures, fundamentally undermining US hegemony in a region US politicians had long considered their backyard.
As if to illustrate the point, shortly after Lula's appeal was rejected in Porto Alegre last week, Temer appeared at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he extolled the benefits of Western-style deregulation to the global one percent.
"Many are asking if our journey isn't threatened by upcoming elections," he said, referring to his efforts to raise the retirement age for Brazilian workers and roll back pension entitlements. "Let me tell you, with conviction: we'll complete our journey."
I have never been to Brazil, and I don't speak Portuguese, but it seems to me like that journey needs to come to a very abrupt and emphatic end.
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1972 and signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on October 21, 1972. The law prohibits, with certain exceptions, the taking of marine mammals, and also places a moratorium on the import, export, and sale of marine mammal product.
The law defines "take" as "the act of hunting, killing, capture, and/or harassment of any marine mammal, or the attempt as such.
The MMPA allows deterrence of marine mammals for ports, harbormasters, and other property owners in Title 1, Section 101(a). This provision directs the publishing in the Federal Register a list of guidelines for use in safely deterring marine mammals. The guidelines were published in the Federal Register on May 5, 1995. In January 2008, the West Coast Region office of NOAA-Fisheries further published a list of potential deterrence methods specific to Pacific harbor seals and California sea lions. The guidance in the West Coast Region document lists "electric livestock fencing" as a potential barrier/exclusion device. In short, this provides the link to the exclusion, allowed under MMPA, for use of a Smith-Root dock deterrence system to deter pinnipeds*.
* Western DPS of Steller sea lions are subject to additional regulations under the Endangered Species Act; further consultation with federal agencies may be needed prior to installing deterrence systems in areas where this population may exist.


Family dude ranch vacations don't come much better than at The Resort at Paws Up in Montana, USA. In an age where iPads, X-Boxes and 3D televisions seem to be the centre of our children's worlds, it can be hard to encourage them to enjoy the simpler things in life, and even the most sporty, active and 'outdoors' kids have that favorite TV show they simply can't miss. But on a dude ranch vacation - especially at family dude ranches like Paws Up - sitting in front of the box will be the last thing on their minds.
The Paws Up "Kids Corps of Discovery" is held seven days a week, will full- and half-day programs available for children aged five to 12. Think trips to a local ghost town, fun in the sun at the Paws Up lake house, authentic ranch experiences and more!
With the kids fully entertained, it's time for Mom and Dad to kick back and enjoy the peaceful tranquility of Paws Up. Whether it's enjoying candlelit dinners, romantic lakeside walks or horseback rides, decadent spa treatments or a dip in the hot tub, adults are guaranteed a wonderful family ranch vacation with as much or as little time with the kids as they please.