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The company was formed in over 25 years ago in 1989 to contribute meaningfully towards the empowerment objectives embodied in the ethos of the changing South African economy. Focus is placed on identifying the best talent in all sectors, delivering outstanding results and staff empowerment.
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We have multi-sector experience which includes prominent listed and private companies, as well as governmental and parastatal organisations. We aim to create long term relationships to assist our clients with their talent management requirements. Our exceptional track record of identifying and successfully placing high calibre candidates creates confidence in our ability to establish effective partnerships which add significant value to our clients.
A hallmark of Woodburn Mann Equity Partners is the ability to view organisations holistically using a well-qualified multi-disciplinary team approach. Strategic alliances with organisations that provide specialist synergistic services, augment those provided from Woodburn Mann's internal resources.
Woodburn Mann Equity Partners has a reputation for quality and service excellence by placing exceptional individuals who contribute meaningfully to organisations' success. Our client base consists of astute decision-makers in many of the world's top ranked companies.
Our services include:
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In South Africa, Woodburn Mann Equity Partners offers consulting services that addresses the key leadership needs of major organisations; the appointment, evaluation and development of world class, globally competitive executive talent. The group's suite of consulting services includes:
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Obama Pledges Not to Send Troops to Iraq, and More
What's News: President Obama to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq but pledges not to send combat troops there. The Supreme Court Rules that the first amendment protects whistleblowers who are public employees from retaliation. Netflix makes move into late-night talk shows with comedian Chelsea Handler. Photo: Getty
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Project Æon – new takeStandard
Drawing pages for a prolog of a new project. Or,.. actually a new take on a old project. A project that I just can't seem to get out of my head. The first sparkle of ideas for it originates all the way back to 2004.
But I think I got it right this time around.
Project Æon
Teaching at The School of Comic-art in MalmöStandard
Always extremely inspirering to see, follow and push all this young talent in new directions and being creative with the tools we try to pas on to the new generations.
The Lizard – Starburst Magazine ReviewStandard
First review of my new comics-book have just been published by Starbust magazine. Go have a look:
The Lizard – Starburst Magazine review


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3/4 cup all natural peanut butter (make sure the only ingredient is peanuts!)
1 heaping tablespoon of natural honey
20 oz of chocolate, 60% cacao, I used 2 bags of Giradelli chips
Mini cupcake paper cups
1 - Mix the peanut butter and honey together and set aside
2 - Melt chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring in between
3 - Once chocolate is completely melted, pour enough into each little cup to cover the bottom
4 - Layer on a dab of the peanut better mixture in each cup
5 - Cover the peanut butter mixture with another layer of chocolate
6 - Freeze cups for an hour enjoy!
Serve on a platter or wrap in foil for individual treats!
Do you plan on healthy Easter candy alternatives? If so, please share in the comments!


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Jorge Camargo
Contributing Writer
The AL All-Star reserves have been announced and Brock Holt is the only Red Sox player in the list. After being traded to Boston in 2013, the super utility guy has been a sensation since last season, where he managed to be one of the few spotlights of an awful year. Many beat writers and analysts assured last offseason that 2014 was only a fluke for Brock Holt and that we couldn't expect the same numbers this year. Some of them even considered him as a trade bait for Cole Hamels or another SP. Now here he is, with another monster season where he has started games at every position but catcher and pitcher, hit for the cycle and earning his first nod for the All-Star Game. Let's take a look at Brock Holt's accomplishments in this season:
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Games per position:
Right field: 16
Center field: 2
Left field: 6
First base: 3
Second base: 14
Third base: 12
Became the first Red Sox player to hit for the cycle in almost twenty years.
Second place in the Red Sox in stolen bases (5), doubles (15), and triples (4).
Third in walks (30).
We know that Brock Holt is not the best player of the Red Sox and that you can make a case for Xander Bogaerts being the All-Star game starting SS, but for a last-place team there's no surprise that only one player will represent them. However, Bogaerts is nominated for the Final Vote. You can vote for him right here or tweet with the hashtag #XforASG. From this moment on, every single tweet in your timeline has to include that.
P.S. John Lackey and Jon Lester are facing each other at Monday Night Baseball in ESPN. Since the Red Sox are having an off-day, it should be fun to watch those 2013 heroes go against each other.
Do you think Brock Holt will actually play at the All-Star game? Will Xander Bogaerts win the Final Vote? If the Red Sox were having a winning season, which other players would be representing them? Leave your comments below and don't forget to follow us on Twitter at @RedSoxLife and once you're there follow me at @iamjorgecamargo. Jorge Camargo 7/06/2015 08:30:00 PM Tweet


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BOSTON (CBS) – We breathe about 20,000 times a day. Despite all that practice, most of us still manage to get it wrong.
Doctor Roberta Lee said "because we are so chronically rushed, it's a big problem." Doctors say learning to breathe in a more relaxed way allows us to take in more oxygen. This can help our bodies fight off a number of serious medical conditions.
For example, relaxed breathing can lower stress levels and blood pressure. It can also be beneficial in less obvious ways, such as reducing inflammation and improving asthma.
A recent study found asthma patients who practiced a relaxed breathing technique known as "Alternate Nostril Breathing" reduced their need for an inhaler by 86% when suffering from an attack.
Doctor Lee says we typically take about 15-20 breaths a minute. Rapid, shallow breathing can throw the body into a "fight or flight" mode.
Taking a few minutes a day to slow your breathing down to a rate of 6-10 breaths a minutes can have a positive impact. Lee added, "It slows down the heart rate. It stimulates the relaxation response in the automatic nervous system, and restoration begins."
Some hospitals are instructing patients with diabetes, cancer, and chronic pain on the benefits of better breathing.
Yoga instructor Jillian Friedman works with some of these patients. "When we are tense, when we are in pain, when there is some sort of disease going on in the body, even in the mind, we tend to clench up on and hold onto it, and hang onto it."


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Benches in Memoriam
SVCC is very fortunate to have bequests of benches in memory of loved ones.
We have been equally fortunate to be helped by the staff and students of K College in Tunbridge Wells in restoring two of those that had become most weather-worn – and a fantastic job they have done too. We are hopeful that more will follow once an educational reorganisation happens over the summer.
An imminent project is to find out more about those whose memory is preserved, in the meantime here are some pictures of the benches on the pavilion steps, newly restored and awaiting some TLC.


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New Mobile App Promises Full B2B E-Commerce Experience
Sep 19, 2017 4:33 PM PT
Insite Software on Tuesday released the InsiteCommerce Mobile App, describing it as the first fully configurable white label mobile app built for leading manufacturers and distributors.
The app supports everyone involved in the B2B e-commerce experience, Insite said -- from customers to channel partners, to field sales and support teams.
Companies purchasing the app can tailor its functions to specific roles and responsibilities by delivering customer-specific product catalog and data, pricing and product recommendations, and order and reorder capabilities.
"There's a combination of customizations and configurations driven by a single instance of the InsiteCommerce Admin Console across Web and mobile apps," said Karie Daudt, VP of marketing and customer experience at Insite.
"We customize the color scheme, icons and certain images in each build of a private labeled application to suit the branding standards of each customer," she told CRM Buyer.
Private labeling of each application is done internally, and "doesn't require any code customization or additional implementation effort for our customers," Daudt said.
The app includes a biometric login capability, customizable alerts, bar code scanning, GPS capabilities, speech-to-text and enhanced security.
Among the app's prebuilt features are product catalog search, order status check, and the ability to add items to a cart and check out.
The app is available for iOS and Android.
Integration, Integration, Integration
The InsiteCommerce Mobile App works with Insite Software's e-commerce platform, which integrates with leading enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and Web content management systems.
It automatically builds experience based on a business' existing InsiteCommerce instance.
"Any new customer can extend their reach with a native mobile solution when they roll out an InsiteCommerce system," Daudt remarked.
Companies with a mobile-first implementation strategy can "focus on implementing a light version of the branded mobile application first, then execute a more complete integration of e-commerce, including integration with their ERP and other core business functions," she said.
Insite partners with each client to manage and deploy its apps to the iOS and Google Play app stores, Daudt noted.
"This lets our customers maintain their branding standards and achieve app store presence while still complying with Apple's rigorous approval standards."
Use Cases
Manufacturers or distributors who want to improve their customer experience and better enable their direct and channel teams to serve the customer would benefit from the InsiteCommerce Mobile App, Daudt said.
"For B2B companies, much of their customer and team experience is in the field, out at a job site, or traveling through a sales territory," she noted. "They need key data available to them and easy to use in their moment of relevance, across any mobile device."
Among the possible use cases for the Insite Mobile App, according to Daudt, are the following:
- Direct sales reps in the field needing to look up end-customer order or delivery details or other information, or place an order on a customer's behalf;
- Direct service technicians in the field needing to look up a detailed product tech spec or order a replacement part; and
- Direct shipping clerks or delivery drivers taking a picture of a shipment at the outbound dock or upon delivery to the customer, and attaching it to the order as proof of delivery.
The InsiteCommerce Mobile App "may be attractive for existing Insite customers," said Rebecca Wettemann, VP of research at Nucleus Research.
However, "I don't see a broader reach than that," she told CRM Buyer. "Unless I'm a frequent purchaser from a vendor, I'm unlikely to download their app."


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From SPERO News, a very good article concerning the SYNOD and the defense of the Sacrament of Matrimony:
Lay Catholics call on Vatican to protect marriage from no-fault divorce
Mary's Advocates, an advocacy group based in Ohio, hopes to have its position represented at the upcoming Extraordinary Synod to be held at the Vatican. According to a release from the organization, dozens of manuscripts were sent to Pope Francis, as well as bishops and cardinals to point out what it calls "discrepancies between pastoral care actually occurring compared to care described in the Canon Law and Catechism."
Rev. Chuck Zmudzinski, a canon lawyer, has recommended the observations offered by Mary's Advocates. He hopes that they succeed in their efforts to find Catholics bishops willing to speak up for the rights of spouses who want to protect their marriages from divorce and uphold the validity of their marriages in nullity proceedings conducted by church tribunals.
Mary's Advocates quoted Fr. Zmudzinski as pointing out "the possibility that the Church is actually promoting divorce by ignoring the canonical requirement that a spouse obtain the bishop's permission before approaching the civil forum for a decree of separation or divorce."
In the Observations' introduction, Bai Macfarlane of Mary's Advocates writes, "From a layperson's point of view, there is a notable difference between the pastoral care described in the Catechism and the Canon Law, in contrast to the prevalent pastoral practice in the United States. Simply put, many of the faithful believe that divorce is a morally neutral occurrence, and many diocesan staff personnel seem to agree—separation of spouses, the break-up of marriages, and divorce are things that 'just happen.'"See Observations here.
Macfarlane also wrote "Chanceries appear to have no system to assist bishops in weighing the special circumstances of a marriage before a spouse files for divorce or separation in the civil forum. This weighing of circumstances is required by canon law as described herein. Numerous faithful do not know or do not care that forcing divorce—outside of specifically limited circumstances—is immoral, contravenes the moral law, and is a grave offense against the natural law."
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PR Newswire
LONDON, June 10, 2014
LONDON, June 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
• Survey asks global auto executives' opinions on 2014 opportunities and challenges
• Overwhelming 71% see "positive" outlook for the automotive industry this year
• 68% think self-driving cars will be available by 2025
Around 68% of global automotive industry executives expect self-driving cars to be on the market by 2025, according to a survey by just-auto.com.
just-auto is used by 90,000 auto industry executives every month for automotive news, updates and industry analysis.
Its annual survey asked readers for their views on the global automotive industry outlook for 2014 - including opportunities for growth, challenges, and issues like autonomous vehicles and connected car technology.
The vast majority of respondents - 71% - said they were optimistic about their business outlook in 2014. Around 43% were "quite positive" and 28% were "very positive", according to the survey.
Only 5.6% of those who took part felt their company faced decline in 2014.
"The car market in Europe is picking up, albeit from a low base," said Dave Leggett, managing editor of just-auto.
"And the global automotive market is growing bigger year on year, shifting around 80m units per annum now.
"This growth is reflected by the confidence of automotive industry executives: the majority of whom believe the industry will continue to grow this year."
The survey asked executives what they felt were the biggest risks to the auto industry this year, and, unsurprisingly, the gloom of recession haunted most responses.
Around 41% felt recession would be the biggest challenge for the industry this year, compared to just 21% fearing that rising raw material prices would pose the biggest risk. Around 19% said oil price shifts could pose the greatest risk, with 20% saying industrial disputes posed a genuine threat.
Businesses remain focused on cost and profitability. Around 62% of those surveyed said profitability would be the biggest challenge for their business in 2014. Around 51% said they felt reducing costs would be a challenge this year.
On electrification, two divergent trends were highlighted in the survey. While the outlook for fully electric vehicles remains disappointing for those makers who have invested heavily in the technology, hybrids are projected to do well in 2014.
Some 84% of respondents said that fully electric vehicles would struggle to gain market acceptance this year. However, 70% said that hybrids would gain greater market acceptance in 2014.
The survey also suggests that autonomous or self-driving cars are set to make a big impact in the market over the next decade. Around 71% of those surveyed said they believed autonomous cars (or self-driving cars) would be available on the mass market by about 2025. Some 26.9% of respondents believed that they could be on the market by around 2020.
"This annual survey provides a snapshot of opinion from the global automotive industry," Dave Leggett said. "It shows how the industry feels globally about the year ahead and is a simple barometer of the industry's mood.
"We specialise in providing in-depth data, market research and reports to almost 120,000 automotive industry executives every month, and this annual survey provides a really clear outline of their views on the industry for the next 12 months."
just-auto recently relaunched its website, and is offering non-subscribers 30 days of free access for just GBP1 / EU1 / USD1. For more information, visit http://www.just-auto.com.
About just-auto.com
Established in 1999, just-auto is a leading online resource for the global automotive industry, publishing around 50 news articles, analysis features and insights every working day. Under the direction of managing editor David Leggett, its experienced team of journalists, consultants and analysts provide a unique blend of automotive insight that is delivered to over 120,000 business executives per month.
Via its website, webinars and QUBE, CONSULT and PLDB research platforms, just-auto offers insight into OEM and supplier corporate strategies, manufacturing developments, in-depth management briefings, supplier technologies and innovations, component market trends and forecasts and current/future car model programmes.
For details of how just-auto helps automotive decision makers visit http://www.just-auto.com http://www.just-auto.com/?utm_source=pr_newswire&utm_medium=press_release&utm_campaign=none&utm_term=hvac_sector_growth&utm_content=emerging_markets
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The Self-Destructive
Another Game Comic! A dead body ... What has happened? An accident? A murder? According to the title of the comic the answer may be obvious. Only four panels this time but they can form several different comics and while we are looking for the one that fits the title only, they all add to the complete picture. Take your time, this mystery won't be solved without a lot of trials. You may need to start all over several times!


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Skiers hit the slopes in LED snowsuits and it looks so, so awesome
By Kellen Beck
After the insane amount of snow that hit the U.S. over the past week and reports of more to come, the powder is bound to be fresh for skiers and snowboarders hitting the mountain this weekend.
If you need any more reason to get psyched before carving up the slopes, here's a cool video from a while back of two skiers who know how to do it with high-tech style. Thanks to a couple of LED-laden snowsuits, their night skiing becomes a masterpiece of extreme visual coolness in this video commissioned by Philips to promote its Ambilight technology.
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The claim was supported by a former military aide to the president who said that the army's leadership wished Mr Musharraf to be spared the humiliation of impeachment.
The civilian government intensified an attritional, seven-month long power struggle with the presidency when it announced earlier this week that it is to begin impeachment proceedings against Mr Musharraf on Monday.
The twin arbiters of power in Pakistan, the army chief of staff, Gen Ashfaq Kiyani, and America, which has provided dollars 12 billion in military aid to the country in the last six years, have publicly declared themselves to be neutral on Pakistan's domestic politics.
However a senior official from the ruling government coalition partner, the Pakistan's People's Party (PPP) said that the army has "whispered in Musharraf's ear that it is time to leave".
"Over the next few days they will make it clear to him [Musharraf] that a protracted battle [against impeachment] is not in Pakistan's interests," he added.
Yesterday Pakistan's political class had an ear strenuously cocked for hints as to which way the army will move as Gen Kiyani spent a second day in conference with his senior commanders.
The former military aide to Mr Musharraf said: "The army is neutral but is expecting him to resign. It will then influence his honourable safe passage as the army's senior leadership would not want him to be punished".
The PPP government official said that his party had given an assurance of "indemnity" to the president.
The official, who has top-level contacts with Washington, said that his party had instigated the impeachment because Mr Musharraf, a key ally in the US-led war on terror, had begun to use intelligence agencies to plot against the government.
He alleged that Mr Musharraf had tried to use a former PPP leader, Amin Fahim, to "instigate a rebellion within the party".
"Washington was still hoping that the PPP would work with Musharraf, but he was not working with us," he said.
"America wants Pakistan to be effectively governed and so has realised that the domestic struggle has to be resolved", he added.
Mr Musharraf's future remained opaque as it is dependant on the unpredictable brinkmanship of Pakistani politics.
His allies said yesterday that he will defend himself against impeachment, if necessary by dissolving parliament and thereby risking that the volatile country be further mired in turmoil.
Shujaat Hussain, the head of Mr Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), which lost elections in February, said that dissolving parliament would be " unfortunate" but it may be "necessary".
He told The Daily Telegraph that he had evidence that the move to impeach the president was made after the usually bickering coalition partners had struck a deal to hand the presidency to Asif Zardari, the PPP leader and widower of the assassinated former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto.
Mr Hussain said that presidential candidacy of Mr Zardari, who was granted an amnesty by Mr Musharraf absolving him of corruption charges involving hundreds of millions of dollars, would be opposed by the army.
"I have no knowledge of that but Pakistan would be better served by a civilian president with a knowledge of democracy," a PPP spokesman said of Mr Zardari's alleged presidential bid.
Provincial assemblies will first be called on to pass resolutions demanding that Musharraf seek a vote of confidence from Parliament, which would show whether he has the support of lawmakers elected in February.
- The coalition is currently several seats short of the 295 votes it requires out of the 439 in the Senate and National Assembly to remove Musharraf.
- Zardari's Pakistan People's Party and Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz, together with smaller coalition partners, have 266 seats and need a further 29 MPs on side, likely to be from the troubled tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.
- The party of ex-Premier Nawaz Sharif said Friday it is rejoining the Cabinet, a gesture of solidarity now that the coalition partners have agreed to seek President Pervez Musharraf's impeachment.
- A poll by the International Republican Institute in June showed that 85 percent of Pakistanis believed that the president should resign.


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Alternative name La Peraltera
Wave qualityChoss
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PowerFun, Slab
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
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By Anonymous , 09-03-2007
A great place to start surfing, so did I ! - Las Galletas : the place where I learned to surf in 1990. Very nice place - small fishermans town, and very goog spot for beginners or intermediate surfers, with smooth, gentel and generally not to big waves (1m to 1,5m). The peak is easy to locate, and around there are no waves, so it is easy to go back at the peak after surfing your wave.Just look out at the end of the surf, for some ondeep rocks. Some times a bit crowed but essentially kids with bodyboards or small surfboards. If you are there with a longer board, let some waves for the ohter surfers, bodyboarders.Most waves in the summer period (south swells), less waves in the winter.In my view it is a good spot for malibus and lonboards for adults, and for bodyboards or small surfboards for young kids.Aloha !
By anonymous , 06-10-2004
- surfed here when i was 12, was real intense just for a little grom like me!! jus pulled up and it was goin off at 6ft!
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Home >> A5 Desk Calendars
A5 Desk Calendars
A5 Desktop Calendars are most popular and important in offices. They are very similar to their names as you can put down these calendars on a table with your company logo and contact details integrated in these calendars. Every time someone look at the dates, they have a glance at your business as well. They have the impression of your brand at the back of their mind.
Why print A5 Desktop Calendars with us:
- We provide the thickest base ( Tristand ) on our desk calendars.
- Each desk calendar weight around 300 grams each with 170gsm gloss paper 13 sheets and 450 grams with 250gsm paper
- Offers complete colour printing solutions with wiro binding
- You can get customized sizes calendars
- You can also print them on white base
- Each calendar cello packed
- We offer calendar free delivery as well
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This year, 2019, is the 10th anniversary of Northcott's Stonehenge fabric line; and to celebrate with the quilt shops and quilters that have made Stonehenge fabrics such a success, Northcott has some exciting events planned for 2019/2020.
Stonehenge Block Party Challenge
One of the events Northcott has organized is a Stonehenge Block Party that includes quilt shops all around the world. Oklahoma Quiltworks is happy to announce we are participating in the Stonehenge Block Party! And we would like to introduce our block, designed and made by Emilee Dube'.
This unique block pattern uses fabrics from the new Stonehenge Solstice and Stonehenge gradations collections.
The Stonehenge Block Party Challenge, if you choose to participate, is to create a quilt using at least 12 blocks in the quilt design. You can purchase blocks from as many participating stores as you would like. Then, submit a photo of your completed quilt to Northcott by September 30, 2019. The Grand Prize winner will get a 9-day trip for two to England and a private tour of Stonehenge! Second place prize is $1,000 USD and a Stonehenge fabric prize pack valued at $250. Third place prize is $500 USD and a Stonehenge fabric prize pack valued at $100.
You can purchase the Oklahoma Quiltworks Block Kit, which includes pattern and fabric, for $10.50 from March 15, 2019 through September 30, 2019.
Stonehenge Solstice Panel Quilt Challenge
Oklahoma Quiltworks will be hosting a Stonehenge Solstice Panel Quilt Challenge in our shop. Participants are to purchase and use the Solstice panel in a creative way to make a quilt no larger than 60″ x 60″ for a contest at Oklahoma Quiltworks. The winner will be chosen by the shop (rules are available at OKQW) and the winner will be awarded a Stonehenge Precut prize pack. The deadline for submission of this panel quilt challenge is November 30, 2019.
You can purchase the Stonehenge Solstice Panel for $11.95 from March 15, 2019 through November 30, 2019.


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34" 1 Hose Khalil Mamoon Temple Quad Metal Hookah
The New Quad Metal KM Hookahs are here! This Khalil Maamoon Quad Metal hookah is the new 2011 model. KM Hookahs are known for their long lasting quality and great smoke. The new quad metal hookahs have a unique design and metal blend not seen in any other Egyptian hookah.


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Important Factors That Help To Capture A Good Wedding VideoCategories Wedding Services
Most people get lost when trying to find the best way of capturing a good wedding video. This should not be the case because there are certain factors that help in this kind of situation. One is acquiring professional cameraman. A good video requires a lot more than just high quality equipment and software, the persons themselves have to be proficient in every meaning of the word. They should take all the necessary measures to make sure the client will be impressed by the final video. This is why they have varieties of equipment that have top notch features. This is one of the ways of guaranteeing that the wedding video will be impressive.
Professionals in capturing videos have a tendency to arrive at the wedding venue days before the actual event. They do this in order to understand the scenery well and to know what is required of them. They see the special points that they can capture the videos from as well as finding strategic locations. They also take the initiative to set up any special equipment early enough. By the time of the wedding, they already have everything in control so that nothing is left to chance. They evaluate not just the grounds of the wedding, but the program as well. This is the way that they are able to be in the right place at the right time.
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Running a business is expensive, and the Internal Revenue Service allows business owners to deduct the costs of most business expenses. When your company delivery vehicle breaks down, you can usually deduct both the costs of repairs and the temporary replacement vehicle, as long as you don't use the replacement vehicle for personal use.
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If your delivery vehicle is your only source of transportation, and you regularly use it for personal use, you can only deduct the costs associated with your business. This means you can't deduct personal mileage and won't be able to deduct the cost of the rental at all if you don't use it in the course of business.
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Why Death Had To Die
Why Death Had To Die: Everything and everyone dies. We know it. We all feel it. But people avoid thinking or talking about death because they fear it. But the gospel says that in Christ, the last enemy to be destroyed is death. In Christ, the risen King, we have nothing to fear because death is not the end of our story. This is great freedom—freedom to live wholeheartedly and work for the flourishing life for all people knowing full well that our time here and now is limited. Jesus broke the power of death. Let's live like it!
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To feed our ravenous appetite for any morsel of news or images for Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, here's the first official shot of Poe, Rey and Finn from the new film featured on a new Disney packaging mock-up.
Rey is prominently displayed across the box, armed with a lightsaber and centered between the heroic X-wing pilot and the resilient ex-stormtrooper, emblazoned with the new logo and colors to help announce Star Wars Force Friday II on September 1.
The debut event in 2015 to celebrate the arrival of J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens was an unrivaled success and had fans scrambling madly for any of the tie-in clothes, action figures, toys and playsets.
"The first Star Wars Force Friday event was truly unique, uniting fans across five continents in an unprecedented global live unboxing event ahead of thousands of midnight openings at retail," said Jimmy Pitaro, chairman of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media. "We're excited to confirm that Star Wars Force Friday is back for The Last Jedi. Plans for this year's worldwide event are top secret, but expect something befitting the excitement around the next episode of the Star Wars saga."
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Some Sherpas have made their way to the top of Mount Everest from the Nepali side. It's quite an achievement as very few climbers have made it to the top of the mountain from the Nepali side in the last two years. In April 2014, an avalanche on Mount Everest killed some Sherpas. Sherpas are a group of people who live in the mountainous region of Nepal. Some of them work as mountain guides who help people climbing the mountain by carrying their stuff, helping put up tents, cooking food, and also fixing ropes on the mountain that the climbers use. After the avalanche, the Sherpas refused to climb the mountain that year. Without the help from the Sherpas, it's very difficult for the climbers to make it to the top of the mountain from the Nepali side. In April 2015, a massive earthquake struck Nepal, causing an avalanche on the mountain which killed some climbers. After that, the government stopped all climbers from going up the mountain from Nepal.
Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth. It sits on the border between Nepal and China and has a height of 8,848 m (29,029 ft). May is considered the best month to climb to the top of Mount Everest, and on a day with good weather, there can be a human traffic jam in certain sections of the climb. Climbers have the option to go up the mountain from either the Nepali side or the Chinese side.
Some climbers from the Chinese side have left their mark on the mountain by writing graffiti such as "I was here" on monuments and signs. The Chinese government has decided that they will use media to shame people who leave graffiti while doing the climb. Every climber is registered so it isn't difficult to figure out who was there according to when the graffiti shows up on the mountain.
One of the most famous Sherpas is Tenzing Norgay (image). In 1953, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest along with Edmund Hillary (from New Zealand), making them the first people to reach the peak.
Image Credits: SAS Scandinavian Airlines for Norgay's image, Luca Galuzzi for Mount Everest's image


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Photoshoot Day 4 – Video from NYC
Day four has come and gone, and so the shoot has concluded. It was a very fun and challenging four days, as well as very inspirational as I learned a lot about what goes into a professional photoshoot. I had a great time working with the photographer Lacey.
The talented film-maker Benjamin Taft is in NYC with us, as he is working on a longterm project of filming a documentary about Enchanted Dolls (!!!!!). The NYC photoshoot will be a part of the film, and as a special treat he has already put together a short teaser video showing a bit of what went down in the studio. Click here to view it on Vimeo.
This entry was posted on Saturday, September 1st, 2012 at 8:10 pm
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Oh wow Marina, that teaser was just wonderful. Can I be nosy enough to ask when the documentary will be finished and will we be able to see it here in Australia?
Do you think it will be available as a DVD or download? I would absolutely love to see it (of course):D ♥♥♥
Its going to be amazing…….so can't wait to see it. You have to be on such a high right now.
Ciao Marina… It is so nice to see the Lovely Lady who creates the Unique 'Enchanted Dolls'. Everything You do… is MAGIC!! It will be wonderful to see the video when finished. My dream is to own one of your Beauties… and dreams can come true, right? :-} Congratulations!!!
Oh my god this is amazing! I love this short clip so much!!! Thank u for sharing. The full-length documentary is going to be mind-blowing! You're great in front of the camera. Very eloquent and charismatic. So excited for you right now. The buzz is tangible! The world is yourssss!!! ^o^
It is great to hear you talk.
I've been too busy to comment lately, but I really ,really enjoyed all these gorgeous teaser photos. And I just about squealed when I heard there's going to be an Enchanted Doll documentary. I hope it will be available for purchase online!
Wow, that looks awesome! It's very cool that your dolls will be modeling perfume :)
What a cool little clip :D And a real teaser too, I'm soo excited to see the whole documentary! I'm also really looking forward to seeing the photos you took for Vogue Japan, EDs and perfume go well together (delicate, beautiful and loved by people).
I love, love the teaser video and can't wait for the documentary!
Now I know why these dolls are so enchanting. It's because their maker is!
"art is a drug and i'm a junky" that made me laugh. i feel the exact same way. art is my life. the teaser was great, can't wait for the whole documentary, i would definatly buy a copy if its something that will be for sale. and the dolls with the beautiful perfume bottles, what a great combo. good job on all of it. i'm impressed, as always
congrats it is supper awesome and exiting ^^
I'm glad you're enjoying yourself Marina but to me it seems like you are belittling yourself and prostituting your dolls to sell some corporation's perfume. They are amazing works of art: not props in a fragrance advert. USA Vogue should be begging you to do a photoshoot about You and Your Dolls…you needn't be going out of your way to help someone tally more sales for their product. Fragrances come and go: your work is beyond that. Well, that's how I feel anyway.
I strongly believe in things happen for a reason,and when a new door opens why not take advantage of that opportunity. I am sure Marina has taken this experience to her advantage. She is a doll Artiste, but to keep in mind she is also a buisness woman. No matter how small or huge the experience maybe, there is always something to enrich our soul.
Wow Marina, I am getting a second hand high from your art high! How inspiring! You have a great energy in that video and I'm so happy for you and your art to be getting all this notice.
Are you still in New York City? That's where I live! Hope you've had fun here :)
Wow, the vedio is so awesome. The dolls are so magical and you look cute when you smiled in the video:-)Congratulations to you again:-)
I get where you're coming from sdgfdfgs, but I agree with Christiane, she has to be a little smart here, she can't refuse an invitation like this. Her name and the name of Enchanted Doll are going to soar to new heights with this appearance in Vogue. Marina is sharpening her sword, so to speak, one opportunity leads to the next. ;p
Hello Marina,
I love seeing you in this video, I hope we will have access to purchase this copy of Vogue Japan,
it will be awesome to see the documentary too. Continued success to you.
Very good post! Thanks a lot.
Can't wait for photos!!:)
Just saw the video, I'm speechless. The editing is amazing. I can't wait to see the entire documentation.
ÐÐÐh, which issue of Japanese Vogue will the photo shoot be in?
This looks precious, I think. :)
that teaser is amazing, wow, so excited! ♥
very surprisely)
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It's that time of the year when college basketball fans look forward with anticipation as their favorite teams compete for a chance to play in the big dance. Coined March Madness, the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament is a single elimination competition pitting champions from 32 Division 1 conferences and 36 at- large teams invited to the event based on their performance during the regular season. To celebrate the occasion, here are the top college basketball coaches by national championships.
What you get are five weeks of some of the most exciting basketball during the year as every bucket and defensive possession become a do-or-die scenario for teams to move forward to the crowning event, the national championship game. Since 1939, the Big Dance has been the stage for some of the most dramatic finishes, upsets and competitive feats within the sport of basketball, or for that matter, the entire cavalcade of sports.
Who can forget the breathtaking run by Jimmy Valvano's North Carolina State Wolfpack in 1983 to defeat Guy Lewis and his University of Houston Cougars, nicknamed Phi Slamma Jamma, and led by future NBA Hall of Fame stars Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. It truly was a remarkable feat and illustrates the allure of March Madness. Any team can get hot and make a run like the 1997 Arizona Wildcats coached by Lute Olson. A number 4 seed in the Southeast Region, the Wildcats ran the table to beat tournament favorite Kentucky at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.
Although there are incredible runs, for the most part though teams favored to win often do. In many instances, they do encounter challenges such as the 4.8 second dash by Tyus Edney against Missouri in 1995 to propel the UCLA Bruins onward where they would eventually beat the Arkansas Razorbacks in the national championship game. These dominant teams are often comprised of incredible athletes and some of the greatest coaches the game has ever seen.
Yes, there are many good, even great, college basketball coaches, many of whom have never won a national championship. However, there are those coaches who are part of an elite fraternity where they have won multiple national championships. They are on a pinnacle where many coaches aspire to be.
Here is a list of coaches who have climbed to that pinnacle by winning multiple national championships. The list is presented in order of wins.


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Personal Financial Planning (FIN 416) is an introduction to the methodology and discipline of personal financial planning. The class focuses on the comprehensive and ongoing planning process that seeks to quantify personal financial objectives. Dr. Kyle Tippens has taught Personal Financial Planning for several years. Tippens was personally motivated to teach this class because it covers a topic that he has always been interested in and researched. He had spent a lot of time talking with his colleagues about real-world financial matters that affected them and is always trying to figure out how to save for the future in the best way possible.
In Personal Financial Planning, Tippens begins with what the Bible has to say about money. "We talk a lot about stewardship, giving, and what those mean for those who live a life called to Christ and practical ways to put those in practice," said Tippens. Students learn how to plan for themselves and about all of the seemingly-daunting financial decisions they will soon start to make. They learn about savings and checking accounts, budgeting, what insurance to buy or not buy, how to save for retirement, estate planning, and much more. Tippens wants students to understand that finances do not have to be overwhelming. Breaking it down into pieces helps to demystify finances and students often realize that it is not as complicated as people make it seem. "Students often describe this class as the learning-how-to-be-an-adult class," said Tippens. "At the bottom line, it is about how to be out in the real world and not be overwhelmed by all of the choices that will be available to you."
Many students who have taken Personal Financial Planning have contacted Tippens after graduation and tell him how they have used materials from the class just weeks after graduating and feel more ready and prepared than most of their peers. Aric Wilson, a sophomore management major from The Woodlands, is currently taking Personal Financial Planning. "I was amazed by how many everyday things that I will definitely need to know after graduation that I had no clue about," noted Wilson. "This class is about life and how to succeed in the future and I feel much more prepared for taking it." Wilson also appreciated how Tippens teaches the class using personal examples from his life and believes that the reason he gets so much out of the class is the way Tippens works hard to teach it in relatable ways. Even though there are so many practical topics that are thoroughly covered and explained in Personal Financial Planning, Tippens hopes that a student's biggest takeaway from the class is the importance of generosity, saving, and living beneath their means.
Another unique aspect of Personal Financial Planning that it has no prerequisites, which is very unusual for a 400-level finance class. "Regardless of your major," explained Tippens. "If you focus on the class you will do well. There are no incredible math skills necessary." For this reason, Personal Financial Planning is a popular elective all around campus. Students of all majors have registered for the class to learn more about preparing for their future. Olivia Dahl, a senior biology major from Round Rock, took Personal Financial Planning because she wanted to be prepared to succeed financially, especially as she enters medical school soon. Dahl believes that this class is the most practical one she has taken during her time at ACU and would encourage others to take this class because it is an easy way to be exposed to important information. "Dr. Tippens made it easy and painless to learn," Dahl said. "It was obvious that he wanted to give us this information so that we could be prepared for the future. I would tell every student that has room in their degree plan to take this course."
Personal Financial Planning is offered in both the fall and the spring. There are no class prerequisites but, to enroll, a student must have already completed 72 earned hours. The practical nature of the class and the dedicated, Christ-centered instruction from Dr. Tippens make Personal Financial Planning an invaluable class to students from every major at ACU.


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|Laglove Sdn Bhd (M) aka LA Glove
|CGMP/QSR/Medical Devices/Adulterated
|Center for Devices and Radiological Health
|Jan. 20, 2011
|Dec. 16, 2011
|Archive Code:
Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20993
January 20, 2011
Via United Parcel Service
Mr. Govindasamy Baskaran
Managing Director
Laglove Sdn Bhd (M) aka LA Glove
Lot 478 Jalan Simpang Balak
Off Batu 13, Jalan Cheras
43000 Kajang, Selangor D.E., Malaysia
Dear Mr. Baskaran:
During an inspection of your firm located in Selangor D.E., Malaysia on September 6 - 9, 2010, an investigator from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that your firm manufactures FC2 Female Condoms. Under section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. 321(h), these products are devices because they are intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or are intended to affect the structure or function of the body.
This inspection revealed that these devices are adulterated within the meaning of section 501(h) of the Act (21 U.S.C. § 351(h)), in that the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, their manufacture, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformity with the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) requirements of the Quality System (QS) regulation found at Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), Part 820. These violations include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Failure to establish and maintain adequate schedules for the adjustments, cleaning, and other maintenance of equipment to ensure that manufacturing specifications are met. Maintenance activities including the date and individual(s) performing the maintenance activities, shall be documented as required by 21 CFR 820.70(g)(1). For example:
a. Your firm's production manager and the equipment maintenance manager stated that scheduled cleaning of the coagulation tank was done on a (b)(4) basis in keeping with the preventive maintenance schedule and stated there were times when "micro-bubbles" (or small air bubbles) would be observed in the coagulation tank and that maintenance and cleaning would be performed outside of the regular maintenance schedule. Specifically, your procedure for cleaning the coagulation tank, "Start Up and Cleaning Procedure for the Nitrile Sheath Forming Machine," (Doc No: SOP/PRD/34, Issue: 01, Rev. 01, effective June 1, 2009) and your firm's "Nitrile Sheath Forming Trouble Shooting Guide," (Doc No: SOP/PRD/33, issue: 01, Rev: 00, effective June 1, 2008) did not explain how non-scheduled maintenance would be documented. Your firm did not always document instances when adjustments or non-scheduled cleanings of the coagulation tank were performed.
b. It was observed by the investigator on September 7, 2010 that the timer for the Dryer Machine #5 in the Nitrile Sheaths Process Area was not working. There was no documentation on the equipment maintenance schedule to determine appropriate steps were taken to repair the timer. The most recent preventive maintenance of Dryer Machine #5 was last performed on July 22, 2010.
2. Failure to adequately ensure that all inspection, measuring, and test equipment, including mechanical, automated, or electronic inspection and test equipment, is suitable for its intended purposes and is capable of producing valid results, as required by 21 CFR 820.72(a).
For example, your firm had not replaced the clock in the nitrile compounding area that was used to measure the mixing time of: a) the chemicals used in the manufacturing of the nitrile sheath and b) the nitrile compound. As a result, a compounding employee on the ( (b)(4) shift ( (b)(4) shift) was observed using the clock alarm feature on (b)(4) to measure the mixing time for both of the aforementioned items.
3. Failure to establish and maintain adequate procedures to adequately control environmental conditions that could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on product quality. Environmental control system(s) shall be periodically inspected to verify that the system, including necessary equipment, is adequate and functioning properly. These activities will be documented and reviewed, as required by 21 CFR 820.70(c).
For example, dust and particulate matter were observed during the inspection on some surfaces along the base and sides of the ovens, which are above the open coagulation and latex tanks.
4. Failure to adequately evaluate and select potential suppliers, contractors, and consultants on the basis of their ability to meet specified requirements, including quality requirements, as required by 21 CFR 820.50(a)(1).
For example, your firm's procedure entitled, "Purchasing" (Doc No: QP/PUR/01, Issue: 02, Rev: 00, effective May 1, 2008), does not explain the supplier evaluation criteria. Specifically, the procedure does not explain how a supplier (vendor) will be assigned a rating (i.e., Excellent, Good, Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory) for individual performance measures, such as "Incoming QC Status Remarks" (meaning the number of incoming Lots that were delivered to the firm which met all of its specifications). Your firm, in evaluating (b)(4) , your supplier of the Nitrile Compound for the year 2009, gave the supplier a rating of "Good" for each performance measure (including that of QC Status Remarks), but assigned (b)(4) an overall rating (score) of "Excellent".
5. Failure to establish and maintain adequate procedures for identifying product during all stages of receipt, production, distribution, and installation to prevent mixups, as required by 21 CFR 820.60.
For example, your firm's procedure entitled, "Control of Handling, Storage and Preservation" (Doc No: SOP/STO/01, Issue No: 01, Rev: 01, effective July 22, 2008), specifies that "finished products accepted by (b)(4)(b)(4) are stored on pallets in the finished store" area. On September 7, 2010, a pallet containing (b)(4) cartons of finished nitrile sheaths was observed in the finished store area, which is located (b)(4) . However, the (b)(4) cartons, which were part of Lot # (b)(4) , had not yet been released by your firm's Quality Control and there was no sticker or other identifier on the cartons or the pallet indicating the status of the product.
6. Failure to establish adequate procedures for identifying training needs and ensure that all personnel are trained to adequately perform their assigned responsibilities, as required by 21 CFR 820.25(b).
For example, with regards to your employees involved in the compounding of the nitrile compound (which is used to make the nitrile sheath), a review of your firm's training procedure, entitled, "Training Needs Identification and Training Plan" (Doc No: QP/HRM/01, Issue: 02, Rev: 01, effective date: July 1, 2009) and employee training records gave no indication that employees were made aware of the defects or negative impact on the medical device that may occur from the improper performance of their job.
7. Failure of management with executive responsibility to adequately review the suitability and effectiveness of the quality system at defined intervals and with sufficient frequency according to established procedures to ensure that the quality system satisfies the requirements of 21 CFR 820 and the manufacturer's established quality policy and objectives, as required by 21 CFR 820.20(c).
For example, your firm's procedure entitled, "Management Review" (Doc No: QP/MGT/01, Issue: 02, Rev: 01, effective July 1, 2009), states that vendor performance shall be covered in each management review meeting. However, the agenda items for the management reviews conducted on September 27, 2008 and January 23, 2010, did not list vendor (supplier) performance as an agenda item, nor were any indications given that this topic was covered under any of the other listed agenda items.
A follow up inspection will be required to assure the corrections are adequate. We will contact the appropriate people and request an establishment re-inspection. An FDA trip planner will be in touch with you to arrange a mutually convenient date for this inspection.
You should take prompt action to correct the violations addressed in this letter. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action, which may include detaining your devices without physical examination upon entry into the United States until the corrections are completed. Section 801(a) of the Act (21 U.S.C. § 381(a)) Also, U.S. federal agencies are advised of the issuance of all Warning Letters about devices so that they may take this information into account when considering the award of contracts. Additionally, premarket approval applications for Class III devices to which the Quality System regulation deviations are reasonably related will not be approved until the violations have been corrected. Requests for Certificates to Foreign Governments will not be granted until the violations related to the subject devices have been corrected.
Please notify this office in writing within fifteen (15) working days from the date you receive this letter of the specific steps you have taken to correct the noted violations, including an explanation of how you plan to prevent these violations, or similar violations, from occurring again. Include documentation of the corrective action you have taken. If your planned corrections will occur over time, please include a timetable for implementation of those corrections. If corrective action cannot be completed within 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the time within which the corrections will be completed. If the documentation is not in English, please provide a translation to facilitate our review.
Your response should be sent to: Field Operations Branch, Office of Compliance, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Building 66, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, U.S.A. If you have any questions about the content of this letter please contact: Ronald T. Nowalk at (telephone) 301-796-5493 or (fax) 301-847-8137.
Finally, you should know that this letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the violations at your facility. It is your responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations administered by FDA. The specific violations noted in this letter and in the Inspectional Observations, Form FDA 483 (FDA 483), issued at the closeout of the inspection may be symptomatic of serious problems in your firm's manufacturing and quality assurance systems. You should investigate and determine the causes of the violations, and take prompt actions to correct the violations and to bring your products into compliance.
Sincerely yours,
Steven D. Silverman
Office of Compliance
Center for Devices and
Radiological Health


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In certain human cancers, the expression of critical oncogenes is driven from large regulatory elements, called super-enhancers, that recruit much of the cell's transcriptional apparatus and are defined by extensive acetylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27ac). In a subset of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) cases, we found that heterozygous somatic mutations are acquired that introduce binding motifs for the MYB transcription factor in a precise noncoding site, which creates a super-enhancer upstream of the TAL1 oncogene. MYB binds to this new site and recruits its H3K27 acetylase–binding partner CBP, as well as core components of a major leukemogenic transcriptional complex that contains RUNX1, GATA-3, and TAL1 itself. Additionally, most endogenous super-enhancers found in T-ALL cells are occupied by MYB and CBP, which suggests a general role for MYB in super-enhancer initiation. Thus, this study identifies a genetic mechanism responsible for the generation of oncogenic super-enhancers in malignant cells.
A super-enhancer in leukemia development
Human cancer genome projects have provided a wealth of information about mutations that reside within the coding regions of genes and drive tumor growth by functionally altering protein products. However, this mutational portrait of cancer is incomplete: A growing number of mutations are being found within gene regulatory regions. Mansour et al. present an intriguing example of this in a study of a childhood cancer, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (see the Perspective by Vähärautio and Taipale). An oncogene known to drive the growth of this cancer is expressed at high levels in the leukemic cells because the cells harbor mutations that create a powerful superenhancer (a DNA sequence that activates transcription) upstream of the oncogene.


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Lugar Continues to Question Obama Strategies in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Senator Richard G. Lugar, the Ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement at a committee hearing:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this hearing, the fifth in a series on Afghanistan and Pakistan. I join you in welcoming our distinguished witnesses. Like the Chairman, I remain hopeful that we will soon hear from the Defense Department and the State Department in public session about their plans in the region going forward.
At this hearing, we are attempting to define the nature of the terrorist threats that confront us in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is important because we are devoting enormous resources to these two countries, with the primary goal of fighting terrorism.
Both Afghanistan and Pakistan affect clear U.S. national security interests. In previous hearings, however, I have contended that the resources being spent in Afghanistan are far greater than the current threat warrants. The United States has almost 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, with another 32,000 deployed in the region to support the mission. According to the Congressional Research Service, there were an estimated 87,000 military contract personnel in Afghanistan at the beginning of this year. More than 1,100 civilian personnel are assigned to the U.S. Embassy. The U.S. effort in Afghanistan is costing approximately $120 billion a year.
The question before us is whether Afghanistan is strategically important enough to justify the lives and massive resources that we are spending there, especially given that few terrorists in Afghanistan have global designs or reach. To the extent that our purpose is to confront the global terrorist threat, we should be refocusing resources on Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, parts of North Africa, and other locations. Our government should be working on an approach that allows us to achieve the most important national security goals in Afghanistan – especially preventing the Taliban from taking over the government and preventing Afghan territory from being used as a terrorist safe haven -- at far less expense.
The Pakistan side of the border has a fundamentally different dynamic. Despite the death of Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda and other terrorist groups maintain a strong presence. There is no question that the threat of these groups, combined with worries about state collapse, a Pakistani war with India, the safety of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal, and Pakistan's intersection with other states in the region make it a strategically vital country worth the cost of engagement. The question is how the United States navigates the contradictions inherent in dealing with the Pakistani government and Pakistani society to ensure that our resources and diplomacy advance our objectives efficiently.
The importance of getting this right is reinforced by the utterances of Osama bin Laden, who called the terrorist acquisition of nuclear and chemical weapons "a religious duty." This effort has not died with bin Laden. Al Qaeda and its affiliates have so far been unsuccessful in obtaining nuclear material or a nuclear device, experts believe. But many of our top military and intelligence officials continue to regard the terrorist acquisition of a nuclear weapon as the biggest threat to U.S. national security.
Pakistan's military leaders have given repeated assurances that the country's rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal is well-secured. But we also know that the A.Q. Khan network was enabled by members of Pakistan's nuclear establishment. Further, if Pakistan succumbs to violent extremism or economic collapse, confidence in the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and technology could erode rapidly. This underscores the importance to U.S. national security of a stable Pakistan and of continued engagement on terrorism and nuclear security issues.
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The national authorised Finnish Kanta PHR data content is based on the emerging standard HL7 FHIR. The data content is open, published online and thus available for all (see section Simplifier profile registry below).
The existing data content, along with the FHIR profiles, has been developed in collaboration with HL7 Finland and HL7 Finland's Personal Health SIG (later HL7 PH SIG). More information about the group is available at HL7 Finland Personal Health SIG web pages.
Declaring conformance to a FHIR profile accepted in the national Finnish Kanta PHR data content is mandatory in the Finnish PHR customer testing and production environments.
The data content can be developed further by following the development process designed for this purpose.
Simplifier profile registry
Profile drafts and profiles supported in the national Finnish Kanta PHR data content are published in the Simplifier profile registry, in the Finnish PHR project: https://simplifier.net/FinnishPHR.
Profiles can be viewed directly online in Simplifier or downloaded in xml or json format.
Please, pay also attention to the status of the profile in Simplifier (see table below), as some of the profiles may be drafts and not yet in joint testing or production use. Preliminary examples of the status to be used in Simplifier:
|Profile status in Simplifier
|Suggestion / draft
|The profile has been proposed for the Finnish PHR data model.
|Applicability review / draft
|The profile is being officially reviewed by Kela and HL7 PH SIG.
|Technical design / draft
|Kela is developing (possible) changes required in the PHR platform itself.
|Joint testing of application / draft
|The profile is under Joint testing of application.
|Final / production
|The profile is in production use.
|Rejected / retired
|A retired profile that has been rejected (hasn't been in production use).
|Retired / retired
|A retired profile that has been in production use previously, but not anymore.
Implementation guide
The implementation guide describes the use of HL7 FHIR standard in the Finnish Kanta PHR context. The guide has been designed for analysts and developers who require guidance on FHIR resources, elements and specific extensions relative to Kanta PHR data management platform.