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Identifying Addiction Triggers
The professional and experienced staff at Promises Austin will work closely with you to help you in your progression into addiction recovery as you work to eliminate the hold of a drug or alcohol dependence over you in your life.
During the Living in Balance portion of your holistic addiction treatment program, you will be exposed to a number of ways to deal with triggers, initially by learning how to identify these triggers that may lead them into abusing drugs or alcohol.
At times, it is difficult for the individual suffering from an addiction disease to readily recognize their own triggers in addiction, which is one of the reasons that this educational process is especially helpful in meeting the unique needs of each of our guests as they strive toward successful addiction recovery.
Learning What Your Personal Addiction Triggers Are
It takes this process of learning how to identify what your personal addiction triggers are in order to realize what scenarios in your life would best be avoided in order to reduce the likelihood of returning to drug abuse and active alcoholism.
As you progress in your drug rehab or alcohol rehab treatment, you will be helped to understand that while each person is different, addiction triggers can potentially affect you anywhere from days to many, many months after you actually cease to use drugs and alcohol.
Promises Austin guests are more than just an addiction. That's why our supportive, experienced counselors, who regularly help guests from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, California, New York and Florida, will provide the personalized attention necessary to help you to end your drug dependence or alcohol dependence.
Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehab – More Information:
Addiction Triggers, Cravings and Relapse
Addiction Treatment Program-Addiction Triggers
Interrupting Addiction Triggers
How Addiction Triggers Lead to Relapse
Preventing an Addiction Triggers from Leading to Relapse


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OC: Current Row by KyoichinWatch
· Hair: Red, short
· Original hair color: Light brown
· Eyes: Gold-brown
· Clothes: Black jacket and black jeans, under the jacket white long-sleeved V-neck T-shirt
· Shoes: White combat boots with some steel armoring and hidden edged weapons
· Piercings: Left ear 6, right ear 3
· Other accessories: Belt and chain, silver ring on this left thumb
Defining characteristics (habits, likes etc.)
Current is very observant and listens to his comrades yapping nonsense about things in live. He himself isn't very talkative but when he speaks, oh, people let him.
Being intimidating, people are often afraid of him, knowing his reputation as a very strong fighter. Despite that, he's very protecting when something important to him is in danger - he'll do anything for them. Usually he only needs to give the glare of "I'll make your life living hell" and that usually does it. If it doesn't, shit's about to go down.
You may see him keeping his hands in pockets of his jeans a lot (like in this one too). Judging by all his piercings and accessories, he likes silver objects alot, like crows like shiny things.
Current is from a wealthy and rich family. His mother is Korean and father Australian. He is to be his father's successor in business, but it isn't what Current wants. He escapes all the responsibilities – skips school, hangs out with his gang members.
Current met his cousin, Gemma Row, after so long. With Gemma he played a lot when they were just toddlers. Gemma's father worked in the Row family business but he was fired and his family, moved away. Current and Gemma never saw each other again, until Gemma started high school in bigger city and accidentally bumped into Current on the street. They don't meet up that often, but even so, Current cares for Gemma and he is looking after her.
Street-fighting and his 'gang'
Current is the leader of his 7-membered "gang", as outsiders might call it. He didn't choose to be the leader, he just ended up that way naturally, being strong and respected, not only by his comrades, also by many other gangs.
If someone harasses children or elderly - any innocent people, or even throws rubbish on the ground under their watch, isn't going to let it slide. Known as 'Crow' (クロウ) on the streets, people are aware and scared of him, despite his purposes to do good and to protect people.
Current prefers to not to use any weapons when fighting. He did Budō, Japanese martial arts (mostly judo and aikido), when in elementary and junior high school, now on the streets kicking everyone's asses.
Love relationships
Current's parents, mostly his mother, try to set him up with an arranged marriage, reasons being that the successor needs a wife to gain good publicity for the Row family and Current doesn't seem to be interested in any women at the moment or not even in the near future.
His schoolmate, Jun (18), confessed to Current on their second year in high school. Ever since then Jun has been hanging out with Current and his gang after school, even though he isn't part of it, never mind, he doesn't even do street-fighting. Current hasn't yet said that he loves Jun back, but he definitely feels something towards that gentle-eyed boy since he can't seem to ditch him. Why you ask, well they do make out sometimes.
Currents theme song(s):
Life Of My Own - 3 Doors Down www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVO5RK…

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Product News: PocketBands
I don't have one of these, so I can't review it, but I thought it interesting enough to bring to your attention. It's a clever but simple device to stash your key, or cash, or any other tiny item that you may have sticking in that ridiculously tiny pocket in your running shorts. They're called PocketBands, and the promotional video has the added bonus of background music that sounds suspiciously like it came from a scene in Streets of Fire – a favorite of mine. Take a look:
The developers have a Kickstarter page with a ton of information about the product.


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Police Officer Guilty in Cannibal-Plot Trial
By Sean Gardiner and Chad Bray
New York City police officer Gilberto Valle was convicted of all charges Tuesday after he was accused of plotting last year to kidnap women and then rape, cook and eat them.
Mr. Valle, 28 years old, was convicted of two counts: engaging in a kidnapping conspiracy and unlawful access to a government database in May 2012. He faces up to life in prison on the charges, and sentencing has been set for June 19.
His lawyers argued that Mr. Valle simply engaged in pure fantasy, calling it the stuff of "dark improv theater." No one described in the plots had been harmed.
Prosecutors alleged that the police officer took steps in furtherance of the conspiracy and "would have carried out a plan if he thought he could get away with it."


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Road to Arcylon
Type: Natural dirt, loop
Rating: Advanced, Downhill/Freeride
The Road to Arcylon is Basin Recreation's prized freeride/downhill-oriented trail. This is truly a downhill experience...fast, big jumps, drops and bermed turns. Access the trail from the Gorgoza Park Tubing Hill parking area. Ride up the Gorgoza Park Trail, roughly 1 mile, to UP Trail and another 1/4 mile to the top of Road to Arcylon.
This trail was planned, designed and constructed as a cooperative partnership between Basin Recreation and WAFTA (Wasatch Area Freeride Trail Association). A big thank you to WAFTA and all the volunteers who helped make the Road to Arcylon possible. Please respect the TRAIL CLOSED sign if it is posted. Construction, maintenance and mud create unsafe riding conditions.
Parking: Please park at the public trailhead at Gorgoza Park along Kilby Road for trail access.
PLEASE RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS! All trails in this area are on private property. Please stay on designated public trails, clean up after yourself and keep dogs in control. The future of these trails and new trails depend on your cooperation!
Click here for printable PDF map


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Get an overview of this hotelEco-friendly resort with fitness center and spa tub
Popular property highlights
Situated in a rural location, this eco-friendly resort is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Wind Ridge Trail and within 6 mi (10 km) of Canmore Caverns and Heart Mountain Trail. Grassi Lakes and Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Resort Features
This smoke-free resort features a fitness center, a spa tub, and a 24-hour front desk. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include an arcade/game room, express check-in, and multilingual staff.
Room Amenities
All 99 rooms feature kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and dishwashers. Washers/dryers and free WiFi are standard, as are flat-screen TVs with satellite channels.
Guest Highlights
- Quiet location
- Family-friendly amenities
- Overall property condition
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- WiFi could've been better
Copperstone Resort by CLIQUE
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Copperstone Resort by CLIQUE features a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This eco-friendly resort also offers barbecue grills, an arcade/game room, and multilingual staff. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Copperstone Resort by CLIQUE is a smoke-free property.
- Arcade/game room
- Total number of rooms - 99
- Number of floors - 2
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Fitness facilities
- Billiards or pool table
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Year Built 2008
- Free self parking
- Ski storage
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 4
- Spa tub
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchen
- Arcade/game room
- Separate dining area
- Sofa bed
- Washer/dryer
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Kitchen
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- DVD player
- Flat-panel TV
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Washer/dryer
- Free WiFi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Separate dining area
- Dishwasher
- Stovetop
- Satellite TV service
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the resort include a spa tub and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of CAD 20 per pet (varies based on length of stay)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Pet fee: CAD 20 per pet (varies based on length of stay)
Hotel Name
- Copperstone Dead Man's Flats
- Copperstone Resort Dead Man's Flats
- Copperstone Hotel Canmore
- Copperstone Hotel Dead Man`s Flats
- Copperstone Resort Canmore/Dead Man's Flats, Alberta
We should mention
A resort fee is included in the total price displayed.


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Getting a massage is a decadent way to pamper yourself, much like brushing your hair with the bones of a famous person. Live lavishly with this Groupon.
Choose from Three Options
- $30 for one 60-minute massage (a $70 value)
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Journey Aesthetics
Armed with products by Éminence Organic Skin Care and Nia24, technicians battle blemishes, wrinkles, and sun damage with facials and peels. Journey Aesthetics' staff specializes in treating clients with acne and rosacea, and also smoothes skin with waxing services.


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Epic Struggle Move: Joseline Studio Session Leaked [VIDEO]!
Joseline Hernandez had a bit of her studio session leaked and she's naming a slew of A-listers.
It's unknown why she's calling out Beyonce, Nicki Minaj or Rihanna, but we'll have to wait for the final product to fully understand.
*Warning: Explicit Language*
Photo Credit: YouTube


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BlogMatrix J�ger is a "one-panel" RSS and Weblog reader and podcast receiver for Windows, Mac OS 10.3, and Linux. It takes only a tiny amount of your screen's real estate, as it uses your browser as its display. You can skim tens of blogs at the same time using the offline browsing features.
ezmlm-idx is an addition and patch to ezmlm, adding multi-message threaded archive retrieval, digests, remote administration, message and subscription moderation, subscriber-only restrictions, message trailer, subject prefix, subscriber name storage, customizable setup, multi-language and MIME support, and more. In addition, it has improved bounce handling, case-insensitive subscriber address storage, and support for distributed lists (main and sublist are transparent to the subscriber). It can be compiled with MySQL or PostgreSQL support.
JBlooming is a framework for building views of Java Web applications. It empowers JSP-based views with tools to easily integrate o-o modeling, and provides a large set of ready components. Its primary aim is increasing productivity and maintainability, not architectural elegance or beauty, which come as a side effect. It is integrated with Hibernate.
Fundanemt is built upon the philosophy that communication is what drives the development and maintenance of a Web site and not the technical backend. Simplicity, safety, and a fast learning curve are achieved with the user interface of the program, which is designed to look and feel like common desktop applications. This helps the user to immediately feel at home when seeing something recognizable.
FoxLingo is a Firefox extension which acts as a versatile language tool. It can perform Web page translation, translated searching, and translation of entered text. Over 1,000 different language pairs are supported. It provides access to over 90 language services such as encyclopedias and text-to-speech. It also offers Ixquick, a meta-search engine with unique features.
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An Ada library of industrial control widgets.
A dynamic templating tool.


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We just can't pretend, that lovers make amends
"Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their thinking."
– Mary Poppins
Peace, Love, and Ambition.
We just can't pretend, that lovers make amends
"Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their thinking."
– Mary Poppins
Decisions, but I want it all so I get it all
"Make decisions despite other people, not to spite other people."
Red Lamppost from LEGO bricks
Necessity breeds creativity. That is what happened here. When we moved into this house, the lamppost never worked. I couldn't figure it out. I also had a dislike for the original lamppost that was there since it didn't have a switch to turn it on or off and it didn't have an outlet at its base. Once the lamppost head fell off and became a precarious eye sore, I tore it out.
Then, the LUG got ~6,000 red 2×4 bricks. After the novelty of having that many wore off, the reality of storing them in a 50 gallon bin, long term, set in. I needed a new lamp and I needed to NOT have these taking up space forever. Inspiration was born.
There are about 3,600 2×4 bricks in it. The head on it now replaced the first version which was more square and only had 4 windows on each side. It looked small and did not emit enough light. I have another lid that I may end up putting on it in the spring. It stands a little over 6 feet tall. The access door on the bottom hides the power outlet.
I built it over the span of 6 months or so. I did end up using Methylethylkeytone (MEK) to fuse all the pieces together in 4 sections. I applied with a paint brush on the inner studs of each brick, so when I pressed them together, it wouldn't spill out the front. There was some talk about needing to put some UV protecting coating on it to, but I have yet to do that.
There is some additional "landscaping" in mind once it gets warmer, but I wanted to put this out there now while I was thinking about it.
God is Good
"God can turn your mess into a message, your test into a testimony, He can turn you from being a victim into a victor, and He can give you great triumph from your trials. He can turn your scars into stars and your pain into a pulpit" – unknown
Blast from the past
Today is Wednesday, October 16th, 2012. Last night, I had a dream where I was riding in this new train system. It was massive. There were 3 or 4 cars and each car was about 50 feet wide. It moved at high speeds on a single narrow track that was easily installed all over a city and even ran over the top of the arch of a blue bridge. For some unknown engineering reason, after reaching the apex of the bridge, it was necessary then for the train to go into a downward loop. It was a full 360.
I was in the last train, and everyone in my car watched the first car enter the loop, and as it came up out of the loop, it jumped track. We all knew we would subsequently crash, but we didn't know how or when. We braced ourselves as we went into the loop. At the lowest point of the loop, we derailed at just the right angle and speed to simply slide safely on land. The weight from the other cars though, which were partially in the water, slowly dragged our car into the water too. As me and my fellow passengers dissengaged our child carseat like safety belts, I saw other people begin to submerge in the water while still fastened in. I jumped in and saved 1 black man before he went under water. I helped get him to someone on land to make sure he was OK. I dove back in to get a mexican woman, who had begun to take in water. As I brought her on to land, I pushed on her chest and she spat up water and began to breathe normally. As I yelled to others to get organized so we can save as many people as possible, I looked into the water and saw a toddler still fastened and sinking to about a 30 foot depth under water. I dove for her, unfastened her belt, and brought her to the surface. Again, I simply pushed on her chest and she spat up water, as simply as squeezing out water from a balloon, and she began breathing again.
I'm not sure there was much of a transition, but the next thing I remember seeing was President Barack Obama on the TV talking about the great tragedy that occurred the previous day, September 15th 2015 at 8:37 PM.
I woke up knowing I had to remember that date. I drifted in and out of sleep state with the urgency to remember that date. Finally, I broke from the struggle long enough to grab my iphone and send an email to myself with that date.
So tell me, future self, have any plans for a train ride soon?
Do you throw away batteries in the trash?
Do you just throw your old batteries out in the trash? How about light bulbs? There are a lot of things we're not supposed to throw away because they're bad for the environment if they end up in a landfill. Do you care enough to take this on with the lack of direction and government organization?


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Think of this as your personal headquarters. The Garage is where you can manage your tanks, communicate with other players, train your crew, purchase equipment, check your statistics, and access many other tools to help optimize your World of Tanks experience.
Click on a selection below to learn more about it.
|9 Missions
|17 Vehicle Modules
|2Player Menu
|10 Navigation
|18 Equipment
|3Account Type
|11 Player Count
|19 Ammunition
|4Play in Platoon
|12 Vehicle Crew
|20 Consumables
|5Battle/Battle Modes
|13 Vehicle Characteristics
|21 Contacts
|6Game Currency - Gold
|14 Current Tank
|22 Channels
|7Game Currency - Credits
|15 Service
|23 Channel Panel
|8Game Currency - Experience
|16 Exterior
|24 Vehicles in Your Garage
|25 Notifications
1. Menu
Click this to bring up the main system menu. Here you can switch to another server, open the Settings menu, or exit World of Tanks.
2. Player Menu
This displays the account currently logged in. Clicking this will give you a quick look at your Service Record, including your Personal Rating, number of battles fought, win rate, the Clan you're in (if applicable), and a button leading to your full Service Record.
3. Account Type
Displays your account type; either normal or Premium. If you have Premium account status, this displays the number of remaining days of your Premium status. You can also click this menu item to purchase or extend Premium time.
4. Play in Platoon
Platoons are groups in which you and friends can head into battle together. Click this to bring up the Platoon creation menu and begin inviting friends.
5. Battle / Battle Modes
Roll Out! Once you've selected a vehicle, the big red Battle button sends you into queue for battle. You can also first select your battle mode on the selection to the right. Choose from Random Battle (default selection; instantly matched with other players), Team or Tank Company Battles, Training modes, or other special battle modes depending on current promotions.
6. Game Currency - Gold
The current amount of Gold in your account. Gold is used to buy Premium vehicles, special ammo, or featured bundles of items. Click this to visit the Premium Shop (opens your web browser).
7. Game Currency - Credits
Your current amount of Credits. Credits are earned in-game, mainly by playing battles, and can be used to buy non-Premium vehicles, items or equipment. Credits can also be bought with Gold.
8. Game Currency - Experience
Your current amount of Experience (or "XP"). Experience is a form of points you earn for participating in battles, and it's what you redeem to research new vehicles. Experience can be used to upgrade the stats of the tank on which it was earned, or be converted to Free Experience and used on any vehicle you own (for a small Gold fee). Click this to bring up the conversion menu.
9. Missions
Click to bring up the Missions menu, where you can accept and attempt Missions or Personal Missions. The difference? Missions are usually tied to special events and don't last forever; Personal Missions are lengthy campaigns that you can attempt at your leisure. Either way, you stand to earn everything from currency to items to actual vehicles!
10. Navigation
This menu lets you shift to other areas of the Garage:
- Depot: A categorized list of everything you currently own in your account -- not just vehicles, but the modules, ammo and items they're equipped with.
- Store: Purchase vehicles and items directly. Resembles the Depot menu, but basically the opposite (it's everything you don't own!)
- Service Record: Your complete World of Tanks career by the numbers. Battle numbers, win rates, vehicle usage, and earned awards, among other stats.
- Tech Tree: Each nation's vehicle arsenal at a glance. View the progression of tanks, their currency costs, and research individual parts to move on to successive vehicles.
- Barracks: All the brave soldiers under your command. Filter them by role, assign them to and from vehicles, or enlarge your Barracks to fit more crew members.
- Stronghold: If you're in a Clan, you can access the Strongholds game mode from here. Try a more strategic setting to World of Tanks battles!
11. Player Count
Shows the server's current number of players: those actively in battle, and those who aren't.
12. Vehicle Crew
The Crew assigned to the selected vehicle. Left-click a member to reassign them, or right-click to view their personal files and change details, or quickly send them back to the Barracks.
13. Vehicle Characteristics
The selected vehicle's stats. Above is a button to view its Research page.
14. Current Tank
The selected vehicle itself, sitting pretty in the middle of the Garage. Click below (24) to select different vehicles.
15. Service
Bring up the Service menu to repair your vehicle, add or change ammo, or equip consumables. (Currency fees apply.)
16. Exterior
Use the Exterior menu to change your vehicle's camouflage, or apply emblems and inscriptions. (Currency fees apply.)
17. Vehicle Modules
Displays the currently-equipped modules (guns, engines, radios, etc.). Click on a square to switch between available ones. (You may need to research additional modules to do so.)
18. Equipment
Displays the currently used equipment (view range boosters, armor enhancers, crew skill boosters, etc.). Click on a square to buy and apply equipment. Some equipment is "complex," meaning that unless you spend some Gold to save it, it'll be destroyed when you attempt to remove it from a vehicle. Since equipment is expensive, you typically don't want to lose any that you've purchased.
19. Ammunition
Vehicles can use three different types of ammo, which vary according to the vehicle type. Rounds are typically available in armor-piercing and high-explosive varieties, while special rigid rounds can be purchased with in-game currency. Clicking a square brings up the Service menu.
20. Consumables
As their name implies, there are single-use items that will need to be resupplied once used. Click a square to bring up the Service menu and browse or buy consumables. Types of consumables include repair kits, engine-power boosters, fire extinguishers, and other items that can help you in a pinch, or offer a nice ability enhancement in battle.
21. Contacts
View, manage and message your list of friends. You can also search for new contacts, put users on your personal Blacklist, or keep in touch with your Clan.
22. Channels
Brings up the chat channel directory. Search for a channel to join, or create your own for custom communication.
23. Channel Panel
Chat channels you're currently sitting in. By default, this shows the server's General chat channel, and your Clan's channel, if applicable.
24. Vehicles in Your Garage
Here's where it all begins: your tank lineup! Your entire collection is displayed here, and you can scroll left or right through the list and choose the one that fits your mood. On the far left are special filtering buttons that will only show you tanks from a certain nation, vehicle class, or which ones you've marked "Primary" (i.e., your favorites).
25. Notifications
Click to view a feed of real-time updates of your game activity or what's happening on the server. Get alerted to battle results, game events, server downtime, and other actions. Certain notifications will automatically pop up while you're in the Garage.


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The Engineers Who Will Build The Future
By Michael Gougis - Contributing Writer
December 17, 2013 – The stuff on display at the upcoming AeroDef Manufacturing Summit & Exposition would leave even the most far-sighted sci-fi writers scratching their heads, perplexed and confused.
It's not just, for example, that there's a robot that can assemble parts for a satellite. There's a more fundamental question – who developed the skills to build such a robot in the first place?
It's not just the intricate, artistic components of a spacecraft – who figured out how to create such a component in the first place?
Workforce development – teaching students how to become engineers, and teaching existing engineers how to stay on top of their games – is one of the key missions of SME, which is hosting the conference at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center February 25-27.
Having a trained workforce is so critical to the health of the aerospace and defense industry that SME – formerly known as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers – is devoting time, effort and money to improving the training and development of the nation's base of engineers and manufacturing knowledge.
The effort, the struggle, makes sense when you look at an amazing piece of manufacturing technology on display at an event like the SME expo and ask yourself – who's gonna run that thing?
"Companies spend millions of dollars on equipment, and if their people can't operate it, what is the point? What is the point?" asks Pamela Hurt, industry manager-workforce development for SME. "What we're really doing (with workforce development) is maximizing your investment in your equipment and your people. Workforce development is all around securing the talent that you need to be a successful manufacturer."
The shortage of qualified employees capable of meeting the nation's needs for engineers, scientists and technicians is well documented. According to the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, more than half of the nation's employers say they struggle to find qualified employees. In the fields where a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education is required, the unemployment rate is half that of the nation as a whole.
Shortly after Hurt joined SME, she noticed that the work she was doing was connected to the concept of workforce development, she says.
"I joined SME as a new product development manager. As I managed the cross-functional teams internally to identify and validate new product ideas, it seemed like everything that we touched on was in some form or fashion related to helping develop and deliver a talented workforce to manufacturers," Hurt says.
SME invests in workforce development in two key ways. First is an emphasis on teaching students the skills they need to become engineers and manufacturers. The SME Education Foundation supports hundreds of college and university students every year, says Rodney Grover, senior development officer for the foundation.
"We have listened to the manufacturing industry's concerns about the shortage in the future workforce pipeline and provided a path for students, educators and industry to collaborate and address these concerns," Grover says.
SME feels that industry needs to increase its interaction with the education system to help ensure that schools produce students who are capable of meeting the industry's technical needs, Hurt says.
"We create a continuum of products and services for government agencies, schools and companies to create and build and sustain a talented workforce," Hurt says. "We are encouraging our membership to get engaged and remain engaged with the education system to ensure that the product that they are delivering is a product that we want to use.
"We need to be working with all of the touchpoints that secure and develop that talent to encourage more kids to take science, technology, engineering and math courses so that when they graduate high school, they will be somewhat career-ready or go on to community colleges or universities to be successful, that they can then move up into our companies and be prepared when they hit the front door."
But beyond the traditional education system, engineering and manufacturing companies face additional challenges in keeping their workforce up to date. The speed at which technology advances places additional educational and training demands on those employees.
"It's the same thing as buying a new camera and not taking advantage of learning how to use all of the bells and whistles. Look at your phone. Look at your camera. All of this fantastic equipment that's available – it's only fantastic if you're actually using it in the way that it's designed to be used," Hurt says.
"In a company environment, it's all around how you continue to upgrade and retrain your existing workers so they can keep up with the technology advancements so that we can maximize the investment that we have in our equipment and our machinery by using our people.
"It is a challenge. The company that's got 10 people has got significantly different requirements around their talent management than companies that have 2,500 employees. Your production manager may be your maintenance manager and may be your finance manager, right?"
Adding to the challenge can be the extended gestation period for new technologies and processes to become financially feasible. While additive manufacturing is now transforming our manufacturing processes, SME has been supporting the concept for more than 20 years, Hurt says. Part of the challenge is figuring out what skill sets are going to be needed in five years, as well as in 25 years.
"We are constantly surveying the landscape to identify those emerging technologies that we need to start focusing on," Hurt says.
The lack of a manufacturing base – and the lack of a workforce capable of functioning in an up-to-date technologically advanced facility – has broad implications for any society. The security implications are obvious. But more than that are the economic impacts. Without massive reserves of natural resources for export, manufacturing has proven to provide a solid basis for a region's economic growth. It is no coincidence that many of the world's current emerging economies also feature strong manufacturing bases.
"If we can't make things in this country, we can't really make money. Strong manufacturing companies make strong economies," Hurt says. "A manufacturing economy is very much the foundation element to successful communities. Successful communities build successful regions, and successful regions build successful countries. Our ability to support and grow our manufacturing is critically important to the economic health of this country."


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UNDER 18s in Worcester are to be discouraged from smoking e-cigarettes amid fears over their safety.
Worcestershire County Council says it will be doing "all it can" to keep youngsters here away from tobacco products in general, including the popular electronic cigarettes.
An estimated 1.3 million people in the UK currently use e-cigarettes, which were designed to help smokers quit and work by delivering a hit of nicotine before giving off water vapour to mimic the feeling and look of smoking.
"The county council has taken the view that the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) should be subject to the same restrictions as other smoking products under its Smoke-free Policy," said Cllr Marcus Hart, chair of Worcestershire Tobacco Control Alliance.
"Around two thirds of smokers say they smoked regularly before they were 18, showing that this is an addiction largely taken up in childhood.
"We're concerned that e-cigarettes may be seen as a so-called 'gateway' drug, introducing young people to smoking behaviour, so we need to do all we can to keep children and young people away from tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.
"We're committed to doing all we can to help children and young people lead a healthy life and fully support the government's decision (earlier this week) to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to under 18's."
The county council says e-cigarettes are not currently licensed in the UK, adding there is "no evidence to show that they are a safe form of nicotine delivery".
The NHS, however, says e-cigarettes will be licensed and regulated as an aid to quit smoking from 2016.
Dr David Tibbutt, a city council and member of the Smoke Free Worcestershire Alliance, says e-cigarettes present "a number of unknowns".
"If you say that e-cigarettes are okay, are you then going to have people (who start by smoking e-cigarettes) progress to normal cigarettes?" he said.
"There's no doubt that if there's nicotine in them then people could get addicted.
"We have to be cautious."


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Written entirely by Stone Sour / Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor, the 'House of Gold & Bones' comic book series is inspired by the Stone Sour double album of the same name, 'Part 1′ of which was released on Oct. 22 of last year. 'House of Gold & Bones Part 2′ is scheduled to drop on April 9, with the record's first single, 'Do Me a Favor,' having already been unleashed for your listening pleasure.
As for the comics, the series tells a gripping story. "Trapped in an alternate reality," begins an official description, "the Human must make his way to the House of Gold & Bones as he is chased by a crazed mob, and taunted by mysterious ally, Allen. What the Human discovers on his journey will be his salvation . . . or his destruction."


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Going on 8 days…
Congrats guys!
My new themes been sitting in the queue for 6 days now, apparently its at 11-12 right now definitely sucks, but they're training new reviewers so thats a good thing!
However Envato would never create a separate queue for us. It would create an "unfair advantage", although I still agree the Elite incentives program needs serious help. I dunno about you guys but things like shirts, hoodies and power rings don't get me going…
Thanks for the update, but dang 11-12 days — really? Hope these new reviewers are quick learners! New theme is sitting at 4 days as of today…
BenChan said
- Although multipurpose themes offer more demos, their functionality, code, and structure are essentially the same as niche themes of a similar price.
You guys don't understand how much time you have to invest to create all those demos, yes the underlying code is kinda similar however each demo can take hours to create and when you're talking a 100+ of those, c'mon. Noway that's going to happen especially for a one man show like myself. So you're gong to tell me this trend is just going to continue and when people are releasing themes with a 1000+ demos, every plugin imaginable it'll be the same price as a niche theme, makes total sense. You don't have to a MBA to understand, time is money.
I submitted a theme update the other day was approved within 24 hours. However my new submission is going on 4 days…
I can only imagine the backlash I'm going to get from customers who purchased my themes before this, when they see a notification on my site stating they're support plan has expired please purchase an extended, blah, blah…".
Just thinking out loud here can't we as authors sell our own support packs outside of Envato anyways? From the beginning support was optional, now Envato is trying to capitalize on it by taking a cut of something they should have nothing to do with. Whats to stop us by selling support extensions on our own sites?
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Maximilius saidWait! What? you are using pretty photo for reviewing items? It means if we submit a design on day 1 and decided to change the homepage on day 3 reviewers will see the design on day 1?
This largely comes from us having completed our review of prettyPhoto re-submissions. Along with this we are still hiring additional staff to ensure that we are better equipped to tackle these incidents and get your work processed faster.
this, LOL
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Right now, the entire pricing structure is way below the market price of WordPress themes.
All themes should go up and priced better along with multi-purpose themes going to a higher price point than niche and focused themes.So a big +1 to this. We seriously don't get the $1 price raise across the board. That is a very conservative test and the data gathered after this change might not really prove anything.
Thank you for agreeing, your guys' theme alone is probably carrying half the companies salaries lol.
Envato—listen to your people, for god sakes.
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Andy Bradley and Roger Wood: House of Hits
It doesn't matter if you're a music nerd or neophyte: Andy Bradley and Roger Wood can teach you some fascinating things about Houston's legendary SugarHill Studios (formerly Gold Star). In their new book, House of Hits, Bradley (SugarHill's chief engineer for the past 25 years) and Woods (a local educator, author and music historian) provide a detailed history of the nearly 70-year-old southeast-side studio where an absurdly diverse array of artists, including the likes of Bobby "Blue" Bland, George Jones and Destiny's Child, has laid down tracks. "Not only has the studio recorded Texas and southwest Louisiana music longer than any other, but it also has documented numerous seminal tunes and performances in an amazingly wide range of genres," Woods says. "The book is full of insider details about the sessions and circumstances that resulted in some of the most noteworthy and influential hits." The authors will sign copies of House of Hits after a presentation and Q&A session at 1 p.m. at Cactus Music and Record Ranch, 2110 Portsmouth Street. For information, call 713-526-9272 or visit www.cactusmusictx.com. Free.
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Marina è eccezzionale e molto disponibile, Stefania che gestisce la casa è molto ma molto affettuosa e disponibile anche lei. Posto molto bello e assolutamente tranquillo.
Dear Marina and Stefania,
We wanted to let you know what a fantastic time we had at your very special home. Thank you so much for making our stay in your magnificent home so comfortable, fun and lovely. All of the thought and planning you put into our stay did not go unnoticed and was very much appreciated. The recommendations you made were fantastic — from the in-home catered dinner by Bel Poggio, to the preparation of the magnificent fires, to the fun pizza evening and the wonderful driving services of Eleonora and crew. And knowing that Stefania was just a Whatsapp message away was also incredibly helpful. We also really enjoyed Francesco! It was a perfect place to both enjoy the holiday and time together while also having quick and easy access to all that Rome has to offer. It was a special trip for our family and we will all remember Villa Il Cardinale fondly.
Best wishes to you both for a very Happy New Year!
With gratitude,
Cynthia, Jamie and family
Villa Cardinale II is a real gem! One of those places that you just know you need to come back to. I've had a wonderful time during the 4 days Yoga retreat back in October. Marina has been an excellent host and a fabulous Yoga teacher, making sure everyone felt great during their stay. I loved every minute of my stay, including the freshly home-made food, welcoming, warm and friendly atmosphere, morning Yoga exercises, mindfulness, evening talks with a glass of wine and our trip to Rome. Thank you so much for making this such an unforgettable experience for me!
Lovely arrangement
Proffessional, extremly helpful and friendly staff
Wonderful Roman villa wiht great garden
Quite simple bathrooms and toilets
What a truly amazing weekend in this beautiful house leading my first yoga retreat. The house and hosts were so warm and welcoming, both myself and all my students felt instantly relaxed and at home. The house has everything you could wish for and more, all set within stunning gardens.
Teaching in the yoga room overlooking the gardens was a real pleasure and made so much easier with all the yoga mats and equipment available. The house is really easy to reach from the airport and the whole weekend flowed effortlessly and better than I could ever have imagined. My students were very happy indeed.
I'm already looking forward to returning here next year and I'm recommending it to my fellow yoga teachers and any friends looking for a break in a beautiful setting.
I can't thank Marina and Stefania enough for their hospitality.
I organised a Crossfit retreat in June for a group of 9 and we had a wonderful stay.
The property
The photos of the property adequately reflect what the villa is like. You can see the charm and beauty that the property holds, yet in person it is even more stunning. It feels like you're stepping into someone's villa in Ancient Rome rather than the 21st Century. Despite it being clearly full of history (which you'll find out about!) it is very well maintained, meticulously clean and all of the facilities are modern and function perfectly well.
The host
The host, Marina, was exceptional. She made us feel so welcome that we felt like old friends by the end of the trip. I would highly recommend this location to anyone who wants to experience Rome at it's best.
The food
Our meals were mostly catered by the restaurant across the street which I would give a high rating to also. Our breakfasts were self served buffet style which was nice and relaxed. There is a great pizza place up the road too
Here's a bit more about my experience...
On our first night Marina, the host, gave us a tour and history of the property which made you feel like you were stepping back into Ancient Rome. Despite the luxurious feel of the property, you can't help but feel comfortable and at ease in this special family home.
Our retreat was set to include a small amount of Yoga in the studio with Marina, but everyone liked it so much that we had to request more. In between Yoga and training sessions, our guests would relax around the property or take a short trip into Rome for sightseeing and shopping. There is also a pool just up the road which is ideal in the warmer months.
We had a fully catered menu which saved us the hassle of cooking for such a large group. All of the food was delicious and they did an excellent job at catering to various dietary necessities. In our group we had one person who was Gluten Free, two vegetarians and someone who was allergic to nuts and someone with allergies to shellfish.
The property itself is as stunning as it is large. It's ideal for large parties wanting to celebrate something special, but since you can also rent small parts of the property out, it's also great for small groups too.
The host recommends a local taxi company to get around and they offered us very fare rates for getting around, much cheaper than if we tried to organise transportation ourselves. I would recommend using this company for airport transfers.
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The Northern Ruins and Peru's Tourism vs. Conservation Battle
The Machu Picchu's reputation does it justice—the kingdom that once ruled from its heights was every bit as grand as we now imagine. But other Peruvian ruins are getting far less attention than they deserve.
Just outside Trujillo, a city some 350 miles north of Lima, lies the ruins of Galindo. At first glance it's little more than a mound of earth, but it used to house a central structure to the Moche, one of the most complex and mysterious civilizations to have risen in Peru.
True, the site has since been extensively studied. Researchers have dug into its grounds and chipped at its walls, revealing tough adobe cores. A deep crater lies where the central structure, a tall, tapered tower, once stood, having crumbled to the ground years before.
Other areas have been explored to no avail—one can tell by the holes, some more than four meters deep, that the researchers had abandoned them for more promising spots. But this doesn't mean we've learned all we can about the Moche culture—far from it.
Huaqueros, or local looters, have run off with many of the artifacts, spurred on by a largely unconcerned government. Because of this, little is left for researchers to draw on about the Moche's 650-year rule over Northern Peru, until its decline in 700 A.D.
Some 250 historic sites in the country's northern half have suffered the same fate. Only five sites in the region have been given protected status, which keeps out the looters and ensures the sites' maintenance.
Looters aren't the only threat to these cultural treasures. Locals rebuilt their homes using bricks from the ruins when an earthquake struck in 1970, and many are still able to sneak in and take the occasional artifact to sell or display.
Local police are doing what they can to protect the sites. Montes de Oca of the Department of Environmental Protection in La Libertad, is one of three men who have taken up the task, armed with just one truck to patrol the area of about 1 million people.
Professor Ricardo Gamarra is heading the restoration of the Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna sites, where the 1970 earthquake hit. They were the Moche administrative centers and once the largest structures in pre-Columbian America.
The offer new clues into how the Moche lived. Gamarra and his team have uncovered friezes of the Moche's mythical characters, including a Beheading Spider, the God of the Mountains and the Mythical Being, suggesting that human sacrifice played a central role.
Another stylized frieze showed a line of marching warriors with their prisoners, depicting the culture's triumph against rival civilizations. These clues strengthen theories that the Moche had complex spiritualism and practiced elaborate if brutal ceremonies.
Gamarra is against current plans to develop an access road to the site, which would encourage tourism. He said the Machu Picchu has already been eroded from constant traffic, and the ruins of northern Peru aren't ready for that kind of commercialism yet.


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ShoreTel Delivers Six of the Best!
While we weren't surprised to learn that ShoreTel has been named the Best IP Telephony Provider for six years in a row, according to the independent Nemertes PilotHouse 2009 Awards, we were absolutely delighted to see just how far ahead ShoreTel is in leading the industry in customer satisfaction.
ShoreTel was the undisputed leader and ahead of every competitor surveyed including companies like Cisco and Avaya, sometimes by huge margins, in every category including Value, Technology, Customer Service, Ease of Implementation and Troubleshooting, and Management Tools. Clearly this reflects ShoreTel's continued focus on solving our customers' real-world business challenges.
At ShoreTel, customer satisfaction is a core business value on a par with driving product excellence and business value. Download a copy of the report and see for yourself the kinds of kudos our customers shared in the Nemertes independent survey, including:
"The common thread among participants that favor ShoreTel is its value. Low prices, a broad set of features, scalability, strong customer service, and relatively less complicated deployment and troubleshooting requirements all contribute to ShoreTel's win."
ShoreTel customers noted "the ability to easily scale by simply adding new switches as they add new sites or expand existing sites. 'We found ShoreTel provided a better solution than its competitors, especially in the contact center,' says the director of telecom at a professional-services firm that has deployed about 200 end-points."
"'We picked ShoreTel because of its enthusiastic VARs, low cost, wide support for SIP-trunking service providers, UC features, and the scalability to grow as we grow,' says the director of telecom for a nationwide engineering firm."
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text: Real-time control often requires process models that can be solved adequately fast on prescribed control hardware. One class of applications is model predictive control, which can be considered as one of the most powerful control techniques. However, for real-time control of systems with fast dynamics such as vehicles, appropriate models are necessary. Thus, on the one hand, the design process requires models of adequate complexity to cover all relevant effects, and, on the other hand, real-time control requires models with a limited number of computations. In this contribution, an approach for a generation of generic models of the dynamic of technical systems is presented. In this context generic is twofold. First, the model is dimensionless. In particular, the model is robust with respect to variations of the dimensionless parameters and can be easily projected onto a large variety of geometries. Second, equation-based reduction techniques are used to limit the number of necessary operations for a simulation. Hence, the models can be reduced for given controller hardware. As an application example, a standard vehicle model with nonlinear tire characteristics is used. Here the equation-based reduction techniques lead to a reduction of the required computations by a factor of five. In this case the maximum error compared to the reference model is smaller than 5%.


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I hired Mr. Karcher after meeting him for 30 minutes. He knew what I wanted. It was a strange case that went of the records over 30 years ago. He was always there for me took my call returned them in a timely matter. Mr. Karcher worked very hard on my case had all of the back up information that was needed to win. Mr. Karcher won my case hands down. I couldn't of asked for a better lawyer then Mr. Karcher.
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Hired him for a few cases and overall he just seemed to not care to do much. I asked him to handle a child support case that was obviously wrong he tells me after a month that he hasn't done anything with it. I also was in an accident that he was handling at the same time and when I finally saw him before the case he talked to me for all of two minutes showing he just wanted paid and had no interest in helping. after court he vanished before I could talk to him and when I called he basically said I had to take care of it myself. I would not suggest him to anyone that needs help I would have been better off with a public defender.
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Having just been served with divorce papers, I needed a lawyer quickly and hired him based on a family recommendation. I think he is very knowledgeable of divorce law. What turned out to be a major problem that I saw hints of throughout the progress of my divorce case is that I did NOT find him to be a strong advocate for me at all. I do not feel that my best interests were looked out for and I paid for it in the divorce decree.
If someone else were going to hire him and were reading this, I would strongly advise such a person to inquire at the beginning if Mr. Karcher has an existing professional relationship or friendship with the other spouses attorney. Mr. Karcher had either worked with or across from my ex's attorney numerous times before. I found him to be more concerned with maintaining his relationship (and no I am absolutely not implying or suggesting anything beyond a peer relationship) with my ex's attorney than looking out for my best interests. I believe he was way too accommodating to every request from my ex's side. Even though I had a horrible work record for many years leading up to the divorce which certainly raised serious questions about my long-term ability to supply spousal support, I was saddled with monstrous child support and alimony. A few months after the divorce my company went bankrupt and because of the horrendous spousal support terms I now face jail and license suspension due to 5-figure arrearages.
Since the marriage was a long one, the one minor child was close to majority. I have such large arrearages on spousal support because being a good father, I made sure that every possible penny went to paying the child support that I did NOT petition to have reduced because of job loss !! When the terms of child and spousal support came up, there was no disagreement or counter-proposal even attempted by Mr. Karcher. Although I knew I could not afford it, my attempts to have lower payments negotiated by Mr. Karcher were rebuffed BY HIM and not even presented to my ex. To paraphrase, I was pretty much told - Too Bad, it's a standard formula. Again, I personally felt that Mr. Karcher's overriding concern was for maintaining his professional/peer relationship/friendship with my ex's attorney and not looking out for my best immediate, short-term or long-term interests.
I paid the many thousands of dollars to this attorney for his years of experience and alleged ability. Most of the time, I found myself to be the one asking him to push back since it was not being done automatically as one would expect. To put it mildly, I believe I was walked all over by my ex's representation and the person I thought was in my corner spent most of his time looking out for the best interests of my ex's attorney.
Some additional objective examples:
During the marriage, I completed 3 college degrees easily doubling my earning potential which greatly benefited my ex. No attempt was made to account for the nearly SIX-FIGURES in student loans that enabled the college education that provided the higher earnings. I left the marriage responsible for every penny of the student loans. Not only that but I also was assigned much higher spousal support than I would have otherwise been if I had only worked lower-level employment instead of college. You would think that this would have been a heavily mitigating factor in establishing and negotiating spousal support; a mitigating factor justifying deviation from the basic spousal support calculation. This is something I expected a well-paid lawyer to bring up and address. That did not happen.
My ex worked during our marriage and obtained a Bachelor's degree. This hardly made her a displaced homemaker, yet Mr. Karcher essentially allowed spousal support to be calculated as if she was a displaced homemaker incapable of self-support..
Yes, hindsight is 20/20. HOWEVER, in looking at the points I raised above, I firmly believe that those are areas that should have been addressed during the divorce process. As I look back now, I am incred
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The word Gullemann has a web popularity of 138 pages.
What means Gullemann?
The meaning of Gullemann is unknown.
What is the origin of name Gullemann? Probably UK or South Africa.Gullemann spelled backwards is Nnamellug
This name has 9 letters: 3 vowels (33.33%) and 6 consonants (66.67%).
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Two locks: for extra-secure locking power!
The pic brings back memories. Back when I was in college, long ago and far away, there was a guy who brought his Schwinn Paramount to school. Locked up his bike with two Citadel or Kryptonite type U locks (this was back when these were the latest thing in bike locks), one through each wheel. Flip, flip of the quick releases on the wheels, and his Paramount was gone.
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Kurt McCune and the rest of the LSU bullpen embraced final exams earlier this week.
There wasn't much else to do.
The Tigers coaching staff prohibited its group of relievers from picking up a baseball — let alone throwing it — Monday and Tuesday.
After an exhausting and struggling weekend in a series loss at Texas A&M, LSU's arms got a much-needed break during this, exam week.
"It was refreshing," McCune said Thursday. "I came back yesterday and — I mean, I can't speak on behalf of the staff, but I'm sure they feel the same way I feel."
Let's face it: LSU's bullpen blew it in College Station, Texas.
In three games last weekend, Seven relievers retired just 17 of their 42 batters faced. That's 40 percent.
They allowed six runs — A&M scored 11 on the weekend — and walked 10 while striking out two.
In each of the three games, the starter left with LSU leading or tied before the tumble began.
Simply, the bullpen just didn't have it.
"The bullpen struggled," Mainieri said. "There's no doubt about that."
Just before a whopper of a series — LSU (35-13-1, 13-10-1 Southeastern Conference) hosts Alabama (31-18, 13-11) starting Friday — Mainieri and pitching coach Alan Dunn think they've come up with a fix.
The relievers just need a bit of R&R. Aside from starter Aaron Nola and Jared Poché, no other LSU pitcher threw for two days.
"That's unheard of for them to do during the season," Mainieri said.
The coaches are hoping the display in Texas won't return this weekend at Alex Box Stadium.
Relievers had issues finding the strike zone, and closer Joe Broussard had the roughest weekend of what had been a masterful season. Broussard's velocity is Mainieri's "biggest concern."
His velocity dropped under 90 mph and "he looked fatigued," the coach said.
Broussard, in appearances Friday and Sunday, allowed three hits, walked five and gave up three runs.
He faced 12 batters and retired just five of them.
Will the rest help?
"I'd have to imagine it felt pretty good for him," McCune said. "For Joe to be up to 96 and down to whatever he was, you could tell he needed a break. I'm sure he'll be strong for the weekend."
Broussard's velocity dropped to the mid to high 80s in College Station.
He didn't have the only struggles. Nate Fury, Brady Domangue and Zac Person all struggled to find the strike zone.
Mainieri exhausted his bullpen looking for answers. He worked every healthy pitcher aside from Henri Faucheux. Hunter Devall and Parker Bugg were out with sore shoulders. They should be available this weekend.
"It's rough to see them do bad," Faucheux said. "It's not rough in the sense of not getting to pitch. Your number gets called, your number gets called."
Dunn met with all of his pitchers Tuesday about the rough weekend. The main topic: LSU didn't throw enough strikes.
"Our first-pitch strike percentage was down," Faucheux said. "Our numbers for the season, everything was (worse). He wants us to get back in there and start attacking hitters."
That begins Friday against a Crimson Tide club that's second in the league in home runs (36) and fourth in average (.282).
McCune shrugs off the struggles of last week.
"They say that you go out there for 15 outings, five of them you're going to be great, five you're going to be good and five you're just not going to have your stuff," McCune said. "Evidently, a lot of guys didn't have their stuff."
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In most jurisdictions, several aspects of corporate governance and disclosures for listed companies are regulated through stock exchange listing requirements. These apply only to listed companies, and they are enforced by the stock exchanges. Operating as conditions to continuous listing, one of the enforcement mechanisms used is the threat (sometimes carried out) of delisting the securities. While this operates as a disincentive against companies as well as their directors and managers from flouting the listing requirements, the consequences are faced by the minority shareholders who are deprived of the liquidity in the stock. Although it operates as a blunt tool of enforcement, it has been used effectively in several jurisdictions.
India has had a chequered history in terms of using listing requirements as measures of governance, disclosures and other conditions of continued listing. Listing requirements have been enshrined in the listing agreement that is entered into between the issuer company and the stock exchanges on which the issuer's securities are listed. In that sense, the basic framework of listing requirements is contractual in nature, although the genesis for such a contract is found in the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA) and the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 (SCRR). Given the somewhat contractual nature of the requirement in India, the enforcement of the listing agreement has always been fraught with difficulty. In the past, the consequences of flouting the requirements were woefully unclear, with several companies utilising the legal loophole to breach the requirements with impunity.
It was only in 2004 that Section 23E was introduced into the SCRA that imposed large penalties of Rs. 25 crores (Rs. 250 million) for non-compliance with the listing agreement. Under this framework, while the listing agreement itself is contractual in nature, any breach thereof would result in penal consequences. Empirical evidence suggests that the market was positive about the more stringent consequences of the breach of the listing agreement. Despite the regulatory sanctions accompanying the listing agreement, the actual experience regarding its use as a measure for enforcement is not entirely satisfactory. While SEBI has indeed initiated several cases for ensuring compliance with the listing agreement, its success has been mixed.
In order to obviate any confusion regarding the enforceability of the listing requirements, and also to streamline the disclosures and corporate governance norms, SEBI has decided to convert the listing agreement into the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2014 – or the LODR Regulations, to introduce a new regulatory acronym. The LODR Regulations are intended "to consolidate and streamline the provisions of existing listing agreements thereby ensuring better enforceability". The LODR Regulations apply to all types of securities, including shares, convertibles, Indian depository receipts, mutual fund units, securitised debt instruments, and the like.
The LODR Regulations provide much emphasis on disclosure and transparency. For instance, companies are subject to a mandatory filing requirement on the stock exchanges through the electronic platform. Other information mechanisms such as annual information memorandum are addressed. There is also a great deal of emphasis on investor redressal. The LODR Regulations also incorporate several other procedural matters that have hitherto been addressed in the listing agreement.
One of the key components of the listing agreement is clause 49 thereof, which encapsulates the corporate governance norms for listing agreement. It has also been substantially modified in the wake of the Companies Act, 2013, with the new version taking effect on October 1, 2013. The SEBI press release is, however, silent as to the treatment for clause 49, although logically that too should find a place in the new LODR Regulations to be announced.
While this is a useful reform in consolidating and streamlining the listing requirements and in clarifying their legal nature so as to obviate any issues as to their enforceability, there does not appear to be any substantial changes to the approach or to the substantive legal provisions. In that sense, this effort is largely procedural in nature – in other words, a regulatory "clean-up" exercise.


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CLEVELAND: The Indians' day began wtih concern about Grady Sizemore's knee and ended with a sigh of relief.
Tuesday night, Sizemore jammed his right knee -- not the one that was surgically repaired -- on the second base bag but stayed in the game. He was unable to play in tonight's 8-2 loss to Tampa Bay, and instead was sent to the Cleveland Clinic for an MRI scan.
The results of the scan were made public after the game: no structural damage, only a contusion. Sizemore is listed as day-to-day. Does that mean Sizemore can play in Thursday afternoon's series finale?
""Tomorrow, we'll make a decision about tomorrow,'' manager Manny Acta said. ""But this is good news.''


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Pancreatic adenocarcinoma displays a variety of molecular changes that evolve exponentially with time and lead cancer cells not only to survive, but also to invade the surrounding tissues and metastasise to distant sites. These changes include: genetic alterations in oncogenes and cancer suppressor genes; changes in the cell cycle and pathways leading to apoptosis; and also changes in epithelial to mesenchymal transition. The most common alterations involve the
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive malignant disease of the exocrine pancreas with a 5-year survival of less than 5% [
Despite similar presentation and histological appearance, variants of PDAC, such as adenosquamous carcinoma, colloid carcinoma,
Research over the last two decades has shown that PDAC is caused by inherited germline and acquired somatic mutations in cancer-associated genes, including oncogenes (
Three types of PDAC precursor lesions have been characterized in the last decade: pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN), intraductal papillary neoplasia (IPMNs) and mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs). They all follow a multistep progression to invasive cancer characterized by increasing degrees of morphological and cytological atypia [
PanINs are non-invasive microscopic epithelial neoplasms located in the smaller pancreatic ducts, characterized by architectural atypia [
As explained below,
Abnormal loss of the
In contrast, loss of P16 is less frequently observed in PanIN lesions arising in the background of chronic pancreatitis [
The diagnosis and treatment of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) are of particular interest. In recent years it has become accepted that this combination of a diagnosable precursor of pancreatic cancers and its comparatively slow growth enable early diagnosis and curative surgical treatment [
The 2010 WHO classification subcategorizes IPMN according to their malignant transformation into IPMN, from low or intermediate to high-grade dysplasia and IPMN with invasive cancer. In addition to PanIN, IPMN are the most important precursor lesions of ductal pancreatic cancer. The non-invasive tumors have a much better prognosis than the invasive cancers, with a 5-year survival rate after resection of 90% compared with 60% [
Morphology and immunohistochemical staining with mucin antibodies enables differentiation between four types of tumor with different prognosis [
The reported frequency of
The identification of atypical cells by cytology in combination with a high CEA level in the cyst fluid was found to be more sensitive than the detection of malignant cells alone [
Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs) are defined as mucin-producing and septated cyst-forming epithelial neoplasia with a distinctive ovarian-type stroma without communication with the ductal system. Usually solitary, their size ranges between 5 and 35 cm with a thick fibrotic wall [
Macroscopically, MCNs usually appear as solitary, multilocular or unilocular lesions with a mean size of 7–8 cm (range 0.5–35 cm). They have a thick fibrotic wall and contain mucin, even when hemorrhagic watery or necrotic content is observed [
The majority of MCNs are slow growing and asymptomatic and are occasionally discovered in patients scanned for other indications, such as epigastric heaviness and fullness (60%–90%) or an abdominal mass (30%–60%) [
Oncogenes are genes that contribute to oncogenesis when mutationally activated. In this mutation setting, only one copy of the gene suffices for activation. Oncogenes can be activated through a variety of mechanisms (point mutations, amplification). A growing number of oncogenes have been identified during recent years that are targeted in pancreatic cancer.
The most common activating point mutation involves the
Another member of the
Previous mouse studies showed that pancreatic deletion of PTEN or expression of constitutively active AKT leads to expansion of central acinar cells, putative pancreatic progenitors, and formation of PDAC in a small percentage of mice, supporting the role of PTEN in PDAC development [
The hedgehog signaling pathway is another crucial system involved in the early invasion and metastatic spread of pancreatic cancer cells. It is activated by two transmembrane proteins, the patched (
Preclinical trials explored
The Notch signaling pathway is another pathway that is important in directing cell fate and cell proliferation during embryonic development. It plays a critical role in maintaining the balance among cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis [
Several other oncogenes that are targeted in pancreatic cancer by amplifications deserve mentioning. The
As regards oncogene mutations, besides genetic alterations, epigenetic mechanisms for gene inactivation such as transcriptional silencing by promoter methylation seem to be equally important in the pathogenesis of PDAC [
These biological changes used for the detection of PDAC should ideally be present early on in pancreatic carcinogenesis and precancerous lesions. Due to the disease's rapid progression and early metastasis formation, these suppressor genes may be deregulated early during pancreatic carcinogenesis and acquire the concept of metastases suppressor genes (
Mutation of the
Genome maintenance genes are those that function to identify and repair damage to DNA. When this regulatory system is inactivated, DNA damage is not repaired efficiently and DNA mutations accumulate. These mutations in cancer-associated genes contribute to tumorigenesis [
Other maintenance genes playing a role in pancreatic tumorigenesis are genes of Fanconi anemia, FANCC and FANCG [
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a collection of events that allows the conversion of adherent epithelial cells, tightly bound to each other within an organized tissue, into independent fibroblastic cells possessing migratory properties and the ability to invade the extracellular matrix [
Increasing evidence has confirmed its presence in carcinogenesis and chronic inflammation processes. The cells also develop a mesenchymal phenotype, taking on a spindle-like, fusiform morphology, become motile, and start expressing mesenchymal markers, e.g.,
The key regulators of EMT include
MIF, a lymphokine involved in cell-mediated immunity and inflammation, is implicated in cancer [
EMT has also been shown to be a significant contributor to chemo-resistance in several cancers, including PDAC [
It is recognized that DNA hypermethylation at gene promoter CpG islands contributes to tight transcriptional repression of many genes in human cancer; the frequency of the CpG dinucleotide in the human genome is lower than expected for the spontaneous deamination in the germline during evolution [
Cancer cells possess hallmarks of embryonic stem cells: the capacity for self-renewal and an undifferentiated cell state [
A study by Aghdassi
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), which were discovered in
The mechanism of action of a specific miRNA usually involves nucleotide complementary nucleotide pairing to the 3′UTR of its specific target miRNA, where it primarily functions as a negative regulator by repressing target miRNA translation [
MiRNAs appear also to be involved at several points along the tumor's pathway to acquisition of migratory and invasive properties. The already mentioned miR-21 targets phosphatase and tensin homologue 2 (PTEN), programmed cell death 4 (PDCD4), trophomyosin 1 (TPM1), and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 3 (TIMP3), leading to inhibition of apoptosis and consequent increased tumorigenicity [
In other studies, transfection of the synthetic miRNA (Gli-1-miRNA-3548) and its corresponding duplex (Duplex-3548) significantly inhibits Gli-1, leading to the inhibition of proliferation, delayed cell division, and activation of late apoptosis in MIA-PaCa-2 cancer cells [
Let-7 expression was repressed in patients with PDAC who were not eligible for surgery: restoring let-7 levels in cancer-derived cell lines strongly inhibits cell proliferation, Kras expression, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation, but fails to impede tumor growth progression after intratumoral gene transfer or after implantation of Capan-1 cells stably overexpressing let-7 miRNA [
Most conventional and targeted therapies fail to provide substantial response rates in pancreatic cancer. The challenges faced by oncologists in the treatment of pancreatic cancer may in part be explained by the diverse influences exerted by the tumor microenvironment (TME). The molecular mechanisms of the microenvironment-tumor cell cross-talk are challenging due to the heterogeneous nature of the PDA stroma compared to other neoplasms [
One of the crucial components of peritumoral stroma involved in cancer evolution is the stellate cell. Pancreatic stellate cells (PaSCs) are a rare stromal cell type normally present in the healthy pancreas [
In PDAC histology we can observe an abundance of extracellular matrix (ECM), commonly referred to as desmoplasia. The accumulation of ECM components (collagen, fibronectin, proteoglycans and hyaluronic acid) distorts the normal architecture of pancreatic tissue inducing an abnormal configuration of blood and lymphatic vessels [
Secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) represents another proposed target to facilitate depletion of the tumor stroma in pancreatic cancer. SPARC is overexpressed by fibroblasts in the TME of human and murine PDA and has been shown to inversely correlate with survival [
Similar to other cancer types, inflammation also seems to be crucially linked to PDA development, exemplified by the fact that chronic pancreatitis is a major risk factor [
In summary, growing evidence suggests that extensive desmoplastic reaction may be at least responsible for the innate chemoresistance in pancreatic tumors, and therapeutic benefit may be gained by strategies aimed at depleting the desmoplastic stroma, ally of cancer cells against chemotherapeutic drugs.
Intensive research over the last few years has shown that pancreatic cancer is fundamentally a chameleonic and dynamic disease, with determinant etiological aspects, such as genetic factors, correlations between cancer cells and peritumoral stroma, and immune system activity. The genetic disease determines inherited germline and/or acquired somatic mutations in cancer-associated genes. For this reason, it has uncovered multiple alterations in many genes that are critical in PDAC progression. Treating PDAC by targeting the tumour microenvironment is another strategy, as reported, for many aspects: the promotion of tumour-eliminating processes, the suppression of tumour-promoting inflammation, and the modulation of the protective fibrotic stroma of PDAC to allow access to tumour epithelium by conventional chemotherapeutics. Only the accurate study and knowledge of the complex microenvironment can provide an excellent tool linking basic science with clinical application. The potential for preoperative characterization of PDAC and the direction of tumour-specific individualized therapy is within sight. Individualised multi-targeted therapy is likely to be necessary in order to treat PDAC effectively, as high recurrence rates following surgery and late presentation of disease remain significant hurdles. Inflammation and peritumoral stroma are implicated in the earliest stages of PDAC tumorigenesis, in early metastases, and in tumour progression. Combinatorial therapeutic regimens must look to capitalise on the importance of this tumour-microenvironment relationship. As seen in this review, targeting EMT could also contribute to increased sensitivity to standard chemotherapy and to promising growth factor directed therapies, such as those against EGFR signaling. By attenuating fibrosis, it can also increase delivery of drugs to cancer cells. Targeting EMT can also reduce the population of cancer stem cells that are thought to contribute to metastatic disease and treatment resistance.
In addition, an increased understanding of the molecular basis of the disease has provided the identification of new drug targets enabling rational drug design, and facilitated the production of animal and
Precursor lesions in PDAC: correlation with oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.
Interaction between pathways to regulate pancreatic carcinogenesis.
Oncogenes in PDAC: genetic aberration percentual and type.
|Molecular target
|Genetic aberration (%)
|Type aberration
|point mutation
|point mutation
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Tumor suppressors in PDAC: genetic aberration percentage and type.
|Molecular target
|Genetic aberration (%)
|Type aberration
|intragenic mutation
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Hello all,
I need some pricing help
what do charge to tann a bufflo hide.
I have a customer thats got one and wants it tanned. However I do not know what to charge him.
Any help would be usefull
James Fleshner
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.... At a commercial tanner wil run you somewhere around $10 a square foot, plus shipping to and from. You will have to do the fleshing, salting, wrestling and shipping! The last ones I did I charged $17.50 per foot, the next ones will be $20!
I just got one back from the tannery, 28 sq ft. I paid $280.00 at $10.00 a sq ft plus $18.25 shipping. I'm with Old Fart, going up to $20. a sq ft this year.
Well... Tanning a buffalo hide is a bigger job than you may think. First, the hides are extremely thick and shaving them is like training for the Olympics. I would give him a price that is flexible, just tell him a price range from your minumum to something considerably higer. Then, charge him based on your time and effort, because you probably can already ballpark the materials.
Hope this Helps.
Also, call some tanneries and see what they charge. Maybe you could send it out and still make a few bucks, and still be able to feel your arms when it is all said and done.
and they are a bear to handle - but it can be done - i only tanned them for mounting not soft tan for rug


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TOP STORY >> Marines life ends in remote outpost
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Lance Cpl. Steven Valdez, 20, of McRae was killed Monday at Camp Blessing in Afghanistans Pesch Valley, which is home to personnel from the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, including Army Rangers, Marines and the Afghan Security Forces.
Valdez, a machine-gun operator, was running to his post when shrapnel from a mortar round struck him in the neck.
He died 40 minutes later.
Valdez was assigned to Second Battal-ion of the Third Marine Regi-ment, Third Marine Division III Marine Expeditionary Force in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Valdez was the only one to die in the attack.
A mortar can take out 20 people; it can take out one. It just depends, said his brother, Glenn (Poncho) Skaggs, a Marine sergeant who has witnessed similar attacks in Iraq. He could return there within a year.
Camp Blessing, named for Sgt. Jay A. Blessing, an Army Ranger killed there in November 2003, lies in the foothills of the Hindu Kush Mountains just 20 miles from the Pakistani border in Kunar province.
The camp, described as far removed from artillery and helicopter support, is the first of its kind in hostile territory that U.S. Special Forces have built in more than 30 years.
The complex mission of the Special Forces team stationed there is to develop an intelligence network, earn the trust of the locals, track down al-Qaeda terrorists and help build an Afghan army.
The camp was built for 14 Special Forces personnel and defended by a platoon of Marines. Surrounded by steep mountain bluffs, it is reportedly difficult to defend.
Bill Skaggs, Valdezs grandfather, said his grandson was sent there three months ago, a place that his grandson called pure hell.
By mid-day Thursday, his body had arrived in Memphis and was expected home by Friday. Tentative plans were to hold a memorial service at Beebes First Baptist Church sometime next week before a second service and burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Marine Corps representatives have visited Skaggs home twice this week, once to tell him his grandson was dead and once to make the funeral arrangements, and discuss his life insurance policy.
Skaggs said he will use part of the $400,000 death benefit he will receive to establish a college scholarship in his grandsons name and part to pay for nursing school for Jessica An-drews, who Valdez planned to marry.


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Former Steelers players Ward, Farrior free to sign elsewhere
Wide receiver Hines Ward and linebacker James Farrior are among the former Steelers who can sign with another team before next Tuesday.
Ward and Farrior, along with defensive end Aaron Smith and guard Chris Kemoeatu, are eligible to sign prior to the start of free agency because they have enough experience to qualify as vested veterans.
The four were all officially released from the Steelers on Friday.
Ward and Farrior are hoping to continue their career elsewhere, and Kemoeatu will sign with another team.
Smith, who had been with the Steelers since 1999, is expected to retire after suffering four season-ending injuries in the past five years.
Ward, Farrior and Smith, three of the most accomplished players in Steelers history, were let go in a salary purge.
The Steelers are under the salary cap, though they are still projecting what the 2012 spending limit will be because it hasn't been officially released by the NFL.


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Subject: [LONDON-L] Thomas BECNEL
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 00:34:17 EST
Searching for any information on Thomas BECNEL. Our only information about
this elusive ancestor is his 1742 marriage record in Louisiana USA. In this
record he states that he is a native of London, England. We suspect that the
name was originally BICKNELL or BAGNALL or something similar. Would anyone
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