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Oxygen Safety at Home
Oxygen is an accelerant that can cause other materials and substances to ignite. Patients using oxygen therapy must take the following precautions:
- Keep sources of flame—including cigarettes—away from your oxygen therapy device and canisters.
- Do not smoke while using oxygen.
- Have a fire extinguisher readily available in your home and know how to use it.
- Keep your cylinders in an upright position and secured in a stand or rack. If this is not feasible, lay the cylinders down to avoid being knocked over. This helps keep the cylinders in good condition and helps to avoid leaks.
- Inform your electric company that you have an oxygen concentrator so they can prioritize your home in the event of a power failure.
Ongoing Support for Patient Safety
An important component of respiratory therapy safety is staying informed and up to date on devices and procedures. Understanding the ins and outs of your therapy takes time. Even if you have used your device for years, changes in your condition, age, or living arrangements can mean modifications to your treatment.
That is why patient support is critical. We provide 24/7 customer service and ongoing support from respiratory specialists, so you can get the answers you need when you need them. Whatever questions or concerns you have, our team of experts will help you get—and more importantly, understand—the information you need to feel safe and secure throughout your treatment.


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This is my daughter dressed as a monster carrying a baby. I used a box as the costume frame. I cut holes in the box for her arms and head. On the back of the box I duck taped a graphite shaft from a golf club (after sawing off the club head). I used cardboard to form the shoulders of the monster and used a stuffed pineapple I found in a thrift shop for the head.
The monster's mask was store bought. I used black fabric to make the monster's gown. For the baby I found a baby outfit at a thrift shop. I stuffed it with fiberfill from a craft shop. I attached hands from a baby doll to outfit with rubber bands. I sewed up the neck of outfit to keep the stuffing inside. I put the box with gown on my daughter so I could mark where her head was. I then cut a hole in the gown large enough for her to fit her head through.
I sewed the baby body to the fabric under where her chin would come out of the gown. We found that the baby body was too heavy for the fabric alone to support it, so I bolted the body to the box frame. The monster's upper arms are stuffed with newspaper for definition and there are holes in the sleeves about halfway down the arms, so my daughter can put her arms inside. Her arms become the monster's forearms and hands.
To finish off the Homemade Monster Abduction Costume I added a pair of cheap sunglasses that my daughter already had to the monster's mask and used a remnant piece of baby themed fabric to create a bonnet.

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"Local Cultural Museum Program" is practiced by two stages, it enhances to activate folk cultural itality and represent local living experiences. Moreover, it assists multi types of museums develop, accumulates different cultural connotation, and creates Taiwan characteristic feature. The program contributes the establishment of cultural activities points that are combined of spirit and quality of museum, and provides abundant cultural resource to the local. Furthermore, developing high quality cultural environment is close to and suit to local need.
Base on the principle and in order to enhance localize and sustainable development of local culture museum, Ministry of Culture absorbs spirit of "The Museum Act" and processes "Museums and Local Cultural Museum Develop Program" which is authorized by Executive Yuan from 2016 to 2021. The program aims to let cultural construction roots and implements on the local and to become the bedrock of stable national development.
Responding to 2016 "Museums and Local Cultural Museum Development Program", Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taichung City Government establishes "Taichung Cultural Facility Promotion Office". Within it, a professional team provides knowledge and skills to assist Taichung Government and Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taichung City Government to draft principles of Taichung museums and local culture museum promotion. Furthermore, the team also acts as the platform of Taichung government and each local culture museum. Building integrated and cooperate mechanism of museums and local culture museum, and promoting related business together.
In 2016, Ministry of Culture authorizes implement development of one Taichung city museum (Museum of Fiber Arts, Taichung), and one integrated and cooperated platform which includes seven local culture museums (Taiwan Folk Art Museum, The establishment of Fengyuan museum, The Artist Archive Of Taichung City, Taichung Zhongzheng Memorial Hall, Mingdao Contemporary Literature Hall, Taichung Literature Museum, and Taichung Broadcasting Bureau). Therefore, this website is major to introduce these eight halls and their activities, and according to each year authorize halls to adjust website content.


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Magic Leap One AR Sensor Tracking Not Designed for Outdoor Use
Future Magic Leap products may change this, though.
The June Magic Leap Live went down today and, during the Q/A segment, the staff explained that Magic Leap isn't built for outside use. Specifically, the team says the initial Magic Leap One AR HMD is focused on interiors.
When using the Magic Leap One, it begins to track the surrounding environment for augmented reality and upload it to the cloud once you enter a space. If used outside, it seems like the Magic Leap One will simply be overwhelmed by the number of things being tracked, right down to blades of grass that move as mentioned during the stream.
While that may be disappointing, there could be some future Magic Leap products that change this. "There are some things we're looking into for later products" was said during stream, so keep an eye out for that. A more exciting bit of information is that two Magic Leap users will be able to inhabit the same augmented space and interact with each other. It's built for this type of interaction, so it will be interesting to see what comes of it.
Don't forget to check out the Magic Leap creator news updates revealed earlier in the stream and stay tuned to Shacknews for additional AR updates.
Charles Singletary posted a new article, Magic Leap One AR Sensor Tracking Not Designed for Outdoor Use


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AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch man in a Facebook post offered to pay 10,000 euros, or about $11,500, to anyone willing to kill his Jewish neighbor.
The man posted the message recently, along with anti-Semitic statements, in connection with his years-long quarrel with his apartment building neighbor, Gabriela Hirschberg, and her partner, The De Telegraaf daily reported. The report did not name the man.
"I have one desire in my life: To tear out this nest of devils," he wrote in reference to Hirschberg's apartment. Naming his neighbors, he added, "Each head is worth 10,000 euros to me."
The Telegraaf did not specify the anti-Semitic statements the paper reported he attached to the message.
The neighbor also wrote: "Anyone may come along as long as I have the pleasure of punching the lights out." Facebook followers offered to come and help find "a final solution" to the problem — language that echoes Nazi rhetoric about Jews during the Holocaust.
The two neighbors have been in conflict since 2009, when Hirschberg complained to police about the neighbor for excessive noise, The Telegraaf reported. They have since filed multiple complaints against each other, including for the destruction of property.
Hirschberg told the paper she sometimes sleeps away from her apartment out of fear of her neighbors, adding that the conflict has cost her one job and caused her so much stress that it is creating medical complications. She said she is "turning it around" and that he suspects she hacked his family's email account.
A police detective is investigating the Facebook message, a spokesman told The Telegraaf.


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The 2020 holiday season has been bittersweet for most people. Many of us are just waiting to wrap up this rollercoaster of a year and put it behind us. Though there have been no concerts for the majority of this year, and no set date for their return, Ariana Grande has found a way to bring her live music into our homes — just in time to ring in the new year.
The singer recently announced the release of her new Netflix documentary, titled Excuse Me, I Love You, which is set to premiere on Monday, December 21. The film will be an hour and 37 minutes long, sharing concert and behind-the-scenes footage from the London date of her 2019 Sweetener World Tour, which featured music from her albums Sweetener and Thank U, Next.
The feature comes just one year after the final date of Grande's 2019 tour, which spanned nine months and stopped in 101 different cities. The young singer brought the show to London's infamous O2 Arena in early August.
Taking to Twitter and Instagram, Grande and Netflix have both shared exclusive information and teasers regarding special clips and social media features surrounding the release.
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To date, we can check off the custom gifs and exclusive first look, but we're all on the edge of our seats for what's to come in the next week. The clip showcases Grande performing her hit song, Everytime to a very excited crowd, and we can only imagine what other surprises and performances she has in store for us.
As you wind down the year and celebrate this unique holiday season, be sure to gather up your loved ones (socially-distanced, of course) and gather around for this one-of-a-kind concert event right from the comfort of your own home.
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It's possible Google may thwart your guest posting or link building strategy. If you have a site that accepts and publishes guest posts then be warned, Google has taken to penalizing publishers of unnatural outbound links. This penalty is given when the content on your website points to your guest post's site that negatively impacts your site's link profile.
This article by Search Engine Journal (SEJ) has a look at a publisher's report that upon Google finding their guest post articles, it disabled the authority for the publisher's outbound links. Google advised the publisher to set the outbound links to nofollow and submit a review request. The penalty is a manual action taken by Google, therefore should the review request be granted — if the links prove to be trustworthy and from reputable sources — the penalty action is reverted.
This incident is not a once-off concern. Many publishers have come forward stating they're suffering penalties from Google because of supposed unnatural outbound links on their sites found in their guest posts. Google stated it is issuing these manual penalties for paid guest articles. What's more, in the case of this specific publisher reported on by SEJ, Google was able to identify that this site published guest posts without the acceptance of contributor posts being stated on the website. The search engine then picked out the specific link the guest contributor wanted a backlink for.
Now, while Google is not issuing any formal statements on the subject, all publishers from now on should pay close attention to any guest posts they accept. You need to do your due diligence and only accept paid links if you're sure to add a nofollow attribute to each of them. For now, it's speculated that Google is clamping down on guest posting because paid links can influence search results but in a non-organic way.
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More About Guest Posting to Help You Not Get Penalized by Google: SEJ has an article listing 10 of the worst links a publisher could include on their website. These are bound to get you penalized by Google. And, I suggest you read this second article that unpacks six suggestions to consider before accepting a guest post.
Google Has a New SERP Display For Local Businesses: In Europe, Google is offering a new carousal-type SERP display from third-party directories like Yelp. This update is seen in Belgium, France, Greece, Spain and the UK. It's speculated that Google is trying to "make peace" with the European Commission, after the search engine was fined in March 2019 in the amount of €1.49 billion, for bad advertising practice. Here's what BrightLocal's investigation found. If implemented worldwide, however, this could have a major impact on local SEO search results.
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Day 1, 17 Jan 2020 – On the road to Big Bend National Park and the Big Bend Ultra 50k to be held on 19 Jan 2020.
We took the longish way from Houston, mostly for my benefit as a virgin explorer of the literally great (as in ginormous) state of Tejas. I-10 to US 90 was the chosen route so I could visit Langtry, a little Wild West town named after Lillie Langtry, the object of affection of a somewhat delusional yet oddly inspirational Judge Roy Bean.
Before Langtry, we made a stop at the Pecos River Bridge. Judge Bean was "The Law, West of the Pecos", and hysterically enough, he apparently never followed any actual Texan laws nor ordinances. He mostly did whatever he wanted!
Interesting historical tidbit is the prize boxing fight Judge Bean finagled on a sandbar in the Rio Grande to avoid both the US and Mexican officials who'd banned this fight! Google it because I don't feel like it.
And then of course, there is the case of him naming his town after a woman he'd never met but "loved". Sadly, she never made a visit until after his death. But before you pass judgment on Judge Bean, here he is being blogged about in the year 2020. The man accomplished things you and I may never!
As we traveled farther away from the sprawling metropolis of Houston and past San Antonio (through which I mostly drooled taking an epic road nap), the highway stretched into desert landscape. I began to understand and appreciate the gritty adventurousness of the early pioneers who headed west.
Even in a fully loaded 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the miles were long. I imagined being in a covered wagon making the sojourn. How soft we've grown with all of our creature comforts. My biggest discomfort during the 10ish hour drive was reaching behind me trying to unzip the Yeti cooler to grab the Jarlsberg Dip for our crackers. 😂
Perhaps this is what draws me and many others to the desert to attempt things like summiting high peaks, running, and mountain biking long distances through unforgiving terrain and unpredictable weather.
Sometimes I feel the need to test my inner pioneer, my inner Judge Roy Bean. How much discomfort can I manage? There must be something hardwired within us that has us believing that suffering, sacrifice, and hard work are what makes us great…and that if we don't believe in and attempt the impossible, then what? Give up and live small, resigned lives?
As we turned south from Marathon, TX towards Big Bend National Park, cell signal was spotty to non-existent. Thanks, T-Mobile. I mean that sincerely. At first, it was disconcerting, but then all that remained was space and peace and room for deep breaths.
After proudly marking Pusan on the map and grabbing a sugar loaded Starbucks pre-mixed mocha, we headed south to Big Bend!
The vastness of nothing but millions of years of geological transformations is incredibly intimidating and breathtaking. I felt a nervous energy growing within me! I've been to some epic places in the world so the nervousness took me by surprise. I chalked it up to "fear of the unknown". Maybe it also wasn't the BEST idea to read aloud stories from "Death in Big Bend" to pass the time. 🤣💀
Once enveloped by the majestic landscape of the Chihuahan desert, it was natural for us to drop our conversation volume to soft inside-voice whispers.
Stunning views like this beckoned me to take a gazillion pictures and this was even BEFORE we headed into the Chisos Mountains. My patient and understanding companion would simply smile and say, "Just you wait…there's so much more!"
We entered Big Bend National Park through the Persimmon Gap Entrance heading towards the Chisos Mountains, our home for the next week.
As we climbed up and over the Chisos to reach the Basin, I was simply awe-struck. I've been to Yosemite, Tahoe, Mammoth, the Sonoran Desert, yet something about the Chisos is so compellingly unique. Maybe it's the variegation of red round rocks to sharper edged grey rock faces, or the piney piñons growing alongside the prickly pear cacti, all in one grand vista. The panoramic view from the Basin is unforgettable. I felt literally cradled in the grandeur.
Our 10+ hour drive was rewarded with a glorious sunset. I looked forward to the days ahead, exploring this magical place. Funny that I wasn't even focused on the race. Sleep came easily with the absence of artificial lighting, TVs, and smartphones. Alarms were not set for the next morning. 😍
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NEW IN STORYLINE 360: Conditional Seekbar
Nov 01, 2018
We're super excited to share the latest- highly requested!- new feature in Storyline 360: the conditional seekbar. Now you can prevent learners from skipping ahead until they've completed content. After that, they have the option to drag the seekbar back and forth.
The conditional seekbar in the modern player makes it easy to ensure that learners view all your content. Take a look at this video to learn more:
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Great feature. I can definitely use that new feature. Thanks.
love it! thank you!!! :D
Hi Sanju,
The conditional seekbar isn't a feature in Storyline 3.
Articulate 360 is a subscription-based product, and that allows us to roll out updates, new features and fixes on a more regular basis than our perpetual products. I'm sorry it's confusing or off-putting.
There are many other features in Articulate 360 and specifically Storyline that may be worth the upgrade to you, so if you'd like to discuss that further our team is always happy to talk through options. You can reach out directly here.
If we do add this feature to Storyline 3, we'll let folks know here!
Is there a reason this feature isn't available with the Classic player? My corporation currently uses the Classic player as their standard, but this feature would be really nice to use.
Hi Kimberly! The conditional seekbar is an exclusive feature of the modern player style, but I appreciate you letting us know you'd like to see it in the classic player, too. We always appreciate feedback from the community!
Hope this will apply as well on the Classic player. As I've always use the Classic player more than modern player.
I seem to be having trouble with this setting. Attached is my .story file, if anyone can give it a look and let me know where the hiccup is?
Modern Player defaults / Controls: seekbar, allow drag after completion, play/pause are all checked.
Video options: I set video controls to none, thinking that maybe that was conflicting with the seekbar settings.
I also double checked that I have all the updates on my 360 dashboard.
Hi Carmin! Thanks for sharing your file! I noticed that the TOC layer opens as soon as the video completes. This means that the seekbar could be reflecting the timeline of the slide layer, not the base layer.
It sounds like you may want to press the rewind button in the player and have the video start over, is that right? If so, you'll need to adjust your settings a bit.
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Give those settings a try, and let me know if you see an improvement!
Yes that worked, thanks Alyssa!
Happy I could help, Carmin! Best of luck on the rest of your project.
This is great, big thank you!
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Hi Ric
do you have the allow seeking option selected on each slide layer?
Thanks Wendy
I worked that after i posted hence i deleted the post, however i am using the conditional seekbar but it's not working on the layers when i review the individual layer. My slide has custom back button which take the user back to the previous layer - eventually returning the base layer. The seekbar cannot be dragged when re-visiting each layer or the base layer in this instance. Only when I revisit the entire slide are the seekbars on each layer 'draggable' .
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- Ric Gauci
Is your slide revisit property set to 'reset to initial state'? That may be why.. Try setting it to 'automatically decide or resume saved state' and see if that works.
Yep - I've tried automatically decide (which I've never been able to work out how Storyline decides) and initial state - saved state is no good as need the slide layer to be initial state, neither work
Hi Ric,
It sounds similar to an issue that Update 21 of Storyline 360 fixed, where the conditional seekbar was only draggable on a revisit to the slide (if you'd also enabled restricted navigation). So first, I'd want to know if you're using restricted navigation in your course and, what update of Storyline 360 you're using? You can check by going to the "Help" Tab -> "About Articulate Storyline".
If you're on the latest update, Storyline 360, build 3.23.17480.0, and/or you don't have restricted navigation included we'll want to find out a bit more about your setup.
With your permission, I'd like to take a look at your project file to investigate what's happening. You can share it publicly here, or send it to our team privately by uploading it here.
We'll delete it when done troubleshooting.
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Hi, folks!
Some of you reported an issue where the next button would be disabled when revisiting slides that advanced automatically in a course with restricted navigation. That button is now enabled in this scenario in update 24 for Storyline 360; check out all the new bug fixes and features here!
Here's how you can update Storyline 360 to see everything this release has to offer. Let us know what you think!
is there any option that we can make seekbar restriction for particular slide. i mean i should not drag able to drag the seekbar for particular slides.
Hi Midhun,
While there isn't a way to make the seekbar restricted for particular slides, you can hide the seekbar completely on those slides. Simply adjust that setting in Slide Properties.
That update for the next button issue is something I have been waiting for since we started using Storyline. Tested it out and worked as promised. That fix in combo with the conditional seekbar and the newer modern player, awesome job to everyone there.
I was always confused why it worked in Presenter but not Storyline but I am very happy it was addressed. We create very linear style modules for the most part (long explanation on why we do) and the workarounds I was using to add a unique trigger to each slide make the next button work was very time consuming.
Thank you again and keep up the great work!
Glad to hear you're up and running again, Erik! It was a little bug in Storyline that we had to fix up, so that'd explain the differences you were seeing in Presenter.
If you run into anything else, please let us know!
Will this feature be added to Storyline 3?
- Leslie McKerchie
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Hi Victor,
The conditional seekbar is exclusive to Storyline 360 and the Modern Player.
There are no current plans to add it to either the Classic Player or Storyline 3, but you are welcome to share your idea and use case directly with our team here.
Hi All at Storyline,
This is great, but I'm unclear of how the conditional seekbar "prevents learners from skipping ahead" if they can still simply click the 'next' button to advance to the next slide, regardless of where the seekbar is in terms of progress. Am I missing something? I understand you can use triggers and conditions to temporarily disable the next button- but if we're trying to prevent learners from clicking through content, wouldn't it make more sense to add functionality to the conditional seekbar that disables (or even better, hides) the next button as well? Thanks for any clarification.


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Roast Nectarine and Ricotta Summer Salad
What a delicious summer salad. Its light, fresh and full of colour.
Nectarines are a great source of fibre. They contain a good dose of vitamin c, as well as potassium, lutein and B-carotene. These vitamins and bioactive compounds have been linked to having anti-oxidant and immune strengthening effects.
Fennel provides a good source of the bioactive quercetin which "switches on" genes responsible for reducing oxidative stress and "switches off" genes that are responsible for inflammation. This helps reduce the risk of chronic diseases as well as cancer risk.
Never forget to add a cruciferous vegetable onto your plate. Brussel sprouts are a member of the Brassicaceae family of vegetables and closely related to kale, cauliflower and mustard greens. Brussels sprouts are low in calories but high in fiber, vitamins and minerals. Brussel sprouts are high in vitamin K, vitamin C, folate and manganese. They are rich in the bioactive ingredient called sulforaphane, which helps to 'switch on' the genes involved in your innate detoxification in the liver.
Spinach is high in fibre, promoting gut health. Spinach is high in vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, folic acid, iron and calcium. It too contains sulforaphane, the bioactive ingredient involved in upregulating the body's innate detoxification system. It also contains lutein, which is involved in promoting eye health, as well as nitrites, which promote heart health.
The creamy ricotta cheese provides a good dose of calcium and vitamin D. It is also lower in fat than yellow, hard brick cheeses.
Although pomegranate kernels are so small, there health benefits are abundant. Pomegranates are loaded with important nutrients, and contain a high amount of fibre, vitamin C, vitamin K, folate and potassium in one cup. They contain two bioactive compounds known as punicalagins and punicic acid which give them their potent anti-oxidant power.
The benefits of the salad are topped off with of improved digestion from the minty dressing.
1 fennel bulb
5 mini cucumbers
2 nectarines
1 packet brussel sprouts (200g)
3 cups baby spinach (100g)
½ tub ricotta cheese (150g)
Handful fresh mint
3 tablespoons pistachios
2 tabelspoons pomegranate kernels
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 handfuls fresh mint
4 tabelspoons olive oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
½ tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon honey
2 tablespoons water
Salt and pepper
1 In a large serving dish place the spinach, creating a green leafy bed on which the other ingredients will lie.
2 Slice the fennel using a mandolin or a sharp knife into very thin slices and spread them evenly around the spinach.
3 Cut the nectarines into 2 cm thick wedges, removing them from the pip.
4 On a medium-heated pan, place a drizzle of olive oil followed by the nectarine slices.
5 Grill for 5 minutes, turning them over to get a nice golden colour on each side, releasing their sweetness.
6 Remove the nectarines from the heat and scatter them around the spinach-fennel bed.
7 Cut the brussel sprouts into two, lengthways. In the same pan, drizzle a little olive oil and grill the sprouts, with a dash of salt for 3 minutes, tossing them around the pan.
8 Remove the brussel sprouts from the heat and scatter them on the salad.
9 Place the pistachios on the same pan and leave them to roast for 2 minutes before removing them and sprinkling them over the salad.
10 Break up the ricotta into small chunks and scatter them around between the nectarines and the brussel sprouts.
11Sprinkle the pomegranate kernels around the salad.
12 Drizzle your minty dressing just before the salad is served.
1 In a dressing dish or bowl, place all the ingredients listed above for the dressing.
2 Using a stick blender, blend the ingredients to form a herbed vinaigrette.
3 Drizzle on top of the salad just before serving.
Nourish yourself to the sunrise.
with love,
Sunrise by HM
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder that affects 1 out of 10 people in the United States each year. With symptoms like cramping, diarrhea, gas and bloating, it's no surprise that living with IBS can have a significant effect on a person's quality of life.
Diet is one way people manage the symptoms of IBS. A common treatment approach is to avoid the foods that trigger symptoms. A new diet for IBS, developed in Australia, is showing promise in managing IBS symptoms. It's called the low FODMAP diet.
What Is the Low FODMAP Diet?
FODMAP stands for:
And olyols.
These fermentable short-chain carbohydrates are prevalent in the diet.
- Oligosaccharides: fructans and galactooligosaccharides (GOS)
- Disaccharides: lactose
- Monosaccharides: fructose
- Polyols: sorbitol and mannitol
Researchers suggest that the small intestine does not absorb FODMAPs very well. They increase the amount of fluid in the bowel. They also create more gas. That's because bacteria in the colon they are easily fermented by colonic bacteria. The increased fluid and gas in the bowel leads to bloating and changes in the speed with which food is digested. This results in gas, pain and diarrhea. Eating less of these types of carbohydrates should decrease these symptoms.
So far, studies have shown that a low FODMAP diet improves IBS symptoms. One study even found that 76% of IBS patients following the diet reported improvement with their symptoms.
Eat Less Of These Foods
- Lactose
- Cow's milk, yogurt, pudding, custard, ice cream, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese and mascarpone
- Fructose
- Fruits, such as apples, pears, peaches, cherries, mangoes, pears and watermelon
- Sweeteners, such as honey and agave nectar
- Products with high fructose corn syrup
- Fructans
- Vegetables, such as artichokes, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, beetroot, garlic and onions
- Grains such as wheat and rye
- Added fiber, such as inulin
- Chickpeas, lentils, kidney beans and soy products
- Vegetables, such as broccoli
- Polyols
- Fruits, such as apples, apricots, blackberries, cherries, nectarines, pears, peaches, plums and watermelon
- Vegetables, such as cauliflower, mushrooms and snow peas
- Sweeteners, such as sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol and isomalt found in sugar-free gum and mints, and cough medicines and drops
Eat More Of These Foods
- Dairy: Lactose-free milk, rice milk, almond milk, coconut milk, lactose-free yogurt; hard cheeses such as feta and brie
- Fruit: Bananas, blueberries, cantaloupe, grapefruit, honeydew, kiwi, lemon, lime, oranges and strawberries
- Vegetables: Bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, bok choy, carrots, chives, cucumbers, eggplant, ginger, lettuce, olives, parsnips, potatoes, spring onions and turnips
- Protein: Beef, pork, chicken, fish, eggs and tofu
- Nuts/seeds (limit to 10-15 each): Almonds, macadamia, peanuts, pine nuts and walnuts
- Grain: Oat, oat bran, rice bran, gluten-free pasta, such as rice, corn, quinoa, white rice, corn flour and quinoa
The idea behind the low FODMAPs diet is to only limit the problematic foods in a category — not all of them. (After all, they do have health benefits.) You may tolerate some foods better than others.
Meet with a registered dietician if you are considering this diet. It's important to make sure your eating plan is safe and healthy. He or she will have you eliminate FODMAPs from your diet. Then you gradually add the carbohydrates back in one at a time and monitor your symptoms. A food diary and symptom chart may be helpful tools.
The Bottom Line
The low FODMAP diet has shown potential in helping people with IBS. Some health professionals believe it's too restrictive. Proponents of the diet report that people stick with it because of how it improves their quality of life.


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We were up early I cooked a big breakfast for my mates and the friends that had stayed over for the wedding.
At 07:00 I motioned to Vicky and Lorrie and we went to den and called Andy on the satellite phone. Andy and I had agreed on this time yesterday. We both agreed that the attack would most likely be over by this time.
"Howdy boss, how serious are things?" I asked.
"We started clean up operations at day break. I have wounded some serious, no fatalities thanks to the tools you sent. They have a lot of dead and there are a lot of bodies inside the compound; our marksmen were very efficient as per your request. We are taking pictures of the dead and wounded as you requested." Andy said.
"Are the wounded able to come back sitting in a G5 or they need cots," I asked.
I asked that to see if Andy was holding anything back. I knew things he did not.
There are 20 of my men and ladies that have serious shrapnel wounds; there are 5 that are more serious they took bullets through the extremities. As crowded as we are here it would be best that they all go home. I am sending you an attachment with their names and extent of their injuries as evaluated by our medic." Andy replied.
"I will check to see if the airport is open for business. If it is the 737 is standing by in Angola and will be there in 2 hours or so," I replied.
"Wow OK I should have known you would plan ahead, I have two leaders bagged, gagged and cuffed for you to interrogate at your convenience," Andy said to my unasked question.
"10-4 Boss I will call you with an update in a few minutes," I replied.
A quick call to the FAA international flight control center in Virginia and verified that Windhoek International Airport was in full operation.
Lorrie called Cowboy to tell him to proceed on to Namibia. She had sent two full aircraft crews with the plane so it could fly around clock. That was not the only thing sent; seventy seats had been pulled out and replaced with hospital beds and fastened down. The company doc was on board with four nurses and so were the medics from the gym.
There were 10 coffins and a dozen body bags in the cargo hold that no one but Lorrie, Vicky, the plane crew and I knew about that.
I called ambassador Fauntroy; I knew the British also had an embassy in Windhoek and explained my needs. Then I called Ben David and explained the same.
Israel had an outpost as Ben David called it 50 miles south- south east of Windhoek. Close to the border of Botswana and South Africa. Terrorist were involved ivory poaching and diamond trade to finance terrorism in the Middle East by various groups. The out posts were used to flush out the illegal trade and eliminate the traders.
And then the call to Andy, "Boss help is on the way; the 737 will be landing in two hours. They are to call you when they land, the British embassy is sending 4 cars and Israel is sending six; they will be Mossad and will be the ones to take the prisoners to the plane,"
"Place the prisoner's; double tie their hands with flex cuffs first in body bags to get them out unseen. In the cargo bay there are coffins; leave them in the bags and place them in the coffins prop the lids and unzip the body bags enough so they can breathe," I instructed.
Then I added, "After you rest, send me complete pictures of the damage including aerial from one of the drones so I can assess what needs to happen to put the place back together again. Then and only then plug in all the servers and cameras to put them back on line."
"The Windhoek police showed up after the shooting stopped: they are having the bodies carried away. I have crews carry the ones inside the compound outside. I am not allowing the police inside the compound. BJ, I
have plenty of pictures and video to send to you of the fighting and aftermath" said. Andy said.
"How do you want me to get them to you? Andy asked.
"Put it in a diplomatic bag and have it delivered to Cowboy with instructions that he gives it only to me," I replied.
I printed off the list of the injured and asked Ching Lee, Marcy, Lorrie and Jenny to call the families and make whatever arrangements necessary.
I made one more call it was a five party call; the president, Secretary of state, Frank Love CIA and Eric Roberson of the DHS and me with Vicky listening in.
"The battle is over, we won another skirmish. I have 25 wounded and all are in serious condition. My evacuation plane is two hours from Windhoek it was pre-staged in Angola."
There are dozens if not hundreds of terrorist dead; it is going to be hard to get an accurate count because they were hauling the wounded and dead away during the fighting. You may have to rely on Namibia for a count."
"Ambassador Reddick has informed me that he thinks the internet and video streams and other communication will be back up in a couple hours. Tomorrow he is to send me a complete picture and video assessment of the damage."
"I will have my contractor look at the film and give me a professional opinion, estimate and repair time," I said.
"You have a contractor that would be willing to travel there to immediately do the repairs?" the president asked.
"He does anything I ask him to do anywhere; all it takes is a big checkbook," I replied.
"So you have been in constant contact with your people and did not keep us informed?" The president stated.
"My first contact since yesterday, when the site went dark, was this morning at 07:00 an agreed upon contact time in case the place was over run."
"I hire the best people I can find then train them to be best they can be. I gave Andy and his people an order. I do not micro manage and they did not need the distraction of a micro manager from 7000 miles away."
"As a result I have 25 wounded and no deceased after a 12 hour mortar and RPG attack and a charge of several hundred fighters that are now mostly dead. I think that most of your generals would be pleased with that kind of out come in any battle," I replied.
"There is a busy day for everyone, and I do not expect any more updates until 07:00 tomorrow another agreed upon time unless something drastic happens. I shall keep you informed if it does. Some of my men there have had no sleep in 48 hours; that combined with shelling takes a terrible toll on the physical and psychological well being of an individual," I replied.
"The evacuation plane should be back some time tonight at Morton field," I replied.
"If that is all I need to go," when there was no additional comments I closed the window.
The wedding was at noon we had 4 hours the get everything ready.
With fancy dresses, tuxedos and limos the wedding went off without a hitch. After the reception and food the bride and groom and Allie left in one of the Cessna 55 jets for a 2 week honey moon in Cancun.
The 737 left Windhoek at noon for the flight home with the injured. It was a 12 hour flight and with the time zone difference the plane should land slightly after 19:00.
I finally had time to meet Bob to look at the office to look at all he had accomplished.
The tunnel to the house was completed and the yard restored. The elevator from the gym was installed at the house and the enclosure built. The emergency stairs was installed and the doors to hide all of it in the garage were completed. The elevator would work as long as the generator over at the concrete box was running.
The utility company could not be budged; it would be six weeks before they would install the transformer and wiring to the meter panel that was to go on the outside of the new building that was to be constructed on the box. The generator would handle the task until then.
Even though the basement was far from finished, I was amazed at the work that had been done; most of the walls been painted white and the LED lights installed – they were bright. The floor was being painted with an industrial floor coating as each section was finished.
The walls had been removed to make my command center that I wanted.
There was a main electrical panel by the tunnel, then several sub panels along the length of the basement. Outlets, switches, conduits and all kinds of things had been done.
Bob explained the changes that Marcy had made. Where I was going to leave all the storage rooms open, Marcy wanted all of them closed off with double glass doors like businesses used at entrances. Marcy was planning on moving a lot of things down here it seemed. I had no problem with it and told Bob so.
Marcy also wanted one of the complete bays made into one big meeting room. The room was finished and the huge flat screens were waiting to be installed all around the room.
That room would be easily as large as the biggest meeting room at Morton Field. I assumed that Marcy was going to eliminate one of the meeting rooms upstairs to gain office space.
Marcy also wanted a card controlled door installed at the beginning of the tunnel and one to close the box end to the house in case of emergencies; another good idea I had not thought of.
The elevator to the offices upstairs was in the assembly process. It looked to me like all the main components were in place.
"Bob, how long do you think it will take to finish this project?" I asked.
"I think another week to ten days to full completion. I have already started sending some of my contractors back to other jobs. As soon as all the big door frames come in and are placed in the basement, the enclosure you wanted to hide all this can be built." Bob said and then continued.
"Do you want it so it can be lifted off the box with a crane? That may be necessary if you ever want to put something larger than the elevator can handle. It will be easy to do at this stage of construction," Bob said.
"Good idea, do it that way," I replied.
I went back to the house to have a few hours of family time before the 737 was to return at 1900. Lorrie, Marcy, Ching Lee and Vicky had been working on the arrangements prior to and since the wedding.
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Florian and I have been lucky enough to spend our isolation time on a property that leads to a waterfront. In the recent weeks, we've headed down in the early evenings and thrown a line in for a bit of a fish.
Something I've learned during this endeavour is, I am literally the worst person you can take fishing with you.
I love setting up the picnic rug on the grass, watching the sunset whilst listening to music play from my phone.
You'll often catch me looking up, hoping to spot the first stars in the tranquil sky and I've even been successful in identifying the brightest light in the sky at this time of year as the planet, Venus, thanks to an astronomy app.
Florian casts his line into the river and we chat endlessly into the night.
If this is what fishing is, sign me up, because I'm all for it. That is, until he catches something.
It turns out Florian is quite the fisherman and manages to bait many fish over the course of the evening onto his hook.
When we see the rod bend with a potential catch, I squeal with excitement, so proud that his effort has resulted in reward. I jump on the spot as he fights the good fight and reels in his catch up.
Florian puts his catch in a bucket of water from the river, and I watch it swimming round and round dazed by its current situation. I usually name the fish and spend the night ensuring it's comfortable and has enough water to prevent it from suffocating.
When I see the fish on the other end, gasping for air, my heart sinks with sadness.
I flinch when it splashes water out of the bucket, I cringe when live bait is threaded onto the hook and I let out a stern warning not to injure the fish when unhooking it and to gently drop it back in the water if it's too small.
I think I'm so accustomed to either seeing an animal alive in its environment or the cuts of meat packed on the shelf for my taking, I've become blissfully ignorant of the middle step in the paddock (or sea) to plate process.
I'm aware the it is totally hypocritical and I'm almost prepared to receive feedback from both sides in this equation.
A huge argument for animal activists and vegetarian/vegans community is:
If you had to personally kill the animal, would you still eat meat?
Honestly, probably not.
But just because I don't want to be responsible for killing well, really anything, shouldn't mean I shouldn't be able to enjoy meat, and I should shift my focus on trying to be as ethical as I can be in this space.
Now before you fishers jump in and try and tell me it's the circle of life, and it's alright when I head into the store and see the fish lying on a bed of ice for the picking, Florian has already successfully failed at changing my mind.
Florian and I decided a long time ago to jump on HelloFresh as after doing our grocery shop, at the end of the week, we'd be throwing away so much spoiled food as we'd overbought.
HelloFresh sends us only the ingredients we need for every meal so no more dried up herbs, smelly chicken and bruised fruit in our fridge anymore.
I also gained an interesting insight after my trip to Japan last year, where I learned of the utmost respect the Japanese have for the food they eat. I was told that before every meal, many thank the animal for its sacrifice and put an appreciative thought to the meal before them before tucking in.
So whilst you won't see me jumping on the vegan or vegetarian bandwagon, you also won't witness me volunteering to catch a fish I'm not prepared to throw back into the water.
I'll just focus on looking at the stars and trying to find more planets with my space app.
-tgfs x


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I love spending time with my two children..........anything that involves them. When they are in school I love to read, read, and more reading........lol
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Off coumadin for a few days
bamas01woman replied to bamas01woman's topic in ThrombophiliaHey Juwels and fraggle, Thanks for the feedback. The first day I went when it was so thin that the machine wouldn't register a reading and my doctor asked what I had eatten. That the machine only did that when blood was to thin. She sent me to the hospital to have another test. It is a big difference from the doctors office testing by pricking my finger and dropping it onto the machine and instant reading. The hospital takes a vial of blood and an hour later the results come back. My range to stay in is 3.5 to 4.0 and that day it was 7.?. I had gotten like this when I was first diagnosed due to the lack of information. I wasn't that worried but baffled as to why it thinned on me. I go to a regular physican-family medicine for my routine visits, blood tests. My doctor moved here over a year ago from Canada and is the only physican in a 100 mile radius that has had a PSD patient before. Everything is handled with her but I go about 4 times a year to my hemo specialist in Birmingham, at the Kirklam Clinic. Anything comes up she is immediately on the phone with him and basically alot of the decisions on me are handled that way.....phone. It is over two hours to Birmingham from my home, and the hemo doctor is wonderful working with my regular doctor. I went back to check my levels and they were bottomed out......I was wheeled over to the hospital where I stayed for 11 days. I had a mysterious white blood cell count also. They regulated my blood with heprin, then shots, then coumadin. I am always visited each day by just about every doctor that works or uses the hospital. They always have tons of ?'s for me and even ask my advice. I don't mind, they are really interested in the PSD and basic living, to emotional stress and coumadin intake. bamas01woman
Should we be on treatment?
bamas01woman replied to a topic in Protein S Deficiency - LifestyleMia, The best thing to do , especially for your nerves, is to educate yourself. On this site you will find lots of links that will be helpful along with alot of people that has had experiences. I am glad that your pregnancy went well with PSD, I miscarried due to bloodclots and not knowing I had PSD at the time. Search all the forum even if the title doesn't apply there is usually so good information in the entry. To be on the safe side you may even want a second opinion as to what you should do with your PSD levels. bamas01woman
factor v leiden thrombophilia sufferer needs info
bamas01woman replied to a topic in ThrombophiliaSharon, Although I do have thinner hair then before. I can't really blame it on the coumadin (warfarin) if it helps in this section of thrombophilia, there is a titile called side effects of coumadin and there is a person stating hair loss. If you could read through those entries it might help you. bamas01woman
Diagnosed after a stroke?
bamas01woman replied to a topic in Protein S Deficiency - LifestyleNibarian, I wasn't diagnosed after my three TIA'S. I did, and sometimes still do, have very serious miagraines. They told me that TIA's leads up to a big stroke. I do get a little worried but time with the PSD and educating myself on any and all links to PSD has helped. I was 25 on my first TIA, and I am 29 now. What is your experience? bamas01woman
trouble with INR...help
bamas01woman replied to a topic in ThrombophiliaHello Madison2021, Did they get you straighten out on the coumadin? Was wondering what the outcome was on the dose of coumadin? bamas01woman
Becca, an after thought on more information to TIA's or the numbness you have felt is in this section of the forum under thrombophilia on page 3 . bamas01woman
Becca, I agree with James on this one. I have been through three, after being diagnosed with PSD in 2000. On my first one, I got a little run around until I found a doctor working the shift at the ER. I have had a couple different sayings on the TIA about it not showing up on the tests right away. I was luckly to find a caring, concern doctor. Research on the TIA links and it will help you better understand. Hope all goes well and keep us informed. bamas01woman
High Blood Pressure vs Coumadin?
bamas01woman replied to a topic in ThrombophiliaJack, I have a "crazy" INR at times, and most of the time I know the reason was something I ate. My normal blood pressure is always very low. Even when my range is over 4. Or as low as 1. It was hard at first to get it straight until we bumped up the coumadin. But my blood pressure has always remained low. bamas01woman
prescription meds and holidays
bamas01woman replied to a topic in Thrombophiliatattyteddy, Hope all goes well getting your medicine into another country. I don't travel outside the US. However I do have a ? about the dose you mentioned of coumadin. How much was you taking that didn't raise your INR? How long did you take this amount? Thanks bamas01woman
IVC Filter
bamas01woman replied to a topic in ThrombophiliaKrisliz, I didn't have any advice on the filters and this is really late. But I have been told about the filters in the past and was wondering what your decision was?? Did you have it removed? replaced? Hope all is well. bamas01woman
Thanks James for the advice. When I spoke to my MD about this she suggested just to wear them on an airplane or in traveling. bamas01woman
Off coumadin for a few days
bamas01woman posted a topic in ThrombophiliaHello everyone, I went to my doctor for some joint pain and swelling with alot of pain. The nurse came in to prick my finger for my levels. The doctor came in and told me my blood was too thin, to stop taking the coumadin (warfarin) for a few days and come back and have it retested. I take the maxium dose of coumadin that is allowed. I was wondering what others have had for advice when their blood is to thin? I am concerned not taking nothing for a few days, especially with the problems I am having in my joints. I have also experience alot of dizziness. She said this was because of my thin blood circulating. Has anyone experience their blood to thin? I feel weird not taking it since I have been on it since 2000 when I lost a kidney. Could the dizziness really be from the thin blood? I have NEVER been to thin! Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, bamas01woman
DVT with 3 blood clotting disorders
bamas01woman replied to Juwels Morrison's topic in ThrombophiliaHey there, Juwels, I was wondering on the pain in your knee, when you mentioned it moving around...how so? I have been to the doctor and she said it brutitis, and put on some meds for it. I haven't had bloodclots in my legs but have other places. Thanks, bamas01woman
Hey, I was wondering although I have never had a blood clot in my legs, but am on coumadin for life, do I need the stockings. Would they help me? Is it a good idea for prevention? I don't do sports anymore , now I get to tired and my legs feel like jello afterwards and cramp alot, all I do is nessacary things around the house. I would like to get back into something. The doctor said it was brutitis- brusing from the kicking. That my legs just weren't use to being used to much. bamas01woman
Hello there, Swim dude, I am glad you started this topic. I am/was a veryyyyy active person until I was diagnosed and put on coumadin. I even sold most of my riding horses from "the gitters" of being scared. My two children are in karate, they have a dedication for it. About a week ago my daughter asked me to watch her do some of her kicks on a punching bag. Watching their practices ..seeing it and doing it are totally different, but nevertheless here I go showing her and kicked the bag. A few times. I didn't feel anything at first but the next day my knee was sore, then my ankle. Over the next few days I was hurting. I thought it could be a clot, but my other knee and ankle started hurting, then my elbow and wrist. Hurt is not describing the pain....but then after a few hours of laying down it isn't so bad. Then I am up again and after about 30 min. or an hour I am hurting again. When I put my feet up they throb. I am 29, am a little built from 22 years of gymnastics (that I gave up when diagnosed with psd). I am going to the doctor to check this out but was wondering any info on anyone having this.....my doctor is great but I am the only psd patient these parts have heard of. Is there any tests that I should asked to be performed in our "not so modern" hospital. I have never had this problem before. Thanks to any advice. bamas01woman


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The IPO could raise $53 million, according to a Bloomberg report. KinderWorld is aiming to start selling shares as soon as the second half of 2018.
The schools operator has received interest from international investors who are hoping that a rise in incomes will translate into increased education spending.
The group has recently expanded into Malaysia and Australia, and aims to expand further in Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia.
The KinderWorld offering comes on the back of MindChamps PreSchool IPO in November 2017 on the Singapore stock market that raised S$49 million.
The group's website shows that KinderWorld was founded in 1986 in Singapore and expanded abroad starting in the late 1990s. It now has 17 campuses in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.
The company's Pegasus International College, based in Danang, Vietnam, provides post-secondary education courses in hospitality, tourism and culinary arts.


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NEW ORLEANS – Dirk Nowitzki skipped out to the perimeter, joining Jason Kidd as they attempted to trap Chris Paul.
Paul promptly let them know they were in for a long night, knifing into the lane on the dribble and dropping in a pretty floater.
As brilliant as Paul was in his playoff debut last weekend, his encore was better.
Paul had 32 points and a franchise playoff-record 17 assists, leading New Orleans to a 127-103 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night that gave the Hornets a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.
The old record was 15 assists, set by Muggsy Bogues in 1993.
"Sitting there watching Chris really develop into the best point guard in this league, it's amazing to watch how he's really risen his game to another level," Hornets coach Byron Scott said. "But that's what great players do. He's definitely one of the best in this league right now."
David West scored 27 points and Peja Stojakovic 22 for New Orleans, which took a double-digit lead in the second quarter, led by as much as 25 in the third and never looked back.
Tyson Chandler had his second double-double of the series with 10 points and 11 rebounds despite playing with foul trouble. Morris Peterson scored 12 points and reserve guard Jannero Pargo had 10 for New Orleans, which was 10 of 18 on 3-point attempts, with Stojakovic hitting 5 of 7.
Magic 104, Raptors 103
ORLANDO, Fla. – Dwight Howard had 29 points and 20 rebounds, his second consecutive 20-20 game, and Orlando took a 2-0 lead over Toronto in their first-round playoff series.
Chris Bosh had 29 points and 10 rebounds for Toronto, but missed a 19-footer with 1.9 seconds left that could have won the game. Jason Kapono scored 20 points, Jose Calderon had 18 and Carlos Delfino 16 for the Raptors, who host Game 3 on Thursday.
Spurs 102, Suns 96
SAN ANTONIO – Tony Parker scored 32 points to lead San Antonio to a Game 2 victory after Phoenix gave away another double-digit, first-half lead. The Spurs took a 2-0 lead in the series.
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This is the Keep It Simple Series that I share on Fridays. The 5 simplest twitter tips below are for beginners, but sometimes we all could use a reminder.
- Use a photo, logo, cartoon for your avatar. Do not leave it as the generic egg- shape…it makes it look like you might be a spammer.
- Create a bio. It doesn't have to be perfect or include everything about you, but share something. If there is nothing in the bio and someone is thinking about following you, they might decide to pass.
- Retweet/Reply to other people. No one likes to be talked to with a megaphone, engage with other people.
- Look at the people you follow. Are they sharing things that interest you? Are they engaging with you and/or other followers? If not, don't follow them.
- Report spammers. If someone sends you a tweet to check out a link, look at their tweet stream. If every tweet looks the same as the one they sent you, they are a spammer…report them…please.
Hope these twitter tips are helpful. Feel free to add any additional tips in the comments.


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Steel Spirit (Trainer class)
Steel Spirit is a type of Trainer that first debuted in Generation IV. So far, they have only appeared in Pokémon Battle Revolution.
This type of Trainer can be utilized as a custom character by having either a Young Boy or a Young Girl with at least 3 Steel-type Pokémon on a Custom Pass.
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Acai Bowl Remake
I don't know if you've tried an Acai bowl yet, but if you haven't, you should. There are claims that Acai (ah-sigh-EE) prevents and cures all kinds of ailments, but mostly I just like berries of all sorts. I bought some frozen packets of Acai at Trader Joe's a while back on a whim. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Hint: Don't eat those packets straight-up because they are bitter!
Doing it wrong? Yeah, I was.
I figured I was doing it wrong because who in their right mind would eat something that sour and bitter? So I decided to go try someone else's version, preferably someone that knew what they were doing. I had to go to the paint store and there's a Rico's Acai Bowl food truck in the same parking lot.
They have several bowl options but we chose the Rainbow Bowl in size small. It was $9.50 and I left a $2 tip. I know that fresh fruit is expensive and also labor costs factor into the price here. To me, it was worth the price to find out how Acai is supposed to taste in order for me to make it myself at home. Now I'm sharing what I've learned with you 😉
The bowl is granola on the bottom, a layer of Acai, then a layer of sliced bananas, and finally the "rainbow" of raspberries, strawberries, mango, pineapple, kiwi, and blueberries.
To be honest, I was hesitant to dig in because it was almost too pretty to eat. I shared this treat with my daughter and we ate it in the front seat of the car. The secret: Acai is supposed to be sweet! I looked online and saw that most recipes include a banana and/or maple syrup blended with the frozen Acai packets. Why didn't I think of that?
Now to make my own version!
I've done smoothie bowls, but I usually put the smoothie I've made in a bowl and then top it with granola or chia seeds. So I set out to replicate this Acai bowl experience for a fraction of the cost. Fresh mangos were $1 each, the whole pineapple was around $2, kiwis were $5 for a box of around 12 kiwis, bananas are 19 cents each (I think) at Trader Joe's, and Acai packets are around $1 each (pack of 4 runs around $4). I skipped raspberries because they are a bit spendy here, and I can't eat strawberries so I omitted those as well. I spent around the cost of one bowl ($12) for ingredients to make several Acai bowls.
If you want to try an Acai bowl, or you need a safe meal/snack on the go, I wouldn't feel too bad about splurging on one of these. But I eat a smoothie bowl pretty much every day once the weather gets warm, so I need a more affordable alternative.
Add some granola and you have a filling snack perfect for a sunny day! I put my granola on top because I like more crunch.
An even more thrifty option!
If you don't like Acai or can't find it, you can make an endless variety of smoothie bowls! Buy whichever frozen fruits you like (preferably on sale) and blend with plant milk and plant-based yogurt. I like to fill (okay, more like stuff) my blender with frozen mango and frozen pineapple with a small container of vanilla almond or soy yogurt. I add enough almond milk to make it blend smoothly. I eat about 1.5 cups of this and store the rest in mason jars in the freezer. Then whenever I want a smoothie, all I have to do is thaw it. Optional: top with seasonal fresh fruits that are on sale, sliced bananas, or granola. My smoothies this week will be topped with chunks of the $2 pineapple I bought at Sprouts.
Tip: You don't have to buy those "fruit and veggie" smoothie blends (unless you want to or you're mad good at double couponing). The store-brand bags of mixed frozen fruit are a less expensive option, but they all seem to have strawberries, which I can't eat. I look to see what else is in them and then I buy the fruits separately. I even found frozen coconut chunks at Trader Joe's, which I'm kind of excited to try!


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Avinash Jain is currently a senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He's the CEO and Founder of TheCodex, an online educational platform focused on bringing the best programming content to hundreds of thousands of students around the world.
His programming journey began at the age of 10, starting off with simple Python scripts to crawl the weather. Since then, he's worked at numerous companies and is professionally experienced in Python, iOS Development and Web Development. He's launched a plethora of applications in the App Store amassing thousands of downloads. Additionaly, he's competed and won in several hackathons around the world including PennApps and NWHacks.
Avinash has a passion to teach - his enthusiasm and love for programming is evident in every video. For the past 7 years he's been an instructor on Udemy and he loves motivating and enabling others to pursue their programming dreams. He hopes to help students realize the power of programming and jumpstart their careers through his courses.
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I know Jack the Ripper and Jack Palance.
I know Master Card, the King of Finance.
I know how laundry breaks up into two.
I know
how to get and hold the blues.
I know
that if lovers forget how to be
naked as the moon swimming in the sea,
and babies in cribs forgot how to rock,
and all that starts going forgets how to stop,
and my soul and my body
no longer speak,
and the pen I push no longer squeaks,
and my words dry up in the middle
of a phrase,
and this goes on
for days and days,
and you, the axis on which my world turns
leaves me to shatter,
and I have to learn
that all I've strived for is sheer vanity —- then
I don't know what
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We have often written that tattoos, certain headwear or other garb, and grooming habits, are not per se covered by Title VII. That is, an employer can reject for hiring or otherwise discriminate against any person the basis of the above criteria.
Indeed, we just wrote (on March 2nd) about "lookism" or "beauty bias," and said that there is nothing in the statute that prevents an employer from discriminating against someone who does not fit a "looks" requirement.
But not so fast! We have also written a lot about how employment decisions based upon tattoos, certain headwear or other garb, and grooming habits may, in fact, run afoul of Title VII's prohibiition against religious discrimination. How, you ask? Certain religions may require their adherents to conform to certain appearances, either clothing, body decoration or certain grooming habits. And employers may be required to accommodate such practices. For example, take a look at some of our more recent posts dealing with relevant religious discrimination cases which are arising with greater frequency, as are workplace bias cases based upon obesity — weight and height discrimination: October 16, 2013; July 9, 2012; February 11, 2011).
In order to make sense of all of this, and provide guidance for employers (which we always have tried to do), the EEOC has just published a report on "how federal employment discrimination law applies to religious dress and grooming practices, and what steps employers can take to meet their legal responsibilities in this area."
As if to underscore the need for such guidance, the Justice Department just sued the School District of Philadelphia for requiring a Muslim police officer to trim his beard under a new grooming policy which requires school police officers not to have a beard longer than a quarter-inch. He claims that his religion forbids this. An EEOC spokesman said: "No employee should be forced to violate his religious beliefs in order to earn a living. Modifying a dress or grooming code is a reasonable accommodation that enables employees to keep working without posing an undue hardship on the employer." (United States of America v. School District of Philadelphia, case number 2:14-cv-01334, Eastern District of Pennsylvania).
In its guidance, the EEOC nicely sums up the examples that our readers are already familiar with:
"Examples of religious dress and grooming practices include wearing religious clothing or articles (e.g., a Muslim hijab (headscarf), a Sikh turban, or a Christian cross); observing a religious prohibition against wearing certain garments (e.g., a Muslim, Pentecostal Christian, or Orthodox Jewish woman's practice of not wearing pants or short skirts), or adhering to shaving or hair length observances (e.g., Sikh uncut hair and beard, Rastafarian dreadlocks, or Jewish peyes (sidelocks))."
The EEOC then gives a brief Q and A, illustrated by examples, that we exhort all employers to read, since you are bound to come across such cases — they are no longer rare.
The key to all of this for employers, in our opinion? Accommodation.
As the EEOC puts it:
"Title VII requires an employer, once it is aware that a religious accommodation is needed, to accommodate an employee whose sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance conflicts with a work requirement, unless doing so would pose an undue hardship. Therefore, when an employer's dress and grooming policy or preference conflicts with an employee's known religious beliefs or practices, the employer must make an exception to allow the religious practice unless that would be an undue hardship on the operation of the employer's business."
Go to it and read it – now!


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Have you ever wondered how to efficiently manage and and share a collection of more than 15,000 research videos? "With MiVideo, of course!" says Melinda Kraft, ITS Teaching and Learning service manager.
MiVideo is the university's streaming media service, powered by Kaltura, and is approved for use with certain types of sensitive data. "It's a great option for studies that use video heavily because it enables research teams to work more efficiently and securely," says Kraft.
That's what a group of researchers from the School of Public Health, Medical School, and the Center for Human Growth and Development discovered. The researchers are studying the relationship of early childhood eating behaviors to factors such as weight gain, growth, and obesity risk. Before MiVideo, study videos were stored on a file server. "[With the old server]…granting access to collaborators and staff was cumbersome and the organizational system was not as sophisticated as in MiVideo," says Julie Lumeng, one of the researchers.
What used to be a laborious process for student research assistants is now done in just a few clicks. After logging in to their project's Mediaspace site with their U-M Weblogin credentials, they can quickly find and view the videos, watching for observational protocols and recording the data in an external system.
Using automated bulk upload tools, Alice Guo, a coding coordinator for one of these studies, has uploaded those 15,000 videos using CSV files that contain media file information. Kaltura automates the process, matching the metadata in her CSV to the video files, freeing Guo up to do other tasks.
Other MiVideo features that teams value are:
- Free unlimited file storage and streaming
- Automatic conversion of any format video file to mp4 format for easy playback
- MCommunity integration and restricted channels that make setting up access fast and easy
According to Sean DeMonner, executive director of teaching and learning, "Adding unlimited storage to our contract is what enabled us to offer MiVideo to the entire U-M community free of charge." In addition to being an invaluable resource for research projects, MiVideo is also integrated into Canvas at UM-Ann Arbor and UM-Dearborn, and Blackboard at UM-Flint. MiVideo also offers closed captioning, lecture capture, and personal screen recording tools. To learn more about MiVideo, visit the website and request a consultation.
(Amanda Brown, ITS Teaching & Learning Intern, contributed to this article.)


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In his 1975 Bongo Fury Tour with Frank Zappa's band, Captain Beefheart delivers his blues-infused vocals in what I feel is the quintessential version of "The Torture Never Stops" (part one, above; part two, below). I've heard other vocalists sing this song, but besides the Zappa sung version, only Don Van Vliet ever truly made this song his own. I've always wondered why this version wasn't released on 'Bongo Fury' and then released so late (almost like an afterthought) on 'You Can Do That On Stage Anymore, Volume 4' and 'Cheap Thrills'?
Bongo Fury Tour Band:
Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar
Denny Walley – vocals, slide guitar
Captain Beefheart – vocals, harmonica
Napoleon Murphy Brock – saxophone, vocals
George Duke – keyboards, vocals
Bruce Fowler – trombone, dancer
Tom Fowler – bass, dancer
Terry Bozzio – drums
"The Torture Never Stops", (Music Hall, Boston, MA, 27 Apr 1975, Late Show)


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I've set up code coverage tools for python many times before, but have always
found the process rather cumbersome and difficult to understand with fragmented
and frequently incorrect information out there. In an effort to improve this
situation, I decided to write this article focusing on producing coverage with
my usual tools of choice:
pytest with
pytest-cov (which uses
Your mileage my vary with different test runners, but the issues flagged up here will help debug coverage collection issues for any test runner.
One of the main problems arising in collecting code coverage in python is
not knowing which version of the code you're running your tests against. Now you
might think this is ridiculous, and how could you not know which version of code
you're running tests against, but with tools like
tox that install your package into a
virtualenv per python interpreter version, you'll not be testing against the
code in the root of your project folder, but rather that contained in
.tox/pyXX/lib/pythonX.X/site-packages/mypackage. This is quite easy to
overlook and can result in frustration when you end up 0% coverage metrics.
To aid your experimentation/debugging I've also put together a
repo with example
project layouts showing the results of running
pytest in different ways with
different coverage configurations
The most common set up runs tests against the source code present in your project root. For this, the tools work pretty well and you'll only encounter a few hiccups.
We'll assume you have a package structure like this:
├── MANIFEST.in
├── README.rst
├── setup.py
├── tests
│ ├── test_blah.py
│ └── test_foo.py
└── mypackage
├── __init__.py
├── package_a
├── package_b
└── module_c.py
Running your tests would be accomplished by executing
PYTHONPATH=. pytest. The
reason for having to use
PYTHONPATH=. is that be default
pytest will remove
$PWD from
sys.path to avoid testing against the in-src package. This
behaviour holds, unless your
tests directory is a package, i.e. it contains a
__init__.py, quoting the
pytest docs:
… But now this introduces a subtle problem: in order to load the test modules from the tests directory, pytest prepends the root of the repository to sys.path, which adds the side-effect that now mypkg is also importable. This is problematic if you are using a tool like tox to test your package in a virtual environment, because you want to test the installed version of your package, not the local code from the repository.
Coverage can be collected by invoking
pytest --cov=mypackage tests.
Whilst these approaches are suitable if you're happy with collecting coverage against
your development install, you should probably be running your tests against an
installed version of your package to pick up any issues present in the packaging
phase of a build (e.g. missing files). We cover this approach in the next
section, but before moving on, a quick note about using a
src project layout
which can help mitigate some of the confusing behaviour when attempting to test
against the installed package.
src layout
The benefit of using a
src based layout is that your package is no longer
importable from the root project directory by default. This makes diagnosing
coverage collection issues considerably easier, especially when collecting
coverage against installed versions of your package.
If we modified the repository structure from the previous section to use a
layout, we'd end with this:
├── MANIFEST.in
├── README.rst
├── setup.py
├── tests
│ ├── test_blah.py
│ └── test_foo.py
└── src
└── mypackage
├── __init__.py
├── package_a
├── package_b
└── module_c.py
Now running tests would explicitly require the setting of
PYTHONPATH if we
wish to test against the development version we run
PYTHONPATH=src pytest, and
to collect coverage:
PYTHONPATH=src pytest --cov mypackage
Cristin Maries has a
good blog post
on the benefits of using a
src based
project layout which is worth reading. I personally use
src layouts for all my
new python projects as I've found it results in fewer headaches debugging
sys.path issues.
Whilst I've advocated testing against installed packages, there are a few issues
to be aware of in collecting coverage from an installed package.
The coverage paths (those reported by
coverage report and present in the
.coverage file) will be those to the installed version of package.
To get nice reports that are like
package/module.py rather than
you'll need to tell
coverage.py that these paths are equivalent, and then run
coverage combine command after running tests with coverage collection to
rewrite the long paths to short paths. To do
this we leverage the
[paths] configuration section of
source =
Collecting coverage now and generating a report will go something like this:
$ pytest --cov mypackage
$ coverage combine
$ coverage report
The coverage report produced by
pytest will have the long paths, but once
coverage report will have the short paths.
If you're having issues with collecting coverage, I urge you to check out the accompanying repository to this post that has example projects with multiple layouts and shows common mistakes in configuring coverage and their fixes.


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