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Progress again, finally!
Monday, July 22, 2013
A month ago my doctor put me on a really restrictive diet to try and determine if I have some food allergies that are messing with my digestive system. I won't go into details, but it made eating healthy really frustrating for me. This diet though, was exactly what I needed and it came at exactly the right time.
First, I had let my emotional eating get out of control again. This time I was eating entire large bags of dark chocolate M&M's every night, which only hurt my stomach and made me feel bad the next day.
Second, because my binge eating was back, I had plateaued with weight loss. Starting the Specific Carbohydrate Diet helped to kick start that again for me, and I lost 13 pounds in the last month.
Third, the diet is working. It is not perfect and there are days when my stomach still hurts, but overall, I do feel better. That is a HUGE step forward for me. My stomach issues started almost 12 years ago and I just assumed that I would always fight with these problems.
Finally, I have proven to myself that I can truly do anything for one month. Now I am going to work on this diet for another three months and my confidence is much higher that I can make it happen. It is hard, it requires a lot of planning and I feel terrible when my restrictions hinder what people around me are eating. But if it works, it is worth all of the headaches.
I have bought two new cookbooks since starting this plan (I hate the word diet because it makes it sound like this is temporary) and have discovered that I actually can cook. I'm slow and I make huge messes in my kitchen, but I have created some pretty tasty things! And I have found a bunch of veggies that I never would have tried without literally having to because of the restrictions. I'm much more willing to try something out. I've learned that it is not necessary to have carbs at every meal. This was a huge lesson for me!
And the biggest thing that has surprised me is that it is not as hard as I thought to avoid the "bad" foods. I was on this diet when I spent two days at Summerfest and a day at a county fair. Did I want to have fresh corn on the cob or a funnel cake? Of course I did, but not because I was hungry, more because it was a habit. I did want a taste of the chocolate ice cream that someone was eating (homemade at the fair) but it wasn't that I felt deprived. I didn't have to force myself not to sneak a taste or anything. I just knew that this was the right choice for me. I have done way too much work to give in at this point.
In the past, I have never put my full energy and heart into getting healthy. I would make the right choices, say the right things but then sneak and hide food. And it definitely just made me feel worse about myself.
But this time, I'm making the right choices, and for the right reasons. I am not feeling deprived, although I am a little sad that delivery of any kind is not in my future. No chinese or pizza in a flash for me. But that just means that if I'm going to make this work, I have to think ahead, try new things and keep my amazing support group around me.
I could never have done this all without amazing friends and family, and even though I haven't been very active on SP, that includes everyone here who reads what I write, comments on my status changes and "likes" my accomplishments. My family endured lots of healthy foods while I was on vacation with them, and never complained. They even thought twice about ordering bad stuff in case I would feel bad having to watch them eat it. My brother even entered a 5K, which amazes me to this day. I know that I'm getting healthy for me, for my own journey in life, but I also know that my getting healthy it helping everyone around me because I am a better person, a happier person and the start of a good role model.
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Congrats on that 13 pounds!
And the effect it's having on your digestive problems sounds good too, I fully understand the wonderful feeling when your digestive system actually starts settling down! Long may it continue for you........
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"Out of Africa"
by Marcel Brouwers
Marcel Brouwers, a first-generation American, has lived in Chicago, Seoul, Prague, Zihuatanejo, Kalamazoo, and Cassis, France. He currently lives in Knoxville, where he teaches in the University of Tennessee's English department and serves as director of the UTK Writing Center. He is also the author of The Rose Industrial Complex, a chapbook of poems published by Finishing Line Press in 2009.
Out of Africa
That the train was wooden but for the wheels,
two pews facing each other the length down
the car, and the roof, open to whomever climbed
to watch for tunnels and low-slung palm fronds;
that was the where, and a crippled woman,
the sole of one foot not touching the ground,
upturned, ankle bones warping against the floor,
elephant skin calloused on the tongue side,
was not begging but crawling to the open door,
those ties a blur, the shacks a child's wave
behind each last curve. Charity was out of place,
the man to my left attempting English to sell me
sapphires, blue with buried stars in darkness,
held up to light to reveal six points, proof
of authenticity, he not seeing her slow shuffle,
her crutch bench-high, the slow rumble of a train
switching tracks along the coast's frontage road
as riders up rooftop clutch handrails, and the world
ducks every passerby to get to where no one
has not been, those parallel tracks finally joined.
Copyright (c) 2012 by Marcel Brouwers. All rights reserved. "Out of Africa" first appeared in The Chariton Review. Brouwers will read from his new collection, The Old Cities, on November 25 at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville. The event begins at 2 p.m.
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Mileage Reimbursement Form
The tour and travel is the part of life and no one can move on without traveling. This is particularly true for people who used to drive at regular basis. There are organizations which are used to involve in some sort of travel. Their employees are sued to cover the miles on daily basis in order to get various jobs done. There are allowed quotas and some times paid miles beyond which the employees have to adjust or go through the process of reimbursement.
The mileage reimbursement form is used in this regard and that is used to settle the things between employee and its organization. The following mileage reimbursement form template can also be used as a replica or guide to organize the things. It can let you resolve the case using the idea of odometer reading and the reimbursement settlements. The template will just fit in your case and will definitely guide you towards the solution.
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Evaluations for significant pediatric blunt trauma tend to be rather rare. However, one flip side to improved vehicular safety is that previously fatal accidents turn into diagnostic dilemmas with otherwise well-appearing children after horrific potential injury mechanisms.
This specific article tries to address the risk/benefit ratio for imaging the pediatric thoracic spine after trauma, with a focus on the lifetime excess attributable risk for breast cancer. They used estimates of radiation to breast tissue from plain films and CT, and then applied the predictions from the BEIR VII report to determine EAR. From all these various calculations, their worst-case scenario derived an excess of 79.6 cases of breast cancer per 10,000 CT scans in females aged less than 12 years.
Unfortunately, the proponents of CT imaging cite these studies and say we've done nothing but document theoretical risk (based on atomic bomb exposure) – while ignoring that the risk of missed injury is equally theoretical. As usual, the prudent course of action is to perform additional testing only when explicitly indicated – the additional cases of breast cancer are not trivial, but neither are missed injuries. The rate of additional breast cancer cases is certainly not so high that CTs should be skipped when clinically indicated.
"Theoretical Breast Cancer Induction Risk From Thoracic Spine CT in Female
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A Booming Industry: Surprise Entertainment
Among the vast entertainment industry in the United Kingdom, no other sector has seen so much growth in recent years as the so-called 'surprise entertainment' industry.
Surprise entertainment can mean classic entertainment acts such as performers who are attending celebrations and similar events in disguise to start their show at a certain time, as the name implies to the surprise of all guests.
Very popular here are The Singing Waiters and similar always popular acts.
But surprise entertainment encompasses more than shows at wedding receptions or birthday parties.
This form of entertainment is especially popular amongs incorporates where it can serve to make a lasting impression on potential business partners. Obviously, a professional entertainment act such as The Singing Waiters can convey a lot more style and class as compared to an unknown, local band.
Surprise entertainment likewise encompasses flash mob performances which today are highly popular for various businesses or organisations who want to draw attention for a product or a particular cause. With flash mobs in shopping malls, the message can be spread in a unique, entertaining and memorable way.
If you want to learn more about surprise entertainment, check out The Singing Waiters UK. The Singing Waiters UK are the U.K.'s most successful surprise entertainment act of today.
Why Export Documentation Software Can Be Important For Your Business
Being efficient in a business is without a doubt the most important factor that can decide over success or failure. Being efficient means that work gets done in the fastest and best way with minimal costs.
Several decades ago, when computers became accessible for the average person, efficiency for business saw a huge rise since it all of a sudden was possible to get tasks done that previously had been impossible altogether or they took a lot of time and manpower to complete.
Business software suites were among the earliest software for computers and today they have come long ways.
Offices everywhere can now make use of accounting software, spread sheets, databases and of course communications are also much more efficient with the use of email and instant messaging.
Beside standard business software, more specific software that is targeted to certain businesses deserves particular attention.
In my case it was export documentation software that brought my own business from rather mediocre performance up to new heights.
This is a type of software that can significantly help any business that deals with shipping such as import/export businesses, warehouses or mail-order companies that work through ebay.
Export documentation software helps us tremendously to keep track of all the paperwork and documentation. This starts with customer invoices and ends with the ever important customs documents which are critical when we have shipments that go to other countries.
Before we had several close encounters where a minor problem with customs documents caused delays. The problem here is that any delay for a shipping business means a loss of money. The other problem is that is difficult to get quick insight whether all those documents are correct without a system like export documentation software in place. You can possibly use standard software for the organization of those things but it's a lot less efficient to do that way. In my opinion, if you deal with any sort of shipments you shouldn't skimp on a good export documentation software package.
What Is a Workplace Assessment?
Many companies and businesses today have realized how improved ergonomics at work can provide numerous benefits. It is a fact that many of today's common health issues can come from less than optimal if not hazardous working conditions. Millions of workers today are suffering from back pain and similar health conditions that could have been avoided with better workplace ergonomics.
For a business owner, ergonomic workplaces for their employees by and large can mean significant cost savings due to healthier employees, less money spent on treatment and care of work-related injuries.
One other benefit of better ergonomics at work is higher productivity not only because of a better work environment but also because of fewer sick days.
Making sure that a workplace is ergonomic is often not as easy as simply replacing office chairs and desks. When it comes to ergonomics there are many more factors that need to be considered, beyond the obvious.
The best way to get get your company up to modern ergonomic standards is a professional workplace assessment.
A workplace assessment looks at all the factors that are important when it comes to ergonomics. The assessment will not only give you recommendations about the right work furniture for your employees but will also take into account environmental factors such as lighting and many other things.
Workplace assessments can be performed on-site or online. The latter is often done in such cases where a company has many workplaces to assess and where on-site assessments would not be practical. In any case, a professional workplace assessment is to best way to ensure proper workplace ergonomics for your company.
Get Your CV Short-listed With Those Tips
If you want to make sure that your CV makes an impression with your potential employers you must think out of the box. Over at The Telegraph I found some great tips that can help you to make your CV stand out.
With those professional tips you can improve your CV and the impression it can make dramatically. Learn how you can increase your chances of getting short-listed for interviews. If you apply those tips you will definitely see better responses as compared to submitting a dull resume like anyone else.
Tip: Even if you do not apply all those tips to super-charge your CV you can still increase your chances by submitting a CV that is free of errors ans customized for the position you are applying for.
What Is E-Invoicing?
One could say that e-invoicing is to invoicing what email is to postal mail. In fact, there are many similarities.
In the same way as email has revolutionised the way we communicate today, E invoicing can help to save time and money for almost any type of business.
What is E-invoicing?
As you may have guessed already, the "E" in invoicing stands for "electronic" and this means that "E-invoicing" is simply the short term for electronic invoicing. It is called "electronic" because the process involves that invoices are converted into digital ("electronic") format which makes it possible to send them over the Internet.
What may sound complicated at first is in fact very easy and straightforward. Let me explain.
As a business owner you don't need to change a lot in your current invoicing process. The difference is that once you created your invoice there is no need to print it out. Instead you will email the invoice to a what's called electronic invoice service. They will then convert the invoice automatically and send it off to your recipient.
Whether you create e invoices or receive them, there are benefits on both sides. For you, electronic invoicing means that you can cut out the entire time-consuming process of mailing them. It will also mean that your invoices will be instantly received and processed.
As the receiver for invoices you will have the benefits of that your system can automatically process invoices the instant they arrive.
Among the other advantages of electronic invoicing, besides the compatibility with your existing process, is its low cost. Electronic invoicing service providers will usually charge a small fee for the service. Some of them provide services for free. In addition to that you won't need any new office equipment to make use of electronic invoicing.
For me as a small business owner, E invoice has shown to save considerable time. For larger companies which otherwise may have an entire part of their business dedicated solely to their invoicing process it can mean even more savings. This is the reason that I can highly recommend electronic invoicing no matter what type of business you own.
Manufacturing in UK At 14-Month Low
As per the latest numbers, manufacturing activity in United Kingdom slowed to a 14-month low this past August. Likewise, data released by the Bank of England earlier this week showed a sharp upswing in consumer credit.
The senior economic adviser to the EY Item Club, Martin Beck said in a public statement that it is this combination of lower manufacturing output and increase in consumer credit which is ""in danger of losing its balance".
He said "In early 2014, investment and exports offered solid support to GDP growth and reduced the economy's reliance on consumer spending and the housing sector. But there is now concern that the UK is in danger of repeating the problems of the past"
Several other economists are stressing that despite the slowdown the pace of expansion remains solid and better than average. On the other hand it us increasingly likely that manufacturing would provide a lesser contribution to overall UK economic growth this quarter as compared to earlier.
Private Schools To Increase Chances On The Job Market
While the public school system in United Kingdom is definitely amongst the better schooling systems it is possible that public schools are not sufficient. This can be the case if a child has learning difficulties and would need special focus and attention that is often impossible in public schools. Today, it is rather common that the size of classes in public schools exceeds 40 or more children which obviously makes it very difficult for teachers to dedicate to individual pupils.
It has also been statistically shown that those children who attend private schools in the United Kingdom will in general attend better universities later on which in turn will lead to better jobs and a significantly higher salary. Recent numbers show that private schools often result in what is called a "wage premium" at a later time in life.
So what this means for parents in the United Kingdom is clearly that a private school would significantly increase chances for their children to get better jobs. This can be a important thing to consider in a economy where the job market is still difficult.
How can you find a suitable private school for your child?
Before you make such a decision it should be obvious that you will need to do meticulous research. You should always contact the private school and have them answer all your question and concerns you may have. You should definitely schedule an appointment with the school in question for this.
In some cases you may have relatives or friends who themselves attended a particular private school. Maybe someone attended a UK prep school in Hertfordshire or another reputable school. Ask them about their experience of the school and whether or not they can recommend the school to you.
Most importantly, also ask your children what they would expect from a school. Private schools in the United Kingdom can vary greatly in terms of what extracurricular activities they offer. Your child may be into sports, so it can be a good idea to ask the school whether they offer such types of activity as well. Always know that a private school can mean much more than education. Make sure that the school you consider will offer everything that will help your child to grow up responsibly and successfully.
Click here to learn everything about my recommended private school Hertfordshire.
Careful If You List Your Business On Google Maps
If your business is listed in Google maps you need to be cautious. The reason for this is that your maps listing could be manipulated without your knowledge.
Read about the Serbian Restaurant in Washington DC which first lost 75% of its customer base and then had to close because someone changed their opening hours in the listing, suggesting that the formerly flourishing restaurant would be closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.
According to the article, the business owner Rene Bertagna is convinced that one of his competitors altered the listing.
Mr. Bertagna is now suing Google although the chances for him to win the case are rather slim
Fire Safety At Work
As a business owner in the United Kingdom you will face many challenges and responsibilities. Safety is always all the way on top of this list. You cannot have a successful business without providing a safe environment for yourself, your employees and for your clients.
In the UK, fire safety for commercial buildings is in particular important. We have very strict fire safety regulations that apply to virtually any type of business and those regulations cannot simply be ignored.
Fire Safety Systems For Commercial Structures
What can you do to improve your fire safety in your premises? Allow me to go over some of the more commonly used fire prevention and fire suppression systems.
The Detectomat
The Detectomat is a fire alert and prevention system that's widely used in the United Kingdom and many other countries.
What it is, it is usually one central control panel console and a number of smoke detectors and manual fire alarms that are installed all throughout a building.
The smoke detectors can automatically sound an alarm and the other alert panels give people a way to trigger the system manually in case they spot a fire.
Of course you should not only rely on such fire prevention systems like the Detectomat since there is more you can do to increase your fire safety in your business.
For instance, you should always make sure to have properly serviced fire extinguishers accessible all throughout your premises.
It can be recommended that you visit your city's fire brigade if you're uncertain about the specific rules and regulations in your area. Those can let you know what you need to do for maximum fire safety in the workplace .


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Sun Virtual Desktop Connector - Insides on Recycling Part 3
By mprove on Jul 20, 2008
originally blogged by Tino Rachui
This is the last posting on how recycling works with SVDC for the time being. The previous posting of this small series ended with the question "What if things are not working as expected and you need to know why not as soon as possible?".
There exist a couple of tools and sources of information to help you tracking down possible root causes:
\* VMware Infrastructure Client (VIC)
\* ESX Managed Object Browser
\* Windows Event Log Viewer
\* VDA Agent log files
Before you start using any of these tools or information reflect and understand on what conditions SVDC is actually supposed to recycle your VMs.
Ask yourself "What are the power settings of your guest OS?" and "What are the power settings of the VM hosting your guest OS?". Review the conditions that SVDC takes into account for recycling to get a clear picture of what actually should lead SVDC to recycle a specific VM. When you have done this it makes sense to actually start using the above listed tools and information sources for further investigation.
Lets go through some prominent cases and see how to check what is
going on (this is how I investigate recycling problems before resorting
to use the debugger).
- You have a VM that is assigned to a user and the VM is in power
state 'suspended' but the VM will not be recycled after the idle time
has elapsed. You probably have had a look at the VM status already using
the VIC in order to know that it is actually 'suspended'.
If a VM is in use and suspended SVDC makes the recycling decision based on the suspend time stamp that VC has set for that VM (see my previous postings for details).
Probably the first thing to do would be to have a look into the VDA Agent log files which you will find in the 'log' subdirectory of the installation directory of the VDA Agent on your VC host. If you find a warning therein similar to
"Virtual Machine <name> suspended without suspend time"
then you know that you've come across the VC 2.5 problem I've mentioned in my previous posting. Otherwise you might want to check if the VDA Agent is actually running. Use the "Services" control panel on Windows to verify that. Finally you should check if something in the logs suggests communication problems between VDA Agent (running on the VC host) and VDA Service (running on your Sun Ray host(s)) or even more subtle issues like problems to connect to VC via the VMware SDK etc.
- You have a VM that is assigned to a user, the VM is in power state 'running' but no user is logged in to the guest OS anymore.
The VM will not be recycled after the idle time has elapsed. In this current case the VM should actually be recycled based on the time stamp written by the VDA Tools.
If you have multiple ESX servers in your setup use the VIC to identify which one is running your VM. Open a web browser and browse to the Managed Object Browser of this ESX host
Log in using the root credentials of your ESX host. Follow these links
on this page you'll find a list of 'childEntity' entries (a bunch of numbers) referring to the VMs running on that ESX host. Pick the one of the machine your're interested in. You have to look for it by clicking on the links and find that VM with the name of the one you are seeing when using the VIC.
After you've found it click on the 'config' link near the top of the page. In the section 'extraConfig' you'll find a 'extraConfig["guestinfo.logoffTime"]'. Click on this link to see what the value of this property is. A value of "0" means the VM will not be recycled by SVDC any other value means this VM is subject to recycling.
If everything is working correctly in the case we are talking about the value you find should not be "0". If it is nevertheless than you need to dig deeper. Connect to the guest OS via RDP using the Sun Ray Windows Connector (SRWC) or the console in the VIC. Verify that the VDA Tools are actually started. Open the Windows "Event Viewer" (in the control panel under Administrative Tools) and go to the 'Application' section. See if you can find any error messages written by the VDA Tools suggesting that they were having problems setting the 'guestinfo.logoffTime' property.
- You have a VM that is assigned to a user, the VM is in power
state 'running' and the guest OS has entered the 'standby' mode. The VM
will not be recycled after the idle time has elapsed. Use the same
procedure as suggested in the second case to investigate possible causes
for the problem.
These are some problems I've heard about quite frequently. The list
is certainly not complete nor will all possible root causes be tracked
down using the methods and tools I've described it's a good start
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Falcon's Fury, the new record-breaking drop tower going in at Busch Gardens Tampa, has reached a milestone: it's surpassed 300 feet on the way to its total height of 335 feet. You can see the latest progress in the photo farther down on this page. If you dare challenge it, you'll plummet back down to earth face first after an unmatched aerial view of the Tampa area.
To put things into perspective, Falcon's Fury will be taller than SheiKra, Cheetah Hunt, and Air Grover combined. You can learn more about the design and construction process by watching the video accompanying this article.
As you'll see in the video, the addition of Falcon's Fury is just one part of an overall Busch Gardens Tampa project that's reimagining the Timbuktu area and transforming it into Pantopia. Look for new shopping options, as well as a new bakery and snack offerings.
If you'd like to get an idea of the scope of what a ride on Falcon's Fury will be like, jump to this article.
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Adapting to Global Warming: $100 Billion Says World Bank
- Saving Endangered Ecosystems in a Warming World
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The typhoon Ketsana is pouring down on Bangkok this morning as I ready myself for day four of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings. Representatives of countries and hundreds of civil society organizations will continue to meet here for another week to identify solutions for December's critical global warming negotiation in Copenhagen.
As the media has reported, the results of talks here are mixed, but there is hope in the conversation about adaptation. As NRDC noted here efforts to build resilience to climate change impacts in developing nations is critical because climate change is affecting vulnerable people around the world now. And there is a growing recognition that this will create global instability that will impact the US national security (as discussed here). So not only is it the right thing to do, but it is also in the US domestic interest.
Today's typhoon ripped through the Philippines, Samoa, Tonga, Vietnam, Cambodia and other nations before it arrived here in Bangkok but the good news is that the storm has become part of the debate, a terrible tangible impact of climate change.
The threat of worsening storms was reiterated last night at a World Bank event about their new report, Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC).
The report indicates that the costs of adaptation to a world 2°C warmer would cost between $75 - $100 billion a year between 2010 and 2050. $100 billion is a big number and delegates from the most vulnerable countries are rightfully concerned that monies must be committed now, at sustainable and sufficient levels to help build resiliency.
And if we don't address global warming the price tag would become even larger so we need invest in solving this challenge. It is always cheaper and easier to avoid the mess in the first place than to clean up after the fact.
is critical that the US and other countries increase their financial contribution towards helping developing countries address this financial gap. There are some efforts to provide a down payment towards this end (as my colleague discussed here) and the US Administration as begun to more clearly signal that it wants this support in the climate bill working its way through the US Senate (as my colleague discussed here). But more needs to be done to support adaptation in developing countries.
But the report from the World Bank approaches adaptation through a traditional development lens. How much will it cost to replace the dams, seawalls and power plants which may suffer from climate impacts?
These adaptation needs are important. We must make our investments more resilient to global warming and we need to ensure that we are simultaneously pulling millions out of poverty.
But it is no longer appropriate to view adaptation through a 'hard' model which largely does not factor in policy shifts and social responses. Soft tools like capacity building, communication, education, research and planning are perhaps the most critical in our efforts to adapt to climate change. Adaption, even in its very name suggests new innovative approaches, flexible tools and models supple enough to respond to the variety of new scenarios the world will experience. Without major shifts in thinking, the World Bank and other groups are likely to continue with adaptation by ribbon cutting, favoring large concrete infrastructure solutions over flexible sustainable mechanisms which can take many forms.
In 2050 the least developed nations should have cutting edge energy sectors which incorporate the best renewable technologies and social and economic models which promote efficiency. In this ideal world, coastal communities will be protected through participatory costal management which capitalizes on the natural world's resilience through investment in wetland and mangrove rehabilitation, rather than seawalls and other 'hard' tools which often shift vulnerabilities and may not withstand the intensified weather events of a +2°C warmer world. A mix of soft tools (enabling communities to adapt and progress) and hard tools (providing the energy, water and food) are both essential to sustainable development.
Here in Bangkok, once the clouds begin to part, lets hope that leaders of both the industrialized and developing world will use the projected costs of adaptation to shape a climate agreement which supports resiliency with flexible tools.
***This post originally appeared on the NRDC Switchboard.
Heather Allen is an International Advocate, Washington, DC at NRDC.


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Apparently I have a problematic GTX580 video card.
I followed instructions somewhere and installed Ubuntu 12.04 using "nomodeset". Then I logged into recovery mode, got the updates, also initiated "nvidia-current" package.
The problem is I now get black screen instead of desktop (after normally logging in) like 30% of the time. It is quite odd especially when I don't know what key combination to press in that situation - I just mash my buttons and computer restarts soon (maybe CTRL+ALT+DEL causes it?). At other times everything is fine, actually I am smoothly typing this message using that very same Ubuntu.
How should I deal with this problem? How to act when I see a black screen? Maybe there are error logs somewhere?


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Three separate projects are edited into this book which covers four years work from 2006 - 2010.
Landscape & architecture are photographed throughout Europe in the pursuit of history and learning.
Landscape & Architectural Photographer: The book 'Photographs from Three Projects' is literally what it says, an edited book version of my work from the past four years (2006 - 2010). What Lies Beneath the Surface: 30 photographs selected from an ongoing long-term body of work.
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As reported by The Associated Press, on Feb. 8 onlookers at the New York Fashion Week Prabal Gurung runway got a lively surprise amongst the artistic designs dressing the models walking the runway. A streaker flashed his way down the runway in a Tarzan, king-of-the-jungle like appearance with not much more than a faux cheetah G-string covering his naughty-bits and a gold crown atop his head.
Tarzan inspired flasher ran among Nepal inspired Prabal Gurung fashion
Celebrities sat first row at the Prabal Gurung show watching as the man ran navigating around the models walking the runway dressed in Prabal Gurung's fall 2014 fashion collection. He dashed through opening his coat waving it like a cape in the wind while his red socks added a extra humorous touch to the surprise entrance. As security ran after the streaker the models kept it professional, seeming to not even notice as they continued their trek displaying Gurung's Nepal motivated collection with interesting designs inspired by the ancient Tibetan Kingdom of Lo.
It was revealed that the man was not new to these type of antics. As reported by WWD, a Gurung spokeswoman made it known that the streaker was Vitalii Sediuk. Sediuk had previously made his name known for pranking other events including surprise hugging Leonardo DiCaprio at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and making appearances at the Grammy Awards and the Screen Actors Guild awards.
The surprise added a moment of laughter surrounded by the stoic beauty of the models and fashion. Immediately the photos and tweets were sent out giving Prabal Gurung's show an extra bit of unexpected notoriety.
While beauty is in abundance during Fashion Week a bit of humor adds a beautiful break to the runway of activities. Life is full of surprises, happy and sad. When something unexpected happens that can put a smile on one's face they should embrace it and enjoy the moment of laughter. Never be afraid to dance!
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Non-profit organizations and municipalities now have the opportunity to apply for a share of $2.2 million in Parks & Open Space funds. As a result of the 2007 Collin County Bond Program, funding is available for projects including, but not limited to, land acquisition, trails, and capital improvements for parks and open spaces located within Collin County.
In the coming days, the application packets will be mailed to all communities and previous applicants. Applications are also available online via the County website, or by contacting the Collin County Special Projects Department, 4690 Community Avenue, Suite 200, McKinney, TX 75071.
The deadline for submitting applications is Monday, July 7, 2014.
The Parks Foundation Advisory Board will conduct a review process between July and September with funding recommendations being submitted to the Collin County Commissioners Court in October 2014.
For more information about this funding, please call the Special Projects Department staff at 972-548-3744.


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The funny thing about paladin tanks more than any other tank is that we have a few spells that we can use on the raid, on single people, on basically anyone for a variety of circumstances.
Click to cast addon = pure win!
Now you might say to yourself.. Healbot and Vuhdo.. those are for healing right??
Actually, because of my healing on my shaman I've found a great use for healbot on my paladin.
Why use healbot?
Couple reasons I use healbot(vuhdo works too).
Debuffs:I can see debuffs on raid members and other tanks. If it doesn't exist I just add in a custom debuff that turns the whole health bar red, for like Rune of blood on saurfang. That way I have 2 warnings, DBM AND healbot turning colors.
Cleanse: OMG why would a tank cleanse. Think of it this way, as a tank would you rather give up a single gcd to remove something from someone or have the healer do it and not get that 10k heal on you? Pretty easy choice, I constantly cleanse myself and the raid while tanking as long as I have a good threat lead I am going to help the healers, we expect mages and druids to help decurse, why can't paladin tanks help cure diseases and poisons?
Hand of Protection: Why not have a click of the mouse to HoP the healer or someone who gets the mark in saurfang.. oh look that already shows as a debuff and now I know exactly who to HoP and I just click the mouse and it works!
Hand of Salvation: DPS catching up to you in threat? A click of the mouse sends them back down in the aggro charts. Oh did I mention you can set healbot to color the bar and freak out if someone gets near you in aggro?
Hand of Sacrifice: With healbot I see every one's life, incoming heals, and such. If I see a tank taking a massive set of punches to the face and incoming heals not getting them to full, a click of the mouse stops 30% of incoming damage and routes it to me, hooray the boss fight keeps going!
Righteous Defense: Probably one of the best, although maybe not intended use of Righteous Defense is with click to cast. See healbot as stated above freaks the hell out if someone pulls aggro off me, it also shows if ANYONE in the ENTIRE RAID has aggro. A simple click of the mouse and up to three targets aggro to me instead. Wow that was easy, I just saved that mage casting blizzard or warrior casting bladestorm.
So this is why I use healbot during a fight, keep in mind, if you are a click caster, as in you click all your abilities, this might be hard to do then. I have my normal rotation setup on the 1-6 keys so I can keep my rotation going while clicking on healbot as needed.
This is how mine is setup:
Left click: Cleanse(use it a ton)
Middle click: Hand of Salvation
Right click: Righteous Defense
Shift left click: Hand of Protection
Shift right click: Hand of sacrifice
I use control to talk in vent so I set all my ctr clicks to be the same exact thing as my normal click so I can talk and perform the same actions.
Other addons I recommend:
A hud, get one, I use my archud simply to tell me % of life left on my target. I use my frames to tell me how much in numbers is left of the targets life.
Omen: Just to see other people's threat and your own TPS
Recount: I set this not to sync until out of combat as to not spam people during combat, but good to know why you died, why other people died, what type of damage, dps, healing, etc. (I don't even look at this until after a fight anyways.)
While I'm at it, make sure you test all of your clicking before a boss fight, make sure they are all working during trash, or duel with a rogue outside to make sure if they poison you it works fine. Taunt of another tank with the righteous defense click(make sure they know you'll be doing it!)


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Club Statement
The closing date for applications for the Manager's job was March 17th. The response has been good and the calibre of applicants high.
Several of the candidates are currently employed at other clubs but there are others in employment who may well have applied had the vacancy been announced in the close season.
With this possibility in mind, we have decided to delay making a permanent appointment until early May to ensure that every possible candidate has been given an opportunity to apply and has been considered.
Meanwhile, Ian Bogie, who is himself a candidate, will take over the role of Caretaker Manager for the final nine games of the season and Paul Thompson will assist him as Player Coach.
Derek Bell returns to his regular role of Chief Executive but will assist Ian as and when required.
Graham Wood - Chairman


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Valve shows off the Steam controller with haptic feedback
Prepare your living room
GAMING ON DEMAND OUTFIT Valve has given expectant gamers a first look at what a Steambox controller will look like.
The firm has slowly been delivering information about its Steambox consoles and spent a lot of last week poring over the possible hardware and software possibilities. It offered a staged announcement, in three parts, presumably so people might assume that one would be Half Life 3.
The last stage was announced this weekend and is the Steam controller. Valve faces stiff living room competition in the console space, and looks to be taking a different direction to rivals like the Xbox One and PS4. Its controller has trackpads, as opposed to thumbsticks, and haptic features, meaning that it can feed sensations back into the user's fingers.
This means that it should appeal to, and work with, those games and gamers that use a mouse and keyboard for control.
"The Steam Controller is designed to work with all the games on Steam: past, present, and future. Even the older titles in the catalogue and the ones which were not built with controller support. (We've fooled those older games into thinking they're being played with a keyboard and mouse, but we've designed a gamepad that's nothing like either one of those devices.)," said Valve.
"We think you'll agree that we're onto something with the Steam Controller, and now we want your help with the design process."
Valve said that its controller is more sophisticated than the alternatives and will use the haptic feedback to improve the feelings that users get. It dismissed rival options.
"Trackpads, by their nature, are less physical than thumbsticks. By themselves, they are "light touch" devices and don't offer the kind of visceral feedback that players get from pushing joysticks around," it said.
"As we investigated trackpad-based input devices, it became clear through testing that we had to find ways to add more physicality to the experience. It also became clear that "rumble", as it has been traditionally implemented (a lopsided weight spun around a single axis), was not going to be enough. Not even close."
Touch does not end there and the Steam controller has a touch screen in the middle, that's the thing with the Valve logo in the middle.
"The screen allows an infinite number of discrete actions to be made available to the player, without requiring an infinite number of physical buttons," said Valve.
"In order to avoid forcing players to divide their attention between screens, a critical feature of the Steam Controller comes from its deep integration with Steam. When a player touches the controller screen, its display is overlayed on top of the game they're playing, allowing the player to leave their attention squarely on the action, where it belongs."
The controller has 16 buttons, and Valve has provided a map of which ones do what. They replace mouse button features, and other more traditional gamepad functions.
Valve will send out 300 hardware units to lucky registered punters who have expressed an interest in testing its console. The controller will join them, minus its touchscreen. µ
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Monday, June 10, 2013
On Game of Thrones, the character of Daenerys Targaryen is known as the Mother of Dragons.
Here is the mother of my dragon — and other highly detailed/hidden treasure — jewelry designs. It's a dragon-shaped bell that I got in the 1980s.
I wrote about this little critter in January:
" …. I found a man selling a silver bell shaped like a dragon. The artist told me it was a 'happy dragon.' I had to ask: why was it happy? 'Because he had a really good knight,' the guy said, turning the dragon over to show me the tiny knight-shaped bell clapper inside. I thought that was the cutest!thing!ever! I bought it, and you can see from my jewelry designs that the concept of hidden treasures left a huge impression on me."
Here's the knight inside the dragon.
You can see the dragon bell's influence in a lot of my work but the most recent example is my 18K-gold Jonah and the Whale Maneater ring. Here's the diamond whale swimming in a sapphire sea on the outer part of the ring …
… and the white-gold Jonah on the inside of the ring.
I found the dragon bell when I visited my parents' house last month to clear out some of my childhood things. It was the No. 1 item on my wishlist, and I'm so thrilled to have it! My Empress Wu dragon earrings and ring can now spend quality time with their direct ancestor.
10 Responses to "The Mother of Dragons (and Other Jewelry Designs)"
We settled for Rodney Strong Red Zinfandel, some local Neufchatel and another local, very creamy chevre. And Triscuits.
Sorry to see it go, along with the Borgias, if only for the season.
I'm gasping at the awesomeness of your Jonah and the whale Maneater ring. Are you for real?
that ring is just amazing
the detail is exquisite
Wow, check it out… you were always into dragons and hidden "treasures." That bell is 30 years old!!! OMG.
The new ring is S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G!! I think Jonah is actually quite happy!
Oh wow. These pieces are beautiful!
I'm a big A Song of Ice and Fire (and also Game of Thrones) fan. 🙂


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Kim and Kanye West spent part of their honeymoon in Ireland, before they headed to Prague to attend a friend's co-bachelor party and wedding. Kim and Kanye checked into the presidential suite at the Four Seasons in Old Town. Then they went shopping. Starpulse reports that Kim spent $7,500 for designer clothes and accessories as they shopped on Parizska Street.
An eyewitness told Us, "They were buying a few small items. She spent $5,000 there."
However, they hadn't finished shopping. Next, they went to an Armani store where Kim tried on some dresses. They spent another $2,500 for a black leather clutch handbag. The source continued to say, "Kanye was helping her choose [dresses]. They were holding hands in the store!"
The next day, the couple had a meeting at the Hotel Belvedere. When the meeting concluded, the couple went out again to shop. This time they decided to do some window-shopping. After that, they stopped at Cantinetta Fiorentina for lunch.
One of the staff members told Us, "They just wanted the most expensive wine. They also ate tortellini and steak. They were relaxed and she seemed to glow, like really glow. Some women who are loved and taken care of have this look, that's the look she had."
They relaxed and ate lunch for three hours. It seems that the newly married couple is having a good time.


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user_pref("capability.policy.default.Window.alert", "noAccess");
You can put this in the
user.js for a particular Firefox profile, but I don't use multiple profiles. So I added it by:
- putting "
about:config" in my address bar
- right-clicking and selecting "new"
- adding the name-value pair above
This works! Firefox no longer supports JavaScript alert boxes. However, now that I am through testing... the issue is that I cannot UNDO this.
When I go back to "
about:config", I do not find that name-value pair in the list of preferences. I likewise find nothing in "
prefs.js". Where did that preference get saved? How I nuke it, and return to normal?


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Afterword by A.B. Emrys
Laura Hunt was the ideal modern woman: beautiful, elegant, highly ambitious, and utterly mysterious. No man could resist her charms—not even the hard-boiled NYPD detective sent to find out who turned her into a faceless corpse. As this tough cop probes the mystery of Laura's death, he becomes obsessed with her strange power. Soon he realizes he's been seduced by a dead woman—or has he?
Laura won lasting renown as an Academy Award-nominated 1944 film, the greatest noir romance of all time. Vera Caspary's equally haunting novel is remarkable for its stylish, hard-boiled writing, its electrifying plot twists, and its darkly complex characters—including a woman who stands as the ultimate femme fatale.
"Vera Caspary's gift was perhaps more subtle, and deadly [than Jim Thompson, David Goodis, and Charles Willeford]."
"The novel has three great strengths. The first is Waldo Lydecker, Laura Hunt's mentor, the vain deliciously nasty newspaper columnist who narrates. . . . Its second strength is an ingenious plot twist that I won't spoil. . . . The novel's third strength is Caspary's having set a noirish crime story in the Manhattan haute monde of ad agencies, fancy restaurants, and society folk as odious as they are self-satisfied. Caspary (1899-1987), who worked in advertising as a young woman before becoming a prolific author of novels and screenplays, knew that world well and delighted in satirizing it."
"An intriguing melodrama. . . . A top-drawer mystery."
"Everyone loves the movie, of course, but it is now possible again to read this stunning novel with one of the great surprise moments in the history of mystery fiction. Brava!"
"Laura continues to weave a spell . . . achieving a kind of perfection in its balance between low motives and high style."
"Laura will beguile and unsettle readers: a love story with a sinister underside . . . it remains a compelling original."
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The village with a population of over 800, east of Bátaszék, lies along the railway line and road linking Bátaszék with Baja. Through the regulation of the River Danube valuable agricultural land was obtained, thus Nyék became one of the richest villages in Sárköz. A descendant of the famous Steig dynasty of potters still lives and works here and continues to produce lead-glazed pottery.


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CEA Registry Team
Research suggests that cancer is the most dreaded condition, ranking ahead of Alzheimer's, heart disease, and stroke. [1, 2] For health technology assessment (HTA) organizations that evaluate medical therapies and technologies to help inform coverage and reimbursement decisions, cancer poses a special challenge. The issue is particularly important given the abundance of new high-priced therapies in oncology, the growing health and economic burden of cancer, and the proliferation of HTA organizations worldwide.
In a new paper, published today in Health Affairs, my colleagues, James Chambers, Sarah Bliss and I highlight examples of HTA and cancer's exceptionalism. [3] Some countries have created separate HTA pathways for cancer treatment, while others have eased access or created exceptions to ease access to cancer treatment. In the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere, authorities have sometimes bent their own rules to cover cancer drugs despite poor cost-effectiveness. In the United States, unique Medicare rules favor off-label coverage of cancer drugs.
An enduring challenge for health technology assessment organizations is whether and how to grant special status to cancer. We argue that in the United States, HTA bodies are unlikely to employ explicit cost-effectiveness considerations to determine the value of cancer therapies, despite the appeal of such a strategy. Instead, they are likely to pay more attention to personalized medicine, so as to limit access to those patients most likely to benefit, and tie payment more directly to patient outcomes.
- Peter J. Neumann, Sc.D
1. Georges J, Benson JM, Wikler EW, Weldon KJ, Baumgart M, Jansen S, et al. Key findings from a five country survey of public attitudes about Alzheimer's disease. Poster presented at: Alzheimer's Association International Conference; 2011 Jul 16; Paris.
2. Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Risky feelings: why a 6% risk of cancer does not always feel like 6%. Patient Educ Couns. 2010;81 Suppl: S87–93
3. Neumann PJ, Bliss SK, Chambers JD. Therapies For Advanced Cancers Pose A Special Challenge For Health Technology Assessment Organizations In Many Countries. Health Affairs 2012; 31(4):700-708
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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Analysis: Brain Snacks
Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
One of the possible titles that Eliot didn't use for this poem was "Inventions of the March Hare". (Source)
Even graffiti vandals in Pennsylvania have been reading Eliot. (Source)
Prufrock isn't the only one who had trouble with women. Eliot's first marriage to Vivien Eliot was a disaster, and it is rumored that she had an affair with the philosopher Bertrand Russell. (Source)


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The City of Arlington Parks and Recreation Department is at it again. Improving parks in the city, that is.
In addition to a complete playground renovation at River Legacy Parks (completed in July 2012), the department has added shade structures over the playgrounds at several existing parks to make playing there more comfortable—and that means more enjoyable—during the hot Texas summers Arlington, and Texas, residents know so well.
Parks receiving shade structures in 2012 are listed below:
Randol Mill, 1901 W. Randol Mill Rd.
H.A.D. Dunsworth, 1100 Waverly Dr.
Woodland West, 3200 Norwood Dr.
Gene Schrickel Jr., 4500 Park Springs Dr.
Martin Luther Kings Sports Complex, 7001 Golf Club Dr.
S. J. Stovall, 2800 W. Sublett Rd.
In 2010, shade structures were added to five parks, as well: California Lane, Carl Knox Jr., Cravens, Misenhimer, and Gibbbons, and improvements have been made to many others, including the new barrier-free playground at Randol Mill Park.
Now you don't have to stay away from your local or favorite park because of the heat! And remember, these parks have a lot more to offer than a shaded playground, too. So plan a visit, and as the parks department says, "have fun in the shade this summer!"


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Department of Commerce trade missions are overseas programs for U.S. firms that wish to explore and pursue export opportunities by meeting directly with potential clients in their markets.
Trade missions include:
Certified Trade Missions
The Department of Commerce also certifies trade missions that are organized by state and private sector organizations and hosted by Department of Commerce's Commercial Service overseas offices. Learn more about Certified Trade Missions
For more information, contact the Trade Missions Program Director: Frank Spector at (202) 482-2054 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Thursday, April 3, 2014
IFSA-Butler students in Chile are accounted for following a 7.6 magnitude aftershock late on Wednesday. The Chilean government issued an evacuation order for the coastal areas surrounding the earthquake, as well as a tsunami warning, but both were cancelled earlier today. Please see the April 2 information below for details on IFSA-Butler's earthquake response and student safety precautions.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
An 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit along the coastlines of Chile, Peru and Ecuador late on Tuesday, April 1. All IFSA-Butler students in Chile have been accounted for.
The Chilean government issued a tsunami alert and mandatory evacuation for all coastal residents, but this evacuation order did not affect our students in Chile, as our program cities of Santiago and Valparaiso are very far from the center of the earthquake. The tsunami alert was cancelled Wednesday morning. Our resident director in Peru has also verified that IFSA-Butler students in Lima are fine and did not feel the earthquake.
IFSA-Butler's resident directors in Santiago and Valparaiso have responded to the earthquake with the following safety precautions and reminders:
Please see the following links for more information:
U.S. Geological SurveyReutersThe New York Times
Thursday, March 13, 2014
IFSA-Butler is closely monitoring the escalation of tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Since November 2013, intermittent rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel by Islamic Jihadist groups has been slowly increasing, while the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has consistently responded with targeted attacks on specific jihadist installations located in Gaza.
Over the past 24 hours, reports indicate that over 60 rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel, and the IDF has targeted at least 36 sites in Gaza. No casualties have been reported. This is the most activity witnessed between the two entities since November 2012. It is also reported that Egyptian officials are working towards a cease fire with the Israeli government and Hamas, the ruling party in Gaza.
At this time, IFSA-Butler will continue to monitor developments in the region with the assistance of our contracted intelligence analysis assistance company. We do not anticipate any interruption to the study abroad program at Hebrew University in Jerusalem at this time, as the epicenter of activity is within a small radius of the Israel-Gaza border. Students who are studying at Hebrew University in Jerusalem have been instructed to avoid this area at all costs, and they have also been informed on what to do should sirens sound in Jerusalem. IFSA-Butler students have also been given emergency contact information for the IFSA-Butler student services coordinator in Israel, as well as Hebrew University staff.
For more information, please see the following media outlets:
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Over the past 24 hours, Chile has experienced a series of tremors in the central coastal region of the country. The tremors have ranged from 3.0 to 5.4 on the Richter Scale, but they have not caused any damage in Valparaíso or Santiago. There is no current tsunami alert for the Chilean coastline.
All students on IFSA-Butler programs in Chile are accounted for and attending class as regularly scheduled. IFSA-Butler will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as necessary.
February 19, 2014
IFSA-Butler has received queries from parents and study abroad advisors about the current economy of Argentina and whether the country's financial issues may negatively affect a student's study abroad experience.
It is correct that the value of the Argentine peso has fallen from 6 pesos to the U.S. dollar to 8 pesos per dollar since January. In addition, the country has seen large-scale demonstrations related to economic concerns.
However, these recent developments have not caused widespread political instability or financial collapse, and Argentina's national government continues to function normally. Moreoever, Argentina's unemployment rate is 6 percent, compared to much higher rates in some European countries that nevertheless remain extremely popular as destinations for study abroad.
IFSA-Butler's resident staff in Buenos Aires and Mendoza work to place students with host families who live in very secure areas. In the unlikely event that Argentina would experience serious economic or political turmoil, the areas where our students live would likely remain very safe, and students would also be able to rely on IFSA-Butler's resident staff and 24 hour safety network for assistance.
IFSA-Butler is confident that Argentina will remain politically and economically stable and provide an amazing opportunity to students who want an authentic cultural experience in Latin America. Students, parents and advisors who still have questions or concerns about Argentina are welcome to contact the following IFSA-Butler directors:
February 12, 2014
IFSA-Butler continues to monitor severe weather affecting the majority of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Students in Cork and Limerick have been instructed to remain indoors due to hurricane force winds that have caused power outages and transportation delays. Persistent rain has also caused flooding and transportation issues in southwestern England and Wales.
We have reminded all students to follow any emergency instructions set forth by the universities and local authorities. Students can also contact the IFSA-Butler resident staff should they have questions or need assistance.
Please see the following media outlets for further information.:
Irish Times