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The Inflatable Bed Wedge helps acid reflux, sleep apnea, snoring problems, heartburn and sinus drainage. It works perfectly for head, foot or leg elevation and is ideal for travel! This product is returnable if it is unused and sealed in its original packaging.
Dimensions: 27 in x 27 in x 8 in.
From day one it's leaked and won't hold air.
so uncomfortable that I never used it on vacation ... cost was $20 and s/h $10 ... what a rip off
We suggest that the information about the product include the need and/or description of the pump needed to inflate the pillow.
My husband sleeps much better and doesn't snore so much when we travel now. It's a little cumbersome to inflate and deflate but worth the effort.

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Discussion in 'Dancers Anonymous' started by samina, Sep 24, 2007.
Agreed...unnecessary, and you don't wanna boil it or it's gonna separate.
I don't boil it, (Ye gods!) but I do heat it slowly and gently. I have scorched a sauce or two (hundred) in my day. Double boiler takes very little effort and is worth it to me, for insurance.
Whatever makes ya happy, P. But I still say it's overkill.
Perhaps. It's a throw back to days as a teen making big old Sunday dinners mostly by myself. All four burners and two ovens going, usually. And this was back in the day, when I didn't have every small, convenient appliance known to man. Every little bit of insurance helped.
And just to clear up the whole double boiler thingie, the water in the bottom pot boils with a vengeance, but you'd have to try very hard to get the stuff in the top pot to boil at all. There's not that much heat transferred. That's the whole point of using the double boiler.
Peaches would do the job just as well, her simmering look would do the job nicely
Silly! I'll keep that in mind, next time I want to make sauce. But I'll tell you what. I'd be careful if Peaches has to deal with any unnecessary bureaucracy when she's saucing it up. Alfredo sauce at an instant boil. hehe *ducks and runs*
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PAUL Jones and Matt Haskins both topped the 40 point mark on a day of low scoring in the John Smiths Trophy at Brean but, with the Blind Pairs format of the day, success depended on who they were drawn out of the box with.
After everyone had completed their round they all gathered in the clubhouse as the draw was made by club captain Stewart Garrett. Steve Foy was the player most people were hoping to draw to take advantage of his 44 points, the best round of the morning.
Haskins, Steve Mason and Ian Adams all had 42 while no fewer than six others also scored in the 40s. Foy, unfortunately, drew out a low score putting him out of the running for the Trophy but when Haskins and Jones were drawn together their 82 point total proved to be a winning score.
Four pairs tied on 77 for second spot with a lengthy countback needed to decide that Dave Lockwood and Brian Read would end as the runners-up.
The Kevin Davies /Barrie Tucker, Jason Kidley /Ian Adams and Dave Bradley /Roger Phillips combinations would finish third, fourth and fifth respectively also on 77.
Barrie Tucker claimed yet another Seniors win when his nett 68 won the November Medal. Tucker is a frequent visitor to the winners circle at Brean and his round of 80 less his handicap of 12 left him one clear of Tony Richards, who recovered well from a shaky start. Third place was taken by Roger Phillips who, like the runner-up Richards, had a poor start but recovered well to hand in another consistent card.
Ken Ponter, Charlie Hastie and that man Tucker again were the winning trio in the Seniors Winter League Bowmaker last Tuesday. They ended up with a four-stroke winning margin after they combined to score 134 over the 18 holes. Runners-up were Roy Snell, Wally Pape and Pete Douglas on 138 whilst Mike Haskins, Dai Wood and Barrie Yearsley were third with 140.
The first of Brean's Christmas competitions was held last Sunday when the Turkey Betterball took place.
After a frosty start, which saw the first seven holes being played on temporary greens, a pleasant winters day saw some impressive scoring from the 20+ pairs that played.
Former Club Captain Steve Bateman paired up with the current Captain Elect Brian Read to return a stunning 49 points.
The front nine saw the pair rack up an amazing 28 points with Bateman's eagle nett albatross at the seventh gaining five of those points.
They ended the day as victors by three points ahead of two pairs on 46. Eamonn Wynne and Russell Shaw took second on countback ahead of Nigel Ellis and Steve Foy.
The story was much the same for the second of the Turkey events this Sunday.
Again, an overnight frost brought the temporary greens into play on the first seven holes but another sunny day was enjoyed by the players once the mist had cleared.
Forty-four points was the winning score for Dave Barthram and Mike Hurman as they secured a one point win over Wally Pape and Tony Roper.


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FOX Sports Arizona debuts 'Cardinals OT' this Sunday
every Arizona Cardinals home contest
FOX Sports Arizona is adding a first-of-its-kind show to its programming lineup during the 2013 NFL season in order to provide viewers with even more coverage of the Arizona Cardinals. The network and team announced today they will partner on a new post-game show called Cardinals OT, and it debuts this Sunday.
This 60-minute postgame show will be done from University of Phoenix Stadium after home games and replayed later that night so fans attending the game are able to watch it as well. Cardinals OT will be hosted by Jody Jackson, and she will be joined by analysts Glenn Parker and Bertrand Berry. The team's radio announce team of Dave Pasch and Ron Wolfley will also appear on the show, as will Paul Calvisi to provide interviews from the locker room. For this Sunday's debut, Brad Steinke will fill in for Jackson, as she will be handling her Arizona Diamondbacks pre- and post-game show commitments that day.
Sunday's Cardinals OT will review the home opener against Detroit and is set to air 4:30 p.m. (or after the D-backs/Rockies post-game show) and replay at 10:00 p.m. Once there are no more D-backs conflicts on Sundays, Cardinals OT will start on FOX Sports Arizona right after the Cardinals game ends (FOX Sports Arizona Plus on Nov. 10 and 24). It will also follow the Cardinals Thursday night game versus Seattle on Oct. 17. Here's the complete schedule:
|Sunday, Sept. 15
|vs. Lions
| 4:30 p.m. following D-Backs postgame
Replay at 10 p.m.
|Sunday, Oct. 6
|vs. Panthers
| 4:30 p.m.
Replay at 10 p.m.
|Thursday, Oct. 17
|vs. Seahawks
| 9 p.m.
Replay 11:30 p.m.
|Sunday, Oct. 27,
|vs. Falcons
| 5 p.m.
Replay at 10 p.m.
|Sunday, Nov. 10
|vs. Texans
| 6 p.m. on FOX Sports Arizona Plus
Replay at 9 p.m.
|Sunday, Nov. 24
|vs. Colts
| 5:30 p.m. on FOX Sports Arizona Plus
Replay at 7 p.m.
|Sunday, Dec. 8
|vs. Rams
| 6 p.m.
Replay at 10 p.m.
|Sunday, Dec. 29
|vs. 49ers
| 6 p.m.
Replay at 10 p.m.
This is the fourth different Arizona Cardinals related program that can been seen on FOX Sports Arizona during the NFL season, joining Cardinals Headquarters (Tuesday at 10 or 10:30 pm and Sunday morning), Cardinals Season in Focus (Sunday morning) and Cardinals Flight Plan (Sunday morning).


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There is a mandatory conveyance/transfer fee of $3 per $1,000 of the actual sale price and $.50 for each parcel of property that is transferred. For additional information about the transfer of deeds, please call 937-225-4373.
Download PDF Form - AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR REMOVAL OF NAME FROM THE GENERAL TAX LIST AND DUPLICATE OF REAL AND PUBLIC UTILITY PROPERTY
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Ars Technica is covering the September iPod event live, so follow this post for up-to-the-second updates!
Read the whole story
I like that little e-mail reminder. I've missed these in the past because I've gotten too caught up in actual work.
I like the link to timeanddate, effective and very useful. thanks
I would really like to see this event and comments on your webpage. I hope, that without any technical problems ;-)
Oh, could you give us liveblog background as a wallpaper? Looks pretty nice!
Wouldn't it be better numerically if the time was 9 AM or even better, 09:09:09 AM?
To which I feel compelled to reply "Nein!"
what do you mean by "Nein"?
+1. I always remember about the apple events about 30/45 minutes after they actually start.
That's NO in german.
@rKurt -
This thing is going to get boring really fast if folsk start getting off topic.
So what are we predicting? ipods with cameras and possibly a 64gb version?
100,000 votes have been registered on the gizmodo live polling.
So they finally get around to giving users teh ability to manage a shared library automatically. Way to get with the times iTunes. WMP has been able to do this for years.
But now that I listen to the demo of the sharing piece all I can say is Holy Duplicated Data Batman. I want one central library on a share somewhere on my network where the files reside. Looks like WMP is still better than iTunes from a shared library management standpoint.
The layout is clunky @ 1280x768 resolution. I would suggest resizing the coveritlive frame to 600px, instead of the 800px it is at now.
"It's only rock and roll, but we like it"
Sounds rather quaint, no? And "LP"? I guess they're targeting older gen-x'ers.
Yes and no - this will be great for keeping my library on my laptop and desktop.
In response to Clint's question...
According to iTunes terms & conditions you've always been able to sync apps to up to 5 computers, plus syncing them "on any iPhone or iPod touch that you own or control". iTunes 9 changes none of that. It's now just a little easier to manage.
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No camera on the touch???
You know, companies I bet really love this "highly recyclable" kick people are on lately. By removing heavy metals, they make the electronics more recyclable, more environmentally friendly...and more likely to fail. It fascinates me, really. The public is (generally) clamoring for electronics that don't last as long, requiring they repurchase/upgrade more often.
Whoever came up with this one is sitting on a mountain of cash somewhere deep below the Nevada desert, I think.
Wheres the iTablet?
Yeah, what? The Nano gets a camera and microphone but the Touch doesn't? Even though the Touch could run tons of camera/mic-based apps from the App Store if it had the hardware?
That's a big disappointment if true. Those were literally the only things I wanted them to add, and I thought they were a given.
Everything else looks great though.
So when will iTunes 9 be available?
I am really disappointed on the lack of a camera for the iTouch. If any of the iPod line needs a camera, it is the touch, simply because the lack of one fragments the app store.
I'm also disappointed that we didn't see a "Beatles available on iTunes" announcement.
If by "The public" you mean "Greenpeace", you're right.
I'd guess one of two things... 1. the rumors over the past couple days about them having some problem with the camera in the touch are indeed true, or 2. since the nano is the top selling ipod they decided to concentrate on it.
I'd just like to say that I think Jacqui covered this brilliantly. The updates were so fast and coherent that I didn't feel the need to use my usual tactic of keeping 3-4 news sources open to keep up with what's going on. Thank you - you must be exhausted!
Also, iTunes 9 with syncing makes me a happy, happy man. If it works.
Did they say the new touches were available today? I know on the live blog it mentioned the nano's and shuffles are available. Maybe the rumors of a delay were true, and they just didn't announce the camera on the touch because of it?
Otherwise, yeah WTF, that makes 0 sense.
really disappointed the new itouch doesn't have a camera. Now I'll not be buying a new one. I'll not buy a nano - I could never go back to a non touch sensitive player after my itouch (640x480 video isn't enough of a reason to go nano rather than flipHD (forget the non HD flips), with their 1280 x 720 video, they are a great product. Radio -- ha, who listens to radio any more!?)
I had my credit card all ready to buy a 64gb itouch , but the lack of a camera is a dealbreaker.
Could it be announced later, after they sort out the problems I've read about? Or was that all bs?
Sigh, I was sooo excited, now I feel totally deflated.
Great job to all involved particularly Jacqui, I didn't once look at another site. I usually swap between Ars and Engadget (for the photos).
I think the SW you used worked out well.
While it does no suck that we did not get a camera with the touch, it needs to be asked: would you be disappointed by the lack o camera if the rumor-sites had not mentioned it at all? I mean, Apple never said anything about touch getting a camera, rumor-sites did.
Ok, this wasn't the most interesting Apple event, but a bunch of you all here were asleep, I think.
The iPod Touch has NOT been revised.. there is no new model. What they did was drop the price, and put a larger NAND Flash chip on the existing unit, to create the 64GB option. Since this was not a new design, it should not be a surprise that there's no mic or camera on the "Touch".
It's not just here... Clint Ecker was similarly confused, perhaps the effect of the famous "Reality Distortion Field". I was working on an RF design during most of this blog, and still didn't miss this simple thing. Who are these people, paid to follow this and yet unable to comprehend?
Well, it certainly isn't the "CD Experience" they're going after, mmmkay?
Personally I would have jumped into my car right now if the iTouch had been given a camera. I have an iPhone and would have dumped it for the iTouch. I am disappointed because I thought it was a logical progression. Not everyone needs an iPhone and a monthly bill from the losers at AT&T. I think I will dump my iPhone [3G] and just get a good camera. Too bad really. Oh well at least I can get rid of AT&T.
Wrong. The 32 ad 64GB touches are new. They have the faster CPU, and they therefore support stuff like voice-control. The 8GB touch does not have that. 8GB touch is still the old touch, the 32 and 64GB touches are based on the iPhone 3GS
...one-hundred-sixty gig classic - what a disappointment...
I wonder if the Nano knows which way is "up" and adjusts the video so up is up?


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National Geographic conducted a survey ahead of the Sunday premiere of the miniseries "The '80s: The Decade that Made Us," and found that three quarters of respondents believe the country was better off in the 1980s than it is now.
More than half of those surveyed believe the personal computer had the biggest impact on American life, with the cell phone behind at 27 percent and the microwave, VCR and Walkman all around 5 percent. That is the kind of ubiquitous media immersion that began in the 1980s, and apparently made it so memorable compared to the childhood nostalgia of past generations.
Icons of the decade include Michael Jackson, Ronald Reagan, Princess Diana, Cabbage Patch Kids, Pac-Man, and Super Mario. Jackson was found by 60 percent to have the most influence on music, and 58 percent said that if an election were held today they would for Reagan over Barack Obama.
The online survey of 1,000 adults found that 37 percent think the fall of the Berlin Wall is the defining event of the decade. Twenty-four percent said it was the discovery of AIDS and 17 percent said it was the Challenger explosion.
Sandra Day O'Connor's appointment to the Supreme Court was considered a more important milestone for women than Sally Ride going to space, 46 percent to 36 percent.
Some things that survey respondents don't miss about the '80s include shoulder pads, parachute pants, fanny packs and neon clothing, but more than half say they miss leg warmers.


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1.19 The term "Hub Services" shall include Parking as set forth in Rate
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and mechanisms for electronic communication that have been adopted
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incorporated by reference in the Commission's regulations.
1.24 The term "Operator" shall mean a party that operates facilities
that interconnect with the facilities of Transporter.
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A landlord convicted on 150 criminal charges of violating the city's housing code has agreed to get out of the landlord business, pay a $3,000 fine and perform 200 hours of community service as a plumber for a non-profit housing renovation group.
The unusual agreement, imposed by District Court Judge Theodore Oshrine, was worked out with landlord Wayne Edward Garrity, the city Department of Housing and Community Development and the state's attorney's office.
The housing department said today that Garrity has agreed to try to sell his 90 houses -- scattered throughout the city -- and faces a $10,000 fine if he fails to live up to the agreement's conditions. Garrity's properties are held under his name and that of his corporation, All State Properties.


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Phase II Multi-Center Study of T89 to Treat Chronic Stable Angina (T89 phase 2)
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|Angina Pectoris
|Drug: T89
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled, Randominzed, Multi-Center, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of T89 in Patient With Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris
- Total Exercise Duration (TED) change from screen baseline value in Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT) on Standard Bruce Protocol at trough drug levels at the end of the 4th and 8th week of treatment compared to placebo. [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Frequency of weekly angina episodes [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Low dose
2 capsules of T89 with 1 placebo capsule each time, twice daily. The daily dose is 250 mg.
Drug: T89
A two-herb botanical drug product in 62.5mg capsule formulation. It is to be used as 125mg or 187.5mg twice daily.
Other Names:
Experimental: High dose
3 capsules of T89 each time, twice daily. The daily dose is 375 mg
Drug: T89
A two-herb botanical drug product in 62.5mg capsule formulation. It is to be used as 125mg or 187.5mg twice daily.
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
3 placebo capsules (PC) each time, twice per day. The daily dose is 0 mg.
Drug: T89
A two-herb botanical drug product in 62.5mg capsule formulation. It is to be used as 125mg or 187.5mg twice daily.
Other Names:
Detailed Description:
T89 is a modernized and industrialized version of a traditional Chinese herbal medicine. T89 was approved for marketing as a drug, for the treatment of chronic stable angina pectoris due to coronary heart disease, by the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) of China in 1993. There were more than 2 billion doses have been prescribed or used, in about 10,000,000 subjects, in short or long-term administration worldwide.
The product is also marketed, as a drug, in Russia, South Korea, Mongolia, Singapore, Vietnam, and South Africa. The current study is to determine the anti-angina effect and dose response of T89 in patients with chronic stable angina pectoris in the United States.
T89 consists of Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, RSM) and Sanqi (Radix Notoginseng, RN) as active constitutes, and using Borneol as transporting enhancer.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient must be between the ages of 18 and 80 years.
- Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test, not be breast feeding and established on a method of contraception that in the investigator's opinion is acceptable. Females must agree to remain on their established method of contraception through their participation in the study.
- Evidence of coronary artery disease that consists of a well-documented medical history (over 3 months prior to the enrollment) of myocardial infarction or significant coronary artery disease with noninvasive or angiographic confirmation.
- Symptoms that support the diagnosis of chronic angina and/or a history of an abnormal exercise response limited by angina and/or electrocardiograph (ECG) changes.
- Moderate angina pectoris (Class II or Class III, Grading of Angina Pectoris by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Classification System)
- Naive patient or patient who's Total Exercise Duration (TED) is between 3 to 7 minutes in ETT on Standard Bruce Protocol, and the difference in TED must be no more than 15% between the two screen examinations on day -7 and day 0
- All anti-angina regimen (except short-acting nitroglycerin, and one beta-blocker or calcium channel blocker), warfarin or other oral anticoagulants which were used prior to this initial visit can be discontinued.
- Patient must understand and be willing, able and likely to comply with all study procedures and restrictions and comprehends the verbal rating scales and diary cards.
- Patient must be able to give voluntary written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- With contraindication to perform treadmill Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT).
- Pre-exercise ST-segment depression of at least 1 mm in any lead, left bundle branch block, digoxin therapy, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) and Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome or other factors that could interfere with exercise electrocardiograph interpretation.
- Clinically significant arrhythmias or atrioventricular conduction block greater than first degree.
- Clinically significant co-morbidities, including hepatic or renal dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, history of cerebral hemorrhage, or seizure disorders that required anticonvulsant medication.
- History of congestive heart failure, unstable angina, severe valvular disease, severe hypertension, severe anemia, suspected or known dissecting aneurysm, acute myocarditis or pericarditis, thrombophlebitis or pulmonary embolism or recent myocardial infarction within three months of study entry.
- History of bleeding diathesis, or is on warfarin.
- Implanted pacemaker.
- Aspirin and/or statins started less than 14 days prior to the signing of informed consent.
- Pregnancy or lactation.
- Inability to discontinue existing chronic nitrate regimen (e.g. long acting nitroglycerin) and allow only short-acting nitroglycerin and one beta-blocker or calcium channel blocker.
Clinical trials/experimental medication:
- Participation in any other clinical trial or receipt of an investigational drug within 90 days prior to initial visit.
- Those patients unable, in the opinion of the investigator, to comply fully with the trial requirements.
- Previous participation in this study.
- Substance abuse. Patients with a recent history (within the last 2 years) of alcoholism or known drug dependence.
- Patient is a family member or relative of the study site staff.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00797953
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00797953
|United States, Arizona
|Paradigm Clinical, Inc.
|Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85705
|United States, California
|Robert M. Karns, A Medical Corporation
|Beverly Hills, California, United States, 90211
|Inland Heart Doctors
|Corona, California, United States, 92879
|United States, Florida
|Sunrise Medical Research
|Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, United States, 33319
|Cardiovascular Research Center of South Florida
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33173
|United States, Louisiana
|Alexandria Cardiology Clinic
|Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, 71301
|United States, Michigan
|Great Lakes Research Group, Inc
|Bay City, Michigan, United States, 48706
|United States, New York
|Marc Kozinn Associates
|Williamsville, New York, United States, 14221
|United States, Oklahoma
|Oklahoma Cardiovascular & Hypertension
|Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, 73132
|United States, South Carolina
|Three Rivers Medical Associates
|Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29201
|United States, Texas
|East Texas Cardiology
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77002
|Northwest Houston Cardiology
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77070
|Northwest Heart Center
|Tomball, Texas, United States, 77375
|United States, Virginia
|National Clinical Research-Norfolk, Inc
|Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23502
|United States, Wisconsin
|Gemini Scientific, LLC
|Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53719
|Study Director:
|Jason Zhixin Guo, MD
|Tasly Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Tasly Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00797953 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|November 24, 2008
|First Posted:
|November 25, 2008
|Last Update Posted:
|October 12, 2017
|Last Verified:
|December 2012
Keywords provided by Tasly Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:
Angina Pectoris Treatment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Angina Pectoris
Angina, Stable
Chest Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Signs and Symptoms


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Entrepreneur Don Scott is CEO of DSLRPros, a development, manufacturing and customizing drone company working out of an inconspicuous building off west Dixie Highway.
"Why not do it here? Why not have the next Silicon Valley right here in Fort Lauderdale?" said Scott. "It's an octocopter and you can see it is carrying a Canon 5D now so you can shoot a movie with this."
The company has even developed a prototype of an amphibious drone.
"It is completely waterproof," Scott said. "It will land and take off of the water."
A bubble housing on the bottom allows underwater filming.
Customer John Leimkuhler, of Caribbean Sky Hawk Productions, wants to do real estate drone work in the islands. He is convinced his new company will be successful, so he invested $4,000 in this drone kit.
"We chose DSLR specifically for their abilities of creating a professional product," said Leimkuhler.
Apparently a lot of others have chosen DSLR, too. The company's annual revenue doubled from $5 million to $10 million last year. They hired 30 new employees as well and are expecting to add 40 more employees next year.
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Scott invested in 3-D printers to make custom parts direct from engineers' designs and he has opened offices in Los Angeles and in India, but in Fort Lauderdale is where he wants his business to soar.
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A huge explosion has killed the governor of Yemen's southern Aden province and six of his bodyguards in an attack claimed by a local Islamic State affiliate.
Governor Gaafar Mohamed Saad was travelling to his office when the explosion struck his convoy in the southern port city.
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IS has claimed a series of bombings that killed 159 people and wounded 345 this year in Yemen.
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Trump created the commission to investigate charges of alleged voter fraud, though reports of the phenomenon are relatively rare. The commissionsent letters to election officials on Wednesdaydemanding all voter roll data. Several states have already denied the request or access to certain information as illegal, overly intrusive or simply an expensive waste of time.
Mississippis Republican Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said commission members could go jump in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The 1933 romantic comedy Perfect Understanding, newly released on Blu Ray by the Cohen Film Collection, might best be described as a vanity project. Gloria Swanson performed double duty as actress and producer with this luxurious British production, resulting in an enjoyable yet quirky experiment.
Swanson had a lot riding on Perfect Understanding. Like many silent stars, she found her popularity waning with the arrival of sound. She was in a better position than many of her contemporaries to remedy the situation, however. 1929's The Tresspasser marked a successful first foray into talkies for the actress. After the her next few projects failed to bring in the crowds, the financing for her vehicles increasingly derived from the woman's own bankroll (long gone were the days when she relied on political patriarch Joe Kennedy to finance her vehicles). For Perfect Understanding, she set up her own production company in England to make a star vehicle about a newly married couple who are willing to try a modern approach to their union. The resulting film has several elements that indicate a vanity production (like having Swanson's character sing, for no apparent reason); otherwise it's a pretty typical soapy melodrama of the day, with elegant characters emoting away in plush surroundings.
Perfect Understanding revolves around the newly minted marriage of two society swells, Nicholas Randal (Laurence Olivier) and his American bride, Judy (Swanson). The pair agreed to marry on the condition that both adhere to a "perfect understanding" that grants each person total freedom as long as they don't allow either party to get jealous of their other half. While honeymooning across Europe, Judy decides to return to England while Nicholas goes on to Cannes to have fun with the couple's friends. During one drunken night, Nicholas winds up sleeping with a married old flame of his, Lady Stephanie Fitzmaurice (Nora Swinburne). Back home, Nicholas confesses his affair to Judy, who forgives him. The news makes Judy distraught, however, and she ends up seeking comfort with the couple's explorer friend, Ivan (John Halliday). Ivan admits that he's in love with Judy, prompting her to write down her feelings in a letter eventually discovered by Nicholas. Believing that his wife is carrying on an affair with Ivan, Nicholas files divorce proceedings against the now-pregnant Judy - the ultimate test for their "perfect understanding."
Perfect Understanding fits squarely alongside other handsomely produced "rich people have problems, too" melodramas of the period, albeit with some notable differences. The striking, lovely opening and closing credits, made by the British designer E. McKnight Kauffer, appear to be better suited for an avant garde Luis Buñel/Salvador Dali collaboration. The film opens on a weird little interlude with Swanson serenading Olivier with her Jeanette MacDonald-like singing. Although it sets the viewer up for light musical comedy, the muted domestic drama that unfolds winds up being very different. The drama isn't necessarily bad - there's some nice, subtle work from Swanson and Olivier - it's just overly burdened with the melancholy, searching behavior of its main couple. The screenplay got some uncredited help from Michael Powell, which is interesting, since Nicholas and Judy's introspection mirror the people who populated the films Powell later did with Emeric Pressburger.
Perfect Understanding holds some interest for Gloria Swanson fans, even those who gravitate towards famous actors' odd vanity projects. It never comes together into a satisfying whole, however, winding up the victim of erratic direction. According to Swanson's autobiography, the production was crippled by the inexperience and skittish behavior of that director, Cyril Gardner (who was paralyzed by distressing news from a fortune teller!). She also blamed the film's failure on Depression-era audiences resisting a film about wealthy, beautiful people. That point comes across as disingenuous, since there were plenty of better-crafted films about the upper classes back then which were also hugely successful (see Dinner at Eight, etc,). Although Swanson's then-husband Michael Farmer made a bland non-impression in a supporting role, British actress Genevieve Tobin adds some much needed pep to the proceedings as Swanson's perky confidant.
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Cohen Film Collection's edition of Perfect Understanding comes in a standard Blu Ray keep case which is clear rather than the usual blue color. It also comes with an eight page booklet containing mostly blown-up stills from the film.
For this release of Perfect Understanding, Cohen has secured a print which contains some damage but is generally agreeable. Film grain is intensified by the sharpening of the 4:3 image, otherwise it's a fine transfer which highlights the film's nice cinematography.
Unfortunately, the mono audio mix on this disc is sub-standard, owing to limitations in the source print. Perhaps the British sound equipment is to blame, but there are several segments in the film where the dialogue becomes murky and indistinct. Muddy sounding passages aside, the disc sports decent levels between music and dialogue.
Cohen has supplied two rarely seen and worthwhile Mack Sennett comedy shorts as bonuses for Perfect Understanding. The two 20-minute films, Dream Stuff and Husbands' Reunion, don't share much in common with the feature film aside from their 1933 release date - and the vague connection that Gloria Swanson got her start as a bathing beauty in Sennett's Keystone Kops series. The shorts both star Walter Catlett, playing his usual brusque types in stories that rely heavily on visual gags and high-energy slapstick. In Dream Stuff, Catlett's character coaches his socially inept cousin (Emerson Treacy) on how to propose to his pretty girlfriend (personal fave Joyce Compton). Franklin Pangborn also appears as the romantic rival for the girl's affections. The frenetic Husbands' Reunion has Catlett suing a wealthy dolt (Grady Sutton) after getting shot in the butt during a weekend retreat (there's a lot of butt gags in these Sennett shorts). Flashbacks reveal the sordid story behind the altercation, in which Catlett finds that Sutton, the guardian to the fiancee of Catlett's son, has married his own ex-wife (Nora Lane). These fun shorts are actually an improvement over the imperfect feature film.
Final Thoughts:
Silent screen legend Gloria sunk a good chunk of her own personal fortune into the opulent 1933 British soaper Perfect Understanding, with mixed results (nuanced acting from Swanson and a young Laurence Olivier certainly help). The film counts as more of an interesting curio than a keeper, but the presence of two riotous Mack Sennett comedy shorts as extras nudge the disc into the mildly recommended realm.


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This image of children peeking into my camera lens was shot in a village-like setting in Karrare Camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) on the outskirts of El Nyala, a small town in southern Darfur.
It was my third trip to Sudan, in November 2004. On a completely different assignment there little more than two years previously, it had looked totally different. At that time Darfur was not on the world's emergency list, so few people had heard of it. I was taken to a village near El Nyala and left on my own with a Sudanese family to document a day in the life of Mahasin, a nomadic girl. There was no army, no government officers checking credentials, not even any NGO workers. By the time I came back at the end of 2004, everything felt different and charged up, with dozens of flights landing daily, some with emergency food supplies, some with NGO workers and some with government officials, VIPs and international celebrities. Markets were bustling and prices for goods had shot up. Several new restaurants had opened up, some just to entertain NGO workers. In short, it felt as though the IDP crisis had brought booming business to this little town and pumped new life into it.
The games Sudanese politicians play are complex and extremely hard to understand, but as long as they continue to benefit everyone involved – Sudanese and other governments; armies, militias and thugs – the situation of internally displaced people in Darfur will continue to worsen.


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"The 28 job-creating bills approved by Congress are languishing on Senator Reid's desk. If President Obama is serious about creating jobs, he should use his phone to ask Senator Reid for a vote and his pen to sign them into law."
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April 29, 2016
Transfer News: Man United and Chelsea EXCLUSIVE, Toon plan Arsenal raid, double Klopp sale
Arsenal are prepared to entertain offers in the region of £12m for their second-choice left-back, who is beneath Nacho Monreal in the pecking order.
Manager Jurgen Klopp could bid farewell to two of his Liverpool squad this summer.
The Daily Mail claim Swansea are looking to re-sign midfielder Joe Allen, while Kop legend Mark Lawrenson is certain Christian Benteke will be offloaded.
He said: "I think he'll be sold in the summer, I have absolutely no doubt about that."


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Urmila Matondkar goes underwater for her birthdayFebruary 4th, 2009 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) She is an Aquarian, but doesn't know swimming. But Urmila Matondkar took the plunge on her 35th birthday by gifting herself an underwater holiday in Koh Samui, Thailand, and says it is like being in paradise."Being an Aquarian I couldn't think of a better birthday than this," Urmila told IANS over phone from the exotic location. "I've been virtually living underwater for the past few days. That's where I'm on my birthday. Believe me, it's like being in paradise," said Urmila, who turned 35 Wednesday.
"Even my instructor is zapped by my enthusiasm, specially since I can't swim. I have snorkeled in Goa, but the water in India isn't that clean. And I was rather apprehensive to go underwater… but what better time than your birthday to let the mind conquer physical fears?"
For years Urmila has been planning to learn swimming.
"Would you believe I'm an Aquarian and I've done all these supposedly sizzling water-borne scenes. But I didn't know how to swim! I still don't. I can't swim to save my life. Once during a shooting in mid-ocean, the boat collapsed and I nearly drowned. That's when I decided I have to swim."
"Though I haven't taken proper swimming lessons and you won't catch me in a swimming pool, I decided to take the plunge anyway. You know me. Once I decide to do something, I'll do it. For now, the only man in my life is my scuba diving instructor."
The actress, who was last seen in "Karzzzz", says usually she goes underground on her birthday.
"Each year I go underground for my birthday. This year I went underwater. Seriously, I'm not a birthday person. For years and years my father has made charitable donations on my birthday. To me that means more than any celebration."
"Friends wonder why I'm so thanda (unenthusiastic) about my birthday. But I'm excited about my birthday. I just can't go around skipping and dancing about it. Though my screen persona is of an aggressive person, I'm basically shy. I find it hard to show my excitement."
The actress was seen in hits like "Rangeela", "Kaun", "Jungle" and "Bhoot".
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- Kratika Sengar fainted on 'Jhansi Ki Rani' set (TV Snippets) - Feb 02, 2011
- TV challenging, in no rush for films: Urmila Matondkar (Interview) - Jan 27, 2011
- Seyfriend keen to have kids - Apr 21, 2011
- I am lonely: Mumtaz (Interview) - Jul 30, 2012
- I'm thinking of Botox again: Peter Andre - Jun 29, 2011
- Abhay Deol's jitters in sky for 'Zindagi Na...' - Jun 22, 2011
- Sushmita to celebrate 35th birthday in Dubai (Movie Snippets) - Nov 13, 2010
- Elton John will never join Twitter - Jul 22, 2012
- I'm terrified of sharks: Jessica Simpson - Aug 11, 2010
- 90-year-old Prince Philip regrets leaving naval career - May 17, 2011
- Uday's acting takes backseat, production in focus - Jul 25, 2012
- Birthday girl Sanaya Irani wishes big this year! - Sep 18, 2010
- Now, Sriram Raghavan dabbles in sci-fi - Mar 21, 2012
- Sonam asks fans for special birthday gift - Jun 07, 2012


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Celiac/Gluten FreeJune-July 2013
Gluten-Free Zucchini Pesto Chicken
Here's a way to use up the abundance of summer zucchini. When shaved thin, raw zucchini becomes marvelously tender, a tasty substitute for traditional pasta. Peppery arugula adds punch to this pesto sauce. If tolerated, walnuts or pine nuts can replace hemp seeds in the pesto.
4 medium zucchini, scrubbed
1� cups cherry tomatoes, halved
4 cups shredded cooked gluten-free rotisserie chicken
2 cups packed arugula
� cup packed fresh basil
2 garlic cloves, chopped
⅓ cup hemp seeds
� cup grated Parmesan, Parmigiano Reggiano or dairy-free cheese replacement
Juice of � lemon
� teaspoon sea salt
� cup extra virgin olive oil
1. Shave zucchini flesh into very thin ribbons, using a vegetable peeler or mandoline. Discard fibrous core. Place zucchini ribbons in a large bowl, along with tomatoes and chicken.
2. To make pesto, place arugula, basil, garlic and hemp seeds in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times until coarsely minced. Add cheese, lemon juice and salt; process until combined. Scrape the sides of the bowl. With the machine running, pour in the olive oil through the feed tube and blend until fully combined.
3. Place pesto in the bowl with vegetables and chicken and toss to coat. Let mixture sit 30 minutes to meld flavors before serving.
Each serving contains 591 calories, 45g total fat, 10g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 154mg cholesterol, 1017mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate, 4g fiber, 4g sugars, 39g protein, 5Est GL.
Matthew Kadey, RD, (muffintinmania.com) is a dietitian and author of The Muffin Tin Chef.
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City of Winona 2017 Licenses for Dogs and Cats are Now Due
All dogs and cats that are six months or older are to be licensed.
Licenses Fee: $13 per pet (valid 1/1/2017 to 12/31/2017)
At Winona City Hall, 207 Lafayette Street
Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
By Mail – P.O. Box 378
Payment box located on 4th street side of City Hall
No license will be issued without verification of current rabies shot.
(If you no longer have your pet, please notify the City at 457-8262.)
Thank you.


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Our office is having our holiday party at this restaurant (on Charles St) and I'd like to try a bourbon cocktail similar to one I had at the Ashmont Grill that involved cider syrup and bitters.
I'm usually a wine drinker so don't feel comfortable ordering "off the menu" cocktails. Would regular cider be a reasonable substitute if they don't have cider syrup?
Does anyone have a good recipe for a bourbon/cider drink that isn't a hot drink?
I also liked a bourbon Sidecar so I guess that's a reasonable back-up choice or something involving bourbon, lemon or cider.........
Also posted this on the "spirits" board.


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There are hundreds of thousands of iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps for just about everything -- so how come the one you need, the one you know just has to be there, is so hard to find? Enter TiPb's new weekly feature where staff and readers alike sort through the App Store and help you find just the right App for That. This week, Starr asks:
I need an app that will work with the Envy Hp printer I use with my iPad 2 that I can make a photo a certain size and it will stay that size when printed...like having 3 4x6 photos on sheet. Every photo program I've try makes the picture the full size of the paper, which I don't want! Can you help finding an app to keep the size when printing?
To see what we found for Starr, follow along after the break!
PhotoPrint LT - Made for Printing [Free - App Store link] is an iPhone app that lets you print multiple photos from your iPhone onto a specific paper size.
For Starr, she would choose to have four 4"x6" photos printed onto a sheet sized US Letter. But since she only wants to print three photos, she'd make sure the background is set to white and leave one of the photo slots empty.
The paper sizes include:
- 3.5" x 5"
- 4" x 6"
- 5" x 7"
- US Letter
- US Half-Letter
- EU passport photograph (3.5 x 4.5 cm)
- US passport photograph (2" x 2"
- Bank card (5.4 x 8.4 cm)
- Wallet (2.5" x 3.25" in)
The free version of PhotoPrint LT only allows you to print a single photo onto a sheet of paper, but all features are available as an in-app purchase for $1.99.
Anyone else have any App for That suggestions for Starr? Let her -- and all of us -- know.
Having trouble finding what you need in the app store? Head on over to our App and Game Feature Forum and let us know what you're looking for. The TiPb community will do our best to find you just the right App for That!


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Southwest mechanics vote down integration agreement
By AviationBrief
Published: February 23, 2012
Southwest Airlines' (SWA) smooth path to integrating with AirTran Airways, which it acquired last year, hit some turbulence with Tuesday's rejection by the carrier's 1,600 mechanics of a seniority integration agreement.
The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn. (AMFA) Local 11 had reached an accord with SWA and AirTran's 400 mechanics, but the members have voted to reject it, taking a different track from flight attendants and pilots who have approved integration pacts (ATW Daily News, Nov. 9, 2011).
"Our goal continues to be the speedy resolution of seniority integration," SWA VP-maintenance operations Jim Sokol said in a statement. The airline said the next step was to file for arbitration, but added that it remained open to working toward a negotiated solution.
SWA and AirTran expect to receive a single operating certificate from FAA next month.
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Tap the rod clamp holes and adjustment screw hole for M5 screws. Attach the Z-axis endstop using 2/56 or M3 screws & nuts to the endstop holder. Attach adjustment screw holder to X-end using 2/56 or M3 screws. Adjust to your heart's content. Just be sure to place the endstop switch holder so your X ends won't crash into it during Z-axis home.
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luv_edward_cullen wrote:Guys, we should be watching HBP in a week...but we have to wait till July =(
Richard Harris was the best Dumbledore ever! Michael Gambon's ok, I don't mind him that much but I do prefer Richard. I guess people always interpret characters differently...
i know! i was so mad when i found out they had to move the date back.
yeah, i liked richard harris sooooo much more than i like michael gambon. he just can't play it right.
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The MA in Leasing and Asset Finance
Internationally recognised postgraduate qualification
your prior learning and experience
Focus on creativity, leadership
and innovation
For those who wish to develop their career in financial services
Delivered by Falmouth University in collaboration with The Leasing Foundation
Three part-time study blocks
Part-time, workplace-based learning
Modules on the leasing and asset finance industry and creativity in business
Includes residential peer-learning experience
Next intake
September 2018
The MA in Leasing and Asset Finance is designed and delivered in association with The Leasing Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the leasing and asset finance industry, and ensures that the qualification is modern and relevant to the industry.
Leasing and asset finance industry is a global industry that provides access to short- and medium-term financing for businesses large and small. Businesses who wish to purchase capital equipment, to lease assets, or to access finance – especially new or young enterprises without a credit track record or with limited possibilities to provide collateral – are able to access funding to operate and expand their businesses.
The industry finances a range of equipment and assets including passenger and commercial vehicles, machinery and industrial equipment, ships, aircraft, railway, and rolling stock and IT and computing equipment. Products offered by the industry include hire purchase, asset-based lending, finance and operating leases, invoice finance products, short-term rental and real estate rental – and also emerging alternative financing products, including peer-to-peer lending, that use online or mobile platforms (collectively known as FinTech).
Companies operating in the industry range from large European businesses such as Société Générale and BNP Paribas, through to specialist finance businesses and brokers that focus on specific types of assets or customers. Many of the customers who use leasing and asset finance are the smaller businesses that account for almost half of turnover in the private sector and 60% of all employment in the UK – including the 450,000 business that start up each year in the UK.
This dynamic industry is currently facing a number challenges including increased regulation by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), competitive pressures through new entrants to the market, tighter margins and the need to understand and implement more sophisticated technology such as blockchain, AI, cloud computing, big data analytics and mobile platforms. Customer expectations are also changing rapidly, with the industry's customers now expecting faster and more efficient services, delivered online, and more flexible and innovative products to help solve their problems and finance their business.
"The Masters course in Leasing and Asset Finance at Falmouth University has so far exceeded my initial expectations. As well as giving a good grounding on the asset finance industry, and examining theories that I have already applied to my own business, the course has been extremely useful in encouraging me to look further than the inner workings of my own business and appreciate some of the issues that are affecting the wider industry and the economy in general. For this and many other reasons, I would recommend this course to any asset finance brokers that are considering applying."
Luke Hultquist, Halo Asset Finance
"I've found the course to be stretching but very valuable. It has provided varied insights into the Leasing and Asset Finance industry as well as developing my leadership style and project management tools which are usable in any industry. The use of online tools to connect the cohort I am in has fostered great discussions and the mentors provided have added further value and perspectives on AF and general finance skills."
Jonathan Crook, Aldermore
WHO THE COURSE iS FOR
The MA in Leasing and Asset Finance is suitable if you are already in the industry and wish to accelerate your career, or if you work in a related finance and business area and wish to enter this dynamic industry.
The MA is part-time and is is especially suitable if you work in an organisation that can facilitate and benefit from the work-related projects which form the backbone of the programme.
Exploring content delivered online using Falmouth University's Learning Space online platform, you will be supported by academic supervisors from Falmouth University and mentors from The Leasing Foundation.
The focus of the course is on providing you with a resource for developing your career in the industry and so there is an emphasis on creativity, leadership and innovation.
The course consists of three parts. Each part contains specific modules that explore different aspects of creativity, leadership and innovation and key topics in leasing and asset finance.
The three parts are linked by workplace-based projects that explore real business issues. If you successfully complete all three parts you will accumulate the required 180 credits for the award of a Master of Arts (MA).
If you have appropriate previous experience and qualifications you may be eligible to claim up to 60 credits towards the MA.
If you are unable to complete the MA you may be awarded a PGCert or PGDip qualification. In some circumstances you may be able to pause your course and retain your accumulated credits and resume the course later.
Part 1 contains modules on the leasing and asset finance industry that will provide you with a grounding in key issues around the strategic issues for the industry and approaches to creative leadership and innovation. Part 1 includes the opportunity to study contemporary case studies both individually and in an online study group. A workplace-based project will allow you to explore the issues in context and a residential sandpit meeting will provide you with an opportunity to share knowledge and insights with your fellow students and mentors from the Foundation.
Time Commitment. Part 1 consists of two, 200-hour* modules in The Leasing and Asset Finance Industry, and Strategy and Innovation in Leasing and Asset Finance, a 200-hour* workplace-based project and a residential sandpit meeting.
Part 2 explores creativity, innovation and leadership. The module in this study block draws ideas and inspiration from the creative industries whose products and services to explore creativity, leadership and innovation. An individual workplace-based project allows you to explore the issues in context and a residential sandpit meeting provides you with an opportunity to share your knowledge and insights with fellow students and mentors from the Foundation.
Time Commitment. Part 2 consists of a 200-hour* module in Creative Business , a 400-hour* workplace-based project and a residential sandpit meeting.
Part 3 is based on a single MA project along with a residential sandpit meeting with industry leaders and mentors from the Foundation.
The project at the heart of your MA is a substantial piece of research work that will allow you to consolidate and extend your learning in the context of real business challenges in your organisation based on rigorous research and analysis.
Time Commitment. Part 3 consists of a single 600-hour* MA project and a residential sandpit meeting.
*This figure is a notional total time commitment and includes the time you might spend completing your assessments, your self-organised learning, doing online research, interaction with your fellow students online and in the sandpit, and in discussion with your mentor.
The Leasing and Asset Finance Industry
This module provides an overview of the leasing and asset finance industry. You will explore the various versions of 'lease' as a financial instrument, review the current structure of the industry and how product sets have evolved and work together to provide access to finance for different markets. You will also look at evolving regulatory, accounting and market changes in the industry and examine possible futures for the industry in the next decade.
Aims of the Module
– to provide a comprehensive contemporary overview of the leasing and asset finance industry
– to familiarise you with key resources that can be used to understand the industry
– to allow you to build an understanding of the key drivers of change in the industry.
Credits This is a 20 credit module.
Delivery The module is delivered via online, webinar and audio content on the Learning Space (Learning Management System), academic tutor and mentor contact.
Time commitment This module notionally takes 200 hours to complete.
Leadership, Innovation and Strategy
Companies in the leasing and asset finance industry are operating in a high-growth, intensely competitive environment where increasingly sophisticated business customers are demanding easier access to more flexible finance and expect better customer service and access to online services. In this module you will explore the dynamic industry environment through individual and collaborative analysis of contemporary case studies with a focus on the leadership, innovation and strategy challenges that the industry is facing.
Aims of the module
– to explore leadership, innovation and strategy in the context of current industry developments
– to allow you to explore innovation in the industry through real-life case studies
– Equip you to critically analyse case studies.
Credits This is a 20 credit module.
Delivery The module is delivered wholly online via the Learning Space. You are required to contribute to the online discussion forums on the Learning Space.
Time commitment This module notionally takes 200 hours to complete.
project (1)
Workplace project 1 is made up of two modules. LAF103 allows you create a project scope and plan, which is then completed in LAF104.
You will work with your academic supervisor, organisational sponsor and your Leasing Foundation mentor to identify a suitable project that matches your interests, the context of your organisation and explores a relevant industry theme. The aim of the project is to integrate the skills and knowledge you have gained by application to a project related to leasing and asset finance in the context of your own organisation.
Aims of the Modules
– to help you identify and analyse a topic in leasing and asset finance based around current organisational developments
– to communicate the analysis through written and other materials
– to support you in discussing and exploring this analysis in a group setting.
Credits LAF103 and LAF104 are 10 credits each.
Delivery The modules are delivered via on-line supervision, mentoring and a 2 day residential sandpit in LAF104.
Time commitment These modules notionally take 200 hours to complete.
Creative Business
This module explores creativity as a driver for innovation and as a core competence of leadership. You will examine a range of principles, techniques and published research to help you consider your role as a leader who supports creativity in others and leads by example. We draw ideas and inspiration from the creative industries, whose products and services are dependent on the continuing creativity of their staff.
Aims of the Module
– to help you develop a creative mind-set, and enhance your personal creativity
– to help you support others in developing and applying their creativity
– to improve your, and your organisation's, capability to identify, diagnose and solve complex problems and spot opportunities.
Credits This is a 20 credit module.
Delivery The module is delivered via online, webinar and audio content on the Learning Space, academic tutor contact with your mentor.
Time commitment This module notionally takes 200 hours to complete.
Workplace-based project (2)
Workplace project 2 is made up of two modules. LAF106 allows you create a project scope and plan, which is then completed in LAF107.
You will work with your organisational sponsor and Leasing Foundation mentor to identify a suitable project that matches your interests, the context of your organisation and explores a relevant industry theme. The aim of the project is to integrate the skills and knowledge you have gained by application to a project related to leasing and asset finance in the context of your own organisation.
Aims of the Modules
– to help you identify and analyse a topic in leasing and asset finance based around current organisational developments
– to allow you to communicate the analysis through a variety of materials
– to support you in discussing and exploring this analysis in a group setting.
Credits LAF106 is a 10 credit module and LAF107 is a 30 credit module.
Delivery These modules are delivered via on-line supervision, mentoring and a 2 day residential sandpit in LAF107.
Time commitment These modules notionally take 400 hours to complete.
MA project
Your part 3 MA project is a substantial piece of research and analysis centred on the context of your own organisation, challenges for leadership in that context, relevant innovation and organisational design issues and the impacts on the industry.
Your academic advisor, working alongside your Foundation mentor and your company sponsor, will advise you on shaping the project and supporting you through to completion. The project could take a number of forms, including a dissertation, internal strategy document plan or consultancy project.
The project includes a residential sandpit meeting that provides an opportunity to share your knowledge and insights with fellow students, your academic advisors, the Falmouth University academic community and mentors from the Foundation.
Time commitment This module notionally takes 600 hours to complete.
The MA in Leasing and Asset Finance adopts a learning approach centred on:
- integration with your workplace experience
- exploiting your existing knowledge of your organisation's market context and business model
- mentoring and support from the Leasing Foundation's Fellows
- collaborative learning based on the current strategic challenges faced by the industry
The course is benchmarked against the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)'s subject benchmark statement for Business and Management, part of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, that defines what can be expected of a graduate in the subject, in terms of what they might know, do and understand at the end of their studies.
We recognise that effective modern learning is connected to the workplace and therefore your course is centred on projects based in your workplace. You will be expected to identify an organisational sponsor from your own organisation (often your line manager) who will support your studies.
You will be supported by mentors from the Leasing Foundation, who are all experienced industry professionals from across the industry, and academic advisors from Falmouth University.
You will collaborate in a variety of online learning activities, including webinars and online discussion groups, plus undertake residential workshops (sandpits) that will challenge your thinking and further develop your ideas and interests.
Your learning will be rigorously assessed using a variety of methods including individual written reports, contributions to group discussion, debate and problem solving – both online and during the residential sandpit – and podcasts.
This course could be suitable for you if you are already working in the asset finance industry or in the broader financial services industry, and if you have an interest in, and experience of, commercial finance.
You might typically, but not necessarily, have a first degree in business, finance or a related area, a related professional qualification (such as the Professional Certificate in Banking), or any of a range of introductory qualifications such as the FLA Diploma in Asset Finance. You might also have current, or very recent, experience working in areas such as banking, specialist commercial finance, lending or finance broking.
You might also have experience in specialist areas such as equipment leasing or professional finance, or experience in consulting, accounting, IT services or marketing and communications.
If you have appropriate experience and qualifications you can use them to be awarded a maximum of 60 credits towards the 180 credits needed for the MA through an APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning) or APL (Accreditation of Prior Learning) process.
If you wish to claim credit you will be asked to complete an application form and write a reflective account that demonstrates that your prior experience and learning is relevant, current and at an appropriate level for the prior learning you wish to claim is relevant.
The university will advise you in detail on the process of claiming credit for your prior experience and qualifications when you apply.
This process will involve payment of an extra fee which covers assessment of your prior learning or experience.
You will be awarded an MA (Master of Arts) on successful completion of the course.
If you are subsequently unable to complete the MA you may be awarded a PGCert or PGDip qualification.
You will apply via Falmouth University's online application system. You may also be interviewed by Falmouth University academic staff and by Professor Peter Thomas from The Leasing Foundation. The interview may be in person or online.
The total cost of tuition for this course if you complete the MA (part-time) is £8,000. This comprises a fee of £2,667 for each of the three parts.
You will also be required to pay travel and accommodation costs for the 2-day residential sandpit at each level. You will require a minimum of two nights (Friday-Saturday) accommodation in Falmouth or nearby. Hotel prices range from £50-150 per night.
You may also pay a fee for assessment of prior experience and qualifications and the university will discuss this fee when you apply.
There are a variety of payment arrangements including by instalment, an upfront single payment or payment at the start of each part of the course. The university will discuss the options with you when you apply.
The MA in Leasing and Asset Finance is intended to provide you with opportunities for mobility and career progression in this dynamic industry, which covers many players in the finance industry including banks, private equity financiers, specialist captive and hybrid captive finance providers, brokers, challenger banks and alternative finance platforms, across many industrial verticals such as motor, power, medical, aviation and many other areas of industrial activity that have finance requirements.
Developed and delivered in collaboration with The Leasing Foundation, the MA in Leasing and Asset Finance is a recognised, high-quality qualification that signals your professional status. Successful completion demonstrates your commitment to continued professional updating, your focus on personal achievement and your knowledge of contemporary and emerging industry developments. Studying the MA in Leasing and Asset Finance also provides entry to the vibrant and growing community of professionals who are part of the Leasing Foundation's global network, so increasing your visibility in a dynamic and diverse global industry.
If you successfully complete the course we would expect you to be more employable in a wider variety of industry segments and to be more successful in accelerating your career with your current employer.
Executive Director, The Leasing Foundation, visiting professor of Financial Innovation.
MBA Director, Falmouth University.
Please refer to the Falmouth University web site at http://www.falmouth.ac.uk for general information on programmes of study, eligibility requirements, fees and terms and conditions relevant to studying at Falmouth University.


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