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Gov. Chris Christie assured New Jersey residents the state is prepared to handle potential Ebola cases and pleaded with them to stay calm as reports of scares involving the deadly virus continue to mount.
"My 11-year-old daughter is not getting Ebola," the governor said as he attempted to assuage public fears about potential cases.
On Tuesday, a Liberian national caused a scare when he landed at Newark International Airport, one of the five airports where the greatest number of travelers from Ebola-ravaged regions arrive, with a fever. He was taken to the hospital to be evaluated as a precaution, and Christie said Wednesday at a news briefing announcing the creation of a joint response team to coordinate the state's Ebola preparedness that he did not show symptoms of the deadly virus.
A spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the patient did not have Ebola symptoms and said he would continue to be monitored at University Hospital.
Meanwhile, Christie urged calm as the state prepared for potential cases of the virus that has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa.
"We are not going to be in the business of stoking hysteria'' with the public, Christie said.
The governor signed an executive order to create a joint response team to oversee the state's response as officials begin screening passengers from West Africa for Ebola symptoms when they arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Under the plan, state Health Department officials would determine if a passenger deemed asymptomatic by the CDC needs to be quarantined because they are considered high-risk. Those individuals would be taken either to temporary housing or to their home, depending on where they live. Symptomatic travelers would be transported to one of three designated hospitals in the state.
Christie said the state is taking the threat of the disease "extraordinarily seriously," but urged calm, saying, "We are not going to be in the business of stoking hysteria" with the public. No patients have been diagnosed with Ebola in New Jersey.
Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd said the state has designated three hospitals to receive Ebola patients: Hackensack, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and University Hospital. The Health Department has also purchased nearly $1 million worth of additional personal protection equipment for hospital workers.
Newark Liberty is one of five airports that President Barack Obama's administration now requires all U.S.-bound passengers from West Africa to pass through. People whose trips began in Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone will be screened for symptoms.
The CDC also announced Tuesday that it will actively monitor all passengers returning from the outbreak region in West Africa for 21 days.


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During the housing boom, Howard Kipnes, president of Cedar Knolls Homes, a residential builder in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY, would purchase land on speculation and build homes when he got a buyer's contract.
That business model took a hit with the housing recession and the housing bust that still holds Long Island in its grip. The number of permits for construction of single-family homes there fell to 90 in November, compared to 160 in November 2007, according to statistics from the provided by the NY State Builders Association.
To stay in business, Kipnes had to find a new approach, one that would reduce the demands on his finances and shrink the time it would take to build homes.
|Howard Kipnes, president of Cedar Knoll Homes
"It was pretty much adapt and survive," said Kipnes, who sold off all the land he owned about four years ago. It's not uncommon these days for businesses to have to adjust to a radically different environment.
For Kipnes, buying land on spec and building single-family homes over many months would no longer work in a time of plunging demand, tight financing and falling prices.
The solution he came up with: building modular homes on clients' property, and doing more renovation work. Part of the appeal is price: Modulars tend to cost 5 percent to 10 percent less to construct than traditional homes.
About two years ago, Kipnes created an alliance with Westchester Modular Homes in Wingdale, N.Y., which manufactures custom-designed, factory-built homes that are sent to Long Island for Kipnes to assemble.
Another victory in the quest to convert site builders to the Modular Home side of the business.


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We're living in a golden age of animation.
Disney is making crowd-pleasing, critically acclaimed work from Pixar and the Disney Animation studio, independent studios are making gems like "Kubo and the Two Strings," and "The Boss Baby" was nominated for an Oscar.
But acclaim isn't always easy to get. Animated movies take years to make, and that effort is often under-recognized by institutions like critics groups and the Oscars. It wasn't until the creation of the best animated feature category in 2002 that the recognition first became regular. Before then, Disney just had to hope one of the songs in their musicals was nominated, or settle for a best animated short award. In other years, the Oscars totally ignored animated movies, so you'll see some gaps on this list.
To honor the animated movies that deserve acclaim, we looked back at the most Oscar-worthy animated films stretching back to 1990, when "The Little Mermaid" won a pair of Oscars and marked a renaissance period in Disney's animation studio. The history of the award is, in some ways, a history of Disney Animation during that time, from its rebirth in the 1990s, to its relationship with Pixar, to the CGI era we're living in now.
Here are the Oscar-winning movies from the last 29 years.
1990: "The Little Mermaid" brought prestige back to Disney, which went on to dominate Oscars for animated movies. It won Oscars for best score and song.
After around two decades of mostly forgettable movies, Walt Disney Animation Studios produced "The Little Mermaid" to critical acclaim. It won the Oscar for best original score, and "Under the Sea" won for best original song.
1992: "Beauty and the Beast" broke Oscar records.
The movie was nominated for six Oscars, winning for best score and best original song, for the song "Beauty and the Beast." "Be Our Guest" and "Belle" were also nominated in the best song category.
The movie also received a best picture nomination, the first animated movie in history to do so, as well as one for best sound. It retains the title of the animated movie with the most Oscar nominations, tied with 2008's "Wall-E."
1993: "Aladdin" kept up Disney's streak.
The movie received the same awards as its predecessor, for best score and best song, honoring "A Whole New World."
"Friend Like Me" was also nominated in the song category, and the movie received nominations in the best sound and best sound effects editing categories.
1995: "The Lion King" followed in their footsteps.
Continuing Disney's hot streak, "The Lion King" also won Oscars for best score and best original song (the latter for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"). The songs "Circle of Life" and "Hakuna Matata" were also nominated in the song category.
1996: "Pocahontas" won two Oscars even though "Toy Story" had more nominations.
1995 was a milestone year for animated features. Pixar studios, founded by a class of ex-Disney animators, released its first feature, "Toy Story," which was instantly hailed as a masterpiece. The movie received three nominations, plus a special achievement award for director John Lasseter.
But the traditional Disney movie remained dominant in the end. "Pocahantas" won both of its nominations: in the score category— now renamed "Original Musical or Comedy Score" — and in the song category for "Colors of the Wind."
1999: A new studio broke through as "The Prince of Egypt" wins an Oscar.
For the 1998 Oscars, both Disney's "Hercules" and 20th Century Fox's "Anastasia" received nominations, but they were shut out by the dominance of "Titanic."
But in 1999, "The Prince of Egypt" won an award, for "When You Believe" in the original song category. "The Prayer" from "Quest for Camelot" was also nominated in that category. It was also nominated alongside "A Bug's Life" and "Mulan" in the "Best Original Musical or Comedy Score," which existed in the mid-1990s, but lost them all to "Shakespeare in Love."
2000: "Tarzan" scored a victory with "You'll Be in My Heart."
Disney notched up another victory as Phil Collins's "You'll Be in My Heart" won the best original song award. "Toy Story 2" was nominated in the category as well, for Randy Newman's song "When She Loved Me."
2002: "Shrek" won the first best animated feature Oscar.
Winning over "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" and Pixar's "Monsters, Inc.," the Dreamworks movie "Shrek" won the first Oscar for best animated feature. It was also nominated in the best adapted screenplay award.
"Monsters, Inc.," though, won the the original song award for "If I Didn't Have You" and received nominations for original score and sound editing.
2003: The Japanese film "Spirited Away" claimed victory.
Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece "Spirited Away," from Studio Ghibli, received the award.
The movie's English-language dub and release were supervised by Disney. However, it won over two Disney features nominated in the category: "Lilo & Stitch" and "Treasure Planet," while "Ice Age" and "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" were also nominated.
2004: "Finding Nemo" gave Pixar its first win.
The movie won in the best animated film category over "Brother Bear" and "The Triplets of Belleville." It also received original screenplay, score, and sound editing nominations.
2005: Pixar won again with "The Incredibles."
Disney's "Home on the Range" is completely ignored by the Academy while "The Incredibles" nabs the animated feature and sound editing categories and racks up nominations for original screenplay and sound mixing. The other animated feature nominees are "Shrek 2" and "Shark Tale."
2006: Disney loses again while British claymation movie "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit."
Disney Animation's 2005 offering, "Chicken Little," was shut out of the Oscars. The Miyazaki movie "Howl's Moving Castle" and Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" that lost to the "Wallace & Gromit" movie.
2007: Disney buys Pixar — but still loses, to "Happy Feet."
After years of negotiations and tangled business relationships, Disney bought Pixar outright in 2006 for $7.4 billion. It followed a years-long fallow period for Disney's in-house animated films.
It was just a month before the release of "Cars." But though "Cars" got a nomination for the best animated feature, along with "Monster House," they both lost to "Happy Feet" from Warner Bros.
2008: Pixar's "Ratatouille" won.
Aside from a best animated feature win, the movie was also nominated in the original screenplay, score, sound editing, and sound mixing categories. "Persepolis" and "Surf's Up" were also nominated in the animated feature category.
2009: "Wall-E," another Pixar movie, grabbed the Oscar.
Andrew Stanton's follow-up to "Finding Nemo" won the animated feature Oscar over Disney stablemate "Bolt" and Dreamworks's "Kung Fu Panda." It also received an original screenplay nomination, despite having almost no dialogue, as well as nominations in the sound editing, sound mixing, and song categories.
The lack of best picture nominations for "Wall-E" and "The Dark Knight" that year, however, rankled the movie industry and led the Academy to expand the category to ten nominees. It was later changed so that somewhere between five and ten nominees would be admitted depending on an algorithm.
2010: "Up" kept up Disney's streak.
Because the best picture category was expanded to ten nominees, "Up" became the first Pixar movie — and the first animated movie since "Beauty and the Beast" — to be nominated in that category. It lost to "The Hurt Locker."
"Up" won two Oscars, for animated feature and score, and was also nominated in the original screenplay and sound editing categories. The other animated feature nominees that year were strong: "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "Coraline," "The Princess and the Frog," and "The Secret of Kells."
2011: "Toy Story 3" once again gets a best picture nomination for Pixar.
A follow-up to the first two "Toy Story" movies that made Pixar a formidable force in the 1990s, "Toy Story 3" became one of Pixar's most acclaimed movies, and received a best picture Oscar nomination along with a win in the animated feature category (it lost to "The King's Speech").
The movie also won an original song Oscar, for "We Belong Together," and nominations for adapted screenplay and sound editing.
The other nominees in the animated feature category were "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Illusionist." "Tangled," Disney's first princess movie animated in the style of Pixar's films, was snubbed.
2012: Paramount came out of nowhere with "Rango."
"Rango," a neo-Western movie where Johnny Depp voices a lizard with a Hawaiian shirt, won the best animated feature Oscar even though the studio, Paramount, didn't even have an official animation division.
Dreamworks also did well, nominated for both "Puss in Boots" and "Kung Fu Panda 2" in the category, alongside independent features "A Cat in Paris" and "Chico & Rita."
Pixar, however, was completely shut out with their panned offering "Cars 2," and Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" wasn't nominated for anything.
2013: "Brave" brought Pixar back.
Pixar was victorious again with "Brave," which didn't receive any other nominations. The other nominees in the animated feature category were "Frankenweenie," "ParaNorman," "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," and Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph."
2014: A non-Pixar Disney film finally won again, with "Frozen."
"Frozen" became Disney Animation Studios's first movie to win the animated feature Oscar since "Tarzan." It also won the only other category it was nominated in, original song, for "Let It Go."
Pixar's "Monsters University," on the other hand, was ignored at the Oscars. The other animated feature nominees were "The Croods," "Despicable Me 2," "Ernest & Celestine," and Hayao Miyazaki's "The Wind Rises."
2015: Disney won again with "Big Hero 6."
"Big Hero 6" won the animated feature award, the only category it was nominated in. The other nominees were "The Boxtrolls," "How to Train Your Dragon 2," "Song of the Sea," and "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya."
Pixar, on the other hand, didn't release any movies in 2014.
2016: Pixar reclaimed the crown with "Inside Out."
For the first time, Pixar released two movies in a single year. "The Good Dinosaur" was ignored while "Inside Out" won the animated feature Oscar and received an original screenplay nomination. It wasn't nominated for best picture, though.
Disney Animation didn't release anything in 2015, and the other nominees in the animated feature category were "Anomalisa," "Boy and the World," "Shaun the Sheep Movie," and "When Marnie Was There."
2017: "Zootopia" won as "Finding Dory" got snubbed.
Pixar's long-awaited sequel to "Finding Nemo," "Finding Dory," was ignored at the Oscars while Disney's "Zootopia" won the animated feature Oscar. It was nominated alongside Disney's "Moana," "Kubo and the Two Strings," "My Life as a Zucchini," and "The Red Turtle."
2018: "Coco" seized another win for Pixar.
Pixar's entry won once again in 2018. "Coco" won the best animated feature category as well as best song, for "Remember Me."
In its victory, it won over "The Boss Baby," "Loving Vincent," "Ferdinand," and "The Breadwinner."
2019: "Spider-Man" sticks it to Disney.
Though Pixar released its long-awaited "Incredibles" sequel in 2018, it wasn't the ultimate Oscar winner. Instead, the award went to "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse." An inter-dimensional Spider-Man origin story, it added a new layer of diversity to the franchise by focusing on Miles Morales instead of Peter Parker, and pioneered a new animation style inspired by hand-drawn comic books.
The movie was produced by Sony, even though they allowed Disney to make a series of Peter Parker-starring live-action movies as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What had to hurt Disney even more, though, is that "Spider-Verse" was co-produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller — the same people Disney fired from "Solo: A Star Wars Story."
The other nominees in the category included another Disney production, "Ralph Breaks the Internet," along with "Mirai" and "Isle of Dogs."


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Monday, May 01, 2006
Husky falls down manhole - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
6 comments:
- Sibe's Mom said...
Thank you for sharing this story about our pack member. We will keep him in our thoughts tonight.
- Monday, May 1, 2006 at 4:29:00 PM CDT
- Turbo the Sibe said...
Some humans need to be more careful!
- Monday, May 1, 2006 at 5:21:00 PM CDT
- IndyPindy said...
Wow! How stupid of the work crew to not cover it up again when they were done!!! I hope they felt really bad when they heard about this story! The owner's mother could have fallend down there!
- Monday, May 1, 2006 at 7:42:00 PM CDT
- Turbo the Sibe said...
The workers were probably more worried about getting done with work for the day than anything else. Humans are lazy & stupid.
- Monday, May 1, 2006 at 9:30:00 PM CDT
- Woofwoof said...
What a silly thing to do, leaving a manhole open like that for a dog to fall into?!
What would they think if huskies dug holes for people to fall into? (We'd never do anything like that, I swear)
- Monday, May 1, 2006 at 11:11:00 PM CDT
- Turbo the Sibe said...
Yeah, never!
- Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 6:07:00 AM CDT
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Happy Thursday, Everyone! It's almost Friday….right? And today is a great day, because I was invited to guest post today over at Nap Time Is My Time! (Thank you, Emily!!) If you've never been to her site, be sure to check it out….she does a great job with all things parent and family related, from meal planning to product review to parenting tips! Today I am sharing my Spring Twig Tree with all her readers….and I'd love for you to come check it out! Here's a quick preview…
….but to see the rest, come find me hanging out with Emily in her neck of the woods! Hope to see you there!
Thanks for taking a peek inside my Lemon Tree Dwelling!
I hope you feel right at home 🙂


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After a couple of hours of the panel speaking, mostly to each other, an exasperated pastor said, "Look, can I be honest? If in my sermon, I say Jesus did something radical, like he would have been nice to a Muslim or something, I lose five members that day! All you are telling me sounds nice and good but it is not practical."
Most of the other pastors in attendance nodded their heads in silent agreement.
I thanked the pastor for being honest about it and I could see he was visibly struggling. His face softened with the affirmation and I asked for his permission to ask him a provocative question. He said, "Go ahead. What do I have to lose?"
I said, "How many friends do you have personally of a different faith? How many refugees do you know by name? How many African Americans do you know personally who do not work for you?"
His face was a blank stare. He held my gaze for a few moments and turned his head downwards to look at his shoes.
I quickly moved on to the audience and asked them to challenge themselves the same way. I think I noticed quite a bit of squirming.
After the panel was over, I walked over to this pastor and asked his name and looked him in the eye and told him that these were some of the questions I have had to ask other pastors. I told him that the reason I could ask these questions is that I have the luxury of being born into such diversity and that I never had to be challenged with such questions.
My mother was white American. My father was of the Yoruba tribe from Nigeria. My paternal grandfather was a Rabbi. My sister in law is a Muslim. My mother was an agnostic. My father was an atheist. I grew up in a country where Muslims and Christians live side by side with no religious disputes until recently. I have a family member exploring Buddhism and, like I often say, "I came out the womb loving Jesus."
I said to the pastor, "I probably take for granted how difficult diversity can be for those that are not graced with it like I am."
He laughed out loud, grateful for the levity. We talked about how proximity is the healing balm that creates relationships with people of diverse backgrounds. We also talked about changing the narrative of defining the "other." I explained to him that when he preaches and admonishes his parishioners to, "Go out there and make friends with a stranger," that is still "othering" the stranger. I encouraged him to revisit the word "stranger" and replace it with "neighbor."
I pointed out that when the stranger becomes a friend and he introduces his friend to his congregation by saying, "This friend of mine who is an Imam said..." then he has brought the "other" into the fold and made him a neighbor.
Of course, this wonderful pastor himself has done a lot of volunteer work in the refugee community and is a kind and generous man. His openness was refreshing and he listened to what I shared. The language of turning a "stranger" into a "neighbor" was the shift he needed.
This interaction showed me the necessity for interfaith communication today. We have become so polarized that we no longer want to take any risk to know our neighbors, our political opponents, and even new Americans such as refugees and immigrants.
Here are some steps that ministers can take to soften the polarity the entire country is currently experiencing politically in their own communities of faith:
- Name the problem: Address the issue. It is not going away. Speak about the polarity and the need for solidarity in these times. Speak about the temples and the mosques that are being desecrated throughout the country. Speak about how you are processing this information. You do not always have to appear to have it all together and pretend to have all the answers all the time. Show your congregation your humanity by wrestling with these issues in an open way. This shows them that it is normal to wrestle with such issues. It shows them that dialogue is healthy. It shows them the emotional process that all humans go through when they choose to wrestle with their ethics and sense of personhood. This is an act of necessary courage.
- Encourage proximity: First do it for yourself and then be an example to your congregation. I wonder if there is a rabbi out there who just picks up the phone and calls a mosque in the nearest city and says, "I am a rabbi and I am at congregation such and such. I would like to meet with the Imam of your mosque for coffee one day. I just want to be a friendly neighbor." This is how proximity starts and turns strangers into neighbors. The news is no longer a reliable intermediary between distinct groups in the same city. We must be the reliable originators of communication. And, we must begin to form new relationships with people that we never considered before.
- Change the narrative: Famed civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson talks about how many years ago, alcoholics were considered degenerate members of society. Today, we speak of them as having an illness and there is much more support for alcoholics. This is a prime example of a changed narrative. What is the narrative you are telling yourself and others about "those people?" Our narrative, as members of Abrahamic religions, must be based on hospitality towards the stranger. My last count came up with over 36 references to "welcoming the stranger" in the Old Testament alone. Our narrative cannot be consistent with our sacred texts while we hold "the stranger" at bay. As you observe and change your own internal dialogue, you will then become a pioneer in your community helping to changing the societal dialogue about "us" by including the stranger as neighbor.
In my work as a leadership development coach, I find that faith leaders often lead themselves out of the equation. They are trying to take their congregation to the mountaintop and sometimes, they leave themselves out of the process. Leadership starts with you making a change. If a leader does not do his or her work, then his or her people have no one to emulate. It is challenging and it is hard but it is necessary for the health of your congregation.
* Are you an ordained or lay leader looking for coaching? Visit the ICTG Coaching and Spiritual Direction page here>
Iyabo is a former attorney and graduate of Georgetown University Law School. She also graduated from Candler School of Theology at Emory University with a Master of Divinity. Iyabo is a lead facilitator for Fearless Dialogues, a grassroots organization that helps unlikely partners engage in meaningful conversations, founded by Dr. Gregory C. Ellison, II, a renowned pastoral care professor.
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Witness To The Ends Of The Earth
5/12/12: As Gary and I were praying with two of our regulars before we closed up shop last night, it dawned on me what the world must see when they whiz past our windows in downtown Aurora. So, I snuck outside and took a picture. In Acts 1:8, we are reminded that the Holy Spirit has commissioned us be witnesses to the ends of the earth. We hope and pray that a witness like this will draw more people (at our end of the earth) unto our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Linda


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Another day has passed you by, and now it seems that you don't care.
You've let your life slip away, you feel no pain, you feel no joy.
You've let your feelings fade away, you've let life tear apart your soul.
Feel no pain.
You must wake up and perceive, that you are not a victim here.
You're a traveller through this life, no one persecuted you.
You've brought it down upon yourself, and now you're standing on the edge.
Feel no pain.
Take a look at where you are, and then look back to what you were.
And think of how you got there, work at repairing your life,
You can't just throw it all away, you've got to stick it to the end.
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Oh I see his face.
All eyes see the figure of the wizard;
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The bad news is that babies who are born through C-section have been missing out on some crucial and beneficial bacteria from their moms when they bypass the birth canal.
But the good news? Scientists have been testing a new "bacterial wet wipe" to ensure that all babies are getting the good bacteria they need, even when they are born through C-section.
Recent studies have shown that there is some important bacterial mother-to-baby transferring that goes on during labor and vaginal birth. Long story short, babies born through C-section are missing out on that bacterial transfer, and it can actually affect them in a big way for life. Research suggests that everything, from our immune systems to our mental health, can be traced back to the foundations that those invisible bacteria start building from, before we are even born and the actual way we are born.
But the reality is, sometimes C-sections are necessary and save lives, so doctors have been working on a solution for this problem. Which is why a new study that looked at the "bacterial wet wipe" is great news for mothers who require a scheduled C-section for their babies. The study found that soaking a gauze pad in a mother's vaginal secretions by having her place the gauze in her birth canal before she goes to surgery and, in scientific terms, "slather" those babies with the mommy wet wipe, showed super promising results. The doctors focused specifically on the mouth and face of the baby and then wiped down the rest of the body as well.
"Although the long-term health consequences of restoring the microbiota of C-section-delivered infants remain unclear, our results demonstrate that vaginal microbes can be partially restored at birth in C-section-delivered babies," the study concluded.
While the babies who were swabbed with the special bacterial wet wipe showed positive microbial changes, they didn't have all of the bacteria that vaginally-born babies did. Still, it's better than nothing. And only time will tell if the bacteria will matter long-term for the swabbed babies, so the scientists will continue to test the children as they grow to see if the bacteria they introduced sticks around and makes an impact on their health later in life.
"We think that the epidemic increase in asthma, allergies, Type 1 diabetes, Celiac disease, obesity are related to disturbances in the microbiome," the study's lead author told NPR.
There's also good news for parents who may be worried about the possible effects of an emergency C-section, as a new study showed that babies born by emergency C-sections actually have less health problems long-term than babies born by planned C-sections. Docs guess this has something to do with — you know what's coming — the bacteria that gets passed from mom to baby during labor. So babies that go through any amount of labor get some of those bacterial benefits, even if they wind up coming into the world through surgery.
The bottom line is that all of this new research is focusing on giving babies the best possible start to life. So if you are a parent planning a C-section, it might be helpful to talk to your doctor about introducing your own special "mommy birth canal wet wipe" to your baby with your surgery. There are screening processes for the mother to go through to ensure that the baby only gets the good stuff as well as antibiotics needed before surgery, and the study's researchers made sure it was clear that DIY-style will not fly for these wet wipes.
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Planning Your Move
The Keys to a Successful Office Moving Plan
1. Plan to plan
2. Plan
3. Plan to communicate
4. Communicate the plan
Plan to Plan:
Because Moving Day isn't Every Day, most people are unfamiliar with the tremendous stress that comes with moving your business, organization or corporation. Give yourself three months of preparation time.
You may not have control of all aspects of the move, but you can come pretty darn close. That is why it is even more important that you follow the office moving guide.
RCS can help you develop a plan:
- By department
- By floor
- By mission-critical elements
- By location
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- Communicate far enough in advance with utilities so that they have adequate notice of work orders for switch-overs, shutdowns and turn-ons.
- Make sure your floorplans are accurate
- HVAC units
- Stairwells & Elevators (including freight)
- Access to power
- Loading Docks
- Do a walkthrough with us
- Every space has eccentricities; we can tell what pitfalls to avoid on Moving Day
- Measure Twice – Move Once!
- It's amazing how the conference room magically shrinks or how furniture dramatically expands to fill the space allotted; Know your exact dimensions of your new space down cold!
Plan to Communicate:
The move will affect everyone in the company, and yet they will likely treat a memo about the move as completely unimportant. Put together a comprehensive communication campaign:
- Regular emails – these should become more frequent as Day draws near
- Updates on Intranet
- Stuffers in paycheck envelopes
- Posters in and around elevators
- Table top displays
Communicate the Plan:
- Make sure everyone receives a copy of the office moving plan
- Develop FAQs in an attempt to limit the amount of questions you'll have to face on Moving Day.
- Develop Communication Captains; there's no way you can be everywhere all the time – develop Communication Captains who can field questions and provide meaningful answers within departments, within floors and even within building units.
- Make employees accountable for what they can move themselves; they can pack up their personal belongings, photos, and knickknacks. If they have a plant that needs to be taken care of, ask them to do that themselves as well.
Here's a simple checklist to make sure nothing gets left behind or overlooked:
- Desk empty?
- Supply cabinets cleared?
- File cabinets cleared?
- File drawers locked?
- Wall items taken down?
- Breakable items properly packed?
- Computers and other machines disconnected?
- "Do Not Move" tags placed?
- Liquids drained from equipment?
- Desk pads and chair pads labeled?
- Have a set of spare keys available.
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Orlando Area's beauty school – The Hair Design Institute is located right outside of Orlando, Florida in Apopka. We are well-known in the Orlando area. Our program is thorough and our instructors are engaging.
At Hair Design Institute you will experience a curriculum that is very diversified. The coursework and experience on the salon floor will further your creativity. More importantly it will help shape your career goals. Our school offers the perfect combination of theory and hands-on work.
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The bimetallic strip is composed of 2 types of metals that undergo different rates of thermal expansion when heated or cooled. This places one of the metals in tension, the other in compression, and the strip bends.
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A day in the Blue Mountains, Sydney – Wentworth Falls and Empress Falls
I regularly get questions from you guys asking if it's possible to self guide a trip to the Blue Mountains or whether you need to book onto a tour to see them.
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I've never actually done a tour of the Blue Mountains, both of my experiences have been self guided (last time I went to the Blue Mountains lookout). I'm sure jumping on a tour would be great but it is absolutely possible to self guide yourself to and around the Blue Mountains. Infact doing so is a pretty cheap adventure option if you're on a budget.
Let's face it, tours can be expensive and a lot of the time, unnecessarily so.
The adventure I went on yesterday and am sharing in this blog post had me spend $12 AUD plus the packed lunch I took from home and a coffee en route. BARGAIN, right?
Taking a trip to the Blue Mountains simply requires a little homework (as it's a HUGE place and you can't just wing it) plus an attitude ready for adventure.
The adventure mode is yours to turn on, and as for the research – I got you!
Here's what we got up to yesterday and how you can replicate our Blue Mountains adventure…
A day in the Blue Mountains: Wentworth Falls and Empress Falls
Getting there from central Sydney…
You'll be pleased to know that it couldn't be more straight forward. Get yourself to Central Station and hop on the 1hour 50 minute train straight through to Wentworth Falls.
Trains depart around every half an hour and your ticket will have you a space on the double decker, air conditioned train. There's also toilets. There's no WIFI but you can enjoy the transition from city to vast amounts of green.
$5.95 each way!
(We caught it from Platform 5)
Top tip: Download citymapper to source the train times and best route for you.
What to pack:
- Lots of water!!
- Camera
- Trainers (the hike doesn't require you to have walking boots but of course, the more support the better should you have them)
- Snacks
- Packed lunch to enjoy at the waterfall
Our route…
Top tip: Open this map on google maps (on your iPhone) download it offline and use it to navigate on your adventure!
We took the train at 8.20AM from Central Station, arrived in The Blue Mountains at 10am and caught the 4pm train back so our day exploring and enjoying the national park was 6 hours long.
How to find the trail when you arrive to Wentworth Falls train station…
When you exit the station turn left towards the traffic lights at which point you need to take a right and continue on following the (obvious) signs to Wentworth Falls. This route, I believe, is called Darwin's walk.
You'll walk down a very wide road which looks like you have got yourself lost in a residential housing area but continue on ahead until you are met with signs to the Wentworth Falls car park and picnic area.
From here we chose to take the Wentworth Falls Lookout Track to check out the falls.
You can dip your toes in here and even continue part way down the National Pass for pretty unrivaled views over the falls.
If you don't fancy too much cardio, don't head too far down. The hike back up will completely sap you of your energy! (We didn't do it, just saw lots of red faced puffed out hikers passing us! Haha)
Continuing our day we retraced our steps nearly back up towards Jamison Lookout but when met with the Eagles Nest Fletchers Lookout Walking Trail we took it.
We enjoyed the flat trail that wraps underneath and around the cliff face until it merged with the National Pass Walking Track and then the Overcliff track. Keep going until you spot the Empress Falls sign, at which point you'll hear people splashing into the water.
If you're visiting on any day like we did, the sound of water will have you descending down the Valley of the Waters track to the falls without a seconds hesitation.
The perfect spot to enjoy your packed lunch and take a swim!
To finish your hike, ascend back up the stairs (hardest part), turn left when faced with a junction and follow signs up to the conservation hut / car park via the Valley of the Waters track.
Enjoy some food / a glass of wine here at the Conservation Hut with glorious views over The Blue Mountains to finish your adventure!
The walk back to the station follows the road you're faced with on the right as you walk away from the cafe. A mere 20 minute walk and you are back at Wentworth falls station ready to hop back on the train to Sydney!
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What did you think? Do you have any tips? I'd love to know! ?
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Working smarter, not harder, will bump economy
Productivity is a vague concept for most people. Working harder and working longer are tangible realities for many American households. But more work doesn't mean a more productive economy.
Quarterly productivity data is often overlooked and quickly forgotten. It is overshadowed by monthly employment statistics; quarterly corporate earnings and just about any other number in the flood of economic intel investors are bombarded with. That's understandable because productivity is quiet, yet it is the power that's missing from the economy.
Working longer does not led to a more productive economy. It doesn't necessarily even mean working harder. Productivity, as measured by economists, means working smarter. It's getting more thanks to technology, efficiencies and better working conditions. Better productivity allows companies to produce more without raising costs. They can reinvest in their companies. It also can lead to more hiring, better pay and a generally rising economic cycle.
Instead, productivity has been falling over the past six months. The economy is getting less efficient. Revised data on the first quarter will be released Tuesday without much fanfare. That's too bad. Productivity is fuel for profits, jobs and the economy.
Companies have not been investing in their businesses to grow them. There is a perceived (if not real) skills gap in the American workforce. Those hold productivity back. Meantime, the "gig" economy with temporary, independent workers isn't necessarily reflected in the productivity data. No doubt, Uber drivers or Airbnb landlords, for instance, have made their unused cars and unoccupied rooms more productive. Perhaps that's masking efficiencies that help make the economy more productive.
In April, two former chairmen of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, pointed to productivity as "the major problem" for the global economy. For long-term investors, that problem deserves attention.
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A report published by IC Insights shows that 2017 will register a 40% increase in the price of DRAM modules.
This will be the largest ever annual increase for the DRAM market, and is reportedly due to last year's oversupply of DRAM.
Suppliers quickly bought up DRAM at low prices and are now charging higher prices for the hardware.
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Great adventure experiences
24/7 travel insurance 2010/11 policies now automatically covers 100 activities – ideal if you are planning on taking part in an activity like bungee jumping, jet skiing or white water rafting (grade 1-3) whilst abroad!
We've been surfing the internet to find some top adventure activity holidays:
Watersports – St. Tropez, France
Spend a few days in the sun lapping up the millionaire lifestyle in the Cote d'Azur region in the South of France. Try your hand at amateur waterskiing, jet skiing, kayaking, and snorkelling in the warm Mediterranean town of St. Tropez. Adventure St Tropez operates water sports tours in the St. Tropez region.
Bungee jumping – Queenstown, New Zealand
For thrill seekers, AJ Hackett has been arranging bungee jumps around the world since 1988 and offers six varieties of bungee experiences in Queenstown. Prices vary depending on which bungee jump you choose.
Trekking – Atlas mountains, Morocco
The great Atlas Mountains provide the perfect setting for a hiking trip. Tour operator Neilson operates an independent trekking trip in the Atlas Mountains, allowing you to stay in a traditional Moroccan village in the Toubkal region and admire the stunning views over the mountains. You will also get the chance to shop in Marrakech's legendary souqs on your way back to the airport.
White water rafting – Grand Canyon, USA
Exploring the Grand Canyon by river is an experience unlike any other. Discover hidden waterfalls and paradisiacal side canyons – areas of Grand Canyon National Park that are accessible only by river. Western River Expeditions run a 3-day rafting trip through the rapids of the Colorado River, ideal for beginners.
Mountain biking – Les Gets, France
Les Gets is a pretty mountain resort popular with adrenaline sports enthusiasts because of the area's excellent biking trails. The resort of Les Gets in the French Alps is popular in the summer for mountain biking. It has the most extensive Singletrack and Downhill in the Alps, and the largest amount of lifts open for bikers of all abilities. Check out Alpine Elements great mountain bike holiday deals.
Don't forget to take out adventure travel insurance before you leave home, just in case you have an accident or fall ill on your travels. Please ensure you check the adventure travel insurance policy wording to make sure you have cover for your chosen activity. 24/7 travel insurance offers great value cover and automatically covers 100 activities! An 8-day trip anywhere in the world will cost you only £25.52* – a small price to pay for peace of mind to really enjoy your adventure activity holiday!
When travelling around the world it is best to do your research to prevent any mishaps or mistakes. Check out any risks associated with your destination before you travel. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) provides guidance for travellers on their website. It is packed with essential travel advice and up to date country-specific information where you can sign up for regular FCO Travel Advice updates so you can find out about any potential hot spots. Do check your travel insurance cover as most insurers will not cover areas where the FCO advise against travel.
* Premium £25.52 includes Insurance Premium Tax; based on an individual traveller aged under 55 taking out a Standard single-trip policy for 8 days Worldwide including USA, Canada & Caribbean cover, excluding personal possessions cover and purchased within 14 days of departure date. Cover details and prices are correct at time of going to press (July 2010) and are subject to change.


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1st century AD Flavian temporary camps (later first century AD) © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland, with the addition of Glenluce © ScARF
Sites along the Gask ridge © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland
With the exception of the dating of the first incursions (see section 3.2 Questions of pre-Agricolan activity), the broad outlines of the extent and chronology of Flavian Scotland are generally accepted. However, there remain a number of issues of debate and uncertainty. Knowledge of the distribution of temporary camps is far from complete and their confident attribution to particular campaigns remains a matter of speculation rather than hard evidence (Jones 2006a). Similarly, knowledge of the site of the battle of Mons Graupius remains elusive (section 4.1). Despite some assertions to the contrary (e.g. Gregory 2001), there is no evidence of fort building north of the Mounth. The postulated sites at Thomshill and Easter Galcantray lack the distinctive morphological characteristics of Roman military works and have not provided any artefactual support for a Roman date, but questions remain over the distribution of sites in the south-west of Scotland and the existence of Flavian precursors to Antonine Wall sites.
Considerable survey and excavation has been undertaken over the last decade or so on sites associated with the Gask Ridge (e.g. Woolliscroft 2002; Woolliscroft and Hoffmann 2006). In addition to challenging the dating of the conquest of the area, the work has led to a re-assessment of the function of the chain of towers that accompany the road. Opinion is currently divided between those who follow the view that this represents an artificially-defined frontier (e.g. Hanson 1991b), and those that see it as simply a controlled supply line to the legionary fortress at Inchtuthil (e.g. Dobat 2009), or part of a wider frontier zone (Woolliscroft and Hoffmann 2006).
Inchtuthil itself is the key site of Flavian Scotland, and one of international importance as an early Imperial fortress unencumbered by later developments. The excavations of Richmond and St Joseph reconstructed a seminal plan (Pitts and St Joseph 1985); recent geophysical survey (DES 2009, 145; Britannia 41 (2010), 347, fig 2), combined with aerial survey data, will serve to put these extrapolations from small trenches onto a firmer basis. Our horizons should not be limited to the plan of the fortress alone; from the early excavations comes a small but significant (and incompletely published) assemblage of material beyond the headline-grabbing massive nail hoard, while recent survey work has expanded the material range and looked at the setting of the fortress (Britannia 41 (2010), 347-8; 42 (2011), 328-330). Its significance comes both from its tight dating and its information on legionary supply and equipment at the time; further study of the existing material and renewed excavation would be of value far beyond Scotland.
Cropmarks of the Flavian legionary fortress at Inchtuthil, Perth & Kinross. SC972093 © RCAHMS
Evidence points to a staged withdrawal from Scotland, with the forts north of the Forth-Clyde line and those south of it as far as Newstead abandoned by AD 86-87, with most of the remaining southern forts shortly thereafter. No Scottish forts show any certain Trajanic occupation, although some of the southern forts such as Broomholm may not have been abandoned until the early Trajanic period. With the construction of Hadrian's Wall in the 120s, Birrens (Dumfriesshire) was established as an outpost fort (Robertson 1975) at this time.
1st century AD Flavian forts and fortlets © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland
Inchtuthil represents a key site that would reward further study both in the field and in the archive. Assessment and publication of the Broomholm excavations would also considerably advance knowledge of Flavian Scotland (publication is in progress). Geophysical survey and fieldwalking at the fort of Ladyward would also provide useful information, as the site lies at a key position for the SW, but its chronology is unknown.


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Adding 20,000 additional Border Patrol agents is not necessary to pass immigration reform, a top Republican said on Tuesday.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) helped write the Senate's immigration bill and voted for an amendment that would spend $46 billion on new border security measures, while doubling the size of the Border Patrol. But now, McCain admits the plan was simply meant to secure Republican votes and that he is open to other ways to secure the border.
"I'll give you a little straight talk, we don't need 20,000 additional border patrol agents," the Arizona senator said at an event sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
"I voted for it so friends of mine would have comfort that we are securing the border," McCain added. "But the real securing of the border is with technology as opposed to individuals, although we do certainly need individuals."
McCain's comments are an indication that senators are willing to bend on some significant provisions when it comes to negotiating a final bill with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
The Senate's plan to add 20,000 additional border agents was one of the most important parts of the overall package. It was part of a massive rewrite of the bill's border security language and helped the proposal pass with 68 votes, including 14 Republicans.
But the so-called "border surge" ran into criticism on both sides of the aisle. Republicans said it simply threw money at the problem, while Democrats and immigrant-rights activists noted it could unnecessarily "militarize" the border.
The Arizona senator on Tuesday called a path to citizenship "a fundamental element" of any immigration overhaul, but said that other details "could be adjusted" as long as the overall bill secures the border.
Meanwhile, an alternative border bill in the House, crafted by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), has found bipartisan support. That proposal calls for the Department of Homeland Security to develop a plan to guarantee the apprehension of 90 percent of illegal crossers in high-risk areas within 33 months. The measure unanimously passed the House Homeland Security Committee in May.
Although the House might not vote on its immigration bills until October, both McCain and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) -- who spoke alongside the senator -- expressed optimism that a deal would get done.
McCain said there is a "good chance of convincing" House Republicans that allowing undocumented immigrants to earn their citizenship is the right thing to do. He took a swipe at Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who has said that drug smugglers outnumber standout students among undocumented youth and opposes all legalization plans.
"We're not going to talk about people with cantaloupe calves. We're not going to engage in that kind of despicable rhetoric," he said. "I believe in America and I believe at the end of the day, we're going to do the right thing."
Becerra said that if the Senate's bill was put on the House floor, it would pass with a bipartisan majority. But he said it's a matter of convincing GOP leaders like Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to put something on the floor that could encounter resistance from a large swath of fellow party members.
"I firmly believe … that this is the year we are going to do it so long as the folks in the Capitol put country ahead of party," he said.


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Edwards offered misdemeanor plea deal before indictment, according to reports
John Edwards was on the verge of accepting a plea deal, according to reports, from federal prosecutors who last week charged him of using more than $900,000 in campaign contributions to keep his pregnant mistress out of sight during his 2008 run for president.
Just before Edwards was indicted Friday, prosecutors gave him a chance to plead guilty to just three misdemeanor charges, the Raleigh News and Observer reports, citing multiple unnamed sources familiar with the investigation. The deal likely would have allowed the former Democratic vice presidential nominee to keep his law license, but he would have had to serve up to six months in prison.
CBS affiliateWRAL News reported the same details of plea deal negotiations. The deal reportedly fell through because Edwards and his team wanted at least a chance to argue before a judge for an alternative to prison time, such as home arrest.
For most of the negotiations, prosecutors reportedly wanted Edwards to admit to at least one felony, which may or may not have included prison time. Edwards, however, reportedly does not believe he committed a felony.
CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford said last week that Edwards' decision to pass on a plea deal "absolutely" means his defense team is confident in their case.
"You heard Greg Craig, his lawyer, say, 'This is unprecedented, this has never been pursued by the prosecution,'" said Crawford. "So they're going to say, 'Listen, this case should not be brought trial.'"
Crawford said Edwards, charged with six different counts, could face jail time but stressed, "This isn't an easy case for the prosecution."


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Despite its impressive battery life, powerful hardware and inviting looks, the Nokia Lumia 2520 merely limps along due to the thorn in its foot that is Windows 8.1 RT, and it's a shame.
Sure, the OS brings improvements over Windows 8 RT: tighter integration of Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage service brings much-needed offline file-editing, caching and automatic syncing, in addition to more flexible customisation of Start Screen tiles. For more on Windows 8.1 RT's new features, check out this.
But it's the equivalent of dousing the fire destroying the tree in the front garden when the house is burning down. You wouldn't begrudge somebody doing it, but it doesn't solve the main issue at hand.
Windows RT 8.1 still doesn't let you install any of the 4 million desktop Windows apps in circulation today, instead forcing you to use ones from Microsoft's own app store. That's not the regular Windows 8 Windows Store that's introduced over 100,000 new apps over the last 12 months either, it's the RT variant that's still majorly lacking.
There are many reasons why this is irksome: the most obvious being that it seriously restricts what you can do with the device. You can't even download a browser other than Internet Explorer, which leaves you locked out of Chrome and Firefox's growing ecosystems of extensions.
Other big name apps are missing too, such as Dropbox and IMDB. Crucially for music lovers, Spotify is missing, forcing you to use the web app instead. Spotify's absence is particularly troubling as the company could be in the running to offer its music service for free on mobile services for the first time (supported by advertisements), which is just one example of how you would be missing out if you opted for a tablet running Windows RT than one running full-fat Windows.
On the other hand you get Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 pre-installed. It includes Outlook, Word, OneNote, Excel and PowerPoint, all of which run on the desktop rather than in full-screen Modern UI mode. The apps are touch friendly thanks to enlarged toolbars, but you'll still need a bluetooth keyboard (Nokia Power Cover or otherwise) and a bluetooth mouse if you're serious about getting any actual work done.
Thankfully, the Office RT apps open faster than ever before, with no waiting around like you had to do on the Surface RT (which has since been renamed to just Surface), and files can be saved directly to SkyDrive and edited offline in a similar manner to Google Drive and Dropbox's desktop apps. Once you're back online the edited files are automatically synchronised to Microsoft's servers.
Nokia apps
And then there's Nokia's own apps that come with the device. Though welcome, they're hard to get excited about, made up of Nokia's HERE Maps, Nokia Music, Nokia Camera, Storyteller and Nokia Video Director.
Nokia Video Director is an slickly presented video editing app that lets you line up different clips to make into a longer reel. You can choose to import videos from the camera roll or shoot them there and then, trimming any footage in the process before applying effects and captions. It's a fun and novel way of putting together an amateur production - such as weaving together birthday events in chronological order - but it isn't really suited to anything more complicated.
Google hasn't yet released its own mapping app on Windows RT 8.1 (you would have to use its browser-based Google Maps instead), so you're left with a choice of Nokia's own capable HERE Maps or Microsoft's Bing Maps app if you're looking for a native solution to guide you around on the Nokia Lumia 2520.
Nokia's Maps app features similar controls to Google's offering, allowing you to navigate by dragging your fingers in different directions and tapping to zoom. LIke Google Maps it serves up local search data with directions for walking and driving, but there isn't a great deal setting the two offerings apart. Nokia's HERE maps is a solid alternative in the absence of Google Maps, and opting for a 4G SIM would clearly benefit happy wanderers.
Nokia Music is a confusing app. I expected it to be a Spotify-like music streaming service, but instead you're restricted to music stored locally on the device or 'mixes' sorted by genre that are streamed from the company's cloud.
There's no apparent structure to how you cycle through the tracks; clicking the 'next' button plays the next queued track (there's no way of knowing what's in the playlist), and the service stops every hour after you've gone through six plays unless you sign up to Nokia's premium Nokia Music+ service. All in all, it's not particularly compelling.
It did however give us a chance to test the Nokia Lumia 2520's speakers, which provide rich and satisfying sound out of the front-facing speakers that are hidden behind the screen along the bottom.
The only game bundled with the 2520, Disney's Dragons Adventure, is based on an intriguing concept. You control the movements of a dragon that flies around in the air, whether that's catching fish out of a pond or gathering resources. The path of the dragon changes as you move (it follows the tablet via its GPS link), meaning that your real-world route has an impact on the game. Is it worth buying the Nokia 2520 for? Absolutely not, but it'll keep younger gamers happy during Sunday trips out with the parents.


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