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As more and more people use their phones and tablets to browse the internet, it's more important than ever to make sure your website is suitable for them. At Mercurytide we recently found that six out of ten (59%) visitors to the sites we've built are viewing them on mobile devices. To keep these visitors coming back, you need to make sure that your site is responsive, engaging and usable on phones and tablets.
It can be tempting to test your site for mobile by viewing it on your PC at the same width and height as an iPad or phone screen. Is this a valid test? Unfortunately not.
Testing your site on the wrong environment can hide a huge number of issues (which your visitors will find and tell you about later). We've put together a quick strategy on deciding which technology to test your site on and the types of issues you may encounter.
Know your visitors
Start by checking Google Analytics to find out which devices people are looking at your site on. It sounds tricky, but actually it's really simple to find this basic information on device usage. Here's a quick walkthrough:
Log into Google Analytics and select 'Audience'
Open 'Mobile' and select 'Devices'
You'll find an overview of mobile and tablet device visits for your site on the right
If you don't have access to Google Analytics, play it safe. It's impractical to test against every screen size, operating system and brand on the market, so just use the devices your visitors are likely to own. We recommend testing your website on the current market leading phones and tablets.
Attempting to emulate the performance of a mobile or tablet on a PC is impossible. An older PC will generally be a lot more powerful that even the latest version of a phone. The most common issue I've seen is an animation stuttering across a mobile screen while moving smoothly on the PC.
Interaction & layout
The whole user experience is vastly different on a PC than on a mobile device. When you use a PC you use a mouse, a keyboard, a large monitor and 10 fingers. If you view your site on a mobile, you only use the phone, two thumbs and your fourth finger.
Interactive bugs you wouldn't notice on a PC might be centred around pinching, swiping and scrolling, as those interactions are considerably different between a mobile device and a PC. The most common layout issue is PC browsers adding scrollbars to pages which wouldn't have them on a mobile device.
E.g. This screenshot is a good example how a desktop screen size simulator adds a scroll bar. It gives different results.
On any mobile or tablet there would be no scrollbar in the expanded menu
You can't simulate the finger stroke to move the menu up and down
The standard expectation with menus on mobiles and tablets is that you can swipe them closed: this is an action that isn't possible on a PC
Your thought process is instantly altered just by holding a phone or tablet. You start to think differently and ask yourself questions like "is the experience the same for all visitors?", "can a mobile visitor do everything a PC user can?" and even "does a mobile visitor really need to see the same as content as PC visitor?" Sitting at your PC won't necessarily make you think of these points, but they're questions which need answers.
The initial capital required for purchasing popular devices to test on may seem like a lot, however the benefits outweigh the risk of owning a site that mobile or tablet users cannot use. Remember, mobile and tablet users are one small part of the bigger picture. While some companies say they test your site across 30 different devices and browsers, all they do is emulate or simulate your results. You won't get a true reflection on your site performance from them.
At Mercurytide we believe in making the best bespoke web applications from e-commerce, custom web design to web applications. That's why our dedicated software testing team test across a range of devices, and also carry out extra testing to ensure your solution is the best it can be. Get in touch if you'd like to find out more about what we can do for you.


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World Renowned Transgender Resource Since 1993
I have been publishing a 'Blog' now since 11-10-07.
My Blog was my way of talking to you.
But Facebook is SO much better
From time to time I get a bee in my bonnet and have to get it off my chest
or I hear a piece of news that I want to share with you.
I often recieve 'opportunities'
These can vary from employment
to involvment with magazines and television.
I am pleased to pass these on to you via this blog.
I add new items regularly and keep them on if they are still current or interesting.
SO please visit often and If you have anything to tell the readers of my blog
just email me with a press release.
Over 5000 friends keep in touch with me through my Facebook page.
Join husand meet my friends. I passes on the many opportunities that I receive and hundreds of great pictures.
This is my main Facebook page come and catch up with all that is going on with me
This is where I put up photo albums and all diary events for The WayOut Club
Here you can enjoy a totally interactive experience with everyone that 'Likes' the WayOut Club "Fan Page".
Over 3000 friends keep in touch with each other through The WayOut Club Group.
Again I pass on the many opportunities that I receive.
Vicky regularly uploads videos from WayOut plus video from WayOuts history. She also adds videos shot by others at WayOut as well as her favourite vids of course mostly relating to the TG scene
If you want to understand everything about transgender
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Adds a new pane to the sidebar in the HTML/CSS inspector.
The HTML/CSS inspector, called the Page Inspector in Firefox and the Elements panel in Chrome, displays the page DOM in the main part of its window, and has a sidebar that displays various other aspects of the page HTML/CSS in a tabbed interface. For example, in Firefox, the sidebar can display the CSS rules for the selected element, or its fonts, or its box model.
createSidebarPane() function adds a new pane to the sidebar. For example, the screenshot below shows a new pane titled "My pane", that displays a JSON object:
This function takes one argument, which is a string representing the pane's title. It returns a
Promise that resolves to an
ExtensionSidebarPane object representing the new pane. You can use that object to define the pane's content and behavior.
var creating = browser.devtools.panels.elements.createSidebarPane( title // string )
string. The pane's title. This will appear in the row of tabs along the top of the sidebar, and is the main way the user will be able to identify your pane.
Return value
Promise that will be fulfilled with an
ExtensionSidebarPane object representing the new pane.
Browser compatibility
|Chrome Full support Yes
|Edge Full support 79
|Firefox Full support 57
|Opera Full support Yes
|Safari No support No
|Firefox Android No support No
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Create a new pane, and populate it with a JSON object. You could run this code in a script loaded by your extension's devtools page.
function onCreated(sidebarPane) { sidebarPane.setObject({ someBool: true, someString: "hello there", someObject: { someNumber: 42, someOtherString: "this is my pane's content" } }); } browser.devtools.panels.elements.createSidebarPane("My pane").then(onCreated);
This API is based on Chromium's
chrome.devtools.panels API.
// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are // met: // // * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright // notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. // * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above // copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer // in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the // distribution. // * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its // contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from // this software without specific prior written permission. // // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS // "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT // LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR // A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT // OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, // SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT // LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, // DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY // THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT // (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE // OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.


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Commercial auto insurance can cover a combination of vehicle types (trucks, cars) and drivers, as well as some types of motorized equipment. It provides for bodily injury liability and property damage while operating a company automobile, medical payments or Personal Injury Protection (PIP) for the driver and passengers of the policyholder's car. Injuries or damage to someone else are also covered. Most states require liability insurance for damages that may happen to a third party if you or someone from your organization are in an accident while driving for businesses purposes.
The Commercial Auto policy has many of the same coverage options as a personal auto does, but one difference is the ability to pick 3 basic types of coverage:
Are you renting cars or are your employees using their own vehicles? This particular coverage provides business insurance coverage for certain liabilities arising from the use of a rented or leased vehicle (hired), or a non-owned vehicle (employee using their own vehicle on company business). Oftentimes this coverage can be added inexpensively to a business auto policy, or in some cases, a general liability policy.
A Commercial Auto policy does not cover the physical damage of a rented or leased vehicle and most rental car agencies require you to have coverage for their vehicle in case it is damaged by you. Hired Physical Damage Coverage is what you need to add to your policy in this instance.
If you do not have a personal auto policy and may use your Commercial Auto for personal use then it would be a good idea to add Drive Other Car Coverage. This will cover you in the case of an accident for personal use and if you were to drive a vehicle owned by a third party.
Insurance policies for privately owned vehicles may not cover damage to your privately owned car or truck when it is used for business, even home cosmetics, jewelry sales or a pizza delivery business. Be sure to speak to an agent at C.K. Ash to make for sure that your personal vehicle is covered while being used for business purposes. Do NOT depend upon a personal Umbrella to cover claims that arise out of a business use vehicle; most Umbrella policies exclude all claims arising in the course of a business endeavor.
When insuring a vehicle, make sure to let us know whom it is title to, whether that be you personally or your company. Commercial Auto policies require that the owner be named as the principal insured and in the case of a claim you do not want to have issues with questioning coverage.
When choosing those who will drive your business vehicles take the right steps to qualify these drivers. You are legally liable for everyone that drives these vehicles and if they have a bad driving record and are in an accident you could be liable for negligent entrustment. This causes many claims to be excessively more expensive than a normal accident and can cause you to lose your Commercial Auto coverage. Your organization is responsible to qualify your drivers before allowing them to drive your vehicles. Do not allow a unqualified driver with your vehicles; not even to run a small task.


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Digital solutions aren't always simply about promoting products and enticing purchase behaviours, they can also fill a useful navigational role. Due to their sheer size, many people need help navigating in airports, shopping centres, hotels, hospitals, university campuses and even cruise liners. We've been working with the likes of Leeds University, Manchester Airport, Kingfisher Shopping Centre Group and TUI to create bespoke interactive wayfinding solutions over the past 10+ years.
Simplicity and flexibility are key
Combining touch-enabled displays, pro-grade media players and often printers or NFC technologies allowing a route to be shared to a smartphone, our wayfinding units are a fantastic solution for helping your customers, passengers, patients and staff get around any location. Our team of developers and designers work to client plans to create bespoke layouts and features to every unit. With a focus on simplicity of design and flexibility in function, these units are a highly effective solution fit for any location.
What makes our solution particularly special is that it's a self-generating system, able to re-draw maps and directions presented to end users based on your amendments. This reduces costs and ensures that changes are made, as and when they happen.
Let us help you on your 'way' to a successful next project!
Give us a call today or click on the button below to get in touch. We'd love to hear from you and discuss your next wayfinding project.


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L-Glutamine for IBS
For proper function, your body depends chiefly on proteins. Amino acids are the fundamental building element that proteins are made of, and L-glutamine is the most common amino acid set up in human blood and makes up roughly sixty percent of the body muscles amino acid pool. This amino acid is chiefly produced by the lungs and is stored predominantly in the muscle tissue. L-glutamine aid intestinal health and it may assist in irritable bowel syndrome or IBS symptoms alleviation. A healthy person's muscle can effortlessly generate, store and release this amino acid as needed to sustain the suitable glutamine concentration in the blood. Nevertheless, during certain circumstances the manufacture of glutamine homeostasis is susceptible, resulting in depletion of skeletal muscle glutamine reserves, and the vital roles of this amino acid are subdued. Such conditions would include numerous forms of stress ranging from surgery, infection, and, significantly, exhaustive exercise.
Why L-Glutamine deficiency occur
The level of Glutamine will be high naturally in individuals who eat a lot of proteins in their diet and sustain a large muscle mass. However, it may become dangerously low in people with little protein intake in their diets and those with little muscle mass. Specific conditions come about inside the body that might influence your L-Glutamine insufficiency. When massive biological changes take place in your body, such as stress or trauma, the body use L-glutamine in excessive amounts than your cells can store causing a deficiency. Persons with chronic illness, the aging, and individual with depressed immune properties like those who have received a transplant recently or those undertaking chemotherapy, could be more likely to suffer low levels of glutamine. Furthermore, individuals with HIV/AIDS could suffer a loss of muscle mass and weight due to their sicknesses, resulting in low levels of glutamine.
Why L-Glutamine beneficial for IBS
L-glutamine aids in the reduction of IBS symptoms by defending the integrity of the mucus membrane lining the inside of the large intestine. The process of digestion might subject the intestine to damaging bacteria, occasioning an increase intestinal porousness, which leads to bacteria getting into the bloodstream. Normally, the intestine utilizes more L-glutamine than the tissue of the muscle. Supplementation aids in easing intestinal irritation by obstructing bacterial penetration. The intestine also utilizes L-glutamine to produce energy production and may assist lessen intestinal spasms. If your Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is related to stress, L-glutamine supplementation could also offer relief to your symptoms by decreasing your levels of cortisol. L-glutamine would seem to play a role in preserving appropriate barriers inside the intestine. L-glutamine might assist persons who suffer IBS symptoms. In certain occurrences, IBS itself might be as a consequence of an L-glutamine shortage.
Possible side effects of L-Glutamine
Possible side effect includes allergic reaction such as difficulty breathing, swelling of your throat, tongue, face or lips and you are advised to seek emergency medical help in such circumstances. People suffering from Reye's syndrome, kidney disease or liver disease are advised not use L-glutamine supplementation. However, the supplement could increase the effectiveness of colon cancer chemotherapy. For stress-related IBS, L-glutamine supplements can bring relief from the symptoms.
You should also call a doctor if you suffer from:
• Inflammation in your feet or hands;
• Vomiting, stomach pain Nausea, gas;
You should seek medical advice in case;
• Pains in the chest; or
• Infection signs such as flu symptoms, fever, chills, sore throat, mouth sores, and unusual weakness
The list above is not conclusive by any standard and numerous other side effects can occur.
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Dr. Axe, heard that L-Glutamimne may feed cancer cells. I noticed you recommended for elderly cancer patients. Is this a myth or does it in fact feed cancer?


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To accommodate customers who want more insight into how their lawn tractor is working for them, John Deere has rolled out Smart Connectors to accompany the MowerPlus™ app. These Smart Connectors communicate with the MowerPlus smartphone app via Bluetooth® technology. Depending on the mower model and connector, the new add-ons can communicate everything from fuel level to battery state.
An Overview of the MowerPlus App
The smartphone app, MowerPlus, was introduced by Deere back in 2016. It is available for both Android and iOS devices, and it allows users to optimize their use of lawn equipment over time.


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Before we get into the great posts I happened upon this week I'd like to say thanks to everybody who chimed in on Thursday. That's just what I like about the blogging community: having all kinds of different people chime in on a topic, share their experiences and opinions. And because we talked about what's important beyond food and exercise which will be included in this round-up of links, too: here's me spilling some musings on family, childhood and other random tibits about me. And now onto some truly good links from the week.
Happy Sunday!
Good good [food for thought]
Why health claims and symbols aren't health promoting via Chelsea's Healthy Kitchen
The best kind of food is the one coming without a label and prepared at home. Follow your gut instinct not misleading symbols on a package.
why i won't be working for a bikini body this summer. via Running with Spoons
Feeling good about yourself matters most: "Weight and pant size are too flimsy a thing to tie your happiness up into"
Does Your Environment Support Who You Want To Be? via Jamie Mendell
We can choose to eliminate what gets us down and create an environment to feel good in.
Why We Need To Stop Talking About What Women Are Eating via BuzzFeed
Live and let others live. Judging others' choices – healthy or not – is unnecessary and doesn't make either side feel better.
Good good [advice and inspiration]
Yet Another Great Reason to Stop Comparing Your Eating Habits to Other People's via Well-Intentioned
Because you really never know what the other person eats when you're not around. Focus on yourself only and what you feel like eating.
food guilt via the real life RD
It's when we stop feeling bad about eating a little more [indulgent food] that we get to a healthy relationship with food in general.
Healthy on holiday via Khushboo's Blog
When in Rome… Vacations are the time to enjoy new foods and be more concerned with taking in all sights than controlling your intake.
I Use To Want To Be Skinny. via Eats from the Oil Patch
Skinny isn't equivalent with happy and that's what the goal should be.
A Woman Paid Photoshop Pros In 25 Countries To Make Her "Beautiful" [two links] via Mind Body Green
Proof that true beauty is really in the eye of the beholder – worth clicking through all images and deciding which one you'd deem 'beautiful'.
7 Signs You Should Eat A Burger, Fries, & Even Ice Cream via Lifting Revolution
I'm not into the concept of 'cheat days' but even if none of those fit for you: life's too short to go without those delicious indulgences.
7 Things Only Chronic Overthinkers Will Understand via Huffington Post
Glimpses into an overthinkers mind. Reading this would be almost hilarious if it wasn't so accurate for myself, too.
Why You Should Close All of Your Tabs (Except This One) via The Muse
A random one but nonetheless addressing a well-known [to me and probably you, too] problem.
25 Free Apps That Are Making The World A Better Place via BuzzFeed
Donations for good causes, raising awareness and letting you know how to do good every day: apps can be more than just fun games.
Let's Go For a Walk! via hello healthy eating
Further proof that high intensity workouts aren't the only way to experience health benefits from exercise.
Good good [posts to make you smile]
Stupid Weight Loss Tips via Snack Therapy
Because you're clearly going to ignore the chocolate on the counter if the fridge is packed with cut-up carrots.
35 Surprisingly Useful Websites You Never Knew You Needed via BuzzFeed
Coffee addicts: ignore the first. Everyone: be aware of #25's addictive potential and jump back to #10 – the best.
21 Secrets Runners Won't Tell You via BuzzFeed
Aren't runners a fabulously odd group of people?!
Good good [food]
Vegan Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Whipped Cream via The Cake Merchant
If this doesn't get you drooling you're either allergic to PB or … I'm at a loss.
Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream via The Lemon Bowl
Simple ingredients and quick to prepare without an ice cream maker: another win for the chocolate + peanut butter combination.
23 Healthy And Easy Breakfasts Your Kids Will Love via BuzzFeed
Who says only children were keen on Breakfast Popsicles or Almond Butter and Banana Open Sandwiches (!)??
Frozen Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites via Fit Foodie Finds
You're not actually surprised to see those here?! They're cookie dough bites for heaven's sake!
Chickpea Polenta Breakfast Scramble (vegan) via Clean Eating Veggie Girl
I'm not the hugest fan of tofu scramble but a chickpea-obsessed so this version looks like a great alternative.
Roasted Vegetable + Chickpea Bowl with Cilantro Cashew Cream via Naturally Ella
A grain, a [lot of] green, a bean – the trio for success plus cashew cream: perfect.
Portobello Philly Cheese Steak Bowl via Keepin' It Kind
Not like I'd ever had 'real' Philly Cheese Steak but if it's anything like this bowl it has to be seriously awesome.
Happiness inducing today: Chatting with a random girl at the gym.
Stay in touch!
Twitter: @MissPolkadot21
Pinterest: MissPolkadot21
Bloglovin': Let's get living
Which posts made you think, smile or got you hungry this week?


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MTc is the company behind MultiTankcard, a Dutch market-leader that supplies fuel cards and provides other mobility-related solutions. Over the years, the number of transport options and services is expanded bit-by-bit. The organisations' second label, MoveMove, provides an all-in-one-package for facilitating all types of public transportation for small business owners. With innovative technologies and by collaborating with excellent partners, the userfriendliness for both employer and employee has increased, making MTc the leading mobility partner.
MTc wants to improve the monthly closing and year-end process by validating all orders are recorded in the transaction database and all orders are invoiced.
By collaborating with Actuals, MultiTankcard used the robotic revenue validation to get in independent check on the data in their database. At the same time it changed their audit approach as they can react on deviations faster and have better insights with the monthly reports.


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It Never Fails, Movie Reviews
As the world becomes more complicated there are some things that never seem to change! *When in a hurry on a street with signal lights, most will be red! * If you happen to stop at a "convenience" store at the same time you are in a hurry, it may take you 10 minutes to pay for one item, if someone is buying scratch off game cards, lottery tickets or a money order ahead of you! * At the same convenience store it might take you longer to pay out if you buy something that has a "buy one get one free" deal with the purchase!* If you have appointment at the doctors office at 8:30 a.m. they will call you days in advance to remind you and then when you get there you wait at least 45 minutes! *When you approach a four way stop and there is traffic four ways there seems to be confusion as to who goes first! * If you happen to sprain/fracture or break your ankle and you are wearing a caste or boot, at least two times during the day you will be approached by someone to tell you about their ankle injury, what they wore on it, how bad it hurt and how long they had to wear it! * When you are sitting in the airplane waiting for it to take off there is a delay of 60 minutes for reasons unknown to anyone, but when they do take off they thank you for your patience. My question is, what choice did we have? * I find a good funeral can be refreshing, simply because no one says anything bad about the deceased. For some reason people become Saints after they die!
Movie Review:
"Dolphins Tale 2", *****, This is a sequel to the first "Dolphins Tale" concerning the team of people who saved Winter's(the dolphin) life and now they must replace the surrogate mother for Winter, that has passed away. Harry Connick, Jr., Ashely Judd, star! As a back story fact, my friend David Yates who is the CEO of the Clearwater Aquarian and spearheaded the saving of Winter, plus provided him with the first prosthesis, was spotted 3 times in the movie. Rated PG for some mild thematic elements.
"A Walk Among The Tombstones", ****, Llam Neeson is perfect as a lone wolf, un-licensed private investigator who is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. While there is some blood and guts the story is excellent and Neeson is perfect for this part. Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.
"The Equalizer", ****, This is another well done movie staring Denzel Washington as a former government agent of some kind, who is living a very simple "retired" life. He is working at a Home Depot type store, reading at night, and minding his own business. However, this changes as he meets a young prostitute in his diner hang out, who is being controlled by violent Russian gangsters. He decides he can't sit by and not help her so then the journey of payback starts with the local Russian bosses, up to the ultimate revenge against the number one boss in Moscow! Look for a sequel! Rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, including some sexual references.


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Long information
What is it and how is it used?
Sildenafil Actavis belongs to a group of medicines called phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors. It works by helping to relax the blood vessels in your penis, allowing blood to flow into your penis when you get sexually excited. Sildenafil Actavis will only help you to get an erection if you are sexually stimulated. You should not take Sildenafil Actavis if you do not have erectile dysfunction. You should not take Sildenafil Actavis if you are a woman.
Sildenafil Actavis is a treatment for men with erectile dysfunction, sometimes known as impotence. This is when a man cannot get, or keep a hard, erect penis suitable for sexual activity.
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|How is it used?
|What are possible side effects?
|How should it be stored?
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What do you have to consider before using it?
Do not take Sildenafil Actavis
- If you are taking medicines containing nitrates, as the combination may cause a potentially dangerous decrease in your blood pressure. Tell your doctor if you are taking any of these medicines which are often given for relief of angina pectoris (or ?chest pain?). If you are not certain, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
- If you are using any of the drugs known as nitric oxide donors such as amyl nitrite (?poppers?), as the combination may also lead to a potentially dangerous decrease in your blood pressure.
- If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to sildenafil or any of the other ingredients of Sildenafil Actavis.
- If you have a severe heart or liver problem.
- If you have recently had a stroke or a heart attack, or if you have low blood pressure.
- If you have certain rare inherited eye diseases (such as retinitis pigmentosa).
- If you have ever had loss of vision due to non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION).
Take special care with Sildenafil Actavis
Tell your doctor
- If you have sickle cell anaemia (an abnormality of red blood cells), leukaemia (cancer of blood cells), multiple myeloma (cancer of bone marrow). -
- If you have a deformity of your penis or Peyronie?s Disease.
- If you have problems with your heart. Your doctor should in that case carefully check whether your heart can take the additional strain of having sex.
- If you currently have a stomach ulcer, or a bleeding problems (such as haemophilia).
- If you experience sudden decrease or loss of vision, stop taking Sildenafil Actavis and contact your doctor immediately.
You should not use Sildenafil Actavis with any other oral or local treatments for erectile dysfunction.
Special considerations for children and adolescents
Sildenafil Actavis should not be given to individuals under the age of 18.
Special considerations for patients with kidney or liver problems
You should tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver problems. Your doctor may decide on a lower dose for you.
Taking other medicines
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken other medicines, including medicines obtained without prescription.
Sildenafil Actavis tablets may interfere with some medicines, especially those used to treat chest pain. In the event of a medical emergency, you should tell any health care professional treating your condition that you have taken Sildenafil Actavis and when you did. Do not take Sildenafil Actavis with other medicines unless your doctor tells you that you can.
You should not take Sildenafil Actavis if you are taking medicines called nitrates, as the combination of these products may cause a potentially dangerous decrease in your blood pressure. Always tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of these medicines that are often used for the relief of angina pectoris (or ?chest pain?).
You should not take Sildenafil Actavis if you are using any of the drugs known as nitric oxide donors such as amyl nitrite (?poppers?) as the combination may also lead to a potentially dangerous decrease in your blood pressure.
If you are taking medicines known as protease inhibitors, such as for the treatment of HIV, your doctor may start you on the lowest dose (25 mg) of Sildenafil Actavis.
Some patients who take alpha-blocker therapy for the treatment of high blood pressure or prostate problems may experience dizziness or light-headedness, which may be caused by low pressure upon sitting or standing up quickly. Certain patients have experienced these symptoms when taking sildenafil with alpha-blockers. This is most likely to occur within 4 hours after taking Sildenafil Actavis. In order to reduce the likelihood that these symptoms occur, you should be on a regular daily dose of your alpha-blocker before you start Sildenafil Actavis. Your doctor may start you on a lower dose (25 mg) of Sildenafil Actavis.
Taking Sildenafil Actavis with food and drink
Sildenafil Actavis can be taken with or without food. However, you may find that Sildenafil Actavis takes longer to start working if you take it with a heavy meal.
Drinking alcohol can temporarily impair the ability to get an erection. To get the maximum benefit from your medicine, you are advised not to drink large amounts of alcohol before taking Sildenafil Actavis.
Driving and using machines
Sildenafil Actavis can cause dizziness and can affect vision. You should be aware of how you react to Sildenafil Actavis before you drive or use machinery.
Important information about some of the ingredients of Sildenafil Actavis
If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, such as lactose, contact your doctor before taking Sildenafil Actavis.
How is it used?
Always take Sildenafil Actavis exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. The usual dose is 50 mg.
You should not use Sildenafil Actavis more than once a day.
You should take Sildenafil Actavis about one hour before sexual activity. Swallow the tablet whole with a glass of water.
If you have the impression that the effect of Sildenafil Actavis is too strong or too weak, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Sildenafil Actavis will only help you to get an erection if you are sexually stimulated. The amount of time Sildenafil Actavis takes to work varies from person to person, but it normally takes between half an hour and one hour. You may find that Sildenafil Actavis takes longer to work if you take it with a heavy meal.
If Sildenafil Actavis does not help you to get an erection, or if your erection does not last long enough for you to complete sexual intercourse you should tell your doctor.
If you take moreSildenafil Actavis than you should
You may experience an increase in side effects and their severity. Doses above 100 mg do not increase the efficacy.
You should not take more tablets than your doctor tells you to.
Contact your doctor if you take more tablets than you should.
If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
What are possible side effects?
Like all medicines, Sildenafil Actavis can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. These effects are normally mild to moderate and of short duration.
If you have chest pains during or after intercourse:
- Get in a semi-sitting position and try to relax.
- Do not use nitrates to treat your chest pain.
- Contact your doctor immediately.
All medicines including Sildenafil Actavis can cause allergic reactions. You should contact your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following symptoms after taking this medicinal product: sudden wheeziness, difficulty in breathing or dizziness, swelling of the eyelids, face, lips or throat.
Prolonged and sometimes painful erections have been reported after taking sildenafil. If you have an erection which lasts for more than 4 hours, you should contact a doctor immediately.
If you experience a sudden decrease or loss of vision, stop taking the medicinal product and contact your doctor immediately.
The frequency of possible side effects listed below is defined using the following convention: very common (affects more than 1 user in 10)
common (affects 1 to 10 users in 100)
uncommon (affects 1 to 10 users in 1,000)
rare (affects 1 to 10 users in 10,000)
very rare (affects less than 1 user in 10,000)
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A very common side effect is headache.
Common side effects include: facial flushing, indigestion, effects on vision (including colour tinge to vision, light sensitivity, blurred vision or reduced sharpness of vision) stuffy nose and dizziness.
Uncommon side effects include: vomiting, skin rash, bleeding at the back of the eye, eye irritation, bloodshot eyes /red eyes, eye pain, double vision, abnormal sensation in the eye, irregular or rapid heartbeat, muscle pain, feeling sleepy, reduced sense of touch, vertigo, ringing in the ears, nausea, dry mouth, chest pain and feeling tired.
Rare side effects include: high blood pressure, low blood pressure, fainting, stroke, nosebleed and sudden decrease or loss of hearing.
Additional side effects reported from post-marketing experience include: pounding heartbeat, chest pain, sudden death, heart attack or temporary decreased blood flow to parts of the brain. Most, but not all, of these men had heart problems before taking this medicine. It is not possible to determine whether these events were directly related to sildenafil. Cases of convulsions or seizures and serious skin reactions characterised by rash, blisters, peeling skin and pain which require immediate medical attention have also been reported.
If any of the side effects get serious, or of you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet please tell your doctor.
How should it be stored?
Keep out of the reach and sight of children
Do not use Sildenafil Actavis after the expiry date which is stated on the carton. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Store below 30°C.
Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help to protect the environment.
Further information
What Sildenafil Actavis contains
- The active substance is sildenafil. Each tablet contains 25 mg of sildenafil (as citrate).
- The other ingredients are: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone K29-32, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, titanium dioxide (E171), macrogol 6000, indigo carmine aluminium lake (E132).
What Sildenafil Actavis looks like and contents of the pack
Film-coated tablet
Sildenafil Actavis 25 mg film-coated tablets are blue elliptical, biconvex, 10.0 x 5.0 mm and marked ?SL25? on one side.
The tablets are provided in blister packs containing 1, 2, 4, 8 or 12 tablets.
Some pack sizes may not be marketed in your country.
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January marks the anniversary of the first lighting of the Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, ME.
Of 65 historical lighthouses still standing along 5,000 miles of Maine's coastline, inlets, and islands, 57 of the state's coastal lighthouses are still active.
Portland Head Light, located at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, is the oldest lighthouse in the state and was the first U.S. lighthouse completed after America's independence from the British.
As early as 1784, while Maine was still under jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, local merchants began petitioning the legislature for a lighthouse at Portland Head. At the time, Portland was the sixth-largest port in the country, the closest port to Europe, and had significant trade with the Caribbean. The deaths of two people in a 1787 shipwreck at Bangs (now Cushing) Island, near Portland Head, led to the appropriation of $750 for a lighthouse. Construction began on the lighthouse soon thereafter.
The stone lighthouse was built by local masons Jonathan Bryant and John Nichols and constructed of rubblestone taken from the fields and shores of Cape Elizabeth. The original plan was for a 58-foot tower, but upon realizing that the light would be blocked from the south, the masons decided to make the tower 72 feet in height. Bryant resigned over the change and Nichols finished the lighthouse. Delayed by insufficient funds, construction halted until Congress appropriated an additional $1,500 in 1790.
On Aug. 6, 1789, after much debate, the First Congress of the newly formed United States of America established an agreement for a "Federal System of Lighthouses, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers." President George Washington signed the act into law the following day. Within the year, the federal government took over all state-owned aids to navigation, including the construction of Portland Head Light, the first completed under the Federal Lighthouses Act. Originally illuminated using 16 whale oil lamps, the lighthouse was lit on Jan.10, 1791, and dedicated by Marquis de Lafayette.
In 1842, a report by civil engineer I.W.P. Lewis noted that the tower had poor-quality mortar and rotten woodwork, and that the house was cracked and leaky. He also recommended fewer, but better aligned lamps in the lantern room. In 1855 the tower was lined with brick, a cast iron staircase was added, and a fourth-order Fresnel lens with a kerosene lamp was installed. Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French engineer and physicist who contributed to the theory of wave optics, and is given credit for the development of the multipart refractive lens developed for lighthouses and later used in theater lighting and automobile headlamps. Fresnel lighthouse lenses were divided into orders (sizes). A first-order lens was 8 1/2 feet tall compared to a sixth-order lens at only 17 inches.
During the American Civil War, when raids on shipping in and out of Portland Harbor became commonplace, the tower was raised 20 feet so ships at sea could sight Portland Head Light as early as possible. In 1865, following the wreck of the Bohemian, the fourth-order lens in the Portland Head Light was replaced with a second-order Fresnel lens. By 1883, after completion of nearby Halfway Rock Light, Portland Head Light was considered less important and the tower was shortened, but the height was subsequently restored after mariners' complaints. Electricity came to Portland Head Light in 1929, and in 1958, the lighthouse was modernized with the installation of an aero beacon which was later updated in 1991.
As one of the earliest lights in American history, Portland Head Light served as a model for future projects for its construction and its use of onsite and local materials to minimize construction cost. This civil engineering feat made a significant contribution to the nation's development by facilitating shipping, and played an important role in the national economy by keeping the shipping routes safe and minimizing losses.
Today, Portland Head Light stands 80 feet above ground and 101 feet above water. The light station is automated and lighthouse keepers have not been in residence since 1989. The tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park. Portland Head Light was dedicated as an ASCE National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 2002.


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The children had planned to go on a walk to the park with their teachers. We were all excited to discover that the park had been redone recently and the children were excited to try out the play equipment. After they finished their snack the children started trying out the new climbing frames and see saw. We have been using the magnifying glasses for the last week and some children asked to use the magnifying glasses in the park.
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With both iOS and Android sporting similar apps and features, it's creative design and clever animations that's driving competition between the platforms. Each platform is constantly updating with powerful tools and components to make up-to-date mobile apps really stand out. With the intense competition in the app stores and waning apathy of users, developing something striking is critical.
It takes an experienced creative developer to handle this challenge, which is a role I've held for the last six years. I'm an Android UX developer.
Most developers are familiar with the role of the UX Developer when it comes to web. They're often responsible for the look and feel of the working site while generally interacting between the design and development teams.
Web UX developers tend to focus on the front end using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, but they're often working in Adobe Creative Suite (or Sketch) as well. They may be designing and developing the full site, developing a working prototype, or just doing code and simply advising to the product and design teams on new technologies and limitations.
I could write a book on Android UX development, but you guys don't have time to read an entire book so I'll just add a little of my background so you get an idea of how it has worked in the real world for me, and then list the highlights.
My Experience as an app UX developer
Like a web UX developer, I managed the front end of several Android apps, focusing on UX components and design.
For my start-up I was also the product designer so I'd design the product, create mock-ups, and then build working layouts in Android Studio. From here the dev team would wire them up to data while I iterated on the design strictly through code and testing.
Later, when I joined a medium-sized development team, I took responsibility for the look and feel of the Android app. Part of this was the conversion to Android 5.0 and Material design, but I also optimized common layouts, components, and standardized design styles. More important, I saved a lot of time and frustration for the rest of the dev team by effectively handling creative choices and concerns in the code.
Who becomes an app UX developer?
- ex-Flash developers (huge!)
- web UI developers
- creative developers
Position / role
- part of the development team
- operate as front end developer specializing in UI development
- work direct with product and design teams throughout product life-cycle
- use same tools & code as developers / designers
- build working prototypes
- rapid feature testing and updates
- strong UI dev can usually support entire dev team(s)
UX development
- specializes in UX but can contributes to entire app
- relieve development team of design issues
- responsible for look & feel of final product
- fanatical about design style, components, and features (i.e. Material Design)
- specialize in layouts, styles, image, and other resources
- develop custom layout components
- provide enchantment / wow factor (critical!)
- interactions, animations & transitions
- multi-platform (iOS / Android)
- multi-screen solutions (phone, tablet, phablet)
- multi-device solutions (device, laptop, smartwatch, auto)
- standardize components, styles, and resources across dev teams
- develop technical design docs
Product / design consultant
- often advise product and design teams throughout product life-cycle
- relieve dev team from design concerns
- recommend platform specific features
- identify general UI / UX flaws
- identify platform design inconsistencies
- identify costly design concepts and suggest alternatives
- knowledgeable solutions for multi-screen layout
- targeted solutions for multi-platform
- creative solutions for multi-device
- eliminate hand-off / waterfall frustration
Tools / code
- Android Studio, Xcode
- Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch
- Java, XML, JSON, Swift, HTML, JavaScript
Working model prototyping
- NOT a throwaway prototype
- create an actual working prototype in Android Studio / Xcode
- native code!
- ready-to-use layouts, styles, assets, and components
- fast turnaround for initial prototype (usually in a single sprint)
- makes it easy for ALL teams to actively use and test what is being built
- resolve unexpected issues prior to months-long, deep development commitment
- continued development with dev team (safe hand-off, no waterfall)
Feature testing & updates
- iterative design through code and testing
- redesigns are faster since styles are standardized and easily changed
- quickly take advantage of new platform features
- test new features without affecting core app
- A/B testing
That's a pretty big list. Over time I may go through and explain each section in fuller detail. In the coming year or so you should expect to see more about app UI developers and how they are essential to a solid mobile team.
The bottom line is savings. Now that we're in Apps 2.0, we may need to reexamine the waterfall / hand-off approach to app development. I've heard of companies that roll out the entire design team and dev team to get together to work out common UX and UI issues. It often doesn't work because it's committee thinking - which is the opposite of agile. More important, it's extremely expensive & wasteful.
In the long game, it's far more efficient and far less expensive to hire an app UI developer.
And I'm available.
[Update May 2018: I've updated the post to use "UX Developer" instead of "UI Developer", since that seems to be the common title now.]


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In May 1992, 17-year-old Nanon Williams and Vaal Guevara met with Emmade Rasul and Adonius Collier at Hermann Park in Houston, Texas for a late-night drug deal. Three others, Patrick Smith, Elaine Winn, and Stephanie Anderson waited in their cars. Soon after the young men entered a wooded area of the park, gunfire erupted. Emmade Rasul was shot and survived. Adonius Collier was killed.
Arrest warrants were issued for Guevara and Nanon. After securing a lawyer, Guevara turned himself into the police. Although Guevara was initially charged with capital murder, this charge was later dropped, and he agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of 10 years for "illegal investment" in drugs in exchange for his testimony against Nanon.
The prosecution's theory alleged that Nanon shot Rasul twice, and then shot Collier, first with a .25mm caliber handgun (which he used on Rasul), and then, from close range with a shotgun. The only gun that police were able to recover was Guevara's .22 Derringer Magnum, found at his apartment. The .25mm caliber handgun and the shotgun were never located.
During trial, the prosecution's star witness Guevara—who himself was involved in the drug deal and admitted to firing his .22 caliber Derringer at Collier—testified that Nanon shot Collier with both a .25mm caliber handgun and a shotgun.
The State also presented expert testimony from Robert Baldwin, head of the Houston Police Department's ballistics division. He testified that there was no doubt that the bullet found in Collier's head was from Nanon's .25mm caliber handgun—and that it could not have come from Guevara's .22 Derringer:
Q: Is there any way in the world based on your training, your expertise, and the examinations that you made, that the bullet…was shot out of
that Derringer?
A: No sir. It's the wrong caliber …
But later Baldwin testified: "I do not know what the functional condition of that Derringer is, I have never checked it."
The moment Baldwin uttered those words Nanon's attorney should have realized that no comparison testing had been conducted. And that Baldwin's previous testimony that the bullet could not have come from the Derringer was false. But no objections were raised. And despite the State's failure to conduct ballistics testing, Nanon's attorney never requested that independent tests be conducted on Guevara's gun or on the bullet taken from the victim.
After the conviction, Nanon's trial attorney admitted in an affidavit:
It was negligence on my part not to attempt to stop the trial at this point, after Mr. Baldwin had given evidence that the bullet could not possibly have come from Vaal Guevara's Derringer, but then admitted that he never checked the gun. It was definitely not trial strategy to do nothing—I missed the importance of his testimony at the trial.
Equally egregious was the State's suppression of this exculpatory evidence. The State failed to test the only weapon recovered in a case in which they were seeking the death penalty.
Additionally, ADA Vic Wisner who was prosecutor at Williams' trial, admitted in a 1999 letter to the Texas Parole Board that state's witness Guevara was "not at all truthful" in his testimony, and "likely participated in Collier's murder."
As a result of the unchallenged false testimony and admittedly poor representation, Nanon was convicted of capital murder.
Post-Conviction Proceedings
Later independent testing, at the request of Nanon's new attorney, revealed that the bullet found in the victim was not a .25mm caliber bullet—as the state's expert had wrongly testified—but was actually a .22mm caliber bullet fired from Guevara's gun. This was evidence that the jury never heard.
After learning of this new evidence, one juror stated:
Had I known that the other bullet found in the head of the victim came from the codefendant Vaal Guevara's .22 Derringer, that information would have raised a reasonable doubt that Nanon Williams was guilty of capital murder. Consequently, I would have acquitted. (Affidavit of Collete Cox, Apr. 14. 1998).
Because of this new evidence several evidentiary hearings were conducted. During these hearings, it became clear that the prosecution's witness—including the ballistics expert, Robert Baldwin, had given false testimony.
Realizing the weakness in its case, the State turned its focus to the "second shot" theory: it was not the first shot from the Guevara's .25 Derringer that killed Collier, but the second shot from the shotgun. At the evidentiary hearings the State introduced a new witness—Patrick Smith, a witness that the police had been unable to locate before Nanon's trial. Smith testified that he saw Nanon standing over Collier, heard Collier say something, and then saw Nanon shoot Collier at close range. The State granted Smith immunity in exchange for his testimony at the hearing.
Nanon has always denied carrying or firing a shotgun. And Nanon's lawyers presented ample evidence that Smith's testimony was false: (1) the police officer's reports showed that Smith could not have observed the shooting from where he was sitting because it was too dark and a row of trees obscured his view; (2) an independent pathologist testified that Collier's wounds could not have been caused by a shotgun fired at close range; and (3) it was the .22 caliber bullet fired by Guevara that was probably the cause of death.
The only evidence presented at trial that Nanon fired a shotgun came from Guevara—the individual who we now know, through ballistics testing, shot Collier. Elaine Winn, Guevara's girlfriend, testified at trial that she had seen Nanon hiding the shotgun under a large football jacket, but later admitted that the weather had been too hot to wear such heavy clothes. And Rasul, the other individual that was shot that night, said that he did not see Nanon carrying a shotgun and that Nanon had been wearing jogging trousers and a t-shirt, not a heavy jacket.
After these hearings, in May 2001, Judge Joan Campbell of the 248th District in Harris County wrote, "The Court finds that Vaal Guevara shot [Adonius Collier] in the head with Guevara's .22 Magnum Davis Derringer." She recommended that a new trial be granted because Nanon had been denied his right to effective assistance of counsel. Because his attorney had failed to conduct forensic firearms testing, there was a reasonable probability that had the jury been presented with this new evidence the trial would have resulted in a different verdict.
But, in April 2002, the Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the lower court's recommendation in a three-paragraph opinion that provided no explanation for its decision.
Nanon's attorneys then pursued relief in federal court and on March 29, 2005, the federal district court vacated the death sentence because he was a juvenile at the time of the crime, but denied his culpability claims. A fifth circuit panel reversed and remanded the case for an evidentiary hearing because no clear findings of fact existed for the federal court to examine. The district court held a hearing and granted relief. The State appealed and a panel, comprised of three new judges, reversed the panel's previous decision. After Nanon's attorney requested a rehearing en banc, the panel withdrew its opinion and issued a new opinion denying relief.
In July 2012, Nanon's attorneys petitioned the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for a Rehearing En Banc—asking the court to find that because there are no clear findings of fact for the federal court to examine, the initial panel correctly ordered the evidentiary hearing. The Petition for Rehearing En Banc was denied. Nanon's attorney's appealed it to the United States Supreme court, which denied hearing Nanon's case on January 7, 2013.
Nanon remains incarcerated in Texas Department of Criminal Justice Ramsey One Unit.
Nanon needs a law firm to represent him pro bono to hopefully secure a new, fair trial.
Nanon Williams, TDCJ # 1306434, Ramsey I Unit, 1100 FM 655, Rosharon, TX 77583
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Pirate101 released images of Mooshu, not Wizard101 Mooshu, Pirate101 Mooshu! I can't believe the graphics in this Mooshu, Kingsisle has once again made a game with great graphics. Here are a few of my favorite pictures!
This Mooshu looks very peaceful, I think my life Wizard might need a vacation here sometime if its okay for Wizards to transition over to Pirate101 :D I have no doubt Mooshu is going to be the same in a way as the Mooshu in Pirate101 with the enemies. What do you think Pirate101's Mooshu is going to be like, the same? Different? Peaceful for Life Wizards? :) Comment below and tell me your thoughts about Pirate101's Mooshu! Here's more information about Mooshu on Pirate101's website..
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Copenhagen, Denmark – September 27th, 2018: IO Biotech, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, immune modulating anti-cancer therapies, based on its proprietary T-win® technology, announces that the first patient has received the first dose in an international Phase I/II clinical trial studying the investigational candidate IO102 in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – NCT03562871.
"The enrolment of the first patient in our Phase I/II trial for NSCLC represents a major milestone for IO Biotech, and we are excited that our global trial is now active and recruiting patients. The first patient is now being treated in a first-line treatment setting of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer" said Eva Ehrnrooth, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer of IO Biotech. "Through this trial, we expect to get a diverse set of clinical data. This will enable us to explore the potential of IO102 when added to the current standard of care."
IO Biotech's lead candidate, IO102, is an IDO-derived immune modulating therapy with a dual mode of action – killing both cancer and immune-suppressive cells. IO Biotech's IDO-derived immune modulating therapies have previously shown both a favorable safety profile and promising anti-tumor activity in a first-in man trial of heavily pre-treated patients with NSCLC.
The IO102-012/KN-764 trial is part of a collaborative agreement with Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA (known as MSD outside the US and Canada). The clinical trial will be sponsored by IO Biotech. IO Biotech has retained global commercial rights to IO102.
About the study IO102-012/KEYNOTE-764: An Open-label, Randomized, Phase 1/2 Trial Investigating the Safety and Efficacy of IO102 in Combination with Pembrolizumab, with or without Chemotherapy, as first-line Treatment for Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. This global clinical trial will accrue patients from more than 20 sites in the US and Europe.
The clinical trial will be sponsored by IO Biotech while MSD will supply the trial with KEYTRUDA. The rights to the study results will be shared. IO Biotech will maintain global commercial rights to IO102.
About IO Biotech IO Biotech is a clinical stage biotech company developing disruptive immune therapies for treatment of cancer. The pipeline of first-in-class immune modulating anti-cancer therapies is developed by a unique technology platform, T-Win, enabling the activation of T cells that are specific for immune-suppressive molecules. IO Biotech has a proven track record of progressing preclinical and clinical compounds. The two lead compounds targeting IDO and PD-L1 are in clinical development and several pipeline compounds are in pre-clinical phase.
About T-win technology platform IO Biotech's proprietary T-win technology platform enables identification of compounds with dual mechanism of action targeting and directly killing immunosuppressive cells and tumor cells, and indirectly activation of other T-effectors, leading to strong anti-tumor responses.
For further information, please visit: www.iobiotech.com.
About NSCLC Lung cancer, which forms in the tissues of the lungs, usually within cells lining the air passages, is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than colon, breast and prostate cancers combined. The two main types of lung cancer are non-small cell and small cell. NSCLC is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for about 85 percent of all cases. The five-year survival rate for patients suffering from highly advanced, metastatic (Stage IV) lung cancers is estimated to be 2 percent.
KEYTRUDA® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
Contacts Mai-Britt Zocca, PhD, CEO and founder of IO Biotech
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Hail damage can be insidious, and might not always be evident after a hailstorm. Studies show that hail as small as one inch in diameter can cause damage to most asphalt roofing systems if the hail was driven by high winds. Though hail can affect virtually all types of roofing systems, it has a pronounced impact on asphalt shingles, the most popular type of roofing in the country. At Quality Exteriors, Inc., we offer comprehensive hail damage roof repair in St Paul, MN. To learn more, call us today at (651) 796-2341.
Hail Damage Factors
There are several factors that can determine the effect a hail storm will have on your home's asphalt roofing system. One of the first things to consider is the age of your existing roofing system. Older roofing systems have a higher probability of sustaining damage, even when the average size of the hail from the storm is an inch or smaller. Multiple layers of roofing is also a factor that can make your roof more in need of hail damage roof repair.
Statistical data shows that hail storms in the spring tend to have larger and more dense hail, while storms in the late summer to fall tend to have smaller, less dense hail. High winds are another factor which will not only increase the chances for hail damage, but also cause wind damage. This is why we often see missing shingles in conjunction with hail.
Does Granular Loss Require Hail Damage Roof Repair?
Some studies indicate that asphalt shingles with granular loss after a hailstorm have not been damaged functionally. The argument here is that granules provide aesthetic value and offer no protection. In reality, this couldn't be further from the truth. Besides providing the color or aesthetic value of your roof, the granules are federally mandated to provide fire protection. This small but very important fact is conveniently omitted when dealing with an insurance company that tries to deny your roof claim on these grounds.
Additionally, granular loss can actually expose the bitumen or black mat of the asphalt shingle, which makes it susceptible to harmful UV rays. While an exposed mat may not cause any significant concern in regards to roof leakage at first, UV rays begin to oxidize the bitumen over time. Oxidation over a period of years begins to break down the bitumen, which can expose the fiberglass mat and cause your roof to leak.
What Does Hail Damage Look Like?
The image to the right depicts a perfect example of what damaging hail strikes may look like. However, this isn't always the case after a hailstorm. It would be great if every hailstorm produced this type of damage, as it would make it much easier for homeowners, insurance adjusters, the companies they represent, and roof contractors. It would make the hail damage inspection process much simpler, and the approval of a complete roof replacement easily justifiable.
The reality of hail damage is varied and hard to define, however. Fortunately, the hail damage depicted in these images is not the standard for the damage threshold. Factors such as wind speed, hail size, hail density, and whether the hail is soft or hard will determine the extent of damage your roofing system sustains. To learn even more about hail damage, explore the links below!
- Myths & Facts About Hail Damage Many myths about hail damage can lead homeowners astray. We do our best to clarify the confusion.
- Hail Damage Inspection Process The hail damage inspection is vital to an insurance claim. It is highly beneficial for homeowners to understand this process.
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At Quality Exteriors, Inc., we're ready and able to assist you with both hail damage repair and your next hail damage insurance claim. If you hire us for an inspection, our expert roofers will find every trace of damage, including any items that the adjuster may miss. We also provide for full hail damage roof repair in St Paul, MN. To ask any questions or schedule service, reach out to us today at (651) 796-2341.


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LAHORE: Mr. Justice (R) Amir Raza Khan has resigned as Chairman of Punjab Healthcare Commission. Thus the provincial government of Punjab is deprived of the services of yet another honest, upright man who is known for his professional competence and intellectual integrity and credibility.
Four Steps to Reduce
Maternal Mortality
All hospitals can take four steps to reduce maternal mortality: implement best practices for managing the care of high-risk pregnant women; review each obstetric patient's risk factors at multidisciplinary staff meetings; conduct simulated obstetric emergencies; and formalize relationships between lower- and higher-resource hospitals.
The current and immediate past presidents of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) and two other experts believe that US Hospitals that provide obstetric care to take these actions now to reduce maternal mortality. Others call on healthcare providers to advocate for policy changes to improve postpartum care.
These "call to action" statements were published online October 31 as two perspective articles in the New England Journal of Medicine. The rising rate of maternal mortality in the United States "is a tragedy," according to Susan Mann, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Lisa M. Hollier, MD, ACOG president; Kimberlee McKay, MD, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls; and Haywood Brown, MD, ACOG immediate past president, University of South Florida, Tampa.
"Women in the United States are more likely to die from childbirth- or pregnancy-related causes than women in any other high-income country," they note, "and black women die at a rate three to four times that of white women." According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pregnancy-related death is "the death of a woman during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy from a pregnancy complication, a chain of events initiated by pregnancy, or the aggravation of an unrelated condition by the physiologic effects of pregnancy."


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5 ways you should know about how to become what you want to be?
In life many times you will reach a bad state of mind unknowing the fact that you will be attracting more bad state by doing that. The most pathetic state of mind and situation occurs when you keep thinking bad situation and circumstance which is already occurred to you in the past and in your mind you are replaying the same record every time . Due to which you will go to depressed state of mind where you will be developing hatred towards yourself in every aspects. When you are going through such situation you might think that you are not fit to live in this World and you are not capable of anything which makes you eventually to lead a pathetic life.
Finally end up by what you do not want to become in life.
So here I will be discussing 5 points which helps everyone to come out of any state of mind and attract what they want to become in life?
Firstly, Power of Thoughts our thoughts has immense power that it can create anything in this world. When you keep thinking about success, wealth and prosperity you attract same thing in to your life. When you keep thinking about good things and people one or the other way you will attract the same into your life. Please refer change the pattern of thinking to change your life as told by legends https://ascensioninhumanlife.blog/2019/09/25/change-the-pattern-of-thinking-to-change-your-life-as-told-by-legends/(opens in a new tab)
When there is situation in life when you see bad circumstances in spite of being positive (since we are in third dimensional World) that moment immediately feed your mind with imagination that only Wonderful things are happening to you,create the opposite situation in your mind that this is a wonderful moment which is happening to me right now and just dwell in that reality. That situation will completely change in matter of seconds (Neville Goddard technique)
Second trick is Affirmations (Power of Words) some will be bad in imaginations so those people can go ahead with Positive affirmations .Ex: Repeat affirmation like this All wonderful things in the World is happening to me right now and believe that this will happen to your life in one or the other way. All good things will happen to you .You will be amazed to see the results (Even I followed the Power of words and affirmation to greater extent this is what completely changed my life).
Initially it will be frustrating that affirmation is not happening immediately but keep practicing and make it a habit in your daily life then slowly see the magic (This is the First step which I took towards my ascension path.)
Thirdly, Power of Believing and Prayers when you Pray to god wholeheartedly with complete devotion and faith you might have seen the result of happening it in the next moment .The Entire universe is evolved by many angels and Archangels so when your Prayers are told with Purity and feelings then what ever you ask in this World should Come to you and it will be answered in no matter of time. Because during prayers you involve your thoughts, feelings and Emotions in positive manner so it will be answered.
Law of Attraction: Speaking to the Universe do you know that Plants, tress, Butterflies, Birds, and sky, stars, sun and the moon everything in this World has Power, Energy and Vibration .When you sit in the nature and do meditation or just keep looking into the sky or moon ,stars they slowly start to respond because even they are part of you and Universe.When you put across your vibration, Energy and tune in to the frequency of the Universe you can resonate to their vibration and ask their help for your desires to get fulfilled.
Finally, Act as if your desires has already been fulfilled and become the one which you want to be!!!Yes you heard that right when you start behaving and acting as if your desires is already been fulfilled then eventually in no matter of time you will attract what you want to be!!!


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Looking for a free emotions emergent reader? We loved reading this book alongside our other All About Me activities!
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This week we've been using printables from our All About Me Theme to learn more about emotions. After listening to a collection of books about feelings, it was time for my preschooler to read his own!
Before I pulled out the emergent reader, I printed these picture cards that come with the All About Me pack. Together, we talked about the emotions and when my son might be feeling them. He's happy "when I'm eating macawoni and cheese," and angry "when someone takes my toys."
These cards have so many possibilities! Put them on a ring, and have your child flip through them, naming the emotions as he goes.
Play I Spy. "I spy a girl who is worried. Can you find her?"
Separate the pictures from the words and have your child use the beginning sounds to help him match the emotion words to the photographs.
After looking at the picture cards, I pulled out this book (free at the end of this post).
While some preschoolers are ready for sight words, my Three isn't. My goal instead was to help him practice concepts of print such as these:
- identifying the cover of a book
- turning the pages correctly
- reading text from left to right
- understanding that one spoken word equals one word of printed text
I suggest reading the book aloud first, but my Three wanted to get right into it after I read the first page. He had the pattern down immediately, but not the voice to print matching. He said "Sometimes I am happy" all while pointing to the word "sometimes" on the first page.
I had created a simple pointer by gluing a plastic counter to a craft stick. I showed him how to use it to point to each word.
I asked him to show me the word "I." This helped him slow down a bit since he could always be sure he was reading that word correctly when he pointed to it.
Sometimes he found it easier to read by pointing with his finger.
When he didn't know an emotion word, I tried to help him figure it out by having him look at the first letter of the word.
In answer, he angrily tossed the book over his shoulder!
So. We're not ready for that yet. No pushing.
I had also printed these pocket chart sentences from the All About Me theme pack. He really enjoys helping me build sentences. We separated the word strips on a table before using them to build sentences. He loved finding all the "is" words and putting them in a pile.
He really loves using our new pointer to read on the pocket chart!
Finally, we played a few rounds of this My Feelings Bingo (also in the theme pack). I showed him each calling card, and he found it on his board – it would have been very challenging for him to differentiate among the pictures without a clue.
While playing this way didn't help him identify emotions, it did build his vocabulary and give him practice with visual discrimination.
How to print (instructions included in the download)
- It works best to download and save to your computer and open with the free Adobe Reader. To download and save, right click on the CLICK HERE below and choose "save link as."
- Enter the page numbers you wish to print (skip the Terms of Use and the page of printing instructions).
- Choose PRINT ON BOTH SIDES OF PAPER.
- Choose FLIP ON SHORT EDGE. (This is important! If you don't choose this option, some of the pages will be upside down.)
- After printing, make sure the pages are lined up correctly.
- Fold, then open up again. Staple with a long reach stapler (we love this one!).
We hope you enjoy our free printable nonfiction reader!
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All About Me Theme Pack for Pre-K/K
Our All About Me theme includes both color and black and white activities for teaching about the body, five senses, and emotions. The bundle even includes books that you can print or read on a tablet!


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A Tribute to Alan Bateman (1936-2012)
Many who knew Alan Bateman, the creator of the long-running drama series "Home and Away", will be saddened to learn that he passed away peacefully in the early hours of Saturday morning, 18th August 2012, after a battle with cancer.
Alan will be remembered for his program making and executive roles with all Australian television networks (ABC, Seven, Nine and TEN).
Christened William Alan Bateman, but going by the name Alan to prevent confusion with his father William Glyde Bateman, he was educated at Applecross Primary and Kent Street High Schools, before beginning an apprenticeship as an electrical installer with Brear and Doonan Pty Ltd.
Alan's ancestry traces back to the Fremantle pioneer and merchant, John Bateman (1789-1855), who emigrated to Western Australia on the Medina in 1830, and whose sons John (1824-1909) and Walter (1826-1882) took over the family business on their father's death, which became J. & W. Bateman Limited in 1857. The company was largely involved with shipping in the nineteenth century, but expanded to other fields of trading in the twentieth century.
Deliveries were made far and wide across the State of WA from the earliest days
Walter sold his share to his brother in 1872, and when John retired in 1890, he sold the business to his son John Wesley Bateman (1852-1907), whose descendants became prominent shareholders in the firm, that became a public company in 1957, and was taken over by Chew Corporation in 1986. John Wesley Bateman was the great grandfather of Alan Bateman.
Though Alan was not a sporting person, his grandfather William Augustus 'Bill' Bateman (1866–1935) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Western Australia and Australian rules football in the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA), and was inducted as one of the initial members of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.
The Perth suburb of Bateman was named after the Bateman family who established their home 'Grasmere' at Bull's Creek. Built as a holiday retreat in 1886, it was also a farm, that provided fruit and vegetables to the colony. Some of the streets were named after ships owned by J. and W. Bateman Ltd. The first subdivision in Bateman occurred in the early 1960s and the suburb was fully developed in the 1970s.
Meanwhile, Alan's television career began in Perth with TVW Channel Seven, back in 1959 where he was at first a contracted electrician who worked on installing the studios, who later became a technician and by 1962 the senior technician on the Perth Commonwealth and Empire Games at Perry Lakes stadium (oddly, the Perry Lakes grandstand was demolished on the very day Alan passed away).
Alan met a pretty children's presenter Judy Lee at Seven, and they soon struck up a close friendship before Judy moved to the ABC in Perth, where she appeared on ABW Channel 2 and helped with radio programs, including panels and women's morning sessions.
Alan and Judy married in 1963 and travelled to London where Alan joined Southampton Southern TV. On their return to Perth, Alan joined Judy at the ABC, by which time Judy was a reporter on the "AM" and "PM" radio current affairs shows.
Alan and Judy have two daughters, and now Phillippa the eldest, is a film producer and Anna is a television producer.
Alan joined the ABC as a technician at the same time as Steve Lumsdaine, TVW's original lighting man. Alan soon became a floor manager, then producer and so began his rapid rise through the ranks. Meanwhile Steve went on to be an engineer.
The TVW connection proved fruitful for Alan at the ABC, firstly working in 1973 with former Seven senior journalist Bruce Buchanan, who ultimately became an eminent ABC current affairs producer, and then in 1976 rekindled contacts with Rolf Harris, Harry Butler and Vince Serventy, who along with Judy, were Children's Channel Seven alumni.
Since then, Alan Bateman has been a prolific producer for the Seven Network, Nine Network and the ABC.
ABC Producer
- ABC In The Public Interest (1973) – (Producers: Alan Bateman, Bruce Buchanan) ABC… Dramatisations of various Royal Commission enquiries.
- Peach's Australia – Flinders Ranges (1976) – (executive producer) ABC… Presented by Bill Peach.
- Peach's Australia – Darling River (1976) – (executive producer) ABC… Presented by Bill Peach.
- In The Wild (1976-79) – (writer/director/co-producer) ABC… Series of wildlife documentaries, presented by Harry Butler with Rolf Harris and Vince Serventy.
- Journey Into Thailand (1982) – (co-producer) ABC… Series presented by Keith Adams.
- Journey into India (1986) – (co-producer) ABC… Series presented by Keith Adams.
Seven Executive Producer
- Nancy Wake (1987) (TV) – (executive producer) 7 Network… aka True Colors (USA: video box title)
- Melba (1987) TV mini-series – (executive producer) 7 Network
- Barracuda (1988) (TV) – (producer) 7 Network… aka The Rocks (USA)
- The Fremantle Conspiracy (1988) (TV) – (executive producer) 7 Network
- Home and Away (1988-1990) TV series – (creator/executive producer) 7 Network
- The Power, The Passion (1989) (TV) – (creator/writer) 7 Network
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy (1989) (TV) – (executive producer) 7 Network
- Alan also played an important role for the Seven Network's broadcast of the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.
- All Saints (1998) (TV) – (commissioned) 7 Network
Nine Executive Producer
- Point of No Return (1989) TV episode – (executive producer)
- The Flying Doctors (1989) – (executive producer 1 episode)
- Family and Friends (1990) TV series – (executive producer) 9 Network
- Ring of Scorpio (1990) (TV) – (executive producer) 9 Network
- Elly and Jools (1990) (TV) – (executive producer) 9 Network
After Nine, Alan went on to a stint as deputy managing director at Network Ten.
He ran his own consultancy specialising in sports events, before returning to Seven in the mid 90's as Managing Director and Head of Production, before leaving network television in 1999 to work in other executive fields.
Script writer Bevan Lee credits Alan for kick starting his stalled career when he asked him to rewrite the pilot script of "Home and Away" in 1987 and later commissioned him to create "All Saints" in 1998.
"He was a force of nature in the business, although he left it many years ago to pursue other career options. One huge way he contributed to "Home and Away" is less well known than the fact that it was his original idea. Six weeks in to its time on air, the Network programmers decided to cancel it due to low ratings. Alan got in there and fought like a terrier to get a four week stay of execution. In those weeks the ratings took an upward path and the rest is history."
Seven Network CEO Tim Worner said in a statement:
"In an industry built on legends, Alan Bateman was a trailblazer. Home And Away, conceived, developed and executive produced by Alan during its critical early seasons, will ensure his history and that of the iconic series are for ever linked.
"Alan was a true television craftsman who always stuck up for program makers, sometimes against all odds, and he often had a lot of fun doing it."
Seven chairman Kerry Stokes also paid tribute by saying that:
"Alan Bateman spent a number of years as a senior executive for the Seven Network.
"During his time he was responsible for commissioning All Saints and oversaw the production of the Atlanta Olympics.
"He was dedicated to Australian content and programs that reflected the Australian identity. He made a real contribution to the Seven Network and Australian television."
An ABC spokeswoman pointed out that Alan Bateman was a major contributor to some iconic ABC programming including Peach's Australia.
"Alan's work, particularly in documentary and factual formats, paved the way to the quality programming we see today."
The Bateman legacy is sure to continue as his eldest daughters are making a name for themselves in the industry.
Phillippa Bateman is a writer, screen-writer and feature film producer – who was the executive producer of the 2006 movie "Jindabyne", starring Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne.
Television has always been the world for Anna Bateman. Her father arranged work experience on "60 Minutes" when she was just 15, and after she left school, worked on the program for free – until she got a paid gig working for Mike Willesee – that was in 1983 – and Anna has worked in TV ever since. Anna, like her mother, joined the ABC, where she became an executive producer responsible for such projects as The Pet Show, Saving Andrew Mallard, Young Performers Awards 2008 and Can We Help, before moving to Melbourne with her son, to take the reins of Aunty's national Sunday Arts show, hosted by Michael Veitch. Anna is presently the series producer of TEN's "Can of Worms", with Andrew Denton's production company Zapruder's other films.
Anna's son Azzam had also decided to pursue a career in film and television, and is currently working as a PA and runner on the ABC's "Gruen Nation", which is also made by Andrew Denton's production company.
Alan Bateman married his second wife Clara in the late 70's and they have three children – Eliza, William and Selena.
Clara was very much the great love of Alan's life and an enormous support to him throughout his personal life and professional career.
Eliza and William are both lawyers, whilst Selena is presently studying law at university.
Alan's first wife Judy, remarried and is now Judy Fasher, and is heavily involved in printing and supporting Equestrian sport in Australia. Judy is married to a doctor and they have two sons,.
Meanwhile, Judy has used her communications skills to help the Australian equestrian team during the Sydney Olympics, and worked with the Royal Australian Navy to deal with issues involved with deployment to the middle east, preparing division heads to face a contentious senate committee and dealing at peak levels with the issue of drugs in sport, in her advisory role to sports administrators in both NSW and national levels. Judy also works as a volunteer with the Sydney International Equestrian Centre (SIEC), and in the process serves all equestrian sports, from kids jumping ponies to our top Gold Medallists. In 2010, Judy was honoured for her extraordinary service to equestrian sport when she was presented with a Distinguished Long Service Award by the NSW Sports Federation.
The Bateman clan has demonstrated continuously to be high achievers from the era of sailing ships to the present, with the latest generation providing much for any modern day patriarch to be highly proud of.
We wish to thank the contributors to this story: Bill McKenzie, Anna Bateman, Jean Shelton (nee Bateman), Judy Fasher, Gordon McColl, Richard Ashton, Steve Lumsdane, Derrick Wright, Voja Milasich, Ian Stimson and Colin Gorey.


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Advanced Plating I (3.5e Feat)
From D&D Wiki
Advanced Plating I[edit]
You've been augmented with interlocking plates into existing armor. Some of these plates may look decorative, but they provide well need protection.
Prerequisite: [[Warforged|Warforged]],
Benefit: You increase your Composite Plating by +3 giving you a +5 total to your Armor Bonus if you are a Warforged. The down side is you gain weight[1] and a -3 to armor check penalties and are considered to be wearing medium armor with a 20% spell failure. You can use other metals if desired, but follow the cost listed for such metals. Mithral will reduce the check penalty to 0 with a spell failure of 10% and now is considered light armor. Adamantine will reduce armor penalty by 1 and give you a Damage Reduction 2/-.
[[Category:[[Warforged|Warforged]] Feat]]
"We've managed to save your Warforged buddy, but his armor is completely shot. So I gave him an upgrade similar to an Adamantine Breastplate. Here's my bill, I'll see you at the Tavern." -Durangrunt Ale Boozenthunder
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UPDATE: 'Welcome aboard' Another Carnival cruise ship adrift at sea, no power, 4000 passengers/crew, 'raw sewage everywhere'
Carnival Cruise ship Triumph is floating off the coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, with no power, and being towed to shore by tug boats since Monday.
The cruise left Galveston, Texas on February 7th and is expected to arrive in Mobile, Alabama on Thursday.
As you can see one of life's pleasures, charging cell phones was at a premium.
Passengers unplugged ATM machines and gathered extensions to charge their smart phones.
Latest UPDATE: Ship is on its way to Mobile, Alabama and will arrive sometime tonight around 11-12, with 4200 passengers and crew, it is expected to take about four hours for everyone to disembark.
Passengers have praised the crew for all their help while they are coping with many of the same problems.
Even though power was very limited, it seems the ship had power for the ATM machines.
The ship had a fire in the engine room and lost most power, especially to the elevators and the toilet system.
Many have reported it is difficult to find working toilets, and most have been advised to use 'red bags' for their restroom.
Emergency lighting was still working but there is no air conditioning throughout the ship and most passengers are sleeping on the main deck, for a little cooling breeze from the ocean.
Food is very limited and many passengers are eating onion sandwiches, and many are hoarding food, since there is very little.
We can only imagine how terrible it is on the ship with raw sewage streaming throughout the ship, down the corridors and through the showers. It will be interesting to see what pictures surface after the ship returns to shore.
Carnival Cruise Lines have announced today they will refund the cost of the cruise for all passengers. They have also offered a credit for any future cruises and $500 cash?
Wonder how many will take them up on that offer, or will they sue?
What about the health consequences that may occur from the constant exposure and contact with the raw sewage since Monday?
Will anyone ever take a cruise again?
When will they get it?
What has to happen before people realize it is very dangerous and unhealthy.
There was much talk about the employees of the Carnival Triumph cruise and how well they adapted to the situation, and gave the guests that extra service that was above and beyond.
If any employees wish to give their side of the story anonymously, we would be very happy to hear from you how it went for you. If you are in the continental United States we would love to hear from you.
We would also love to hear some stories from the passengers as well, how you coped with the 'cruise' and what you have to say about Carnival Cruises.
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