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Like most blog, this one has a couple of software programs installed that tell me how many people visit this site, and how they got here. I can even see what they searched for to get to this site.
So, the past month or so, about 80% of the visitors came after they looked for weightloss… wow. Weird. but then again, there are no accidents in the Universe, really, no accidents.
When you can see behind the curtain, like in the Wizard of Oz, you can see the connections, plain and clear.
Let me reveal a little magic for you: at about the same time this rush of weightloss traffic started to come to this site, at the exact time, I had a revelation: that what's been keeping me fat is what I didn't know. Ha-ha… not very funny, is it?
About a month ago I heard that sugar, in quantities high enough (how about 6 grams… that's one and a half teaspoon of granulated sugar… a bottle of coke has 42 grams of sugar in it) trigger a release of insulin, and insulin's secondary job is to turn sugar into stored fat. Mainly around your waistline.
Now, that, I kind of knew… didn't live like I knew, but as book knowledge goes, I knew it. But I found out something dramatic for me: a glass of milk contains 9 grams of sugar. My milk consumption was, at the time, a little over a liter a day. That is, my friend, 56 grams of sugar. Neatly concealed in whiteness…
Now, that was a wakeup call. It was loud and clear, that it wasn't my genes, my age, it was the sugar that I unwittingly consumed that had kept me fat.
I went cold turkey, and cut out the milk. I have been putting a little bit of heavy cream into my tea, since then, and… drumroll please, I have dropped ten pounds, just by cutting out the milk.
I am not eating sweets or fruit either. I am not craving either. I have more energy, and I am getting visibly slimmer.
So, my firend, if you want to lose weight, maybe stop counting the calories, stop counting the fat, stop counting anything other than the sugar… rule: less than 5 grams of sugar in a meal, less than 15 grams of sugar total for the day.
Doesn't sound very exciting? Hey, you can have an exciting diet and stay fat. I don't care, I want to be slim more than have my excitement limited to sweetness… how about dating, how about dancing, how about hiking… no one really wanted a fattie for those exciting activities…
I have made my choice.
Now, back to the no coincidence… can you see? I have shifted and my blog has been attracting people like myself. Wow.
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|A special session of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) Wednesday empowered the armed forces to go ahead with Rs 300 crore worth of capital acquisitions to meet emergent operational requirements, even as the military has been on a shopping spree over the past few weeks.
The move, which comes amid tensions between India and China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), gives the armed forces unprecedented emergency powers under the capital budget, which is for purchases of new equipment and systems. It is expected to ease some of the bottlenecks that mar defence acquisitions.
So far, the forces have, from time to time, been given a Rs 500-crore limit per project under the revenue head, which deals with reordering of existing systems and ammunition. This power, for example, was allowed after the 2016 Uri attack, and in June this year in light of the LAC situation.
Procurements under the capital budget are a long-drawn process that requires multiple trials and long procedures even if fast-tracked.
Announcing the new provision, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said it will shrink procurement timelines, ensure speedy placement of orders, and start deliveries within one year.
Several procurements on the horizon
Amid the ongoing tensions with China, the Indian military has been on a shopping spree, with a number of projects being pushed under the emergency procurement provision. These include assault rifles, anti-tank guided missiles, ammunition, high-altitude clothing, bombs, drones, etc.
Sources said the armed forces are already in the midst of pursuing different manner of procurements from the US, Russia, Israel, France and some other countries.
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France had even diverted missiles meant for its own force to India to enable faster deployment of the Rafale fighters jets, which will arrive in India later this month.
I do not think Sprut are on the shopping list..Some proposed Emergency Imports:-
1. Additional 716 Rifles 72000
2. Sprut light tank from Russia
3. Signature on AK-203 Procurement ignoring high price
4. Loitering Ammunition Firefly from Israel
5. Heron UAV
6. Hand launched UAV
7. Predator B
8. More Rafale (44)
9. K-226 helicopter (?)
10. Additional Mig-29s & Su-30MKIs
Time to integrate spice is longer. Hammer is plug and go. For current situation with China, there is need for fast procurement.
Can someone please explain why we are buying hammer when we have SPICE, is it because we think Rafale will deliver this and they cannot take SPICE or it offers more than that?
Time to integrate spice is longer. Hammer is plug and go. For current situation with China, there is need for fast procurement.
Also, hammer is suitable for mountaineous region as it is capable of guided ballistic trajectory and hence more accuracy in such terrain.
Absolutely no reason not to have hammer.
Spice kits will be integrated at their own pace now.
I still think it's about time to sign govt to govt deal for 72 more rafales.Time to integrate spice is longer. Hammer is plug and go. For current situation with China, there is need for fast procurement.
Also, hammer is suitable for mountaineous region as it is capable of guided ballistic trajectory and hence more accuracy in such terrain.
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Whitman County Library's Summer Reading kids successfully logged nearly 5,000 hours of reading time to complete the 2019 program. A Universe of Stories was the theme presented by a consortium of states working together to provide public libraries with high quality educational materials for children, teens, and adults.
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Met Office expands 'danger to life' warning for UK as Storm Dennis approaches
The Met Office has expanded its amber warning to a larger area of the UK as Storm Dennis prepares to batter the nation this weekend.
The Met's "danger to life" rain alert has been expanded across northern England and Wales, with two months of rain to fall in 24 hours.
It warns cities, towns and villages in the warning area, which includes York and Greater Manchester, are "likely" to see flooding.
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UK weather forecast: Danger to life warning with Storm Dennis set to unleash weatherbomb
UK weather: Storms Ellen and Francis to pound Britain with weeks of wild weather
The Met Office's updated warning reads: "The warning area over northern England has been expanded while the high ground of north Wales has also now been included.
"Spells of heavy and prolonged rain are expected to affect parts of England and Wales over the weekend with a higher likelihood of impacts now expected in some areas.
"Around 20-40 mm of rain will fall widely with 50-80 mm likely across parts of northern and southern England.
"Over the higher ground of Wales 100-120 mm of rain is possible in a few locations. This rain is expected to fall across areas already wet from recent rainfall."
UK weather: 5 Met Office warnings for snow and 70mph winds as Storm Dennis looms
The Met Office has also issued a series of other yellow and amber warnings in the last few days for the country this weekend, with the storm's 80mph winds set to add to the carnage.
Its yellow warning for wind, which covers all of England and Wales, reads: "Strong winds in association with Storm Dennis are expected on Saturday and Sunday across many parts of England and Wales.
"The strongest winds are likely to be on Saturday afternoon and evening, with a lull for a time overnight, before increasing again during early Sunday.
"Gusts of 50 mph are expected inland. Around the coasts, especially in the west and south, gusts of 60-70 mph are likely.
Storm Dennis: Where tempest will unleash devastating 70mph gales and heavy downpours
"The strong winds will be accompanied by heavy rain at times, leading to particularly poor driving conditions."
Amber warnings for torrential rain has also been issued for southern England, covering Brighton and Winchester, as well as south-west England between Plymouth and Exeter.
This warning reads: "Spells of heavy and prolonged rainfall are anticipated to bring around 20-40 mm of rain quite widely, with 60-80 mm possible in a few locations.
"This rain is expected to fall across areas already wet from recent rainfall."
The incoming storm comes just days after Storm Ciara wreaked havoc on the nation with 100mph winds and widespread flooding.
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This year, Rockfeedback is delighted to be the official blog partner for the rather exciting iTunes Festival, taking place at London's Roundhouse every night in July. Over the course of the festival, we'll not be missing a night, delivering morning-after reports on everyone from Oasis and Bloc Party to Franz Ferdinand and Kasabian playing intimate sets to fans lucky enough to have won tickets to the shows. Within days, we'll also be bringing you exclusive live and interview footage with a selection of them too. Jack Penate and Golden Silvers make up the bill for night 3.
Admirably, the iTunes Festival has brought together some unlikely artists, and the third night adds teeny-bopping George Michael look-a-like Jack Penate to the bill to show off his surprisingly impressive new sound. Recently, award-winning producer and songwriter Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, Primal Scream, The Rapture, Friendly Fires, Florence and the Machine, Kate Nash and Maximo Park amongst others) has given Penate an extreme musical make-over. Epworth has helped him out of an ugly immature cocoon by dressing him up in kitsch 90's anthemic dance wings and sending him out into the world as a fully fledged singer with a start-over album to be proud of.
So, how is Penate keeping up with this new look and new sound live? And, most importantly, if Everything is New, as the title track suggests, will we still get to see 'that' dance?
The support slot for tonight's Penate show is filled by none other than fresh sounding 80's revivalist band (who are a contradiction in terms in every way) Golden Silvers. There's only the three of them on stage with a drum kit, a bass and frontman Gwilym Gold's illuminated synths, which have been dressed up in their trademark church-organ quilt for good measure. Moving and shaking the world of new disco since claiming Glastonbury's 2008 New Talent Award, the laid-back trio look relaxed on their sparse stage. After playing in front of thousands at the first of Blur's sold out reunion gigs at Hyde Park last night and with Penate's somewhat easy-to-please fanbase in front of them this evening, it's not hard to see why Golden Silvers so confidently cut the young music fans' teeth with their stretched funk bass lines and quirky disco keys.
The band give a patient and mature performance, taking the squeals of young girls with the heckles of larger louts all in their chilled stride. Gold's flat nasal vocals, which lie somewhere between Bragg and Dury, enhance their sound, which works despite the seemingly mismatched mix of styles. The band seems to play tricks with their complex soundscapes passing genres gently to one another like lads in the park with a football. The funky beats and Pet Shop Boys inspired harmonies uplift the young crowd and the fiercely cool threesome leave another audience bopping in delight. This band's talents lie with their casual integrity and instantly recognisable look which seems to hold a crowd captivated.
Change over lasts a few minutes, and we treat ourselves to London sunshine on the cafe roof terrace, munch on freshly cooked barbeque food and sip cold beer, until a theatre bell calls us back in.
The venue, like the calling bell, seems fitting for the Jack Penate, a lad who started on the stage as a child actor, leaving school at nine years old to perform in Bugsy Malone. And perform he does, dancing and shaking throughout his first song 'So Near' from Everything is New, like a kid who has eaten too many Smarties. A high spirited crowd of mostly under 18 year olds, the majority of which of course are girls, spin and jumped for the entire set and I wasn't sure whether calls of "I love you Jack" were ironic or not.
Although the new sound is combined with an all new shirt (Jack has metamorphosed out of boyish checked shirts and into a more manly black vests and, tonight, an Aztec jacket Wham! would be proud of) there is still a feeling that Penate is more child's TV presenter "doing rock" than the brooding tortured artist he puts across during the intro of low point 'Let's All Die'. Despite being an actor the happy, chirpy, Jack returns as he asks the crowd to sing along to the song's "catchy" chorus. Perhaps it is Penate's pearly white smile but I can't help but wonder if I'm watching a pop concert or a Disney cartoon gone wrong. Then the answer is clear as, during said chorus, Jack Penate stage dives into the crowd, who carry their hero around on their young shoulders - and I know even Disney couldn't make this up.
With the help of his gutsy guest, ramshackle folk sensation Kid Harpoon, the high energy stage show was an experience and stand out older tracks such as 'Have I Been A Fool' showcase talent who wears past criticism well and who is capable of far more than we once gave him credit for. It was, however, a shame that some more chalk 'n cheese songs from debut album Matinee seasoned the set list creating an inconsistent mix of newer, cooler, anthemic pop tunes and the simpler wares of his earlier material.
The future of Penate seems unclear. All in all, the gig was strangely enjoyable with the estuary popstar crooning happily leaving a fitful crowd desperate to hear more from the old LP they know and love, and keen to investigate the new one, too. If the new tracks really are the new Jack I am sure this audience will also, in time, learn to love those just as much. With that, I suppose a new stage show will temper post-Epworth Jack. Whether a desire to innovate has lead him too far from home only time will tell, but in the meantime if you're after a fun-filled family evening out, Jack's on hand to provide it - and these days, just a little bit more, too.


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Hi all, I was printing with some scrap material, which seemed to be melting at lower temperature than HIPS, so I assumed it was PLA. I indeed got one print done successfully, but when I tried to print again, filament started seeping around the nozzle, and then the nozzle popped off. Could anyone tell me whether I need to get a new hot end, or whether I can simply push the nozzle back in place? Our printer is shared, so if I need to buy another I would like to know ASAP.
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We had a day-long break in the rain yesterday, so I put some work into rebuilding the raised beds. I transported all of the small blocks to the new garden area. There's a pile of not-yet-composted material (and some clay soil) that will need to get hauled over to our new compost area … but that's the last step.
I also got a tightly packed leaf layer along the bottom of the bed. Reading about building raised beds on existing lawn, people put down a layer of cardboard or newspaper to prevent the existing plants from invading the garden. It'll rain all day today, and we'll stomp it down again tomorrow. Then there's a bunch of dirt to haul before I can get some plants out into the new garden space.


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Large-Scale Comparative Analysis Reveals A Simple Model To Predict The Prevalence Of Thyroid Nodules.Li G , Wang L , Lei J , Song L , Tang H , Li Z , Gong R , Zhu J
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The frequency of thyroid nodules (TNs) has increased rapidly in recent decades. We established a simple, effective model to predict TN occurrence by a large-scale comparative analysis of the Chinese population.
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There were approximately 40 attendees in Shanghai and more than 70 in Shenzhen. Even though the Trump Administration had announced new proposed tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the U.S. one day prior to the first seminar, attendance and interest ran high among the attendees.
"While we've certainly spent time over the past several years getting to know the China market, these trade seminars were invaluable for introducing us to a wide range of importers all of whom are interested in U.S. rice," said Mark Holt, from Riceland Foods, who participated.
Six U.S. exporters took advantage of the opportunity to introduce their company and products and join in a one-on-one "speed dating" event at which USA Rice provided interpreters where needed. Rice from California and the South was taste tested at the seminar in Shanghai and at a hosted dinner in Shenzhen.
"The day after the announced tariffs, we heard credible reports that the Chinese government had contacted agricultural importers and advised them to avoid purchasing U.S. agricultural products," said Jim Guinn, USA Rice director of Asia promotion programs, who helped coordinate both seminars. "A number of attendees spoke about the trade tensions but it didn't seem to temper their longer term interest in U.S. rice, especially among private importers. However, given this setback in trade relations, the short term outlook for rice sales is not very positive in the absence of a trade deal."
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Keeping the Sparkle in New Years Eve Weddings
From time to time I am asked how to plan and schedule a New Years Eve wedding. It can be a very fun and festive way to bring in the New Year and celebrate a new beginning in your lives as well. Here are some suggestions for the timing of the evening to insure that your wedding flows nicely, everyone stays until midnight to ring in the new year together with good wishes too.
- Invite your guests for a cocktail party start at 8 PM if you have the bucks to entice your guests to begin celebrating early in the evening.This allows time for traffic in case it's a work day and your guests are traveling from a distance. You can have a good wish stack of cards where the guests write down their one wish for the bride and groom signed by the guests, and another wish card written and signed by the guests for them to fill out making a good wish in the new year for themselves. As the guests depart their wishes have been added to a small gift box and they are asked to open it up on the next new years eve. The bride and groom have written a message of thanks in a card attached to the box with each guest name, and inside is the wish the guests had hoped to be granted and another wish the bride and groom wrote for the guest as well. It's a lot of work if you are having a large wedding, but what a wonderful idea if both wishes come true or at least the wishes are similar. We all need a little surprise and wonder in our lives. (During the evening, helpers have been matching up the names of the wishes with boxes for each guest).
- Start moving guests to the ceremony area by 9 PM and begin your ceremony by 9:15 PM
- Ceremony concludes approximately 9:45, guests move to room where dinner and dancing will be starting.
- Bride and groom are introduced and have their first dance by 10:00PM, with short dance set with all guests and wedding party follows.
- First course about 10:20 with the Best Man and Maid of Honor toasts given during the conclusion of either the first course. Since this is a special holiday as well as a wedding reception, the father/daughter dance usually held until the end of the main course is done a little earlier in the evening, coming after the second course with comments by the Father of the Bride before he dances with his daughter. A short dance following with all the guests.
- Try to have the main course served by 11:15 PM and conclude about 11:45 PM when the bride and groom will say a few words, cut the cake, and everyone toasts in the new year at 12 midnight. The streamers, horns, confetti that were placed on the guest tables earlier in the evening are blown and thrown as the guests are encouraged to join the bride and groom on the dance floor. Everyone is on the dance floor and the bride and groom are raised on chairs to the delight of the guests.
- Guests enjoy the music and desserts until 1 AM when guests depart and receive their parting gifts. Keep it fun, keep it safe, lots of cabs waiting for the hardy party attendees(good idea to pre book cabs on a holiday), have cash on hand for your guests who may not be in the best shape and need a cab, or even arrange for a bus if finances allow for the out of towners to return to their hotels by a coach!


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Planning to hit the beach this summer? You'll want to bring along this super cute DIY Beach Bag. Just turn on your Silhouette Cameo and grab some heat transfer vinyl and you're ready to roll!
I received a Silhouette Cutting Machine and Artesprix Sublimation markers in exchange for sharing how I use their products to get creative. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.
I've wanted a Silhouette Cameo for the longest time! My friends have been using them to make the coolest stuff and the more I saw, the more I knew I had to have one! I've always had loved crafting and have made everything from DIY coasters to coastal themed trays. However, I knew a Cameo would take my crafting up a few notches and I was ready!
I was beyond excited when my Silhouette Cameo 4 arrived! Setup was easy and I love that it works via bluetooth too. That lets me place it where ever I want without having to worry about cords getting in the way.
Another thing I really like about the Cameo 4 is that I can use my own markers. Other brands make you use their markers but Silhouette has a pen adapter that can be used with almost any pen or marker you want. I've been doing a lot with Artesprix sublimation markers lately and I love being able to use them with my Cameo.
The Silhouette Store is pretty awesome too. There are so many great designs that sometimes I have trouble narrowing it down! The store is filled with images, fonts, patterns and even 3D designs, many as inexpensive as 99¢. There are even free ones available (my favorite price!). Because I'm such a big Disney fan, I had to check out their Disney related products first!
The real beauty of having a Silhouette Cameo is that I can use it to create so many different kinds of crafts! There's a bit of a learning curve but it's gotten a lot easier as I go. I started off with simple projects like a makeup bag and a grilling apron but can't wait to make more.
Since my family and I have been daydreaming about going back to the beaches when they reopen, I've had beach gear on the brain, specifically beach bags. I already have a big bag but by the time I squeeze all our gigantic beach towels in, there's not much room for anything else.
DIY Beach Bag
That's why I wanted to make smaller individual beach bags for my girls. They'd be able to fill them with their favorite snacks, drinks and beach toys. Even better, it lightens the load for me! These bags may be smaller but this tutorial works just as well for large beach bags too.
Just grab some heat transfer vinyl, Artesprix Sublimation Markers and a few other supplies to make a cute beach bag of your own!
Planning to hit the beach this summer? Learn how you can use your Silhouette Cameo to make this cute DIY beach bag!
DIY Beach Bag
If you are creating a design that can be peeled in one piece, you can skip this next step and just peel and place your vinyl on the bag.
NOTE: If you are using Easy Subli vinyl, you will have use the Siser easy mask. The Easy Subli design won't stick to other masks.
Don't worry if the colors look a little dull. Because these are sublimation markers, the colors will really stand out after you apply the heat.
Planning to hit the beach this summer? Learn how you can use your Silhouette Cameo to make this cute DIY beach bag!
You can change up the design to fit whatever theme you want. Add passports and airplanes to create a travel bag or even fruits and veggies to make a reusable grocery bag. There are so many options and you can get really creative with it!
Do you have a Silhouette Cameo? What are some fun things that you've made with it?
If you love getting crafty, you may want to check out these fun ideas too…


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Current practice
of the Hungarian Repeat station surveys: measurement, data processing,
Kovács, P. (1),
Csontos, A. (1), Vadasz, G. (2), Heilig, B. (1)
(1) Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary,
Budapest, Hungary, (2) Statistical and Biological Physics Research
Group of Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest,
In Hungary, the
geomagnetic survey campaigns possess a long tradition, dating back to
the middle of the nineteenth century. Since 1950 onwards, until 1995,
Hungary's vector magnetic components have been surveyed
periodically, every 15 years, on the so-called country survey (CS)
network comprising 300 stations. In 1965, a repeat-station (RS)
network comprising 15 non-anomalous stations was also installed in
order to monitor the spatial distribution of the secular change of the
magnetic field and to regularly update the field measured in the dense
country network. The RS network stations are occupied in 2-3 years of
periodicity. In the paper, we present the RS network of Hungary, the
procedure of the temporal reduction of the RS vector observations, as
well as the spatial adjustment of the reduced RS data.
Traditionally, the normal field models of Hungary are constructed by
the first- or second-order polynomial of the geographic coordinates.
The polynomial fitting (PF) is carried out separately for each of the
vector component, thus this solution ignores the Laplace's condition
that should be valid for the internal geomagnetic field. Moreover, PF
doesn't take in account the radial change of the field, and
disregard the curvature of the modelled area. To avoid these
shortcomings, recently, we have developed a Matlab code for the
application of the adjusted spherical harmonic analysis (ASHA),
introduced by De Santis (1992) for the modelling of the geomagnetic
field for a domain extending to a spherical cap. We also apply the
revised spherical harmonic analysis (R-SCHA) pioneered by Thebault et
al. (2006) that is able to exemplify the geomagnetic field model in a
conical domain by involving geomagnetic observations from different
altitudes (ground, airborne, spacecraft). In the paper we compare the
geomagnetic models obtained by the different methods on the basis of
their accuracies and physical relevancies.
The temporal reduction of the Hungarian RS data is carried out by the
use of the variometer records of the Tihany observatory. However, it
is also considered that in stations located far from our reference
observatory, the accuracy of the reduction can be eventually increased
by the installation of an on-site variometer. The site of the
variometer station must be carefully selected in order to ensure low
level of magnetic and mechanical noise, as well as temperature
stability. During the last three repeat-station campaigns of Hungary
carried out in 2012, 2014 and 2016, a three-component DIDD
magnetometer was installed in the Baradla cave, near to our Aggtelek
repeat station. The paper presents the variometer site, the
installation of the DIDD variometer and the results of the recordings.
The improvement of the reduction accuracy is also shown by comparing
the reduced RS magnetic components obtained with and without the use
of the DIDD variometer records.


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(Eagle News) — Senator Ronald dela Rosa has reiterated the war on drugs, while not perfect, was not a failure.
"With all honesty masasabi natin na yung ating war on drugs is not perfect… talagang hindi perfect. Bigyan mo ako ng isang bansa, pinakamagaling na bansa na perfect yung kanilang war on drugs," Dela Rosa said at the Dangerous Drugs Board's culminating event for the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week 2019 in Quezon City recently.
According to Dela Rosa, some sectors should "stop fooling the people" that the war on drugs had actually failed.
"Baka ang standard ninyo standard ng Europe, standard ng Amerika, standard ng Colombia… as far as Filipino standard is concerned… bakit 82 percent ang approval rating ng mga tao sa ating Pangulo (at sa war on drugs)? So huwag nating lokohin ang taumbayan, let us give them the real numbers," Dela Rosa said.
He also called on government agencies to 'go the extra mile' in the war on drugs.
"Paigtingin pa natin ang ating pagtutulungan, we have enough government agencies addressing the drug problem, but what matters most is the support and cooperation of every member of the community. What will help us win this war is our united and strong front against illegal drugs," Dela Rosa said.
Earlier, Vice President Leni Robredo said the drug war was a failure because it had failed to curb the number of drug users in the country.
In response, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed her as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs.
Barely three weeks into the post, though, Duterte fired her over her taunts he should just fire her if he did not trust her.
The Palace had said Duterte's move was also because of Robredo's partymates taunts.
"Pinagbigyan ka na nga, binastos mo pa," Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo had said in an interview.


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SAN FRANCISCO — First-trimester screening for aneuploidy may soon become the standard of care, Robert H. Ball, M.D., predicted at a meeting on antepartum and intrapartum management sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco.
There is sufficient evidence to support the incorporation of first-trimester testing into prenatal practice in the United States, and the focus now should be on the most effective way to implement this, according to a consensus statement produced at a workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in December 2004.
At least seven studies now have shown that detection of aneuploidy can be improved by analyzing a combination of risk factors in the first trimester: maternal age, nuchal translucency measured on ultrasound, and serum testing for β-HCG and PAPP-A.
Women at risk may be offered more definitive testing earlier in pregnancy with this approach, or results of negative first-trimester screens can be integrated with second-trimester serum screening for improved aneuploidy detection in the second trimester.
"This is a big deal, no doubt about it," said Dr. Ball, a perinatologist at UCSF Children's Hospital. Most nuchal translucency screens will be done in prenatal diagnostic centers, not in every ob.gyn.'s office, he said.
Dr. Ball presented data at the meeting from the First and Second Trimester Evaluation of Risk for Aneuploidy (FASTER) trial, in which he was an investigator. The results have been accepted for publication in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The study obtained follow-up information for 37,002 births, from an impressive 97% of the women who enrolled and underwent first- and second-trimester screening. Aneuploidy detection rates improved when first-trimester serum screening was added to nuchal translucency measurement, compared with using nuchal translucency alone to assess risk.
Detection improved further when these first-trimester results were integrated with second-trimester serum screening.
The study's size provided the power to analyze subgroups, including results based on the gestational week of screening. The best time for first-trimester screening was week 11: When screening was performed at that time, detection rates were 73% with nuchal translucency alone and 93% with the combined nuchal translucency/serum screen. After integrating the combined first-trimester screen with second-trimester screening, the detection rate was 98%.
First trimester screening may pose scheduling problems, he predicted. "That's sort of a logistical nightmare, if you think about it," because physicians will be scrambling to get patients into prenatal diagnostic centers before the 11-week window passes, he said during the meeting.
"I can imagine people suing because they didn't get in for their nuchal translucency screening and they have a Down syndrome kid" that might have been detected earlier, Dr. Ball added.
In hopes that the integrated first- and second-trimester screening strategies might obviate the need for genetic sonograms, investigators analyzed the FASTER data with and without genetic sonogram results. They found that the likelihood of aneuploidy greatly increased with identification of at least one genetic marker on ultrasound. Genetic ultrasound results improved the overall 84% detection rate for aneuploidy using first-trimester screening alone and decreased the false-positive rate.
"Much to my chagrin, having a genetic sonogram after you've had a bucket load of other tests is actually going to be useful," Dr. Ball said.


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A set of six tub-shaped chairs in the manner of Afra and Tobia Scarpa. Each chair features a geometrically pleasing swooping back with Four fragmented part-circular detailing to the back and armrests. Two of the chair have been stained to create a dark rich brown while the other four frames have been left blonde. Raised on three legs with the back leg being more significant in width to those featured on the front. The seats have recently been upholstered in a cross-woven off-white fabric.
Height - 71
Width - 57
Depth - 52
Six Midcentury 'Pigreco' Chairs Afra and Tobia Scarpa Style
In an attitude to being fair traders, Pappilon will accept returns on the bases that the buyer will return the item in the condition it was received on the understanding that this will be at the buyer's expense.


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Hello! My name is Amy, and I'm new to the chicken scene! I have three backyard chickens. A Barred Rock and Black Australorp, and an Isa Brown. Like many people, I live within the city limits, and can only have hens. I'm really worried about my Isa Brown being a cockerel. I thought the females are brown, white white tail feathers, which (s)he has, but now the tail feathers are starting to curl. She's 13 weeks old, maybe even 14 weeks. Can I please get an opinion?


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Amazing! Sounds like they know what they're doing, they're getting stuff done they have the demand and support from the government finally. A winning recipe!


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Sesame Pepper Crackers
I refer to these as sesame pepper crackers after replacing poppy seeds with ground black pepper. Another name for them would be two-seed crackers if you choose to use poppy seeds. In that case, add two tablespoons of each type of seeds.
|All purpose flour
|2 cups
|Baking powder
|1 tsp
|A pinch of salt
|Ground black pepper
|1 Tbsp
|Sesame seeds
|3 Tbsp
|Unsalted butter, chilled and chopped
|2 oz.
|Ice water
|½ cup


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Jeanette Jordan wanted a pony as a child. She never got one, but today, as a retiree, she puts in more-than-full-time volunteer hours overseeing the care of more than 60 horses.
From miniatures to thoroughbreds, her "big babies" are refugees from abuse or neglect living at a makeshift Hialeah ranch run by the South Florida chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Jordan, 66, is the chapter's president at a time when it is caring for a record number of unwanted horses. She and her vice president, retired teacher Ellyn Robinson, 65, manage one of the larger horse sanctuaries in the country.
A pair of "city girls" from Miami, they do everything from mucking stalls and pitching hay to lobbying legislators and raising money. They oversee a $350,000 budget and a staff of one full-time and four part-time workers plus hundreds of volunteers.
One of their recent success stories was Magic Express, a grandson of Triple Crown winner Secretariat, who was found wandering in Northwest Miami-Dade. They were able to place him with Palm Beach's Emily Vernon Foundation for Homeless and Abused Animals.
"It is so nice to see such a loving horse transformed into the proud, glorious thoroughbred that he is," Jordan said.
Now she and Robinson are in the midst of their most ambitious effort yet: Negotiating the purchase of a 20-acre ranch in far southwestern Miami-Dade County. It will give them almost double the space they lease in Hialeah and mean they won't have to move again, as they've done three times in less than a decade as development has spread in Northwest Miami-Dade.
"Can you imagine the work in packing and moving?" Robinson asked.
Not that they mind the work. She and Jordan say it's a gift to work with the horses. Many are openly affectionate with the women, whinnying and moving quickly to their stall doors at the sight of them.
"They're big pets," Robinson said as she hugged Bridget, a blind mare who is given free rein in one pasture.
"It's spiritual to be there with the horses," Jordan said. "It occupies your mind. You don't worry about anything."
They move on to a new arrival, an aging black horse that staffers named Harvey. He had been wandering, near starvation, only five days earlier.
"He needs to gain at least 200 to 300 pounds — easy," Jordan said.
The gaunt horse nuzzles the women as they brush him.
The fun part of their job is watching their charges thrive and eventually move with new owners.
The not-so-nice reality is witnessing evidence of barbarity toward horses. Some don't make it and have to be euthanized.
"We take the loss of each horse personally," Jordan said.
Women have a special bond with horses, says Peter Gregory, co-owner of the nonprofit Mill Creek Farm, an equine "retirement home" in Alachua County, a dozen miles north of Gainesville, that shelters about 130 horses.
Many of his volunteers are retired career women like Robinson and Jordan, he says, who wanted a horse as little girls but didn't get one.
"Now, they have many."
Gregory has taken in abused horses rescued by the South Florida SPCA, and praises Robinson and Jordan for their work "during a terrible time."
So does State Rep. Luis Garcia of Miami-Dade's District 107, whom Jordan lobbied after horses were found butchered in South Florida. The Legislature passed the bill Garcia sponsored to increase penalties for horse slaughter; it took effect last fall.
"Jeanette's efforts have helped to save countless horses, and more importantly she continues to spread the message that our community will no longer accept this type of behavior," Garcia said.
Jordan, who was public affairs director for the former WBXL-TV (now WSFL-CW 39), began volunteering with the South Florida SPCA in 2002. She was motivated by news reports that Ferdinand, the 1986 Kentucky Derby winner, had died in a Japanese slaughterhouse.
"I could not believe it — I had to help," she said. "In the beginning, I would clean the stalls, give fresh water, groom the horses."
That's where she met Robinson, who had begun volunteering after buying her first horse in 1992.
"I hired a trainer to help me look for a calm, older mare … just like me," she said. Instead, "I wound up with an energetic 4-year-old newly gelded Paso Fino. Yikes, what had I done!"
She boards her beloved Calusa at a Palm Beach County farm and still rides him nearly every weekend.
When a veterinarian friend asked her to deliver donated medicine to the South Florida SPCA, she was "totally shocked to learn of the scope of the problem of cruelty to horses."
Sometimes, it is unintentional cruelty: People buy horses without thought or training, and aren't prepared for the amount of work or money required. Horses cost hundreds of dollars a month to feed and shelter, vet care can be expensive, and the animals need daily attention, from brushing to exercising and feeding.
"They're not like house cats where you just go out and get some cat food and litter," Jordan said.
And horses can live for more than 30 years. Over-breeding of race horses is another problem. Owners discover they can't afford to feed an animal that isn't a money-maker on the track, Jordan says.
Recent economic hard times have exacerbated the problem, and the Hialeah ranch is bursting at the seams, but Jordan says they always find a way to help.
"We have never turned away a horse."


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Our company maintains several blogs, each with similar content, but localized into 3 languages. Some content exists in all 3, but there are variances. I'll call those languages and their sites A, B, and C.
While the blogs have similar content, they all have unique names and are treated as unique brands. (In contrast to, say, one blog brand that is translated 3 ways).
Previously we had the A blog as a subdomain of the primary site. The other 2 blogs had unique domains, like this:
- A.site.com
- B.com
- C.com.ccLTD (this blog has a country code as well)
Recently we opted for parity in an attempt to help close our funnel and give a similar UX for all. We used 301 redirects for implementation, and did a search/replace for internal links to reflect the new structure. Everything else remained identical. So we now have:
- A.site.com
- B.site.com
- C.site.com (without the ccLTD)
Expectedly, traffic dropped after the migration. It dropped a bit more for C (presumably because we abandoned the ccLTD).
However, around the same time, traffic for A also increased.
- Is there a correlation between the losses for B and C and the gain for A?
- Apart from normal updates to B and C (site structure, meta content, tags, etc.), what kinds of things could be affecting this?
- The sites historically did not use hreflangs, even though a lot of the content was translated directly. Is it possible that this is the culprit? I'm nervous and suspect of this theory, on account of A's gains.
- Is it fair to assume that C's more significant loss is due to removing the ccLTD? The decision not to do this was based on formalizing a strategy to focus on language rather than location.
- Can anyone confirm whether Google is smart enough to know that translated copy is unique and not duplicate?
Thank you!


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Come on, more vehicles? Anyone have pictures?
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I haven't seen any yet, but it looks like it will be according to the picture.
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Yes. All these pictures were taken from the client loader splash screen for anybody that couldn't log in to physically check it out themselves. I'm sure these graphics are attainable though.
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