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You're all moved in and ready to start life in your new home, but before you kick your feet up and claim victory, take a quick look around. You might be missing a few things.
Do not be alarmed. It happens to every new homeowner because, well, you don't know what you don't know. Once you've unpacked everything and the dust has settled, you realize that you don't actually have anything to clean up all that dust…so grab a chair and a pen. It's time to make a list of the items you forgot to budget for.
It's the Inside that Counts
The items that pop up initially tend to center on the interior of the home. Once you start living in your brand new space, you quickly discover everyday home maintenance items that you simply don't have – like a duster with an extendable arm. Then, after a few weeks of using your new bathroom, you undoubtedly find need for a plunger and a drain snake…and when you go to pry the stopper from the drain, you realize you don't have a tool chest or any of the tools that belong inside of it.
This will be your first run to the hardware store. While you're there, you might as well grab some trash cans, a decent vacuum, a mop, and extra light bulbs. For those with basements or any other potential water issues, a dehumidifier is a necessity, as well. When the nice cashier asks if you are interested in their store credit card, just say "yes" because this is only the beginning.
Now, Let's Take This Outside
The inside is coming along nicely now, so you head outside to start tackling the years of yard work ahead. It's time to get that pen out again. Depending on the size of your outdoor space, you'll want to add items like a rake, ladder, lawn mower, garden hoses and nozzles. For those with more acreage, landscaping and/or trees, you might also require hedge trimmers, a chainsaw, a weed whip or wheel barrow - maybe even a power washer. Don't forget to pick up some small gas cans, as well, and a permanent marker to label them for each of your new garden toys. Those in northern climates need just a bit more as a snow blower, snow shovel and safety salt pellets will all come in handy come November.
And We're Going to Need a Safety Plan
Inside. Check.
Outside. Check.
Back inside now to assess any significant safety concerns. The biggest items in this area will be smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms, along with corresponding batteries because no one wants to fall asleep to the chirp of a dying smoke alarm. You'll also want to make sure you have the appropriate amount of fire extinguishers for your specific property.
Need another layer of protection? A home security system might be a consideration. There are so many choices nowadays including monitored and local options - and for the millennials-at-heart who think regular thermostats are so 1999, snag a Google Nest as they can now incorporate home security into the overall system.
But It's Really All About the Looks, Isn't It?
You've covered both home and lawn maintenance as well as safety and security, so all that's left is what really counts – the overall aesthetic. With your old furniture situated throughout the new space, you find that the quirky antique desk lamp you thought looked just perfect in your last place doesn't really fit in the new house. You'll find that the light fixtures and ceiling fans you were so sure you could live with are slowly driving you insane. The paisley shower curtain in the downstairs bathroom really clashes with the tile floor, and the shower rod falls down each time you pull the mismatched curtain back. And that shower head? It takes 27 minutes to rinse the shampoo from your hair, and nobody has time for that! Not to mention the rugs, end tables, window treatments and all manner of wall décor that you have yet to purchase to make your home finally feel just right, to make it feel like you.
But it will all feel like you eventually, so don't fret! You will get there. Every new homeowner does (after a couple years of hiccups, missing necessities, and countless trips to that hardware store – aren't you so glad you signed up for their credit card?). It really just takes some time – and some money, money that you didn't quite budget for because you don't know what you don't know, but now you know.
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To the Superintendent of the National Museum, Karachi asking him if your class can visit the museum
The Examination Hall,
MA. Jinnah Road,
April 11, 2014
MA. Jinnah Road,
April 11, 2014
The Superintendent,
National Museum,
National Museum,
Dear sir,
I want to bring to your kind notice that we, the students of class X, want to visit your museum next Friday because we are studying about historical Places ill Pakistan. We are thirty students in all. Here we can see some old objects of these places.
I shall be very thankful to you if you take immediate action and do the needful. I do hope that you will pay full attention to my case at your earliest.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,

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When the ability to change PlayStation Network IDs were finally enacted worldwide, the feature came with a mountain of risks. One of these risks was the fact that there were certain games that simply were not compatible with the change. This included Disc Jam, which was grouped as with the other games with "critical issues." However, Disc Jam developer High Horse Entertainment is saying that it fixed these issues, meaning Disc Jam now fully supports PSN ID changes.
Players going into Disc Jam with a new ID had a new Disc Jam account made for them. This meant players would effectively lose all of their progress when playing. However, according to the developers, this should no longer be an issue. Progress from the accounts made both before and after an ID change will be merge, meaning that all progress made throughout Disc Jam will be accounted for.
Disc Jam PS4 Updated to Support PSN Name Changes
While it's unfortunate that, due to the architecture of the PlayStation Network, this kind of problem is prevalent, it is heartening to see developers make such a commitment to fixing these issues. Despite High Horse Entertainment's claims, Sony hasn't yet amended its list of games with "critical issues." While it may be best to still err on the side of caution, things should be alright from now on.
The games that have these issues still include noteworthy titles like LittleBigPlanet 3, ONRUSH, and Just Dance 2017. Unfortunately, there's no clear indication that any other titles will be updated in this way. In addition, the list of games with no issues is far greater, and all games moving forward support PSN ID changes. We still think it's worthwhile to at least contemplate an ID change if you're still on the fence about it.
Do you hope more games make this kind of change to support PSN ID changes? Let us know!
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I first met Kathryn Ellinger, who went by Kat, at one of Worm Trouble's shows at the now-defunct Cafe Cero. I'd first seen her band, an experimental rock and pop trio, at the end of 2000 and was immediately taken with the group's sound, which defied trends and avoided imitation.
At a later concert, Ellinger walked up to me and said that she'd seen me at some of their shows and declared that I was now a friend. And she meant it. Ellinger was genuine that way. She loved everyone in her circle of friends and family, even when it pained her to do so.
Like many, I saw Ellinger as an older sister. Her warmth, compassion, sense of humor and wisdom endeared her to many people. And when she passed away on June 5, grief rippled through Denver's music community.
Ellinger and I shared several coincidental bonds. We both started playing bass at age 27. We both spent time in Okinawa as kids because we had military parents stationed there. Her dad was an educator with the Department of Defense on bases; mine was in Special Forces during the Vietnam War.
She was born in Landstuhl, Kaiserslautern, Germany on April 28, 1964, spent her elementary-school years in Korea, went to middle school in Okinawa and finished high school in Hanau, Germany. While down to earth, Ellinger had a worldly sophistication born of those experiences.
In 1983, Ellinger started college at the University of Colorado Boulder; she didn't get into the music scene until well afterward. Her first time on stage was sometime in the '90s, at Alibi's, a long-shuttered Glendale bar, as a member of Requiem for Lassie.
"No one threw tomatoes," she recalled in a 2015 interview.
But Ellinger was meant for bigger things, and she started her own project, Worm Trouble, in 1996, with then-future husband Michael Trenhaile.
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That band dropped a self-titled EP and then its first fully coherent artistic statement, 2000's The Poison Kitchen, released on Tarmints member Kurt Ottaway's Denver Coffee Achievers imprint. Around that time, Ellinger brought into the fold members of local bands that had inspired her early on: genius guitarist Doug Seaman from dream-pop group Sympathy F, and talented ex-Twice Wilted drummer Greg Johnson.
Following a 2003 opening gig in Denver and a few on-the-road dates with the Breeders, Worm Trouble split into two projects to represent varying songwriting styles: Trenhaile formed the Absolute Zero and Ellinger started Sleepers.
Sleepers' 2004 album, Birthday, veered away from the Worm Trouble sound, but by the time 2007's Home dropped, Ellinger was writing in her own voice. Her marriage to Trenhaile had dissolved by then, and an ongoing custody fight for their son, Max, ensued. That same year, Ellinger was arrested by a cop who mistook her cannabis paraphernalia for a crack pipe. While in jail, she was assaulted and put into solitary confinement, triggering post-traumatic stress disorder.
While working as a bartender at the 15th Street Tavern, Ellinger met Dan Kuhn of sludge-metal band Audio Dream Sister. Kuhn joined her band as a bassist, and the two eventually formed a romantic relationship.
Later, after Ellinger moved to Florida to live with her father and undergo therapy for PTSD, Kuhn stayed in touch, calling her regularly.
Ellinger eventually returned to Denver. She moved in with Kuhn and wrote a new album, 2015's Drive, which was an open and powerful articulation of her past traumas. It included a song about her abuse at the hands of police, "Four Years, Four Cops," as well as the title track, which was inspired by her trip from Florida to Colorado. The drive had served as a powerful form of therapy.
Sleepers had a new, all-star lineup that included Tony Morales of Sympathy F on drums, guitarist Eric Davies of experimental rock band Kong Toss, and Kuhn on bass.
Because she got started at 27, Ellinger brought a lifetime of experience to her songwriting. All of her music has aged well (though very little of it is online), and she was the rare person who stayed clued into new music. It helped keep her own music from staying stuck in nostalgic old sounds.
Sleepers played several shows in 2016. But at the end of that year, Ellinger's mother began battling health issues, and in January 2017 she passed away. That single event impacted Ellinger so severely that she all but disappeared, and on top of taking her medications for anxiety and depression, she began abusing alcohol.
Prior to that, Davies and Ellinger had met regularly for coffee to talk about life and dealing with the down times — each helping the other to get through them. But in 2017 those talks tapered off for a year that Kuhn describes as nothing less than "terrible."
That fall, Ellinger went to rehab, and when she was released, around Thanksgiving, she reached out to friends to spend time with them in her gentle way.
In February 2018, while on her way to her therapist's office, Ellinger noticed a sign on a restaurant, Kat's Cafe, that announced it was looking for help. She walked in and said that her name was Kat and she wanted a job. She was hired as a cook. She enjoyed the work and used cooking as a chance to bring her music scene friends together for meals.
This year, Ellinger was working on new music, and as usual, even the skeletons of her songs were promising. But she also had serious health issues related to her substance abuse following her mother's death. Her liver was stressed. She had seen a doctor in the spring, spending a short time in the hospital, and was told her ailment could be treated.
On the morning of June 5, Ellinger was not well, and Kuhn called an ambulance to take her to the hospital. Doctors told them she would recover. But the following day, her liver quit functioning and then her kidneys failed. Her father was called in from Florida; she died that night.
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Kuhn could only bring himself to notify a few friends in Ellinger's inner circle. The news was a shock as word spread across the music community, especially because Ellinger had been doing so much better, says Davies, who notes that in recent months she had shown more focus and strength than ever.
Ellinger was cremated. Her family will take some of her ashes, and Kuhn will release the rest at a secluded spot that he and Ellinger liked to visit when they wanted to get away from the city.
"I'm going to set her loose to the winds in the mountains she loves so much, and if anyone wants to visit her, her memorial is the entire Rocky Mountains," Kuhn says. "If you want to visit her, go stand in the trees and feel the wind in your hair."
Ellinger is survived by her sons, Max and Ben. Davies is organizing a get-together for friends to celebrate her life on June 30. Interested parties are encouraged to contact him via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Campus is quiet today, with students (and most staff) having departed campus Thursday on their six-day backcountry camping trips. Mother Nature is cooperating in a significant way, with unusually mild temperatures, sunny skies, and a spectacular visual show provided by peak autumn color. We hope these photos might provide a glimpse of the beauty that we're experiencing in the Northwoods right now. Enjoy!
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I attended white field academy a private christian school for kindergarten through third grade and then I moved to WWV in 4th grade. I then went on to Indian Hills and now SME.
My hobbies include working on cars and trucks, off roading and fishing.
I have one brother and two step sisters. I am an uncle I have 3 nephews and one newborn niece. The rest of my family lives in Oklahoma besides my aunt and uncle and my grandma and grandpa on my moms side.
These are my dogs I have 2 at my mms and two at my pa's
My favorite sport is baseball last year I played on the SME freshman team. I play middle infield but mostly second base.
My favorite foods include Chicken fried steak from kendal's in Noble, Oklahoma and home made chocolate gravy.


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Fun fact – I. Love. Numbers. Always have, always will. So of course I'm always looking for ways to play with data. Now that I have a full-on love affair with ClassPass, I have enough data points to start looking at some of my habits. Of course, most fitness folks probably don't care about this at all, but I thought it might be fun to take a look at some of my own patterns to see how I might be able to make my workouts more efficient/productive/etc.
I definitely prefer to workout in the morning. I don't know why, but anything after about 3PM, no matter how low key my day has been, just makes me feel totally wiped, both during and after the workout. The best way I can think to measure actual vs. perceived effort is by heart rate. Unfortunately I don't yet own a heart rate monitor (but one is on the way that will sync up with my Garmin!), but I'm planning on starting to strap on that baby as I take similar classes at different times of day. I'm excited to see if the heart rate data corresponds to my mental perception, or if the fatigue really is just in my head. I'd love to know if you know of other ways to measure level of effort.
Since I don't yet have the monitor, I thought I'd start fiddling with the data I do have, just looking at my class history. Because I have a very flexible schedule, I have the ability to book a class at any time of day. While I am sometimes restricted by when classes are offered, many of the studios I visit regularly have classes in the morning, midday and in the evening, so I'm not placing too much weight on class time restrictions. The results may seem a little "duh" based on what I've just told you, but I clearly prefer morning classes.
As with all statistics, context matters. My natural sleep cycle is from about 2AM – 10AM. I know, I'm out of whack, but when I truly go to sleep when tired and wake up on my own, these times have been consistent for at least a decade. I find this graph very interesting, that I gravitate toward classes clustered around 10AM. Could this be because this is the time of day that I feel most rested?
I thought I should also look at exactly what kind of activity I'm doing at these times – perhaps there is an energy expenditure pattern there?
Holy yoga spike, Batman. Taking this into account, it looks like my major energy expenditures through spin and rowing are split across that 10AM/11AM line. While the after 11 classes aren't quite as tightly concentrated as the morning classes, that seems like a good time to draw a line in the sand, given my natural rhythm. After seeing this split, I am really eager to give the heart rate monitor a go and see my level of effort around this cutoff line. Or perhaps there is another cutoff time for peak performance?
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I created this program because of my own experience as pharmacist working with many women going through menopause suffering with lack of energy, insomnia, bloating, mood changes, thyroid issues, migraines, fluctuating weight, muffin top, problems with muscle aches, sore joints, and fatigue. For years I noticed women being treated for each symptom separately with pills, supplements, naps, heating pads — anything that worked at the time. Then I was introduced to functional medicine and a different way of looking at a woman's symptoms. The take another pill daily for the rest of your life wasn't working and then they ended up with more side effects from the medication. This is when I realized there must be a better way.
Even those who have a super clean diet and lifestyle benefit greatly from seasonal detoxing because of modern day stressors and toxins we cannot always control. So no matter what might be your current lifestyle, health level, diet, or energy level, regular detoxification can be a very special gift to give to yourself.
Detoxing your cells will improve your ability to absorb nutrients and eliminate waste. It will also stabilize and improve your energy. During this program you will improve your health, increase your energy, and eliminate waste that causes disease, weight gain, and cravings.


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2. Manuscripts submitted for publication should be written concisely and clearly. Manuscripts will only be accepted when they are written in an acceptable standard of English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscripts be checked by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission or to submit them for language editing (see below for more details). Either the Concise Oxford Dictionary or Webster's New International Dictionary may be used as a standard for English spelling.3. The manuscript should be organized in the following sequence: All manuscripts must have a title page which is Page 1 of your manuscript. Note the Title should be clear, descriptive and less than 20 words long.
Role of Corresponding Author
Please note there is only one corresponding author of the manuscript. The corresponding author is the one that submits the manuscript and is displayed on the Title Page of the manuscript. They have the duty to ensure that all of the named authors have seen and approved the original manuscript and subsequent revisions. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. The corresponding author should also ensure that those who have contributed to the research are acknowledged appropriately either as a co-author or in the Acknowledgements. In addition, the corresponding author has the prime responsibility for ensuring the paper is correctly prepared according to the Guide for Authors. Submitted manuscripts not complying with the Guide for Authors may be returned to the authors for revision.
Abstract - The abstract should be clear, descriptive and less than 100 words.Keywords - Keywords are index terms or descriptions for information retrieval systems,and a maximum of five should be provided. Words selected should reflect the essential topics of the article and may be taken from both the title and the text.
Abbreviations and units - Generally, avoid abbreviations in the Title and abbreviating single words. Otherwise explain all abbreviations at first mention in the abstract and text, except for: DNA, RNA, AIDS, and HIV. Standard SI abbreviations for units do not need to be spelled out.Brief Communications should include an Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion sections. Case Reports and Letters to the Editor do not need to include these divisions.
Introduction - This should give the reasons for doing the work. As this is a specialist journal a detailed review of the literature is not necessary. The introduction should preferably conclude with a final paragraph stating concisely and clearly the aims and objectives of the investigation.Materials and Methods - A full technical description of a method should be given in detail only when the method is new.
Results - This need only report results of representative experiments illustrated by tables and figures. Use well-known statistical tests in preference to obscure ones. Consult a statistician or a statistics text for detailed advice.Discussion (including Conclusions) -This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
References - References are numbered. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to references by a number in square brackets on the line (e.g. Since Peterson[1]), and the full reference should be given in a numerical list at the end of the paper. References should be given in the following form:
1. Latagliata R, Concetta Petti M, Mandelli F. Acute myeloid leukemia in the elderly: 'per aspera ad astra'? Leukemia Res 1999;23:603-613. 2. Alfrey V. The isolation of subcellular components. In: Brachet J, Mirsky AE, editors. The cell, biochemistry, physiology, morphology I. New York: Academic Press, 1959. p. 200.4. Acknowledgments should be organized in the following sequence:
Acknowledgements - All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship as defined above should be listed in an acknowledgements section. E.g. those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair that provided only general support. Authors should disclose whether they had any writing assistance and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.Authors' Contributions - All authors should have made substantial contributions to the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted. For authors we use initials and if there is more than one author that does the same function put them together. Note: If there is more than one author that contributed equally to the work it goes in this section not on the title page.
4. Figures and Figure LegendsPlease make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF (or JPEG), EPS (or PDF), or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in color on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. For color reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for color: in print or on the Web only. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see https://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by converting color figures to 'gray scale' (for the printed version should you not opt for color in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations.Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
5. Table and Table LegendsNumber tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your files. The system automatically converts your files to a single PDF file, which is used in the peer-review process.
As part of the Your Paper Your Way service, you may choose to submit your manuscript as a single file to be used in the refereeing process. This can be a PDF file or a Word document, in any format or lay-out that can be used by referees to evaluate your manuscript. It should contain high enough quality figures for refereeing. If you prefer to do so, you may still provide all or some of the source files at the initial submission. Please note that individual figure files larger than 10 MB must be uploaded separately.
There are no strict requirements on reference formatting at submission. References can be in any style or format as long as the style is consistent. Where applicable, author(s) name(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter and the article number or pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be applied to the accepted article by Elsevier at the proof stage. Note that missing data will be highlighted at proof stage for the author to correct.
Formatting requirements
There are no strict formatting requirements but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to convey your manuscript, for example Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Conclusions, Artwork and Tables with Captions.
If your article includes any Videos and/or other Supplementary material, this should be included in your initial submission for peer review purposes.
Divide the article into clearly defined sections.
Figures and tables embedded in text
Please ensure the figures and the tables included in the single file are placed next to the relevant text in the manuscript, rather than at the bottom or the top of the file. The corresponding caption should be placed directly below the figure or table.
Peer review
This journal operates a single blind review process. All contributions are typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. More information on types of peer review.
Use of word processing software
Regardless of the file format of the original submission, at revision you must provide us with an editable file of the entire article. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier). See also the section on Electronic artwork.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of your word processor.
Highlights are optional yet highly encouraged for this journal, as they increase the discoverability of your article via search engines. They consist of a short collection of bullet points that capture the novel results of your research as well as new methods that were used during the study (if any). Please have a look at the examples here: example Highlights.
Highlights should be submitted in a separate editable file in the online submission system. Please use 'Highlights' in the file name and include 3 to 5 bullet points (maximum 85 characters, including spaces, per bullet point).
Embedded math equations
If you are submitting an article prepared with Microsoft Word containing embedded math equations then please read this (related support information).
Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article. Many word processors build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves separately at the end of the article.
Electronic artwork
General points
• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
• Preferred fonts: Arial (or Helvetica), Times New Roman (or Times), Symbol, Courier.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
• Indicate per figure if it is a single, 1.5 or 2-column fitting image.
• For Word submissions only, you may still provide figures and their captions, and tables within a single file at the revision stage.
• Please note that individual figure files larger than 10 MB must be provided in separate source files.
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Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalized, please 'save as' or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):
EPS (or PDF): Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as 'graphics'.
TIFF (or JPG): Color or grayscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF (or JPG): Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF (or JPG): Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
Please do not:
• Supply files that are optimized for screen use (e.g., GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low.
• Supply files that are too low in resolution.
• Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Figure captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Data references
This journal encourages you to cite underlying or relevant datasets in your manuscript by citing them in your text and including a data reference in your Reference List. Data references should include the following elements: author name(s), dataset title, data repository, version (where available), year, and global persistent identifier. Add [dataset] immediately before the reference so we can properly identify it as a data reference. The [dataset] identifier will not appear in your published article.
Reference management software
Most Elsevier journals have their reference template available in many of the most popular reference management software products. These include all products that support Citation Style Language styles, such as Mendeley. Using citation plug-ins from these products, authors only need to select the appropriate journal template when preparing their article, after which citations and bibliographies will be automatically formatted in the journal's style. If no template is yet available for this journal, please follow the format of the sample references and citations as shown in this Guide. If you use reference management software, please ensure that you remove all field codes before submitting the electronic manuscript. More information on how to remove field codes from different reference management software.
Users of Mendeley Desktop can easily install the reference style for this journal by clicking the following link:
When preparing your manuscript, you will then be able to select this style using the Mendeley plug-ins for Microsoft Word or LibreOffice.
Reference formatting
There are no strict requirements on reference formatting at submission. References can be in any style or format as long as the style is consistent. Where applicable, author(s) name(s), journal title/book title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume number/book chapter and the article number or pagination must be present. Use of DOI is highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be applied to the accepted article by Elsevier at the proof stage. Note that missing data will be highlighted at proof stage for the author to correct. If you do wish to format the references yourself they should be arranged according to the following examples:
Reference style
Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given.
Example: '..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ....'
List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, The art of writing a scientific article, J. Sci. Commun. 163 (2010) 51–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.Sc.2010.00372.
Reference to a journal publication with an article number:
[2] J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, 2018. The art of writing a scientific article. Heliyon. 19, e00205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00205.
Reference to a book:
[3] W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, fourth ed., Longman, New York, 2000.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
[4] G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 2009, pp. 281–304.
Reference to a website:
[5] Cancer Research UK, Cancer statistics reports for the UK. http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/aboutcancer/statistics/cancerstatsreport/, 2003 (accessed 13 March 2003).
Reference to a dataset:
[dataset] [6] M. Oguro, S. Imahiro, S. Saito, T. Nakashizuka, Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions, Mendeley Data, v1, 2015. https://doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1.
Data visualization
Include interactive data visualizations in your publication and let your readers interact and engage more closely with your research. Follow the instructions here to find out about available data visualization options and how to include them with your article.
Research data
This journal encourages and enables you to share data that supports your research publication where appropriate, and enables you to interlink the data with your published articles. Research data refers to the results of observations or experimentation that validate research findings. To facilitate reproducibility and data reuse, this journal also encourages you to share your software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods and other useful materials related to the project.
Data linking
If you have made your research data available in a data repository, you can link your article directly to the dataset. Elsevier collaborates with a number of repositories to link articles on ScienceDirect with relevant repositories, giving readers access to underlying data that gives them a better understanding of the research described.
For supported data repositories a repository banner will automatically appear next to your published article on ScienceDirect.In addition, you can link to relevant data or entities through identifiers within the text of your manuscript, using the following format: Database: xxxx (e.g., TAIR: AT1G01020; CCDC: 734053; PDB: 1XFN).
Mendeley Data
This journal supports Mendeley Data, enabling you to deposit any research data (including raw and processed data, video, code, software, algorithms, protocols, and methods) associated with your manuscript in a free-to-use, open access repository. During the submission process, after uploading your manuscript, you will have the opportunity to upload your relevant datasets directly to Mendeley Data. The datasets will be listed and directly accessible to readers next to your published article online.
Data statement
To foster transparency, we encourage you to state the availability of your data in your submission. This may be a requirement of your funding body or institution. If your data is unavailable to access or unsuitable to post, you will have the opportunity to indicate why during the submission process, for example by stating that the research data is confidential. The statement will appear with your published article on ScienceDirect. For more information, visit the Data Statement page.
Online proof correction
To ensure a fast publication process of the article, we kindly ask authors to provide us with their proof corrections within two days. Corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with a link to our online proofing system, allowing annotation and correction of proofs online. The environment is similar to MS Word: in addition to editing text, you can also comment on figures/tables and answer questions from the Copy Editor. Web-based proofing provides a faster and less error-prone process by allowing you to directly type your corrections, eliminating the potential introduction of errors.
If preferred, you can still choose to annotate and upload your edits on the PDF version. All instructions for proofing will be given in the e-mail we send to authors, including alternative methods to the online version and PDF.
We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. It is important to ensure that all corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
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I've seen a lot of AdWords accounts in my time and without fail the biggest problem I see is not bad ad copy, or poor sales copy on their website (though that is usually a problem too – we'll go over that later!), it's the fact they've chosen WAAAYYY too many keywords to focus on.
This means they'll be paying much more per click than they need to and a lot of the keywords will have a very low click-through rate.
A keyword by the way, is the search term you're bidding on (such as 'red leather boots' or 'window cleaning services').
You see, the Google AdWords system rewards how relevant your ads are to the search terms, and penalises ads that aren't relevant by making you pay increasingly more per click. (If they didn't do this, search users would get annoyed seeing a whole lot of irrelevant ads and eventually switch to other search engines instead).
Imagine you're selling boots, an ad that's written for 'red leather boots' would NOT WORK for a different keyword such as 'dress boots'. And an ad that's written for 'dress boots' would not work for 'ladies winter boots'. Sure, you may get some clicks initially, but if you keep running irrelevant ads, Google will start increasing the minimum bid for that keyword until it's just not worth you going after that keyword.
In a best case scenario, you would have ONE keyword PER ad group. That means you're writing super targeted ad copy for each keyword, which will give you maximum results (most clicks, lowest cost-per-click, more conversions, etc). Of course, in the real world, no one has the time to write and manage that many ads! So here's what I always advise.
Start by choosing as few keywords as possible (e.g. 5-20 keywords), then divide the keywords up into ad groups (each ad group should be focused on one particular product or service).
: It's tempting when setting up a new AdWords account, to get excited about the possibilities, and come up with every keyword under the sun that covers every single product and service they provide (and then some). However, with every AdWords account I've seen set up like this, the business is never getting quality leads and traffic coming to their website. It would be far better to scrap all those ad groups and keywords and start with just ONE keyword and then build up the campaign from there.


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We admit, it may seem a strange time to declare toys sizzling — since, about a week ago, the nation's largest purveyor of toys, Toys R Us, switched off the lights and closed its doors for the last time at locations nationwide. Geoffrey the Giraffe is, sadly, no more. Though millennial parents were hit with nostalgia, when it comes to the world of toy sales going forward, market watchers of all kinds have been asking themselves the same question for weeks: Now what?
Toys R Us, despite its myriad of struggles with expensive debt and slipping sales over the last decade or so, was nonetheless something of an American institution. Even in its declining days, Toys R Us represented some 12 percent of the U.S. toy market and its sudden disappearance left toy brands — large and small — quaking, as they now find themselves competing for shelf space that is vastly diminished.
"A lot of the smaller niche brands that you'd buy, because you'd seen [them] while browsing in Toys R Us, are going to be hit very hard," said Jackie Breyer, editor-in-chief of industry magazine The Toy Book, according to Reuters.
Larger toy brands, it should be noted, weren't feeling much better about the situation — as big names in toys like Lego, Hasbro and Mattel were already feeling the sting when it came to sales figures — and the assumption was that the Toys R Us closure would mean harder times. But will it? As it turns out, retail like nature abhors a vacuum, and it seems that no one wants to let the perfectly good one that Toys R Us leaves in its wake go to waste. Toys R Us may be done but, as it turns out, lots of other retailers would be happy to serve customers' toy needs, particularly this Christmas.
Pop-Up Toy Stores
Party City — the retail brand behind the Halloween City that will begin popping up in strip malls across America in about two months — has decided that, this Christmas, it is going into the toy business. Getting out a few days ahead of Toys R Us signing off for good, Party City announced it will be opening about 50 pop-up stores this year to be called, inventively enough, Toy City.
Not much more is known about the plans for the pop-ups — Party City, thus far, has only announced that the shops will be launched in "optimal" markets with "attractive leasing opportunities."
Party City CEO James Harrison said in a statement, "The creation of a Toy City concept to complement our temporary seasonal retail strategy is a logical extension of our brand, one that will allow us to leverage our existing pop-up store capabilities and capitalize on the category whitespace that has recently been created."
The pop-up shops will open alongside the Halloween City chops this September and run through the holiday season.
Party City, though, will not be the only the only toy stores popping up for the holiday season. Strategic Marks, a firm that buys and repurposes defunct brands, owns the KB name and plans to open 1,000 pop-up KB Toys stores this holiday season. They are starting later — Black Friday — and, like Toy City, they will run through the holiday season.
"My assumption is that there's about half a billion dollars' worth of toys that have been produced for Toys R Us with no place to go," said Strategic Marks President Ellia Kassoff, according to CNNMoney. "That's a big, big void that we're hoping to fill up."
Kassoff noted that he is already in talks with Hasbro, Mattel and around 200 smaller toy suppliers that are looking for new brick-and-mortar retailers. The time is right for KB, he noted, since the fall of Toys R Us means there are a lot of toy manufacturers "that have inventory but no place to sell it." Of course, "no place" is a bit of an understatement, since KB won't be the only pop-up game in town — or the only fallen Toys R Us rival making a comeback this holiday season.
FAO Schwarz Returns To Manhattan
Almost three years ago (on July 15, 2015), the world said goodbye to a different iconic retailer: FAO Schwarz shut its doors in Manhattan for what seemed to be the last time. After operating for 150 years in the city at several locations over time, its then-owner Toys R Us opted to close the iconic store, citing rising rent costs. However, as David Conn — CEO at ThreeSixty Group (the current owner of the FAO Schwarz) — told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that FAO Schwarz will be back for holiday 2018 with a brand new store in a New York City.
Unlike KB, this isn't a quick stop in the market for the holidays — the new FAO is back full-time in the city.
Moreover, Conn told Webster that toys are far from dead. The ThreeSixty Group also owns Sharper Image and Conn noted that toys are consistently among its biggest sellers. Though, he noted, perhaps a bit more complicated than the Barbie's and Hot Wheels of old, customers like drones, electronics and a host of things that provide more than just a play experience. They want a "wow factor."
As for opening a retail store — a toy store no less — just as the biggest toy store in America is going down? Conn is unconcerned. Customers like to shop, he said, and they even like to shop in stores. They are just looking for a fuller, better and more enriching experience. That, he notes, is what FAO Schwarz is being designed to provide in it latest iteration.
"This is going to be a flagship store that will be experiential and theatrical," Conn said. "We are bringing toy demonstrations, magic shows and special product opportunities to this location. When it comes to toys, it is all about playing — and delivering that 'wow' experience to kids and their parents that is very different than what Amazon could ever provide."
Oh, and speaking of Amazon…
Amazon's Getting Into The Toy Catalog Business … For Real
Sure, Amazon may have taken a lot of the blame for Toys R Us closing — fairly and not. Toys R Us was hurt by the switch in online shopping, particularly among younger parents, but the brand was having troubles back when Amazon was mostly interested in selling books. Competition from big-box retailers were the beginning of the end, and Walmart had displaced it as the nation's largest seller of toys nearly a decade ago.
However, even during those struggles, Toys R Us' "Big Book" toy catalog was a staple of fall for families nationwide, as it was the comprehensive list of what was new and exciting on the market for toys in the upcoming holiday season. And just because Amazon was one of the key forces to the demise of Geoffrey the Giraffe, that doesn't mean the retailer desires for parents to not be in the know when it comes to filling their children's Christmas coffers. No, it wants to help parents to be in the know — and preferably shopping on Amazon.
For the holiday in 2018, to step in and fill the void Toys R Us left, Amazon will print a holiday catalog of its own. On paper.
The new Christmas toy catalog will reportedly be handed out at Whole Foods locations and will be sent out in the mail to customers. According to reports, it will be about 100 pages long, and will arrive toward the end of October — plenty of time for children nationwide to build a thorough and comprehensive wish list.
Toys R Us certainly left a hole in the market, but how big a hole remains to be seen.
"Throughout the retail reporting cycle, we've heard from a number of large and mid-sized retail chains that they expect to step in to compete in toys in a more meaningful way," said Jefferies Analyst Stephanie Wissink in a recent note to clients.
Though one store has failed, toys continue to appeal to both kids — and the kid that lives inside every adult. That means toys are sizzling and look primed to sizzle louder during the 2018 holiday season.
New PYMNTS Report: The CFO's Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments – August 2020
The CFO's Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments, a PYMNTS and Comdata collaboration, examines how companies are updating their AP approaches to protect their cash flows, support their vendors and enable their financial departments to operate remotely.


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WE MADE A day trip to Macau back in September 2010. While we had been to Macau on numerous occasions, this was our first family trip there as well as Little Em's first trip out of Hong Kong where she was born. The hour-long ferry journey from HK to Macau was also Em's first ferry ride.
Our first stop was Kun Iam Temple, one of the most active Buddhist temples in Macau. We went on to visit Lou Lim Ioc Garden, the only Chinese-style garden in Macau, the must-see St. Paul's Ruins, Church of St. Dominic and the Museum of the Holy House of Mercy on Senado Square, and A Ma temple. We went up to Penha Hill for a panoramic view of Macau city. We ended our trip at The Venetian where it is perpetually day time, and headed home in the evening.
Lou Lim Ioc Garden, a former private property that was presented to the government and turned into a public park. It is the only Chinese-style garden in Macau, specifically classic Suzhou style. Beautiful landscaping with zigzag bridges over a lotus pond, lush greenery and interesting rock formations make it a gem in the city.


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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Thursday that he will give a befitting reply to all the allegations made by RJD chief Lalu Prasad and the remarks of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi at an opportune time.
He maintained that his decision to join hands with the BJP was in the interest of the state.
"Will give befitting answers," Nitish Kumar told reporters when his response was sought on Lalu Prasad's allegations.
According to various media reports, after taking oath as Chief Minister again , Nitish Kumar said that development of Bihar and justice was his priority.
"My commitment is for the people of Bihar and for the development of Bihar. The decision is in Bihar's interest and for its development. This is a collective decision. I will continue to serve the people of Bihar," Nitish Kumar said.
Lalu Prasad has alleged that Nitish Kumar has betrayed the people of Bihar+ and resigned as chief minister of the grand alliance not because of corruption allegations against Tejashwi Yadav but due to a murder case against himself.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi also hit out at Nitish Kumar for joining hands with the BJP, alleging that he had returned to the "communal forces" for his selfish political motives.
Rahul, whose party was part of the Grand Alliance in Bihar, said that he was aware that the split was being planned for the last three-four months.
"He (Nitish) had joined hands with us in the anti-communal fight, but Nitish Kumar, for his personal politics, joined hands with those against whom he had fought," said a seething Rahul.
The chief minister said that he would take the state to new heights of development.
Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the chief minister+ of the state along side senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who will be his deputy in the new government, at the Raj Bhavan in Patna.


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Students learn to work together in new combined choir class with exceptional learners
October 16, 2017
Last year when senior Brooke Barkley was first approached by choir teacher Jennifer Gafron about joining a new combined choir class with both students from general education and the exceptional learners program, she eagerly agreed. But on the second day of school, she entered her R6 class nervous and filled with butterflies, unsure of what to expect and whether the other students would like her.
"It was a little quiet just because there was a separation because we didn't really know each other," Barkley said.
Her nerves were quickly settled when junior Dell Brantley promptly introduced himself and began to converse with her. When Barkley discovered that she knew Brantley's sister, it helped break the "get to know you" stage.
"Right now, it hasn't been that long since we've been in the class and we already know each other and we talk everyday and we play games. It's really fun," Barkley said.
Barkley joined Gafron's new choir class out of interest in a future career in musical education, while Brantly joined out of enjoyment for singing. For him, making friends comes naturally. So on the first day of class, he was filled with excitement instead of nerves.
"I was very excited. I like singing and I like the first day of school. I just had a good feeling that it's going to be a good day for me," Brantly said.
Brantley's positive outlook is just what the new and unique choir class created by Gafron needs. Unlike her other choir classes, this one is made up of students from general education and the exceptional learners program united by an interest for music. The choir class is like any other class with the exception of educational games to help teach students the fundamental parts of music. Exceptional learners teacher Matt Deinlein is co-teaching the class with Gafron. Together they are preparing the class for the winter performance on Dec. 13 through games and lessons.
"We've kind of taken teaching music and made it more hands on and kind of aesthetic. We'll use boom whackers to teach matching pitch. We're learning how to do beats and rhythm and understand what quarter notes are and half notes and we have lots of activities similar to that," Deinlein said.
Gafron had the idea of a combined choir from seeing it other places and wished to make it a class here at LN. She's very passionate about with working with kids who have special needs and sees music as something anyone can do or enjoy. Her goal is to have her class perform once a semester to show off what they've learned, but mainly to teach students to accept differences in others.
"In Mr. Deinlein's class it's about teaching them musical skills. But then for my kids, the buddies, it's about learning how to accept differences and that everyone can have the same abilities while being very different people and opening your mind to accepting others," Gafron said.
In order to create a new class, Garfon had to go through a process where it first to be approved by principal Brett Crousore, then the administrative board through a written proposal.
Once they approved, she had to make sure that enough students signed up to fully make a new class.
"I presented it to them and thought this would be really good for both the special needs kids and my kids. They loved it and they thought that it was going to be a great idea, so then they took that idea to Dr. Goeglein, who is the superintendent of secondary education," Gafron said.
The choir class is preparing for their upcoming show in Dec. 13. They will be performing "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. This was a popular choice among the majority of the class. Deinlein is unsure how the students will participate in the performance but wants to make sure that they play an active part in the concert. This can be through assisting with lighting, sound system or even with instruments. But Gafron and Deinlein are using class periods to prepare them for whatever role they'll eventually play in the concert.
"Typically we'll get everyone together and give them the schedule of what we're going to do for the day and we do fun things too. So we'll start off with basic warm ups and get everyone up, moving and stretching. Then we'll go through their vocal warmups as well and then after that we usually have our activities and that's when the 'beats and seats' comes out. Finally, we're prepping for the concert. Obviously we want to be well prepared for that so we started working on 'Thriller' and we've done a couple of run throughs of that, and it's been alright. We wanted to pick something that was in the interest of a lot of our students and Michael Jackson was at the heart of all of them," Deinlein said.
To Barkley, the class is the perfect opportunity to collaborate with people with whom she doesn't usually interact. In the beginning she thought that it was a difficult adjustment to a new class with different people, but once she got situated she realized that they're just like any other person. Now, Barkley often interacts with her new friends from the class.
"It feels a lot more comfortable than I thought. Because often we don't really see the special ed kids a lot of us. They're all in their own little hallway and they're kind of separated. But having to work with them one on one kind of just reminds you that they're our age. They're doing the same things we are, they just have to do it in a different path due to to whatever disability they have. It just kind of reminds you that they're still tenagers. They're still us," Barkley said.


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A special emphasis on the arrival of the Heritage Edition of the Saint John Bible and its illuminations will be held in the Hutchins Libary from 3:00 - 5:00 PM. All seven volumes of the Bible will be on public display. Berea College President Lyle Roelofs and David Allaway, Director of the Heritage Program from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota will make remarks. Guests will have opportunities to spend time reviewing this special edition of the Bible, which include the Pentateuch, Historical Books, Wisdom Books, Psalms, Prophets, Gospels and Acts, and Letters and Revelation.
NOTE: A special Noon worship service in Danforth Chapel will take place earlier in the day. David Allaway will be the special guest at the service and the Berea College Folk Roots Ensemble will provide special music. A light lunch will be provided.
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2017 Milnrow Conference FINAL
همایش روز فارسی
Each year there is an Iranian conference at the church. The personal stories of believers and the sermons are here to listen to or download. story or message is in both English and Farsi.
Each year there is an Iranian conference at the church. The personal stories of believers and the sermons are here to listen to or download. story or message is in both English and Farsi.
Farsi language conference 2014
|Message 1
|What the Bible says about Christ.
David Harding
|Message 2
|What the Bible says about the Cross.
Pooyan Mehrshahi
|Message 3
|What the Bible says about conversion – new life in Christ.
Stuart Olyott
|My story #1
|A devout Muslim woman wonders how God can forgive sin. He thoughts lead her on a journey exploring the Christian message.
|My story #2
|Amin heard that Jesus taught His disciples, "Love your enemies…" This startling sentence causes him to ask, "Who is this person who would teach such a thing?" He tells us how this question led him to investigate who Jesus really was.
|My story #3
|Masood describes how his life was changed as he learned more about who Jesus is and what he had done
Farsi language conference 2015
|Message 1
|The Written Word of God.
Pooyan Mehrshahi
|Message 2
|The Living Word of God.
Luke Jenner
|Message 3
|Responding to the Word of God.
David Harding
|My story #1
|"I met people who were very different in their beliefs. I was invited to their church. I didn't want to go." This is what happened in this Iranian man's life.
|My story #2
|"It was when I began to read the Bible that I began to understand how I could trust God in the troubles of life. This, and a period of loneliness made me begin thinking about the purpose of life, and whether I could know God. I believed that if there was a God, He would provide the answer." This Iranian woman tells where these thoughts led her.


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Heart attack can occur without any warning signs. Basic first-aid knowledge can save lives. Therefore, training and education to the public on such skill is thus necessary. The problem has been there are not enough robots that are designed to facilitate such training; currently robots in use are expensive imports. PSU innovators are inspired by this cause and have invented Dung-Guan Robot, a human-like first-aid robot that is built with simple mechanism yet durable.
The creators collected data on first aid skills and training as well as patent right to build robot. They build the robots in size and shape that would be best-fitting for chest pumping and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation training and practice. The robot is made out of rubber foam with flexible material in the chest cavity mimicking a human body. Furthermore, there is also the twin air spaces designed to be responsive to correct rhythm and depth of the chest pumping. A mouth cavity that has simulated respiratory tract with a special back-up opening sound that is responding to correct mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
The first-aid robot has been used to train basic life support treatment to the public such as hospitals, public health institutions, rescue units, educational institutions, and factories. The robot has reduced dependence of the expensive import alternatives; Dung-Guan robots cost 4-5 times less to build all the while increases Thai rubber value. The robot technology has already been shared and manufactured via local entrepreneurs which inevitably means job creation for the local community.
Outstanding innovation (medical science) from National Research Council of Thailand 2018
Asst. Prof. Sittichoke Anuntaseree, MD, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ekwipoo Kalkornsurapranee, and Asst. Prof. Varah Yuenyongviwat, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University.


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There are a lot of student loans for parents with bad credit.
Parents with bad credit who want to help their children apply for a student loan may have a hard time finding the best option.
But there's no need to worry as there are several options for parents with bad credit to obtain student loans.
Find out below and get the best solution suited for you.
Getting Student Loans for Parents with Bad Credit
1. Maximize Your Federal Loans
The best option is federal student loans.
The reason is that their interest rates are the lowest and they have repayment plans which are very flexible.
Among the federal student loans are the Stafford loan and the Perkins loan.
These two have 5.05% and 6.8% fixed interest rates respectively.
The parent's credit history is not required to be eligible for the federal student loans, and the same goes for the students.
As for parents, you can apply for the federal PLUS loan.
In this program, parents are allowed to borrow on behalf of their child who's an undergraduate, even if credit is denied by other lenders.
2. Look Into Private Student Loans
After exhausting all federal financial aid options, this would be the best time to consider applying for private student loans.
Some banks, however, may offer higher interests and require additional requirements compared to others.
You can opt to check interest rates and other offers available from different banks or institutions to get the best possible option for you.
3. Consider Getting a Co-Borrower
You may ask one of your willing relatives or family members to back up your loan.
There are several education loans which offer loan options for parents along with a co-borrower.
This option is one of the best considering you'll have access to unsecured and the best education loans available.
4. Opting for a Home Equity Loan
Having equity for the home can give the family an option for the lowest interest rate available for loans.
However, it would be advisable to improve your credit score since this is an important factor when it comes to equity loans.
Your home becomes the collateral of your loan in this option.
Weigh in the pros and cons of this option before jumping into a decision.
5. Explore Other Payment Options
A university and a college have a wide range of payment plans being offered.
You may consider exploring all these too and the majority of them don't require a credit check.
Having these payment options will also help you out in dividing your loans so you don't have to pay in one big bulk even before the student graduates.
For more about student loans for parents with bad credit, do watch this video from OWN:
If, however, you won't be needing the loan right away, you can consider your options how to improve credit score instead.
Start reducing the levels of your debt and start making payments on-time.
Be consistent in working this out for several months.
Most likely, your options on getting student loans for parents with bad credit will come easy, even if you've had a rough start.
What other options on student loans for parents with bad credit can you recommend? Feel free to share your suggestions in the comments section below.
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By Jacob Stockinger
Today is Sept. 11, 2018.
That makes it the 17th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the U.S.
Two of the attacks took place on the Twin Towers (below) of the World Trade Center in New York City.
One took place on the Pentagon (below) in Washington, D.C.
And one, with an unknown target but perhaps either The White House or The Capitol, was thwarted on board Flight 93 when passengers forced the plane to crash in a field (below) in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
In past years, The Ear has chosen certain pieces to play or link to.
This year he found a list of 10 pieces of new music, with photos of the composers and short paragraphs of background as a program note, on the website for Classic FM digital radio.
Some of the pieces and the composers he already knows – and suspects you do too. They include John Adams, Steve Reich, Joan Tower, Eric Ewazen, Ned Rorem and John Corigliano.
But there are also quite a few new titles and names, including Robert Moran, Anthony Davis, Howard Goodall and Michael Gordon. (You can hear Howard Goodall's "Spared" in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
You can find recordings on YouTube.
Here is a link to the story to help you to listen in remembrance – although silence is also perfectly appropriate:
Of course, lots of old music and historic composers can be suitable without being new music directly inspired by 9/11.
So please tell us: What music would you play to mark the occasion?
Leave your choice and the reason for it in the COMMENT section along with, if possible, a link to a YouTube performance.
ALERT: This afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in Overture Hall is your last chance to hear the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in "Carmina Burana" in the MSO's spectacular season-closing program. Read three rave reviews by local critics:
Here is what John W. Barker wrote for Isthmus:
Here is what Greg Hettmansberger wrote for Madison Magazine and his blog WhatGregSays:
And here is what Jessica Courtier wrote for The Capital Times:
By Jacob Stockinger
Who says you can't mix art and current events?
Especially if the current events also count as history, which has often been an inspiration for fiction and art.
Iraq and Afghanistan — the United States' longest wars — are back in the news again making big headlines. And PTSD or Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is a story that never goes away.
But not all of the news has to do with politics, suicide bombings, increased troop commitments and fierce fighting in a civil war.
It also has to do with art.
Specifically, opera — that potent combination of theater and music.
The Long Beach Opera commissioned and recently premiered a new chamber opera based on the Iraq War and PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), and us based on the life and work of U.S. Marine Christian Ellis . It is called "Fallujah" and it is the first such opera to be written. (A photo below is by Keith Ian Polakoff for the Long Beach Opera.)
You can hear librettist Heather Raffo and composer Tobin Stokes discuss the opera in the YouTube video at the bottom.
It makes The Ear wonder if it might find its way into an upcoming season of the Madison Opera, which tends to use its smaller winter productions to stage works that are newer, smaller, more adventurous and more exploratory.
Or maybe the University Opera at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music might find it a good choice for a student production?
Anyway, here is a fine write-up that you can find on NPR or National Public Radio:


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