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When Google announced yesterday its $3.2 billion cash purchase of Nest, the jokes flew. "If your house is burning down you'll now get gmail ads for fire extinguishers," Valleywag's Sam Biddle tweeted.
But no one who has watched Google struggle with the hardware business in recent years could really believe it would just be shelling out for thermostats and smoke detectors, no matter how smart Nest's reinventions of those devices might be. Though Google says Nest will retain its own identity as a company, the partnership's potential sets up some seriously great expectations of an entire world populated with Google-powered smart devices.
"Both companies believe in letting the technology do the hard work behind the scenes so that people can get on with their lives," Nest CEO Tony Fadell told WIRED in an interview just after the deal was announced.
"Our roadmap furthered letting tech do the hard work," he said. "(Google) said, can you do this more quickly?"
And for Google, speed is essential. The key lesson from the just-ended Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is that serious innovation in core gadget lines like smartphones and televisions is coming to an end (see bendable screens as Exhibit A).
Google itself has never managed to make a mark in either category.
Not only that, its much heftier $12.9 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility has mostly served as a strong drag on its bottom line.
Instead, the excitement at the show was around wearables and the so-called internet of things. The future of hardware isn't better versions of the same standalone tech. It's what you can create when you take all the smarts of the smartphone and build them into everything else.
As its own early dive into wearables with Google Glass demonstrates, Google knows it can't miss this next big leap in hardware, which would end up costing the company much more than $3 billion in lost opportunities.
Here's what Google gets for its money:
A Product Master Who Beat Apple to the Next Big Thing —————————————————–
Before co-founding Nest, CEO Tony Fadell was best known for designing the iPod, an impressive enough feat on its own. But Fadell reportedly charmed the impossible-to-please Steve Jobs with a bit of conference room showmanship that ensured his place in Apple lore.
"Faddell went to the table, grabbed all the parts he'd shown earlier, and began snapping them together like a LEGO model," Leander Kahney recounts in his biography of Apple's chief designer, Jony Ive. "He handed the electronic sandwich to Jobs." And so began the upending of both the tech and entertainment industries.
Buying Nest doesn't bring Ive to Google. But Fadell might be an even better catch. Fadell is an engineer with demonstrated mastery over all aspects of the hardware process, with a high-design sensibility to boot. From supply chain and components to fit and finish, Fadell has shown he can manage a product for a company with Apple's global reach.
What's more, Nest shows he also has the chops to bring a product to market without the support and resources of a massive multinational. He even beat Apple into the so-called "smart home" with a line of products that look and feel like what Apple might have designed if it had gotten there first.
It's almost tempting to think of Google and Nest as what might happen if Apple and the search giant had come together themselves. It's an impression only furthered by Nest's apparent poaching of an iPod software director to become its head of new product engineering, as first reported by The Information.
Throw in Fadell's proven record as someone who cannot only design and make tech devices but has the stage presence to sell it, and Google is buying itself near-instant – and much-needed – credibility in the world of hardware.
More Than the Devices, the Network ———————————-
Google has built nearly its entire business on its unmatched ability to wring value out of the web. But it's easy to forget that the web and the internet are not synonymous. The web is one medium made up mostly of human-crafted content. Google knows how to find that content and connect us to the pieces most relevant to what we want to know.
The value that Nest is creating, by contrast, stems from the connections it is forging among its devices themselves. Nest's thermostat, for instance, doesn't just turn itself on and off when you tell it. Over time, as the Nest Learning Thermostat uses its sensors to train itself according to your comings and goings, the entire network of Nests in homes across the country becomes smarter.
The paramount value of the devices, in a sense, lies not in the hardware itself but the interconnectedness of that hardware. As the devices talk to each other, by building an aggregate picture of human behavior, they anticipate what we want before even we know.
"On the outside it's sexy, but its workings are all about exploiting the growing infrastructure of sensors and connectivity around us," WIRED's Steven Levy wrote in a feature when the Nest Protect smoke detector was released. "The algorithms created by Nest's machine-learning experts are all about exploiting the growing infrastructure of sensors and connectivity around us."
Now imagine that infrastructure not just connected, but connected by Google. With its product and design expertise, Nest provides Google an ideal platform for stretching the power of its own intelligent machines beyond the web and into the internet of things.
Nest has made no secret that it doesn't plan to stop at the thermostat and the smoke detector. It wants to take all the mundane but important technologies you use every day in your home and make them smarter and more pleasing – what Fadell calls the "conscious home."
As a company that has long made investments in the energy sector, Google's ambitions likely extend beyond the home, as well. Imagine Nest extrapolated from the home-based consumer market into the world of hardcore infrastructure. If the Nest thermostat can help us be smarter about how we use energy in our homes, imagine what it could do for the entire grid.
Knowing What We Do When We're Not on the Web ——————————————–
While shoring up its hardware business is likely a key motivation for its acquisition of Nest, Google still makes nearly all its money based on an oft-repeated maxim (though not by Google): You are the product.
The value Google sells its customers – that is, advertisers – lies in its peerless understanding of our online behavior.
Google knows what we search for, so it can sell advertisers the eyeballs of someone who has already stated some interest in what they sell. Google reads our Gmail – anonymized, of course – and can target us with ads based on what we appear to be discussing in our private conversations.
One area of human behavior Google has yet to colonize as successfully is what we do when we're not directly interacting with a screen, whether on a PC or mobile device. That in theory changes with Nest.
In answer to the question of whether Nest will share its customer data with Google, the company reportedly said it's standing by its existing privacy policy, which "clearly limits the use of customer information to providing and improving Nest's products and services."
But even anonymized user data would give Google incredible new insights into our behavior in the physical world that its vast roster of very smart people could figure out how to leverage in order to advance its business.
Perhaps Google could pair our movements with how we shop – say, using Google's own same-day delivery service. Or some choice we make offline that compels us to perform a particular search.
This may sound creepy, but much like using Google for search, it could become the price of admission for participation in the internet of things. Every choice we make using connected devices leaves a trace. And no one is better than Google at figuring out how to turn those traces into dollars.
Innovating in a Regulated Market ——————————–
Nest Energy Services are a set of features introduced by Nest last year that link up its smart thermostats with utility companies themselves. As described over at Fast Company, the government requires energy companies to figure out ways to save power and make themselves more efficient.
Nest allows its users who are customers of a handful of partner utilities to save money on their energy bills by opting in to a program that, via their thermostats, curbs their power consumption during peak hours.
In the process, Nest has shown it not only can sell cool gadgets to consumers, but it can sell big companies on its ideas. Not only that, but by stepping in between energy providers and users, Nest has shown an ability to negotiate one of the most fraught regulatory environments around.
Google has made its own sorties into that territory, as well. But for Google, Nest becomes a module the bigger company can jack into its hivemind for instant intelligence about a complex system that until now has kept Google largely on the outside.
More on NestNest Gives the Lowly Smoke Detector a Brain — And a Voice
Nest's Plan to Stop Brownouts Before They StartWhat Nest (and Tony Fadell) Get From Google ——————————————-
As CEO of a growing company with global aspirations, Fadell says he's been forced to contend with a lot of stuff that has little to do with Nest products themselves. From new offices to websites and servers to tax codes, he says all the moving parts of making a business work meant less time for taking part in pushing ahead what Nest actually makes.
Now, with Google set to get behind him (the deal has not officially closed), Fadell gets to be that most coveted of Silicon Valley executives: the product CEO. Like Steve Jobs himself, who was intimately involved in product design, Fadell is now free to bury his hands back into what he loves and has shown he does best.
"I was spending so much time in my days just worrying about infrastructure and not worrying about product," Fadell says. With Google, which Fadell describes as "this wind at our back," Nest no longer has to worry about building that infrastructure. It's already there. "This allows us to concentrate on the stuff that differentiates us," he says.
Despite the transformative success of the iPod, Fadell eventually left Apple. According to Kahney's book, he was forced out in a power struggle with Ive. Whatever the circumstances, siding with Google in what promises to be the next great contest in consumer hardware sends a clear signal that the race is on. By infusing Google with his Apple DNA, Fadell is at the center of a potentially amazing hybrid creation that could finally bring the internet of things to life for all of us.
With additional reporting by Kyle VanHemert.


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STRA Bylaws
the official copy as a word document.
Revised: December 2010
Article 1 Name
Section 1
This organization shall be known as the Southampton Township Recreation Association (STRA).
Section 2
This is a nonprofit organization. Any funds or monies received for carrying out the purpose set forth shall not accrue to the benefit of individual members.
Article 2 The purpose of STRA is as follows:
Section 1
To provide recreational programs to the youth of Southampton Township.
Section 2
To provide an opportunity for the residents of Southampton Township to engage in healthful activities
Section 3
To take and hold be it lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise or bequest any property, real or personal, necessary or desirable for attaining the objectives and carrying into effect the purposes of the STRA. Subject, however, to any modification hereinafter made by general law as to the amount of real and personal property to be held by the STRA to transfer and convey its real or personal property.
Section 4
To work in conjunction with any other service organizations of the Township of Southampton to promote or further the purposes of the organization.
Article 3 Membership
Section 1
Any family residing in Southampton Township will become a member of the STRA whenever a member of that family has registered for an activity sponsored by STRA within the preceding year. Each family will be entitled to cast one vote at the time of the election of officers of STRA or on the occasions of any amendment to the constitution and bylaws of STRA.
Article 4 Officers
Section 1
There shall be a president, first vice president, second vice president, third vice president, fourth vice president, treasurer, and secretary to be elected as hereinafter provided.
Section 2 Removal of officers
Officers may be removed by a vote of a majority of the entire executive committee whenever and officer fails to attend three (3) consecutive STRA meetings or whenever in the opinion of the executive committee, the officer has failed to fulfill and perform the responsibilities of his office. Prior to removing an officer, the officer shall be provided a hearing before the executive committee in order to show cause why he should not be removed.
Article 5 Amendments
Section 1
This constitution may be amended by a two-third vote of the general membership in attendance at a meeting when amendments are to be considered. Notice of the time and place of the meeting must be published in the Burlington County Times or the Central Record at least ten (10) days in advance of the meeting. The notice so published shall state that amendments to the constitution and bylaws will be considered at the time and place of the meeting.
Article 1 Officers
Section 1
All officers are to be elected for a two (2) year term by a majority of the general membership present at the annual September meeting. The office of president, secretary, first vice president, and fourth vice president shall be elected in odd years. The office of second vice president, third vice president, and treasurer shall be elected in even years.
Section 2 Executive committee
The executive committee shall consist of the officers of STRA.
Section 3 Advisory Board to the Executive Committee
The Advisory Board to the Executive Committee shall consist of the commissioners appointed to oversee STRA sports and activities.
Section 4
The executive committee shall serve as the Board of Trustees of STRA overseeing the operation and function of its programs and its financial income and expenses.
Section 5
The STRA secretary shall also serve as secretary of the executive committee.
Section 6
In order to conduct business a quorum shall consist of a majority of the members of the executive committee.
Section 7
Vacancies in the executive committee shall be filled by the president of STRA for the unexpired term.
Article 2 Meetings
Section 1
Regular meetings of STRA shall be held the second Tuesday of each month at the Southampton Township Municipal Building, Vincentown, New Jersey. Additional meetings shall be called by the president at his discretion.
Section 2
Executive committee meetings shall be scheduled at the discretion of the president of STRA.
Article 3 Registration
Section 1 Fees
Fees for programs are to be determined by the executive committee based on the cost of operating the program. No person shall be denied registration because of the financial inability to pay the registration fee. Any child participating in STRA programs may be required to fulfill the fund raising criteria established by the STRA executive committee.
Section 2 Participation
All parents registering their children for activities funded by STRA will be strongly encouraged to lend assistance and support to insure the success of the activity.
Section 3 Age Requirements
Eligibility for enrollment on a STRA team shall be determined by the birth date of the participant. The executive committee shall establish the age criteria for each sport.
Section 4 Advancing to higher levels of competition
A player must compete at least one year at his/her age level in the sport. In order for a player to advance to the next higher age level the player must receive the recommendation of his prior coach and prior and present commissioner and have parental approval after the parents confer with the executive committee.
Once the approval process has met all of the eligibility criteria, that child will be considered to move to the next higher level. If a child moved up demonstrates an inability to handle being at a higher level the parents, coach, commissioner, or the executive committee based on the recommendation of the coach and commissioner can request the committee to place him on his age level team.
Section 5 Eligibility
Only registered players may participate in STRA programs. A player is considered registered with a completed registration form and the applicable fee has been received.
Article 4 Funding
Section 1
The monies available in the STRA fund shall be used to the ends herein stated in Article 2 of the Constitution.
Section 2
All checks shall be endorsed two members of the executive committee.
Section 3
Donors shall have the privilege of specifying the use of monies donated.
Section 4
The executive committee shall have the right to refuse donations.
Section 5
The financial records of the STRA fund shall be audited annually by a committee appointed by the president or by an independent accountant and the report given at the annual February meeting. No member of the executive committee shall serve as auditor.
Section 6
In the event STRA dissolves, all assets will go to the Southampton Township School, strictly for athletics.
Article 5 Duties of Officers
Section 1
The president (1) presides as chairman of the meeting; (2) calls the meeting to order; (3) follows the order of business and enforces the bylaws; (4) repeats clearly all motions under consideration after a member has seconded them; (5) preserves order (6) appoints necessary committees; (7) does not express personal opinions while presiding - hands over gavel when he desires to speak on a question; (8) calls special meetings; (9) appoints commissioners.
Section 2
The first vice president (1) serves in place of the president during his absence; (2) assists the president in executing various tasks; (3) helps to administer and serve committees; (4) acts as presiding officer when the president decides to speak on a motion; (5) assumes the presidency when the office of president becomes vacant until it is filled by an election; (6) is coordinator of the fund raising committees and is responsible for soliciting team sponsorship.
Section 3
The second vice president coordinates the special project committees. The 2nd vice president is also responsible for soliciting team sponsorship. In the event both the president the 1st vice president resign or and are unable to serve the 2 vice president.
Section 4
The third vice president shall serve as chairman of the equipment committee and is responsible for purchasing all program uniforms and equipment. Is also responsible for distribution and collection of program equipment and inventory maintenance.
Section 5
The fourth vice president shall serve as chairman of marketing and is responsible for website maintenance which includes updates to advertising, upcoming events, posting minutes and any social media.
Section 6
The secretary (1) records the minutes of each meeting; (2) records a statement of every motion made; (3) notifies the members of each meeting; (4) records the resolutions passed, along with the numbers for and against.
Section 7
The treasurer (1) collects from fund raising vice president all monies to deposit; (2) pays all bills; (3) presents financial report at each regular monthly meeting (4) informs executive committee of income, expenditures and current balance; (5) prepares and presents budget for presentation to executive committee in September of each year.
Section 8 Commissioners
Commissioners shall be appointed by the president for a one (1) year term and shall serve as members of the executive committee advisory committee.
Article 6 Coaches
Section 1
All coaches must be certified by a New Jersey certified instructor in accordance with State Statute. All active coaches must maintain their certifications.
Section 2
All coaching appointments shall be approved by the executive committee.
Section 3
Removal or suspension of coaches will be at the discretion of the STRA executive committee. Prior to the removal or suspension of a coach the executive committee shall provide the coach with an opportunity to show cause why he should not be removed.


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Visio 2007 Introduction
The Tutorial Videos in this series are grouped into similar categories that together form a complete Visio 2007 Introduction course. There are four in the Visio 2007 Getting Started series that, as the name suggests, cover the very basics of Visio. These are useful for complete beginners to quickly and easily acclimatise themselves with the look and feel of the interface and get to know the basics of how things work in Visio 2007.
Visio 2007 Basics
Our Getting Started series covers the very first things you need to know about Visio; how to use the interface, how to create and save a drawing, how to add shapes and how to connect them together. We also describe the process behind making a map using Visio 2007, how to make a flowchart, and we finish up with a couple of tutorials on creating a scale diagram using Visio 2007.
My employer wanted to know my Visio proficiency, so I decided I should brush up on it. I could not find any tutorials, tips & tricks or informative websites about Visio. I couldn't even find Visio books in my library, then I found your site! Wishing you all the best success, Rudy
Creating a Map in Visio 2007
To give a more practical slant the third block of 5 Visio 2007 Tutorial videos describes the process of creating a directional map and introduces some more key Visio concepts along the way.The next block of Tutorial Videos cover using shapes to create basic diagrams in Visio. We explain the procedure for putting shapes on the page and cover in detail the various methods available to connect shapes together, a fundamental requirement in most drawings. The series covers 1 and 2 dimensional shapes, point to point and shape to shape connections.
Flowcharts in Visio 2007
The final block features the classic Visio task – creating and editing the flowchart. We look at how to create a flowchart in the first video using Visio 2007 and, in the second Visio 2007 tutorial in the series, explore ways of making it more efficient and visually appealing with enhancements.
Getting Started
|What is Visio?
|Finding your way around Visio
|Zooming in – please log in to see this video
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Basic Shapes
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|Shape Stacking Order
Directional Maps
|Map Basics
|Refining a Map – please log in to see this video
|Continuing to refine the map – please log in to see this video
|Adding signs to the map – please log in to see this video
|Finishing off the map
|Creating a Basic Flowchart
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Scale Diagrams
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Cold wine storage during peak trading seasons or for one-off events may not sit at the top of your list of priorities, but it should. How you store your wine has a remarkable effect on its flavour and quality, even your average non-connoisseur will find flaws.
Light, humidity and temperature can have a negative effect on wine and champagne quality. Leaving bottles at room temperature for hours, days or weeks or exposing wine to fluctuations in temperature e.g. a winter's day 3˚c outside, 20˚c centrally heated interior can cause premature aging or ruin the flavour.
Similarly, placing wine on a table beneath sunlight, either directly or through a window, or fluorescent lighting is inviting problems. Whilst a cloth or box may provide a short-term solution, a professional cold wine storage plan is undeniably wiser.
Wineware recommends that wine shouldn't be stored with any items possessing a strong smell because this can taint wine. Wine refrigeration hire is a sensible precaution to prevent wine from boasting a hint of garlic, onions or spices, for example.
Wine temperatures should never reach or exceed 24˚c because it starts to oxidise at this point. Oxygen is never desirable for wine. Expert Jancis Robinson believes that wine should never be kept below -4 ˚c or over 30 ˚c, the latter because the compounds can boil off.
Vibration can damage wine too so minimal movement is best. Even repositioning it several times in the same fridge is a risky strategy. Wine storage in spacious mobile fridge trailers keeps stock steady, in the dark and at cool temperatures. Humidity won't exceed safe levels and can be monitored effectively. (When humidity reaches 70% the risk of mould increases.)
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Professional wine refrigeration hire facilities meet legislation, are secure, insured, hygienic and well maintained. Shelves can be re-positioned as necessary.
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Please click on the link to view the catalogue which is password protected.
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"by the way should I call the city to come with that big machine with
compressor you know the one they use to plane the road, that may take
off the dirt off the pile. hope the 4 days pass in the pool will do."
"Oddly enough, it looks very beautiful in there."
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"What did he stab you with?"
"What does that matter?"
"It matters a lot."
"He stabbed me, just stop the bleeding."
"Did you see the knife?"
"What is this! I told you it don't matter."
"Actually, it does matter. In a minute, tops, your left lung is going to collapse, your chest cavity is filling with blood as we speak, your blood pressure is dropping, and you are about to lose consciousness."
"No kidding?"
"No kidding."
"It's just a little cut."
"Ever see a little cut from an ice pick?"
"Have you?"
"Only in the movies. It's not the size on the surface, it's the depth that gets you."
"Then I'm screwed."
"He stabbed me with a big screwdriver."
"Don't worry, we've got fluids going in, oxygen on and the best trauma team in New England waiting a minute away."
"I think you better hurry up."
He turned white, then was gone.
A tiny quarter inch slice under his left shoulder blade was the only mark on him. Stabbing victims crash fast.
Woody, my partner on Rescue 1 in 2001 told me, "It's not what you see on the outside, it's what lies within that matters."


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Oct 22, 2005 - 3:57 pm
Hi all,
Well...it looks like I got the dreaded adhesions. I was hopitalized again last week with cramping and vomiting. I had surgery Sept 9. Was re-hospitalized at the end of Sept with vomiting and cramping. They thought it was Ileus (slow moving bowels post-op).
They sent me home and put me on Reglan, WHICH BY THE WAY .... BIG WARNING. I think the Reglan exacerbated my depresion. I was on it for two weeks to try to help with my intestinal motility. Silly me didn't read the drug info sheet until just recently. There are warnings about not taking it if you have probelms with depression. Ugh .... it was pretty bad the funk it put me into.
I had my first post-op chemo last week that seemed to trigger another partila blockage and hopsitilation. Now they think I have an adhesion. They want me to do 3 more rounds of chemo though before I will have surgery to remove my 3 cm liver met. At that time they will try to fix the adhesion problem.
To say the least I am a little concerned about my next chemo treatment triggering another blockage. I'm thinking I will go on a liquid diet the day of chemo and for a couple days after to not give the adhesion anything to cramp up around.
The liquid diet is kind of rough though, lots of Ensure and Boost - which is chock full of cancer loving sugar. My aunt is researching some other options for nutrition for diabetics which may have less sugar.
I am concerned about weight loss. TPN was suggested but I am little leery of that.
Thanks once again for listening and any advice
Oct 22, 2005 - 4:10 pm
Hi Maria -- So sorry that you are experiencing adhesions. I can understand being tentative about your diet while on chemo; but don't for a minute think that you will have to rely on Boost or Ensure. There are many alternatives -- and all would be healthier. I fyou want to stay at least semi-liquid on chemo day, you can make a great smoothie with unsweetened soymilk, yogurt, great fruits, soy or whey powder (whey metabolizes more quickly)...just as a start. Please feel free to e-mail me if you want to bounce some ideas back and forth. I know that you can eat in a healthy manner and keep your blood sugar constant for diabetes. All the best to you. You are a trooper and I know that you can make this situation work for you. Take care -- Maura
Oct 22, 2005 - 5:22 pm
I feel your pain. I have had numerous admissions for adhesions. I had a section 20cm of small intestine removed during one of my surgeries because it was probably radiated during my preop radiation. The surgeon didn't think it looked too healthy.
It will get better for you. I have had only one small bowel obstruction since my last surgery in Jan.
Your body is still healing and hopefully time will make it better. As you begin to get better, hopefully the depression will get better too.
Oct 22, 2005 - 7:32 pm
Hi Maria. I was warned that the possibility of adhesions is a complication in a lot of people after surgery. Fortunately I was not one of them so I am sorry to hear you are having this trouble.My tumour was a 2/3 blockage and the weeks before my surgery was sheer agony..as you say. It doubled me over and in the end I was actually looking forward to having my surgery I was in so much pain.We are sorry to hear you suffering so and hope that you are able to cope until you have your liver op.
Oct 23, 2005 - 7:51 am
Oct 23, 2005 - 11:51 am
Maria, you are really going thru a lot. I always wish the best for you. My father had adhesions after his j-pouch surgery, and also bowel blockages, but eventually these problems got sorted and he's doing well today (and he's much older than you!). My only point is that things should get better after time ... it certainly did for him and he had the same surgery as you. I understand about the weight loss. I have lost more than 40 pounds since June.
(I can also relate to Mary's fear of the anal fissure ... that chemo diarrhea is some serious s**t)
I wish you the best, Maria.
Oct 24, 2005 - 11:34 am
Hello there:
I hope that this e-mail finds you in better health and spirits.
I was warned that I could suffer from adhesions but luckily I didn't. I did suffer from sever constipation which I take Colace (Docusate Sodium) and Senokot (Sennosides) which are both stool softeners. Both were recommended by my doctors. I take one pill of each 4 times a day and when I really have problems with bowel movements, I take 2 pills of both at night. (A word of advice, the genetics are just as good as the name brand and you get more.)
I can imagine what you went through because after my radiation therapy I had an attack of cramps and severe pain for which I was hospitalized. It was an experience that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. There was nothing that I could do to get comfortable and had to practically be knocked out by via a constant intravenous drip of pain medications. Thank God that they came up with the invention that let a person give themselves a quick dose of pain medication with a touch of a button.
You shouldn't just live on Ensure or Boost, especially if you're a diabetic. (By the way, did your doctor tell you that there is an Ensure that has Fiber with FOS?) Increasing your fiber intake will defiantly help you during your treatments. I've heard people say that it controls their chemo diarrhea and/or constipation, helping keeping them regular and avoiding those dreaded fissures.
I wish you the best and may your treatments be uneventful.
Lefty. . .
Oct 26, 2005 - 4:26 pm
If your dr recommends a liquid meal supplement, try Glucerna, made by the makers of Ensure. It is especially formulated for diabetics.
Personally, I think the natural approach with the fruits, unsweetened yogurt and soy milk sounds healthier, but if you NEED a supplement, Glucerna is available. Caution: It gives me gas. *ooops*


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ACC Big Men Have Bright Futures: Will Their Teams Follow?Posted by Chris Kehoe on February 22nd, 2014
It is often bandied about that guards win games (along with defense) because they have the ball in their hands most often and thus affect the action more than other positions. While this is certainly a valid viewpoint, interior post players can often mean the difference between a championship team or a bubble team. The popular mindset is that big men take longer to develop in the college ranks because of the learning curve required to manage their combination of power, size and dexterity. Most post players come to the Division I ranks with a limited post game but raw with athleticism and length, prized characteristics that NBA GMs in every professional franchise covet.
The ACC this season is rich in young frontcourt talent that is likely to stay for more than a year in the collegiate ranks. North Carolina is a great example of the conference's youthful exuberance in the post, sporting a terrific breadth of versatility in that regard. Kennedy Meeks and Brice Johnson are the tip of the iceberg, both terrific rebounders with vastly different approaches. At 290 pounds, Meeks is a strong and sturdy freshman who isn't a terrific leaper but uses his body and angles to score and rebound the offensive glass very well. He also possesses one of the nation's best outlet passes, a perfect conduit for guards Nate Britt and Marcus Paige to start Roy Williams' break. Johnson, on the other hand, is a long beanpole of a forward who has had a breakout sophomore year for the Tar Heels, ranking fourth in ACC field goal percentage at 54.5%. UNC's frontcourt depth doesn't completely end there, though, as the Heels also have 6'10", 280-pound sophommore Joel James, who is a load in the paint but hasn't found consistent playing time this season. Freshman Isaiah Hicks too has a bright future ahead of him at UNC; the McDonald's All-American recorded seven blocks and pulled down an insane 30 rebounds in his state's high school championship game last year. But the ACC's young frontcourt brigade of talent doesn't end in Chapel Hill.
Quite possibly the most talented underclassmen forward in the ACC resides in North Carolina, but his actual location is on Wake Forest's Winston-Salem campus. Sophomore Devin Thomas is second in the ACC in rebounds per game at 8.0 RPG, trailing only Duke superstar freshman Jabari Parker. Thomas is also fifth in the conference in field goal percentage at 54.3%, hitting on an extremely high and efficient clip. Fellow sophomore Mike Tobey at Virginia has improved by leaps and bounds for head coach Tony Bennett, playing in the perfect offensive system to suit his talents. Florida State's Boris Bojanovsky is third in the ACC in blocks per game at an even 2.0 BPG. The 7'3" sophomore is a menace in the paint defensively, reminiscent of the Seminoles' Bernard James from a few years ago. Newcomer Notre Dame sophomore Zach Auguste can stretch the floor with his perimeter skills, making him a match-up nightmare for opposing defenders. Speaking of ACC newcomers, Pittsburgh has a McDonald's All-American of its very own in the freshman class, New Jersey native and power forward Michael Young. It doesn't get much better for Young then learning under the tutelage of Jamie Dixon and seasoned big man Talib Zanna. Syracuse sophomore DaJuan Coleman also has a bright future if he can find a way to stay healthy and break through the incredible frontcourt depth at Jim Boeheim's disposal. Outside of Coleman, Boeheim has brought in what has become another in a long line of long and lanky freshman forwards in Tyler Roberson, a highly touted recruited out of Roselle Catholic in New Jersey.
A big man is relied upon to protect the rim and alter opponent's shots if they make it into the lane past their defenders. The ACC has its fair share of sophomore shot-blockers outside of Bojanovsky in Miami's Tonye Jeriki, Clemson's Landry Nnoko, and Virginia Tech's Joey van Zegeren, all ranked among the top 12 of the conference's block percentage. Duke also happens to lay claim to two of the biggest energy-producing big men in the conference in redshirt sophomore and legacy child Marshall Plumlee and Philadelphia native and sophomore, Amile Jefferson.
What all these names and variance in big man skill sets across the conference equate to is that the ACC is going to have a lot of bruising battles in upcoming seasons. For those of who enjoy seeing the ball go inside before it comes back out, perhaps this means that the league won't be as dependent on ball-dominant guards anymore. Given that the middle tier of the ACC has not been very good for a while now, perhaps this infusion of talent in the frontcourts across the league will pair up with the standard talent at the guard positions to move some of those teams off the bubble line and into the realm of championship contenders.


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The Latino Vote .
All the Republican candidates have clearly expressed they want us to vote for them even though they think we are leaches and parasites in the american society.
So as the republican primaries continue and the next stop is Florida ,the importance of the hispanic vote becomes front and center of the different candidates aspirations to close the deal and be the republican nominee for the national presidential election in 2012.We the hispanic voters , as members of the hispanic community I feel have the moral obligation and the responsibility, to speak up in defense of our brothers and sisters who are constantly maligned and demonized by the republican extreme right wing nut xenophobes and bigots,who are always misrepresenting the realities of the immigrant community in general and the hispanic community in particular .Most hispanic voters have a dear friend,or a family member who is or has been an illegal alien,or we ourselves as is my case have been an illegal alien,and we know they are LYING, knowingly or not when they say we are bankrupting this country ,it is shameful how they perpetuate false myths such as : illegals benefit from the welfare state ,this is false, illegals do not receive FOOD STAMPS,UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS,DISABILITY COMPENSATION of any kind.The truth is illegals have to work in order to put food on their table ,this is a fact.Another myth perpetrated by the republigots is when they say that any comprehensive immigration reform would reward illegals with instant citizenship therefore implying they would instantly become citizens and run to the voting booth to vote for the democrats,there has never in the history of this country nor is there now any immigration reform plan that would grant citizenship to illegals , what in reality has been the case is that every immigration solution contemplated has provided for a path to the regularization of the status of illegals ,with numerous requirements and costs and conditions that must be fulfilled by the person who is here illegally in order to qualify and benefit from any kind of comprehensive immigration reform that may be eventually put forth to solve a problem that will have to be solved at some point and that to the shagrin of the republican zealots, bigots and xenophobes will not involve rounding up millions of hispanics putting them on boats and shipping them out.
So, to the point of the title,regarding the upcoming elections
After thinking it through for a long time ,I've come to the conclusion that the best course of action for us the hispanic voters to take in the Florida primaries is to abstain from voting and stay home, sit this one out, this is the strongest message we can send these candidates ,a record low hispanic participation in a primary that has shown a field of candidates that are competing on who despises hispanics the most and who would take a harder line against us.This has not been an easy position for me to take, because i strongly believe in the importance of participating in every electoral instance we possibly can and I encourage every person that has the chance to become a citizen and go out and vote on every election be it at the local, state, or national level.But in this instance, where there is no candidate that shows any sympathy for our community, and us being the fastest growing minority in the country ,it is imperative we send a strong unified message that if the hispanic vote is valued at all,we should at least not be portrayed as leaches and parasites by the politicians that seek our vote.
And the republican primary candidates have discarded the hispanic vote.
The republican primary candidates have either by ignorance or by misinformation definitely lost the hispanic vote for the upcoming national elections, the latest polls show them gathering the favor of about 15 percent of the hispanic votes, and let me tell you what this means;it means that at this point the only hispanic votes they are getting is the cuban vote that majoritarily will not vote for a democratic candidate under any circumstances.My guess is that they are convinced that even though they will only carry the cuban vote, this is all the hispanic votes they need to carry the ever important state of Florida, while satisfying the demands of the tea partiers and the right wing loons, which are the forces that drive the republican base.Another idea that might have been sold to them is that many hispanics who are citizens and vote do not have as a top priority the issue of immigration and are more worried about the economy, unemployment, the real estate market and the economy as a whole.This point really shows ignorance of the hispanic culture and mindset.While there may be anecdotal stories of hispanic voters who do not have the immigration issues as a top priority,these hispanics are akin the african american voters and politicians who are either republican voters or conservative leaders, they do exist, but they are a very small minority, and 95 percent of african american voters will vote democrat in the upcoming election.In reality what the right wing extreme strategists don't seem to be able to comprehend is that the majority of hispanic voters have been, or members of their family have been, or close friends have been, or are illegal, so the issue of immigration is not theoretical to us, it's visceral, and it's personal,even puerto rican voters who have not had in their life any issues of illegality , consider the attack on the immigrant issue as a priority to them, and you may convince each other , when you say that you really love immigrants but just don't like illegal immigrants , but as the polls over the last decades show, we don't believe you for a second.And we will act acordingly, voting in record numbers for the democratic candidate in the upcoming election.Which in all honesty brings me to the point, we should be grateful for two positive result all this anti immigrant rhetoric has brought about for us, one is that whoever is a legal permanent resident right now and has the required conditions to become a citizen is doing it right away, and not remaining just a permanent resident for years as we did in the past, and the second is that we no longer stay home on election day and not fulfill our civic duty of voting, hispanic voting has grown exponentially and will continue to grow even more thanks to the xenophobes and the bigots.
Republican Party on Immigration
The Republican Party Immigration reform plan has two pillars.One is what they call border security,and the other one was self deportation,which now has morphed into mass deportation of illegal aliens.This has resulted in a loss of the hispanic vote such as it had never been seen before,and the prospect of the hispanic vote going the way of the black vote with 95 % Democrat 5 % Republican.
Immigration Reform
Should Immigration reform include some form of amnesty?
Well said. I would suspect that our differing opinions on illegal aliens comes primarily from our differing experiences with the problem. I have never invaded another country illegally and struggled just to feed myself. I've never had to constantly look over my shoulder for the law. I have, though, seen what hordes of illegals have done to wages (skilled worker wages, not picking fruit). I have paid for years to educate their children, to provide free medical care for them and yes, to provide them with food stamps (while you may not have gotten them, it happens and is not unusual in some parts of the country).
We may not be so different as all that, though. I have also written on the problem and what to do about it; my own solution is a path to citizenship and not simply deportation. Even thought I generally vote Republican :-).
Why do you limit your title to one race? Everyone, whether caucasian, oriental, hispanic or any other race, has a moral obligation to not vote for a bigot that will harm one race or other group of citizens for the benefit of another.
On the other hand, you would seem to label anyone wanting the illegal aliens out of our country a bigot. Nothing could be further from the truth, of course - bigotry has nothing to do with wanting people to follow the laws of the land.
I might mention as well that while illegal aliens are not bankrupting the country, they are a huge financial drain nonetheless. And no, I have nothing against hispanics (you seem to equate being Hispanic with being an illegal alien but I assure that is not the case).
@ mid cid it is easy to share you know about the facebook/twitter box and the end of your hub. You can also write to one of your friends " Thank you for your share(ing) your comments" Then I will send your hub to my all the people on my list who follow me. I wanted to write to you via hupbages but that was not on your profile, but that is ok, because other people can share their hubs too.
Sorry for not commenting on you hubs, you and I agree on so many hubs. Your hubs are right. More of us need to vote. Only about 58% of the people who have the right to vote actually vote. How can we make the politicians we hire to do the job we hired them to do? Anyway thank you for this hub.
I agree with FitnessJim. Everyone who has the legal right and privilege to vote in November -- should vote.
Anyone who is a citizen should exercise their privilege to participate and vote.
Remember in November 2012.


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- US stocks rebounded from a 510-point drop on Wednesday, surging more than 700 points off its daily lows.
- Major US indexes saw deep losses in early trading on Wednesday as newly announced China tariffs spooked investors amid escalating fears of a global trade war.
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US stocks rallied in afternoon trading, reaching positive territory after plummeting earlier amid reports that China is planning to retaliate against the US in an escalating trade conflict that has investors around the world on edge.
China will impose tariffs on more than 100 American products with a combined trading value of over $US50 billion. The nation wasted no time firing back, making their announcement just hours after President Donald Trump made similar proposals on Chinese products.
The more tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 – which has been a lightning rod for market volatility in recent weeks – plunged as much as 2.1% before closing 1.6% higher. Meanwhile, the benchmark S&P 500 rose 1.2% after dropping as much as 1.6%, while the 30-company Dow Jones industrial average erased a 510-point decline to trade 1% higher.
Investor nerves were eased mid-day after Larry Kudlow, Trump's top economic advisor, told Fox Business that the brewing trade war with China will end in a "pot of gold." He also told reporters that the tariffs may not even go into effect, as they are part of a negotiating tactic.
In addition, one of the stock market's most trusted strategies was in full effect by the afternoon hours. That would be the tactic called "buy the dip," which refers to when investors see equity weakness as an opportunity to build exposure at discount prices.
The S&P 500 in particular fought to climb back above its 200-day moving average, which was breached on a closing basis this week for the first time in 20 months. It succeeded. In addition, all major US indexes face a tough road to recovery since they will be without their most trusted safety net.
Elsewhere in global equity markets, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.2% after climbing as much as 0.9% in early trading, while the Stoxx Europe 600 slipped as much as 1.3% before finishing down 0.5%.
In the bond market, the 10-year US Treasury yield rose two basis points, to 2.80%, close to the key 3% level that traders are watching. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has said a trade war could move yields higher in the medium-to-long term.
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Merck Animal Health recently announced the winner of its Rely on REVALOR (trenbolone acetate and estradiol) challenge – a contest that seeks to identify the best implant crew in the country while underscoring the importance of proper implanting techniques and their impact on cattle performance. Cattle Care Processing of Garden City, Kan., was named champion during the Cattle Feeders Business Summit. Crew members – Gayle Jackson, Oscar Escobedo, Katie Deal, Clifford Lightcap, Neely Hickman and Avrey Leon – received custom hats by Greeley Hat Works for taking the top honor.
"Training and monitoring are paramount to successful implanting. Cattle Care Processing is diligent about this, so it's not surprising their crew had the highest percentage of properly placed implants," said John Hutcheson, Ph.D., director of technical services, Merck Animal Health. "Overall within the industry, we saw 97.6 percent good implants checked compared to 95.6 percent in 2013, so we are continually seeing improvement in implant proficiency."
Stampede Feeders is one of several feedyards that utilize the Cattle Care Processing crew for their implant needs. The 10,000- head capacity, 95 percent customer-owned feedyard is located in Scott City, Kan., and is committed to providing quality care and helping its customers maximize profits.
"We know the value of properly placed implants, and Cattle Care Processing always strives for 100 percent," said Jerry Jackson, manager at Stampede Feeders. "Their experience, expertise and diligence, combined with Merck Animal Health's support of training and regular checks, are second to none."
Participants in the contest had to record at least 10 implant checks during the contest period. Of the 669 cattle checked at Stampede Feeders, 99.4 percent were good.
"When crews pay close attention to details and use proper techniques, they typically see a significant improvement in the number of good implants placed," said Dr. Hutcheson. "Missing implants can cost producers up to 90 pounds in carcass weight, so taking the time to use proper procedures and check implants is definitely worth it."
Dr. Hutcheson said because of the enthusiasm and participation we saw this past year, Merck Animal Health will host the contest again. To learn more and enroll an implant processing crew, contact your Merck Animal Health representative. To learn more about proper implanting, watch an instructional video at the Merck Animal Health Responsible Beef website.


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A tasty twist on your Thanksgiving dinner: savory stuffing recipe with Italian sausage and apples.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we are going to continue our preparation for the big feast.
For most people, the thing that makes the Thanksgiving meal is the sides, whether it is cranberry sauce out of the can or Aunt Fanny's green bean casserole.
This year, however, you are going to dazzle your friends and family with a great stuffing made with Italian sausage and apples.
Apple and Sausage Stuffing
Makes 40 cups.
This savory stuffing recipe makes enough to fill a 14- to 16-pound bird and is always a hit, even with kids. And when made with low-fat turkey sausage, this is a healthy and complete meal in itself.
Read More: Donal Skehan's Thanksgiving pumpkin and crispy pancetta risotto recipe
- 2 lb sweet Italian turkey or pork sausage, casing removed
- 4 tbsp butter
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 8 celery stalks, diced
- 4 Granny Smith or other delicious apples, cored and chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 tsp poultry seasoning
- 24 cups cubed multigrain bread, cubed and dried in an uncovered bowl overnight
- 42 cups (or more) low-sodium chicken broth
- Salt and pepper to taste
Coat a large skillet with cooking spray. Brown the sausage until cooked through. Remove from heat, transfer to a large mixing bowl, and crumble sausage.
Melt the butter in the skillet and simmer the onion for 2 to 3 minutes, or until translucent. Add the celery, apples, garlic, and poultry seasoning, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring often.
Add the apple-vegetable mixture to the bowl of sausage, along with the bread; mix well. Moisten with the chicken broth and season with salt and pepper. Cool completely before stuffing the turkey.
Gilligan's tip: Stuffing can be cooked separately in a large glass casserole dish, but more stock may be needed to replace the moisture that usually comes from the turkey cavity.
What's your favorite Thanksgiving recipe? Share in the comments!
* Originally published in 2016.


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@ponsfoot Thank you! Updated the package.
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Package Details: midori-bzr r7166-1
|Git Clone URL:
|https://aur.archlinux.org/midori-bzr.git (read-only, click to copy)
|Package Base:
|Lightweight web browser based on WebKit and GTK3 (development version)
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|browser web webkit
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Dependencies (20)
- gcr (gcr-nogtk)
- libxss
- webkit2gtk (webkit2gtk-mse, webkit2gtk-unstable)
- zeitgeist
- bzr (bzr-bzr, breezy) (make)
- cmake (cmake-git) (make)
- gtk3 (gtk3-donnatella, gtk3-cosy, gtk3-adwaita-3-32-git, gtk3-mushrooms, gtk3-typeahead, gtk3-git, gtk3-patched-filechooser-icon-view, gtk3-ubuntu, gtk3-classic) (make)
- intltool (make)
- librsvg (librsvg-git) (make)
- libsoup (libsoup-gnome-git, libsoup-gnome) (make)
- libxml2 (libxml2-linenum, libxml2-git) (make)
- pkg-config (pkgconf-git, pkgconf) (make)
- python2 (make)
- python2-docutils (make)
- vala (vala-git, vala0.42, vala0.44) (make)
- aria2 (aria2-git, aria2-fast) (optional) – download utility
- gst-libav (gst-libav-git) (optional) – HTML5 H264 videos support
- gst-plugins-base (gst-plugins-base-git) (optional) – HTML5 OGG videos support
- gst-plugins-good (gst-plugins-good-git) (optional) – HTML5 H264 and WebM videos support
- steadyflow (optional) – download manager
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xyproto commented on 2013-10-19 20:18
ponsfoot commented on 2013-10-19 13:57
Upstream has been switched to cmake (from waf).
So, 'cmake' is required as makedepends.
Furthermore, option '--disable-granite' is obsolete (see configure).
ponsfoot commented on 2013-10-19 13:56
Upstream has been switched to cmake (from waf).
So, 'cmake' is required as makedepends.
Furthermore, option '--disable-granite' is obsolete (see CMakeLists.txt).
Anonymous comment on 2013-08-28 08:40
@xyproto: thanks for the explanation
I don't know how, but it compiled just few seconds ago :D
Midori release 0.5.5~r6363.
Maybe Midori team fixed it
xyproto commented on 2013-08-27 20:04
@Darko82, there was a problem with the new sqlite package. /usr/lib/pkgconfig/sqlite3.pc had "Version: @RELEASE@" instead of "Version: 3.8.0". It has been fixed now, but midori-bzr still fails to compile. It's a problem with the midori configuration, the midori source code, the new sqlite package or a combination of those three.
Anonymous comment on 2013-08-27 11:03
Does not compile due to:
"Checking for sqlite3 >= 3.6.19 : Requested 'sqlite3 >= 3.6.19' but version of SQLite is @RELEASE@"
Sqlite3 is now sqlite
xyproto commented on 2013-08-16 19:20
Updated the package. Unfortunately, midori 0.5.5 + GTK3 doesn't build. midori bzr + GTK3 neither. Hopefully upstream will fix this eventually.
xyproto commented on 2013-08-16 19:20
Updated the package. Unfortunately, midori 0.5.5 + GTK3 doesn't build. midori bzr + GTK3 neither.
xyproto commented on 2013-06-09 10:02
Thanks, vorbote. Updated the package.
vorbote commented on 2013-06-09 02:37
Please update the source line in the PKGBUILD to
else, it is impossible to reuse the downloaded vcs sources to update the binary package (if using a cached copy).


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Success is not measured by the amount of money you make, but by the difference, you make in people's lives – Michelle Obama
With the above quote as our inspiration, Impossible Marketing has initiate Project KATE. The project will be a way for us to give back to society and practice Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Singapore.
We reserve a few seats for the less fortunate in each of our Digital Marketing courses for the public. Through the training sessions, we hope that they can gain valuable knowledge and acquire new skills. Our training programs include SEO, PPC, Social Media Marketing and other marketing related courses.
- For organisations who wish to send the less fortunate for our training programs, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
- For trainers and volunteers who wish to teach a skill to the less fortunate, please feel free to contact us. We can serve as a liaison between you and the different organisations we have worked with in the past.
Another part of our CSR plan involves helping to increase the public's awareness of issues faced by the less fortunate in Singapore.
As we have both knowledge and experience in video marketing, the video team at Impossible Marketing can create a free corporate video for charity organisations in Singapore. Our video team will handle the entire process, from writing a script, shooting and editing the video, to advertising the finalised product.
Here are some of the charity video we have created:
A blood donation animation video we created for HSA and Red Cross Singapore.
"10 Ways To Be Charitable This Season" for Giving.sg.
A video for APSN Mystical Cafe.
We also donated 500 meals for their trainees under the "Pay It Forward" initiative.
A video for Pope Jai Thai.
We created a compelling video and advertise for this restaurant. All for free.
- Organisations that will like us to create a CSR video for them can email us at email@example.com
- Videographers and video editors who wish to assist us in the video creation process can also contact us via the email above.
Donation may not necessarily be in monetary form. We can always contribute as a volunteer and donate our time to help the less fortunate.
As such, we are extremely proud to be the Digital Marketing partner of Giving.sg.
The Giving.sg volunteer platform connects volunteers and charity organisations to a single website. Instead of browsing through every charity organisation websites and Facebook pages, volunteers can access to different charity organisations that needed voluntary assistance in a single website. On the other hand, charity organisations also benefit from having a wider reach to a larger group of volunteers.
As part of Project KATE, we are managing Giving.sg digital campaigns for free. Our aim is to bring more online visibility to Giving.sg and encourage more volunteers to donate their time and money.
Click on the picture below to access to Giving.sg volunteer platform.
The "E" in "KATE" stands for Employment, which is what we hope to achieve with our CSR plan.
We hope that the Knowledge we share with the less fortunate can help them develop technical skills that will increase their chances of finding a job. By creating free corporate videos to raise Awareness about charity organisations in Singapore, we hope that the organisations will hire the less fortunate once their business improves. By managing Giving.sg Digital Marketing campaigns, we hope to create more online visibility to this platform and gather more volunteers to donate their Time at different charity events. Hopefully, this can somehow link up the less fortunate to an Employment opportunity.
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Situated 13km southwest of Koh Tao, South West Rock is also widely acclaimed as another of the Gulf's premier diving destinations, with depths ranging from 30m upwards. The series of seven pinnacles form an underwater mountain range, with the largest peak rising to within 5m of the surface.
Like Chumphon Pinnacle, S.W Pinnacle features a carpet of anemones on the upper levels, with an abundance of whip corals and large sea fans arrayed along the lower edges of the site. Impressive Barracuda over a meter in length can be seen patiently waiting whilst tiny Cleaning Wrasse perform their underwater valet service.
To the southeast of the main site lies a smaller pinnacle, which is home to two resident, if somewhat shy Leopard sharks.
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Are You Being Served?
Over on the Telegraph's excellent business blog, Richard Tyler writes about restaurant tips and tipping. Which reminds me that I've got a couple of useful tips for London-based waiters and waitresses today which I'm eager to pass on.
One of the best things about escaping the capital is that you can almost guarantee that the standard of service in restaurants will improve. If you're unfortunate enough to dine out here on a regular basis, you'll have noticed that almost every single eatery (and I struggle to think of exceptions) has this one thing in common. Miserable, inattentive, sloppy, unintuitive, rubbish rubbish RUBBISH service. Pop down to Brighton, the New Forest, Dorset or anywhere outside the M25 for that matter and things start to improve remarkably quickly. Service is more relaxed and relaxing, it's friendlier. It's just a lot better. And I'm not just talking about the smarter places, I'm talking about the simple Italian restaurants or seaside cafes. Well why is this? Is it that London servers, and the central London ones in particular, 'get what they're given'? In the face of grumpy, busy Londoners, they feel they ought to fight fire with fire? You tell me, and in the mean time, the jury is out on a single London restaurant, with the exception of Adam Street (and Jenny in particular) where this is not the case.
I remember some techniques from Disney's service excellence training programme (which I went through over ten years ago) which may come in handy. Some are simple things like acknowledging a guest even if you're not ready to serve them, saying you'll be with them as soon as possible. This one is particularly handy for pub and bar staff, yet almost never gets used. Others tips are more advanced. For example, a table server should identify the 'lead buyer' as quickly as possible. In other words the person who they think will be paying the bill. Then, they should position themselves opposite that person, and NOT next to them as most servers do. Standing next to them forces them to strain their neck and puts them in a lower status position relative to the server. Once the lead buyer has been identified, the waiter or waitress must identify their 'hidden sales assistant'. This could be a father-in-law, a daughter or a girlfriend. Interesting menu items can then be sold to the hidden sales assistant, followed by quick cross checking with the lead buyer to unlock permisison. In this way, a whole table can be moved from a one course to a two or even three course meal easily. This means bigger sales, which lead to bigger tips (on the basis that many people add a standard amount) and more enjoyable meals all round.
One final technique for selling specific dishes is the 'Hook, Line and Sinker', taught to me my the legendary Bob Brown in Florida. This consists of a simple introduction (for example, 'If you're looking for a really light starter, I can recommend the Summer Salad), followed by the 'line', which details, briefly, the ingredients and preferably how it is made if it's a main course. Finally, the 'sinker' must be used, which is a brief personal endrorsement (for example 'it's delicious' or 'I love it'). Past great 'sinkers' have even been known to consist of nothing more than a noise ('mm'mmmm').
It will not have escaped your notice that 'lead buyers', 'hidden sales assistant's and 'hook line and sinkers' exist everywhere in business too. Please do let me know if one works for you this year, and especially if the deal-closing moment turns out to be a loud and hearty smack of the lips.


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text: UFDC Home myUFDC Home | Help | RSS Group Title: 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow - ICMF 2010 Proceedings Title: P1.43 - Pressure Drop Prediction of Oil-gas-water in Horizontal Pipeline with Super-high Water-cut Based on BP Neural Network ALL VOLUMES CITATION THUMBNAILS PAGE IMAGE ZOOMABLE Full Citation STANDARD VIEW MARC VIEW Permanent Link: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00102023/00451 Material Information Title: P1.43 - Pressure Drop Prediction of Oil-gas-water in Horizontal Pipeline with Super-high Water-cut Based on BP Neural Network Industrial Applications Series Title: 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow - ICMF 2010 Proceedings Physical Description: Conference Papers Creator: Liu, X.Liu, J.Liu, L.Mao, Q. Publisher: International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF) Publication Date: June 4, 2010 Subjects Subject: three-phase flowsuper high water-cutpressure drop predictionneural networkMATLAB Notes Abstract: With persistent exploitation of oilfield, the water-cut of oil wells output rises continuously. The research of pressure drop of oil-gas-water mixed transportation pipeline is very significant for the operation and management of oil-gas gathering and transferring system. In this paper, the pressure drop is tested with different pipe lengths, pipe diameters, liquid flow, gas flow, water-cut and temperatures. Basing on the test data, with MATLAB toolbox, the BP neural network program is developed to predict pressure drop in oil-gas-water horizontal pipeline with super-high water-cut. The predicting results indicate that the BP neural network method given in this paper is feasible. General Note: The International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF) first was held in Tsukuba, Japan in 1991 and the second ICMF took place in Kyoto, Japan in 1995. During this conference, it was decided to establish an International Governing Board which oversees the major aspects of the conference and makes decisions about future conference locations. Due to the great importance of the field, it was furthermore decided to hold the conference every three years successively in Asia including Australia, Europe including Africa, Russia and the Near East and America. Hence, ICMF 1998 was held in Lyon, France, ICMF 2001 in New Orleans, USA, ICMF 2004 in Yokohama, Japan, and ICMF 2007 in Leipzig, Germany. ICMF-2010 is devoted to all aspects of Multiphase Flow. Researchers from all over the world gathered in order to introduce their recent advances in the field and thereby promote the exchange of new ideas, results and techniques. The conference is a key event in Multiphase Flow and supports the advancement of science in this very important field. The major research topics relevant for the conference are as follows: Bio-Fluid Dynamics; Boiling; Bubbly Flows; Cavitation; Colloidal and Suspension Dynamics; Collision, Agglomeration and Breakup; Computational Techniques for Multiphase Flows; Droplet Flows; Environmental and Geophysical Flows; Experimental Methods for Multiphase Flows; Fluidized and Circulating Fluidized Beds; Fluid Structure Interactions; Granular Media; Industrial Applications; Instabilities; Interfacial Flows; Micro and Nano-Scale Multiphase Flows; Microgravity in Two-Phase Flow; Multiphase Flows with Heat and Mass Transfer; Non-Newtonian Multiphase Flows; Particle-Laden Flows; Particle, Bubble and Drop Dynamics; Reactive Multiphase Flows Record Information Bibliographic ID: UF00102023 Volume ID: VID00451 Source Institution: University of Florida Holding Location: University of Florida Rights Management: All rights reserved by the source institution and holding location. Resource Identifier: P143-Liu-ICMF2010.pdf Full Text 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow ICMF 2010, Tampa, FL USA, May 30-June 4, 2010 Pressure Drop Prediction of Oil-gas-water in Horizontal Pipeline with Super-high Water-cut Based on BP Neural Network Xiaoyan Liu, Jiajia Liu, Lijun Liu and Qianjun Mao Daqing Petroleum Institute, Civil and Architecture Engineering, Department of Built Environment, Thermal Power Engineering 199, FaZhan Street, SaErTu, Daqing, 163318, China renenegoncheng@1~26. com Keywords: Three-phase flow: Super high water-cut, Pressure drop prediction, Neural Network, MATLAB Abstract With persistent exploitation of oilfield, the water-cut of oil wells output rises continuously. The research of pressure drop of oil-gas-water mixed transportation pipeline is very significant for the operation and management of oil-gas gathering and transferring system. In this paper, the pressure drop is tested with different pipe lengths, pipe diameters, liquid flow: gas flow: water-cut and temperatures. Basing on the test data, with MATLAB toolbox, the BP neural network program is developed to predict pressure drop in oil-gas-water horizontal pipeline with super-high water-cut. The predicting results indicate that the BP neural network method given in this paper is feasible. Introduction With the deep exploitation of oil field, the eastern oil fields have entered high water-cut period [1]. The water-cut has exceeded 85% in many oil fields. Predicting pressure drop exactly could provide a reliable basis for oil field production and design of gathering-transporting pipeline. After long-range research, people have developed some methods to predict the three-phase flow pressure drop, including two aspects: some people developed three-phase flow pressure drop theory on the basis of accurately analyzing oil-water mixture physical properties and applying mechanically gas-liquid two-phase flow pressure drop theory [2-5]; others established two-fluid or three-fluid hydrodynamic models and analyzed three-phase flow pressure drop from a view of fluid mechanics [6-10]. Liu Xiaoyan from Daqing Petroleum Institute set up a suit of equipment to study the questions of pipeline pressure drop with produced fluid in super-high water-cut stage and then corrected Baker model with testing data. The testing results indicated that the modified model was fit for calculating the slug flow pressure drop of oil-gas-water three-phase horizontal pipeline with super high water-cut. In this paper, we will test the pressure drop under different conditions using the on-site testing equipment developed by research group. Basing on the test data, a BP neural network program for predicting pressure drop in oil-gas-water horizontal pipeline with super-high water-cut is going to be given. Acquisition of the sample data The test equipment is installed in Daqing oilfield, and the process chart of the device is shown in Fig.1. Taking 617# well hot watered as example, the measuring procedure is illustrated. (1) When the gas or liquid production is tested, the valve 1# is opened. The production fluid of 617# well is separated into oil and gas in separating tank, and the gas production rate and liquid producing capacity are measured. Close the valve 4#, open the valve 3#, 5#, 6#, and test the water that injected to 617#well, other valves keep normal operation. (2) When test the flow pattern and flow state, valve 1# and 8# are opened, the valve 10# for injecting is closed, valve 3#, 5#, 6#, 7# are all closed, valve 9# is closed. The oil-gas-water mixture flows into the flow pattern testing equipment, and passes through the pressure gauge, temperature gauge, then get into the header by passing valve 9#. well number 217# 313# 614# 617# 316# 616# 713# length/ 70 319 259 90 186 175 454 diameter/mm 76 76 60 60 89 60 60 dphmm 110 500 500 560 500 300 700 Liquid ouptm.d ~ 84.61 34.96 25.94 25.06 27.19 68.70 40.54 Gas ouptm .d ~ 1457.86 134.12 397.90 100.19 142.52 358.15 188.36 water-cut/% 92.7 92.3 91.2 87.9 78.0 90.0 90.8 Gas oil ratio/m /t 236.03 49.82 174.31 33.04 22.83 52.13 50.50 Table 2: The test data of mutpaeflow in Gathering Ppline of 617#well Liquid flux (m .d ') Gas flux (m .d Water-cut (%) Aergtmpaue (oC) Pressure drp(MPa) 53.83 79.55 92.3 30.29 0.090 23.30 75.75 86.1 28.14 0.078 30.63 75.41 87.1 27.77 0.047 25.02 95.51 90.7 27.82 0.078 20.05 95.51 87.4 27.79 0.087 23.00 84.35 90.7 27.37 0.099 23.12 73.13 87.0 27.41 0.076 25.25 114.8 86.6 27.74 0.076 32.27 136.94 91.0 36.29 0.067 40.14 140.97 92.4 29.43 0.079 35.26 130.22 91.5 30.05 0.055 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow ICMF 2010, Tampa, FL USA, May 30-June 4, 2010 Middle Station 3 Middle Station { J2Fhree 11ays 1 alvel -Gas Pipe Sah e Llq~uid Pressure Temperature Heat 11ater Measure Meter Measure Pipe -Oi1l Ppe Testng Pipe Figure 1: The technical flow chart of the test device in Daqing Oilfield Test program: test the temperature and pressure of single well collecting line well head and the oil-gas-water mixture back to metering plant respectively. And liquid producing capacity, gas production rate and water cut of the well are measured by gauging and sampling. The length and diameter of pipeline between the well head and metering Table 1: The sum-up table of testing wells' basic circumstances plant are re-measured. The average value of flowline temperature and scavenge pipe temperature is the average temperature of the pipeline, and the difference of flowline pressure and scavenge oil pressure is the pressure drop of pipeline. The situations of test wells and relevant gathering lines are shown as tablel. Take the corresponding pipeline characteristics of 617#well with high water-cut as example, as shown in table 2. 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow ICMF 2010, Tampa, FL USA, May 30-June 4, 2010 Design of hidden layer There is an important theorem for the BP network [11], that is, any continuous function within a closed interval can be approximated with a single layer BP network, thus a three-layer network can accomplish any mapping from n-dimension to m-dimensional. For the prediction of preSsure drop of oil-gas-water transmission pipes, three-layer BP neural network structure can be adopted, that is the input layer-a single hidden layer-output layer, in which the units number of input layer is 6, the units number of output layer is 1. It is a very complex issue to determine neurons number of hidden layers, it has some straight relationship with question demand and the nerve cell number of input and output, which is usually based on designers experience and numerous experiments [12]. The referenced formula to select the best number of neurons is shown as (2) n, = ~+ a (2) Where: n; is the neurons number of hidden layer; n is the 11CUTORS number of input layer 6; m is the neurons number of output layer 1; a is a constant between 1 to 10, then the number of hidden layer neurons is between 3~13. After repeated training (the activation function of hidden layer is logsig, the activation function of hidden layer is purelin) and comparison the situations of network approximation in different number of neurons, the number of hidden layer neurons is fixed 13. Select Training Methods During the process of BP network training, it often occurs that new input will make the network training error increase rapidly when the network training error is very small, which is due to the network without good generalizing ability, that is, there is large error between the output for new input and the corresponding target output of the network. One way to improve the network generalizing ability is increasing the size of the network properly. However, for a specific problem, it is very difficult to define the size of the network well beforehand. Wherefore, we enhance the generalizing capacity of network by adjusting the performance function of network [13]. The performance function for ordinary BP neural network is MSE, such as the type (3) as follows: 1 1 (3) mse n(e,)2= Cx I ~2 Where: e,, t,, a, are the training error, the target output and network output of the sample i respectively. The adjusted function of network performance is showed as type (4): msereg = mnse +(1- p)msw (4) 1 2 )' 5) Where: pu is the performance parameters, w, is the weight of network. Using pu can reduce the weight and the threshold of the network effectively to make the training output of the network become smoother, which can increase the network generalization performance. But if the performance parameters pu is too large, the network generalization ability would be bad; if it is too small, the training accuracy is too low. MATLAB neural network toolbox provides function trainbr which could set the optimal performance parameters Design of BP Neural Network Neural network, whose full name is artificial neural network, is a kind of artificial intelligence algorithm which uses large number of simple calculation elements to simulate a biological neural system. The structure of BP neural network is one-way multi-layer, as shown in Fig.2. It generally consists of an input layer (py, p2, *** , pn), one or more hidden layers and one output layer (ty, t2, ..., t,). Each layer contains a number of neurons, the neurons at the same level are independent on each other, and the information among layers is transmitted along one direction. The core idea of BP algorithm is adjusting the network weight by output layers error feedback hidden layers error, which makes the output signal attain some accuracy. pi t' 1 (1 L t p2 t2 v l pn I to Figure 2: The structure of BP neural network Select sample point The test data which have influence on the pressure drop of oil-gas-water in pipeline, including tube length, diameter, liquid flux, water-cut, gas flux and the temperature, are selected as six-dimensional input parameters of the network, the pressure drop of three-phase flow under the corresponding condition is concerned as the output parameter. Data Normalization The physical quantities of BP network input nodes are different, and some values vary greatly. In order to prevent the large numerical from inundating small value of information, we can normalize the input data from 0 to 1. The change of sigmoid function value in BP algorithm is extremely slow when the input parameter is close to 0 and 1, which easily causes the common phenomenon of network paralysis. In order to reduce learning time, we control the data of input and output at the range from 0.1 to 0.9, so that the variable gradient of sigmoid function value is relatively large at this range, the network convergence time is shortened greatly with improving network performance, the transforming method is shown as (1). x' = 0.1+ 0.8 x x xmm (1) xma xmm Where: x is the data before normalized; xmax, xman are the maximum and the minimum values of the data before normalized; x 'is normalized data respectively. automatically, so the training function in tlus paper is trainbr. Network training and testing Take the test data in Daqing Oil Field as samples, a total of 95 groups, 75 samples are used to train by the designed BP network, the MSEREG reaches 0.001 through 361 times training, at last the learning and training is finished. Comparing the simulating result with testing data, the curves are shown in Fig. 3. -* Tested vahw 0 3 -- Sirnulatedralue a 1 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 61 65 69 73 Trained samples Figure 3: The pressure drop comparison between trained results and test results of samples In the command window of MATLAB software environment, makes prediction by the workout BP network with the remaining 20 groups samples, the results are shown in Fig. 4. 0.3 -*-Testedvalue 0.25 =Predictedvalue S0.2 - 80.15 - 0.05 - 1 5 7 ~~Pred~icted slampl~es15 719 Figure 4: The pressure drop comparison between predicted results and test results of samples Error analysis is shown in Table 3. Table 3: The error contrast and analysis between predicted results and test results Error scope Number ofgrus 10% 7 10%~i~20% 9 > 20% 4 As seen in Table 3, the generalization ability and convergence speed of designed BP neural network in this article is good. The results show that errors within 10% occupy 35%, and errors within 100Ard-t20% occupy 45%. In a word, since the relative error of 80% within & 20%, we conclude that the BP neural network given in this paper is fit for the pressure drop predicting of oil-gas-water three-phase horizontal pipeline with super high water-cut. 7th International Conference on Multiphase Flow ICMF 2010, Tampa, FL USA, May 30-June 4, 2010 Conclusion (1)By using of the devices designed by our project group, the pressure drop is tested for the pipelines in different conditions of pipe length, pipe diameter, fluid flow: gas flow: water-cut and temperature. (2) Based upon the MATLAB Toolboxes, a BP neural network program is brought for predicting pressure drop in oil-gas-water horizontal pipeline with super-high water-cut. A three-layer BP neural network structure is adopted in the program. 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