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Agile development – because you are building working software faster and delivering it incrementally – forces development teams to face a common, fundamental problem: how to balance the work of developing new software with the need to support a system that is already being used in production, whether it's the legacy system that you're replacing, or the system that you are still building – and sometimes both.
This is especially a problem for Agile teams following Scrum. On the one hand, in order for the team to meet Sprint goals and commitments and to establish a velocity for future planning, the team is not supposed to be interrupted while they are doing their work. On the other hand, the point of working iteratively and incrementally in Scrum is to deliver working software early and frequently to the customer, who will want to use this software as soon as they can, and who will then need support and help using the software – help and support that needs to come from the people who wrote the software.
At some point, often still early in developing a system, these teams have to stop working in a bubble with their pretend Customer, and start working in the real world with real customers who have real demands.
Supporting Customers and Still Building New Software
This means that teams have to find a way to juggle support and maintenance work with design and development, to deal with rapidly changing priorities and interruptions and complaints and questions and the stress of fire fighting when things break, while still trying to deliver good quality software and hit deadlines.
It's not easy to balance two completely different kinds of work with directly opposed goals and incentives and metrics. As Don Schueler explains in the "The Fragile Balance between Agile Development and Customer Support", development teams – even Agile teams working closely with their Customer – are mostly inward-looking, internally focused on delivery and velocity and cost and code quality and technical concerns. Support teams are outward-looking, focused on customer relationships and customer experience and completeness and minimizing operational risk.
Development is about being predictable and efficient: deliver to schedule and keep development costs down. Support is about being responsive and effective: listen to the customer, answer questions, fit in unplanned work, figure out problems and fix things right away. Development work is about flow, continuity, predictability, velocity, and, if managed correctly, is mostly under control of the team. Support and maintenance work is interrupt-driven, immediate, inconsistent and unpredictable – a completely different way of working and thinking. Development work requires the team to be drawn together so that they can collaborate on common goals and the design. Most maintenance and support work is disjointed and disconnected, smaller tasks that can be done by people working independently. Development, even in high pressure projects, is measured in weeks or months. Support and maintenance work needs to be done in days or hours or sometimes minutes.
Agile Support Models: Maintenance Victims
One way that teams try to handle support and maintenance is by sacrificing someone from the team: offering up a "maintenance victim" who takes on the support burden for the rest of the team temporarily, letting the others focus on design and development work. This includes taking calls from Ops or directly from customers, looking at logs, solving problems, fixing bugs. This could mean staying after hours to help troubleshoot or repairing a production problem or putting out a fix, and being on call after hours and on weekends.
The rest of the team tries to pretend that this victim doesn't exist. If the victim isn't busy working on support issues or fixing bugs found in production, they might work on fixing other bugs or maybe some other low-priority development work, but they are subtracted from the team's velocity – nobody depends on them to deliver anything important.
Teams generally rotate someone through support and triage responsibilities for one or two Sprints. This way everyone at some point "shares the pain" and gets some familiarity with support problems and operational issues. There are also positive sides to being sacrificed to support. Developers get a chance to learn more about the system and stretch some of their technical skills, and get off of the hamster wheel of Sprint-after-Sprint delivery for a bit. And they get a chance to play the hero, step in and fix something important and make the customer happy.
Kent Beck and Martin Fowler in Planning Extreme Programming extend this idea to larger organizations by creating a small production support team: 2-4 developers who volunteer to focus on fixing bugs and dealing with production problems. Developers spend a couple of Sprints in production support, then rotate back to development work. Beck and Fowler recommend staggering rotations, making sure that at least one developer is in the first rotation and another in the second so that at least one member of the support team always knows about what is going on and what problems are being worked on.
Sacrificing a maintenance victim or a team makes it possible for most of the rest of the team to move forward on development, while still meeting support commitments. This approach assumes that anyone on the team is capable of figuring out and fixing any problem in the system – that everyone is a cross-functional generalist. And this means that whoever is on this support rotation has to be good enough and experienced enough that they can deal with most issues without bringing in the rest of the team – you can't rotate newbies through support and maintenance work, at least not without someone senior backing them up.
And you also have to be prepared for problems that are too big or too urgent for your maintenance victim to take care of on their own. Even with a dedicated team you may still need to build in some kind of slack or buffer to deal with emergencies and general helping out, so that you don't keep blowing up Sprints. You can come up with a reasonable allowance based on "yesterday's weather", on how much support work the team has had to do over the last few weeks or months. If you can't make this work, if the entire team is spending too much time on support and fire fighting and pushing hot fixes, then you are doing something wrong and you have to get things under control before you build more software any ways.
Kanban instead of – or inside of – Scrum
Rather than trying to shoe horn maintenance and support into time boxes, some teams have found that Kanban is much better structured than Scrum or XP is to balance support, maintenance, and operations with new development work.
Kanban's queuing model and use of task boards makes it easy to see what work needs to be done, what work is being done, who is doing it, what's getting in the way, and when anything changes.
Kanban makes it easier to track and manage different kinds of work that requires different kinds of skills and that don't always fit nicely into a 1-week or 2-week time-box..
Kanban doesn't pretend that you won't be or can't be interrupted – instead it helps you to manage interruptions and minimize their impact on the team. First, in Kanban you set limits on how much of different kinds of work the team can deal with at a time. This lets the team get control over work coming in, and stay focused on getting things done. Kanban's queue-and-task model allows emergencies to pre-empt whatever work is in progress through escalation/priority lanes. And priorities can keep changing right up until the last minute – team members just pull the highest priority work item from the ready queue when they are free to take on more work, whether this is designing and developing a new feature, or fixing a bug, or dealing with a support issue.
Kanban helps teams focus more on immediate, tactical issues. It's a better model to follow when you have more maintenance and support work than new design and development, or when you have to assert control over a major problem or manage something with a lot of moving pieces like the launch of a new system.
Devops Changes Everything
Devops, as followed by organizations like Etsy and Facebook and Netflix (where they go so far as to call it NoOps) tries to completely break down the boundaries between development, maintenance, support and operations. Devops engages developers directly and closely into the support, maintenance and operations of the systems that they build. Developers who work in these organizations are not just writing code – they are part of a team running an online service-based business, which means that support work is as important, and sometimes more important, than designing and writing more software.
In these organizations, developers are held personally responsible for their software, for getting it into production and making sure that it works. They are on call for problems with software that they worked on. They are actively involved in operations of the system, providing insight into how the system works and how it is running, in testing and configuring it and tuning it and troubleshooting problems.
Devops changes what developers work on and how they do it. They move away from project work and more towards fast feature development, fixing, tuning and hardening. Availability and reliability and performance and security and other operational factors become as important – or more important – than delivery schedules and velocity. Developers spend more time thinking about how to make the system work, how to simplify deployment and setup and about the information that people need to understand what's going on inside the system, what metrics and tools might be useful, how to handle bad data and infrastructure failures, what could go wrong when they make a change and who they need to check with and what they need to test for.
Maintenance and Support – Responsibility and Feedback
Whether developers need to – or even should – take first line support calls from users, they at least need to be part of second level and third level support, where problems are investigated and solved.
This is not just because they are usually the only people who can actually figure out and fix many problems.
Putting aside moral hazard arguments about whether it's ethically acceptable for developers not to take full responsibility for the consequences for their decisions and the quality of their work, there are compelling advantages to developers being directly involved in supporting and maintaining the software that they work on.
The most important is the quality of the feedback that developers get from supporting a real system – feedback that is too valuable for them to ignore.
Real feedback on what you did right in building the system, and what you got wrong. Feedback on what you thought the customer needed vs. what they really need. What features customers really find useful (and what they don`t). Where the design is weak. Where most of your problems are coming from (the 20% of the code where 80% of the bugs are hiding), where the weaknesses are in your testing and reviews, where you need to focus and where you need to improve. Valuable information into what you're building and how you're building it and how you plan and prioritize, and how you can get better.
When developers are called into fire fighting production incidents and Root Cause Analysis reviews they can learn enormous amounts about what it takes to build software for the real world. Thinking seriously about how problems happened and how to prevent them can change how you plan, design, build, test and deploy software; and how people work together as a team.
Farming all of this off to someone else, filtering it through a help desk or an offshore maintenance team, breaks these valuable feedback loops, with negative effects for everyone involved.
Peter Gillard-Moss explains how this happens:
In a startup, developers take care of problems themselves, well, because there isn`t anybody else to do it. But at some point things change:
"…managers decided that we were spending far too long investigating users' problems and not long enough building the new features the business wanted. Developers needed to be more productive, and more productive meant developers developing more new features. To get developers to develop they need to be 'in the zone'. They need headphones and big screens to glue their eyes to. They did not need petty interruptions like stupid users ringing up because they got a pop up saying their details will be resent when they tried to refresh."
But by doing this, the development team became disconnected from the results of their work, and from their customers…
"A systems thinker would tell you this is wrong. You've gone from a system that connected a user to the team responsible with one degree of separation, to one that has three degrees of separation. Or think of it another way: the team producing the product, and responsible for improvements and fixes used to be one degree away from their end users, who use the product and are feeding back the product's shortcomings and issues, but are now three degrees. And not even three degrees all of the time. The majority of the time the team won't ever hear about most of the support issues. And most of the time the team won't even have that much interaction with the team that does hear about most of the support issues."
The result: Customers don't get the support that they need. Developers don't get the information that they need to understand how to make the system work better. A support team stuck in the middle with people just trying to keep things from getting worse and hoping to find a better job someday. It's a self-reinforcing, negative spiral.
In our shop, support takes priority over development – always. Our senior developers work with operations to support the system, and are on call when we put new software in and on call if something goes wrong after hours. They can bring in anyone else from any team that they need for help. As a result, we have very few serious problems and these problems get fixed fast and fixed right. The experience that everyone gets from working in support helps them to design and write better, safer code. This has made the system more resilient and easier and less expensive to support and safer to setup and run and easier and safer to change. And it has made our organization better too. It's brought developers and operations closer together, and closer to what's important to the business.
Whether you call it "Agile" or not, there's nothing more agile than a team that is working directly with customers, responding immediately to problems and changing requirements in a live system. While some developers and managers think of this as overhead, sustaining engineering and try to push it off to somebody else so that they can focus on "more strategic" work, others recognize that this is really the leading edge of software development, and the only way to run a successful software organization, and the only way to make software, and developers, better.


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Surprise. How many times did you come here wondering when I would update lavagal.net? I tried a few times over the winter break, when I first started my Boca Hawaii bike training, when I first started teaching full-time as a permanent sub at Kaiser High School, when my LinkedIn account was finally extinguished, when I first started this year's Boca Hawaii Honu 70.3 triathlon training program, if I ever got a moment to myself.
But I was in a lot of pain, deep inside. Every time I wanted to write something, my inner demons would tell me it was stupid and that no one cared. Who would read it? What would they say? And always someone to tell me I'm a whiner.
The intentions were there. I miss blogging. I like weighing in on what's going on in the world and what it means to me, and what I think it might mean to you. But, I have instead begun an implosion, a deflating, a shrinking, a suppression of my expressions. The pie of my life is divided into smaller and smaller pieces. Sleep is one of the smallest. Triathlon training keeps me healthy, and I love to just work things out in my head while I'm swimming, pedaling my bike up a steep hill, or running for miles. I help my in-laws with their vegetable garden, I have my own yard to take care of, I feed the family, I pay bills, and I have those oh-shit moments when I look at the bathroom and realize it's been a while since it's been cleaned. Now that I'm teaching, I am thinking just about every waking moment about lesson plans, meetings, deadlines, building quizzes and tests, considering reading assignments, grammar and punctuation lessons, or choosing American Literature stories that won't turn class time into nap time.
Adjustments have been made. Parts of life have been delayed. But new goals are set and, as I tend to be hopeful and optimistic as the sun rises each day, I desperately grasp the positives that people bestow upon me. They keep me sane, they keep me alive, they show me my relevance.
Hawaii Bike Training — Absolutely loved it. New teammates, different kinds of workouts, riding all over Oahu, loving coaches who pushed my ass further than I ever thought it would go. Grateful.
Teaching — Called by the principal on a Friday to start on Monday. American Literature for juniors, Expository Writing for seniors, English Language Arts for sophomores. I so enjoy it, despite the tons of work that's involved. I would be lying if I didn't admit to having students who are disruptive and insulting, but they are far outnumbered by those students who work with me. I teach core courses. It's really a good idea to do all of the homework, all of the journal entries, and read the book. Teaching reminds me of my youth — that time when you think you know everything, don't want to hear from the voices of experience, want to forge your own path and don't see the benefit of someone who would love to help you avoid mistakes. Been there, done that. The older I get the more I realize the less I know. That's the main lesson I'd love to tell these kids. One student asked me how it felt to hold graduation in the palm of my hand. I told him I didn't. "You hold graduation in the palm of YOUR hand," I said. He got it.
LinkedIn: The Brag Book of social media. True, it was extremely painful for me to face unemployment for so long and to wonder what the problem was when I applied for hundreds of jobs, got a handful of calls, three interviews and no offer. Hopelessness was a constant companion. It sucked. I didn't want to see how wonderful everyone else's life was. It took nearly six months to shut the front door on all that noise. I feel better already.
Boca Hawaii Endurance Triathlon Training — My home away from home. My extended family. Coaches who see in me what I don't quite see myself. Third year of training for Honu 70.3. I feel like things are finally working. I've made a few personal changes. Wino'clock only occurs on Saturday evening. Beerthirty, once in a blue moon. Those two adjustments have made it possible for me to lose some weight, and it will continue. I pack a lunch for school, which is usually an apple, a Kind bar, some cheese; or humus and pita chips. Water, water, water.
Quiet moments. Cooking. Gardening. Connecting with my husband. Snuggling the kitty. Stealing hugs from my kids. Valuing every moment I have to myself and with you. Treasures.

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Request for records under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(3) shall be made in accordance with 7 CFR 1.3. Reasonable requests for material not in existence may also be honored where their compilation will not unduly interfere with FSA operations and programs. Each FSA office in the field and each FSA office and division in Washington (see statement of Organization and Functions of FSA, 40 FR 18815, and of CCC, 35 FR 14951, and any amendments thereto) is designated as an "information center" and shall make space available to inspect and copy records in their custody not exempted from disclosure. Copies of records shall also be made available upon request. The head of each office or division is authorized to receive requests for records and to make determinations regarding requests for records in the office's custody in accordance with 7 CFR 1.4(c). Requests to Washington divisions and offices shall be addressed to USDA, FSA, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, D.C. 20013. The heads of FSA field offices shall be addressed as listed in the local telephone directory under "U.S. Government, Department of Agriculture, FSA". Names and addresses of heads of field offices may also be obtained from the office indicated in § 798.2.


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The Vancouver Canucks may have found their man for the job of general manager.
According to TSN's Darren Dreger, Boston Bruins assistant GM Jim Benning is considered the frontrunner for the Vancouver gig and Canucks president Trevor Linden is "simply waiting until the conclusion of round 2 to make (the hiring) official."
Benning reportedly met with the Canucks on Wednesday as Linden said interviews for the GM role — which was left vacant after the team fired Mike Gillis about a month ago — would begin this week. The team is also in need of a head coach following the firing of John Tortorella last week.
Benning is a former Canucks defenceman, who spent four seasons with the team from 1986 to 1990 — the last two overlapping the first two seasons of Linden's NHL career with the Canucks.
The 50-year-old Edmonton native has been an assistant GM with the Bruins since 2006, and is a key part of the Boston front office that has led to the team's success in recent years, including a Stanley Cup win over Vancouver in 2011. He was also formerly a scout with the Anaheim Ducks and Buffalo Sabres.
Benning's name has been in the mix since the axing of Gillis, but the Bruins are currently facing the Montreal Canadiens in the second round of the NHL playoffs.
Meanwhile, former Nashville Predators head coach Barry Trotz told Team 1040 on Thursday he's interested in the Canucks bench job, but has not been contacted by the team. He spent the past 15 years with the Preds before the team chose to not renew his contract at the end of this season.
"I'm interested in every job that is out there right now," Trotz said. "At this point, I'm in no hurry to do anything, and I've been in contact with a few teams. Some teams have said, 'Give us some time and you're on our shortlist.' That's where I am."
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Vecchio, Creighton at odds over group's petition
Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio and Councilman Robert Creighton are divided over whether a Kings Park civic group was permitted to circulate a petition at a farmers market that operates on town property.
Creighton, who is seeking to unseat Vecchio, said the market's town permit doesn't allow the petition. Vecchio did not object to the petition circulated by the Kings Park Civic Association.
The petition asks residents to support a plan backed by the civic association to relocate a senior housing development proposed by the St. Johnland Nursing Center in Kings Park. Vecchio has questioned details of St. Johnland's plan; Creighton said he is awaiting the results of an environmental impact study but views the project favorably.
A copy of the petition had been displayed on May 5 on a community table at the 3-year-old market, which sells locally grown produce and other goods and operates in a town parking lot on Sundays in spring and summer.
"The only thing you're allowed to do at a farmers market is sell fruits and vegetables," Creighton said in an interview. "I do not think there should be petitions there for political purposes."
Vecchio said the flap is a "nonissue," and that the petition is protected by the First Amendment.
"That's a municipal parking lot paid for by the taxpaying public," he said. "There's nothing within the free speech amendment that prevents you from doing it on public property."
Civic association president Sean Lehmann said the group would stop circulating the petition, but added, "It's very petty that we're fighting over a benign petition."
The debate over the petition erupted this week as Vecchio and Creighton, both Republicans, split party endorsements. Vecchio won the nod of town Republicans, while Creighton earned the endorsement of the town Conservative committee.
Creighton said he called market manager Bernadette Martin, director of Long Beach-based Friends & Farmers Inc., last week because he received complaints about the petition. Martin declined to comment.
In a letter to Creighton on Monday, Lehmann asked whether the call was a "threat. It might appear to some that this was an attempt to intimidate the Kings Park Civic Association and its members . . ." Lehmann confirmed the content of the letter, a copy of which was emailed to Newsday.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Veredus Laboratories, a leading provider of molecular detection tests, and its technology partner, STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), today announced the successful development and deployment of VereFoodborne™, a Lab-on-Chip application that is able to detect 10 to 12 food-borne pathogens in one test, including the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) responsible for the recent severe food poisoning outbreak in Europe.
VereFoodborne, based on STMicroelectronics' Lab-on-Chip platform, is a portable Lab-on-Chip application that can detect and differentiate food-borne pathogens including E. coli, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (including E. coli 0157 and E.coli 0104), Salmonella, Listeria and Campylobacter. The ability of the VereFoodborne chip to simultaneously lock on multiple segments of the genes of food-borne pathogens enables it to identify bacteria and viruses with a much higher degree of confidence compared to other tests. This capability is made possible with a microarray on the chip that allows it to detect multiple pathogens in one test, saving time and resources over existing approaches.
"We started the design and development of VereFoodborne about two years ago, and this solution has come at an opportune time given the current outbreak. VereFoodborne is ideal for use in the testing and surveillance of food," said Dr Rosemary Tan, Chief Executive Officer of Veredus Laboratories. "VereFoodborne is already being deployed to several pilot users in Asia and we are anxious to have it protect consumers from food-borne pathogens."
"In the face of mutations and changes in the profile of the pathogens we need to detect, the combination of ST's Lab-on-Chip platform with Veredus' molecular diagnostics expertise stands out as a powerful tool in the ability to provide rapid and accurate identification of pathogens and adaptation to new challenges," said Anton Hofmeister, Group Vice-President and General Manager for ST's Microfluidic Division.
VereFoodborne will be a very powerful tool for health authorities and the food industry to carry out food safety surveillance as well as poisoning-outbreak investigation.
With this tool, health authorities can speed up their investigations of food-borne poisoning outbreaks. VereFoodborne's faster testing means the health authorities can eliminate 'suspects' faster and zero in on their 'culprit' pathogen more accurately. This would lead to faster containment and stop the spread of infection early on. Wrong 'suspects' in a poisoning outbreak investigation, which could be a shipment of farm produce, for example, can be released from quarantine faster, avoiding unnecessary costs and spoilage of goods.
Major food companies, on the other hand, vigorously test all their ingredients pre and post processing. The traditional method, which takes much longer to complete, means that perishable ingredients need to be held-up longer in storage while their shelf-life clock is ticking away. Smaller companies, which normally would depend on central labs, can also now carry out their own testing at a lower cost and shorter time if they use the VereFoodborne.
About VereFoodborne™
VereFoodborne lab-on-chip chip developed by Veredus Laboratories, a Singapore-based medical diagnostics company in conjunction with STMicroelectronics, a global leader in silicon chip design and manufacturing. It is a portable lab-on-chip application for rapid detection of all major food borne pathogens in a single test. Unlike existing diagnostic methods, VereFoodborne is a break-through molecular diagnostic test that can detect pathogens with high accuracy and sensitivity, within two hours of providing genetic information on the infection that traditionally would take between days to weeks to learn. With its high level of automation, users outside the traditional lab environment can easily perform the tests at the point of need.
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Founded in 2003, Veredus Laboratories Pte Ltd is a privately held, life sciences company that develops, commercializes and manufactures diagnostic tools that are marketed worldwide. Veredus offers highly sensitive and user-friendly molecular diagnostic tools that include gel based detection kits and VereChip™ that utilizes the latest cutting edge Lab-on-Chip technology. Veredus' VereChips™ are driven by VereID™ Biosystem. Veredus' first Lab-on-Chip product was released in 2008 and focuses on the global threat of influenza, called VereFlu™. This is followed by the release of the VereThreat™ chip in early 2009, which allows for bio-surveillance for the first line of defence in places of need. Veredus has also been well recognized in the industry, receiving multiple awards such Red Herring Asia 100, Red Herring Global 100, Asia Innovation Award (Gold) and BioSpectrum Editor's Choice Emerging MedTech Company of Singapore within the few years of her establishment. For more information, please visit www.vereduslabs.com.
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STMicroelectronics is a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications with innovative semiconductor solutions. ST aims to be the undisputed leader in multimedia convergence and power applications leveraging its vast array of technologies, design expertise and combination of intellectual property portfolio, strategic partnerships and manufacturing strength. In 2010, the Company's net revenues were $10.35 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
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1 A Global Regime for Investment
From: The Law of Investment Treaties (2nd Edition)
Jeswald W. Salacuse
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- BITs (Bilateral Investment Treaties) — Treaties, interpretation — Investment — NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
This chapter begins with an introduction to investment treaties, often referred to as international investment agreements (IIAs), and the building of a global regime for investment since the end of World War II through the negotiation of such treaties. It sets out the definition and types of IIAs. It then discusses the significance of investment treaties; the application of regime theory to investment treaties; regime challenges and prospects; and factors that will foster the stability and continued growth of the investment regime. The chapter also describes the aim and scope of the book and gives a brief summary of the contents of following chapters.


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This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
1/2 pound penne
1 garlic clove
1 lemon
1/4 cup packed fresh basil leaves
a 6-ounce can tuna in olive oil (not drained)
Bring a 4-quart pasta pot three fourths full with salted water to a boil for penne. Mince garlic. Finely grate enough lemon zest to measure 1 tablespoon and squeeze 1 teaspoon juice. Cut basil into thin strips. In a large bowl toss together garlic, zest, juice, basil, and tuna with oil from can.
Boil penne until al dente and drain in a colander. Add penne to bowl and toss with salt and pepper to taste.


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This stamp depicting Swedes throwing their flags and standards at the Peter I's feet after the battle of Poltava was almost ready to be issued to mark the 250th anniversary of the Battle in 1959. But Nikita Khrushchev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union has scheduled his visit to Sweden for the summer 1959, so this stamp has never came into the market and turned into rarity. It is well known that this visit to Sweden, and to Norway and Denmark as well, was cancelled at the last moment. The reason was President Dwight D. Eisenhower's invitation to visit the USA received by the Soviet leader shortly before his scheduled Scandinavian trip. Later on Khrushchev recalled that "According to the etiquette, we had to visit the countries that had invited us earlier. But America attracted us more. The USA is the key capitalist power". Khrushchev's visit to Scandinavia was cancelled under an official pretext that a noisy anti-Soviet campaign had developed in those countries on its eve. Only five years later, on June 16, 1964 - Soviet Premier arrived in Copenhagen on first leg of an official visit to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
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Guy Dunks Head into Bucket of Urine for $450
If you know how to work the system, you can become a rich man pretty easily these days. Want a free iPhone? Just show off that teeny weeny of yours on a Danish porn site. What about an overpriced reptile? Down a few dozen roaches, avoid death, and BAM-- that $850 snake is yours. But for most of us, the whole "working the system" thing isn't in the cards, because we're dumb. Sometimes making a buck requires partaking in uncharacteristically stupid activities, like sticking your head into a huge bucket of urine.
Over the weekend, some guy named Phil went to a Cleveland Browns tailgate. Our pal out in Ohio was hanging out when he was offered a cool $450. Awesome! Except there was a kicker-- he had to stick his head into a vat full of pee, courtesy of some generous bystanders.
"Don't do it Phil!" instantly gave away this guy's fate--Phil was doing it. He rubbed some mysterious crap all over his face, made sure his pecs were flexing for the ladies, and went full-on dive into the freshly brewed urine mixture.


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irritable bowel syndrome home remedy - Hypnosis Relieves Symptoms of IBS
Hypnosis Relieves Symptoms of IBS
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (
) is a chronic gastro-intestinal (GI) condition with no known cause or cure. It causes the GI tract to move too quickly (hypermotility) or too slowly (hypomotility) and the resulting symptoms include any one or a combination of the following: diarrhea, constipation, cramping, gas, pain or bloating. Symptoms usually run in cycles lasting for days, months or years.
can be disabling making sufferers feel like prisoners in their own home.
affects 35 million Americans, 4 of 5 are women, and it is more prevalent than asthma, diabetes, acid reflux and depression combined. There are likely millions who never pursue treatment due to embarrassment. 10% of all primary care physician visits are IBS related. It is the 2nd leading cause for employee absenteeism and costs the US 8 billion dollars/year. Diagnosing
is a process of exclusion which means a physician needs to rule out conditions such as lactose intolerance, Chron's disease, bacterial infections, parasites, dumping syndrome, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac and gallbladder disease before a diagnosis of IBS can be determined. The onset of symptoms ranges between the ages of 20-29 in adults and 9-11 in children. Onset of symptoms can sometimes be traced back to a traumatic event, illness, injury or accident. Some clients just begin having symptoms early in life for no apparent reason at all.
is also known to be familial. Many
sufferers go through life with no idea of what normal gastro-intestinal function is like.
IBS symptoms
can be aggravated by stress, chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, foods high in animal or vegetable fat, beverages containing dyes, artificial sweeteners, food or medication sensitivities or hormone fluctuation but none are the cause. Some research indicates that
sufferers may have an abundance of specialized cells in the intestinal tract making them more reactive and sensitive. Irregular GI motility is responsible for the discomfort and inconsistent bowel movements. If the GI tract moves too quickly the body doesn't get enough time to absorb what it needs resulting in
. If it moves too slowly the body absorbs too much resulting in
. This erratic pattern can dramatically affects how nutrients are absorbed and how effective the colon absorbs waste out of the blood stream. (1) Traditional medical intervention includes high fiber diets, antispasmodics to relieve cramping and spasms; antidepressants to relieve the emotional burden and antidiarrhea medication. Research indicates that this approach offers symptom relief to only 25%. Because IBS is not life threatening, is not a precursor to acute illness and is undetectable with diagnostic equipment, sufferers are usually told they have to live with it. Hypnosis is the process of accessing subconscious thought which is the control center. The reason hypnosis is so effective for weight loss and smoking cessation is because the subconscious is where all of our habits, patterns, values and beliefs reside. Clients can be empowered to reframe their view of nutrition, exercise and to release unhealthy patterns in favor more positive ones. The subconscious mind also regulates our body's inner network of complicated mechanisms. It regulates our heart and respiratory rate, co-ordinates every step we take and controls the thousands of metabolic functions everyday of our lives. With unique access to this immensely powerful place hypnosis can positively redirect specific areas of GI function. Hypnosis as a treatment for IBS has been researched for 20 years and although it does not offer a cure it stands alone as the most significant long term symptom relief solution. The success rate of hypnosis relieving
IBS symptoms
including abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea and/or constipation is consistently high ranging from 70-95%. Symptom relief usually lasts at least two years. Clients who do not respond as well to hypnosis treatment for
relief are those over 50 years of age, who are less open to process of hypnosis, those with psychiatric disorders, and one study indicates males with diarrhea as their major symptom. (2) For decades hypnosis has been one of the most misunderstood and overlooked holistic sciences but that is changing quickly. The best way to gain acceptance by the mainstream medical community is with the empirical evidence from scientific research. For 20 years researchers like Olafur S. Palsson, Peter Whorwell, William Gonsalkorale and L.A. Houghton have been studying the benefits of hypnosis for symptoms of
. The following are brief descriptions of some of their findings. One study compared 25 severe
clients treated with hypnosis to 25 patients with similar symptom severity treated with other methods. The hypnosis group showed that in addition to significant
symptom improvement they had fewer MD visits, lost less work time and rated an improved quality of life. Hypnosis clients unable to work before treatment went back to work afterwards. The study shows the economic benefits and improved health-related quality of life. (3) Another study which is the largest to date followed 250
clients who were treated with 12 hypnosis sessions over a 3-month period and they also listened to recorded sessions at home. The conclusions showed dramatic improvement in all
symptoms. The average reduction in symptoms was more than 50% as well as increased quality of life and relief from anxiety and depression. (4) Lastly, the longest study to date treated and followed 204
clients for up to 6 years. 71% showed immediate improvement, and 81% of this group was still improved years later. Quality of life scores were also still significantly improved at follow-up. Patients had less MD visits and required less medication long-term after hypnotherapy. Results indicate that most hypnosis clients benefit for at least five years. (5) (1) Melissa J. Roth C.Ht., Ph.D.; Hypnosis and
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
(2) Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D. Hypnosis Treatment of
, Participate, fall 2002 (3) Houghton LA; Heyman DJ; Whorwell PJ.Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 1996 Feb. (4) Gonsalkorale WM, Houghton LA, Whorwell PJ. Am J Gastroenterol 2002 (5) Gonsalkorale WM, Miller V, Afzal A, Whorwell PJ. Gut. 2003 Nov.
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Irritable bowel syndrome
also called
is one of the most common disorders of the digestive tract. Symptoms of IBS often increase with stress or after eating and include
In symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome abdominal pain or discomfort is associated with a change in bowel pattern, such as loose or more frequent bowel movements, diarrhea, and/or constipation.
The exact causes of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms are unknown, but patients can often determine what triggers the symptoms by keeping a foods and symptoms journal; noting what foods or beverages were consumed before the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome began. Products containing caffeine, alcohol and carbonated beverages may trigger symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, though these products do not cause the condition. Food sensitivities often trigger symptoms of
irritable bowel syndrome
. Some people are sensitive to wheat products; others are sensitive to milk products. And still others find that fructose, a simple sugar found in fruit and fruit juices triggers symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. This is why a food and symptoms diary is helpful. By avoiding certain foods, some people are able to keep the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome under control.
Abdominal bloating, pain, and gas Mucus in the stool Feeling as if a bowel movement hasn't been completed Irregular bowel habits with constipation,
, or both The cause of IBS is unknown. Symptoms are thought to be related to abnormal muscle contractions in the intestines. However, when tests are done, they find no changes, such as inflammation or tumors, in the physical structure of the intestine.
It is vital that you are properly diagnosed with IBS by a medical professional, as bowel symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome can be the result of many other health conditions such as celiac disease and inflammatory bowel diseases. It is not possible to accurately self-diagnosis IBS and you may put your health at risk if you do so. In particular, the following symptoms of
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
are not typical of
and must be investigated further:
Generally, patients with symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome find that they fit into one of three groups -
-predominant IBS, constipation-predominant IBS, or alternating
Prevention: There is no way to prevent
. However symptoms often worsen or improve because of changes in your diet, your stress level, your medications, the amount of exercise you get, and for other reasons. Identify the things that trigger your symptoms. This can help you avoid or minimize attacks.
One of the common symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in
sufferers is that their stomach pain is relieved when they have a bowel movement. They may find that the consistency or shape of their stool changes, and they may also pass some mucus in the stool.
If you have been diagnosed with IBS and your symptoms get worse and begin to disrupt your usual activities or does not respond to home treatments If you are becoming increasingly fatigued If you are symptoms frequently wake you up at night If your pain gets worse with movement or coughing If you have abdominal pain and fever If you have abdominal pain that does not get better when you pass a stool If you are loosing weight and you don't know why If your appetite has decreased If there is blood in your stool
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Most individuals are surprised to learn they are not alone with symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. In fact,
irritable bowel syndrome
) affects approximately 10-20% of the general population. It is the most common disease diagnosed by gastroenterologists (doctors who specialize in medical treatment of disorders of the stomach and intestines) and one of the most common disorders seen by primary care physicians.
Symptoms of
irritable bowel syndrome
also include abdominal pain, discomfort and/or bloating, but the stools are hard or difficult to pass and movements are less frequent than what is normal for the individual. In a few cases, people with irritable bowel syndrome symptoms experience
at times and
at other times. Abdominal pain can be a symptom of a number of other medical conditions and should be evaluated by a physician. If a bowel movement relieves the pain, then the physician may determine that the abdominal pain is associated with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.
Sometimes irritable bowel syndrome is referred to as spastic colon, mucous colitis, spastic colitis, nervous stomach, or irritable colon. Irritable bowel syndrome is understood as a multi-faceted disorder. Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome result from what appears to be a disturbance in the interaction between the gut or intestines, the brain, and the autonomic nervous system that alters regulation of bowel motility (motor function) or sensory function.
pain that often awakens/interferes with sleep
that often awakens/interferes with sleep blood in your stool weight loss fever abnormal physical examination.
If you have not yet been diagnosed with
, try to rule out other causes of stomach problems such as eating a new food, nervousness, or stomach flu. Try home treatment for 1 to 2 weeks. If there is no improvement of if your symptoms worsen, make an appointment with your doctor.
IBS can persist for many years. An episode may be more then severe than the one before it, but the disorder itself does not worsen over time or lead to any serious diseases such as cancer. Symptoms tend to get better over time.
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Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are more likely to show up in people between the ages of 13 and 40, than in those over 50. Women are more likely to have symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome than are men. This may indicate that
irritable bowel syndrome
symptoms are related to monthly changes in hormonal levels, but this is not certain. It seems that many people who suffer from symptoms of
irritable bowel syndrome
also are suffering from stress or other emotional difficulties and because of this stress management or behavior therapies are sometimes recommended. In addition, a recent study showed that hypnotic therapy was effective in controlling irritable bowel syndrome symptoms.
Patsy Hamilton has more than twenty years experience as a healthcare professional and currently writes informational articles for the Digestive Disorders Guide. Read more at
The causes and triggers of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms vary greatly among individuals. Treatment plans vary as well. Some prescription medications and herbal remedies may be helpful over the short term, but dietary and lifestyle changes are typically necessary to keep the
symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome
under control for extended periods of time.
diarrhea constipation alternating diarrhea and
stomach pain bloating excess gas or wind nausea. You do not need to have all of these symptoms of
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
to be diagnosed with the disease, but patients will usually have some
plus stomach pain. These symptoms of
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
keep coming back over a period of time, as
is a fairly long-term condition, and should not be confused with normal stomach upsets or occasional bouts of
Symptoms of
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
vary quite widely from patient to patient, but there are some common symptoms of
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
that can indicate an IBS diagnosis. They include:
There are two basic types of irritable bowel syndrome. Symptoms of
irritable bowel syndrome
include abdominal pain or discomfort, bloating and frequent, loose or watery stools. To define frequent, you must look at what is normal for the individual. The number of bowel movements that a person has varies greatly. Some people have three movements per day, while others may have only three per week. A change in the frequency of bowel movements that is accompanied by abdominal pain often leads physicians to diagnose
irritable bowel syndrome
Home Treatment: If
is your main symptom Eat more fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains. Add fibre rich food to your diet, but do this slowly so that you do not develop severe cramps Add unprocessed wheat bran to your diet. Start with 15g per day then gradually increase to 60g Try a product that contains a bulk forming agent such as Citrucel, FiberCon, or Metamucil. Start with 15g a day and drink extra water to prevent bloating Use laxatives only if your doctor recomends them. Get active. Increase your physical activity. If diarrhea is your main symptom Try the dietary suggestions for relieving constipation. Fibre rich foods and wheat bran can help reduce diarrhea Avoid foods that make
worse. Try eliminating one food at a time then add it back into your diet and see if symptoms develop. Many people find the following foods or ingredients make it worse: alcohol caffeine nicotine beans broccoli cabbage apples spicy foods foods high in acid such as citrus fruits fatty foods like bacon, sausage, butter, or oil, dairy products sorbital olestra starchy foods such as bread, rice or potatoes MSG If diarrhea persists a non prescription medication such as lopeamide found in Imodium may help. Check with your doctor if you are using lopeamide more than twice a month. To reduce stress keep a log of the events in your life that seem to trigger your symptoms then try to correct the underlying issues get regular and vigorous exercise When To Call Your Doctor:
Your doctor may prescribe medications for you to take in addition to doing home treatment. There are no tests that can diagnose
but your doctor may recommend testing to rule out other possible causes of your symptoms. The amount of testing your doctor will do depends on your age, the pattern, and severity of your symptoms, and your response to initial treatment.
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I realize this is a complex medical issue, but I've been frustrated with my lack of progress. About two years ago I was finally struggling enough with my back pain (difficulty standing for long periods, pain when lying flat, difficulty due to pain when getting out of bed, etc) that I decided to visit a therapist and have some x-rays done. They found that I have degeneration between the L5-S1 discs. I was told that many people have this specific degeneration and that it really depends on the individual and how they react.
According to the PT, some walk around completely oblivious to it while others have major difficulties. Fortunately I have progressed to somewhere between these two camps. I can perform squats but I have some difficulty with keeping my back straight while lowering. I have reduced the weight significantly in order to perform them correctly (or as best I am able). Surprising to me is that planks, even on my elbows, are extremely difficult. I'm not sure if this is a function of simply building strength or due to the degeneration. There is some pain while doing them. Given this information, I'm wondering what people do since the general recommendation is to build strength and flexibility since there is no 'cure' for this.
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i came across this verse today:
وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَلَى النَّارِ أَلَيْسَ هَذَا بِالْحَقِّ قَالُوا بَلَى وَرَبِّنَا قَالَ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
And on the Day when those who disbelieve will be exposed to the Fire (it will be said to them): "Is this not the truth?" They will say: "Yes, By our Lord!" He will say: "Then taste the torment, because you used to disbelieve!" (46:34)
Think about this verse for a few seconds. What is the situation like?
People will be exposed to the Fire. They will see it in front of their own eyes. They're feeling the immense heat from the flames.
They will be taunted, "IS THIS NOT THE TRUTH?"
In surah al-Ahqaf, there are two verses which begin with "And on the Day when those who disbelieve will be exposed to the Fire". The other one is
On the Day when those who disbelieve will be exposed to the Fire (it will be said): "You received your good things in the life of the world, and you took your pleasure therein. Now this Day you shall be recompensed with a torment of humiliation, because you were arrogant in the land without a right, and because you used to rebel and disobey (Allâh). (46:20)
Is this not the truth? Allah asks.
You used to deny the punishment of Allah. You wasted your time, you were given good health but you didn't call people to Allah. a lot of money but you didn't spend it for Allah. "alah, mati lama lagi" (death is far away) This is the Fire in front of you. Isn't this true???
And the people, now feeling this intense heat, knowing that the Fire would consume them, they must be desperate. They would acknowledge that this is true. In fact, they would swear by Allah that it is true.
"Yes, By our Lord!"
They acknowledge their sins. They acknowledge that they had wasted the life that Allah had given. Usually in court people would say 'GUILTY' to lessen their sentences. "because you confessed to being guilty, the court will give you life imprisonment instead of the death penalty".
But in the hereafter, its no use. Their confessions only serve to increase their feeling of despair. Then Allah says
"Then taste the torment, because you used to disbelieve!"
If Cik Kiah was to say the same lines in a Cerekarama movie: "Rasakan, dulu nak sangat masuk sini".


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LED strip lighting is quickly becoming a popular lighting tool for several 'bright 'reasons which include:
Low power consumption
Low maintenance
A selection of colors ranging from warm white to cool white as well as bold colors like red, blue, and green
Flexibility: the strip on which the LEDs are installed is extremely flexible allowing it to be easily installed on any clean, dry surface
Strip LEDs are designed for indoor and outdoor use depending on their water resistance (IP rating)
Different light outputs
Different lengths and ability to cut/join lengths to suit your usage
Strip LEDs are a great addition to any residential or commercial environment, and they instantly change the look of the space they're installed at. Apart from using them as a general light source, you can get creative and use them for decorative lighting. To list a few usages, they can be used in areas where you want to increase the main light, underneath fixtures to create a bottom glow, or under shelves to add a bright touch.
If you find this interesting, scroll down for images and ideas on how these functional light strips can be used.
Can be installed behind/under shelves to provide a relaxing comfortable light
Integrated with the ceiling design, strip LEDS can create a dazzling effect
In bathrooms, strip LEDs can provide bright light for different tasks
Strip LEDS can be applied in several ways for a twist of modernity to your house
They can be used to create a catchy bottom glow
Can be used under kitchen cabinets for task lighting


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Hear the Techniques
Click here to download an example track using these orchestration techniques. Guitars: Guild F-50, Guild D-66, Guild F-412NT, Ibanez AW, and '70 Fender Precision strung up with flatwounds. Acoustic mics include Earthworks QTC1, Earthworks OM1, DPA 4099G, through an Earthworks 1024 and a Focusrite ISA 428. Strings by David Henry, recorded in Nashville.
From Beethoven to Page
Although Wikipedia isn't necessarily the best place to turn for life answers, sometimes it hits the right notes, so to speak. And in this case, its definition of "orchestration" isn't bad: "Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium. It only gradually over the course of music history came to be regarded as a compositional art in itself." That windy explanation expectedly hints at its use in an orchestra, but it also mentions that the writing can be applied to any music ensemble. It can beanything—from a simple acoustic-guitar duet to the hardest, heaviest detuned metal tunes. But understanding the layers of orchestration can also help with production and mixing of recorded music.
Before we talk about orchestrating guitar parts, let's step back for a basic look at the tradition of orchestration. The termorchestra is from the Greek name for an area in front of a performance stage that's reserved for a chorus. Orchestration itself is the practice of writing melody, harmony, and arrangements for various instruments that date back to the earliest ensembles. The job of an orchestrator and/or composer was to decide which instruments played which notes—and with what sort of dynamics—in every measure of a composition. Ensembles started out small but grew through the centuries into chambers and then into full-blown orchestras and symphonies of 80 or more pieces with strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Add in a full choir, and you could be composing for well over 100 people. That's a lot of writing. That's a lot of orchestration.
Take a look at the layout of a typical modern orchestra in the image below. Notice the way the strings are laid out from left to right—first violins, second violins, violas, and cellos. The basses (usually called "contrabasses" or "double basses") sit behind or to the side of the cellos. The woodwinds (flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons) sit behind the strings. Then you have the brass (French horns, trumpets, trombones, and tubas), followed by the percussion instruments (timpanis, snares, bass drums, and cymbals) positioned at the rear.
With this in mind, think about how many times you've heard Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Listen to a good recording of it with headphones (the London Symphony Orchestra's is my favorite) while you're looking at the diagram above. Listen to how those powerful string lines seamlessly interweave with the brass, woodwinds, and timpani. In his orchestration, Beethoven wrote string lines that move quickly from section to section—from violins to violas to cellos to basses. These parts literally pan themselves in the stereo field simply based on how the various instrument sections are placed on the stage. This is the art of production in action hundreds of years before recording-console panning knobs were invented!
Now think about the fact that most of the instruments Beethoven worked with could play only one note at a time. We guitarists are lucky to be able to play chords on a single instrument. That means we have the option of approaching our instruments like orchestral string sections—we've got bass (like an orchestra's basses and cellos), mids (violas and second violins), and treble (first violins). When you think of your guitar like that, you realize that the various strings and octaves can be used to layer and orchestrate powerful guitar parts.
Early guitar orchestration in the '60s was often recorded with multiple players performing their parts live in the same room. Back then, engineers didn't have the capability to record so many tracks of layered guitar, so they recorded everyone at once. With the advent of 8-, 16-, and 24-track recording, vast vistas were opened to guitarists looking to explore orchestration in the studio. Brian May's work with Queen is a great example of this. Now, with digital audio workstations (DAWs)—not to mention all the plug-ins available to help you layer different tones—we have almost unlimited ways to experiment.
A great example of this is how Jimmy Page layered his parts in the classic Zeppelin cut "Ten Years Gone." The song starts out with a single guitar in the left speaker, with a bit of plate-style reverb in the right. Then the bass plays along in the center until the second guitar part appears in the right speaker playing a lower octave than the first part. Then it breaks back down to the single guitar in the left speaker again. Throughout the song, various guitar parts come in and out at different pan positions—sometimes in mono, sometimes in stereo. Some parts play octaves of each other, and some play harmonies. By the end of the song, you can hear at least six guitar parts intertwining with each other, covering lows, mids, and highs. It's a fine example of studio production and guitar orchestration.


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Harris Junior Academy Carshalton
Academy Specialism:
Academy Description:
Harris Junior Academy Carshalton opened in September 2013. We are a three-form entry school situated in Carshalton, which is part of the London Borough of Sutton. Our children, aged between 7 and 11 years of age, bring a wonderful amount of energy and enthusiasm to our school.
We have more than 300 lively young minds at our Academy. Our dedicated teachers and support staff build on the children's learning from the infant school to support each to be the best they can be.
Academy Ethos:
At Harris Junior Academy Carshalton we want our school to be a calm and caring learning community in which everyone feels safe, happy and valued.
We give each child all the time and attention that they need to develop their reading, writing and maths skills. We then build on this by providing the children with creative and vibrant learning experiences through which they will develop a love of learning, an ability to think independently and a desire to be the best they can be.
We want our children to leave HJAC as confident and successful learners, who understand themselves and are responsible in the way they conduct themselves. We want them to possess the skills and attitudes to make the most of future opportunities and to contribute to their local community and beyond.
PrincipalLee RobertsonHarris Junior Academy Carshalton
Academy Contact
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A Sandwich a Day: Fish Sandwich at Hutch
Reviews of Chicago sandwiches.
Sometimes a fish sandwich, while great, is so covered in fried batter that you don't really feel like you're eating fish at all. This is not one of those sandwiches. Instead, the fish sandwich ($14) at Hutch is the kind that keeps it simple.
The blackened grouper tastes fishier than most fish sandwiches you'll find around, and that's because not much is done to it. It's topped with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and "special spread." That spread lends a spicy flavor that, accompanied with the blackened parts of the fish, creates a great char and cream combo taste. Sauce like this is usually on a heavier dish like a burger, and on a lighter sandwich it was necessary rather than just an enhancement.
Sadly, the wheat kaiser roll was so soggy two seconds after it hit the table it became as floppy as can be without totally falling apart. With a more substantial foundation, this thing would have had no negatives. I love seeing a restaurant not muddling a good piece of fish and adding just the right crisp additions and creamy kick.
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A few months ago my grandfather past away. He had been fighting a long time. Yes, my grandpa sure did put up a good fight for many years. Like many stories around the world cancer ultimately won. Now my grandma is for the first time in sixty plus years living alone. In the middle of the woods. Alone.
My grandpa was a man's man, you know. One of those breed of fellas where he would opened the door for a woman, he could fix anything, and he loved cars, fishing a golf. He thoroughly believed in a man taking care and providing for his family. For most of his life, he did just that. He worked hard and he was able to give my grandma a comfortable lifestyle. He took care of all the hard work that was done around the house, the mowing of the two acre of land their house is on, all repairs to the house, garages, sheds, and cars were done by him. He even installed the electricity in their house.
Now that he is gone, my grandma now has to employ people to do the things my grandpa had always taken care of.
Once a week I try to make it to her house and see if she needs help with anything around the house. Of course, I am not as handy as my grandfather is but I am no stranger to a pair of plyers and some hard work. As I'm walking around the house while my grandma explains that she needs someone to clean out her gutters, she also mention she needs someone to trim her hedges and the trees.
Now, I sometimes trim the trees' around my own house but my grandma must have a hundred trees she is talking about needing a trim. I am not about to spend the next two months (I know it is an exaggeration) trimming trees. I love my grandma dearly but there is no way that will be happening anytime soon.
I made a deal with her that I will bring my pressure washer over tomorrow and take care of those gutters for her and help her find a great tree trimming service to come out her and take care of everything else. She agreed and we went into to the house and had some delicious hot chocolate and homemade apple pie with vanilla ice cream with a caramel sauce drizzle over it. Yes, my grandma can cook and bake her buns off.
The next day I loaded my pressure washer into my truck and arm with a list of tree trimming services I made my way to my grandma's house. After a few phones calls we were able to secure a tree serviced that would come out that same day, give her a quote and if she agrees with it, they can start right away.
I stayed until the tree-trimming folks came; they gave my grandma a great quote, and started the very same day.
I miss my grandpa everyday but I know my grandma misses him even more. As long as I am able will be stopping by and making sure she is all right, physically and emotionally.


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How many different medicines do you take? Most people with heart failure or other cardiovascular illnesses take several. It's no wonder you may become puzzled over which medicines to take and when, how much to take, or what symptoms the drugs treat.
To prevent missed or double doses, side effects, and drug interactions, keep your medicines organized. Try following these tips to avoid problems:
Keep an up-to-date list of every medicine you take. Carry a copy of it with you at all times in your wallet or purse. You can make your own, get a form from your healthcare provider or pharmacist, download one from the Internet ("My Medication List"), or keep a list on a free website that you can access from any computer anytime. Make a note of the basics about each of your medicines.
Here's what to record:
Medicine name (generic and brand name)
What you use it for (such as "heart failure" or "cholesterol")
When to take it (morning, bedtime, or at dinner)
How much to take (number of tablets or milligrams)
How to take it (by mouth, injection, inhaled, and with or without food)
Which side effects to report to your health care provider
How long to take it
Make sure you note whether to avoid mixing the medicine with any others or with any foods or drinks.
Tell your healthcare providers which medicines you take. This includes all prescriptions and any over-the-counter drugs, nutritional supplements, herbs, and other remedies. Keep an up-to-date list of everything you take. Bring it whenever you see your healthcare provider. If you do not have a list handy, bring all your pill bottles to your appointment in a large bag. (Your healthcare provider will not be bothered by this; she or he would much rather go through the bottles than not know exactly what you are taking.) Ask whether any of the items can cause problems when combined. If your healthcare provider makes changes in your medicines, update your list immediately whether you are at the provider's office or in the hospital.
These boxes have 7 compartments, 1 for each day of the week. Some have additional slots for different times of day, such as morning, midday, and bedtime. If you fill your pillbox at the beginning of the week, then all week long it's easy to tell whether you've taken a dose instead of trying to remember. You also can plan to take your medicine with another routine activity, such as brushing your teeth or having breakfast, so you get used to taking it regularly.
Ask your healthcare provider what side effects may occur with each of your medicines and learn what you can do to avoid them. Learn which side effects you should report to your healthcare provider so he or she may be able to adjust your dose or schedule, or substitute another drug if side effects bother you.
Vidant Health can connect you to health care professionals to help you understand your condition and guide you through the treatment process. Let's chat.


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Die Cutting Foam-X Recovery Material
One of the most common applications for the Foam-X® Recovery product is die cutting.
Die cutting with steel rule dies allows for the rapid production of flat shapes or cutouts. Typical applications would include letters and shapes, openings in a sheet used as part of an assembly, and 3D assemblies. This process can utilize one of the unique features of Foam-X® Recovery, edge memory. The key elements to consider when die cutting are the press, the steel rule, the ejection rubber and the substrate. Each of these elements must be selected properly to yield satisfactory results.
The polystyrene foam core of Foam-X® Recovery will not compress during die cutting. Foam-X® Recovery has the unique property that the die cut foam will retain it's memory and not crush. The foam tends to assume its original thickness. This results in the die cut edges remaining open or near 90 degrees along the cut edge. This material is used when crisp or sharp edges are needed. This product should not be used for embossing.
Foam-X® Recovery is most commonly die cut on flat bed presses. The presses can be either moving platen type or "clam shell" type. Either type of press can be utilized without affecting the quality of the die cut. The key press consideration is proper "make ready". Make ready is the preparation of the press bed (anvil) to assure that the steel rule cuts evenly through the Foam-X® Recovery without dulling the steel rules. Typically Foam-X® Material is cut on a "hard anvil" to give a sharp edge. Make ready for this type of die cutting utilizes carbon paper. The press is lowered to the point where the steel rule just touches the anvil. The places where the rule fails to touch the anvil are built up with 1 mil thick shim tape. This process is repeated until a complete imprint of the steel rule is apparent. Make ready is very important because the platen of the press does not necessarily close evenly. This can be caused by misalignment, uneven cutting loads or by deflection of the platen. As a rule of thumb, a 4 post press will deflect 1 mil per ft. Steel rules, that have been dulled by improper make ready will cut poorly, have increased cutting loads and can contribute to liner cracking problems.
Definition of Steel Rule Die Cutting
Steel rule dies work basically the same way as a cookie cutter. They are made of 1"-wide strip steel with one pre-sharpened edge. The cut strips are called "knives." The strip steel is typically made in a thickness range of .014"–.166". To specify thickness, the term "point" is used. The strips are bent to the shape of the trim line and held in place by a block called a "die body." In order to facilitate ejection of the part, strips of a compressible material such as neoprene are glued along the perimeter and protrude above the cutting edge of the rule.
During die cutting, the steel rule die (SRD) assembly is fixed under the top platen, and the Foam-X® Recovery Material sheet is placed on a steel bottom platen. Pressure is applied to force the knives of the SRD through the Foam-X® Recovery Material sheet. The platens are then opened and the parts removed.
Steel Rules:
The most common type of steel rule used to cut Foam-X® Recovery is a 3 point cutting rule.
Cutting Rules:
Cutting rules may have three types of bevels: A center bevel, inside bevel, and outside bevel.
A center bevel is "V" shaped, i.e., honed from both sides. For Foam-X® Recovery, the center bevel should be a facet (double double) cut. This means that the "V" is formed by two obtuse angles coming to a point. A center bevel is used when both the inside and the outside of a cut have to be saved, e.g., as in a puzzle. In this case, the cut is wedge-shaped so that the cut face on the periphery is sloping away from the inside and the cut on the inside piece is sloping away from the outside. The longer the bevel and the narrower the thickness (point) of the rule, the straighter the cut.
An inside bevel has the straight unhoned side of the rule on the outside of thecut and the beveled side on the inside of the cut. The rule of thumb is that the beveled side is always towards the scrap.
An outside bevel has the straight unhoned side on the inside of the cut and the beveled side on the outside. An outside bevel is used if the inside piece must be saved.
Stripping and Ejection Rubbers
Stripping rubber is essential when cutting Foam-X® Recovery Material. It serves to prevent cracking in the die cut piece. Liner cracking problems need to be considered whenever coated products such as Foam-X® Recovery Materials are die cut.
Rubber used to merely remove the part from the die is called ejection rubber. Rubber is rated by its hardness. Typical Shore "00" durometer hardness ratings are: Soft 20 – 40, Medium 30 – 50, and Hard 40 – 60. The proper techniques for the use of ejection rubber with Foam-X® Recovery Material include:
- The ejection rubber should be at least the height of the steel rule and preferably 1/16" - 1/8" higher than the rule.
- The ejection rubber should not touch the steel rule. This prevents dragging on the blade or getting the rubber cut by the rule. This also prevents the liner from being pulled away from the rule by the distorting rubber.
- A hard rubber is most commonly used to produce a square edge. It is best to completely rubber the rules to prevent cracking.
- On critical areas, soft rubber can be used for additional build-up to prevent cracking. Critical areas are usually near tight bends or sharp points. For these areas, the stripping rubber can be built up as much as 1/4" above the rule height.
- The rubber should be selected to allow it to fully compress between the steel rules without crushing the Foam-X® Recovery Material or bending the rules when the press is fully closed.