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Larger amounts of humic acid were precipitated by the addition of Al than Fe at the same pH and ratio of metal to humic acid. The amounts of precipitated humic acid were not changed from 24 h to 180 d for the Al-humic acid system, but they decreased significantly for the Fe-humic acid system. The NMR and XAFS analyses showed that the Al-humus complex was predominant in the precipitate of Al-humic acid mixture after 180 d of reaction. On the other hand, the presence of the Fe hydroxide phase was suggested by XAFS analyses. The ability to accumulate humic substances was lower for Fe than Al because the precipitation of Fe hydroxide takes precedence over formation of Fe-humus complex.


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((Liars go to hell!!-----YEARS ago Patrick and I were watching COPS or some such show and a man got pulled over and yelled that at the officer. hahaha, I think of it almost anytime I use the word liar. Liars go to hell!! hahahahha)
I should never EVER say I'll "be back later" because that is pretty much the kiss of death. I am lucky I am back here at all after that. geez.
How are you? I am good. Even though the skies are GRAY, I am good.
I have a story for you.
So, Ruby wanted dwarf hamsters for her birthday. Looking on Amazon, the larger cages were pretty expensive and I was feeling like we had spent a lot of money lately so I was a little bummed. We had heard that two dwarves can usually/sometimes live together if they were raised together and so we wanted two so they wouldn't be lonely. But that meant we needed a big cage. I scoured Amazon one night and had a couple in my cart to decide on, priced between $80 and $130, which seemed like a lot.
The next day I was out doing errands and thought that even though I didn't really feel like it, I would just run in goodwill and see if they had anything. Sitting in the furniture area were not one but TWO Hamster cages! One was actually a reptile cage that retails for $150.00, 30 gallon, so it was plenty big for two dwarf hamsters. It was $13.99. The other was a smaller hamster cage, the kind that go for around $40, and it was $4.99. It was kind of hilarious, like God Himself all but handed them to me. :) I was soooooo thankful and kind of shocked but then again, not really. I have seen and time and time again how God gives me just what I need through the thrift stores. That might sound stupid but it has happened too many times to be a coincidence. (also, no coincidences anyways.) ;) For other reasons, I was kind of down that day, too. It felt like such a big hug from God, I get teary thinking about it. (He loves us!!) ANYWAYS. I got them, both of them, just because it seemed silly not to.
The two girls, Penny & Dorothy, started out happily together in the large cage...we just kept the small one in the garage. A couple of weeks went by in hamster bliss and then I saw Dorothy (?? we could never really tell them apart) attack Penny one morning! She was all up in her face, jumping around her, and then attacked! Penny laid down and played dead...it was crazy to see it all happen. After a very dramatic few minutes, we got them separated. The pet store had told us this was a possibility and if it happened they would need to be separated for good. Okay. Not a big deal since we have TWO CAGES. Awesome, much?? :)
Since all of this happened, about two weeks ago, we have renamed them Naughty & Nice. Naught got the small wire cage and Nice got the hamster palace. (I know that is judgemental but you had to be there!!) A week ago, we got to feeling bad for Naughty. Even though she is in a cage that is supposedly just right for a critter her size, it felt too small. We now have her in a larger plastic tub and she seems to love it. (but she is still naughy (aka bites).) The extra cage is back in the garage and I will probably sell it on ebay. :) James now wants a hamster but I think a clear plastic tote is a great cage and that's what we'd do for him.
This post does not end here. I have one more crazy blessing story to tell you.
So, last week or the week before my sister and I got to go to the Dig by ourselves. Right before we went in I said, kind of joking, to keep her eyes open for a rooster costume because Ruby was going to be a rooster in her play in a couple of weeks. She laughed and said she would.
We were in the store for a while, digging to our hearts content. She was across from me digging and all of a sudden I saw her eyes get huge. Like, comically huge. She said, "THAT LADY JUST FOUND A ROOSTER HEAD!" My heart stopped. I turned around and sure enough, a woman was standing there laughing with her friend and holding a rooster costume head.
Of course she did. :)
Of all the years I've been going to the Dig (14!!!), I don't remember ever seeing a Rooster head before. :) God provides. And He has a fantastic sense of humor.
The ending to the story is that Ruby saw the head and was like, NO WAY. :) Last weekend I whipped her up a simple head out of an old tshirt and some stuffed fleece. (she is just wearing it with a white tee and yellow leggings) I am sending the official head with her to school though, just in case.
And my God will supply every need* of yours according
to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians 4:19
*even hamster cages & rooster heads

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Celebrating 30 Years of Impact: 1986-2016
As the final days of 2016 wind down, we are reflecting on the amazing work we do in collaboration with our partners. Together, we are having an impact—developing solutions to strengthen natural resource governance around the globe.
Civil society statement at the 10th Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, Paris, 10-12 May 2016
National and international civil society organisations working to advance transparency and accountability in supply chains welcome this 10th Joint Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains.[1] The Forum represents a commitment by governments and companies to engage in more responsible sourcing and trading in line with applicable laws and standards, such as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
Read more: Civil society statement at the 10th Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, Paris, 10-12 May...
New Report on Due Diligence Efforts in Precious Stones Supply Chain
A new study that examines due diligence efforts in the precious stone and diamond supply chains has been relesased. "Due Diligence for Responsible Sourcing of Precious Stones" was undertaken by the Precious Stones Multi-Stakeholder Working Group (PS-MSWG), an open, non-exclusive coalition of companies, associations, NGOs and governments sharing an interest in responsible sourcing and supply chain due diligence for precious stones.
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Time for Leadership at the Kimberley Process
By Offah Obale, Conflict Minerals Researcher
Flying out of Angola after last month's Kimberley Process (KP) Plenary, the biannual meeting held by the diamond certification scheme, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It had been an intense week as Partnership Africa Canada, along with 10 other civil society groups who sit as members of the Kimberley Process, announced a boycott for 2016 in response to the chairmanship of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As we explained to the nations and industry groups who make up the rest of the Kimberley Process membership, our boycott was due to widespread concerns over UAE's lenient diamond import standards and its antagonistic relationship with our coalition.
New Reports on Artisanal Diamond Mining in Côte D'Ivoire and Democratic Republic of Congo
Partnership Africa Canada is pleased to present two new reports on the artisanal diamond sector, produced in collaboration with civil society partners.
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After 20 years as Executive Director of Partnership Africa Canada, Bernard Taylor will be retiring on October 30. We thank Bernard for his years of guidance and leadership, and wish him all the best as he embarks on new adventures.
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Meet Buffalo, he was just rescued from a local high kill shelter in Kentucky. He is approximately 15 weeks old as of 3-1-13. He is so sweet, and very playful. We are working on crate and potty training. He loves to play with other dogs and is good with cats.
Buffalo is being fostered in Marengo, IL If you would like to meet him, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com Buffalo's adoption fee is $375 and includes his neuter, micro chip, all age appropriate vaccines, including bordetella, and fecal exam.
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If you can't adopt and like Buffalo, please consider a donation for her care made directly to the rescue via paypal or contact us at email@example.com
We will do our best to respond to any and all requests and contacts as soon as possible, but we are a 100% volunteer run rescue. It is great because that means we can keep our adoption prices low because we are not paying salaries, but all of our volunteers do have families and "real" jobs in order to support our passion of saving animals from euthanasia, often just days or hours before they are scheduled to be put to sleep. Please no phone calls. That being said, one of us are going to do our best to contact via email or by phone within 24 hours of any inquiry. It is not uncommon that when you have made the decision to add to your family and committing to adopting a rescue dog that you are very excited, we just ask that you be patient with us.
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Hi, has anyone over 60s had tt/lipo done? I checked this board so many times a day, hoping to get someone to post anything about the age and the surgery. So far, I have seen all ages, from early 20s to mid early 50s, but never in the 60s or higher. I am having mine done in 2 weeks and wondering if Iam too old and too vain to do this.
It is very expensive, as you all know. I am very fit for 62 (going on 63). Plays tennis 2-3 times a week, golf at least 2 days, works out 5-6 days. But my tummy surely does not show that. I am very petite, barely 5' and according to my gym's scale 128 lbs. Is that overweight? Everything in my body is taut, except for my belly that looks like a bull dog's jowls(ugh!!!)


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New Developments in Matrix Factorization.
Wednesday March 13th 2013, 9:33 pm
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SIGACT News 44 (1), March 2013.
Notes: the published version of the article has a few errors.
- Moitra's SODA paper improves the running time from $O((nm)^{2^r r^2})$ to $O((nm)^{r^2})$, which is considerably stronger than what was reported in the article.
- The correct lower bound for computing a nonnegative factorization (assuming ETH) is $O((nm)^{o(r)})$.
This link (PDF) has the corrected article. Thanks to Ankur Moitra for pointing out the errors.
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Pickton-Pine Forest VFD raising money for truck
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July 18, 2007 - Residents of Pickton and Pine Forest communities shouldn't be surprised if they hear an unscheduled knock on the door one day soon. It'll be representatives of the Pickton-Pine Forest Volunteer Fire Department offering portrait packages to help raise funds to finish outfitting a new rescue truck.
The fire department will be selling family portraits for $30 each. This offer is for an 11-inch by 14-inch portrait through JBT Marketing, Inc., and is actually a $65 value, according to Mark Sustaire, P-PFVFD chief. Checks made out to Pickton-Pine Forest Volunteer Fire Department or cash will be accepted by the VFD representatives. Those making purchases will be given a coupon to redeem at the Pickton Community Center in a few weeks, when portraits are scheduled.
"We, the volunteers would like to say thank you for your past support," Sustaire wrote in a prepared letter for residents, which was also signed from P-PFVFD secretary-treasurer Joe Pat Jordan and assistant Chief Billy Bryant. "We always need your help. We are conducting a fund raising drive to complete a rescue first response truck, that is being built. We would appreciate your support of this most worthwhile project. ... We would like to see 100 percent participation. Remember, we are here to serve you. It is through the efforts of people such as you that make this life saving service possible. Thanking you in advance for the volunteers."
For more information call Sustaire at 903-348-3652, Jordan at 903-866-2653 or Bryant at 903-951-8850.
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The second round of the India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue, held in Delhi today, is expected to generate a preliminary agreement to explore Beijing's participation in the long overdue modernisation of Indian railways. India is said to be considering three major areas for collaboration with China — the development of high-speed rail networks, expansion of heavy freight haulage and the upgrading of major train stations. In all these fields, India is a laggard and can help itself by opening the door to the new world leader, China. Beijing has the money, technology, expertise and experience to accelerate the transformation of Indian railways.
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Alberta natural gas flaring
September 21, 2010 by administrator
Alberta tends to get a lot of flak from environmentalists about how dirty they think the oil and gas industry is in Alberta, but we're actually doing a pretty good job overall.
One area where Alberta is a world leader is in reducing natural gas flaring and venting. According to the statistics quoted in this CBC Calgary story on natural gas flaring, 96 per cent of gas is conserved in Alberta, helping to conserve an estimated 7.2 million tons of carbon in the nine years prior to this story from 2007.
Have a look at this video. It starts about 15 seconds in:
"That's equivalent to one and a half million vehicles off the roads in Alberta for an entire year," said Darin Barter of the EUB in the story (now ERCB – Energy Resources Conservation Board).
Alberta's done a good enough job that it's an example that the World Bank thinks Alberta's natural gas flaring guidelines should be used around the world. I knew that a lot of natural gas flaring was done around the world, but I had no idea of the scale of the problem until I watched this video.
Bent Svensson of the World Bank said in the story that the amount of natural gas flared in the world contributes to "almost 1,200 million tons of CO2 being emitted each year." The reporter said that if that alone was done, the targets of the Kyoto Protocol would be met.
To get an idea of how much natural gas flaring is done around the world, take a look at this video from the World Bank. Such a waste!
It's interesting to note that in 2007, Canada's demand for natural gas was 3,114 BCF (billion cubic feet). To convert that to BCM (billion cubic metres), divide it by 35.3. That puts Canadian natural gas demand at about 88.2 BCM.
According to World Bank estimates, Nigeria and Russia's flaring alone add up to around 66 BCM, or enough to supply 75% of Canada's entire natural gas demand for a year. That's a lot of gas and I'm not even including the natural gas flared by the other major gas flaring countries.
So next time you hear someone criticizing how Alberta handles natural gas flaring, point them to some of the links and videos here. Alberta, Saskatchewan (proposed new Saskatchewan flaring and venting regulations) and the rest of Canada are actually doing a pretty good job. We can do even better and that's what we're working towards.
Saskatchewan Energy & Resources: S-10 & S-20
July 9, 2010 by dosborne
Saskatchewan Energy and Resources (SER) recently announced the release of Saskatchewan's proposed flaring and venting standards, similar to flaring and venting standards for the upstream petroleum industry in Alberta (Directive 17 and Directive 60).
SER released draft versions of:
- Saskatchewan Upstream Petroleum Industry Associated Gas Conservation Standards, Directive S-10, Draft Version 1, June 1, 2010 (PDF)
- Saskatchewan Upstream Flaring and Incineration Specifications, S-20, June 1, 2010v (PDF)
At this point S-10 and S-20 are only drafts, but we'll keep you up to date on any regulation changes we see and how the S-10 and S-20 regulations will be implemented.
It's an important step forward for Saskatchewan in terms of flaring and venting regulation its awareness of greenhouse gas emissions. It should be interesting to see how Saskatchewan's regulations end up and when its flaring and venting regulations will be implemented.
Check out Saskatchewan Energy and Resources for more info about the Saskatchewan petroleum industry.
Alberta flaring & venting 2008
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ERCB Report: Flaring and Venting of Solution Gas Increases 7.6% in 2008
July 30, 2009
Nonetheless, solution gas flaring in Alberta has been reduced by 77 per cent since 1996, and solution gas venting has been reduced by 41 per cent since 2000. Flaring is the burning of natural gas that cannot be conserved. Venting is the release of natural gas into the atmosphere. Solution gas is natural gas produced in association with crude oil and bitumen production.
The ERCB's ST60B-2009: Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring and Venting Report also indicates that in 2008, the upstream oil and gas industry conserved 95.1 per cent of all solution gas produced in Alberta last year for use or sale, rather than flaring and venting it.
Flaring of solution gas dropped 5.8 per cent in 2008. In total, 306 million cubic metres of solution gas were flared in 2008 compared to 325 million in 2007.
Venting of solution gas increased 20.1 per cent in 2008. In total, 417 million cubic metres of solution gas were vented in 2008 compared to 347 million in 2007, primarily due to an increase in the number of new crude bitumen wells that produce small volumes of solution gas. These volumes are neither sufficient to keep a flare stack lit nor meet the ERCB's test for conservation. Although the amount vented per facility is small, the growth in the number of crude bitumen operations was sufficient to increase the overall amount of solution gas vented.
The Clean Air Strategic Alliance (CASA) Flaring and Venting Project Team, which is composed of stakeholders from environmental groups, the petroleum industry, the ERCB, Alberta Energy, Alberta Environment and other government agencies, is working on a number of recommendations for regulatory changes to address solution gas venting in crude bitumen production operations and other facilities. One of the issues currently under review is the economic test currently utilized to determine if oil facilities must conserve solution gas.
This news release is available on the ERCB website at www.ercb.ca
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Class Standing: Sophomores or above; transfer students welcome.
In Individual Studies in Classical Literature, Art, and Philosophy, students pursue advanced research and interpretive work in classic European texts and monuments, especially those of Greco-Roman antiquity. Interested students should develop a draft proposal and syllabus, then arrange to meet with Andrew Reece in the first week of Spring Quarter
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IELTS-General Training
Where All Can You Get Training for IELTS General Training Module
What Can You Expect from a Coaching Institute for the IELTS General Training Module?
Let's look at some points to consider, before you enroll in an institute for the General Training of IELTS:
- What are the kinds of materials that you will need for preparing for the General Training module? Usually test materials provided by test-preparation institutes comprise of the Official Guide; however, some institutes have their own publications which they use. These self-published materials may not necessarily be the ideal guides for the test. You can delineate the good materials from the bad ones by actually going through the materials provided by these institutes. Your points of assessing should be: number of practice tests, conceptual differentiation, examples provided for understanding, etc.
- What kind of courses do these institutes have, to help you prepare for this test module? There are many kinds of courses that you can enroll for, such as: online courses, live online courses, classroom courses and weekend courses. These courses for the General Training, essentially contain similar content, but have molded their style to suit the varied needs and convenience of people. You must keep in mind to enroll for the right kind of course that suits your needs.
- What is the duration of the course? Students have varying methods of understanding and aptitudes for competitive examinations. You need to evaluate whether the duration of the course is long enough to help you brush up the entire syllabus of the General Training version. While you do this, keep in mind that some institutes have both regular and short courses.
- Remember that the preparation for General Training module is not the same as that for the Academic module. Do your homework and understand this distinction before you look out for preparation classes to enroll in.
These were the few points to be kept in mind before enrolling into a training institute for this module.
Reviews of Some IELTS General Training Institutes
1. TALK School of Languages: At TALK, they ensure that their students learn English in the best possible environment. It is accredited by ACCENT, which is Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training. They are international leaders in English language and training. Since the test is essentially about the English language testing, TALK preparation course can be of great help to students preparing for the exam. They have different levels of training in English for those who are weak in the subject. They have separate batches running for the Training module and the Academic module. This institute is especially good for those looking out for a better grasp on grammar and spoken English skills for the test. They also have special programs for the test that include intensive private or semi-private sessions. They cover around 22 units of the test course per-week. They hold sessions every week from an intermediate to an advanced level. The course is designed to help students achieve higher band-scores for the test and they have customized classes to cater to the different needs of the students. For more information on the program, You can visit their website through the following link http://www.talk.edu/ielts/
2. IELTS Worldwide: This is a hands-on, solution oriented training institute for the General Training module. They specialize in the test and provide other miscellaneous services, along with training. They have classes for students all over the U.S., Australia and U.K. They don't hold classes formally, instead they provide the materials required to prepare. So, once you have chosen the package you want and the payment is made, the material is shipped to you. For example, if you want 10 sets of practice papers, you need to make the purchase on their website and they will ship the materials across to you. They have a combination of free and paid services for listening, reading, speaking and writing sections. You can either choose any specialized materials that you would like, or you can get the entire package for the test that they are offering. Here is the link to their official website http://www.ielts-worldwide.com/index.htm
There are many other institutes that help you prepare for the General
Training module. Be sure to refer to the points given in this article
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i thought it would thinner and floppy cause your skin stretched a bit
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Originally posted by Inactive Useryea my 8s went in mad smooth with a bit of lotion. next thursday will be a month ive had them in. how long have you?
But dude your Black?
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Apparently me even stretching to like an 8 is a 'BIG ASS HOLE IN MY EAR' according to my parents.
And will prevent me from getting any type of job.
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Originally posted by Inactive UserI dont know why people with tattoos or body piercings and shit are looked at different...just because that you have tattoos or something doesnt make you any different than someone without them
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Buckcherry, 'Nothing Left But Tears' – Exclusive Lyric Video Premiere
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Buckcherry are unleashing 'Nothing Left But Tears' as a new single off their most recent album 'Confessions,' and Loudwire has the exclusive premiere of the track's lyric video (watch above).
Frontman Josh Todd displays his emotional angst in the song's driving chorus, singing, "All the things you put me through / I still can't stand the sight of you / Waste my time and tell me lies / But you're never gonna get inside my mind."
While lyrically Todd exclaims, "you're never gonna get inside my mind," the song itself will get stuck inside your head with its infectious riff and sing-along lyrics. Buckcherry have always known how to write a catchy song that still rocks hard, and 'Nothing Left But Tears' is no exception.
Buckcherry have North American tour dates scheduled throughout the summer, followed by a late fall European trek. Check out their current itinerary here. Also, if you haven't already picked up the band's latest album, 'Confessions,' it's available at iTunes.


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Furniture from this manufacturer is proudly made in America in Virginia and North Carolina. They are committed to manufacturing furniture in a responsible and environmentally friendly manner as a founder of the Sustainable Furnishings Council.
The Villa Sophia King Bedroom Group by Vaughan Bassett at Becker Furniture World in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
The Villa Sophia bedroom collection showcases European cottage styling for traditional elegance with an updated, livable feel. Small details make all the difference, including plank-look headboards and serpentine shape fronts on the bedroom storage pieces. All the items available are made in America using sustainable wood. Your purchase supports American jobs and longstanding traditions of craftsmanship.
The Villa Sophia collection is a great option if you are looking for Traditional furniture in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota area.
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YotaPhone 2 launches, available in Europe this week
Russian company Yota has finally taken off the veils from the second generation YotaPhone in two consecutive events in Moscow and London. The YotaPhone 2, one of the brighter stars in this year's CES and MWC expos, gives more class and more power to an already appealing concept. Aside from having a second screen driven entirely by e-ink technology, YotaPhone adds touch to that display, giving users practically two touch screens, switching between the two as the need arises and conserving power along the way.


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How to Disguise Your Cell Phone Number When Calling Someoneby Keith Evans
If you have ever had a need to keep your cell phone number private, you may have attempted several ways and experienced varying measures of success. Though you can ask your cell phone company to permanently block your number on all outgoing calls, there are a number of temporary measures you can take to disguise your cell phone number.
Block Your Number
Dial 67. You can temporarily block caller identification systems from displaying your number by dialing a special code when making a call. This standard code, 67 -- known as a Vertical Service Code -- prevents caller identification of your cell phone number.
Dial the number you want to call. After dialing the 67 Vertical Service Code, dial the number you wish to call before pressing any other buttons. If the number you want to call is 407-555-1234, for example, the display on your cell phone should read 674075551234.
Press "Talk." With the Vertical Service Code and telephone number entered, use your cell phone's "talk" button to place the call. When the other party receives your call, your cell phone number will display as "Blocked," "Unavailable" or "Private."
Use a Proxy
Download and install the Line2 smart phone application (see link in Resources). If you have a smart phone, you can also disguise your number by downloading and using a proxy application. There are a number of proxy applications you can use to disguise your cell phone number, but Line2 is available for both Android and iOS devices and is fairly simple to use. Visit the Google Play store or the Apple App Store, click "Search," and enter the search term "Line2." When the search result displays, download the Line2 application and install it.
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Gahanna, Ohio – May 1, 2014…Leading business management publication American Banker Magazine has just released its annual list of the Top 200 Community Banks and Thrifts in the nation. For the fourth consecutive year, Gahanna based Heartland BancCorp was ranked in the top 100, this year at #86. Eleven community banks from Ohio made the Top 200 list this year and Heartland BancCorp was the only Columbus based community bank listed. The Top 200 performers are based on their average return on equity over the past three years.
President and CEO of Heartland Bank, G. Scott McComb stated, "We choose to believe that the community bank model has its best days ahead of it, and we preach that positive message often to our community bankers. The recent consolidation in the Central Ohio banking landscape to out of town banks, creates opportunity for Heartland to partner with those clients who still seek a local community banking relationship."
About American Banker Magazine – American Banker Magazine provides 40,000 C-suite and executive level bankers with analysis and commentary of the industry players, financial and economic market trends, regulations, business strategies and innovations reshaping the banking and financial services landscape. American Banker Magazine, the leading business management magazine, tackles all issues relevant to banks and their competitive standing in the financial services marketplace. American Banker Magazine is published monthly and distributes a weekly e-Newsletter. Readers gain insight into how to maximize shareholder value, generate new and greater line-of-business revenues year over year, maximize institutional profitability, run more efficient operations firm-wide, pursue growth, organic and otherwise, and influence the U.S. and global economies.
About Heartland BancCorp - Heartland BancCorp is a registered Ohio bank holding company and the parent of Heartland Bank, which operates eleven full-service banking offices. Heartland Bank, founded in 1911, provides full-service commercial, small business, and consumer banking services; alternative investment services; insurance services; and other financial products and services. Heartland Bank is a member of the Federal Reserve, a member of the FDIC, and an Equal Housing Lender. Heartland BancCorp is currently quoted on the over-the-counter (OTC) Bulletin Board Service under the symbol HLAN. Learn more about Heartland Bank at HeartlandBank.com.


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Fighting Madly and Nobly Against Death
Is the Quest
a) Futile?
b) Full of Tears?
c) Full of Laughter?
d) Awesome?
e) All of the above
Going Bovine / Libba Bray
Just before dying Alonso Quixano recovers his reason and addresses his family and friends from his deathbed, "I was mad, and now I am sane; I was Don Quixote of La Mancha, and now I am, as I have said, Alonso Quixano the Good. May my repentance and sincerity return me to the esteem your graces once had for me..." Alonso was fifty years old when too much reading—day and night he consumed books of chivalry—and too little sleep deprived him of his reason and he decided to become a knight errant.
Cameron Smith is only sixteen when his study of Don Quixote for the state mandated SPEW (State Prescribed Educational Worthiness) test—Did I mention that Cameron goes to high school in Texas?—is rudely interrupted. His muscles begin to twitch uncontrollably; he collapses in class, after punching a classmate and insulting the teacher. He is diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. In animals it's known as mad cow disease. His brain is deteriorating and he will lose control of his muscles and be subject to dementia and delusions. A gang of eight-foot high fire giants have already chased him, and when he tries to flee he finds the way blocked by, a "Big Dude. Black armor glistening like oil. Spiked Helmet, steel visor. Sword. The light bounces off the sword in arcs and hurts my eyes. Sword."
But all is not frightening or hopeless. In the hospital he is attended by a nurse named Glory, and awakes to meet one of his classmates in the bed next to his, "Paul Ingacio Gonzales, but everyone calls me Gonzo." Gonzo is a champion gamer and a bit of a hypochondriac, but he shares Cameron's love of science fiction movies. Cameron also meets someone that he's glimpsed briefly before. He wakes up to find her standing at the end of his bed. As he describes her, "I take in the torn fishnets, plaid mini-kilt, shiny riveted breastplate with leather straps at the sides… Her wings are a crazy black-and-white-checkered pattern, like they've been spray-painted at a body shop to look like hipster sneakers." Did I mention that her hair is pink?
He blinks his eyes to make the hallucination go away, but she doesn't. Then she introduces herself as Dulcie, eats the chocolate pudding from his hospital tray, and tries to enlist him in a mission to save the world and maybe himself by tracking down Dr. X, whose travel between dimensions has opened this universe up to forces of dark energy, including the ones now consuming Cameron's brain. He tells her this is the most random thing he's ever heard. She tells him that he has to take Gonzo with him because their fates are connected. He counters, "There's no such thing as fate." To which she replies, "Except for random fate." And he figures, it's better than just sitting in the hospital bed and waiting.
Alonso Quixano's quest ends with his death. Will Cameron's quest take him beyond? Did I mention the yard gnome that's really a Norse god?
I love, love, love Going
I love, love, love Going Bovine! I think it is a great book with outrageous characters and hilarious situations and it proves a fabulously experiential read...as though just reading the narrative was an adventure of its own! Highly recommended :o)


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Message to Sandberg: Lean forward
In the wake of the news that Facebook's Number Two, Sheryl Sandberg, might become a billionaire and therefore one of the richest self-made women in America after the company goes public, the New York Times featured a story about her growing power as a role model and inspiration for women's advancement. More »
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College students are graduating this year with record debt, and women, who constitute most of the graduates, struggle for financial independence. More »


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Bruce Barry
Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management
Professor of Sociology
Subject Area(s): Organization Studies, Ethics and Social Responsibility
Professor Barry's research and expertise lie in two areas: (1) social issues in management, including ethics, public policy, and workplace rights; and (2) the psychology of interpersonal and group behavior in organizations, including power, influence, negotiation, conflict and justice. He has published on these topics in numerous scholarly journals and volumes.
Prof. Barry's current and recent research explores the social context of ethical decision making, the intersection of ethics and emotion, deception in negotiation, and ethical aspects of group process. A current book project explores the role of political ideology in the exercise of corporate influence on public policy. His previous book at the intersection of business and policy, examining free expression and workplace rights from legal, managerial, and ethical perspectives, was Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace.
Prof. Barry is a past president of the International Association for Conflict Management, and a past chair of the Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management. He is currently associate editor of Business Ethics Quarterly, and a member of the editorial boards of Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Work and Occupations. His (co-authored) books on negotiation are among the most widely adopted texts on that subject in colleges and universities worldwide.
Prof. Barry joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1991 and was Director of the Owen School's Ph.D. Program in Management from 1998-2004. He was chair of the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate in 2008-09. He has also taught at UNC-Chapel Hill and at Duke University, and has been a visiting professor at the Melbourne Business School and the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. He is past president and current member of the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, and is a contributing writer on political, economic, and social issues for the Nashville Scene and its blog on politics and media, "Pith in the Wind".
Recent Publications:
Barry, B., & Rehel, E.M. (2014). Lies, damn lies, and negotiation: An interdisciplinary analysis of the nature and consequences of deception at the bargaining table. In N.M. Ashkenasy, O.B. Ayoko, & K.A. Jehn (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Conflict Management. UK: Edward Edgar.
Liu, L.A., Friedman, R.A., Barry, B., Gelfand, M.J., & Zhang, Z. (2012). The dynamics of consensus building in intracultural and intercultural negotiations. Administrative Science Quarterly, 57: 269-304..
Bateman, T.S., & Barry, B. (2012). Masters of the long haul: Pursuing long-term work goals. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33: 984-1006.
Fulmer, I.S., Barry, B., & Long, A. (2009) Lying and smiling: Informational and emotional deception in negotiation. Journal of Business Ethics, 88: 691-709.
Perry, J.E., Moore, I.N., Barry, B., Clayton, E.W., & Carrico, A.R. (2009). The ethical health lawyer: An empirical assessment of moral decision making. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 37: 461-475.
Barry, B. (2008). Negotiator affect: The state of the art (and the science). Group Decision and Negotiation, 17: 97-105.
Barry, B., & Stansbury, J. (2008). Corporatism and inequality: The race to the bottom line. In B. Moran (Ed.), Race and wealth disparities: A multidisciplinary discourse. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Barry, B. (2007). The cringing and the craven: Freedom of expression in, around, and beyond the workplace. Business Ethics Quarterly, 17: 263-296.
Stansbury, J., & Barry, B. (2007). Ethics programs and the paradox of control. Business Ethics Quarterly, 17: 239-261.
Barry, B. (2007). Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler. (more info)
B.A., Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, 1980
M.A., Speech Communication, University of Virginia, 1981
Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, University of North Carolina, 1991
Other Course(s):
MGT 642/643: Seminar in Organization Studies (Ph.D. seminar)
SOC 115: Technology, Media, Culture, and Society
Research Interest(s):
Social issues in management, workplace rights and power, business ethics, procedural justice, conflict and negotiation, social effects of technology and new media.
Voice: 615-322-3489
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The weekends always make the week worth it. After all the tests, papers and sleepless nights nothing says, "I love you," to a college student quite like a Saturday. During the week I fall guilty of rocking a pair of leggings and an oversized T-shirt more often than not, so the weekend is always time for redemption. After classes on Friday, there's no better way to start off the weekend than going home and beginning to pick out an outfit for the night to start the weekend off right.The weekends are our 48 hours of freedom, so take advantage wisely!
This Fashionista is hitting off her weekend in style. The weekend always brings unexpected plans. Whether you have a shopping spree planned with your closest friends or you end up going on a last minute trip out of town, you can't go wrong with a flowy skirt and tank top like the one this Fashionista was captured in. Her floral tank is fun and stylish for whatever event you may attend and her breezy white skirt keeps this outfit feminine and classy. I always enjoy seeing an effortlessly, perfectly put together outfit.
The floral print on her tank top really makes the outfit pop. This Fashionista enhances the floral look by slipping on a pair of strappy studded sandals to add a subtle, but complimentary touch. Another great piece that brings this outfit together is her adorable cross-body bag. I am a fond lover of all things Kate Spade, this brown classic cross-body bag being no different.
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Subject: Re: [htdig] Speed of Indexing and size of Index
From: Geoff Hutchison (email@example.com)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2000 - 06:48:25 PDT
At 11:23 AM -0700 6/6/00, amit tewari wrote:
>I am trying to evaluate htDig for the speed of
>indexing, size of indexes and speed of search ,
OK, you also need to mention what version you are using, since this
makes a difference. :-) For example, the beta and developmental 3.2
code is slower at indexing right now, has smaller databases and
faster search.
>Size of the Index diecroty was about 300 MB ( which
>about 1/3 the size of the documents ) I find it too
>big specially if I consider some other engines which
>give the index size of about 1/10 of the document size
Again, this depends on version. Also, you might want to turn on
excerpt compression with:
compression_level: 6
# or higher--this essentially turns on gzip compression
Also, these "indexes" include much more than the indexes themselves,
though you've certainly cut back on the stored excerpts drastically
with your max_head_length setting. Some search engines simply store a
word index, which you'll note is quite small.
-- -Geoff Hutchison Williams Students Online http://wso.williams.edu/
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The wife of a white Muslim convert accused of travelling to Pakistan for terrorism training has been charged with a terror offence, a court heard today.
Ayan Hadi, 30, who is pregnant, is due to appear before magistrates in September accused of withholding information about the preparation of acts of terrorism, the Old Bailey heard.
Her husband, Richard Dart, is one of three men accused of travelling to Asia for terrorism training.
His barrister, Frida Hussain, told the preliminary court hearing that Mrs Hadi was "to be added" to the prosecution and a date set for a possible trial next year would be affected by the birth of the child.
"She is pregnant and her due date is February 27," she said, adding that she also suffers a life-threatening condition linked to her pregnancy.
"She will not be in a position to focus on her preparation (for court)," she added.
Dart, of Broadway, Ealing, west London, who appeared in a BBC Three documentary after converting to Islam, is charged with preparing for acts of terrorism between July 2010 and July 2012, alongside Imran Mahmood and Jahangir Alom.
As well as the terrorism training allegation, they are accused of travelling abroad to commit acts of terrorism and advising and counselling the commission of terrorism acts by providing information about travel to Pakistan, terrorism training and operational security while there.
Dart, 29, Mahmood, 21, from Dabbs Hill Lane, Northolt, west London, and Alom, 26, of Abbey Road, Stratford, east London, were arrested between July 5 and 7.
Dart, whose step-brother Robb Leech was in the public gallery, sat in the centre of the three defendants in a green T-shirt and with a black beard.
He and the other two men spoke only to confirm their identities.
They appeared via video-link from Woodhill prison at the Old Bailey alongside a woman, Ruksana Begum, 22, of Provost Estate, Islington, north London, who is charged with possession of a digital memory card containing a document likely to be of use to a terrorist.
Wearing full-length Islamic dress, including a veil that showed only her eyes, she appeared via video-link from Holloway prison.
Alom lives in Stratford, where the Olympics is being held, but Scotland Yard has said none of the alleged offences was linked to the Games.
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My wife & I stayed here over the weekend and we LOVED it. All of the rooms are suites with kitchenettes and are very nice.
The grounds are amazing, though the pool is a bit small.
In addition, there is a wonderful little shopping area nearby.
We loved Vero Beach and will visit often. When we return, we'll be staying at the Driftwood Resort. You should as well.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Funky, eclectic oceanfront resort with two of its buildings listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. 100 rooms and suites of varying sizes all with some kitchen facilities. Old Florida at its best, rocking chairs in front of every unit to gaze at the ocean while enjoying a beverage from the on site restaurant, Waldo's, the last of the Great American Hangouts! With 9 buildings on the property, there is something to please nearly every taste. Located right in the heart of the beach business district there are more than a dozen restaurants and lounges within walking distance and a newly renovated city park right next door with wonderful playground equipment for the kids. Join us for fun and relaxation. ... more less
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Financial Survey: Leju Holdings Limited (LEJU) versus HFF (HF)
Leju Holdings Limited (NYSE: LEJU) and HFF (NYSE:HF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitabiliy, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
4.8% of Leju Holdings Limited shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of HFF shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of HFF shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Leju Holdings Limited and HFF, as reported by MarketBeat.
|Sell Ratings
|Hold Ratings
|Buy Ratings
|Strong Buy Ratings
|Rating Score
|Leju Holdings Limited
Leju Holdings Limited currently has a consensus target price of $2.10, indicating a potential upside of 25.75%. HFF has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.93%. Given Leju Holdings Limited's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Leju Holdings Limited is more favorable than HFF.
Volatility and Risk
Leju Holdings Limited has a beta of 3.08, suggesting that its stock price is 208% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HFF has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Leju Holdings Limited and HFF's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
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|Earnings Per Share
|Price/Earnings Ratio
|Leju Holdings Limited
|$514.83 million
|-$36.21 million
|$523.52 million
|$81.77 million
HFF has higher revenue and earnings than Leju Holdings Limited. Leju Holdings Limited is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HFF, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
This table compares Leju Holdings Limited and HFF's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
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|Return on Equity
|Return on Assets
|Leju Holdings Limited
HFF beats Leju Holdings Limited on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
Leju Holdings Limited Company Profile
Leju Holdings Limited is an online to offline (O2O), real estate services provider in China. The Company offers real estate e-commerce, online advertising and online listing services through its online platform, which consists of local Websites covering over 260 cities and various mobile applications. The Company integrates its online platform with offline services to facilitate residential property transactions. In addition to its own Websites, the Company operates various real estate and home furnishing Websites of SINA Corporation (SINA). Its O2O services for new residential properties include selling discount coupons and facilitating online property viewing, physical property visits, marketing events and pre-sale customer support. It sells advertising primarily on the SINA new residential properties and home furnishing Websites, which are operated by the Company.
HFF Company Profile
HFF, Inc. is a holding company. The Company holds the partnership interests in Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. and HFF Securities L.P. (together, the Operating Partnerships), held through the subsidiary HFF Partnership Holdings, LLC, and all of the outstanding shares of Holliday GP Corp. (Holliday GP). The Company operates through the commercial real estate financial intermediary segment. It offers debt placement, investment sales, distressed debt and real estate owned advisory services, equity placement, investment banking and advisory services, loan sales and commercial loan servicing. Its fully-integrated national capital markets platform, coupled with its knowledge of the commercial real estate markets provides an range of capital markets services, including Debt placement; Investment sales; Distressed debt and real estate owned advisory services; Equity placement; Investment banking and advisory services; Loan sales; and Commercial loan servicing.
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Nick Johnson
Well last night at the MN Duck and Goose Callers Assoc. meeting I met Long Magnum and he showed me the heads he had created. They were incredible, an awesome job. I got inspired so today I started cutting (not a good Idea) After cut for like 15 Min just trying to get the thing right I finally found a way it worked. My brother thought it was cool so he tried one, and made it look awesome in about 5 min :Rich: . Mine was the short sentry and his was the rester that lookin at the sky. I put one regular old Bigfoot out there for contrast on all of this. All in all I dont think they are too bad for a first try, haha


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London (AFP) Jan 19, 2007
Britain added its voice to international concern over China's reported shooting down of an orbiting satellite Friday, in particular Beijing's lack of consultation and the potential impact of debris. Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman told reporters that British officials had raised the matter with China on Wednesday.
"We are concerned about the impact of debris in space and we expressed that concern," he said. "We don't believe that this does contravene international law.
"What we are concerned about, however, is lack of consultation and we believe that this development of this technology and the manner in which this test was conducted is inconsistent with the spirit of China's statements to the UN and other bodies on the military use of space."
British lobby group the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) also condemned China's reported move and said it believed it went against the UN's Prevention of an Arms Race in Space (PAROS) treaty.
China had been a "leading proponent" of the treaty but the United States had "repeatedly" blocked it, it added.
CND's chairwoman Kate Hudson said in a statement: "This step by China indicates the urgent necessity of securing the PAROS Treaty. "Weapons have no place in outer space; it is essential for the future of humanity that this frontier remain peaceful and free from dangerous weapons."
All countries needed to sign and ratify a treaty to give "unconditional assurances" there will not be an arms race in space, she added.
The United States, whose spy agencies claimed China destroyed the ageing weather satellite on January 11, and its Asian allies have expressed similar misgivings.
The impact reportedly occurred more than 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth, high enough to hit orbiting satellites.
China has said only that the world should not feel threatened by the development but refused to confirm it had happened.
If confirmed, it would be the world's first downing of a satellite since the 1980s, when the Soviet Union and the United States both destroyed space hardware in orbit. The two superpowers ceased the tests largely because of the problem of debris.
earlier related report
"From the view of the peaceful use of space and international security, we naturally have concerns about it," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki, the government spokesman, told a news conference.
He said Japan was asking the Chinese foreign ministry to explain details about the test, in which a ballistic missile successfully destroyed an old Chinese weather satellite.
The United States and Australia have also expressed concern about the test, which US spy agencies said took place on January 11 at more than 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth.
Japan has recently been improving relations with China, which were badly strained under former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi who repeatedly visited a controversial shrine to Japanese war dead.
But Japan has repeatedly expressed unease about China's rapidly growing military spending and urged the European Union not to lift its ban on arms exports to Beijing.
Source: Agence France-Presse
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Technology where anyone and everybody can share information, experiences,
thoughts and knowledge.
National Informatics Centre, South West Delhi has performed an remarkable job in launching this website which highlights the information regarding General Information about District, Statistical data, Administrative Setup and other relevant information for General Public .
It will be our endeavor to interact closely with the common man and this web site serves as a medium through which we invite suggestions from general public in an effort towards making the administration more responsive and efficient. I hope the information of the website would be beneficial to the end-user.
congratulate National Informatics Centre for
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Senior recycling fee to increase by 20 percent
EUREKA- Senior citizens in Eureka's unincorporated areas may soon be paying more for their recycling collection. According to a staff report from the Humboldt County Public Works Department the senior collection rate fee for 20 gallon recycling cans is suggested to go up by 20 percent. The current fee for seniors is $10 per month.
The Public Works Department is proposing to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors that the fee be increased to $12 per month.
The report says that this increase is part of annual rate adjustments. It also says that the increase is a result of two-years of combined adjustments, as the department overlooked the senior fee last year.
The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on that adjustment Tuesday at 1:30 pm at the courthouse.


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Eric Ends November And Shaves
My quest to raise money for St. Jude through No Shave November was a success. Thanks to all who contributed, we raised over $450 for St. Jude! So this morning, I looked at my so-so beard and reluctantly decided to shave it.
I mean it was never that great anyway…Some quotes from those close to me were things like:
-"Dude, grow a beard already" – Friend from high school
-"You need beard growing lessons" -Friend from grade school
-"Eww, get away from me" -My wife
So fine, shave it I did
It was really amazing how long it took, because I even had to plug in my razor after its battery died.
At one point, I thought I might just stop and leave this.
After re-thinking that decision, I finished the job leaving a pathetic amount of fuzz behind.
It was all in fun, but I sure am proud to be a part of fund raising just by being sloppy and lazy…who would have guessed. One thing's for sure…honey, your clean-shaven man is coming home!


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Psychiatric Times Explores why Psychiatry Needs the Humanities
Apr 05, 2013, 10:28 ET from UBM Medica US
NORWALK, Conn., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that a newly published special report in Psychiatric Times — the nation's best-read psychiatric publication — delves into how literature, art and other offerings in the humanities can counter reductionism and help psychiatrists uncover each patient's subjectivity and individuality.
The four articles in the Special Report focus on:
- Psychiatry and Art: A Means for Healing and Fighting Stigma. Art allows for critical distance, retrospection, and vast opportunities for individual choice and, thus, may be conducive to an improved self-image and self-esteem.
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychiatry: Spiritual Assessment and Clinical Care: Why there is a growing trend in favor of addressing spiritual and religious issues in psychiatric care.
- The Humanities and Psychiatry: The Rebirth of Mind: The author writes that science alone cannot answer the question of what it means to be human. He explores the battle for psychiatric knowledge and outlines the dramatic story of the clash of the psychiatric titans.
- Shakespeare and Psychiatry: A Personal Meditation: Hamlet goes under the microscope here: was his insanity real or feigned?
About UBM Medica US
Addressing today's healthcare information needs, UBM Medica US, delivers strategic, integrated communications solutions and comprehensive reach—online, in print, and via custom programs. Improving the effectiveness of healthcare through information and education, UBM Medica US provides unbiased clinical, practical, and business information for physicians, providers, payers, and patients around the world. Through journals, magazines, websites, online communities, drug databases, digital events, and other valuable resources, UBM Medica US also delivers comprehensive communication solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries. Websites include CancerNetwork.com, ConsultantLive.com, DiagnosticImaging.com, MusculoskeletalNetwork.com, OBGYN.net, PhysiciansPractice.com, PsychiatricTimes.com and SearchMedica.com. UBM Medica US is part of UBM Connect—which provides marketing services across a number of communities, the largest of which are healthcare, medical device design and advanced manufacturing. UBM Connect also includes UBM Studios, the global leader in interactive digital environments. UBM Connect is a UBM plc company. For more information, visit http://www.UBMMedicaUS.com
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Predicted response from the Breitbart crowd: Something something something liberal media conspiracy. Something something something corrupt MSM. Smearing Mrs Pailn, etc, etc. Blah blah blah, everybody who doesn't share our worldview is brainwashed, yadda yadda…
Am I right?
Exactly you dimwit.
That's PRESIDENT Palin to you, suckas!
Sarah Palin is to the world what acne is to a 16 year old.
Foreign rights? Are you joking? Who overseas would be dumb enough to actually want to watch this poorly produced piece of propaganda? Though that level of stupid doesn't compare to that of Content Film, which is apparently stupid enough to believe that there is an actual audience overseas that wants to watch the trials and travails of Hitler Barbie.
The only thing I like about Michele Bachmann is that she made "Sarah, The Quitter" shut up for a few weeks.
no sir, you americans are acne to the world. Palin as a woman has accomplished more than what you can imagine or done in your lifetime. Your stupid media creates God and monster,if you do not see that your a brainwashed idiot!
Nobody even wants to see this in the US.
Run, Sarah run. Sarah Palin was so successful as a governor, she graduated early "Bitter Quitter", she real is a "Dan Quayle" in heels. She clearly loves "dishing it out" but real can't take it because she loves playing the victim card, poor thing. She fail as a VP candidate (her lie that her daughter was engaged was such a farce, selling celibacy, come on), her stand-up comic fiasco on the Jay Leno Show, please, her TV show canceled after declining rating, I guess her perpetual run for the White House (and taking the suckers money) is the only thing she can look forward. Didn't Fake News make that other movie "undeveloped" or "under achiever" or something like that, right? Didn't it break all box office records, oh yeah it did not, that Alaska dullard can't even finish the bus tour to nowhere. But since she is a coward she will only throw small minded rocks, poor thing. Since we already had an idiot "W" in the White House that caused our current economic debacle, America knows not to trust the GOP fools who flaunt the idiocy.


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Monette Russo practises on the beam at Rod Laver Arena last night. She worked without major incident but much will depend on the coming days.
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QUIETLY, if not quite secretly, Australia's head women's gymnastics coach Peggy Liddick took a small squad to London and Paris last year for informal competition. No publicity, no fanfare, just a low-key trip visiting a few local clubs to gain experience for the big international meetings to come.
Yet for all Liddick's attempts to smother it, there was a buzz about one gymnast in particular, a 14-year-old from the Gold Coast who had moved to Canberra with her mother to train at the AIS several years before. A gymnast of such technical perfection that she was bound to be noticed, and certain to be remembered.
Her name: Hollie Dykes.
"Hollie is the most beautiful, technically precise gymnast that I think Australia has ever had," Liddick says. "She's gorgeous. She will really stand out. You'll notice it right away.
"Hollie has been one that we've really been holding back. She was in the little subbie-junior program back when she was 10, 11, 12, and she used to win everything, and so we've been just holding her back and developing her optional program and she hasn't competed in anything official internationally.
"I took a little tour group away last year, just an informal competition to test her out, and of course she won everything, and everyone was like, 'Oh, my God, she's going to be your next star', and I said, 'Yes, I know, but I don't want anybody else to know yet!' "
Chloe Sims is from a different mould more robust and dynamic, more athlete than aesthete. She, like Dykes, is yet to turn 16, and thus is only just eligible for senior competition, yet Sims announced herself by winning four gold medals at last year's Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo.
A more outgoing personality, and a more aggressive, volatile competitor, Sims is also more "hit or miss". Dykes is what is known in gymnastics as a "diamond"; a lovely but slightly fragile flower of the sport. Sims is more dynamic, more explosive, less consistent, similarly talented.
Neither will peak until closer to the Beijing Olympics where, with world championships bronze medallist Monette Russo, they should form the core of the Australian team. Yet their leading roles have also arrived a little earlier than anticipated, with Russo's ankle injury limiting her chances in the all-around should she be ruled fit to compete on all four apparatus.
Liddick regards both Dykes and Sims as contenders for all-around medals, with Dykes considered a slightly better chance for gold. Russo's injury will also affect Australia's prospects of defeating England in Friday's team event, for which the host nation is seeking a third consecutive gold medal with an inexperienced squad completed by another pair of 15-year-old talents, Queenslander Naomi Russell and Victoria's Ashleigh Brennan.
For Liddick, an American, the current policy of protectionism is a departure from what she practised two decades ago, when the minimum age for female gymnasts was two years lower.
"I've changed my tune a little bit in the last 20 years about not pushing kids so early to compete," Liddick admits. "We're pacing them a little bit better, and they tend to be a little bit healthier, and their gymnastics careers are lasting longer.
"If I'd put Hollie, for example, in an international event, she'd have been all over the cover of Gymnast magazine and all that stuff at 14, and it's too early. I've seen that be the demise of so many gymnasts when they're good too young and so this way I feel she's going to be a little more hungry."
By Beijing, Dykes should also be more ready, but at least her major international debut will be at home, and against solid rather than exceptional competition. The world championships were held at Rod Laver Arena just four months ago, and that was truly the gymastics big time, but Russo and England's Beth Tweddle are the only medallists returning.
So this should be a significantly less daunting stage on which to emerge, and if experience is lacking, then ability is apparently not. In her decade in charge of the Australian women's program, Liddick rates this as the most talented group she has seen.
"I think so, I really do. Potential-wise," she says. "Not today, but I think in a year-and-a-half's time we'll have a really strong team.
"I have to keep reminding us this is just a stepping stone to Beijing. I keep telling myself to stay calm, but nobody likes to go out and not try to win. I know I've got a really talented, talented group of young kids, but I don't know what they're going to do on the competitive floor.
"I have no background with them in high-pressure meets like this. It will be interesting. It will be a learning experience for me with these four new juniors, and whether or not my plan of keeping them out of competition is going to work or not (is uncertain), but I think in the long run it was the right decision to make."
Keeping score the new wayTHE end for the perfect 10 means the start of a two-part gymnastics scoring system that will be tested for the first time internationally at these Commonwealth Games.
Medal predictions are therefore slightly fraught as, so far, most teams have only competed locally in front of their own judges. Coaches have been checking the internet to try to monitor the form and progress of their rivals, but is a 15.2 in Canada the equivalent of a 15.4 in the UK? So far, it is too early to tell.
The old system was based around one maximum score of 10, from which fractions of points were deducted for errors. Now, one panel of judges will award each routine an open-ended rating for skill difficulty and element requirements, known as the A score, which is added to a B score out of 10 for execution, artistry, composition and technique, awarded by a second judging panel.
The system is similar to that used in rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. "It's really going to be a suck-and-see situation," said Australian team manager Karen Myers. "It's going to be a huge change and nobody knows really where everybody sits."
An example of the contrast will be in the scores awarded to Australian debutantes Hollie Dykes and Chloe Sims. Dykes is superior in execution, so will attract a much higher A score, but Sims will excel in degree of difficulty, and earn a better B score. Still, it is the aggregate that will count
The code of points has also been revised, leading to the re-valuing of some skills, while big mistakes will also be penalised more heavily.
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CLUBBERS can look forward to another nightclub coming to Taunton next month, the County Gazette can reveal.
The mystery over the future of the former Que Pasa site in High Street can come to an end after new owners Bar Fever were handed the keys yesterday (February 17).
Last month, Marstons, who own the building, poured cold water on any nightclub hopes at the site saying there was 'no immediate plans' for the venue.
But the County Gazette can reveal that contractors have started work on Fever & Boutique and the venue will open on Thursday, March 27.
Manager Nikki Mitchell said the venue will open Thursday to Saturday and will offer clubbers two rooms with two DJ's playing music "for everybody".
Mystery has surrounded the venue since October when work was expected to start on a nightclub called L8.
At the time, an application was made to Taunton Deane Council to extend the licence for live and recorded music to 3.30am, including alterations to replace the kitchen with a dance floor and seating.
The application also said there were plans to make the ground floor bar smaller but extend the first floor bar.
Nikki said she did not have any specific details on what their opening hours will be at this stage.
It has been a mixed week for the pub scene in Taunton as The Knights Rest pub, previously called The Drawing Room and Winchester Arms, in Castle Green, closed today (February 18) despite only being re-opened four weeks ago by the building's owners Enterprise Inns.
The County Gazette understands the latest closure is due to low turnover since the doors were re-opened and it is understood there are talks to turn the venue into an Indian curry house.
We are waiting for a response from an Enterprise Inns spokesperson.
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