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Join us for an evening of multidisciplinary theatre,
dance, and music by the next generations of creators
at the 31st annual Weesageechak Begins to Dance!?
Tuesday November 20, 2018 | Aki Studio
For more details & tickets, click here.
Jenn Forgie recently returned to her home province of Ontario after many years living on the West Coast, to reconnect with the arts community and to continue her personal journey to deepen her connection with her Métis and French Canadian roots. Her passion, in her work as an artist and personal life, is to explore our collective and individual experiences around the issues of belonging, identity, and community.
She is proud to be one of the 8 women artists in Aluna Theatre's upcoming production of?The Solitudes?under the visionary direction of Bea Pizano. While Jenn has been a writer for most of her life, this is her first time bringing her work to the public.
Marsi and Chi Miigwetch to Native Earth's Animikiig Creators Unit leaders for this incredible opportunity and very special thanks to Marjorie Chan for her mentorship!
Frances Koncan is an Anishinaabe writer and director from Couchiching First Nation. She holds a MFA in Playwrighting from the City University of New York – Brooklyn College. She is the recent winner of 2017 Winnipeg Arts Council RBC On the Rise award. Her play,?zahgidiwin/love?was developed at Weesageechak 29 and went on to win the 2016 Harry Rintoul Award for Best Play at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.?Her most recent play?Riot Resist Revolt Repeat?was developed at Weesageechak 30.
Smith Purdy?is a performer and writer from the Kespu'kwitk district of Mi'Kmaq territory. Their artwork reflects their unique perspective as a Two-Spirited person with autism, looking at familiar subjects from unexpected angles. Lately, Smith has been thinking a lot about insects.
Natalie Sappier-Samaqani Cocahq (The Water Spirit) is a Wolastoqiyik Indigenous multidisciplinary artist from Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick. She began her art practice as a painter and designer, painting with style of storytelling that is rooted from Wolastoqiyik motifs. She is inspired by Wabanaki Lands and teachings, a symbolic movement she calls "dancing the four directions" which represent emotions, dance, spirit and song.
Painting and storytelling keeps her close to her Indigenous ways of being, keeping her awake and learning. She realized early in her painting career that she was not painting just for herself, but for her people – she was painting for her ancestors.
Today as she stands in the Wolastoq waters, she is witnessing our language being lost, our lands in pain, and our water crying. She feels that our stories need to be heard louder than a painting can speak. She began her path to open her spirit to learn courage to share her songs, and strength within her voice and words to share stories expressed with Indigenous heart for our people to hear and to others to learn – through our voice, through our movement from our spirit.
Olivia Shortt is a Toronto-based saxophonist (Anishinaabe-Irish) from Nipissing First Nation. She has performed with Polaris Prize winner Tanya Tagaq as a member of the Element Choir, opened for Arcade Fire's Sarah Neufeld in the Dialectica Saxophone Quartet, and recorded Robert Lemay's?Fragments Noirs?with her duo Stereoscope two kilometres underground in a Neutrino Lab (SnoLab).
Ty (Tyler J) Sloane is a mixed race (Ojibwe/East Asian/Irish/Iberian) and Queer (Two-Spirit/Non-Binary) multidisciplinary artist. Ty has a focus in performance art as well as theatre having previously participated in Pride Toronto festival stages for political public performances and the Burlesque stage, in the Paprika Festival as a director (Witness of Obsession and Desire), as an actor at Factory Theatre (Scanner), and is presently working with the Switch Project Residency through Buddies in Bad Times Theatre which focuses on political performance.
As an artist, Ty continues to unpack many intersectionalities within their community and identity, and further develop their own understanding and journey on how identity and live performance intersect and marry. Ty's grateful for the various support from Native Earth, the community, friends, and most importantly their mum. Miigwetch.
Quelemia Sparrow is an actor, writer, and director from the Musqueam Nation. She graduated from Studio 58's Acting program and the Langara Film Arts program in Screenwriting.
Some of Quelemia's acting theatre credits include:?The Bakkhai?(Stratford Festival);?The Komagata Maru Incident?(Stratford Festival);?The Snow Queen?(Globe Theatre);?Our Town?(Osimous Theatre);?The Edward Curtis Project?(GCTC/NAC);?The Penelopiad?(Arts Club);?August: Osage County?(Arts Club);?Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout?(Firehall Arts Centre);?Where the Blood Mixes?(Playhouse/WCT). Various film and television credits include:?Clouds of Autumn; Fringe; V; Sanctuary 2; Blackstone; Unnatural and Accidental; Da Vinci's City Hall; Dead Zone,?and?Da Vinci's Inquest?for which she won a Leo Award for Best Female Guest Appearance.
Writing credits include: A podplay for Neworld Theatre and Raven Spirit Dance called?Ashes on the Water; Salmon Girl?(Raven Spirit Dance);?Women in Papiyek (Full Circle Theatre);?The Pipeline Project?(Itsazoo and Savage Society);?O'wet/Lost Lagoon?(Alley Theatre).
Diana Belshaw worked across Canada as a performer, director, dramaturge, and educator for over 40 years; recently Mieko Ouchi's?Burning Mom?(fu-GEN) and?The Unplugging?(Factory Theatre). She spent 18 years developing the intercultural acting program at Humber College, known for development of artist/creators. She has received both a Harold Award and the Maggie Bassett Award from Theatre Ontario.


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Mumbai: Actor Imran Khan, who plays a goon of 80s in `Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai Again`, took inspiration from Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff to play his part and is happy to have learnt their styles.
As a part of his research on getting into the skin of the character, Imran watched a lot of films featuring actors Kapoor and Shroff to understand how things were back then in 80s.
"As I had to go back to 80s for my role in the film, I based my character on actors like Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff. I watched a lot of films of these two actors to understand how things were back then. It was great to copy best actors like them," Imran told reporters here last night at the first look launch of the film.
Imran, 30, who has been a part of films like `Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na`, `Delhi Belly`, `I Hate Luv Storys` and `Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola`, says he does not think of setting an image for himself in his films.
"I have not thought of my image. People talk about my image change as I do `Delhi Belly` and `Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola`. But I never think about it that way. I only look at the script as an audience and think if I would want to watch this film or not," Imran said.
"I don`t have a career plan. If I find a story entertaining then I do it. I go with my gut feeling and not think about what will work and what will not," the actor added.
Directed by Milan Luthria, the film is a sequel to the 2010 hit film of the same name. The second instalment, starring Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Imran in the lead, will release on Eid this year.


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World Cup Group E: Denmark vs. Japan and Netherlands vs. Cameroon
Denmark vs. Japan is the match to watch this afternoon in Group E: Japan advances with a win or a tie, while Denmark needs to win. The Netherlands has already clinched a spot in the round of 16 and has all but clinched first place in the group because of its goal-differential edge over Japan and Denmark, so there isn't much at stake in its game against already-eliminated Cameroon.
For Denmark-Japan game stats, click here, and for in-game commentary, click here.
For Netherlands-Cameroon game stats, click here, and for in-game commentary, click here.
For online streaming of the game, click here.
Matt Bonesteel
June 24, 2010; 1:28 PM ET
Categories: 2010 World Cup
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Surprised to see a normal Dutch lineup.
Posted by: Reignking | June 24, 2010 2:24 PM | Report abuse
Wondering if the Dutch will smoke Bong in this match.
Posted by: DadRyan | June 24, 2010 2:49 PM | Report abuse
Honda looks like he's good for another 200,000 miles.
Posted by: benonthehill | June 24, 2010 2:50 PM | Report abuse
Surprised to see a NORML Dutch lineup.
Posted by: Reignking
Posted by: DadRyan | June 24, 2010 2:54 PM | Report abuse
Amazing strike by Honda.
Posted by: hateisnotafamilyvalue | June 24, 2010 2:57 PM | Report abuse
Have the Japanese already been booked twice for 'time wasting'??
Through 20 minutes?
That's ridiculous refereeing.
Very nice free kick from Honda...
Posted by: JkR- | June 24, 2010 2:59 PM | Report abuse
...and another from Endo! There's the free kicks!
And they certainly haven't wasted any time.
It's gone all pear shaped for the Danes...
Posted by: JkR- | June 24, 2010 3:03 PM | Report abuse
Why can't Nigel de Jong be Italian? He may be my least favorite player on the planet...
Posted by: JacobfromAtlanta-ish | June 24, 2010 3:03 PM | Report abuse
@ReignKing: My understanding for the normal Dutch lineup is that they rested a bunch of regulars against Argentina in the group stage finale in '06, then lost in the round of 16 to Portugal. And in Euro 2008 they rested their guys in the group stage finale, then lost to Russia. Lesson learned, I guess.
Posted by: mark_fitzhenry | June 24, 2010 3:08 PM | Report abuse
Interesting to note that ESPN has chosen to put Japan - Denmark on the flagship, which has very little star power but serious implications to the tournament itself.
Samuel Eto'o and the flashy Dutch on ESPN2.
Sport over celebrity on ESPN! Who'd a thought?
ESPN really has done a fine job with this tournament, Lalas notwithstanding.
Posted by: JkR- | June 24, 2010 3:12 PM | Report abuse
Dadryan, I hate "fyp" but that was nicely done.
And Honda drove that ball from miles out.
Posted by: Reignking | June 24, 2010 3:22 PM | Report abuse
I'm thinking the US could make a nice run in this tournament...
Posted by: wordup1 | June 24, 2010 4:22 PM | Report abuse
RK FTW I hate FYP too, but I was on a (sushi) roll.......;/
Posted by: DadRyan | June 24, 2010 5:20 PM | Report abuse
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Walk-in or skype interview for the post of a Project Assistant in a research project funded by the Wellcome Trust/DBT intermediate fellowship
Title: Cloning, expression and purification of mammalian proteins involved in cell-adhesion
This project aims to clone, express and purify long-chain molecules involved in cell-adhesion for structural and biophysical studies
We are an interdisciplinary research group who use single molecule techniques to understand biology quantitatively. To know more about our research interests, please visit our web-page.
Positions: One
Duration: One year and extendable up to 2 years upon evaluation. Candidates may need to travel to Germany for using Synchrotron facilities.
Emoluments: As per IISER Mohali
Essential Qualifications:
The applicants should hold a master degree in Biological /Physical Sciences/Bioengineering/Biotechnology, and have a strong training in cloning, protein expression, and purification.
Additional weightage will be given to candidates having expertise on protein expression in mammalian/ insect cell-lines and functionality studies. Expertise in FPLC, GEL-electrophoresis, CD are highly desirable. It is also essential that the candidates have strong interests in learning some of the state-of-the art single molecule techniques we routinely perform in lab using AFM and fluorescence microscope. Interested applicants should email the completely filled application form attached here and a 1-page cover letter (describing their past accomplishments, research interests and career goals in three paragraphs) to: email@example.com / email@example.com.
Submission Deadline for Full Application: 25th November, 2017
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Joining Date: Latest by 15th December, 2017
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Centre for Protein Science, Design and Engineering
Department of Chemical Sciences
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Myaskovsky, Copland and Liszt
Thats not a bad harvest for the latter half of a single week in London April 29, 30 and May 1, the middle symphony in the Barbican, the other two in the Festival Hall. At the Barbican Antonio Pappano led the London Symphony Orchestra; for the other two Vladimir Jurowsky the Philharmonic, all performances exemplary.
We don't hear much of Nikolay Myaskovsky's symphonies; did he flood the market, with twenty-seven of them? I cherish the only one I know, which is number 6 in E flat minor, Opus 23, 1923, particularly for its helter-skelter scherzo (with a slow flute trio of enchantment) and its luscious slow movement. The opening movement is frantically romantic, full of tension and silent gasping pauses; the finale is a bit of a let-down, so desperately jolly as if sucking up to the party bosses; quoting French Revolutionary songs somehow doesn't help. Jurowsky conducted it as if his life depended on it. It is a long work, its course stated in the programme to be 75 minutes but Jurowsky passed the post at 62.
Copland kept his symphonic tally down to three and the Third Symphony is also long. By 1946 he had established himself as American's most prominent composer and felt he had to make a statement. He did. It is a fine work yet has elements in it that are overblown, bordering on the portentous. Some of the finest moments are those in which this urban Jewish composer manages to evoke the wide open parts of his continent with widely spaced ethereal high notes, nothing in the middle, supported by a strong bass. The finale is preluded by the Fanfare for the Common Man which became so popular that it/is often played by itself, even used for commercials! Pappano gave it the works. God bless America!
The cliché has it that the Devil always gets the best tunes but in Liszt's A Faust Symphony in three Characteristic Pictures the Devil steals the tunes of Faust and Gretchen and twists them, mangles them, parodies them in the finale; the first two movements being portraits of Faust and his loved one. Liszt does not tell the story at all, he sketches the characters of all three, except for one episode in Gretchen when the music seems to be saying: "He loves me: he loves me not".. Sometimes it appears almost as if Liszt is improvising, not at the piano as he was frequently apt to do but on the orchestra. A section comes to an end and the textures pares down to a single line, as if Liszt was wondering what to do next. Sometimes, notably in the symphonic poem Orpheus and in Gretchen, Liszt put aside his virtuoso habits and his devilish complexities and wrote gentle, purely lyrical music. There are some longueurs in the symphony but on the whole the work goes ahead meaningfully and poetically. The melodic material is memorable. And Liszt makes sure that we know the tunes by repeating them again. Faust, the first movement is dramatic, searching and often frantic; Gretchen is graceful, lyrical and as beautiful as Goethe portrays her. Mephistopoles is Allegro vivace, ironico, he has no tunes of his own but transforms the themes of his victims. How to end?
Liszt sums up with an epilogue of almost political correctitude although he calls it a mystical chorus (with tenor solo) proclaiming that "everything is transitory... eternal womanhood leads us on high!! ... das Ewig weibliche!".
Liszt finished his Faust Symphony in 1857. At the very beginning Faust has a motive that seems to question, with notes of the whole-tone scale, a device that looks to the future of melody and harmony, a pioneering gesture all Liszt's own. The transformation of themes owes much to the Symphonic Fantastique that Berlioz composed some twenty years earlier.
The symphony was passionately and superbly played. Jurowsky solved the problem of the final by employing an eighty-strong chorus. Too often the final chorus is sung by a small body so that the performance ends in anti-climax. Not so here; Liszt's symphony ended powerfully.


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Over the past few years, if you owned a co-op in New York City, pretty much the only way you could tap into the equity of your apartment and extract some cash was by refinancing your entire mortgage.
"When interest rates were dropping, it was a smart move. You could often refinance into a lower-interest rate loan and take cash out without changing your monthly mortgage payments," says Brittney Baldwin, National Cooperative Bank's HELOC loan officer. "But with rates inching back up, taking cash out when you refinance means your monthly payments will be higher—on top of the $2,000 to $3,000 it costs to refinance."
With refinancing less attractive and home values rising, the home equity line of credit (HELOC) has sprung back to life. Unlike a traditional mortgage refinance, a HELOC essentially allows you to treat your apartment like a credit card and costs only a few hundred dollars to set up (the exact price ranges depending on the value of the home).
"We've seen co-op owners take out HELOCs to pay tuition bills and assessments, as well as to renovate or to consolidate credit card debt," says Baldwin. "You borrow what you need, when you need it, and pay it back over time," she says.
Interest rates for HELOCs are set at a certain percentage above the prime rate. Unlike a fixed-rate mortgage, your rate can fluctuate over time, but it shouldn't be more than 1 or 2 percent above the prime rate, depending on the terms of your lender.
National Cooperative Bank, which specializes in financing co-op apartments, currently offers HELOCs at a primary residence at an interest rate of prime to prime plus 1 percent, depending on a buyer's credit qualifications. With prime at 5 percent right now, that translates to rates at 5 to 6 percent. And during the first 10 years, you only have to pay interest on what you borrow.
"After 10 years, you pay off the balance over a term of up to 20 years," says Baldwin.
Most lenders, including National Cooperative Bank, will allow you to borrow 70-80 percent of your apartment's appraised value. "So if your place is worth $1 million and you have an existing $500,000 mortgage, you'll be able to finance an additional $200,000-300,000, bringing your total debt to $700,000-$800,000," she explains.
While some co-ops don't allow HELOCs, most give the green light and don't even ask what the money is for, says Baldwin, noting that "occasionally, they will limit the amount you can borrow to 50 percent of your apartment's appraised value."
And a HELOC is not your only option, either. NCB is now offering a home equity loan with 5-, 10- or 15-year fixed-rate options for buyers (rates depend on credit qualifications). A home equity loan is different than a HELOC because you borrow all the money at closing and you're required to pay principal and interest payments on a monthly basis. "Typically if the owner has a set project, and they want a fixed rate, they choose a home equity loan," says Baldwin. The guidelines are the same as in the case of a HELOC.
Brittney Baldwin is vice president and HELOC loan officer for National Cooperative Bank. Contact her at 866-499-3517 or firstname.lastname@example.com
More from National Cooperative Bank:
5 ways to get a lower mortgage rate
Get the 411 on financing an investment property
Top 12 questions New Yorkers ask their mortgage bankers
4 good reasons to refinance your super's apartment


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It is the season of the free-range couch.
Perhaps the warm and (mostly) sunny weather inspires some folks to set their belongings adrift, thinking that fresh air and more flattering lighting will tempt some sucker to adopt the broken down chair or abandoned construction debris. And though some items are tarted up with a "free" sign, these urban castaways litter street corners and arterials on Queen Anne.
To be clear, I am not talking about the real serviceable free items — leftovers from yard sales, a perfectly fine, but no longer needed bi-fold door and the like — that at times are left outside homes for any and all takers. Rather, the items I am focusing on here are… well…trashy. No one in their right mind wants the stained (ew!) mattress that has been left leaning against the street sign. Or the recliner with cushions bursting its stuffing. The depositor of said items on the street (and isn't it mysterious how these items seem to mushroom overnight?) are just too damn (1) lazy, (2) cheap or (3) both lazy and cheap to properly dispose of their junk at the Disposal Station.
What to do if there is an abandoned couch or dot-matrix printer in your part of the 'hood? Seattle Public Utilities has a hotline (doesn't that sound dramatic and Batphone-ish?) for the reporting of illegal dumping. People can also fill out an Online Report Form to notify the City of the dumped items. Public Utilities will then send out a field inspector to assess the situation and to clean it up as per public ordinances. Of course, our tax dollars pay for the disposal of these items. But better that, I suppose, than see the couch host a mold colony or become the bachelor pad for the area's rat population.
In the meantime, a quick survey of Queen Anne arterials this week has more than a few items up for grabs. Want a backless turquoise sofa? Or does your taste run to a few Hefty sacks filled with garbage? If so, let me know. I will let you know where to pick them up.


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Casitas Lake, Ojai, Pastel
Painting for the Joy of it...
I like to think of my painting as revealing more that the eye can see. I give great attention to "finding a sense of place", being mindful of the light and colors of the moment and the particulars of the space I am in.
Composing when settled on a subject or a distant scene, I then sketch quickly to really see the essence of what I want to paint, making small thumbnail value studies called Notons to further my knowledge of the scene. The value sketch is set down as reference then I sketch with dry brush on a pre-ground canvas to again note shadows that tie the composition together. I touch the canvas with color notes covering mid tones and darks to define the shapes. Attention to surrounding the subject with a platform of background color and slowly mold the painting. I stop when the light changes, come back again, if possible, or finish in studio.
I like to paint in the environment or from life; I am most alive and most peaceful when painting. The environment is a wonderful workplace. I hope you find joy and discovery in my images.


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If Packers defensive lineman B.J. Raji ends up taking the one-year deal he's reportedly close accepting, it will go down as one of the worst cases in recent memory of a player overestimating his market.
According to Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Packers had offered Raji both one- and two-year deals in an effort to keep him, with the one-year version coming in at $4 million.
While that gives him the chance to prove himself and re-enter the market, it's also well off the long-term deal the Packers offered, which was worth $8 million a year, with $20 million in guarantees.
Of course, depending on the way they use Raji, it might pay off down the road.
Head coach Mike McCarthy is beginning to assert himself a bit more on the defensive side of the ball, and if he uses Raji as more of a traditional nose tackle, it might give him more of a chance to look good in time for the next contract.


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There has been much debate about whether or not a microwave belongs in a Chowhound's kitchen, but fans of the appliance tend to sing the praises of Barbara Kafka, author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller Microwave Gourmet. Chowhound ozhead explains:
'Microwave Gourmet' has two sections: a bunch of actual recipes, and an alphabetical encyclopedia dealing with how to use the microwave oven to deal with a whole bunch of specific foods. The first section is about as useful as any cookbook, which is to say: not very, except as a springboard for ideas. The second section, however, is the reason my tattered copy of the book sits on top of the microwave oven and not on the shelves with the other cookbooks. It is invaluable.
And Chowhound Sherri adds, "The chapter on preserves & jams alone is an eye-opener." Now, I can get my head around nuked jams and soups, but I'm skeptical about Kafka's "perfect" microwaved trout. And I can't imagine what kind of oddly textured baked goods one would end up with, if one were to, say, make peanut butter blondies in the microwave, as Kafka did in a recent video. But that said, I've made a few completely sane and successful recipes from Kafka's Vegetable Love, so maybe I ought to give her microwave magic a chance. Has anybody tried any of her microwave recipes?


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2009-07-28 Table Topics Master: Lisa Lu
Q1: What's the best Christmas party you can imagine? (Scott Weaver)
Q2: If you want to earn 10 million dollars, how will you make it? (Kevin)
Q3: If you could be a superhero, which special power would you want to have? (Dr. Shane)
Q4: What's the best way to cool off on a hot day? (Marian)
Q5: What's your favorite board game? (Justin)
Q6: What family or school rule would you like to change the most? (Regina)
Q7: What's the first thing you usually do when you get home from a trip? (Letitia)
Q8: What's the most beautiful place you have ever seen? (Tammie)


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Biofuture Platform, a coalition of 20 leading countries in the clean energy and the bioeconomy fields was launched 16 November 2016 at COP22, Marrakech. The coalition of governments aim to accelerate development and scale-up the deployment of modern sustainable low-carbon alternatives to fossil based solutions in transport fuels, industrial processes, chemicals, plastics and other sectors.
The Biofuture Platform follows-up on the commitments established by Rio+20, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The initiative ́s ultimate goals will be to help in the global fight against climate change, nurturing solutions that can aid countries in reaching their Nationally Determined Contribution targets (NDCs), as well as to contribute towards the SDGs.
The list of participating countries to date includes Argentina, Brazil, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, India, Italy, Morocco, Paraguay, Sweden, the United States of America and Uruguay. A number of international organisations, such as IRENA, UNCTAD, IEA, FAO, and SE4ALL, as well as private sector associations and initiatives such as the WBCSD, ABBI, UNICA, and below50, are supporting this initiative.
Press release of Biofuture Platform is available to download here.


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Disability Evaluation Under Social Security
Part II - Evidentiary Requirements
Medical Evidence
Medical evidence is the cornerstone of the disability determination under both the title II and title XVI programs.
Each person who files a disability claim is responsible for providing medical evidence showing he or she has an impairment(s) and the severity of the impairment(s). However, the Social Security Administration (SSA), with the claimant's permission, will help the claimant get medical evidence from his or her own medical sources who have evaluated, examined, or treated the claimant for his or her impairment(s). SSA also requests copies of medical evidence from hospitals, clinics, or other health facilities when appropriate.
Claimants who provide SSA with timely, accurate, and complete information and evidence can help accelerate the processing of their claims.
Existence of an impairment
By law, SSA needs specific medical evidence to establish that a claimant has an impairment. SSA regulations require "objective medical evidence" from an "acceptable medical source" to establish that a claimant has a medically determinable impairment. The regulations define these terms.
Once the existence of an impairment is established, SSA considers all evidence from all medical and nonmedical sources to assess the extent to which a claimant's impairment(s) affects his or her ability to function in a work setting; or in the case of a child, the ability to function compared to that of children the same age who do not have impairments. Nonmedical sources include, but are not limited to: the claimant, educational personnel, public and private social welfare agency personnel, family members, caregivers, friends, neighbors, employers, and clergy.
Claimant's Responsibilities
A claimant must inform SSA about or submit all evidence known to him or her that relates to whether or not he or she is blind or disabled. This duty is ongoing and requires the claimant to disclose any additional related evidence about which he or she becomes aware throughout the administrative review process. The evidence must be complete and detailed enough for SSA to determine:
- The nature and severity of the claimant's impairment(s),
- How long the claimant has experienced the impairment(s), and
- Whether the claimant can still do work-related physical and mental activities with the impairment(s).
Consultative Examinations
If the evidence provided by the claimant's own medical sources is inadequate to determine if he or she is disabled, additional medical information may be sought by recontacting the medical source for additional information or clarification, or by arranging for a consultative examination (CE). Generally, a claimant's own medical source(s) is the preferred source to perform the needed examination or test, and SSA will pay the authorized fee for the CE. However, SSA may use an independent medical source other than the claimant's own medical source(s) to conduct the CE in several situations, such as:
- the claimant's own medical source(s) prefers not to perform the examination;
- the claimant's own medical source(s) does not have the equipment to provide the specific data needed;
- there are conflicts or inconsistencies in the file that cannot be resolved by going back to the claimant's own medical source(s);
- the claimant prefers another source and has good reason for doing so;
- SSA knows from prior experience that the claimant's own medical source(s) may not be a productive source; or
- the claimant's own medical source(s) is not qualified, as is defined by regulation.
Consultative Examination Report Content
A complete CE report will involve all the elements of a standard examination in the applicable medical specialty and should include the following elements:
- the claimant's major or chief complaint(s);
- a detailed description, within the area of specialty of the examination, of the history of the major complaint(s);
- a description, and disposition, of pertinent "positive" and "negative" detailed findings based on the history, examination, and laboratory tests related to the major complaint(s), and any other abnormalities or lack thereof reported or found during examination or laboratory testing;
- results of laboratory and other tests (for example, X-rays) performed according to the requirements stated in the Listing of Impairments (see Part III of this guide);
- the diagnosis and prognosis for the claimant's impairment(s);
- in claims for adults, a statement about what a claimant can still do despite his or her impairment(s) and whether the claimant has one or more impairment-related limitations or restrictions in the following abilities:
- The ability to perform physical demands of work activities, such as sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or other physical functions (including manipulative or postural functions, such as reaching, handling, stooping, or crouching);
- The ability to perform mental demands of work activities, such as understanding; remembering; maintaining concentration, persistence, or pace; carrying out instructions; or responding appropriately to supervision, co-workers, or work pressures in a work setting;
- The ability to perform other demands of work, such as seeing, hearing, or using other senses; and
- The ability to adapt to environmental conditions, such as temperature extremes or fumes;
- in claims for children under age 18, a statement about the child's impairment-related limitations and restrictions (as compared to children his or her age who do not have impairments) in:
- acquiring and using information;
- attending and completing tasks;
- interacting and relating with others;
- moving about and manipulating objects;
- caring for yourself; and
- heath and physical well-being; and
- the consultant 's consideration, and some explanation or comment on, the claimant's major complaint(s) and any other abnormalities found during the history and examination or reported from the laboratory tests. The history, examination, evaluation of laboratory test results, and the conclusions will represent the information provided by the consultant who signs the report.
Evidence Relating to Symptoms
In developing evidence of the effects of symptoms, such as pain, shortness of breath, or fatigue, on a claimant's ability to function, SSA investigates all avenues presented that relate to the complaints. These include evidence about:
- the claimant's daily activities;
- the location, duration, frequency, and intensity of the pain or other symptom;
- precipitating and aggravating factors;
- the type, dosage, effectiveness, and side effects of any medication;
- treatments, other than medications, for the relief of pain or other symptoms;
- any measures the claimant uses or has used to relieve pain or other symptoms; and
- other factors concerning the claimant's functional limitations due to pain or other symptoms.
In assessing the claimant's pain or other symptoms, SSA considers all of the above-mentioned factors. It is important that medical sources address these factors in the reports they provide.


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Most of the time I attribute my love of food and cooking to growing up with a mom and maternal grandmother who passed on their passion for food and their skill for preparing it to me. This past Mother's Day, however, I found myself thinking of my Dad and his influence on food in my life as I was preparing a special dinner of grilled filet mignon for the mothers and grandmothers celebrating the day with my family. Certain foods have warm and affectionate associations with certain people in my life. Filet mignon is definitely associated with my father in my heart and head.
My Dad has passed on his love of and skill for grilling to me, and I am the unofficial grillmaster in my house, contrary to the stereotype of the "man of the house" as chief griller. In fact, a few years ago, I got a new grill for Mother's Day. A few years ago I also saw a Father's Day card that was perfect for me to give to my Dad. It has a drawing of a large grill and a small grill on the front and says, "Happy Father's Day from your little grill." I think I've sent it to him more than once ~ but that's likely due to my middle-aged brain forgetting that I already sent it to him!
Since we only have filet mignon once or twice a year, I really want to make sure it turns out as close to perfect as possible so that we can truly savor it. I still refer to my handwritten notes taken during a phone conversation with my father the first time I made filet mignon on our first Weber grill fifteen years ago. My Dad has since moved on to a Big Green Egg, but I am happy with my Weber. I'm sure his directions could be adapted to whichever grill you use.
Here are his instructions:
- Select steaks that are 2" to 2 ½ " thick.
- Marinate them overnight (recipe for marinade follows) or at least several hours. Be sure to turn the steaks in the marinade once after at least a couple of hours.
- Preheat the grill to maximum heat.
- Spray your steaks with cooking spray before putting them on the grill to prevent sticking.
- Place the steaks in the center of the grill and close the lid.
- Cook on high heat for 2 minutes.
- After two minutes, turn the center burner off and lower the other two burners (assuming you have a 3 burner grill) to medium. DO NOT OPEN the grill cover!
- Cook for 4 minutes more.
- Then turn the steaks over and cook for 4 more minutes (for medium-rare; longer for more well done).
This formula always worked perfectly for me, but when I did get a new grill I had to make some burner and time adjustments. The principles remain the same though.
Steak Marinade
Adapted from Weber grill cookbook
½ cup olive oil
1/3 cup soy sauce
¼ cup red wine vinegar
2 Tbs lemon juice
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp dry mustard
1 clove pressed garlic
¼ tsp pepper
Combine ingredients in a bowl. Place steaks in the marinade in a shallow nonmetal container. (I usually use a large baking dish). Cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator. Then cook as listed above.
Kathleen Cuneo, Ph.D. is a psychologist, parent coach, and mom. Her mission is to help parents raise happy and healthy kids – without making themselves or their kids crazy! She provides education and support to parents through her websites www.dinnertogether.com, www.drcuneo.com, and www.kitchentableparents.com.


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By Sean Tuohy
For more than 40 years, Gene Hackman was known for award-winning performances movies in like "Bonnie and Clyde," "The French Connection," "Superman," and "Hoosiers." His true strength as an actor was developing and presenting real, honest characters.
Now, Hackman brings his character development talents to the written page with his latest novel Pursuit. The pulse-quickening thriller follows Sergeant Juliette Worth— a single mother and police officer—as she tracks down a deadly killer that could cost her everything she loves.
Hackman was nice enough to sit down and chat about why he got into writing novels and offers new writers sage advice.
Sean Tuohy: What drew you to writing?
Gene Hackman: I suppose it was my way of staying relevant. My other job, that thing I did for 60 or so years, was getting tougher as the years slipped by. The characters bouncing around in my head had to play out.
ST: You were an actor before becoming a writer. Did your training as an actor help your writing in away?
GH: Yeah, the exploration of character comes with the territory in acting.
ST: Which authors influenced you?
GH: Twain, Hemingway in my early days. Elmore Leonard. Twain told stories so simply. Hemingway had a great breadth of experience that commanded the story and Leonard was just Leonard. He once said something to the effect of, "If it sounds like writing, rewrite it."
ST: Your previous novel (Payback at Morning Peak) was a western, but Pursuit is a crime/mystery novel. Why the change in genre?
GH: Challenges are intriguing. Julie Worth seemed decent, professional. To me, it's interesting when a woman does what has traditionally been a man's job. A tough-minded female is always an exciting quandary.
ST: Pursuit starts with a bang for the hero, Sergeant Juliette Worth, when she is forced to take down a gunman in a mall. Do you believe a story needs to start with a big bang to grab the reader's attention early on or did that scene happen naturally?
GH: I believe it helps to try and hook a reader early on. As far as something coming naturally, uh-uh. Not for me. It's all teeth grinding, elbows on the floor.
ST: Pursuit has a crisp plot and a ton of character building. How did you develop your writing style? Was it something that came naturally or was it developed over time?
GH: If in fact I have a style, it came from repeated edits, friends' suggestions, and my wife's unwavering, specific read-throughs.
ST: What was the writing process like for Pursuit? Did you do a lot of research on the novel?
GH: Time was spent scouting in Missouri, taking photos, just nosing around. A female Lieutenant with the Highway Patrol who had been around quite a bit helped with the police business. Also, a close friend, a senior FBI special agent, made some great suggestions.
ST: Sergeant Worth is a no-nonsense by the book police officer but a single mother as well. Where did the idea for this multi-faceted hero come from?
GH: I was in an art class (of all places) and a gal sitting next to me introduced herself as a former forensic pathologist. It got me thinking.
ST: Will you be returning to western genre any time soon?
GH: I do have a book deal for another western but I haven't worked out that timeline yet.
ST: What advice would you give to young up-and-coming writers?
GH: Stick with it. That's number one. Believe in the editing process. Don't fall in love with your first draft. Take chances.


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Fr. Julio succeeds Fr. Michael Perry, OFM, who vacated the office after being elected General Minister of the Order on May 22. According to the General Statutes of the Order, when the office of Vicar General becomes vacant outside of a General Chapter, it falls to the General Definitorium to elect a replacement. That friar is elected to serve until the next General Chapter, in this case, 2015.
Prior to his election today, Fr. Julio had been serving on the General Definitorium representing Latin America. Although his election creates a vacancy on the Definitorium, given the short amount of time remaining in his term, the General Definitorium has decided not to fill the position, instead Fr. Julio will assume the responsibilities of both positions for the time remaining.
Fr. Julio was born in Mendoza, Argentina in 1961. He entered the Novitiate on March 5, 1984; made his First Profession of Vows on February 27, 1985; and his Solemn Profession of Vows on March 12, 1988. He was Ordained a priest on May 1, 1992. He is from the Province of Fluvii Platensis, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Argentina.


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Maldives Police Service officers have received a raise in their basic salaries February.
Sources confirmed that the police's pay increment was approved early February.
The additional increment goes up to MVR 1500 for high-ranking officials, which includes captains and chief inspectors of the police service.
Mihaaru is aware that the new increments will only be enforced by the end of March.
The police's pay raise comes at a time when President Abdulla Yameen highly commended the work of police officers in preventing an alleged attempt to overthrow the government by using the judiciary.
Source URL: Mihaaru-News


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Trooper on the Tide
The Antivari Convoy 5th October - 8th October 1915.
From "The Balkan Front in the Great War 1914-1917"
By T. Long.
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This was thought premature but it was agreed that the 29th Division should be sent via the Port of Antivari to support Serbia. If this was successful it would be followed by the French 5e Colonial Division. Both Divisions were of long service regulars with experience in Colonial insurgencies, and though few the Serbian High Command, welcomed any support. If the reinforcements were successful then further operations would planned.
The KUK Navy was also a factor in the strategy. From being an ageing coastal fleet it had been modernized, with an ambitious building scheme starting in 1910. Six Dreadnoughts had been launched as well as three semi Dreadnoughts of the Radetsky Class. Impressed by the teachings of the French Jeunesse Ecole that a torpedo boat could sink a Capital ship, Destroyers, Torpedo Boats and Light Cruisers had been launched as well. The navy was lead by Admiral Augustus Mack, of a distinguished military family. Born in 1878, he had gone to sea young and was one of the few of the KUK Naval officers to see action, albeit on land in the Boxer Rebellion. He was considered young to command a fleet, but the Navy was full of younger sons of the Nobility interested in technology and sons of the middle class seeking quicker promotion than they would get in the Army.
The Austrians soon learned of the upcoming operation-through out the War, both sides learnt there were few secrets in the Balkans! A large Fleet was gathered at Valletta consisting of 4 Duncan Class, 2 Queen Class and 2 London class pre-dreadnoughts, 4 Armoured Cruisers as well 4 Battle Cruisers, the glamour ships of the Royal Navy. Faster than the stronger Dreadnoughts, said the admirers. Egg shells armed with hammers said the critics.
There were only 6 destroyers, as well as 10 transports. An even larger French fleet assembled at Corfu, Greek protests being ignored. Two powerful Courbet class dreadnoughts, 6 Danton class 3 Liberte class, 2 Condoret class and 2 Republic class pre-dreadnoughts as well 10 armoured cruisers were gathered together, as well as 11 destroyers. The plan for the Allies was that the French would seek battle, and the British would proceed to Antivari. The British battle cruisers will act as a scouting force in coordination with the French, using their superior speed.
The Austrian plan was that a picket line of submarines would attack the Allied fleet. The Fleet would be divided, with some of the older Erzherzog class with light ships in support would block any attempt at landing in Antivari. The More modern Ships would seek battle.
On the afternoon of the 5th of October a World first happened: the KUK B7 Naval airship spotted and reported a naval enemy task force to another friendly warship. The 4 Battle Cruisers, HMS New Zealand, Indomitable, Indefatigable and Inflexible with 3 destroyers were spotted heading NNW, 40 miles from Bari. The British fleet responded by another first, by shooting down the airship by a lucky shot.
The main Austrian Fleet of 6 dreadnoughts, 3 semi dreadnoughts, 4 light cruisers, 17 destroyers and 16 torpedo boats intercepted the British Battle Cruisers. Boldly the British Battle Cruisers faced their foes for 20 minutes before turning away. A light cruiser and a destroyer leader were sunk and the dreadnought Franz Joseph was roughly handled. The Austrians eventually got the range damaging the Indefatigable, causing her to lag behind her consorts. She was sunk by a torpedo attack, but by then the Kuk fleet had been led into the range of the much larger French fleet.
Two columns of 11 Pre-dreadnoughts and Armoured Cruisers, each lead by a Dreadnought and flanked by 11 Destroyers loomed out of the twilight. The battle cruisers retired as the two fleets slugged it out. Though neither side had training for it, both sides refused to break off at night. Mack hoped that his destroyers would prove useful in the attack at close range, but the light craft were not as effective as he hoped. Bravely the light cruisers escorted their smaller ships, and paid the price. All light cruisers were sunk as were seven destroyers and five torpedo boats. That is not to say their efforts were totally fruitless. The dreadnought Courbet was left dead in the water and on fire from torpedo hits and only heroic efforts of her crew saved her. The pre dreadnought Diderot suffered flooding and fire from a torpedo hit. Both ships were in the shipyards for months afterwards. French destroyers were not idle, with the dreadnought Prinz Eugene badly damaged by two torpedo hits. The French armoured cruisers proved their worth by accounting for most of the enemy light craft. A lucky salvo from the Vergiaud sunk the semi dreadnought Franz Ferdinand with a massive explosion, the only capital ship lost by either side all night. The night meant the French could not use all their numbers but both sides was amazed of the amount of damage
Modern ships could both inflict and take. The Kuk fleet broke off the battle before dawn, and Admiral Nathan, a old Breton Sea Dog decide that he needed to re order his battered fleet. The Dreadnought Jean Bart was badly damaged, as well as the Courbet. Five destroyers were also sunk and four pre-dreadnoughts suffered major damage. Five of his armoured cruisers were detailed to escort his damaged ships south, while the rest of the fleet resumed its' search. Admiral Mack daringly divided his fleet with the two undamaged semi dreadnoughts and the dreadnought Viribus Unis and three destroyers going to the aid of the blocking Fleet, and the damaged ships heading back to Pola.
The Blocking force had actually avoided any combat, and was on its' way to Antivari. It consisted of three of the old Erzherzog class of pre dreadnoughts, five destroyers' two light cruisers and eight torpedo boats. The three remaining battle cruisers leading the main French fleet came across the Austrian Fleet sailing east to re enforce the blocking fleet. The Battle Cruisers came on aggressively, hoping by a lucky shot to slow down one of the enemy ships.
The Austrian Fleet, seeing a rerun of the day before, turned north and fled. There was a classic sea chase for two hours with salvos at long range. The French Fleet could not get in range and the battle cruisers traded shots with the Austrians. Both sides took major damage and eventually two of the battle cruisers had to drop out of the chase. Sadly the fire eating Admiral, Sir Gregory Heard had to admit that the New Zealand alone could not catch the enemy fleet, and broke off the chase. No re-enforcements would be coming to the blocking fleet.
The British Fleet escorting the transports were on course the only problem being the loss the Armoured Cruiser Defence to what was believed to be a submarine but must have been a mine. The Austrian submarines never saw anything over the three days. When the British Fleet under Sir Thomas Stephen arrived on the 8th they found their way barred by the much smaller Austrian Fleet. The British Fleet had 8 Predreadnoughts, 3 Armoured Cruisers, 3 Destroyers and 10 Transports.
Gallantly the Austrian light ships flung themselves at the British escorts and the old Austrian capital ships attacked their counterparts. But the odds were too heavy. Both light cruisers were sunk as were four destroyers and four torpedo boats. One Transport holding the divisions' artillery was sunk, as was a destroyer. The Predreadnought Russel suffered significant damage, and the Duncan and Cornwallis both suffered slight damage. But after two hours, the three old Austrian Capital ships were sunk, and the surviving light ships escaped.
Lacking light ships to pursue, Admiral Stephen preceded in triumph to Antivari. Thus an Allied victory was celebrated when one was needed at this stage of the war. The Austrians lost four capital ships to two Allied, six light cruisers, twelve destroyers and ten torpedo boats. Several French ships were in Dry dock for months, as were the three damaged Battle cruisers. To his surprise Admiral Mack and the fleet became popular heroes. Showing a surprising energy and vigour, the capital ships were repaired and using the steel from the old laid up ships the light ships were replaced over a year. But it was not for another year (9 July 1916 Battle of Peligosa) that Capital Ships came out again.
That did not mean the naval war was over. The Austrian Submarine Branch developed into a force that inflicted some stinging blows, bold raids by the Light Craft kept Allied Navies on alert, and a lack of allied Light Craft till 1916 kept the Allies on the defensive. But never again were the KUK fleet in the position to challenge Allied Convoys to the Serbian Front-harass and annoy certainly.
The Battle of Antivari was one the Kuk Navy had to win. It failed. Nor was the Austrian navy present at the Storming of Cattaro by the British Imperial and French forces on the 25th April 1915. By keeping Serbia in the war, keeping Bulgaria neutral the Antivari Ferry, as the Royal Navy called it, was vital.
The Danube Offensive in July 1916 and its advances along with the successful Brusilov Offensive in June of 1916 were blows the Austrians could barely stand.
Kaiser Karl's speech from the Throne on the 25th October 1916 pleading for loyalty and offering concessions was showing that cracks in the Empire could no longer be ignored. Admiral Mack and his Naval Column were among the last defenders of the throne in Vienna, and while the Army broke up, the Navy remained Kaiser true, till the Kaisers abdication on the 5th April. The Antivari convoy was a vital link in the chain of events that lead to the end of the Empire, and the Defeat of Germany.


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Subtle sparkle can enhance your pregnancy glow
Shimmer is the perfect complement to pregnant skin: It's effortlessly glamorous, flatters every skin type and can boost that expectant glow. Plus, what better way to celebrate the holidays than with a touch of sparkle? Traditionally made from finely ground rocks that reflect the light, such as mica, shimmer can be used on brows and cheekbones and eyelids or swept across your decolletage. "The key to shimmer is to be strategic," says Maureen Kelly, the founder of New York-based Tarte cosmetics who is expecting her second child. "If you've put it on your eyes, it should be nowhere else on your face." In other words, less is more. "Just a dot of shimmer in the corners of your eyes can wake up your whole face," Kelly says. She advises looking for shimmer products that are micronized or finely milled.
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|The Glow device of the 240 GD, Engine OM 616.936, from MY 3.79 to 7.80, up to Engine Number 002569, normally is indestructible. All plugs are connected in a row. Between the plugs are three resistors. The date after 15 seconds of glowing shows, that each plug has 0,9 Volts in mean. In Summary approximately 55 Ampere are applied (says the Manual).
|The Plug GA 1/35 Bosch, Number 0 250 001 016, Beru Nr 382 GK or DC, A 0001596101 (approx. 21,30 Euro) is standard option. It has a M 18 x 1,5 Thread, Hexagonal 20,8 mm.
|For backfitting to extended glow plugs only one plug from Bosch is available: Bosch Duratherm, extended glow plug, 0 250 201 044, Thread M 18 x 1,5. In the spare part house (Autoteilecenter) you pay for a set of four 76 Euro incl. Tax. The Plug need 11 Volt. All 4 Plugs are connected in parallel, each get the maximum Voltage from the glow plug relay. In use they need lower current than the original ones, since they regulate themselves. The Current of one Plug decreases from over 20 A at the beginning to approx. 8 A when the plug is full glowing.
|The Plugs from Beru for the 240 GD in the add on kit SR039 wont fit for the first engines ( also Replacement engines ) since MY 8.80 to 8.87, beginning from Engine number 002570, Glowplug Duratherm Chromium 0 250 201 045 ( piece price 20,00 Euro ).
|Instead of the 3 Resistors a self made Busbar( min 6mm²) connects the plugs. Washers over the wire ears are to make a good contact when screwing them down. Please make sure, that no short is applied between the Hexagon of the plug and the tubes behind the injection pump. The old wire from the fusebox to the first glow plug can be re-used. Connected with a 50 Amp Fuse: DC Fusebox A123 540 04 50 / 3,44 Euro inkl. tax) with the connected Midi Fuses 50A, DC: A000 545 25 34 / 0,49 Euro inkl. tax)
In stead of the clamp-on ammeter you can measure the voltage drop on the connection cables between the glow plugs. After approx. 10 seconds it will be measured, because the Glow current is reduced to a constat Value. The Value has to be recorded because then you can detect afterwards a blow glow plug without de-installation. The Voltage drop is then lower.
Voltage drop between the four glow plugs Gl1 to Gl4 (from left to the right in the picture). After approx. 10-15 sec. the decreasing value reaches steady state condition. (Voltage drop and therefore the Current constant, after approx. 110 sec. The relay disconnects):
Gl1 - (3,2-3,5 mV) - Gl2 - (6,1-6,6 mV) - Gl3 - (8,0-8,9 mV) - Gl4 (Mean Value at warm engine!) @ approx. 11,8 V at the Glow Plugs #4 behind the fuse.
|In order the Relais is not allowed to flatten the Battery and not disconnect a small Control lamp can be inserted to the Dashboard. It will be connectd to the Plus from the pre glow Fuse.
|Then the Extended glow plug relay from Bosch : 0281 003 096 (74 Euro incl. tax) need to be used. This you can save because the normal relais powers glows 90-110 Sec., if not started the engine. During cranking the plugs are disconnected through connection number 3 on the Glow Plug relay. The Connection point number 3 gets over the ignition switch crank signal current. This connection can be removed from the connector of the Glow plug relais. Now the control lamp light all the extended glowing.
|7. Glow Plug relais:
The original DC-Relais (3/79) is from VDO, Nr. 410.202/7/1, 12V + 60A (ECU DC: A0015452232, 106,87 Euro incl.). This can be changed by using another capacitor (Timer of the saftey disconnect change).
Connector Pins / Glow Plug relay : 1 = 31 (Gnd), 2 = NTC (Tempsensor), 3 = 50 (Cranking signal) , 4 = 15 (Ignition is on), 5 = 30 (B plus), 6 = G (Glowplugs output), 7 = La (control lamp)


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Time: Mon Aug 11 13:02:20 1997 by usr09.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA03751; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 12:17:03 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 12:15:57 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Passports for American Citizens >I need to renew a lost passport. >I have spent considerable effort >not to be a United States citizen. > >Am I about to blow that effort with a passport?? > >I had heard that there was a passport >available to state Citizens. Is this >true and do you have any info? Yes, it has a green cover, instead of blue. You want to declare yourself to be a "Citizen of the United States of America" [sic]. You enjoy the Right of Election, under the Tenth Amendment. For authority, see 44 Maine 528-529 (1859), Appleton concurring. Your authorities are 1:2:2, 1:3:3, and 2:1:5 in the Constitution for the United States of America; these are also known as the "Qualifications Clauses"; see U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 115 S.Ct. 1842, 131 L.Ed.2d 881 (1995), Kennedy concurring. It is a cardinal rule in dealing with written instruments that they are to receive an unvarying interpretation, and that their practical construction is to be uniform. Cory et al. v. Carter, 48 Ind. 327, 335 (1874). Therefore, the meaning of "Citizen of the United States" in the Qualifications Clauses means "Citizen of ONE OF the States united by and under the Constitution for the United States of America." For further proof, compare the holding in Ex Parte Knowles, 5 Cal. 300 (1855): "there is no such thing as a citizen of the United States [as of 1855]." /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com original message now follows: At 02:05 PM 8/11/97 -0500, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Paul, I feel like I should know you as I have read tons of stuff you have >written. I was asking Harold Thomas about this and he suggisted I contact >you. I have an opertunity to go overseas on a project. I need to renew a lost >passport. I have spent considerable effort not to be a United States citizen. >Am I about to blow that effort with a passport?? > >I had heard that there was a passport available to state Citizens. Is this >true and do you have any info? > >Sincerely, > >Lynn Dortch > >- ---PGP Public Key avilable from BAL a >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 >Charset: noconv > >iQEVAwUBM+9id5Wj/1hSudxVAQEP0Qf9GfcOAwwyTQLV6LPoneCsDUTJlaZE+wgv >QFzodFo74CJTHzTvE1BebAC7cozP76OdzZ+aV9rq9wS8d5I28uWhkCMtV279OXD0 >C7r/F18eIjECg1VnyDm9n0ls/eBgYmrlq9hoK+DAh7dD0hv3oGZRFonssG3Jze6j >eYVDMsbWFRIrQU0a/pYjTwhg0y5dxXQEpkIoSwGxfXiQeknLHEYIRhquGNFVFy8l >wE7ki5s7YSwFc7YxwO0q+f6ihK61YafRBjQse7KXvBpm9OAzFunTMMxI6gENSHnQ >0svmJPW87XcLbv5Fs5EHpZL7UW+NrfMyOkYbfutOTxFxEQqhLkj1Bg== >=3T0+ >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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Ivy leverages Kx Systems kdb+ column-store database and q programming language. For over 30 years, this technology has been used by the financial industry to handle real-time trading and is unmatched when it comes to the speed and scalability required for Big Data.
With Ivy and kdb+, interactive real-time Big Data analysis becomes a reality for any analyst familiar with SQL. This powerful language lets you perform billion row queries in just a few milliseconds. In the demonstration below, we load up a billion row table and then perform a simple date query to filter the dataset down to 60 million records in 86ms. Then we render the 60 million records as a binned heat map in about 7 seconds. We're using a C3.2xLarge Amazon instance but we are only using 6 of the 8 cores.
Analysts can use the Visual Query Builder to load and join tables and perform complex scripting. However, some analysts prefer to interactively and incrementally build their queries in the Big Data Spreadsheet, the Function Editor, or directly in the Visual Inspector. Here are a few simple examples to show you how easy it is to interactively script queries in Ivy.
On line 11, we are selecting all the columns from the phones table where the destination column contains either 1, 5, 306 or 309. On line 13, we are counting all the sources grouped by their destination. Then, we are adding those counts to a column called counts. And finally we are sorting the new counts column in descending order.
On line 17, we are selecting all the records where duration in greater than 1500 and assigning them to a new table called a. On line 18, we are selecting all the records with a destination of either 0 or 5 and assigning them to a new table called b. Then on line 19, we are merging all of the records from a and b into a new table called c.
In this way, an analyst can perform a variety of ad-hoc queries on-the-fly and inspect the result of each of those queries without having to build up a massive SQL statement. This interactive flexibility makes it faster and easier to explore large datasets. And since any selection of lines can be inspected, analysts always know where they stand with their data.
In addition to the enhanced query language, programmers, data scientists and analysts can also leverage q -- a powerful vector functional programming language. q is a full-blown programming language that gives analysts complete control over their environment.


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The dried seed of Physostigma venenosum (family Leguminosae), a vine of western Africa; it contains the alkaloids physostigmine (eserine), eseramine, eseridine (geneserine) and physovenine; in toxic doses it causes vomiting, colic, salivation, diarrhoea, convulsions, sweating, dyspnoea, vertigo, slow pulse, and extreme prostration.
Synonyms: Calabar bean, ordeal bean.
Origin: G. Physa, bellows, + stigma, a mark, spot; so called because of the shape of the stigma
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Social Media Integration At Virgin America's New Terminal
Travelers can check-in on Foursquare and Facebook to appear on a leaderboard, earn badges and receive rewards.
Virgin America is utilizing Foursquare and Facebook at its new terminal in the San Francisco International Airport to entertain travelers and reward frequent flying. A check-in leaderboard is on display in the terminal as well as on the airline's 'Terminal 2 Takeover' Facebook page when you add the app. The five users who check-in the most using the two social media sites will appear on the board and the Virgin America Twitter feed is also streamed on the side.
The airline will keep track and award badges depending on how many times people have checked-in. 1-4 check-ins earns a "Ground Crew" badge, 5-10 earns a "Flight Crew" badge, 11-20 = "Navigator" badge, 21-50 = "Co-Pilot" and 50+ = "Captain". There are also prizes up for grabs from the Virgin America crew, including t-shirts and flight vouchers.


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If you are creating and publishing full-fledged Web sites, you are most likely using the services of either your own company's Information Technology (IT) department or a professional Web hosting company. In either case, someone else will be taking care of the site's administration.
If you don't have an IT department (or if you are the IT department) and you have published a Web site on a local server, you will need to take care of the site's administration yourself. Provided your Web server has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed, you can carry out the following administration tasks on the site's Web Site Administration page:
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10 Plus 1: Producer Ward Sloane On Covering Kosovo To The Columbia Disaster
What do you do at CBS News?
I have a tri-part answer. I often tell people that I am a reducer, not a producer. By which I mean I take a lot of information from a day's events and "reduce" it to a hopefully intelligent and cohesive two-minute "Evening News" piece. Second, I am a facilitator and believe that I'm doing my work when the whole team is working together—the correspondent, the camera people, the editor and our graphics team. I try to keep everyone on the same page. And finally, I am a valet. At least that's how I introduce myself when I out on a story with a correspondent, so that the subject of our story knows that chiefly I'm responsible for keeping the correspondent happy.What single issue should be covered more at CBS News?
That's like being a single issue candidate in politics. But if I had to choose, I'd say technology.Give us a great behind the scenes story.
I've spent a lot of years working with Bob Orr. He is an extremely smart correspondent who has made a reputation for himself and CBS News. After the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry in February 2003, I went with Bob to cover the investigation in Houston. One day, Bob turns to CBS Space consultant Bill Harwood and says that the foam from the external fuel tank that fell and created a hole in the one of the shuttle's wings was most likely the cause of the accident. He and Harwood talk some science mumbo-jumbo, but determine that the velocity of the foam at the moment of impact was in fact so strong it broke through the protective coating of the wing. Next thing that happens is a group of top NASA managers appear in our work space to watch our tape and listen to Bob and Bill explain their theory. Needless to say, two years later, that was the explanation for the accident.Have you ever been assigned a story you objected to? How did you deal with it?
Yes. And the simple answer is that I asked to be unassigned, and I was.If you were not in the news, what would you be doing?
I would be a homicide detective, packing ice. Maybe I've watched too many episodes of "Law & Order" or "Monk," but I love the idea that there are people who dedicate their lives to trying to make sure nobody gets away with murder.Do you read blogs? If so, which ones? If not, what do you read on the Internet?
I am not a big blog reader. I really don't know what the fascination with blogs is all about. Who are the bloggers? And why do I care what they write? I see bloggers as guys or gals sitting around in boxer shorts with cigar ashes all around their keyboards expounding on anything and everything they can, with no sources or accountability. Of course, I always read Public Eye. On the Internet I read newspapers—chiefly The New York Times. Also I look at Yahoo "In the News" to see what headlines are popular.What's the last really great book or movie you found?
The last great movie I saw was "Capote" about Truman Capote's research and writing of In Cold Blood, the true story of a Kansas family that is brutally murdered by two men. It was brilliant. I walked away vowing never to read anything else about or by Capote because he was so venal and amoral in his pursuit of the story. The last "great" book I read was Robert Caro's Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson. You said, "great" and that's how far back I have to go. I can't wait until the next installment in his Lyndon Johnson study.What is your first memory of TV news?
Like many people in my generation, I think I remember the news of President Kennedy's assassination and funeral on television, but because I was in first grade at the time, I can't say for sure if I really remember this or if I just think I remember it because I've seen so much of the footage over my lifetime and career.If you could change one thing about the profession of journalism, what would it be?
I would make them remove the squares from Wolf Blitzer's "Situation Room" (unless, of course, I get my dream job, which is producer in charge of what goes in each square).Who is the most fascinating person you've covered and who is the biggest jerk?
Seriously, I think there should be less emphasis on finding the "next big story" and more emphasis on reporting well the stories that are happening in the world. Too often there is a tendency to believe that there's another "Watergate" around every corner. I don't believe there is.
The biggest jerk I ever covered is almost any athlete I've tried to deal with. It's why I try NOT to do baseball stories -- I love the game so much I don't need to find out that the players are really nasty, mean, brutish millionaires who forget why they're so rich. People I put in this category: Mark McGuire, David Cone and Tom Seaver. Oh and yes, Orioles fans, Brady Anderson.Finally a question just for Ward: There is always a lot of criticism, particularly in the realm of political reporting, about journalists being biased against liberals or conservatives. There are organizations that exist primarily to highlight instances of such bias. How do you think that climate affects political coverage, if at all?
The most fascinating person? That would be the mayor of a tiny town, called Kukes that sits on the Drin River, at the border of Albania and Kosovo. I forget his name, but I was there covering the Kosovo crisis in 1998. Thousands of Kosovars sought refuge from the Serbs in Albania, a poured into that small village. They came mostly on Ford tractors, with 10 people to a tractor. The town sits atop a long steep mountainous road, and has few resources. The square would fill up with hundreds and hundreds of refugees and a single bus would arrive to drive one load down to capital, Tirana. Whenever a bus pulled in, pandemonium took hold, a mass of people yelling, screaming crying, trying to keep touch with family members. In the midst of this, the mayor, who happened to be a communist, would calmly and politely get everyone in a line, and create order out of that chaos. It was fascinating. I will always remember watching him, and thinking, "Well, communism may be dead, but a good communist sure knows how to form a line."
I do not believe that honest journalists worry about what such organizations say about their stories and pieces. Of course, political stories I've worked on have been picked up by both conservative and liberal organizations as being "unfair." But for these folks, "unfair" is anything that doesn't promote their agenda. And it is my belief, though I don't have any evidence of this, that a lot of the howling about media bias is primarily a vehicle to raise money.
Do I think these organizations can be helpful? Not really; I think they just want to use journalists and their media outlets for their own purposes. People who read or subscribe to those organizations are going to think the media is biased anyway. Once in a blue moon, it may be that they do serve the purpose of poking a stick in my eye and asking, hey, did I slant that item?
As journalists, we do have a responsibility to make sure that we don't allow ourselves to be used by one or the other side. I really try not to root for anyone when I cover a story (unless, of course, we're talking about a life or life threatening situation.) But in the case of Karl Rove and his role in the Valerie Plame case, I had no dog in the fight over whether he was indicted or not. I'm not sure that is true of all the media, but I'm not naming names.


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Why Africa must woo Chinese consumers
For African businesses to grow, China, with its booming middle class, is definitely the next frontier. But, does Africa hold attraction for Chinese consumers?
Chinese consumers are single-handedly making or breaking economies and businesses around the world. Indeed, when Apple recently declared a quarterly dip in sales for the first time in more than a decade, it was because Chinese consumers appear to have moved on from its flagship iPhone, with China taking a lion's share of the sales dip at 26%.
Of course, Apple was quick to blame the dip in sales on a 'general economic softness' in the Asian economic giant. So, is the recent slowdown in the Chinese economy likely to dampen its long term growth prospects? Not really. Sample this:
"14 cities from China will appear on the list of the world's top 25 cities in terms of absolute GDP growth for the next decade. By 2020, the GDP of some clusters of cities will be similar to that of some developed markets currently."
All in all, China's cities are bursting at the seams with a rising middle class that is set to substantially alter the consumption behaviour of the Chinese consumer, moving it from savings mode to consumption fever. The concerns related to retirement and health spending that have traditionally pushed the Chinese consumer to save are now being addressed by the Government through new plans aimed at increasing retirement pension coverage and allowing more consumption spends.
Supplement this with an expanding services sector that is set to create more jobs and higher incomes, and you have a Molotov cocktail of private spending waiting to explode.
For watchers of the African continent, the question now begs itself: Is a rising Africa likely to find itself warming up in the glow of the dragon's favour? Or, is the Dark Continent going to find itself left out in the cold?
Traditionally, Africa and China have enjoyed good relations at a political level, as China has turned increasingly to the resource-rich continent to fulfil its need for minerals to process electronic goods. But resource-based relationships were both draining for the continent as also unsustainable from a business continuity perspective.
However, with the government relations being supplemented by healthier private sector exchanges, it looks like the relationship between Africa and China may be deepening to a sustainable level.
Take studies from the Sino Africa Centre of Excellence (SACE) Foundation, which is an organisation seeking to improve China-Africa relations. SACE studies show that, going beyond minerals, African countries currently provide most value to the Chinese market in terms of agricultural produce.
Why agricultural produce, you ask? Well, China is fast transforming into an upper-middle income nation with a rise in what is termed the "mainstream" consumer i.e. relatively wealthy households with annual disposable incomes of between $16,000 and $34,000. These wealthy consumers are not concerned about spending thousands and thousands of dollars on health and wellness –the health and wellness that they equate with the natural agricultural produce that African nations can provide. Thus, for African business, there is an opportunity in all things organic, natural and healthy.
Fortunately, Africa does not have to struggle on the marketing front. To a typical Chinese consumer, SACE studies show that 'Made in Africa' connotes products that are "wild, natural and culturally exotic".
Then, for agri-processing businesses in Africa that specialise in home-grown foods and brews such as exotic coffee blends or garden teas for instance, there is big money to be made in reaching out to the Chinese masses. And yes, these wealthy consumers are more than willing to pay a premium for products perceived to be superior, unique and exclusive.
African products that position themselves along these healthy lines will appeal to consumers. But naturally!
For those African businesses that are daunted by the distance barriers, there are plenty of opportunities thrown open by technology. E-commerce platforms such as Alibaba.com and JD.com have a huge following in China and can be easily tapped by a boutique firm sitting in far-out Africa to reach out to a vast market that is looking for the next health product.
Indigenous products by small African businesses that are championing their culture and heritage can then be key to conquering a market that can make or break the future of the continent.
Do you have a small business with an indigenous offering that you believe could be your ticket to enter the dragon? Read the next blog in this series to find out how, with the right combination of finance and support from specialist SME financiers on the continent such as GroFin, your business just might get the shot in the arm it needs to bridge the distance between Africa and China.
- This article was originally published by Nishika Bajaj on LinkedIn Pulse


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Roasted Barley Tea or Mugicha is a popular herbal tea in Japan, especially in summer season as an iced tea. 100% of this organic roasted barley tea comes from Ishikawa Prefecture based Kanazawa Agriculture. Kanazawa Daichi Co., Ltd., is the manufacturing arm of Kanazawa Agriculture Co., Ltd.
Kanazawa Agriculture has been long dedicated to organic farming, and its operations were organic certified (in 2009) under the USDA's National Organic Program, the Japan Organic & Natural Foods Association (2001), and meets the EU Organic Farming certification qualifications.
(Kanazawa Daichi CEO Shinjiro Imura at left, Kanazawa Agriculture's Chairman and Shinjiro's father, Akira Imura, at right)


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From Fisher & Paykel the latest in CPAP technology - The ICON™
The ICON™ is a revolution in CPAP machine design, and it is extremely quiet.
It sits on your bedside table just like a clock radio and requres no external power pack (unlike some CPAPs...). There's less clutter - even the ThermoSmart humidifier is internal.
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1. The encouragement and development of pure-bred Bloodhounds
2. To encourage and promote quality in the breeding of pure-bred Bloodhounds and to improve and protect the breed.
3. To help further the advancement of Bloodhounds by encouraging and promoting communications among Bloodhound members, breeders, and all those interested in the breed.
4. To conduct Bloodhound sanctioned matches, specialty shows, booster shows, tracking tests, and obedience trials under the rules of The Canadian Kennel Club and to encourage sportsman-like competition.
5. To encourage and promote the training of Bloodhounds for mantrailing, law enforcement and search & rescue work.
6. To provide for rescue and placement of lost or abandoned Bloodhounds.
7. To collect, preserve and publish data and information relating to the Bloodhound breed.
8 .To provide the public with education on the Bloodhound breed.
President……………… Heather Witcomb firstname.lastname@example.com
Vice-President………...Tammy Arseneau email@example.com
Secretary……………...Debbie Blowatt chevykid57@shaw,ca
Treasurer……………..Veronica Mercer firstname.lastname@example.com
Past President………………Heather Whitcomb (firstname.lastname@example.com)
British Columbia………Kim Bialkowski firstname.lastname@example.com
Ontario……………….Sharon McKinnon email@example.com
Quebec………………Genevieve Richer email@example.com
Prairies…………….Kelly Grant maito:firstname.lastname@example.com
U.S………………….Jan Rothwell (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Trailing Chair………...Kim Bialkowski (email@example.com)
Rescue Chair…………Tammy Arseneau (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Bloodhound North Editor..Tiffany Walter (email@example.com)