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ST. JOHNSBURY - The search for a new chief of police in St. Johnsbury is nearing an end. Former Vermont State Trooper and Groton resident, Tim Page, had a second interview on Wednesday for the vacant position.
Page toured the public safety building on Main Street in St. Johnsbury. He answered questions from a community panel and the hiring panel.
Another finalist for the position, Scott Keene with the Stowe Police Department, did not get a second interview. Town Manager, Chad Whitehead, gave credit to Page's experience in supervisory positions that helped get him the second interview.
Whitehead went on to say, "His references all were very god. People described him as having good interpersonal skills. They said he is dedicated to his profession and his job."
Whitehead also praised Page's loyalty, which Whitehead said is very important. The town wants to cover all the bases in the interview process before making a formal announcement.
Page is currently a Deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Department. Before moving to the Sheriff's Department, Page was with the Vermont State Police and was a patrol commander with the Bradford barracks.
Page retired from the Vermont State Police in 2009 as a detective sergeant.
The town of St. Johnsbury is looking to fill the position left vacant after former Chief, Clem Houde, resigned in June. Clem faced accusations of exchanging inappropriate text messages with a female subordinate.
The search committee includes Whitehead, members of the St. Johnsbury Select Board, members from the Vermont State Police, Caledonia County Sheriff's Department, and the Northeast Regional Correctional Facility.
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The picture below was forwarded to me by Richard Phillips, grandson of Liddy Kull Phillips. He scanned it from an old family slide. He says it was taken in 1948 when Liddy was living with her father Fred. The other two Freds are Liddy's son Fred Phillips and grandson Fred Phillips, Jr. Richard tells me he's spending more time lately going through his genealogy records – updating, filing, and just doing a better job of organization. If you've got family treasures like this, I hope you're doing the same thing. Even if you think nobody but you cares about them, identify them so that when someone comes along who does, they'll be able to attach a name to them. I've got a number of family pictures that nobody in the family has been able to identify. I've got a bunch more that I can identify but I doubt there are more than 2 or 3 other people who can…and none of them are "spring chickens". The information needs to be preserved so our pictures don't end up as nameless decorations on the wall of a Cracker Barrel somewhere. Besides the people, don't forget the home places. Sadly, my Kull and Webster grandparents' homes are both gone. I'd really like for my kids to know what they were like. I've also been going through my parents old slides and have found quite a few shots of both places. I hope there's enough to give them (and others) a feel for the places that held such fond memories.
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Conquer Sani Pass - April Fool's Ride 2017
Adventure Defined: Taking inappropriate equipment into out-of-the-way places
Penned by: Nigel Hallowes (with input from fellow riders)
No good story ever started with "Here, hold my salad and watch this"..... This adventure neither.
Message from Matt, "Nige, are you and Nita keen to join Renee and myself for a trip to Sani Pass?"
Without hesitation, "Sure bud. Name the date and we are there".
"First weekend in April during Renee's birthday."
"Fantastic Bro", I say, after getting the confirmation from Nita. "Oh Nige, forgot to tell you, we are going to do it on the bikes!"
There was a brief pause as I sipped on my Jack Daniels. "Ok cool, if you are leading we are game".
And so the craziest idea I have ever had the pleasure of being involved with, was born. It would be prudent at this stage to point out that this all happened while sitting drinking Jack at PHAT's, our local watering hole, which is co-owned by Duncan. Once the date had been set it came up in every conversation during our regular Saturday afternoon water hole sessions and this is where Duncan's participation came into it. It's hard to explain but Duncan is a BMW rider. If it wasn't for the fact that he is such a cool guy, we would probably never have been friends. The Harley /BMW war has been going for as long as the bikes have, but he was so keen and his hints were so strong that we could not say no. Anyhow, glad we are, he did join us on what turned out to be the most Awesome Adventure ever.
Let me introduce the team. 47 year old Mathew Comins, fondly known as OX. This is not because of his lithe athletic frame (like his friend Gavin hinted at - this will become clearer later). 6ft 6 Matt - Accountant by profession, but defiantly not by nature, on a HD Ultra with stage 4 conversion. His wife Renee, 46 years and 364 days, a school teacher who is strong and rides her HD Softail Deluxe better than most men. At 42, Duncan Elvey, Pub and Restaurateur on a 1200 home build, nothing BMW about it other than a silly badge. Myself Nigel, Security man with a Road Glide Special and my resident photographer and craziest chick on the planet, who I happen also to be married to, Nita Hallowes, as my pillion.
The plan?
- Friday, 31 March - Nelspruit to Himeville.
- Saturday, 1 April – an early start up the pass, through Lesotho, then on to Clarens.
- Sunday, 2 April - Clarens to Nelspruit.
On paper it was easy. 1600km round trip. This is easy stuff for hard-core bikers like us.
It turns out the reality was far removed from the dreams of theory. For those of you who don't know, Sani Pass is a mountain pass linking South Africa to the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. It is only 7km long! But it climbs just over 1000 meters in those 7km. It is notoriously dangerous and only wide enough for one vehicle. Whether going up or down, there are very few overtaking places. It is littered with rocks and gravel, as loose as a Brakpan stripper.
At this stage, I knew that OCD Matt would have the logistics of fuel stops and overnight accommodation sorted. Nita and I, are not big into details, so I started to look into the actual ascent and what it would take for us to do it. I had done this pass in 1987 and although the memories are a little hazy, there was enough in the box to tell me that this was not a good idea and totally stank of "Midlife Crisis" but we were committed, and now there was no backing out. HD riders never quit.....apparently!
So the advice I found on the net is as follows: "If attempting to ascend Sani Pass on a motorcycle you should make sure of the following:
- Your bike must be powerful enough
- It must be very manoeuvrable
- Good set of off road tires
- Long travel suspension
- Must be light
- Must have great ground clearance.
Well we had number 1 sorted! 1 to 6 odds are better than the lottery so we were going. H-D riders never give up.....apparently!
It's difficult to explain just how the tension built up the closer we got to take off. Nita started counting Smarties from 100 (eat one every day - feed the last 30 to the dogs as they get a little skanky).
Departure Day
Before we knew it, departure day was upon us. We took off from Nelspruit on the Friday just after 6h30. We rode in perfect weather. Literally not a cloud in the sky for most of the trip. We refuelled every 200km or so. Had some breakfast in Ermelo and got to Himeville at about 15h00. 780km mostly on B roads - just cruising. It was really nice riding and gave us a lot of time to think about tomorrows adventure which was not necessarily a good thing. And adding to this, Ox puts his bike down at the first bit of dirt going into the hotel parking lot. This was for me a wakeup call and by the look on his face the reality of the challenge was coming to bear. Although I made jokes and laughed a lot, I was getting very nervous.
We have a swim, some drinks and a great supper. It was an early night for all. Not sure why, as I don't think any of us slept. I was doing weight calculations in my head all night. Bike 340kgs, Nigel 135kgs, Nita 70kgs, 20lts of fuel and some kit another 25 to 30kg. It was on the wrong side of half a ton and we were going to attempt to get up a mountain pass without a road. It was borderline suicidal. Very little sleep was had and by the looks on our team mates faces that was the standard.
06h30 we departed the Himeville Arms. Beautiful morning with the sun just poking its head over the mountains. 6 degrees and we were all dressed in leathers. We took off down the road towards the border. Beautiful road winding though the fields. It was idyllic, AC/DC Highway to Hell was at top volume (little did I know that this was so apt). We were all daydreaming a little, till frantic waving by Matt, who was on point, followed by emergency breaking all round, when the tar comes to an abrupt end......and the adventure begins.
Other than the sheer weight of the bikes and their lack of off road abilities, and of course the possibility of serious injury or death, is the fact that we could seriously damage the bike. HD riders seldom venture into territory that could make their bike dirty – never mind damage it! HD riders never give up.....apparently! That in itself is not too much of a problem, if you have a backup plan. We did not have one. Our plan was to ride up the mountain and get home without incident. The rocks and potholes in the road was what caught me by surprise. I don't quite know what I was imagining, but I expected it to be a little smoother. The first small hill, and I stalled the bike, causing me to slide back with both feet down, hence no ability to hit the back break, and front wheel in full slide.
When I got to a stop without dropping it, the relief was nauseating. Without missing a beat I restarted and pulled away choosing a different line. It became the battle of the obstacles. Each one presenting a different challenge. The bike was taking a hammering and by the time we got to the border I was exhausted. What we were attempting was seriously dangerous. HD riders never give up.....apparently!
After some discussion we decided to let down the tyre pressure a bit. This turned out to be my saving grace. While lying on the ground I noticed just how close my oil cooler was to the ground. For the rest of the trip, my focus was choosing a line to protect the oil cooler at any cost. If that got a hole, I was buggered. The Softail had the cooler above the bottom of the frame and the Ultra had a cover, which got temporarily lost in the ascent. Duncan's main challenge was a very light back end and the turning circle of a Land Rover Defender. None of us were prepared or kitted out for what was to come.
We stamped our passports, took a few photos and with slaps on the back and a smile from the bemused boarder guard we took off. Duncan on point, Renee, myself and Matt bringing up sweep. We travelled over two obstacles slowly and carefully and were smiling when we hit the first "river of rocks". Renee was a little ahead and bam, she goes down. Our first power lift of the morning was required. Turns out that the steering had hit a rock, her jacket zip, which was loosened to let in a little air, got caught and she was unable to correct. This was a lesson learned and everyone was doing the check on the jackets and clothing to make sure we didn't repeat the mistake. It was 10 degrees with a freezing wind, and the sweat was dripping down my back.
We picked her bike up, did a check, no damage (unbelievable) and she was back on in a flash. No hesitation! She will be able to tell you what was going through her mind, but it was clear that she had gone to Ace Rider in the eyes of all of the team.
Matt and I looked at each other, "Do we turn back bud? This is only going to get harder bro...." "Let's get to the view point" says Matt. "Maybe we can send Duncan up ahead to see what the obstacles are like compared to this, then we make a call".
Obstacle after obstacle we went. Slowly but surely climbing, corner after corner, the road getting progressively steeper as we went. Each obstacle challengingly worse than the one before. But we all seemed to get into a rhythm. The section up to the viewing point had just been graded and that seemed to peak the spirits of everyone, at least for a little bit anyway. Once again relief, pictures, high fives and screams diverted attention from the challenge ahead as we relived what we had just accomplished. It was crazy.
The view point provided a brilliant view of the road already travelled, but unfortunately also provided a very clear view of what still had to be done. We were less than 3km from the top, and had to climb 800 meters. This was nuts. The gravity of our predicament was as clear as the blue sky above us. We could not go back. None of us, with maybe the exception of Duncan (and even that was doubtful due to no ABS), was going to make it back the way we had come. There was just no way...... HD riders never give up.....apparently! So we convinced ourselves that it would be fine, and that we need to keep going.
After catching our breath and taking a swig from Nita's LA vodka flask, we started off again. I am not sure how to put it into words. I don't know if, in my 47 years, that I have ever done something as physically demanding as this. By the time I got to the second of seven switchbacks I was light headed and out of breath. Renee got stuck in the corner and with a brief apology I went past, slipping and sliding, and spinning and winding my way up what felt and looked like a vertical cliff. The Harley keeping the momentum and the pipes roaring with approval, as we ascended corner after corner each section harder than the last, steeper, with more rocks. On the 4th switchback I find enough flat-ish terrain to stop. I pull in, drop the stand and switch off. Nita is off in a flash filming the team below. Renee, two switchbacks below us, getting her breath. She starts to move. I am fight nausea, gulping lung-fills, trying to stop the incessant shaking.
Matt and Duncan are out of sight. There is no going back. Got to get to the top. Then we can walk back and help if needed. Renee makes the next two switchbacks and gets to us. I move the bike into position. Last three to go. Nita jumps on. We bid Renee farewell as she catches her breath and we take off. Roaring up the hill, take the turn, the rocks are everywhere. They say we should chose a line! I say, impossible! The line chooses you. It balls to the wall. The Glide's back end is all over the place but we are creeping up. The next right hander and the ground is hard. We surge forward and up through the last turn....suddenly there is a river of rocks again. I can see the board that says "Sani Border 300 Meters. The hotel deck on the right is full of people watching this spectacle. There is no line! No stopping! No 2nd guessing! I open the throttle and roar over the rocks as I feel Nita holding on for dear life. And then, just like that, we are there.
It's done, we made it. The tears roll down my cheeks as I sit there and take it all in.
Nita doesn't waste a second. Off the bike and getting ready with the camera as we hear the Softail come roaring around the corner and over the last river of rocks. Renee all smiles. She turns her bike off. An eerie silence falls. We notice a group of people standing on the balcony of the hotel. They are all cheering us on. We wait what seemed forever before we hear Matt's Ultra, then see him crest the last corner! One hand in the air closely followed by Duncan.
The relief was incredible. Even today as I write this, I cannot believe what we have accomplished. We took a pile of photos and messed about, stamped passports and road tax into Lesotho, heading for the lodge and a well-deserved breakfast and beer…Not that we could eat much at all.
I think the highlight for me, was upon arriving at the lodge to find a litter of at least 10 GS riders all looking at us shaking their heads. The leader of the pack comes up and shakes my hand. He says, "Yesterday, we were high fiving each other for our amazing achievement of getting up the pass. Here you guys come roaring up on Harleys. I think we need to go back to riding school!
We had breakfast and beer and even a tequila. We were all shattered. The story should end here … but it doesn't.
We still had to get to Clarens which was 260 odd kilometres away. Normally that's not too much of a challenge. This time, I think it took us almost 5 hours. The roads through the mountain kingdom range from breathtakingly beautiful with some of the best scenery we have ever seen, to coming around a corner on a hairpin bend to find the road missing. But we all rode with smiles on our faces. Stopped off at Ox Bow Lodge for a drink and got to the Caledonspoort border all in one piece. Lunch was had at a small place called Die Plaastoep in Fouriesburg. All that was left for the day was the last 40km or so to Clarens.
When we pulled into Clarens, in true Matt style, we decided to refuel for the next morning before checking in to the hotel. Some dude in funny clothes, with a BMW badge walks up to us and shakes our hand and says, "Bro, are you the crazies that just came up Sani on Harleys? I have to shake your hands. You guys are legends!" Seems the story of our adventure had reached Clarens before we did.
We booked into our hotel and had a quick shower. The will-power to avoid even a short lie- down for fear of never waking up, again mirrored the will-power to get up the pass. We headed off to the Clarens brewery where we all met up again. We were joined by Gavin, one of the very fit-looking group of 2000 cyclists who were in Clarens for some or other MTB race. He also happened to be an old school friend of Renee's. He had helped Matt with much of the details about the pass which was invaluable. He proceeded to tell us about his lifestyle change to bicycle and losing weight and how much better he felt. His wife was at home in Natal. I was looking around the table at everyone politely listening to him as we waffled down copious quantities of very good ice cold Blond Craft beer and dreamt of supper to come.
I knew then that our little team would never make that lifestyle choice. After what we had just done? Nothing was going to make us any happier than we were right there, right then.
Matt had booked us into Clementine's restaurant where we celebrated Renee's birthday for the next day. The food was exquisite and the wine was perfect. The company as always just perfect. We ended it with Brandy and Coffee at the bar and were all in bed before 9.
The last day was about 560km. It was a perfect morning out of Clarence. The sun was shining and the bikes were growling. It was time to reflect on yesterday's activities. It struck me as we roared through Bethlehem, Three not so wise men and no virgins on our steeds, that it was probably faith alone that got us to the top. So, with the exception of a little mist through to Standerton, the sun was shining, and the birds were singing, and the Harleys were roaring. And yes, Duncan's bike roars too.
With a small pit stop at the Billiard Room in Chrissiesmeer because we had to, we then headed home.
I'm not sure if this captures the spirit of this adventure. People will look at this and think...hmmm well done...but unless you have been up Sani, the shear enormity of the challenge that you have to overcome, will not be evident. I want to thank Duncan, for your endless smiles and jokes and support. I know without you as part of the team, we might just not have made it. Matt and Renee, who are Harley to the bone, you typify what the brand stands for, and the bond of friendship it created for myself and Nita. Lastly I want to thank my gorgeous, sexy, crazy, one- in-a-lifetime wife, whose balls are bigger than mine, and whose spirit of adventure is unwavering.
To you four I say again.....BRING IT ON! There is nothing that I will not attempt to do with you all.
Think about it, we could all be thin, driving Mini Cooper Cross, and riding bicycles! But who the hell wants to do that when you can be us.
Submitted by: Nigel Hallowes & fellow riders
April Fools 2017


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As part of Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP repair and comprehensive overhaul program, the seventh renovated unit (plants unit No. 5) has been put into operation. The production and installation of new hydropower units for Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, including installation supervision, commissioning and start-up, are carried out by Power Machines OJSC. A total of three new hydropower units with an overall capacity of 1,920 MW were launched in 2013.
Hydropower Unit No. 5 with capacity of 640 MW, which had been one of the units that sustained the least damage during the accident, was repaired with the assistance of Power Machines employees within 5 months from the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP accident and put back into operation as early as in March 2010. After two years in operation, the unit was shut down for renovation, i.e. replacement of main components with new ones. The renovation project included a full-scope examination of the turbine flowpath and upstream pipeline, installation of stabilizing ribs in the suction pipe, installation and adjustment of main and auxiliary equipment, as well as of automatic control and protection, excitation, vibration and thermal control, technical water supply, fire-protection, ventilation, oil and air supply systems. During the installation special attention was paid to the quality of the execution of main process operations: the hydropower unit equipment was put through all necessary tests and safety checks at each interim step of the renovation process.
Before Hydropower Unit No. 5 was put into operation, a series of commissioning and start-up tests had been carried out. It included comprehensive individual testing of the unit's equipment and systems, turbine no-load tests, network tests and a 72-hour comprehensive trial run to check the unit's equipment and systems operation under load. All the tests were performed in accordance with a program developed by Power Machines OJSC, and all process parameters were continuously monitored. Based on the results, members of the working committee including representatives of RusHydro OJSC, Power Machines Group, Lenhydroproject OJSC (the project's general designer), Sayanogorsk municipality and the Chief Directorate of the MES of Russia in the Republic of Khakassia signed an act authorizing commissioning of the unit.
At present the operating capacity of Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP is 4,480 MW. Hydropower units Nos. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are in operation. Hydropower units Nos. 3 and 4, repaired in 2010, have been shut down to replace their main and auxiliary equipment. These units are planned to be put back into operation in March and June 2014, respectively.


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Is your supply chain keeping you up at night? As a food industry player, have you ever experienced difficulties in gathering the food safety data of your factories in a common format? Or made hazardous decisions because fact-based information was missing? Do your teams have to work hard to consolidate and analyze the information of suppliers?
We get it – managing and understanding your supply chain data is a daunting task. Overseeing multiple applications, spreadsheets and data sets is inefficient, time-consuming and can leave a lot of holes when comprehending the day-to-day operations of your business. Continue Reading


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Want an easy way to help reduce your dog's risk of cancer and other chronic diseases AND extend their life? Keep your dog at a healthy weight throughout their lifetime.
It's estimated that 55.6% of dogs in the US are overweight or obese. More than half! I guess it's not surprising given the fact that obesity is also on the rise in the human population. As part of the family, dogs often reflect their owner's lifestyle choices, which may include lack of exercise and overindulgence in food. The good thing for dogs though, is that they don't buy or prepare their own food. We have the power to control their diet and help them maintain an optimal weight.
Think a few extra pounds on your dog is no big deal? Excess weight increases your dog's risk of developing a lot of serious conditions including:
- Osteoarthritis
- Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes
- High Blood Pressure
- Heart and Respiratory Disease
- Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury
- Kidney Disease
- Many Forms of Cancer
- Decreased life expectancy (up to 2.5 years)
So how can you tell if your dog is a healthy weight? Look for these 3 signs:
- Ribs are easily felt
- Tucked abdomen – no sagging stomach
- Waist when viewed from above
If you notice that your dog is overweight, be sure to talk with your vet. Sometimes weight gain can be caused by a medical condition that needs to be addressed. But more often, it is the same simple formula that works for humans too – less food (or better quality food) and more exercise. Your vet can help you develop a diet and exercise plan to help you get your pup back into shape in no time.
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Credit History
When you apply to finance or lease a Toyota at the dealership, the dealer will take a look at your credit history.
Your credit history contains two important elements: Credit Report and Credit Score.
Credit Report
Your credit report helps creditors decide if they want to extend credit to you. It includes:
Personal information: Your name, current and previous addresses, Social Security number, date of birth, telephone number and current and previous employers.
Credit information: Your creditors and account details such as date opened, account number, amount borrowed, payment terms, credit limits, account balances and payment history
Public records: Tax liens, bankruptcies and court awarded judgments.
Inquiries: A listing of all parties that have requested a copy of your credit report. This includes formal inquiries (a list of all creditors who have accessed your credit report), promotional inquiries (this is where all those pre-approved offers come from) and account management inquiries by your current creditors (they have the right to review your credit report periodically). Promotional and account management inquiries are not shown to other creditors and do not impact your credit score.
How is your Credit Report generated?
Each of the three major credit-reporting agencies (or credit bureaus) keeps a running tab on your credit history, based on the information it receives from creditors and public records, among other sources. When you apply for credit, creditors will request a copy of your report from one or more of these bureaus.
The contents of your credit report are used to compute your Credit Score. We'll go over that in the Credit Score section.
Keep in mind that the more you know, the better (and faster) your visit at the dealership will be.
Credit Score
Your credit score can be your best friend or your nemesis. Your goal is to maintain a good credit score, as these scores are used by creditors when they're deciding whether or not to extend credit to you.
The credit scores generated by the credit bureaus are often referred to as "FICO® scores", even though each of the three major credit bureaus has its own name for these scores. FICO® stands for Fair Isaac and Company, the company that produces the software used by many credit bureaus to calculate your credit score. These scores range from 250 to 900 - the higher, the better.
Over the years, this three-digit scoring system emerged as a way to compare how the information on your credit report compares with each bureau's credit history on hundreds of thousands of other consumers.
Basically, your credit score informs creditors how likely you are to repay your debt.
Because your credit score is such an important aspect of obtaining credit, multiple factors are used to compute your credit score: (Remember the credit rating guide in the Rate Your Credit section?)
Past payment history - Have you paid your credit accounts on time?
Amounts owed - How much credit you have available vs. how much you owe.
Length of credit history - How long have you had your credit accounts?
New credit and credit inquiries - Have you recently taken on more debt?
Types of credit established - May include credit cards, home mortgages, and car loans.
Not just one score
Until now, we've painted a picture of your credit score being one number that is used to determine whether or not you're worthy of receiving credit. The truth is, there is no one score. Every bureau has its own scores for different purposes and each bureau uses its own method of calculating your credit score based on all of the criteria listed above.
Additionally, it's quite probable that at any given time, each credit bureau will report a different credit score for you. They all attempt to remain as current as possible, but the resulting score is only as accurate as the information that they have available. This is why you should check your credit scores from time-to-time.
Creditors use the scores they obtain from the bureaus in their own formulas to determine a credit score of their own. While we can't identify the factors used by every creditor in identifying your credit score, it's safe to assume that these formulas incorporate your credit bureau score as it fluctuates from time to time. Fluctuations can be used as a guide to understanding your financial behavior (how likely you are to repay a debt).
You're not alone
It's a tough job trying to keep track of everyone's credit. While the credit bureaus try to stay on top of your credit history, sometimes things are missed. Therefore, your score from any given credit bureau is a reflection of the most recent information they have on you, so it's possible for your credit score to change by the day. Here's where you come in.
To always remain in good credit standing, you must take a proactive approach to guard your credit. There are various ways to do this, and among these are the tips you'll find in the next section. Right now this may all sound like more trouble than it's worth, but we wouldn't steer you the wrong way (getting you where you want to go is what we do, after all).
So that's it for your credit history. You now know the basics of what credit is and how it affects you.
The next and final section of this credit tour will focus on where we left off here: how to maintain good credit. It's a lot quicker to get through, so don't quit on us now!
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Health Financing in Low and Middle Income Countries
- Location:
- East Baltimore
- Term:
- 3rd term
- Department:
- International Health
- Credits:
- 3 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2017 - 2018
- Class Times:
- M W, 1:30 - 2:50pm
- Auditors Allowed:
- Yes, with instructor consent
- Grading Restriction:
- Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
- Course Instructor :
- Contact:
- Krishna Rao
- Resources:
- Prerequisite:
Biostatistics 140.611/612 or 140.621/622 or 140.651/652 or experience using Stata. 313.639, Microeconomics, or 313.641, Health Economics I are recommended but not required to take the course.
- Description:
Introduces students to concepts and methods in health financing with a focus on low and middle income countries. Examines four themes of financing health systems: financing, pooling, purchasing and provision of healthcare. Surveys health financing practices across countries with different political and economic contexts. Enables students to use household survey data to estimate essential health financing metrics such as out-of-pocket payments, headcount ratio, poverty gap, and catastrophic health expenditures. Prepare students with health financing toolsets for a career in international health.
- Learning Objectives:
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain basic health financing concepts and how they are applied in low and middle income country settings
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of different healthcare financing functions: financing, pooling, purchasing and provision mechanisms
- Analyze household survey data to measure out-of-pocket payments, headcount ratio, poverty gap, and catastrophic health expenditures
- Describe and evaluate the health financing systems of select low or middle income countries
- Methods of Assessment:
Students will be graded based on the following:
o Assignment 1 – 20%
o Assignment 2 – 20%
o Assignment 3 – 20%
o Final Exam – 30%
o Paper Discussion – 10%
- Instructor Consent:
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One thing I've learned is that I am too laid back to be dating. Good God I didn't know guys could be so much drama! Seriously. I thought it was girls who were supposed to freak out if they don't hear back from the person they are dating. I thought it was girls that would prefer spending every minute of every day with the person they are dating.
Naw, not girls, it's men in their 30s. They are like little whiny high school girls. No joke.
Case in point.
I had been dating a guy, we will call him Pube, just because I think it's funny. I had gone on about 8 dates with Pube and he was pretty nice, funny, and most importantly, not annoying. Or so I thought.
Well, he totally started ruining the whole hanging out/dating thing for me by telling me that I'm the first girl that he's thought about family and kids with.
Sigh. Why can't guys just hang out without wanting a relationship? I thought that's what guys were into, but apparently not.
....So one Friday night I was hanging out in Park City and went on a midnight hike. I knew my phone wouldn't work in the mountains so I just left it back at my friend's house. While I was phoneless, Pube had sent me a text asking what I was doing that weekend.
Of course I didn't get that text until the next day because I was in the mountains all night. So I write him back the next day. Here is our text conversation:
Friday 9:22 pm
Pube: What are you doing this weekend?
Friday 10:18 pm
Pube: Or don't respond. That always works.
Saturday 12:14 pm
Me: Sorry! Yes, I am headed to lay town tomorrow. It's my bro's bday, yay cake!
(Yes, I'm retarded)
Saturday 3:41 pm
Pube: That's the 3rd time you've said sorry in less then a week. Not good.
(WTF? Did he seriously just say that? That came out of nowhere. I'm a little pissed so I write back...)
Saturday 3:56 pm
Me: Well I went camping last night so I didn't get your text till today.
And then I didn't hear back from him that night. Which is really strange because he usually responds within the hour. He obviously is trying to give me a taste of my own medicine. Problem with that is I don't really care so it doesn't really work.
So I forgot all about Pube and his needy-ass texts until Sunday night when I was awoken at 3 in the morning by my phone beeping. What the hell? I thought. So I check my phone and this is what I get:
Monday 3:04 am
Pube: You are kind of f**king up, so what do you think? I like you, but I think I should find 1 of those "needy utah girls". They might call too much, but they have your back . . . But what I want is you. Point is you need to tell me wtf you want.
Monday 3:15 am
Pube: And those "utah girls" don't go camping past oct 15th when its 27 degrees outside. It must have been chilly.
Yeah, I read that and was pretty shocked, he basically just accused me of lying. This guy is like a sweetheart in person, what the hell is going on? So I go back to sleep and decide to deal with it in the morning.
Dude. Who does that?
I decide it's time to get rid of this needy dude and because I'm really classy and have no problem with confrontation, I break it off with him in an email.
At least it wasn't a text.
I guess some people take it pretty seriously.
Parents are so mean.
Oh, and Smokey wanted to say hi.


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Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has revealed who he referred to as 'Sergeant Lee' in his hit song 'taking over'.
Speaking on Okay FM, Wednesday, the 'taking over' hit maker said "I will officially outdoor Stonebwoy as 'Sergeant Lee' soon, since most Ghanaians refer to him as Sergeant Lee."
"I was composing my "Taking Over" song and I just used the instance when Stonebwoy posted on twitter that he's in a comfortable lead in the MTV base voting on who is the real dancehall king, so I decided to polish it," Shatta stated.
BET Award winner Stonebwoy has reacted to Shatta Wale's Sergeant Lee lyrics in the smash hit single Taking Over.
The multiple hit factory in his latest radio interview reacted;
"When you don't know me personal and you try to make it seem you do then we will have to let you expatiate. Its lyrical. The sergeant Lee lyric, if it means something positive then 'I take am' but if it doesn't then I would like to know what they are talking about. I have done a lot and so may be that's how the person want to praise me. I have also seen tweets where people call others Corporal Nii," he added.
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So Transformers Legends may be gone, but I found something even better than this game: https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/tradingcardgame You read it right alright, heck even the art used is almost akin to this game and they have character and battle cards with more unique abilities than this so why not give it a try? Release date should be around 28 September 2018.Read more >
Hello just joined site, need some help can anyone post a photo of the top 100 I think I finished in the top 100 but didn't get rewards only day wins rewards with was 3 days
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Hi, Is there anyway I can make my maximum card deck bigger. I have 500 cards and I'm all out of the green stuff to trans-scan and upgrade. So if there is anyway please tell me. Thank you very much.Read more >
Ive come to the point now where im costantly running out of upgrade resources as Ive been MTMing everything that I get even though they dont make my deck. So was wondering is there any real point to MTMing the R4s? Should I just trans scan these cards so there in my cyberdex and have done with it? As far as I can see theres no difference to the cyberdex if their fully MTMd or just trans scanned so whats peoples thoughts on this? Oh and while Im at it ive also got a raft of old episode weapon cards that will never be used so should I start using them up to uprgrade my R5 weapons?Read more >
Just taking a moment to share the Fan Page that I created for the Transformer Legends Mobile App.
I've been playing this game since it was released at the end of 2012 and in early 2013 I created the Facebook page to be a page run by players for the players.
It was my attempt at creating a place to allow players to keep up-to-date with the game and have a Facebook Community to participate in!
My page is a lot like this Wiki, so please feel free to become a Fan of the page and share in the fun and info!
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Wikia's "Summer Season" of Qwizards continues! To celebrate this month's release of Transformers: Age of Extinction (the fourth installment in the live-action movie franchise), as well as the 30th anniversary of the popular toy and cartoon series (check out how Shout! Factory is celebrating the milestone here), three expert contestants from Wikia's community of super fans (as well as one celebrity guest with ties to the franchise -- be sure to watch through to the end!) put their collective knowledge to the test... all in an effort to be crowned the ultimate Qwizard!
But that's not all! YOU CAN PLAY, TOO! That's right, you have the opportunity to win a copy of Transformers Animated: The Complete Series! Released June 10, 2014, this collectible 6…Read more >
Were you born to lead, or to follow? Destroy or Protect? Find out with our Transformers Personality Quiz!Read more >
Transformers: Age of Extinction is just around the corner (finally!), but while we're waiting, how about taking a break by helping us create a Transformers personality quiz? To keep us entertained before the premiere, we are going to make a personality quiz so you can find out which Transformer you would be!
To help out, submit a question that you think belongs on a personality quiz! We want the final results to be Megatron, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Grimlock, and Shockwave, so your question needs to be fairly vague to keep the mystery of the final result alive! When you submit your question, please include the result for each answer option. For example,
When it's time to make a bold tactical decision, what are you most likely to do…Read more >
Would you like to be on a Transformers episode of Wikia Qwizards? It's our video quiz show that pits three superfans against each other in an epic trivia battle to become the ultimate Qwizard -- check out our latest episode on X-Men.
We'll record the Transformers-themed episode via Skype video chat on June 16th.
If you'd like to be considered as a contestant, just let us know in the comments and we'll be in touch!
P.S. - There will be prizes!Read more >
Let's share our images and our knowledge of the game and Transformers history!Read more >
After many months, I have been thinking of new ideas to be in the game instead of just evolvers, and other events that repeat, such as RAW cards and chrono packages. I was thinking about an event that highlighted the combiners such as Bruticus and Devastator. Although, it would be one combiner at a time. Such as if one week was Bruticus, it would be a couple of Autobots, such as Jetfire and Jazz (like in fall of cybertron), and Bruticus/combaticons. It would be similar to an evolution card, but it would compose of all 5 combaticons (Onslaught, Vortex, Swindle, Brawl, and Blastoff). The card over time would evolve into Bruticus and show one limb at a time. Although, it would be up to the game developers to think of the difficulty and rules …Read more >
After many months, I have been thinking of new ideas to be in the game instead of just evolvers, and other events that repeat, such as RAW cards and chrono packages. I was thinking about an event that highlighted the combiners such as Bruticus and Devastator. Although, it would be one combiner at a time. Such as if one week was Bruticus, it would be a couple of Autobots, such as Jetfire and Jazz (like in fall of cybertron), and Bruticus/combaticons. It would be similar to an evolution card, but it would compose of all 5 combaticons (Onslaught, Vortex, Swindle, Brawl, and Blastoff). The card over time would evolve into Bruticus and show one limb at a time. Although, it would be up to the game developers to think of the difficulty and rules …Read more >
Has anyone ever received an ultra rare card via the space bridge? I've spent 1100+ Gold Episode Warrior Medals two episodes in row and I have yet to see one. I've gotten maybe a dozen super rare cards each time but no ultra rares.Read more >
Has anyone noticed the new rarity level 6? Do we know what it's going to be called on the Wiki?Read more >
Did you spot all the details in the new trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction? We've highlighted them in our latest Wikia Fannotations video!
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Catch anything else? Leave a comment with your thoughts...
Along with all the gridiron action in Sunday's big game, we've got an exciting first look at Transformers: Age of Extinction. Check out the preview and TELL US about all the cool stuff you see in the footage in the comments!
UPDATE! Our Fannotations video is ready, check it out below!Read more >
I received an email notification about a page (Sweeps (1)) that I was following being updated. No big deal except when I went there to see what was added all of the text had been changed to Japanese (I think) including the file names for the images. I reverted it back but has anyone else seen this?Read more >
Merry x-mas and a happy new year be nice to your sisters if you have any thank you, injoy your service with edisonRead more >
In his play pin he is the only cook, guest, patient, and break dancer, he injoys house parties so if you go near be prepaired to dance to the vibration of the speakersRead more >
Some data for the current campaign 28/11/2013
H10 Loop Base Points (approx, no capture attempts):
= 49,300
H10 Nets Gained Per Loop (approx, -1 for use on the boss):
9-1= 8 nets gained (this can change a lot, depends on the waves)
Loop EC Consumption: 5 (from 0 energon, 50 left at end - will vary based on how quickly you do loops)
Therefore: 98,600 points = 10ec
Factoring in points from nets vary.. sometimes I get 5 captures in a loop, sometimes 1, sometimes none.. so let's say 1 per loop, or an extra 10,000 (approx) points for one capture per loop.
3 H10 boss captures (excluding loop base points): 1,020,000 (saving you 100 ec)
66 boss captures = 22,440,000 (excluding loop base points) + approx 3,253,800 base points = 25.7mil
100ec = 986,000
T1 cut o…
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Has anyone else been irked that the Recommend button doesn't automatically pair characters with signature weapons? I understand that it's possible to have a better deck by not doing so, but in my experience I usually end up with a more powerful deck after I use the Recommend button and then manually assign signature weapons to the appropriate characters. I'd say 5% of the time not doing so gives me a more powerful deck, but rarely so. Even in those cases the difference has been small enough that the "Combined Bonuses" obtained during battle more than make up for it. I'd like to see the Recommend button automatically assign signature weapons or even have a second Recommend button that does.Read more >
Here is the start point for the best forum of the game, with a lot of familiar faces, tips, tricks and data. Then check the Dark Princess Palace and then get onLINE ;)Read more >
Since this is my first blog post, I would like to welcome you to my page and thank you for checking out the perspective that I would like to share. If you know of me from this wiki, then you know that I am not a man of many words and as such my blog(s) will reflect that. However, I do sincerely hope that the perspective provided is of some positive insight into Transformers Legends gameplay. Lastly, if you know nothing of me, then please feel free to get to know me here on my page.
Before I present my first Pro Tip into PVP Event play allow me to take a moment to establish what a PVP Event is.
- PVP (Player versus Player) Events are events held in Transformers Legends that vie a player's deck versus another player's deck to the end result o…
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Has anyone else been getting frustrated with accepting help requests just to have them finish off the boss before you can contribute? It's been irking me more and more lately. I accept a help request only to be notified on the next screen that it's been defeated by the requester. It gets frustrating since it takes away from being able to actually advance in the game, especially when there are lag issues going on.
To everyone out there, please don't ask for help defeating a boss if you're just going to kill it off on your next attack. Wait for a while after asking for help to see if anyone accepts your request. If no-one does then go and finish him off yourself.Read more >
Quick post to highlight some of the issues from Ghost in the Machine, to include the lag, the cogs, and the friend reward system.
Game Lag
As noted on the Frustration & Venting board (here & here), lag has been killer. This is the first time I've been higher than 20k in my ranking. Yes, even as a new player I was below 20k. Now while part of that has been apathy over the rewards and resignation that I'll never get an MTM Brainstorm or Highbrow, the main reason I'm not sitting in Tier 2 right now is because of the game lag. As in, I can't scan, fight a boss, upgrade or pull medals without the game locking up on my iphone. Now, while I appreciate the Mobage apology and the "gift" of 15 battlecube recharges for my trouble (REALLY?), it doe…Read more >
I received a banner alert on my iPhone the other day regarding GI Joe: Battleground. It proclaimed that "Trading is Live with New Event!". I hadn't played the game since the first month following launch, so I went to confirm the rumor. General Joe's blog confirmed it, and posts in the Battleground forum have since confirmed it.
So that got me thinking.
DeNa owns Battleground, so it's not much of a stretch to hope that they'll eventually allow trading in Transformers: Legends, as well. I'm not going to speculate on HOW it would be implemented (anyone in the know as to how it works in Battleground, please enlighten me!), but assuming they do, what would I hope to trade for and what would I offer in trade? I'm sure other players have been in t…Read more >
We've all done it…cracked a plethora of Gold or Silver Warrior Medals and hardly glanced at the results unless the rarity number reads "4" or "NEW!". Who knows how many thousands of Common (C), Uncommon (UC) and Rare (R) cards we have sold or used for upgrade over the course of our time playing this game? Players' focus is on improving their decks by upgrading the new cards (and rightfully so), which are all Super-Rare (SR) or Ultra-Rare (UR), introduced during new events as Raid, Reward, Campaign, Login Reward, or Friend Code cards.
So why propose new Common, Uncommon and Rare cards and not just give ideas for new Super/Ultra Rares? It seems like that would be a waste of time, especially for players who won't give a second glance to a card…Read more >
I think it's a great idea but necessit of more BC, the reward is too poor.Read more >
Once again, I feel compelled to comment on event(s) rather than post what I said I would, previously.
S.O.S. Dinobots had enough about it that it demanded attention, and The Omega Corps REALLY needs some commentary. Here are a few items I noticed, and please comment if you feel I've overlooked anything.
Episode Characters:
Evolve Sunstorm and Evolve Skywarp are pretty close in ability, being separated by 7k MTM total but with the bulk of the difference being in Defense (2,079 in Skywarp's favor) and Health (4,855 diff., advantage Skywarp) but with Attack being only 94 points apart. Both cards are superior to most Raid Tier 3 cards, and are HUGE improvements over the previous Campaign event Evolve cards, Wheelie/Wreck-Gar/Ultra Mag…Read more >
This post begins my discussion of just how to improve Transformers: Legends by re-balancing the event/episode cards. The previous "Character Card Comparison" posts have highlighted the obvious "deck creep" that has been the standard since the introduction of the events/episodes while also demonstrating the absolute lack of "relative capability" between the character cards. I'll begin by getting a few common terms & definitions down before discussing the reasons for rebalancing, outlining how to do it, and then stating a few assumptions that must occur for this to be successful. My proposed solution(s), while not perfect, will go a long way towards "fixing" this game.
Note: This post is still a "draft," so I may return with a few edits.
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One cost for all - it sounds good in principle, but is a mere platitude.
Here's the mobacoin packages on Android (GooglePlay).
Mobacoins 100 305 1020 2060 5210 10525
Australia (AUD) 0.99 2.99 9.99 19.99 49.99 99.99
Malaysia (USD) 0.99 2.99 9.99 19.99 49.99 99.99
Each package tier is worth the same amount of coins for the same dollar value.
If you live in the US, you get what you pay for on GooglePlay. We'd probably treat this as the baseline pricing structure. Prices are normalized around what the market will bear, and what the market will bear is based on perceived consumer value in relation to the cost of living.
In Australia, prices are in AUD - currency conversion is decoupled from the USD; independent…
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just after a few opinions here folks, right im not a pay to play guy so i was wondering how to play this episode. Im never gonna finish in tier 1 or 2 so the Arcee and Perceptor cards are not gonna be won by me but also the other 2 characters are of no importance as I have them both. This means I will be just stocking up on battle cubes etc. As for the evolve cards, ive got the 2 Wheelies so do I grind easy levels to finish him off? I dont think I will get all of Utra Magnus or Wreck-Gar just using nets so should I just keep the 2 chains from this episode and then use the 4 in the next episode or wait and see if I catch 2 of either of them and MEM? Also closing in on 450 ruby medals so should I just use these on the 150 ruby medal space br…Read more >
With the re-introduction of ruby medals this week, I was sure this would be one of the best episodes yet. In a way, it was. But I still managed to screw it up.
Why don't I ever take my own advice?
Once again, I tried to do too much. I stayed up late last night to earn ruby medals in a bid to get an MTM Prowl and ended up missing all but the last 10 minutes of the final day, which is the best time for racking up points. For the first time in several weeks, I didn't make the top 3000 in a raidboss event.
In retrospect, I overestimated how many medals I could get in the second half of the campaign. Here's a good rule of thumb: expect to earn about half as many medals in the second half of the event as in the first. Knowing what I know n…Read more >
Okay, I just had to add something about the current episode, Thin Blue Line, so I'm posting about this rather than my rebalancing plan. Bear with me.
First, Mobage got it right with this one. The Ruby Medals earned with boss defeats scale with the difficulty of the boss (i.e., you only get 2x medals for participation/MVP Drag Strip, but three for Dead End, etc.), and their use as currency for Space Bridge Raid Cards is pure genius. Not only are casual players rewarded for putting in a bit of effort, but collectors/hardcore players have a better chance of drawing the cards they need without breaking the bank. I believe in giving recognition where it is due, and this is the best thing I think Mobage could have done for the game to address…Read more >
In this post I'll be continuing my discussion of the Event/Episode Super-Rare (SR) cards that I began previously, but I figured I would go ahead and add in a separate discussion on the new Evolution cards.
You'll notice some additional colors in the chart to the right. The tiers scale was discussed in the last post, but here's a bit more detail:
Raid Card Tiers: Dark Blue = Tier 3; Dark Green = Tier 2; Maroon = Tier 1, non-UR
Reward Card Tiers: Blue = Tier 4; Green = Tier 3; Yellow = Tier 2; Orange = Tier 1; Red = UR
"Okay DutchRits, all you did was state what was in the chart."
Yes, but here's why. Those Tiers are meant to represent the relationship between the respective Raid/Reward Tiers. That is the ONLY means of comparing cards between e…Read more >
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Hey folks,
I've been hard at work trying to arrive at some combat math calculations and seem to have stumbled onto something. However, due to the slow nature of the current event, I will require a bit more help, as I cannot get enough numbers quickly without burning energon I'd rather not burn.
Here is what I need:
Focus on one of your three trios (L, S, S). I need each man's defense (from the Edit numbers in the team window) and a few recordings of combat damage dealt in one boss hit to all three members. The latter is best accomplished by screenshotting as the hit is dealt. (This does require some good timing.) For now, position is irrelevant. Also, let me know which boss and level you have fought (Bonus points for Hotspot 8 and 10, which I…Read more >
Okay, I promised in my last post that I'd be discussing Day of the Dinobots (Part 2) through The Bee Team in this installment, and I really will. Honest. But before I get to that, I need to discuss the Ultra Rare (UR) cards, especially since they make their debut with these events and they have a dramatically unbalancing effect upon the game.
If you'll glance at the attached chart, you'll see that I've sorted the current URs alphabetically and by MTM total. I also included the color gauge for ATK/DEF/Health to better help you pick out the high/low/average cards. I also included Episode Prowl, the SR Tier 1 reward for Covert Operations, for context to highlight how close the Episode SR cards are getting to the URs, thanks to deck creep. …Read more >
Fired up for another campaign event AKA a week off.Read more >
For me, the results of this week's event were a mixed bag. I was making a big push to crack the top 1000, but I ended up doing about as well as I usually do.
Before I go on, let me say thank you to all the people who read and responded to my last post. I'll write later to follow up on the strategies I discussed before, and with the next event, I hope to use this blog to walk you through my event strategies more or less in real time.
Back to "War Dawn," let me say I finished with 3,417,410 points. This puts me in the top 3000, which is about what I usually do, but well below my personal high of around 4,300,000 points. Part of the reason was that I missed what should have been my final push. From experience, I find that the last couple…Read more >
Continuing the discussion from the last post, this one will be about the Pre-Ultra Rare Event Raid/Reward Super Rare cards. This will encompass Fatal Furies, Unleash the Beasts, Cold Delivery, and Countdown to Extinction, focusing on the horrendous deck creep from event to event. For questions on the rationale behind the Tiers and the deck creep, please read the previous installments.
Also, please note that the colors in the chart are a little different. They're set up to reflect the tier that an Event SR card falls into in relation to other cards from other events in the same Tier, not a distinct stat grouping. For example, Episode Slipstream is a Tier 3 Raid Card, the same as Episode Divebomb, Episode Scourge, and Episode Red Alert, i…Read more >
Hello to all my fellow players,
I've only been on this Wiki for a couple of days, but already I've seen more than one person share stories of how disappointed they were after pouring tons of money into the episode space bridges. For the benefit of these players, as well as a show of gratitude to the people who contribute to this Wiki, I'm going to share a few of the episode boss strategies I've developed since I picked up this game.
Before I begin, let me say that the reason I think these strategies will work for you is that they've definitely worked for me. Since June, I've gone from placing in the top 20,000 in "All Hail Galvatron," to placing just outside the top 5000, to consistently placing in the top 3000 in raidboss events; I've pl…Read more >
I'll begin my discussion of the Event/Episode SR Cards with the first three events: Harvest of The Insecticons, Day of the Dinobots (Part 1) and Robots in the Sky. There are two reasons I'm discussing these three events separately from the rest:
1) They begin the stat deviation from the trend of MTM tiers I discussed in the previous installments ([1], [2], [3], and [4]) by dramatically increasing the stats of the SR and R cards. (Note: I will eventually go back to Part 1 to better define a few key phrases I've been using)
2) Up until Covert Operations they were the only events to feature R cards as Raid & Reward Cards.
The Events/Episodes are special Events in TF:Legends that help to break the "grind" of the campaign. Without going into de…Read more >
The link below takes you to an Excel where I've crunched the odds of some number of MTM pairs (ie Bot and Alt) when buying up to a certain number of tiers in the Space Bridge:
Key assumptions:
- There is an equal probability (1 in 6 chance) of getting any of the 6 cards when you're guaranteed an episode card. I do not see any reason to disbelieve this, as all the 6 cards are R4s in this event.
- Also note the link does not distinguish between x3, x5 and x7 MTM-pairs. It just tells you how many MTM-pairs you are likely to wind up with. So if you want to get only an x7 MTM set, for you may want to multiply my odds by a third (since I assume any MTM-pai…Read more >
Covert Operations had the same effect on me as an 'I don't care - settle for tier two' event like Bee Team except it took even less effort. Felt like a holiday, but I mean one of those retirement holidays where you know you have one foot in the grave. I was working on the DP calculator with dedication but interest in this game and the desire to solve the mechanics has waned in line with enthusiasm for the event. I hope the next episode brings back the older format, if only for the fact it requires some attention, creates some competition and demands some teamwork because the solo campaign is monotonous, and the forum participation dwindled as a result. The forum interaction is 80% of the fun.
Pumped to get Prowl though - timely because Prow…Read more >
Okay, a few points I'd like to post here, especially since using IE makes you unable to post in the forums, I guess. I see a couple topics have already been b!tched/griped/complained about in the forums, but I'll mention them for completion sake. First, the good:
- Tier Rewards: I'm overjoyed to see that there are Lvl3 (Rare) cards in the rewards, as well as one of the non-Event/Episode Lvl4 (SR) cards! THAT is the way to reward casual players! Those cards will be USEFUL to new players, but won't get close to making the team of an experienced player. Well done! EXCEPT...that you (Mobage) made them the Tier 3 & 4 rewards, respectively, which means that in order to get Elite Soundwave you have to finish in the 1k-5k range, while R Sound…Read more >
I am gonna just put this out there as Mobage probs wont even look at the post I put on feedback but heres a few ideas anyways -
1) As energon chains are pretty much the only way were gonna get anywhere decent , how about rewarding us with 1 for every 100 or so catches, then either every 100 or more after. That would give people a reason to actually keep playing.
2) Make our levels relevant, as in im lvl 246 so really catching a Buzzsaw or Reflector should be made easier and same with the other bosses so basically the higher level you are the better rate of catches.
3) Not strictly my idea but good anyways is we should be able to choose how many nets to use. Just like with the 1-3 energon cube system but with nets instead, if you use 3 the cat…Read more >
In this installment I'll be discussing the non-Event/Episode Super Rare (SR) cards that are available as random draws in the Space Bridge (or as an Episode Reward in Covert Operations in Elite Soundwave's case). These are the original heavy hitters of the game...a treasure bestowed at the end of a random draw of Silver or Gold Warrior Medals featuring many of the same characters in the Rare cards but with different art, stats (duh), and weapons. Their drop rate is notoriously low, with equally scarce weapons required to unlock their true potential. If you thought collecting a complete MTM Rare card and Max'd Weapon was tough, you ain't seen nothin' yet! I have personally gotten 3x Elite Starscream robot modes, 2x Elite Grimlock & Galva…Read more >


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London, Jul 11 (IANS): Consuming protein at night increases the blood sugar level in the morning for healthy people, leading to health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity, say researchers.
Previous research has shown that a snack a few hours before a meal can help control blood sugar levels, which may partly explain why the first thing we eat each day (i.e. breakfast) tends to increase blood sugar more than other later meals.
"This study investigated whether waking up at night to consume some protein might keep blood sugar lower the next morning," study authors from the University of Basel in Switzerland wrote.
Surprisingly, the blood sugar response to breakfast was higher when participants had consumed protein rather than plain water at 4 a.m. These unexpected findings may be informative for people trying to improve their control of blood sugar levels, the researchers said.
The research team studied 15 healthy young men and women (8 females and 7 males). The participants were woken up at 4 a.m. to drink 300 ml of a water solution, either with or without 63 grams of whey protein.
They then went back to sleep, and at 9 a.m. were provided with a standard amount of porridge for breakfast, with blood samples collected for 2 hours afterwards to check the blood glucose response.
According to the study, one explanation for the result is that the body does not expect or need much food to be consumed during the night and so the protein itself was turned into sugar.
This may result in the body having more carbohydrates already available upon waking such that the energy in the breakfast can less easily be used or stored, so it builds up more in the blood.
"Future research will look at whether this applies to older and overweight people who tend to have more problems controlling their blood sugar levels," said study researcher Eleanor Smith.
"It would also be interesting to know to what extent our findings are due to eating at an unusual time or the type of protein consumed," Smith added.
The study was presented this week at the Physiological Society's virtual early career conference called Future Physiology 2020.
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Sophomore Alison Ehrhard is a Senator in her first term of office, and like many others, she comes with a number of ideas of action she hopes to see in Student Senate.
"I wasn't on Senate last year," Ehrhard said, "but I feel like I see a lot of changes that the school could make, and I feel like I could have a good voice to do that, and to represent my district."
Ehrhard, representing the Conger-Neal district, is very conscious of the student-Senator information situation on campus.
"I don't know how I would go about this," Ehrhard said, "but Senate as a whole needs to work on communicating with campus. Many senators seem to be voting more on what they think, and not on what their constituents want. Like with the upcoming wireless issue, I don't think many students know about it."
Besides Senate issues, Ehrhard thinks local and national news could be better presented to students through printed publications.
"I know Student Senate tried to do this last year, but one of my ideas I wanted to work on was to have more access to newspapers on campus, as in not just have it in the library in that one little area. [Noel Sherrard] said that it would cost $30,000, but I think he wanted to have one paper per person. I think that we should have maybe one or two in the Gizmo, or maybe a selection of the big national and regional papers, a set for the Gizmo, a set for the Caf during breakfast. Since I'm on the Residential Quality of Life Committee, I could work on this through that, or just write a resolution."
Cable news is also on Ehrhard's mind to bring in greater quantity to campus, and to provide a wider selection of views.
"Other ideas are with the cable service," Ehrhard said. "We only get CNN and CSPAN, but most major universities get Fox, MSNBC, and all of the major [news] stations. I may not agree with Fox, but we should have what everyone else has."
Overall, Senator Ehrhard feels confronted by many of the same blocks to action that many previously uninvolved students feel as they try to get involved in Senate. That, above all, is something she would like to see changed.
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Thriller Author gives thanks to her Ex husband... Raf Ravenscroft RIP
A Thank You To My Ex Hubby... RIP Raf, we did good.
I met Raf Ravenscroft when I was modeling, he was playing sax and touring with the Pink Floyd.
He'd played the sax on the iconic song 'Baker Street' by Gerry Rafferty, so his career was flying high. His haunting sax solo's were sought after by many in the music business; Marvin Gaye, Tina Turner, Average White Band, to name but a few. The boy did good.
We worked and lived together for eight heady years, running a music studio, and producing music for film in London. Which is where I got my love of film from, and why I write books with film and music in mind. Music, I believe, is a main character within film... but I digress.
We created the most adorable little girl, Scarlett. If she'd been a boy I would have named her Rhett, as in Butler, as in Gone With The Wind... you are probably far to young to remember :-)
After being together for eight years, we got married.... it lasted eight weeks... but, hey, we had a great wedding party. We divorced.
Scarls was 6 or 7yrs, from then on I brought her up alone, she is now 30yrs. They saw each other regularly, but in the last few years became very close and worked together on an amazing art project 'The 11th Hour' where Raf composed music to her augmented paintings, raising funds for Soldiers and their families, through The British Royal Legion. Which has led to her current exhibition 'The Danger Tree', honouring the brave Somme souls.
Sadly, October 2014 Raf passed away. Am grateful that Scarls and he got to know each other, it was an important balance to bring to her life. Being a single parent is tough, you have to be mother and father, so if possible (and safe) I think it's important to let children get to know both parents.... no matter how badly the ex's get on (and we didn't), it's the children that count.
After all, they didn't ask to be here, you dumped it on them... as I always reminded my poor suffering father during teenage tantrums.... "I didn't ask to be here..." (huff) (flick of hair) (stomp out of room).
Every time I look at Scarls and what she has achieved, I have to pinch myself with joy.
Raf Ravenscroft, if you're listening, thank you... we did good, our girl Scarlett Raven rocks!! She is talented, working her ass off and a credit to us. I know she misses you every day. Keep an eye on her from above.
Thank you.... (and where the hell is my David Cassidy album??)
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|27th Sep 2019, 10:53 pm
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
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B114 battery eliminator rebuilt
This battery eliminator was part of a mixed lot I acquired at one of the last Radiophile auctions I attended.
From the size, and socket for the battery plug, I guessed it to be an eliminator for a B114, although there were no markings whatsoever on the case. The internal construction appeared to be point to point wiring, with each component wrapped in oilskin (or something similar) for insulation. There was at least one broken connection (a resistor with only one leg connected...) so I didn't feel like powering it up.
I carefully unwrapped each component, and tried to draw out the wiring. It was fairly straightforward, with two capacitors each for LT and HT reservoir/smoothing. The LT supply was centre-tapped, with the centre tap being connected to the case (as well as LT negative).
The metal rectifiers may have worked - I didn't test them - but, in the hope of long term reliability, I decided to replace them with silicon. Likewise, the old electrolytics may have been OK, but modern types should be a better long-term bet.
The original component parts...
The replacement parts were 1N4001 for the two LT rectifiers (centre-tapped winding), and a single 1N4004 for the HT (half-wave). The capacitors were 22uF at 400V twice for the HT
(what I had on hand), and 1500uF at 10V for the LT. (Plus LM317, 220R and 47R for the voltage divider, and two 0.1uF decouplers around the LM317).
The new components were mounted on a small piece of 0.1" veroboard, with veropins for the (numerous) flying leads.
I tested the transformer with new rectifiers & capacitors, and found it to be OK. But the on-load voltages (at 10mA HT and 125mA LT) were way too high (about 5V LT, and 140V HT). For the LT, there was sufficient headroom to instal an LM317; for the HT I increased the smoothing resistor (between the two capacitors) to 2k2. I also fitted a small neon in series with a 36V zener and a 4k7 resistor to bleed a little of the off-load HT voltage.
A soak test indicated that the LM317 needed a small heatsink, which I fitted, free standing (it could possibly dissipate 1W if 250mA LT is drawn...).
The board before it was installed in the box...
I used some of the retained oilskin to insulate parts of the interior of the box; and added some plain veroboard as an extra insulation measure. The whole thing is now glued together with my favourite hot-gun glue. The mains lead (double insulated, two-core) has a new grommet around it, a cable clamp just inside the box, and is glued to the floor of the box for good measure. It terminates in a choc-block connector, glued to the side of the transformer.
The finished eliminator...
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|28th Sep 2019, 8:59 am
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Re: B114 battery eliminator rebuilt
Nice work - as usual ...... but, one day they'll arrest you and that glue gun Dave!!
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|30th Sep 2019, 6:00 pm
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Prescription monitoring service needs to be broadened
Perhaps the most alarming fact to emerge from the recent inquest into the death, in 2015, of former police officer, Lauren Johnstone, is that even if the ACT's DORA prescription monitoring service, rolled out in March, had been in place it probably wouldn't have saved her.
Ms Johnstone, who was taking a range of medications as a result of an ongoing battle with post-traumatic stress disorder, underwent facial surgery at a Canberra clinic on January 5, 2015.
She was discharged the following day and prescribed with endone for pain. She was also prescribed her regular medications which included imovane, valdoxan, tramadol and valium.
Her doctors did not know Ms Johnstone was also taking an over-the-counter sleeping medication containing doxylamine and codeine.
While the prescribing doctor did try to contact Ms Johnstone's regular GP to consult on what drugs she was using, the system fell down because that person was on vacation.
Ms Johnstone was not warned of any significant risks
Ms Johnstone was not warned of any significant risks associated with taking a cocktail of pain relief and other medications. She was warned about the risk of drowsiness.
Her daughter, Ariarne Bunyan, came home from work on January 7 to discover her mother's dead body.
There are similarities between Ms Johnstone's tragic passing and the death of Paul Fennessy in Canberra in 2010.
Margaret Hunter, the coroner who conducted the inquest into Mr Fennessy's death in 2017, recommended the establishment of a prescription monitoring program in the hope similar tragedies could be averted in the future.
Despite calls by Mr Fennesy's mother, Ann Finlay, for the program to be extended to pharmaceutical drugs that had been linked to multi-drug toxicity, and for it to be mandatory for all doctors and pharmacists, the ACT government opted for a voluntary scheme that excluded most benzodiazepines.
Ms Finlay, who wanted the ACT to have the best possible system from the get go, told the then Health Minister, Meegan Fitzharris: "doctors are highly skilled professionals, but the statistics are telling us they get it wrong given the rate of accidental drug-related deaths... now exceeds [motor vehicle accident] related fatalities across Australia... surely doctors would welcome a system that provides them with real time medication information to decrease the risk of prescription shopping and harm to their patients".
That said, DORA was still a significant step up from the previous scheme under which pharmacists filed weekly reports with ACT Health on what prescriptions had been filled.
ACT Chief Coroner, Lorraine Walker, conducted the inquest into Ms Johnstone's death. She found it was the result of an accidental overdose that resulted from her taking her normal prescription medications in conjunction with an over-the-counter medication her doctors had not known about.
The coroner recommended significant changes to DORA, which has only been in operation for the past four months. These included declaring tramadol, doxylamine and diazepam to be monitored drugs and including all schedule three and schedule four drugs or, alternatively, certain prescription and over the counter medications that may have significant sedating effects when taken with opioids or benzodiazepines.
She also wants clinics to make sure pre-admission forms list all the over the counter medications patients are taking.
All of these recommendations are eminently sensible and should be adopted at the earliest opportunity given the clear and present danger these substances represent to many people in our community.


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Swirling pink and green cupids
aiming arrows on the candy dish cover.
Moth balls packed around the clothes
in the walk in closets.
Leaves banked against the garage,
The sweet smell of age inside
where bicycles, skates and tires sat.
An upholstered green Pontiac
with colorful red and chrome Chief
bonneting the hood.
A backseat of dust motes
and grey velvet cushions
as the motor purred down the street.
Walks in Forest Park Zoo
where bears snorted Wonderbread,
and chimps swayed in the urine laced air.
Trips to the X where we entered
the Bijou for a quarter
to see Steve Reeves demolish
the Temples of the Infidels.
Coming back to the small
bricked ranch on Shawmut Avenue
with balsa wood rubber banded aircraft,
and paddles fitted with tiny pink balls
attached to very long elastic strings.
These were the recipes of childhood
at Bubbie's and Grandpa Jake's.
These were the lunches of fried fish
heavy with oil and onions.
Kreplach, meat filled Jewish dumplings,
swimming in chicken broth;
Lokshen, noodle puddings,
filled with butter and cottage cheese;
fricassee'd chicken with tiny golden mushrooms.
Cold gefilte fish swimming in carrots and gelatin
served with bright beet horseradish.
Blintzes bursting with cheese and covered
in sour cream and berries;
Apple strudel with walnuts and raisins;
Poppy seed Hamentashen and
cinammon nut rugelach.
Bubbie, dressed in her nightgown
sipping coffee without her teeth,
and doling it out to us, her grandchildren.
Grandpa, reading the Yiddish paper
with his black rimmed glasses,
looking like Nikita Kruschev.
The children lined up to get Chanukah gelt,
or answering the primeval Passover question:
"Why is this night different from all other nights?"
All recipes for familial warmth.
Mrs. Rispler coming from across the street
proclaiming, "Molly, so when did they get here??"
Bubbie hovering around the room like a giant dreidal
ladling, cutting, lifting, smiling,
and later when the questions would arise
over this recipe or that one,
she would plead ignorance,
happy to keep the mystery of her power alive.
"Just put a little of this with eine bissel of that,
you know!" And of course we didn't.
We would be affectionately kept enthralled
by the recipes and the routines
never fully grasping the logic beneath the myth.
The plums ripening fully green and fully ripe
in the center of the yard,
the tree like some symbol of the first Eden
growing smack dab in the middle of the
little ranch house lot on Shawmut Avenue.
Bubbie forever aproned; Grandpa forever smiling;
Recipes for male and female,
for light and dark,
for family and belonging.
Forever enshrined in the little rooms of our hearts.


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DUBAI: In January, Emirates NBD, one of the leading banks in the region, released its global investment outlook for 2019.
Themed, "Preparing for the Next Decade", the 2019 outlook was revealed to media by Maurice Gravier, Chief Investment Officer, Emirates NBD Group.
Speaking at the media briefing, Gravier commented that, "2019 starts with markets overshooting fundamentals. There are late cycle forces at play, slowing economic and earnings growth, but we don't forecast a recession in the US nor a hard-landing in China.
"The decade ahead looks set to be more challenging for investors than the previous one, highlighting the need for discipline in portfolio construction, risk allocation, as well as selectivity of securities and products. Accordingly, Emirates NBD Wealth Management has reinforced its investment process around three key pillars to safely navigate what should be a turbulent decade for investors: a robust strategic portfolio construction, a framework to dynamically allocate capital when opportunities arise, and more than ever, selecting the right securities after years of passive investment hegemony," Gravier added.
On last year, it was highlighted how 2018 marked the transition to a new regime of lower expected returns and higher risks, with less economic growth and richer valuations. Gravier estimated that volatility will continue to be elevated, with less liquidity and ever rising political uncertainty. Record levels of global debt are a common denominator, capping growth and heightening investment risk. He further claimed that there is also good news – secular positive trends are still at play, valuation opportunities have appeared and cash is back as a yielding asset. He concluded by reiterating that definitely, the future is not what it used to be, but history has proven that turbulent markets generate the best investment opportunities"
Highlights of the Emirates NBD 2019 Investment Outlook:
Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction
- Gradually taking profits on developed market (DM) Government bonds to reinforce cash and equity
- Emerging Market (EM) Debt and global equities our preferred sources of return, gold and cash the best defensive assets
- We will tactically adjust exposure based on valuation discipline
Equity Convictions
- DM: neutral US, slightly underweight Europe vs slightly overweight Japan
- EM: we favour Asia, with no specific country bias, positive on KSA with MSCI EM inclusion a catalyst
- Sectors: technology our preferred growth sector, we play materials and GCC banks for dividends, and favour Healthcare as our preferred defensive sector.
Fixed-Income Convictions
- Favour Corporate Credit and EM debt over DM Government bonds
- Overweight the US within DM Government bonds, and favour Investment Grade over High Yield in credit
- GCC bonds offer value across select Sovereigns and Credit (Utilities, Energy and Financials including hybrids)
Oil Outlook
- Oil prices to fluctuate against weakening outlook for global economy
- We expect Brent futures to average USD 65/b in 2019 with significant volatility
Real Estate
- Late cycle concerns: low property yields, slower growth and rising rates
- Demand still robust for prime assets over the long-term, 2019 focus on defensive sectors
The annual Emirates NBD CIO Outlook is an advisory blueprint covering investment opportunities and key global economic indicators and in-depth financial market insights, based on which Emirates NBD's team of advisors, traders and analysts make recommendations on financial transactions and investments to the bank's qualified clients. News Desk


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