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This past holiday season marked the first year that holiday shoppers spent more of their gift budgets online than in stores, according to a recent report by the consulting firm Deloitte. Environmentalists are indeed concerned that this trend doesn’t augur well for the environment, given the extra packaging waste and energy costs that accompany getting merchandise to customers. Going to the store or mall to do our shopping burns fossil fuels, for sure, but at least the items we purchase don’t then have to be re-swaddled in extra filler and cardboard and shipped to us on a plane, truck, train or ship.

For its part, Amazon — the company many blame for ushering in the transition to e-commerce in the first place and which today dominates online retail — used some 6,000 trucks and 32 planes to get some 5 billion items to its Prime members in 2017. During that process, untold hundreds of millions of cardboard boxes were used to get customers’ choices to their doorsteps. Those boxes are in turn typically recycled by the recipients, and collected by municipal curbside pick-up service.

But that’s not the end of the story: Next, this once-used cardboard is typically shipped to China where it is soaked in water, stripped of staples and reborn as new cardboard. In many cases the box you recycle has made a 12,000-mile, fossil-fuel-spewing loop at sea in its journey of rebirth. So … while recycling is a great thing, it may not be worth it if we factor in the fossil fuels emitted in the process. We’d be better off avoiding the extra layer of packaging altogether. Maybe that trip to the mall isn’t such a bad idea after all.

That said, Amazon recently boasted of transitioning to more sustainable packaging during the 2017 holiday season, switching 100 million shipments from cardboard boxes to less resource-intensive padded mailers, reportedly eliminating 181,000 tons of waste. So that’s something, but Amazon and other online retailers have a long way to go in reducing not only the amount of packaging but perhaps even the packaging altogether when possible.

This is not to say you should bad about recycling your boxes in the wake of the holidays, as it’s a perfectly decent environmental thing to do. But if you want to go the extra mile, maybe think of some way to reuse them at least one more time before the next recipient ships it off for recycling — or re-uses it as well. Also, don’t forget that most gift wrap — as long as it doesn’t have foil or glitter or a plasticizing non-rip coating — as well as holiday cards, can be recycled as well. And yet another option for responsibly discarding that cardboard, wrapping paper and holiday cards is in your yard waste or compost bin, in which case it will live another day not as a cardboard box but instead as part of your next batch of mulch or soil amendment.


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Miss Honduras Murder: Maria Jose Alvarado was set to compete at Miss World 2014

Miss Honduras was murdered days before her supposed participation in Miss World 2014 pageant.

Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado Muñoz and sister Sofia Trinidad Hernandez were found dead on Wednesday, November 19, near a river in a local village in Honduras, 6 days after they went missing.

And the suspects? Sofia's boyfriend Plutarco Ruiz and his companion Aris Maldonado, who were already arrested by the Honduran police, according to a report from a news website in Honduras, El Heraldo. Based on the investigation, the sisters were shot to death.

Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado (credit to El Heraldo)

Miss Honduras in sexy swimsuit (credit to Jose Luis Zapata Photography)

Maria Jose was only 19 years old, while her sister Sofia was 4 years older. The beauty queen was crowned Miss Honduras World 2014 last April and was already set to compete at the Miss World 2014 pageant to be held in London.

She was supposed to fly already to London last Sunday and join the other candidates of the pageant, including our very own Miss Philippines Valerie Weigmann. The latter meanwhile will already take her flight to London later.

At Miss World official website, you can still see pictures and profile of Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado as one of the over 100 candidates for this year.

She's described there as a student living in Santa Barbara, Honduras, a dedicated woman and has aspirations of a career in government.

Miss World Organization Chairman Julia Morley has released an official statement regarding the suddden demise of Miss Honduras. She said that they, along with the Miss World 2014 candidates, will be holding a special tribute service for the Honduran beauty queen and her sister this coming Sunday.

To everyone around the world who has been touched by the awful news from Honduras this morning.

We are devastated by this terrible loss of two young women, who were so full of life. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Maria Jose Alvarado & Sofia Trinidad at this time of grief.

We are receiving messages of condolences and support from our Miss World family across the world, who all share our sadness at such a tragedy.

We will be holding a special service with all of the Miss World contestants on Sunday, where we will be honoring the lives of Maria Jose Alvarado and Sofia Trinidad, and say prayers for them and their family.

- With Love Julia Morley, Chairman Miss World Organisation

It's unknown yet whether Honduras will send a replacement candidate or will no longer participate in Miss World 2014. - Mykiru.ph

About Mykiru Isyusero

Mykiru is an entertainment blogger, having been named as one of the Top 10 Pinoy Showbiz Resources in the Philippines. For a decade now, Mykiru.ph has been delivering the latest, the hottest and most trending issues in the country.

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The following article was written by my daughter for her high school school paper. As fate would have it, her cousin is a freshman at Stoneman Douglas high School. Needless to say, the names have been changed.  Story By Olivia Ross

Wednesday, February 14th 2018; This day is widely celebrated as Valentine’s day; a day dedicated to send and share love. For Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, It was a lot more than that. 17 innocent people were murdered in a place that was supposed to be safe and secure.

Olivia Tabano was present in the madness and saw it through her own eyes. She is currently a freshman attending MSD High School. She was located in the freshman building that was targeted by the shooter. Luckily, Olivia made it out in time.

Olivia recently moved to Parkland Florida no more than a year ago. On Tuesday, February 13th, she  was looking forward to celebrating Valentine’s day in school with her peers. She attended water polo practice and completed her homework just like any other student would. The following day, Olivia woke up, got prepared for school and continued with her day.

During her 2nd period class, there was a fire drill. No one thought anything of it. Just like every school in America, MSD is required to have their monthly safety drills. After this drill concluded, everyone went back to class and proceeded to work through the school day. Everything was completely normal.

Later on, during her 4th period class, Olivia was in the midst of taking a test when there was yet another fire drill. At first, everyone thought it was normal since the school is so large. The students proceeded to go outside and line up against the freshmen building.

“Until one teacher told us to run”.

She sprinted all the way to the local Walmart, where the killer was allegedly found and captured by the police.

“That day changed my life. Everything is different now,”.

The next day she woke up to discover that one of her best friends, Peter Wang, and her swim team captain, Nicholas Dworet, were killed by the shooter. “We went to several vigils and I still couldn’t process what happened”.

Peter Wang was last seen holding the door of the freshmen building open, helping his fellow peers get to safety. Wang had dreamed of becoming a soldier and in his death, he was honored with an invitation to join their ranks. He would’ve been in the West Point class of 2025.

Nicholas Dworet was a senior at Memorial Stoneman Douglas High School. He had been accepted to swim on the University of Indianapolis’ swim team. Dworet had dreams of competing in the 2020 Olympics for his swimming talents. He was always looked at as the “big brother” figure who gave and received so much love from his friends, family and girlfriend, Daria.

Once the students returned to school, the week consisted of half days, trauma/grief counselors, and therapy dogs attempting to aid the students and staff of the high school. They were trying their best to make them feel safe again.

“As of right now, we are still easing into our “new normal”. We haven’t necessarily done too much of anything differently because it’s too soon to start anything new,”.

The school continues with minimal work and a huge focus on grieving and coping from the situation together.

In order to ensure maximum security on campus, the school has had twice the amount of security officials patrolling the school grounds. The school has also been a lot stricter with bathroom passes.

The teachers are attempting to be there for the students and each other but they are suffering damage themselves and have been very quiet. In Olivia’s classes, the teachers aren’t really teaching much for the time being and are taking things step by step as everyone slowly recovers.

“My life outside of school has changed completely,” says Olivia, “When everything first happened my schedule was filled with vigils, group counseling and funerals. The two weeks we were out of school my friends and I got together very often because we just wanted be around each other,”.

Olivia, along with the rest of the students and staff of Memorial Stoneman Douglas High School, continue to heal from this horrible tragedy by coming together and supporting each other. “Being around people that experienced the same trauma makes everything more comfortable”.

  1. j 6 months ago

    You are wise beyond your years. The last line, the Last paragraph is true beyond words.
    Those who share a common ground, know the pain, sorrow, and terror of the event.
    You find peace with those who lived the same, they do not judge, only accept.
    May they find the peace that they seek, it doesn’t come overnight. Let time take its course.
    Time does not heal the wound, it softens the memories and allows you to heal.

  2. Jeffery L. Walke 6 months ago

    God bless and keep you all. I miss many military friends myself.
    Semper Fi.

  3. TOBY BLOOM 6 months ago

    Until there i s a way to stop thiis madnesd nothing will change. Congress needs to understand safety comes first.

  4. Budman 6 months ago
    Member Since: 12/20/17

    Being a Vietnam Vet this is why vets only talk freely to other vets about their experience and seldom mention it to others

  5. Peter E. Schultz 6 months ago
    Member Since: 12/29/15

    Pretty darn insightful. Thanks for sharing it!

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      Damian 6 months ago
      Member Since: 01/24/18

      Thanks Pete.

  6. Randolph 6 months ago
    Member Since: 12/11/17

    Thank you for sharing .

  7. Mike Morgan 6 months ago

    Laws are for those who follow them – They are law abiding people.

    Laws don’t work too well for those considered outlaws or lawless ones. This lawless one didn’t just snap he planned this out for a long time. He is a terrible person and all you those young ones and people who run the school and their families have to pay the price for this guy’s pain. Don’t forget the police and their families, too.

    Can’t legislate goodness.

  8. Mike Morgan 6 months ago

    Nice article, Miss Ross! I should have said that first.

    She is a feather in your cap, Mr. Ross!

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      Damian 6 months ago
      Member Since: 01/24/18

      Thanks Mike – aside from being a typical teenage girl (I know she loves me, but I think she hates me) – she gets it.

  9. Bill H. 5 months ago
    Member Since: 08/24/14

    Fine work done by a very bright young woman. God bless MSD, those who serve and attend it.

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Capturing the Cosmo Girl

Consumer advertising by professional manufacturers is bringing welcome attention -- and credibility -- to salon brands.

What is Tweezerman doing in Redbook? And why is OPI running a sweepstakes with Glamour? The answer from them, and from many other professional nail product manufacturers is simple: to get more consumers into your salon.

A few months ago, editors from many of the big con¬sumer magazines mingled with OPI executives at the posh, newly renovated Beverly Hills Hotel, and waited to hear about what some of the upcoming trends in “nail high fashion” would be. Many of than were familiar not only with the OPI brand, but also with Orly Inter¬national, Creative Nail Design Systems, Tweezerman, Seche International, and other professional lines.

Professional nail products are in the spotlight with a growing visibility, even to those who have never set foot inside a salon. Part of the reason is that man¬ufacturers are focusing more of their efforts and advertising budgets on con¬sumer advertising. “For years, profes¬sional hair products and cosmetics have been advertised [in the consumer press],” says Lynn Hayes Granger, vice president of marketing and advertis¬ing of Orly International (Chatsworth, Calif.). “Nails were always the Orphan in consumer publications. Now, as more and more advertising comes out, nails are becoming more visible.”

The trend of expanding into the consumer marketplace through adver¬tising is coupled with an increasing number of editorial stories and columns that mention and even recommend certain professional prod¬ucts. Robert Yates, vice president of marketing of Creative Nail Design Systems (Vista, Calif.), says his company hasn’t even start¬ed a consumer ad campaign yet, but they average about five to SL’C editorial mentions each month. “There are more nail articles now than there have been in 20 years,” he says. The com¬bined effect of advertisements and sto¬ries related to nail salons and products, the manufacturers hope, will cause more salon-shy consumers to get their nails done professionally.

An Uphill Battle

Theirs is not an easy task, since the average consumer knows little or nothing about professional nail prod¬ucts. To make matters even more challenging, the manufacturers must gear their advertising campaigns to¬ward educating the consumer about professional nail care. Tony Cuccio, president and CEO of Star Nail Products (Valencia, Calif.) maintains that most women are afraid to visit a nail salon for a variety of reasons ¬justified or not. “We have to get people who have never tried [artificial] nails to try than,” he says.

Star Nail Products’ most recent ad campaign, depicting women from around the world, deliberate¬ly used models who weren’t really models. The ad, which currently runs in trade publications but will most likely be a part of the compa¬ny’s future consumer campaign, is supposed to show real women with real-looking nails. Once women see how natural today’s artificial ex¬tensions can look, Cuccio reasons, they’ll be more willing try a salon.

Tweezerman has been advertising in consumer magazines since 1992, when the company first placed ads in Allure. Today, the Glen Cove, N.Y.-based com¬pany has 1/3-page ads in Allure, Redbook, Self, and Elle for its slant tweezers and cuti¬cle nippers. To president and CEO Dal La Magna, the move into the consumer marketplace was a way to give nail technicians and salon owners a bit of a nudge. “We kept trying to tell salons they need¬ed to do more retailing, but it was a slow take,” La Magna says. “By showing the consumer the quality of our products, we encouraged than to walk into a salon and say, ‘I want to buy a nipper’ which in turn made the salon owner stock than.”

Enhanced retail sales is a goal for OP1 Products as well. “We wanted to go light to the consumer and establish brand recogni¬tion,” says Suzi Weiss- Fischmann, executive vice pres¬ident for OP1 Products (N. Hollywood, Calif.). To date, the company has placed ads in Vogue, Allure, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Redbook. The distinctive OP1 nail lacquer bottles have ap¬peared in many editorial pieces as well. “The con¬sumer editors are starting to look to the professional trade for trends,” she says. “They don’t think of us as a small cottage industry anymore.”

. Captivating an Audience

The recognition from the ad campaigns comes slowly, and with a substantial financial in¬vestment. The ads themselves must be compelling enough to reach a jaded audience. La Magna, however admits he was stumped at first on how to grab readers’ atten¬tion. “For the longest time I could¬n’t figure out how to promote grooming implements in a cool way,” he says. Professional readers want to know how a product will work. A consumer, on the other hand, wants to know how some¬thing will make her feel or look bet¬ter. Tweezerman ads in consumer books still lean toward the practi¬cal - such as how you’ve finally found a pair of tweezers that really work. The “coo]” part is the image of the tweezers. La Magna says, “One agency came up with a very dramatic shot of our tweezers, and we’ve used it ever since. Now, I don’t mind spending $10,000 on an Allure ad!”

Price is certainly one of the biggest stumbling blocks when a manufacturer considers a con¬sumer advertising campaign. Hayes says that her consumer advertising budget is about four times the amount of her trade ad budget. To make the price tag even more stag¬gering, consumer ad placements, like any advertising, must have a certain level of frequency to be suc¬cessful. La Magna learned that les¬son the hard way. When he first ventured into the consumer marketplace, it was with a New York Times Magazine ad that cost $20,000. “We figured we could make it a direct response ad to re¬coup some of the investment,” La Magna recalls. The ad drew a dis¬mal five responses. The expensive lesson he learned was that ads could not be dropped here and there: You either make a substan¬tial commitment or you don’t.

To make budgets stretch as far as possible, manufacturers are doing other kinds of consumer advertis¬ing besides magazine insertions. For example, Creative has devel¬oped colorful point-of-purchase displays for salons that carry their products. Yates considers this a perfect salon advertising tie-in with all of the editorial coverage they have received. “If a reader sees our name in an article, it might not mean anything. But when she walks into a salon and sees it, she starts making the connection. We’re achieving great visibility this way.” OPI is participating with Glamour in a sweepstakes that will be distributed to salons that are members of Club OPI. But what¬ever the medium they choose, all of the professional nail manufactur¬ers feel it’s necessary for the indus¬try to build more consumer aware¬ness of professional products and increase the number of consumers who get their nails done regularly.

Pooling resources is another small-business idea that is catching on in the nail industry. Early in 1996, the American Beau¬ty Association (ABA) is planning a special newspaper insert in the Chicago Tribune. This 12-page insert will include advertorials about the beauty industry, as well as indi¬vidual manufacturer and salon advertisements. “The insert will not only alert consumers to the mes¬sage about professional nail, skin, and hair care, but additional copies will be available for distribution in salons as well,” says Vi Nelson, a spokesperson for the ABA. If the program is successful, similar pro¬grams in other city newspapers may follow. Says Nelson, “Individ¬ually we are small companies; to¬gether, we can have a big impact.”

Advertising Benefits All

Increased exposure in the beauty magazines is sure to bol¬ster the credibility of the compa¬nies who appear in than, but does it really help the salon owner or the nail technician? The ads bring people in, says Hayes, because the products cannot be purchased over the counter in a drugstore; salon is the only place they can b purchased. Once inside, the con SUll1er will be more likely to invest in a manicure or pedicure. Even if the advertised product is no carried at the salon, nail technicians can suggest other product that might work, or consider adding lines that walk-in customers request frequently. The main objective is to persuade consumers that good nail care is as essential as skin and hair care and to get than to think about salon visits. Consumer magazines, with their many beauty tips, seem to be the perfect vehicle to carry this message.

OPI’s plan is to work in tandem with salon owners. Its consumer advertising draws attention to the nail care industry - but the salon owners and nail technicians must keep them there. “Our ads have: toll-free number to call if a reader is interested in a product,” say. Peter Samerjan, owner of Samerjan 743, OPI’s advertising and public relations agency. “When someone calls, they are directed to the nearest Club OPI salon.’ Since OPI started its consumer advertising campaign with the re¬ferral service, membership in Club OPI has doubled.

While there will always be hot competition among the nail product manufacturers for market share, they all seem to want the same thing from their consumer advertising investment: to increase salon traffic. And if that goal means digging deeper in their pockets building business for other compa¬nies as well as theirs, and always striving for ways to make tweezers look cool, then so be it.

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    Rattle & Snap Plantation – with such a unique and exciting name, we couldn’t pass up not introducing this historic Middle Tennessee home in our Historic Homes blog series.

    Rattle & Snap was built atop a hill, seven miles west of Columbia, Tenn. in Maury County. It has been referred to both as “magnificent,” and “the most monumental house in Tennessee.” The home was originally built for George Polk, the son of William Polk. William was a North Carolina native who was appointed surveyor-general of the Middle District of Tennessee in 1784. The plantation originally stood on 5,648 acres.

    Where does its unique name come from? George’s father William actually won the land that Rattle & Snap is built on during a game of, you guessed it, Rattle & Snap. This game of chance is believed to have been played with beans and been popular in the time. After Willam won the land, he allowed his four sons to built homes on it, and each built rather substantial homes on the property. At the point on the property where the four Polk sons property meet, the brother’s built St. John’s Episcopal Church.

    While the home’s architectural style is unknown, it is generally attributed to German-American style. The thousand’s of bricks that were used in the homes’ construction were made on site and its foundations were cut from native limestone.

    Ten portico columns were shipped from Cincinnati to Nashville for the home. From their arrival in Nashville, they were carried by oxen to the construction site. The home was built in an L-shape with two and a half stories and four porches.

    Rattle & Snap Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and remains open today. Guided tours for groups ranging anywhere from 2 and more people are available by reservation only. Visit www.rattleandsnapplantation.com for more information or to reserve a tour.

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  1. gray1.
greyly, adv.
greyness, n.

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  1. Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
  2. Sir Edward (Viscount Fallodon), 1862–1933, British statesman.
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  1. to be or serve as a covering for;
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Something has changed this summer, in Canada, and throughout the world. Across social and traditional media, there's a new face of summer emerging.

Gone are the typical images you're used to seeing of people swimming, camping and hiking. Instead, all you see are disturbing images of smoke, flames and family picnics held against a backdrop of grey skies full of falling ash.

The extraction economy is an extinction economy, or maybe more accurately an extinction machine, writes @popejulia It has always burnt everything in its path. #wildfires #climatechange

In place of the celebratory nature-revelling the season usually brings are expressions of fear and grief at the idea that we may have abruptly stepped into a new kind of summer: summer as a season of fire and destruction in a world out of balance.

My heart breaks seeing images where day is as black as night in parts of British Columbia from the soot of the forests on fire. As we watch them burn, I remember when I felt this heartbreak for the first time: I was in my teens, witnessing the destruction wrought by the mountain pine beetle in the forests of the B.C. interior where I grew up.

This humble little insect, fueled by warmer winters, turned entire forests as far as the eye could see into red, dead, standing monuments to climate change.

Back then, we responded to this ecological crisis by extracting the trees more aggressively than ever. “Waste-wood salvaging” became an excuse to let logging companies consume much of what was left of the forest. We burned the wood “waste” (woody debris the logging companies didn’t want to process and didn’t care to leave to become new soil) in giant piles that stretched for miles. These fires lit up the skies in the fall after the urban environmentalists had returned from their summer vacations. We did this beside old clearcuts, creating “big openings” — harvested, devastated landscapes of larger than 100,000 hectares throughout the north.

A picture of a 600-hectare portion of forest, included in a 2009 report, is marked up to show dates of harvest. Illustration provided by the B.C. Forest Practices Board
A picture of a 600-hectare portion of forest, included in a 2009 report, is marked up to show dates of harvest. Illustration provided by the B.C. Forest Practices Board

Seeing these in person was devastating and shocking beyond words. It was like looking under the hood of our economic system expecting to find a sophisticated, modern engine and finding instead a violent, brutal monster that valued only what it could devour and turn into money. It had no word for “tomorrow” or “life.” And it was like looking into the future.

Boom and bust cycles in the extraction economy have always brought incredible destruction and pain, especially to those closest to the land. Not by accident but by design – billions of dollars of wealth has been stripped from the land for the benefit of mostly outside investors who never intended a long term sustainable plan for rural or Indigenous communities, much less the ecosystems they rely on.

But with accelerating climate change, we now have boom, bust and burn (this burn has many forms, fire is just one). And it affects everyone.

The truth is this economic system has always been on fire. The terrifying object at the end of the extraction economy is the devastating and total incineration of almost everything we know and love. This is the only endgame in the extraction economy — it is what happens when a model dependent on infinite growth is played out on a planet with finite resources.

The extraction economy is an extinction economy, or maybe more accurately an extinction machine. It has always burnt everything in its path. That is what it’s designed to do. The people and living things on the periphery have always felt it first.

But now in a world of global climate disruption, the match has burned down to our fingers. There is no periphery and no centre. Just one interconnected and interdependent world – on fire, together.

It is not a bad thing to see this laid bare. We need new models for a sustainable civilization, and this will be a big lift that will require change at every level of social organization. The shocks to our current system that arrive early are better than the ones that come too late.

Right now, it is not hard to look around and see a world of excruciatingly painful gifts, waiting for us to receive them and do what is needed in response.

The grief that witnessing this produces in us is actually love – love under intense pressure to evolve. It’s like a diamond, desperately trying to be born. Except these aren’t diamonds, they are the seeds of a new system, and they can only germinate in the deepest part of the human heart. They get watered with our tears, but only grow through our committed actions.

As I watch the land that I love burn, I greet this grief in my heart and know how much love and hope it contains. And I think of the millions and millions of people who are all feeling this right now, together.

This is a heartbreaking and beautiful time to be alive, together.

Fires have always enriched the land, and fire is how land is made. And, fire ultimately transforms matter into only what fire can’t take away.

Now we get to see how fire transforms us.

Julia Pope is the former strategic communications director of and Leadnow. Originally from Naramata, B.C., she now lives in Berkeley, California, and is the co-founder of Hylo: a web and mobile app that helps communities collaborate and create together.

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Not much to quarrel with here.....its the model poor earth dependent people have experienced for a long time now. But wealthy cities are built on just such out of sight strip mining, and trying to imagine what we will do now that it appears we can't continue with 'business as usual' is hard.

A growing right wing in Canada seems intent on continuing to whine about taxes. As if not paying for anything is going to keep us secure. I'm far from sure large segments of our population 'get' what these fires are telling us. They didn't get it last year, or the year before. And they don't seem to get it if its in Portugal, or Greece....

Hopefully the smokey fires will help. But it's very late in the afternoon to just be waking up. What alternatives can we imagine? Design together? Implement on a wide scale?

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Transfer swoop: Brazilian club sign teen Aussie striker

Brazilian club Botafogo Futebol Clubе have signed teenage striker Nykodah Smith from the PS4 NPL in Queensland with former Caltex Socceroos coach Rale Rasic describing Smith as a potential "next Mark Viduka".

It's a stunning move for the 17-year-old forward from South West Queensland Thunder FC, who will link with the Brazilian outfit  after impressing on a three-week trial earlier this year at the club’s football academy in Ribeirão Preto, outside São Paulo.

He will travel to Brazil as soon as paperwork on the transfer is finalised with a view as a potential member of the club’s first team.

Smith, originally from Bundaberg, joined Thunder in 2014.  He quickly advanced from the club’s junior ranks to the senior set-up – scoring four goals in 19 appearances in the national second tier.

NPL is a state-based league sitting below Australia's elite national competition, the Hyundai A-League.

Smith said he was excited about the opportunity to take his skills to Brazil and to play at the club’s Estádio Santa Cruz, which has a capacity of 50,000.

“It’s definitely a journey of a lifetime. It’s a new beginning and a new culture I’m going to, because in Brazil everything is passionate," he said.

Nykodah Smith.

“To think that a small boy from Bundaberg could be signed by a Brazilian professional club is unreal.

“It’s like a dream come true. There’s no words to explain how happy I am."

Thiago Kosloski, head of Botafogo Football Academy, said Smith impressed him and other coaches at the club instantly upon his arrival earlier this year in trial matches.

“He trained extremely well with players much older than him, and was still able to both score goals and have very important part to play in the team,” Kosloski said.

The opportunity to trial with Botafogo was a result of the promotional efforts of legendary 1974 World Cup Socceroos coach Rale Rasic – who maintains close ties with Thunder coach Chris McLeod.

Rasic said he happily staked his reputation on Smith’s qualities of strength, pace and finishing as he sought to get him viewed by coaches around the world.

“This could be the new Mark Viduka, he has such a big presence on the field,” Rasic said.

Nykodah Smith.

“Special players can come from anywhere. I am a believer in small towns like Bundaberg and Toowoomba for finding talent.”

Smith previously trialled for German powerhouse Kaiserslautern and with current Hyundai A-League league-leaders Brisbane Roar.

SWQ Thunder are currently enjoying their best PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues season in their short history and are eighth in the league standings with two wins from their opening five matches.

Botafogo are currently competing in the top tier of the highly Sao Paulo state championship before commencing their national third tier Serie C campaign in May.


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The herbal extract in our Hemp Formulas is hand-crafted in small batches with organic, non-GMO, grape alcohol to insure quality, strength and freshness. This process utilizes Legal Industrial Hemp and uses a cold extraction process. This process takes about 3 days of continuous processing and once done the plant material is then processed to retrieve the mineral salts present in the plant. Once we have combined these 2 elements, the liquid extract containing all of the cannabinoids and the Potassium rich mineral salts, the process is finished and ready for your consumption. This unique type of processing is also known as spagyric processing.

Since only organic grape alcohol, ethically grown and harvested Hemp, and Organic fractionated coconut oil is used in the entire process, this product is the safest, most advanced and sustainable available on the market today! The Hemp oil extract is suspended in the Coconut oil for taste and efficacy. Coconut oil supports a healthy liver and increases the ability of your body to absorb the hemp extract.

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Whole Hemp plant extract containing 100mg of naturally occurring Cannabinoids, Spagyric Lion’s Mane, Ginkgo, Yerba Mate, Licorice, Peppermint Glycerite, Organic Grape Alcohol

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Shake well. Separation is natural. Refrigerate after opening. Take 1-2 dropperfuls daily, or as directed by your health care practitioner. May be taken with water or juice.

*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

1. Will your whole hemp extract get me high?
No. Marijuana contains Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the psycho-active component. Industrial Hemp contains less than 0.3% THC, and Native Hemp Solutions tests each batch to confirm that our tincture has below 0.3% THC. There’s no possibility of intoxication or psycho-active effects by consuming our whole hemp extract (CBD Hemp Oil) or any whole, raw natural product from Industrial Hemp products.
2. Will I fail a drug test if I use your Whole Hemp Extract?
Due to our product being a full spectrum extract, we cannot make any guarantees with regard to test results.
3. What does Spagyric mean?
Spagyrics is a centuries-old branch of alchemy which, through the use of traditional alchemical methods and detailed processes, is devoted to the production of medicines and tinctures that differ greatly from conventional or homeopathic medications and result in a much more powerful product. The various production steps involved are far more time-consuming then the methods nowadays used to produce conventional medicines. Additionally, they are made in observance of and in harmony to specific cosmic cycles as well as the positions of the sun, moon and planets.

4. Does it contain alcohol?
Only a trace. Native Hemp Solutions uses a cold extraction method for our Whole Hemp Extract. Ethanol is used in this process, as a solvent, to extract a very high percentage the beneficial compounds from the hemp plant such as CBD, CBC, CBN, CBG, terpenes, bioflavonoids, and amino acids. Through our process, the ethanol is eventually completely evaporated leaving virtually no alcohol left in our finished product. To further improve taste and bioavailability, Our whole hemp extracts are suspended in a Medium Chain Triglyceride (MCT) Coconut Oil.

5. What is the difference between hemp seed oil and hemp extract?
Hemp seed oil is oil made by pressing the seed of the hemp plant. Hemp seed oil contains no THC or CBD, is used primarily for cooking and baking, and is known for its high nutrition content. Hemp extract is an extraction made from the flowering bud of the hemp plant and has high amounts of CBD and other compounds when extracted using our spagyric method.

6. Is your hemp American grown and produced in the United States? Where do you source your hemp from?
Yes. Native Hemp Solutions sources only ethically grown and harvested industrial hemp from within the state of Colorado.

7. Have your hemp extracts been tested? What kind of testing/analysis is performed on your products?
Yes. Every single batch is sent for gas chromatography testing to determine the CBD and additional compound concentrations.

8. Is your hemp Certified Organic?
Currently, there is not an organic certification process in place for commercially grown hemp. Due to this, We test to make sure It is non-GMO and is grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers.  We only source ethically grown and harvested whole hemp plant sources.


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Lilly Pulitzer Target Collection Sparks Shopping Frenzy - NBC Southern California

Lilly Pulitzer Target Collection Sparks Shopping Frenzy

High demand sparked online lags and long lines, frustrating fans who missed out on the products.

    Lilly Pulitzer Target Collection Causes Shopping Frenzy

    Sunday was a big day for Lilly Pulitzer fans as the highly anticipated Target collection made its debut. (Published Monday, April 20, 2015)

    Lilly Pulitzer's highly anticipated Target collection debut led to disappointment for many shoppers.

    For many fans, the Sunday release was filled more with long lines, empty racks and website problems than purchases of the colorfully printed products.

    The much-hyped collection was slated to go on sale early Sunday morning, but some online users reported problems with Target’s website. On top of the extreme online traffic, stores across the nation saw large crowds and long lines, with some selling out entirely in just a few minutes.

    By Sunday afternoon, Target said products online were nearly sold out.

    Target said the response to the debut was “nothing short of remarkable” both online and in stores, but heavy traffic caused slowness on the site that resulted in “an inconsistent experience for our guests.”

    The Minneapolis-based company apologized for any disappointment the website troubles caused, but noted the site did not crash. Instead, the company said it took the collection offline for 15-20 minutes to “manage traffic to the site.”

    “We took several measures throughout the morning to manage the extreme traffic levels and make the collection accessible to our guests,” the company said in a statement.

    The company said it does not plan to replenish the limited-edition collection’s products online or in stores, a move that left many customers disappointed.

    The fan frenzy gave several stores a Black Friday feel and had many taking to Twitter using the hashtag #LillyPulitzerforTarget.

    Target, which said it would not apologize for items selling out quickly, did address fan frustration as items appeared on eBay for increased prices.

    "Seeing items on online auctions reinforces that this collaboration is resonating with customers," the company said in a statement. "Items are becoming collector's items. However, it's disheartening to Target as a brand. Target does these collaborations to make designers available to people at a great price. Putting items on EBay takes away from the entire spirit of the program."


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Ziggy Marley, Tia Carrere, and more GRAMMY faves

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    Ziggy Marley plays at the Children's Music Celebration at the GRAMMY Museum on Saturday, January 30th.

    Like the Oscars, and the Golden Globes, and other major awarderies, the GRAMMYs spread out over several days.

    The actual show is on Sunday, January 31st at STAPLES Center. And the GRAMMY Museum, where it is all GRAMMY all year long, but especially during the week ahead of the awards spectacular, is celebrating.

    The museum is holding several special nights (and one day) that are fully GRAMMY focused; look for live performances by nominees for four nights during GRAMMY Week. Up on Thursday, January 28th is Mississippi Night, which will feature David "Honeyboy" Edwards.

    Friday the 29th is Hawaii Night -- nominee Tia Carrere will be there -- we are referring to the actress, who is a GRAMMY winner as well -- plus a host of other artists who can summon the islands in song.

    Saturday daytime is the Children's Music Celebration; Ziggy Marley will be there. And Louisiana Night strums on Saturday evening.

    This is fab, GRAMMY people. We like the magazine-regular headliners who often take centerstage at the awards, but getting to know other nominees is a mission every music lover should have, every single year.


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More Americans Hold Stocks, for Better Or for Worse

Nearly 23 percent of savers with a 401(k) at Fidelity had a bigger percentage of their account in stocks than the investment giant recommends

    Caution Advised For Wall Street Investors

    NBC 5's Charlie Wojciechowski talks to experts who advise caution to investors in Wall Street.

    (Published Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018)

    A plunge in stock prices always stings, but this recent one dug deeper because more Americans are participating in the market, particularly older ones.

    Slightly more than half of all U.S. families own stocks in some way, from workers who got automatically enrolled into their 401(k) retirement accounts to day-traders working their personal accounts. The rate of stock ownership is the highest since the dawn of the Great Recession in 2007.

    On the whole, higher stock ownership can be a good thing: It means more Americans, not just the wealthiest, have benefited from the record-setting returns that stocks have delivered since the current bull market started in early 2009. But there can be a downside: Many Americans are also keeping bigger portions of their portfolios in stocks than experts recommend, led by baby boomers, which accentuates the impact of each swing in the market. Even Americans aged 75 and over are more likely to own stocks than at any time since the 1980s, according to data from the Federal Reserve.

    Some investors may have been blissfully unaware that stocks were growing to an ever-larger portion of their portfolio as stock prices swelled in recent years. Others bought even more stocks because they were afraid of missing out on the amazingly big and smooth gains that the market had been delivering before Monday's loss, the worst day in more than six years.

    Dow Falls More Than 1,100 Points In Historic Selloff

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    The Dow Jones industrial average plunged as much as 1,500 points Monday in one of the most historic routs in stock market history. Michael George reports.

    (Published Monday, Feb. 5, 2018)

    Either way, nearly 23 percent of savers with a 401(k) at Fidelity had a bigger percentage of their account in stocks than the investment giant recommends, according to the company's most recent data from this past autumn.

    Savers nearing retirement, for example, should have a portfolio with roughly 60 percent in stocks and 40 percent in bonds and cash, Fidelity says. The average baby boomer handling investment decisions for their 401(k) has 70 percent in stocks, according to Fidelity.

    "We give them the same advice when the market is high as when it's low," said Jeanne Thompson, senior vice president at Fidelity Investments. "Make sure to check that you're properly allocated and not taking too much risk. Make sure you're able to sleep at night."

    Investors of all ages can benefit from investing in stocks. Despite their long history of sharp swings in price, stocks have gone on to recover — eventually — from every decline they've had and deliver some of the best long-term returns.

    Financial pros generally recommend that younger investors ignore the market's gyrations and, if anything, use drops as an opportunity to buy more stocks at a lower price. They have the luxury of waiting decades for a recovery. Investment companies often recommend savers in their 20s keep about 90 percent of their portfolios in stocks.

    For older Americans nearing retirement or already in it, the math is messier. They may not have as long a timeframe for investing as fresh graduates, but longer lifespans mean they may have more than a decade.

    And bonds, which are traditionally supposed to be the safe part of a nest egg, are looking riskier. If interest rates rise as expected, bond fund prices would fall and drag down returns.

    "This is the trickiest time, at least in my memory, for an older person, as to where to invest," said JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade.

    Regardless of age, investors should be able to sleep at night if the stock portion of their portfolio falls 10 percent or more, which is a relatively regular occurrence for the market. If they can't, they likely have too much invested in stocks.

    John Wall, 65, is semi-retired and keeps a part-time job with a rideshare app to help pay bills.

    While sitting in a park in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, on Tuesday and smoking a cigar as he waited for a rideshare customer, Wall shrugged when asked if he'd do anything different in light of the market dip.

    "Work a little harder so I can make money back that I lost," he chuckled. "I'm just going to go on like I have been."

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    [NATL] Boy Gets Hug From Trump at Florence Aid Event

    While handing out meals to Hurricane Florence victims in New Bern, North Carolina, President Donald Trump got a special request — a hug from a young boy who was helping out. Trump obliged

    (Published 6 hours ago)

    Fifty-two percent of all U.S. households owned stocks in 2016, up 3 percentage points from three years earlier, according to the most recent data from the Federal Reserve.

    Some of the biggest increases in stock ownership have come from households toward the lower end of the income bracket. Because of the stronger labor market, more people are getting automatically enrolled into workplace plans or can afford to start saving, said Peter Brady, senior economist at the Investment Company Institute.

    Workers in the bottom half for income took some of the biggest hits during the Great Recession, and stock-ownership rates for them dropped sharply. "They're finally starting to recover," Brady said.

    Associated Press writers Tamara Lush and Sarah Skidmore contributed to this report.


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Numerous studies show that happy individuals are successful across multiple life domains, including marriage, friendship, income, work performance, and health. The authors suggest a conceptual model to account for these findings, arguing that the happiness-success link exists not only because success makes people happy, but also because positive affect engenders success. Three classes of evidence--crosssectional, longitudinal, and experimental--are documented to test their model. Relevant studies are described and their effect sizes combined meta-analytically. The results reveal that happiness is associated with and precedes numerous successful outcomes, as well as behaviors paralleling success. Furthermore, the evidence suggests that positive affect--the hallmark of well-being--may be the cause of many of the desirable characteristics, resources, and successes correlated with happiness. Limitations, empirical issues, and important future research questions are discussed.

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The literature on creatine supplementation supporting its efficacy has grown rapidly and has included studies in both healthy volunteers and patient populations. However, the first rule in the development of therapeutic agents is safety. Creatine is well-tolerated in most individuals in short-term studies. However, isolated reports suggest creatine may be associated with various side effects affecting several organ systems including skeletal muscle, the kidney and the gastrointestinal tract. The majority of clinical studies fail to find an increased incidence of side effects with creatine supplementation. To date, studies have not found clinically significant deviations from normal values in renal, hepatic, cardiac or muscle function. Few data are available on the long-term consequences of creatine supplementation.

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You may have other questions regarding North Dakota sales tax exemptions, duty fees, ports of entry, length of stay and other travel-related issues. Click here to access the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol page or click here for Canadian Border Services Agency to help in planning your visit to North Dakota.

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Proper legal documentation is essential for every business association, big or small. Improper documentation can result in internal disputes, and problems with third-parties and the IRS. Sometimes those problems can be fatal, especially to a new business.

Here at Nearhood Law Offices, PLC, we have formed thousands of corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships. In addition, we have developed an extensive network of professionals throughout the United States that enables us to form and maintain business associates in every state in the United States.

We also appreciate that the cost of business formation is a major expense for a start-up company. In addition, a new business is on a budget. For that reason, for the most part, we work off of fixed fees for business formations.

In addition to basic formation, we also possess the skill and expertise to prepare complex business agreements, such as shareholder agreements, operating agreements, employment agreements, subscription agreements, asset purchase agreements, and stock purchase agreements.

We strive to learn as much as possible about each client's particular needs to develop solutions that are tailored specifically to that client's business, legal problems and concerns. In addition, our attorneys carefully consider the tax implications of each transaction and how they affect the client's bottom line. Our experience enables us to be proactive in our approach, thereby anticipating and solving problems for our clients before those problems become a crisis.

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Nelson Mullins’ Marvin Quattlebaum Confirmed for Federal District Court Seat

The U.S. Senate today confirmed the nomination of A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr., a partner in the Greenville office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Mr. Quattlebaum, 53,  currently serves on the law firm’s Executive Committee and is resident in the Firm’s Greenville office.

A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Mr. Quattlebaum is a veteran trial lawyer who focuses his practice serving as regional counsel and national counsel defending high risk and exposure products liability cases.

“We are so very proud of Marvin. Throughout his entire career, he has given back to the profession, so we are not surprised that he has been asked to make another commitment to help administer justice in the federal bar,” said Nelson Mullins Managing Partner Jim Lehman.  “Marvin has been a wonderful partner and made a remarkable contribution to our firm, the Bar and the community, and I am sure that he will be an outstanding federal judge.”

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N24 Correspondent, KATHMANDU: Buddhist politics is gaining currency as far as China is concerned. Come next month there are two Buddhist events apparently sponsored by China.

One of the event is being graced by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and is expected to bolster Chinese influence in Nepal than anything else.

The latest comes in the wake of growing disenchantment among Tibetans inside China and are resenting tough measures imposed on Tibetans.

Chinese have perfected the art of surveillance by placing cameras on monasteries while deploying security personnel too. Monasteries like Drepung, Sera and Kirti since February this year have been virtual fortress.

A sign of their desperation was shockingly manifest for the first time in Delhi on March 26, on the eve of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s arrival for the BRICS summit, when a 26-year-old Tibetan refugee immolated himself.

Meanwhile the three day ‘international’ event in the Buddha’s birthplace of Lumbini, which opens on April 28, has as its prime movers Prachanda.

During his visit, Ban ki Moon, who is to be accompanied by UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova, will co-chair an international conference on Lumbini with UCPN-Maoist Chairman Prachanda.

An International Peace Conference is also scheduled to be held in Lumbini on April 30. Nepal has, incidentally, declared 2012 as ‘Visit Lumbini Year’.

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KATHMANDU, March 29: Discussion on the report submitted by the State Restructuring Commission (SRC) is underway even today at the meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA).

Lawmakers have been delivering their opinions over the report for the last three days.

CA Chairman Subash Chandra Nembang has offered six hours for lawmakers based on the political parties represented by the lawmakers for deliberations.

Commenting on the report, UCPN (Maoist) lawmaker Hisila Yami said federal states should be made based on ethnic and regional lines and capacity and identity should be taken into consideration while doing so.

Jiban Prem Shrestha of Nepali Congress said all have accepted capability and identity for state restructuring and the report of the minority members of the SRC would be a strong base for dispute resolution regarding the federalism.

Likewise, UML lawmaker Bishnu Paudel said that the SRC has added to problems instead of resolving the thorny issues and said identity and capability were the main basis for state restructuring.

Also speaking at the meeting, lawmaker of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (Democratic) Om Prakash Yadav said ethnicity-based federalism was not acceptable and Madhes was not a region of a single ethnic community. He said provinces should be made by incorporating all castes and cultures.

Likewise, Ramsah Prasad Yadav of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum- Nepal, said constitution sans federalism was unacceptable.

Similarly, Basanti Jha of Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party said main demand of the Madhes Movement was autonomous Madhes and added that attempts are being made to play with the sentiments of the Madhes people.

Taking part in the deliberations, Sarita Yadav of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum ( Democratic) said federalism with local government was expected.

Likewise, Govinda Chaudhary of Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party-Nepal said state restructuring should be done by ensuring rights to indigenous, Muslims, backward communities, mountainous, hilly and Tarai regions.

Similarly, Dr Prakash Chandra Lohani of Rastriya Janashakti Party said provision of being the chief minister of a single caste (ethnic community) in the federal state would escalate tensions if this clause was included.

Taking part in the deliberations, lawmaker Lila Nyaichyain of Nepal Peasant and Workers Party said that federalism was not needed for ethnic identity while Mina Pun of Rastriya Janamorcha said ethnic based federalism would flare up conflict in the country.

Likewise, Anil Jha of Sanghiya Sadbhavana Party said federalism should ensure rights and identity of all.

Similarly, Sarita Giri of Nepal Sadbhavana Party said state restructuring should be done by respecting the voices of Madhesi, indigenous and nationalities.

Rukmini Chaudhary of Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch stressed for identity, language, ethnicity and region for state restructuring. “I don’t believe in indivisible Chitwan and Indivisible Far-West and ‘One Madhes, One Province’, she said.

Lawmaker of Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party-Nepal, Prem Bahadur Singh said ethnicity, gender and region should be made basis for federalism.

Likewise, Lokendra Bista Magar of UCPN (Maoist) said 14 provinces should be made and provinces should be provided with residual rights instead of central government.

Surya Man Gurung of Nepali Congress said the SRC report was not satisfactory.

Similarly, Chhabilal Bishowkarma of CPN (UML) said locals should be given the rights to use natural resources.

Likewise, Asha Kumari Sardar of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Nepal said her party was in favor of indivisible Nepal.

Lawmaker Nanda Kumar Prasain said community with identity should not be made identity-less and community lacking identity should be stopped from being extinction. RSS

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Cancer patients are more likely to beat the disease if their parents also beat that type of cancer, new research reveals.

The research, published in the November issue of Lancet Oncology, found that both genetic and environmental factors are likely to play a role.

The Swedish research team used a database of more than 3 million families and found the findings applied to breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancers.

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Tadley have a handful of targets

TADLEY CALLEVA are aiming to win five out of five in a bid to snatch runners-up spot to Portland United in the Sydenhams Wessex League’s Division One.

Tadley trail current seocnd-lace holders Amesbury Town by 11 points but have two games in hand, and Amesbury must yet play the champions-elect and Tadley themselves before the season ends on May 7.

“I’m upbeat and we’re still in the race,” said Tadley manager Danny Dolan. “There are plenty of games to be won and lost and we’ve still got a chance.

“But we’ve got to win all of our games,” he added, “lose one, and we’r e out of it.”

Tadley have a busy week ahead, which sees them entertain Ringwood Town on Saturday and Totton and Eling on Tuesday before heading to Hythe and Dibden next Thursday night.

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