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Giant African snails happily munch on vegetables in south China, one bite from a red fire ant from Latin America causes humans to slip in to a coma and the ecosystem in northwest China is under threat from invasive trees from Central Asia. As China grapples to cope with the adverse affects of an influx of non-native species, either deliberately or accidently introduced, experts are calling for specific laws and regulations to control their uncontrolled spread. Of the 100 most threatening invasive species in the world, 51 have been found in China…Full Article: Xinhua Dec 2014
Key Points
- According to the head of China's National Forestry Bureau, from 2000 to 2013, the number of foreign pest detections by Chinese Customs rose steeply from 500 to 610,000.
- According to a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Hydrobiology, Cabomba caroliniana, an invasive water weed native to North America, has been spreading from the lower Yangtze River towards northern China. The country's South-North Water Transfer Project may in fact facilitate the spread of non-indigenous fish and invasive plants along its waterways.
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- In July 2014, an official from China's Ministry of Agriculture noted during a meeting in Chongqing that 529 invasive species have been found in China since the 1980s.
- China's South-North Water Transfer Project will divert water from the Yangtze River in southern China to the Yellow and Hai Rivers of northern China.


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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Friday, September 11, 2015
Color green
Did you know we see the color green the most?
Our cornea is designed to capture more greens.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
One day you get on a boat.
For cheap or expensive.
Then you get off an island.
You walk till you see some cows, girls, hot boys and nots.
Free thinkers, villagers, lost travelers, on an island where cops are not around.
Cows, goats, lizards, chickens, ...
This is Gili Air.
Just a quick shot.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
midnight bar
You go here and get mushrooms.
That's what you do here. In Indonesia.
Abuse of substance has been always a delicate subject in this country.
So you go to the safest place, where harmony is preserved.
Space bar
There used to be a place on the beach, where people partied.
Anyways, that place closed and kinda became something else.
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Assalamu alaykom dearest Parents,
Assalamu Alaykom dear parents,
My name is Mrs. Hajer Ben Abid and I am your kid's homeroom teacher. I have a bachelor degree in Education and an M.A in Linguistics. I have a ten-year teaching experience both in high and elementary schools. I look forward to our year together and all the things I have planned for my third graders.
We'll stay together for math and science, but will switch to Mrs. Fatima's class for Language arts and social studies. In science, we will learn about growth and changes in plants, soils in the environment, forces causing movement, and strong and stable structures. We will complete many fun and interesting experiments in sha'Allah.In math we'll see patterns, numeration, data management, addition and subtraction, measuring length, time, and temperature, 2-D and 3-D geometry, and Multiplication, division and fractions.
I will be sending the agendas today in sha'Allah as well as the class timetable and Class DoJo account codes. I will be using class Do Jo to update you on your kids' progress in sha'Allah. Please sign and return the bottom half of the sheet attached in your kid's agenda.
Jazakum Allah Kheir.


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I have a Jeep Liberty with a spare tire mounted on the rear door. Problem is I dont have enough clearance below the spare tire to fit my trailer tongue onto the ball. Is there a hitch long enough to allow the ball to extend past the tire? It would have to be at least 15inch from the retaining hole and the end of the hitch.
asked by: Tom
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I have a great solution for you.
To bridge the necessary gap in order to clear your Jeep's spare tire, I recommend using the Hidden Hitch Ball Mount # 80232. This is designed specifically for situations such as yours, and has a length of 15-3/4 inches from the center of the hitch pin hole to the center of the ball hole. I have attached a video demonstration of this ball mount for you to check out.
If you do not already have a trailer hitch installed on your 2004 Jeep Liberty, I recommend the Curt Class III Receiver Hitch # 13044. This will give you a 2 inch hitch opening with a 500 pound tongue weight and 5,000 pound towing weight capacity. I have included an installation video for you to review.
For a wiring harness to power your trailer's signal lights, I recommend the Curt # C55382. This T-Connector will plug right into the connection points behind your Jeep's tail lights and provide a 4-way trailer connector.
Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver - Custom Fit - Class III - 2"
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Information - Face Hydration
Face hydration is a necessary step for our skin care. This is because the face is the area most exposed to external environmental factors. In addition, there is less fat in the face than the body and so here the skin is thinner and dehydrates faster.
What are the right steps for moisturizing facial care?
A prerequisite is a face cleanser or de-makeup to remove dirt, makeup and any grease. Be careful not to leave the face cleanser for too long, thus avoiding the dehydration of the skin.
Facial scrubs are ideal twice a week to make cell renewal easier, giving you a glowing skin! You can easily find available face scrubs with thin or thick grains for delicate skin or deep cleansing respectively, and exfoliating cleansing creams for everyday use.
You can then use a lotion to stimulate the skin and follow a facial serum for immediate and quick facial hydration. After this little ritual it's finally time for your moisturizing cream!
Nowadays one can choose between many different face creams! There are both dermatological products and organic herbal cosmetics, among which one can find what suits him.
Depending on your skin type, you can choose the right moisturizer for you. If your skin is normal, choose a light textured face cream, and if you have dry skin, choose a rich one. If you still notice oily skin, it is advisable to find an oil-free product or a gel-cream that will not burden your skin.
A moisturizing face cream offers:
Maintenance of moisture levels in the skin
Treatment of dehydration
Prevention of first lines
Elasticity and shine
If you often use make-up on your face, a good alternative is moisturizing face cream with color. It will not dehydrate your skin and it 'll give you a natural coverage! Depending on your needs, you can find acne creams, anti-spot creams, creams for facial whitening, regeneration, anti-wrinkle creams or if you notice relaxation a face cream with a lifting effect.
Keep in mind that sunscreen is an important anti-aging step and it is advisable to use it both in winter and summer, as even the clouds do not prevent UVA radiation from reaching our skin. Alternatively, you can find a moisturizer with sun protection!
Night cream is also considered the key to a beautifully rested face every morning! After all, while you are sleeping your skin is working, removing the toxins that accumulate during the day. For this reason, a night cream is usually more fortified than a day cream and covers other skin needs. Be careful not to use the night cream in the morning as it may cause photosensitivity to the skin.
For deep hydration of the face at home, you can apply a face mask 2-3 times a week, which will tear your skin and give it comfort and radiance. Plus, in many beauty masks and in face creams you will find hyaluronic acid, a substance that often absorbs many times its weight in water, giving deep facial hydration!
Remember that moisturizing the face is a natural need for the skin and is not just for women. Today, men's face creams have made their presence felt in the field, gaining ever greater ground.
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I have got to get my life back in order. The house is a wreck. I don't bother to change out of my pajamas most days unless I have to leave the house. There are still unpacked boxes and we … Continue reading
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Still rental nomading
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On the list of things to do: Find a house
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Mysterious Girlfriend X Gets Novel Adaptation in June
Nazo no Kanojo X (a.k.a. Mysterious Girlfriend X) is getting its idea adapted into an original novel book! The topic will, once more, be about the odd love between a female and a male Japanese high school students. The title of this project is Mysterious Girlfriend X: Mysterious Novel Version and will come out in Japan this June 1.
The plot revolves around a strap of a sort (I do hope it is rather a phone strap than a brassier one) that can make a person fall in love with the one who gives it to him/her. The relationship that will e given life to, will last forever… or at least that's how the myth says. Everything about its special purpose and abilities should be kept a secret.Main character Akira Tsubaki will be having a rough time.
Writing the novel will be Chihaya Satou (though I couldn't find anything about such a person and if you see me mistaking this: "小説は 佐藤ちはやが執筆する。" , please correct me!), while Riichi Ueshiba will do the illustrations.
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Online: Huntsman
The UESPWiki – Your source for The Elder Scrolls since 1995
Huntsmen are humanoid Daedra in service to Hircine. Little is known about them, besides that they wear the skins of their kills as their armor and are considerably bloodthirsty. They are native to the Hunting Grounds, and can also be found in the Maelstrom Arena's fifth round, the Rink of Frozen Blood. Upon death, they drop Daedra Hearts.
- The Hunting Grounds — Hircine's realm of Oblivion, connected to Wilding Run in Malabal Tor
- Maelstrom Arena — An otherworldly solo arena accessed from Wrothgar. (map)
- The helms and shoulders worn by Huntsmen in the Hunting Grounds/Maelstrom Arena are from the unique Hawk's Eye set. The rest of their apparel is light armor in the Daedric Style.
- Like other humanoid Daedra in the game, they use the features of other races as a basis (looking similar to Bosmer, Bretons, and Imperials).
- The Herne are Daedra described as hunters also in service to Hircine, though they are not the same creatures since the Herne that appear in-game have a different appearance.


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If you are decorating or redecorating your room, one of the things you might have considered buying, is an area rug. Below are seven common mistakes that people make when it comes to buying an area rug.
1. Going with One That is Too Small
When you skimp on the size of the area rug, the room is going to look smaller. The rug has to set some boundaries and cause your furniture to be grounded. If you're buying it for the living room, the rug is going to define your room's conversation area and it needs to be big enough so your furniture's front legs are on it at least. If you're buying it for a bedroom, it should be possible to feel it under your feet when you're getting out of your bed.
2. Not Giving Layering a Try
A lot of people choose rugs that are too small because they know the price is going to be less. A good idea is to buy one of the neutral jute rugs and put a patterned rug on top of it. The jute rug will be easy to clean up, even with pets or kids.
3. Not Layering Over Wall-to-Wall
You shouldn't be afraid to try layering over your carpet. It is going to add some playfulness and will pull together the room with some boundaries that it needs.
4. Leaving the Rug Until Last
When you are decorating a room from the bare minimum, you should choose your rug first. This is the piece that will have the most impact and bring your room together. If you've waited until placing your last throw pillow, it's possible you're going to look for a long time before you find that ideal rug. Even though it's possible to use a neutral option until you find something that's better.
5. Being Frightened of Patterns
It's important to have a print so that you're creating your happy space. When you have everything all one color, your room is going to look bland and flat. So lighten up the room with some fun pattern in your rug.
6. Not Using a Rug Pad
Rug pads help with stopping the rug from sliding and slipping, and it also gives you an extra comfort layer while walking on it, especially if you're buying a rug with a flat weave. Don't use rug tape. It won't work, and chances are your beautiful hardwood floors are going to be ruined due to the adhesive.
7. Not Looking for Bargains
If you're looking for a rug but you're afraid that it's going to be too expensive, don't forget to look at sites such as online auctions and other discount websites. There are some great websites where you can find area rugs for a great price.
If you are planning to buy an area rug, remember these seven mistakes and avoid making them. Otherwise you may find that you have made a very expensive mistake, and you're regretting your decision.
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Goodness Chiamaka Nwozor popularly known as Goodness D' Worldshaker is a Nigerian Christian Singer, Song writer,Musician and an Evangelist from Anambra state, Nigeria.
She discovered her passion for music and the things of God at an early age of 13 and since then, she has continued to build on this passion and zeal especially in the area of singing. Though she didn't get much support in her music career at first, she has defiled some odds to make her debut Single.
Ministring the gospel in music is her passion and she believes purpose can only be fulfilled in the place of heeding God's call. Hence, she has taken a bold step to live above all distractions; thus, coming through with a brand new single title "Chibuike" (God is strength) A life changing song which was inspired by the Holy Spirit of God, Chibuike is a song that talks about the essence of God's omnipotence, power and glory.
Characterized by its soulful sound, Chibuike is a song that will surely keep you worshipping endlessly.
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text: Cypresses Guard Lake. 04/08/2019 By Derwombat "Hundreds of old cypresses guard the perimeter of Lake Camécuaro and its turquoise-colored, crystal clear water," Javier Eduardo Alvarez writes of this photo he made of the small Mexican lake, popular for its picturesque beauty. "This place is magical." This photo was submitted to Your Shot, our storytelling community where members can take part in photo assignments, get expert feedback, be published, and more. Photograph by Javier Eduardo Alvarez, National Geographic Your Shot Source: Trees and Lake Image, Mexico | National Geographic Photo of the Day Share this:Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related About Derwombat My name is Rod Parham, Hot Metal Compositor. I was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1947. Single with two children and a grandson. I Love History, Movies and Words.


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Geosocial Networking – What's In It for the User?
When, where and how much to share are big issues when it comes to social media, especially now that geolocation and search have gone social. But the panelists at a Social Media Week event on Tuesday night agreed that the rewards of connecting online far outweigh the potential for sharing too much information.
"We communicate with ten times as many people as our parents did," said Brett Martin, founder and CEO of the mobile app company Sonar, and the number of loose connections people are able to maintain over great distances and long periods of time have increased the need for relevance in social search.
People can already find their friends in the real world with check-in sites like Foursquare, but in the future geosocial technology will connect people who might not know each other well by proximity, interests, and expertise. Information pulled from Twitter feeds and other publicly available data will be used to assess why two people who are standing in line at the same check-out stand might want to turn around and say hello. "We're not connecting strangers," said Martin. "Building relevance is part of reducing that creepy factor."
In its brief history, social networking has led to some remarkable connections, like the hundreds of sperm donor babies who have found their half siblings through the Donor Sibling Registry and other networking sites. In this case, a geosocial tool might come in handy for people who worry they might be related to someone they're interested in dating.
In less extreme cases, geosocial dating could be a mixed bag. TechCrunch writer Jason Kincaid, who moderated the panel, said that although he was currently looking for love on OKCupid, he preferred screening his potential dates online to meeting them serendipitously in the real world. But proximity is an important part of casual dating, and sometimes it's helpful to know which dates are a couple blocks away rather than all the way across town.
Geosocial searches also have more practical uses. Martin described a scenario where someone's car has broken down and, through the miracle of technology, was able to locate a friend nearby who could fix it for free.
This is also where the fun factor breaks down. The friend in the aforementioned scenario might not have time to jump start the car. Once someone has been established as an expert in something like medicine or car repair, they might be hounded by others for help at inconvenient times. And while it could be fun to run into a friend at a rock concert, no one wants to know what they have in common with other people in the waiting room at the free clinic. On the contrary, said Martin, "People are self-policing about that." They likely won't harass each other online "for the same reason people don't harass you in bars."
Online networking is fraught with lapses in judgment, but in person, social data can help with lapses in memory. For example, it's normal to wear a name tag to a networking event, but not to a barbecue or a pool party. Being able to scan for an acquaintance's name before you have to ask for a reminder could nip an awkward moment in the bud.
And now that social media has such varied and interesting business models, there are ways for people to benefit even when companies inevitably sell out their data to marketers. In Las Vegas, for example, some hotels will upgrade your room based on your Klout score, which usually only happens when you start winning at poker.
Stephan Weitz, the senior director of search at Microsoft, described how wonderfully democratic the Internet can be for people from all walks of life, like the janitor for the LAUSD public schools who happens to have one of the most influential followings on consumer electronics. "As online comes offline," he said, "you're going to see a lot more of that democratization."
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I was going to wish all a Happy New Year (which I do) but equally I wish everyone a happy new gardening experience in 2014. Our gardens are always in motion (which we can't see with our limited human eyes, needing time-lapse photography to appreciate how things do indeed change). Things obviously slow down in winter but we are lucky enough to be able to garden year round (if we choose). Chances are that calls to our family and relatives in Chicago or Oklahoma don't involve asking them how their garden is doing. The garden's repose means less to photograph and yet, when I took my camera out into the garden today to shoot my Ponytail palm for the next column, I wound up taking one more photo. Then another, and another. Somehow I wound up with over a dozen photos! Here they are, for your perusal. Personally, late December and January are fun months.The days are getting longer (slowly) and bulb shoots keep popping up, a green reminder that spring is really not that far off. The first bulbs to bloom are represented here: two colorful Lachenalias that shrug off the cold and cheer up everyone who gets a look. The other reason I love this period is that for birders this is the "high" season. The goldfinches have returned, as have northern flickers, cedar waxwings, robins, downy woodpeckers and a host of other feathered friends.
A little winter color, with purple and white pansies, a multi-colored calendula, a variegated flower pelargonium, some dianthus and a fragrant stock.
Here's the aforementioned Lachenalia tricolor. Just so colorful plus the stems are spotted. Lachenalias are one of the easiest S. African bulbs to grow, assuming you can give them a dry summer.
Primula 'Primlet Sunrise' Love the color and the way the young flowers are nestled within the protection of the leaves.
Here's my nyjer sock with goldfinches feeding. They'll stay there the better part of the day. Talk about chowing down!
Camellia 'Buttermint' Here's my early blooming Buttermint camellia. It's so much happier now that it's out of the pot and in the ground. Heavy blooming even at a modest size.
Couldn't resist posting this new photo of my Camellia reticulata 'Frank Hauser' It almost seems to be glowing with some kind of radioactive energy. I don't think I've ever seen a flower that exhibits such a rich hue. Our camellia book at work dubs reticulatas "Queens of the Camellia world" and it's hard to argue with that.
Lachenalia viridiflora. There's nothing quite like the milky blue of L. viridiflora! Ethereal yet vivid!
Quick, what plant do these leaves belong to? Nasturtium? No. They belong to a most unusual Passiflora, P. membranacea. The flowers are unlike any other passion flower vine, with burgundy bracts sprouting tubular chartreuse flowers! Alas, mine has yet to bloom! It's now year six and counting but I've been told that my patience will eventually be rewarded.
This shot of a Viburnum x burkwoodii flowerhead, as seen through a Magnolia stellata branch, offers pink buds and a couple early blooms. I suspect the warm weather has made it think it's spring, when it normally blooms. No matter, its heavenly fragrance is welcome anytime!
I was advised not to plant Lychnis coronaria in late fall as it wasn't suppose to like the winter. Mine has thrived, even sailing through that week of near freezing weather. I love the color and texture of its leaves, even before the vivid cerise flowers on this Rose campion appear.
Practice makes perfect! After repeated attempts I finally got a fabulous photo of a Salvia discolor flower. My favorite salvia (and that's saying something).
Not confused about the weather is this winter Edgeworthia chrysantha. It forms its flowerheads in late fall then slowly pops open its intensely fragrant white flowers in late winter. Though people grow it for this one of a kind fragrance, its common name (Paper bush) gives away the fact that on mature plants, the bark can be peeled and used to make a kind of papyrus-like parchment.
Okay, now, how many fingers am I holding up? In this case, I'm holding up (for your viewing) a five finger fern. A gift from my friend Sylvia, it has rooted down through the pot into the ground and established itself very nicely.
One of many bromeliads that have found my way into the garden, this colorful guy has made itself at home, offering some nice color in my 'shady lane.'
Friday, December 27, 2013
Happy New Garden
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Deer Tick "Big House"
Published Sep 23, 2013Alt-country outfit Deer Tick will release Negativity, their Arts & Crafts debut (via Partisan Records in America), on September 24. Now, we get another taste of the record with new song "Big House."
The slow-burning song is as timeless as they come, offering a warm acoustic guitar as its base with subtle lead guitar runs. All of it makes a perfect backdrop for frontman John McCauley's soothing vocals.
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Always Remember, Never Forget.
Thank you to our service men and women past and present.
Thank you to our service men and women past and present.
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Well, let's get realistic. The only thing I did every day for the past three months was crawl out of bed and head to the Dilbert factory where I did what a man has to do (*two* men, since that was 80 hours a week)- to feed the beast and pay the bills. Y'know...because writing about pop culture pays *so* well these days.
So let me take my life back first, and then we'll see how we do on the "every day" thing. So we'll change that mantra to:
Let Dr. Bristol heal your pop culture problems...at a random but optimistically frequent pace.


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Tool singer indulges his eccentricities with Puscifer
Electro performance art rock band returns to the Cobb Energy Centre in support of Money Shot""
?For a band that is often referred to as Maynard James Keenan's solo project, there sure are a lot of other musicians regularly involved with Puscifer. Having just released Money Shot, the band's latest collection of subversive, comedic, electronic-tinged rock, Puscifer returns to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre tonight (Sun., Nov. 8). With a performance art presentation that has previously included costumed country western themes, you never can tell what Puscifer has in store (though the luchador characters from recent videos are likely to be involved).
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?Sun. Nov. 8. 9 p.m. $26.50-$62.50. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy. 770-916-2800. www.cobbenergycentre.com.
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Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 109(7) November 2014
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Genetic diversity of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax parasites from the western Brazilian Amazon
1Laboratório de Infectologia e Parasitologia Molecular, Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
2Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisa René Rachou-Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
3Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brasil
The molecular basis of Plasmodium vivax chloroquine (CQ) resistance is still unknown. Elucidating the molecular background of parasites that are sensitive or resistant to CQ will help to identify and monitor the spread of resistance. By genotyping a panel of molecular markers, we demonstrate a similar genetic variability between in vitro CQ-resistant and sensitive phenotypes of P. vivax parasites. However, our studies identified two loci (MS8 and MSP1-B10) that could be used to discriminate between both CQ-susceptible phenotypes among P. vivax isolatesu00a0in vitro. These preliminary data suggest that microsatellites may be used to identify and to monitor the spread of P. vivax-resistance around the world.
Plasmodium vivax, although less pathogenic than Plasmodium falciparum, has a great socioeconomic impact. P. vivax has been associated with drug resistance, clinical severity and even fatality (Price et al. 2009). The first cases of P. vivax chloroquine resistance (CQ-R) were reported in 1989 in Papua New Guinea (Rieckmann et al. 1989). Since then, reports of CQ-R have been published around the world. Some cases of CQ-R that presented adequate blood CQ levels had been confirmed in Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Solomon Islands and Thailand (WHO 2010). In Brazil, malaria is transmitted along the Amazon Basin. A total of 242,758 cases were reported in 2012, with P. vivax accounting for 85% of all cases (WHO 2013). The first reliable case of in vivo CQ-R in Brazil was reported in Manaus, state of Amazonas (AM) (Alecrim et al. 1999). In 2004/2005, 10% of P. vivax infections studied in Manaus showed an in vivo CQ-resistant (CQ-Rt) phenotype (Santana Filho et al. 2007). Recently, two studies evaluated P. vivax CQ-susceptibility by using short-term in vitro cultures of samples collected in 2004-2008 from AM and confirmed the same prevalence of CQ-R among P. vivax parasites (10%) (Chehuan et al. 2013, Pratt-Riccio et al. 2013). In other endemic regions of Brazil, such as in the state of Acre, no CQ-R has been reported (Orjuela-Sánchez et al. 2009) and no studies have been reported so far in other regions of Latin America (Gonçalves et al. 2014).
The genetic mechanism of P. vivax CQ-R has yet to be fully elucidated. While CQ-R in P. falciparum has been associated with particular point mutations in specific genes, such as pfcrt-o and pfmdr-1 (Fidock et al. 2000, Duraisingh & Cowman 2005), this type of association is not very clear in the case of P. vivax (Gonçalves et al. 2014). The main difficulty in studying the mechanisms of P. vivax CQ-R is the absence of a continuous in vitro culture system, as studies utilising short-term in vitro cultures are useful for investigating drug resistance mechanisms and susceptibility analysis of therapeutic agents for P. vivax (Kerlin et al. 2012). Due to the absence of specific molecular markers of resistance, the characterisation of general molecular markers of P. vivax will not only help identify CQ-R parasites, but also define the geographical origins and dissemination of resistant isolates (Arnott et al. 2012). The genetic diversity of P. vivax has been studied using nearly neutral molecular markers, such as microsatellites (MS) and tandem repeats (TR), as well as with polymorphic antigens, including the PvMSP protein family members (MSP-1 and MSP-3?) [for a review see de Brito and Ferreira (2011)]. The present study focuses on the genetic diversity of P. vivax isolates from the Brazilian Amazon Basin with different CQ-susceptibility phenotypes in short-term in vitro cultures.
Patients with uncomplicated P. vivax malaria, as confirmed by a thick blood smear, were randomly selected in the outpatient clinics Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation (Manaus) between December 2007-July 2008. Written informed consent was obtained from all participating patients. The major exclusion criterion was the use of antimalarials within the previous 60 days. Blood was collected at the day of diagnosis and before the start of antimalarial treatment. The patients were treated according to the Brazilian Ministry of Health standards for malaria therapy (Chehuan et al. 2013). Eleven isolates from the Amazon Basin were evaluated: nine from AM, one from the state of Rondônia (RO) (sample I) and one from the state of Roraima (RR) (sample H). Due to the selective action of CQ on the young trophozoite (ring) stage (Chotivanich et al. 2001), only samples that contained between 50-70% of the total parasite forms at this stage using short-term in vitro culture were evaluated. The CQ-response of the isolates was measured as released plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase using the DELI test and the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values (Chehuan et al. 2013). Samples with IC50 values greater than 100 nM were considered to be CQ-Rt. This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro (approval 42746/2012).
Nine neutral markers (Table I), two TRs (MN21 and MN23), five MS (MS2, MS5, MS6, MS7, MS8) and two highly polymorphic blocks of MSP-1 (MSP1-B2 and MSP1-B10) were evaluated by using primers, as described previously (Putaporntip et al. 2002, Feng et al. 2003, Rezende et al. 2009, 2010). These markers have been used previously in studies on the P. vivax population structure and diversity in the Brazil endemic area (Rezende et al. 2009, 2010) and in other endemic areas, showing the extent of their polymorphisms (Imwong et al. 2005, Koepfli et al. 2009, 2011).
Plasmodial DNA was extracted from dried blood spots using the QIAamp DNA Micro kit (Qiagen, USA). To increase the quantity of the DNA, parasite DNAs were subjected to whole-genome amplification using a REPLI-g Mini kit (Qiagen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The markers were amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), according to a previously described methodology (Putaporntip et al. 2002, Feng et al. 2003, Rezende et al. 2009, 2010). The amplified sequences were separated using capillary electrophoresis in an automatic DNA sequencer (MegaBACE, Amersham Biosciences, USA) and the lengths of the products were determined with reference to internal size standards (MegaBACETM ET550-R, Amersham Biosciences) using MegaBACE™ Fragment Profiler v.1.2 software (Amersham Biosciences). The highest peak in the electropherogram was defined as the predominant allele and additional alleles were considered when the corresponding peak heights were at least 1/3 of the height of the predominant allele in the same sample. In all cases, the minimal peak height for an allele to be considered was set to 100 arbitrary fluorescence units. The predominant allele in each locus per isolate was used to determine gene diversity using the Arlequin 3.0 software that calculated the expected heterozygosity (HE), i.e., the probability that a pair of alleles randomly obtained from the population differs from each other.
The six CQ-sensitive (CQ-S) isolates and five CQ-Rt isolates had IC50 medians of 26.35 ng/mL (7.3-66.4) and 152.8 ng/mL (108.8-211.8), respectively. The use of multiple molecular markers showed the usefulness and reproducibility of parasite genotyping, as it could be compared with the population studies performed in Brazil using the same panel of markers (Rezende et al. 2009, 2010, Araujo et al. 2012). The HE average of CQ-Rt samples (HE = 0.528) and CQ-S samples (HE = 0.594) were comparable because the difference was not statistically significant (Wilcoxon rank sum test, p = 0.57). Forty-nine alleles were detected among the samples genotyped using nine loci: the more diverse (> 6 alleles) were MSP1-B10, MS7 and MS5, while the more conserved (< 4 alleles) were MS2 and MN23 (Table II). Allelic frequencies ranged from 8.3-80% among the studied samples. For some samples, two alleles were detected at a particular locus: CQ-S F (MSP-1 blocks 2 and 10), CQ-S 85 (MS5), CQ-S C (MS7 and MS8), CQ-S A (MS6) and CQ-R H (MSP1-B10) (Table III). Interestingly, despite similar genetic variability between CQ-S and CQ-Rt isolates, multiple alleles per locus were identified in four out six CQ-S isolates, whereas this was only found in one CQ-Rt sample, suggesting a higher variability among CQ-S P. vivax samples. Of note, the different alleles of MS8 and MSP1-B10 loci were not shared by the two phenotypes (Figure). Particularly for the MS8 locus, allele 317 was detected in 4/6 (67%) CQ-S phenotype samples and allele 313 in 3/4 (75%) CQ-Rt phenotype samples: all of which were from different states of the Amazon Basin (RO, AM and RR). This locus is located on chromosome 13 at 166 bp from the 5' end of a gene encoding a hypothetical conserved protein with phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase activity and at 1,942 bp from the 3' end of a gene encoding nuclear transport factor 2 (Rezende et al. 2010). CQ-Rt phenotype exclusive alleles found in this study have also been described in other states of the Amazon Basin, such as Amapá, Pará and Mato Grosso (Rezende et al. 2010), suggesting that the CQ-Rt parasite population could be distributed in other regions of the Amazon Basin.
In conclusion, we found that CQ-S and CQ-Rt P. vivax parasites are genetically different. Although the level of genetic diversity was similar in the two phenotypes, both phenotypes could be differentiated by at least two loci. Furthermore, these phenotype-specific alleles were identified in different endemic areas of Brazil, suggesting the potential of resistance spreading across the whole Amazon Basin. Further studies should be performed with a larger number of samples to confirm these findings. Whether these loci are under linkage disequilibrium and involve their flanking genes to impart resistance warrants further investigation.
Alecrim MG, Alecrim W, Macedo V 1999. Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine (R2) and mefloquine (R3) in Brazilian Amazon Region. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 32: 67-68.
Araujo FC, de Rezende AM, Fontes CJ, Carvalho LH, de Brito CFA 2012. Multiple-clone activation of hypnozoites is the leading cause of relapse in Plasmodium vivax infection. PLoS ONE 7: e49871.
Arnott A, Barry AE, Reeder JC 2012. Understanding the population genetics of Plasmodium vivax is essential for malaria control and elimination. Malar J 11: 14.
Chehuan YF, Costa MR, Costa JS, Alecrim MG, Nogueira F, Silveira H, Brasil LW, Melo GC, Monteiro WM, Lacerda MV 2013. In vitro chloroquine resistance for Plasmodium vivax isolates from the western Brazilian Amazon. Malar J 12: 226.
Chotivanich K, Silamut K, Udomsangpetch R, Stepniewska KA, Pukrittayakamee S, Looareesuwan S, White NJ 2001. Ex-vivo short-term culture and developmental assessment of Plasmodium vivax. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 95: 677-680.
de Brito CFA, Ferreira MU 2011. Molecular markers and genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 106 (Suppl. I): 12-26.
Duraisingh MT, Cowman AF 2005. Contribution of the pfmdr1 gene to antimalarial drug-resistance. Acta Trop 94: 181-190.
Feng X, Carlton JM, Joy DA, Mu J, Furuya T, Suh BB, Wang Y, Barnwell JW, Su XZ 2003. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms and genome diversity in Plasmodium vivax. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100: 8502-8507.
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Gonçalves LA, Cravo P, Ferreira MU 2014. Emerging Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine in South America: an overview. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 109: 534-539.
Imwong M, Pukrittayakamee S, Grüner AC, Rénia L, Letourneur F, Looareesuwan S, White NJ, Snounou G 2005. Practical PCR genotyping protocols for Plasmodium vivax using Pvcs and Pvmsp1. Malar J 4: 13.
Kerlin DH, Boyce K, Marfurt J, Simpson JA, Kenangalem E, Cheng Q, Price RN, Gatton ML 2012. An analytical method for assessing stage-specific drug activity in Plasmodium vivax malaria: implications for ex vivo drug susceptibility testing. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6: e1772.
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Pratt-Riccio LR, Chehuan YF, Siqueira MJ, Alecrim MG, Bianco-Júnior C, Druilhe P, Brasseur P, Ferreira-da-Cruz MF, Carvalho LJ, Daniel-Ribeiro CT 2013. Use of a colorimetric (DELI) test for the evaluation of chemoresistance of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax to commonly used anti-plasmodial drugs in the Brazilian Amazon. Malar J 12: 281.
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Configuring Samba Shares
File sharing with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS can be facilitated with Samba file server software selection. This article describes how to configure Samba so that you can start sharing files.
If you are using Windows Authentication, you'll need to edit the smb.conf to allow the winbind daemon to translate AD authentication into linux authentication.
$ sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
workgroup = yourdomain
security = domain
idmap uid = 10000-20000
idmap gid = 10000-20000
Samba Passwords
Samba uses a different password, to the Ubuntu user account. To set the Samba password type the following...
$ sudo smbpasswd -a <username>
Create a Directory
We will create a share called Projects. All members of the projects group will have read/write access to this share. We will start by creating the directory and then set group ownership, followed by allowing the group full access and denying all other users.
$ sudo mkdir /home/shares/projects
$ sudo chown root:<groupname> /home/shares/projects
$ sudo chmod 770 /home/shares/projects
To share this directory using Samba, you need to edit the smb.conf file and add the following lines at the end of the file.
$ sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
[projects] path = /home/shares/projects available = yes valid users = <username1>,<username2> read only = no browseable = yes public = yes writable = yes
force create mode = 664
force directory mode = 775
You will need to restart the Samba service.
$ sudo smbd restart
It's also good practice to test your Samba configuration for any syntax errors.
$ testparm
Prevent Anonymous Browsing
You may want to eliminate browsing by 'guest' user accounts. Start by opening the smb.conf file for editing.
$ sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
Add the following line to the [Global] section of the smb.conf file.
restrict anonymous = 2
Home Directories
You may want to allow Samba users access to their home directory. Open the smb.conf file for editing and un-comment the following lines. Warning: un-commenting the valid users entry, may cause issues if you are using external authentication.
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
valid users = %S
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text: Kate Gingold Host / Thursday, March 19, 2020 / Categories: Brief History Naperville 1920 Flashback: Big Fires Start the Year Fire activity doubled in 1920 with three big fires occurring in the first three months. While the city normally faced maybe 10-12 fire events a year, there were 20 fires in this start to the new decade. At the time, fire department boasted one motorized chemical engine and the "Joe Naper" hand pumper in addition to the traditional bucket brigades. Naperville's fire department was established in 1874 when there was no city-wide electricity or water and sewer system and not even a street numbering system for addresses. These improvements, however, were in place by the early 1900s. The city also purchased a 1916 International Chemical Engine, the first that wasn't powered by a team of horses. The chemicals in the Chemical Engine were a soda-acid combination that helped propel water onto a fire.According to records, most of the fires that year were related to chimneys, perhaps due to an exceptionally cold winter, but of note were three major fires. The main infirmary at the Edward Tuberculosis Sanitarium burned in February, which was listed in the log as due to crossed wires. Personnel tried to save the recently-installed x-ray machine, but unfortunately they couldn't drag it far enough away from the falling debris. In early March, there was a fire in a factory on the Hunt Estate and a second fire mid-month at the Judge Goodwin mansion known as Heatherton.While these three fires caused a total of $1.75 million worth of damages, no lives were lost – at least not in the fires. Judge Goodwin died in Chicago on the same night that his home burned down and there has been plenty of speculation about that coincidence. A Fire and Water Engineering book from that year says the fire is "believed to be incendiary." One rumor suggests that the Judge's servant was instructed to destroy Mrs. Goodwin's inheritance once she was widowed. The Heatherton property was eventually purchased by North Central College with financial assistance from Peter Kroehler and is currently home to the fieldhouse. Previous Article Naperville 1920 Flashback: Horses to Cars Next Article Naperville 1920 Flashback: The Kroehler Co. Baseball Team Print 120 Rate this article: No rating Please login or register to post comments.


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The Bora Bora Travel Guide Game
Bora Bora can be a rather expensive destination but it doesn't need to. Bora Bora features an immaculately facilitated boatyard that likewise makes private sea excursions possible. Bora Bora has become the ultimate honeymoon venue ever since the coming of contemporary tourism. Bora Bora is among the few places on earth which everyone hopes to witness in their lifetimeand when you see it, you're forever enamored. Bora Bora is the perfect escape for everyone who likes to be active. Though only 38 square kilometers in dimension, Bora Bora is considered among the most beautiful tropical islands on earth.
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A guide is important as the track isn't properly marked and notoriously tricky to follow along with. Your guides will direct you into shallow water close to the boat when you find the tips of gray fins peeking from the water. There are guides who will assist you and show you the way to feed and touch the sea life and tours run during the day.
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To get to the appropriate spot, you have to take a boat to a different part of the island in which you get on a van, drive around the island, then get on another boat and ride out to the center of the ocean. The island is all about 20 miles around, and bikes and little cars are offered for rent at various websites. It also offers sight seeing, along with helicopter tours. It also offers flight seeing, along with helicopter tours. Which is fantastic if you would like to find the entire island in 1 day. The Polynesian island in the south pacific is ranked on top of the list once it comes to most remarkably beautiful on the planet. It is ranked at the top of the list when it comes to most remarkably beautiful in the world.
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The LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce will recognize the winners of the 2007 City of Angels Awards Tuesday, February 13th.
This is a new event for the chamber, which will salute outstanding members of the community selected for their contributions to the Greater Los Angeles area and their success in their chosen fields.
This year, the chamber will be honoring Andy Roeser of the Los Angeles Clippers, the Honorable Wendy Greuel of the Los Angeles City Council, Jim Collins of Collins Foods and Ruth Lansford of Friends of Ballona Wetlands.
The H.B. Drollinger Achievement Award, named for the Westchester philanthropist, Howard Drollinger, who passed away last year, will be decided by nominations from chamber members.
The event will be held at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, 5855 W. Century Blvd., West-chester.
The reception will begin at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The cost for this event is $85 per person, $170 per person including a VIP reception.
Table sponsorships are available for $1,500, $1,250 and $1,000, with each including seating for ten.
For more information, contact the Chamber Office at (310) 645-5152.
EAT AND LIVE HEALTHY — With the new year upon us, we often wonder about our new year's resolutions. Many seek to spend more time with family. Others look to gain that next promotion at work.
The Westchester Family YMCA will begin working towards its goal of providing programming and activities that promote healthy and active living in 2007 on Saturday, January 20th.
The YMCA will be hosting its first Eat & Live Healthy Fair ñ a family event that will include food, prizes and fun from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Westchester Family YMCA will be offering a free two-week guest pass to anyone who attends. In addition, there will be a wide variety of activities for the kids, including a fun bounce house, arts and crafts and prizes.
This is a great opportunity to check out the many programs and opportunities the Westchester Family YMCA offers. For more information, contact the YMCA at (310) 670-4316.
LMU HOLDS HALL OF FAME DINNER — Loyola Marymount University will induct five athletes, in addition to its 1986 College World Series team, to its Hall of Fame Friday, January 19th.
The 2007 Hall of Fame class includes Kim Blankinship (volleyball 1993-96), Jeff Fryer (men's basketball 1986-90), Bob "Whitey" Kerslake (baseball 1954-58), Sarah McFarland (volleyball 1997-2000) and Tracy Sharp (women's soccer 1997-2000).
For more information about the Hall of Fame induction ceremony and the LMU Hall of Fame Dinner, contact Addie Casey at (310) 338-3047.


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|This camp is led by the Ankeny Softball Coaching Staff and is open to any and all Ankeny Community School District students.
Ankeny High School will be holding their annual Hot Stove camps for girls interested in all areas of softball.
Led by Varsity Staff, Coach Bingham, Coach Saladino and players, the camp will assist in fundamentals of offense, defense, pitching and catching. Players will be put in small groups according to age.
The offense and defense Hot Stove Camp is a 90 minute session. One session will run from 9:00-12:00pm and one will run from 10:00-11:00am each day. Coach will contact you before the camp to let you know what time your player will attend. Generally, 8U and first year 10U players will go in the early session and second year 10U and 12U players will attend the later session.
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|This camp is led by the Ankeny Softball Coaching Staff and is open to any and all Ankeny Community School District students.
New this year!
Led by varsity coaching staff & players, Hawkette Hit Club. Hit Club will focus on the fundamentals of hitting. On Saturdays, athletes will work directly with the coaching staff. On Thursdays, athletes will have the opportunity to work with both coaches and our current Hawkettes.
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Apr 24, 2014
Jack, Jeramy & Jeff talk about the new animated Batman movie "Assault on Arkham", discuss the several upcomings of Arnold Schwarzenegger and review the Kickstarter project "Summons".
Apr 17, 2014
Jack, Jeramy and Jeff discuss Captain America: The Winter Soldier's box office success, the changes being made to the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie and review the project "Seven Years In Dog-Land" by Johny Tay.
Apr 10, 2014
In celebration of 25 episodes, the guys talk about the "Goonies" sequel, introduce a new segment called "Real World Heroes" and play "The Canned Air Jeopardy Challenge".


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JWT Wins Egyptian Tourism
NEW YORK The Cairo office of JWT — in partnership with sibling shops Mindshare and RMG — has landed global creative and media duties on the Egyptian Tourism Authority's advertising account, JWT confirmed today.
Estimated annual media spending is $50 million.
The selection came after a review in which five other teams contended, including the incumbents, Omnicom Group shops DDB and OMD, according to sources. A source identified the other contenders as Omnicom units TBWA and BBDO, Havas' Euro RSCG and WPP Group's Grey.
In an internal e-mail, Roy Haddad, CEO of JWT"s Middle East North Africa Group in Beirut, wrote that the WPP agency is "very honored to have won the ETA account considering the importance of tourism for the [Egyptian] economy and we are committed to achieve what we have promised during the presentation."
Other JWT Cairo clients include Bayer, Cadbury, Nestle, Unilever and HSBC.


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This summer there were changes abound and a lot of the player movement will have a huge impact on the fantasy hockey landscape for the 2017-18 season. In this two-part series we will take a look at 15 players who will be suiting up in new uniforms this fall and what to expect from them with their new teams. Let's take a look a No.1-to-7.
1. Artemi Panarin – LW – Blue Jackets
2016-17 Stats: GP-82 | G-31 | A-43 | P-74
2017-18 Projections: GP-82 | G-31 | A-45 | P-76
Following two very successful seasons in Chicago, Panarin and his $6.0M AAV contract were dealt to the Blue Jackets this summer. The trade was a bit of a head scratcher as Brandon Saad carries the same cap-hit for more years, but the trade certainly won't hurt Panarin's fantasy stock. The 25-year-old has scored at least 30 goals with 40-plus assists in each of his first two NHL seasons—he is tied for seventh in the league in points (151), tied for 14th in goals (61) and 15th in assists (90) over that span.
The Russian winger has electrifying talent and a terrific shot, which should look excellent on Alexander Wennberg's wing in 2017-18. Moving off of Patrick Kane's line isn't ideal, but Wennberg is a very talented playmaker with great vision, making these two a great match. While a 15.3% shooting percentage can sometimes be a cause for concern, Panarin's elite shot should allow him to carry an above-average shooting percentage into 2017-18. He carries an impressive 54.1 CorsiFor% in 162 career games, so don't expect those point totals to drop-off in his first year with Columbus.
2. Kevin Shattenkirk – D – Rangers
2016-17 Stats: GP-80 | G-13 | A-43 | P-56
2017-18 Projections: GP-73 | G-12 | A-38 | P-50
In three years prior to 2016-17, Shattenkirk posted 45, 44 and 44 points but had a career-high 56 points (13G / 43A) with the Blues and Capitals last year. After just 19 regular season and 13 playoff games with the Capitals, Shattenkirk signed with the New York Rangers this summer.
Shattenkirk was long linked to the Rangers because he is a Greenwich, Connecticut native—one hour from New York City. Over the lat four years, Shattenkirk was tied for 10th among defensemen in goals (45), 11th in assists (144) and points (189).
Shattenkirk, who ranks second in the NHL in power-play points in that same span, will help a Rangers' PP that was already tied for 10th (20.2%) last year. The move to New York should not change Shattenkirk's production, but it will likely have a big effect on Ryan McDonagh's usage and production.
3. Jonathan Drouin – RW – Canadiens
2016-17 Stats: GP-73 | G-21 | A-32 | P-53
2017-18 Projections: GP-70 | G-22 | A-43 | P-65
Trade rumours swirled around Drouin following a dramatic 2015-16 season, but the trade didn't materialize until this summer when he was dealt to Montreal. There's no denying Drouin's talent (see goal below), he had a great postseason upon his return to the Lightning in 2015-16 and had 21 goals and 32 assists (53 points) in 73 games last year.
The Canadiens added the French-Canadian because they were in need of some game-breaking talent in their top-6, but they also gave up on top prospect Mikhail Sergachev in order to make it happen. Drouin has outstanding vision and playmaking ability, making him a 20-goal, 40-assist threat in his first season with his hometown team.
4. Brandon Saad – LW – Blackhawks
2016-17 Stats: GP-82 | G-24 | A-29 | P-53
2017-18 Projections: GP-82 | G-29 | A-30 | P-59
Saad was originally a casualty of the salary cap strain in Chicago when he was traded to the Blue Jackets prior to the 2015-16 season. During two years in Columbus, Saad was tied for 23rd in the NHL in goals (55) and tied for 62nd in points (106).
Saad is a thick kid with great two-way ability and a return to Chicago likely means he will be reunited with Jonathan Toews—the duo had a 56.1 CF% and 61.7 GF% when they played together in 2014-15. Saad posted strong numbers in Columbus despite recorded just seven PPG and 11 PPP in 160 games. If he can carve out a larger role on the Blackhawks' PP he has obvious 30-30 upside.
5. Alexander Radulov – RW – Stars
2016-17 Stats: GP-76 | G-18 | A-36 | P-54
2017-18 Projections: GP-76 | G-21 | A-42 | P-63
Radulov made his much anticipated return to the NHL in 2016-17, but it was unspectacular for the most part. (aside from some slick goals like this)
It seemed like all of North America was skeptical about Radulov's return, which is why he was only signed to a one-year deal. However, he escaped the season without any crazy antics and earned himself a five-year pact in Dallas this summer.
Radulov joins what should be one of the most high-flying offences in the NHL and could play on a line with Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin—a trio that is bound to dominate and could be one of the most potent lines in the league.
The Stars are unlikely to struggle like they did in 2015-16, so look for Radulov to build off of last year and top 20-goals and 40-assists.
6. Scott Darling – G – Hurricanes
2016-17 Stats: GP-27 | W-18 | GAA-2.38 | SV%-.924 | SO-2
2017-18 Projections: GP-52 | W-32 | GAA-2.41 | SV%-.921 | SO-3
Darling is one of the best success stories in hockey over the last decade. Upon the completion of his time at the University of Maine, where he posted just an .895 SV%, Darling spent 65 games in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL), 39 games in the ECHL and 53 games in the AHL before finally making it to the NHL, where he posted a .936 SV% in 14 games during his rookie season (2014-15).
Since then all he has done is post the fourth best SV% (.922) in the NHL—among goalies who have played at least 75 games. This summer he was able to emerge from Corey Crawford's shadow as he was traded to the Hurricanes, where he is expected to serve as their starter, ahead of veteran Cam Ward.
The 28-year-old should have equal success in Carolina as the Hurricanes are one of the best young, up-and-coming teams in the league. Last season they had the third best CF% (52.2) and ranked sixth on the penalty kill (84.2%). With a great blueline in front of him, Darling is a No.2 fantasy netminder on draft day but carries low-end No.1 upside.
7. Jordan Eberle – RW – Islanders
2016-17 Stats: GP-82 | G-20 | A-31 | P-51
2017-18 Projections: GP-78 | G-25 | A-33 | P-58
After seven seasons and 507 regular season games in Edmonton, Eberle's run with the Oilers came to an end this summer when he was dealt to the Islanders for Ryan Strome. On the whole, Eberle's numbers were relatively disappointing, but he was a consistent 20-plus goal scorer and had some really nice seasons during his tenure in Edmonton.
Now in Brooklyn, Eberle should find himself on John Tavares' wing and unlike Andrew Ladd last year, he should have a lot of success. The 27-year-old absolutely disappeared in the playoffs last year, which was likely the last straw in Oil Country, but he is a natural goal scorer who should have no problem getting to 25 goals with 30 assists in his first campaign with a solid Islanders squad.
*All Advanced Stats via www.hockey-reference.com*


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The Truth About Our Abandonment Issues.
I have a hypothesis as simple as my belief in awakening, spirituality, healing, and God's truth: our abandonment issues are the root of every single problem on this planet.
I think we, as humans, absolutely love to complicate things, to hold on to and facilitate our victim mentality in any way possible, by any means necessary.
What if it really is that simple, that we don't actually have social problems on this planet?
What if we do not have a gun violence problem? What if we do not have a sexual violence problem? What if we don't have a hunger problem, a homeless problem, or even a hate problem on this planet?
Then what?
Then we all rise into our full potential, our pleasure, our bliss, our creativity, our divine birthright, our powerful god-selves, and heal the whole of Earth to the nirvana intended by the Divine.
Sounds good, right?
Oh yes, sounds heavenly indeed!
So what is the truth? How do we heal the planet? What needs to be done for us all to stop hurting ourselves and one another?
We have got to heal the abandonment issues on this planet. That is the key.
But here is the missing link: Your mom did not abandon you. Your dad did not abandon you. You lover, your friend, your child, your confidant, even God, did not abandon you.
You abandoned You!
Every single time someone shames us, we separate from a piece of ourselves deeming it unworthy of our own personal love and connection, as well as that of others. We push that part of ourselves aside. We stop loving it and never let anyone else see it. We push it into the dark and pretend it isn't there.
Every single time we are violated in any way, shape or form, going into survival mode, fight-or-flight, and ultimately surviving, but never returning to, the unexpressed emotions that we pushed down in that life-threatening moment, we abandon a critical part of ourselves.
Every single time a relationship ends and we go out drinking with friends, or dinner and a spa trip, calling those things self-care, we pretend that we've moved on, leaving a hurting, suffering part of ourselves unattended and, ultimately, unloved and abandoned.
Reuniting, reconnecting, working through being abandoned by mom will not fix this. Mommy is not the issue. Daddy is not the issue. Friends, lovers, children are never at the core of our abandonment issues.
Only I am at the root of my abandonment issues. The abandonment of self is at the center of my problems and at the crux of every social problem we have on this planet.
We do not have social problems on this planet.
We have 7.4 billion versions of a pain problem on this planet.
And here is how we solve it: Find a qualified inner child therapist and study inner child therapy through books and videos. John Bradshaw, the author of Homecoming and the Father of Inner Child work, created an entire series for PBS on the work. The series is available for free on YouTube.
Begin building the trust of your inner child, and start communicating with it on a daily basis. Re-parent it to a place of healing as it shares the unexpressed emotions of shame, fear, anger, and sadness.
Through visualizations and meditations, return to all the moments of life where the unexpressed emotions live. Feel all the emotions never felt in those times. Embrace the you present in that past scene. Tell that alone part of you that they are safe, how loved he/she is, that he/she will never be alone again, ever, and invite that pushed down piece of you to return back to your full self.
Hold that abandoned part of your self, breathe it in, open your heart chakra and re-integrate it back into the healthy wholeness that is now you.
If another was present in the moment when the abandonment of self took place, in the meditation or visualization, picture your adult self standing in front of the person who hurt, shamed, or violated the piece of you that you abandoned. Re-make the scene. Tell the person, "No! You may not do this to me ever again!"
Replay the event with the adult you protecting the little you, reminding your inner child all the while how loved and safe it is and how nothing like this will ever happen again.
It is only when we forgive ourselves for the pain we caused ourselves by what, still stuck in the pain of our past, we invited and allowed into our personal existence that we can fully heal with complete connection and unconditional love of self.
When we forgive ourselves, forgiveness of others just follows.
When we become whole in our connection to ourselves, healthy connection to other whole people just follows.
When we unconditionally love ourselves, unconditional love of others just follows.
There is no work on this planet aside from the inner work. There are no problems on Earth to solve except what hurts inside each of us.
When we forgive and connect with and unconditionally love ourselves and others, we won't hurt ourselves or each other anymore.
We will stop hurting each other.
We will stop violating each other.
We will stop killing each other.
We will feed one another.
We will clothe one another.
We will love one another and return the Earth to the peace, love and Nirvana that is the birthright of each and every one of us.
It is time.
It is time to rise, time to heal, time to love ourselves and each other.
Christie Del Vesco is a College Administrator and Professor, a Universalist Minister, a member of the RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network) Speakers Bureau and single mom. She's a children's advocate, a survivor of many forms of sexual violence, and a voice for the survivors who have yet to find their own. Chris is a firm believer that we go through what we do, to help others when they go through the same. She also believes if we would all just "be the change," we can change the world.
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Kaweco STUDENT Rollerball Pen White
- A classically-styled pen in high-quality acrylic, with metal parts in chrome-plated brass.
- The cap, complete with strong built-in pocket clip, screws onto the back of the pen for posting. A Kaweco logo features on the cap end
- 130mm long capped, 120mm uncapped, 160mm posted. Approx. 12mm maximum diameter, approx. 32g weight
- Presented in Kaweco long metal tin box and supplied with a Kaweco EURO Rollerball Refill Black 0.7 mm
- Made in Germany
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Until this day it is still Kaweco's goal to design reliable and stylish writing instruments for young people. The Kaweco STUDENT series was created with this goal in mind.
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If you think modelling is easy, you obviously haven't been on a photo shoot (or watched America's Next Top Model!). A lot of self discipline and gruelling long hours go into getting "the shot" you see in beauty and fashion spreads.
But if you really believe that you're the next Linda or Gisele, Sutherland Models has just launched its Supermodel Search to find the next big model.
Enter the search for your chance to be the next Shalom Harlow (a Sutherland graduate, pictured here).
To help you prep, we thought we'd compile our favourite modelling quotes by top catwalk queens who've enjoyed great careers.
"When people ask how have I kept on top, I have to say with the help of every photographer, make-up artist and hairdresser I've ever worked with…"
"I'll never forget the day when a woman came up to me and said, 'No, you could never be on a magazine cover. Your face features don't work; your eyes are small, you have a small face but a big nose.' I was only 14 and I had never noticed any of that stuff, you know?"
Glow hair tip: Aside from her amazing personality, the Brazilian bombshell gets booked for her beachy hair. To get gorgeous waves like her's, try Fekkai Oceanique Tousled Wave Spray.
"Modeling still excites me. It is a great form of expression for me. I have been lucky enough to work with incredibly talented people. I'll never forget seeing my first French Vogue cover and spread. Seeing all those images of myself in a magazine like that — it gave me such a thrill! Another exciting moment was my first American Vogue shoot. It was a big group shot, of all top models, by Steven Meisel. I was in awe. And smitten with the profession."
Glow beauty tip: Liya's known for her flawless skin. To get noticed by model scouts, try Juice Beauty's Organic Clear Skin Kit.
"I don't want to be myself, ever. I'm terrible at a snapshot. Terrible. I blink all the time. I've got facial Tourette's. Unless I'm working and in that zone, I'm not very good at pictures, really."
"When I was a kid, everywhere I went people said I should be a model but I was more into skateboarding."
"It's ridiculously corny…but I feel like I have the best of both worlds. I'm able to travel and work with these iconic people in the industry, and then come home to St. Louis…"
"When I was 18, and my looks were what I was - and all that I was - it did feel very limiting. It got to the point where I wondered what I was doing. But modelling gave me the kind of confidence that a lot of girls in their teenage years don't have. In the end, I think that the industry saved me from having to be self-conscious."
For an exclusive look at last year's Sutherland Supermodel Search, check out this Glow.ca video.


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Definitions for "DCIS"
Keywords: ductal, carcinoma, situ, intraductal, duct
Ductal carcinoma in situ. Malignant epithelial proliferation occupying duct spaces but confined within the basement membrane. It is a heterogeneous entity, radiologically, pathologically and biologically.
DCIS stands for ductal carcinoma in situ. DCIS is an early form of breast cancer that starts in the milk ducts. See breast cancer section.
Abnormal cells that involve only the lining of a duct and have not spread outside the duct to other tissues in the breast. Also called DCIS or intraductal carcinoma.
Keywords: impact, draft, study, construction, statement
Draft Construction Impact Statement
Disease costs and impact study


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Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) Trends Across the IT Industry
Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) Trends Across the IT Industry
As the IT industry continues to grow and changes, companies are continuously looking for ways to manage their infrastructures without the hassle.
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Information technology has become an inseparable part of business operations, especially in a fast-growing technological world. The challenge of ever-changing market trends, customers' desires to stay abreast of competition and the introduction of newer and improvised technologies every few months, has caused organizations to buckle themselves with efficient IT infrastructure management. This called for the entry of Remote Infrastructure Management Services (RIMS) which is a cost-effective solution that remotely manages the entire IT infrastructure of an organization.
RIM covers workstations, servers, network devices, storage devices, IT security devices, etc. of an organization. It helps with carrying out support, administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, performance optimization, etc. for a given organization.
And with the dawn of virtualization of data centers and the simple functioning of the cloud, RIM becomes easier to implement.
The following are the trends being observed with the fame of RIM spreading across the IT industry:
Moving to the cloud
Many organizations have begun shifting their business to the cloud owing to its features like scalability, lower cost of operation, security compliance and more, with minimal management. A company can enjoy all these features while still being able to control their data and infrastructure. And emerging technologies like consolidation and virtualization will fuel the requirement for cloud services and cloud-based infrastructure.
Growing Threat to Security
IT Virtualization with its features of flexibility and cost savings has been happily received by a number of organizations for quite some time, now. However, with any technology comes to its security concerns and so is the case with virtualization. This can prove to be a major setback for companies who are looking to adopt the technology. Because of this, many security software companies are focusing their efforts on security.
Complying with Security
Day-in and out, a number of security issues crop up and organizations are forced to shift their focus to addressing top security and compliance concerns. Businesses will have to look at concrete ways of addressing security and comply with security regulations to counter any threats.
Involvement of GPS and RFID Technology
In the pursuit of meeting the demands of a competitive market, companies are not able to assess the security concerns over the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) culture. While the culture allows for ease of usage, convenience, and freedom and speaks about the collaborative nature of the cloud, it mounts huge pressure on IT and finance departments of an organization. As a security measure, geo-fencing proves as an effective solution by allowing the management to review the usage of devices with robust security policies in place.
The Future Foretold
CIOs are wanting to look at comprehensive data analysis to understand what decisions they can make for the future. Open source software platforms and data analysis are shared through networks to create appropriate virtualization and automation of workflows for heightened traffic and reducing security issues.
Managing the Demand in Infrastructure
With the growth in the industry, there is bound to be a growth in its needs as well. This results in an increase in storage facilities which in turn will result in the increase in the demand for storage related services. To tackle this fast-recurring process of increasing investments in storage and increasing number of devices, organizations will look forward to solutions for simplifying their large infrastructure. RIMS solution providers in collaboration with IT departments are working towards enhancing efficient integration and manage storage platforms. This will take off the burden from the shoulders of the IT personnel.
Application of Discorded Data
Sources like video, audio and social media from platforms like BYOD can threaten the information of an organization. As a result, organizations look for ways to deal with this security concern. And moreover, organizations these days are gathering and relying on bulk data and the need for more servers, databases, tools and data scientists will increase.
RIMS will assist in organizing this data in one place and help channel it to achieve strategic goals, solve challenges and prioritize business requirements, in a shorter time.
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