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Do you have breasts that are too large for your body or that cause you pain, discomfort, and embarrassment? If so, you may have already considered getting a breast reduction surgery. A breast reduction can be a dream come true for many women who have dealt with the negative consequences of overly large breasts for their entire lives. Not only can a breast reduction surgery improve your ability to wear certain clothing and increase your self-esteem, but it can also have numerous health benefits. Here is what you can expect to experience after your successful breast reduction surgery with a board-certified plastic surgeon such as Dr. Zochowski.
Reduced Pain and Discomfort
If your breasts are too large for your frame, it can cause pain in your back, neck, and shoulders. Many women describe it as similar to carrying a pair of weights with them 24 hours a day. In addition to muscle and joint pain, large breasts can also cause the bra strap to dig into a woman's skin, causing even more discomfort. When the size of the breasts is reduced, much, if not all, of this pain disappears.
Resolution of Rashes or Skin Irritation
When breasts are large enough, they often sag or droop. This causes a pocket of skin underneath the breasts to be constantly covered, which can cause irritation, itching, and rashes. With the increase in temperature and lack of fresh air, bacteria and infections can also occur. When a breast reduction surgery is performed, the breasts no longer make constant contact with the skin, reducing the irritation and resolving rashes.
Increased Activity
Too large of breasts can make physical activity uncomfortable, embarrassing, or even painful. This leads many women with large breasts to reduce their levels of activity or to avoid vigorous exercise altogether. When the size of their breasts is reduced, most women find they are now able to jog, do aerobics, bike, or perform other activities with ease and comfort. We all know the benefits of increased activity on health, and many women experience a boost in energy and weight loss due to their new ability to take part in exercise.
Should You Have a Breast Reduction Surgery?
Once you know the many benefits of a breast reduction surgery, the decision to have one is probably much easier to make. However, if you're still on the fence, ask yourself the following questions:
Does the size of my breasts negatively impact my job?
Do I feel embarrassed to wear certain clothing or do I often feel like others are staring at my chest?
Do I feel exhausted at the end of the day and unable to enjoy my evenings?
Do I often experience back, shoulder, or neck pain or pain in my bra strap areas?
Is it difficult for me to find clothes that fit me and do I often feel I am trying to cover up my chest area?
Am I done having children and/or breastfeeding?
If you answered yes to several of these questions, you would likely benefit from a breast reduction surgery. Ideal candidates for this procedure are healthy women who do not smoke and who do not plan on losing a significant amount of weight. Though it is possible to breastfeed after having breast reduction surgery, there is a chance that the removal of breast tissue could impact your nerves or milk ducts and therefore lessen your chance of nursing successfully.
Keep in mind that breast reduction surgery is a major procedure and that you will need at least a couple of weeks to recover before returning to your normal schedule. You may need to get friends or family members to help out with young children at home during this time, and you will likely need to take at least two weeks off from work.
Scheduling Your Breast Reduction Consultation
The best way to find out if you should have breast reduction surgery is to schedule a consultation with Dr. Zochowski. He can fully explain the procedure, including preparation and recovery, and ask questions to see if you would be an ideal candidate. Make sure to come to your consultation with plenty of questions so that you are fully informed and can make the best decision.
If you're ready to experience the health benefits that come from a breast reduction surgery, schedule your consultation with Dr. Zochowski today!


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The NYSPA will host a Psychotherapy Documentation Update Webinar on April 29th (I couldn't find any information about it on the NYSPA site, so the link is to the registration form):
It's free to NYSPA members, and $250 for non-members. And it will be posted to the website afterwards, for those members who couldn't make the webinar.
Time has been a bit of a sticky point in terms of E/M, CPT coding. A lot of people were concerned about the requirements to document time spent doing psychotherapy separately from time spent doing Evaluation and Management. When I attended the coding seminar given by NYSPA, we were assured that since psychotherapy is not a separate event from evaluation and management, the times for the two should just be mushed together.
Apparently, United Behavioral Health/Optum was denying claims for just this reason:
Optum was refusing to provide reimbursement for the psychotherapy add-on code because the provider had failed to document start and stop times for the psychotherapy portion of the session alone (as opposed to the E/M portion). This practice, clearly in violation of CPT, was being applied to both in-network and out-of-network benefits. (Source, from NYSPA)
NYSPA was contacted, and the APA got involved, and ultimately:
UBH/Optum... acknowledged that the new combination psychotherapy codes represent the provision of a single integrated service that cannot and should not be separated out. As a result, UBH/Optum will discontinue its requirement that psychiatrists record the time spent providing psychotherapy alone. ...Please note, however, that proper documentation of psychotherapy must include session start and stop times and/or the total face-to-face time spent with the patient. (Same Source).
Optum subsequently sent a letter to providers confirming E/M documentation guidelines.
I'm not sure what the webinar will cover with respect to medicare documentation. My take home lesson is: Include start and stop times in my notes.
And while I was poking around the cms.gov site looking for and not finding information about documenting psychotherapy time, I did find:
Medicare Coverage of Items and Services Furnished to Beneficiaries in Custody Under a Penal Authority Crossword Puzzle. (The link goes to the page that links to the zip file with the pdf of the puzzle.) It looks like this (so you know I didn't make it up):

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Happy February! I just wanted to write a quick post to update you on the status of my next cozy mystery book, Burned in Broken Hearts Junction. I'm working hard on it, and will have it finished and ready for digital shelves by the end of this month. I am very excited about this one! It's the first cozy I've written that's not related to the Christmas season, and it's exciting to venture into new territory.
If you want to get all the latest about it, plus other updates, please "like" me on Facebook HERE or follow me on Twitter @msmegmuldoon. I just started my Facebook page and will keeping it up to date, so please mosey on over there if you get a moment.
Thanks for checking in, and please check back in soon for more updates about my newest series.
Also, this photo is what it looks like today where I live. Cold, snowy, and in the single digits. Eek! But at least it's pretty to look at!
Hope you're all keeping warm out there :)


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Dec 3, 2015
|Track A
|Track B
|Badge pick up and welcome breakfast
|Welcome session
10 years of Symfony
Fabien Potencier
Dig in Security with Symfony
Sarah Khalil
|Break ☕ 🥐
40 ms: How HSNG delivers personalized e-commerce with Symfony and Magento in the blink of an eye
Magnus Nordlander
Move Fast, Break Less: From DevOps to NoOps with Platform.sh
Fred Plais
Building high profile webapps with Symfony and API Platform
Kévin Dunglas
|Lightning talks
Symfony routing under the hood
David Buchmann
|Break ☕ 🥐
Doctrine 2: To Use or Not to Use
Benjamin Eberlei
How Symfony Components boost the next generation of TYPO3
Benni Mack
A Journey Down the Open Road
Yoav Kutner
|Lightning talks
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|Symfony Business and Community Ceremony Awards
|Symfony's 10th birthday Party!
Dec 4, 2015
|Track A
|Track B
|Welcome breakfast
How Symfony 3.0 moves forward without letting anyone behind
Nicolas Grekas
20M users in 19 countries with Symfony2.
Olivier Dolbeau
|Break ☕ 🥐
Matters of State
Kris Wallsmith
Breaking Boundaries with FastCGI
Andrew Carter
Lightning fast Symfony tests
Jakub Zalas
Blackfire.io - A Symfony project like no other
Tugdual Saunier
New Symfony Tips and Tricks
Javier Eguiluz
|Lightning talks
"Perfect" caching with FOSHttpCache
Andre Rømcke
|Break ☕ 🥐
3 Steps to Symfony2 Form Mastery
Bernhard Schussek
Symfony: Your next Microframework
Ryan Weaver
Behind the Scenes of Maintaining an Open Source Project
Jordi Boggiano
|Closing session
10 years of Symfony
Fabien Potencier - English - Keynote - 12/3/15, 09:15
10 years of Symfony
Dig in Security with Symfony
Sarah Khalil - English - Track A - 12/3/15, 10:00
Security in Symfony is often misunderstood. Let's have a look at what is really happening behind the opaque configuration of the Security Bundle. Then we will see how it is possible to implement any way to authenticate a user in Symfony without third party library.
40 ms: How HSNG delivers personalized e-commerce with Symfony and Magento in the blink of an eye
Magnus Nordlander - English - Track A - 12/3/15, 11:00
When you're building an e-commerce site, speed matters. You can measure the increased conversion rate brought on by increasing the speed of your site. To achieve speed, our greatest tool is caching. This caused concerns when HSNG, the largest sports nutrion retailer in Northen Europe, wanted to personalize their content, as personalization is the great foe of caching.
In this case study Magnus Nordlander from Fervo and Patrik Wallin from HSNG will explain how HSNG uses Symfony, ESI and the eSales personalization platform in HSNG's Magento Enterprise store, to deliver personalized content in as little 40 ms.
Move Fast, Break Less: From DevOps to NoOps with Platform.sh
Fred Plais - English - Track B - 12/3/15, 11:00
Big enterprise used to be slow, smaller actors used to be fast. Developers used to develop features, now, they code those .. and the infrastructure. DevOps may well have "Dev" in it, but nobody writes unit tests for their Jenkins scripts. Hack, half of the time these aren't even committed to git.
But can you afford not to do DevOps? Can you afford to be slow?
On the brink of 2016 we will cover in this short roller-coaster talk everything that a team building web applications needs to cover to stay competitive. From the monolith vs micro-services and twelve factor apps, API and Mobile first applications, automated operations and continuous deployments to security management, scaling and internationalisation.
Yeah, and we will also tell you what Platform.sh, the enterprise grade Platform as a Service for PHP, does to make all the pain go away: and how Friday afternoon is as good a time as any to deploy.
Building high profile webapps with Symfony and API Platform
Kévin Dunglas - English - Track A - 12/3/15, 14:00
Speakers: Kevin Dunglas and Fabien Gasser. In a first part we will introduce semantic and linked data technologies supported by Symfony and API Platform: JSON-LD, Hydra and Schema.org, their contributions to interoperability and a web of data and how to use them, technologies until there the restricted domain of Java such as RDF, SPARQL, triple stores, ontology engines.
In a second part we will give a feedback on the strategy we employed to build a high traffic CMS platform using Symfony, API Platform and AngularJS as technical stack. We will see how an API-first strategy helped us to deliver fluently content on several channels (desktop, mobile apps, connected devices, partners…) and how that strategy helped us to make large teams working together on the same project. We will also see how to leverage Varnish and AWS to absorb gigantic traffic peaks, how pure-JS fit well with that architecture and effects on SEO
In a third part we will give you some tips in order to build an e-commerce platform based on that approach.
Symfony routing under the hood
David Buchmann - English - Track A - 12/3/15, 14:45
Routing is this thing about mapping URLs to controllers, right? But in fact, there is a lot going on. Understanding the routing process will enable you to write more flexible code and keep logic out of your controllers. In this talk, we will see how routing actually works and then look at extension points like ParamConverters, custom request listeners and have a look at the CMF dynamic router that loads routes from databases or other sources on the fly.
Doctrine 2: To Use or Not to Use
Benjamin Eberlei - English - Track A - 12/3/15, 15:45
Using Doctrine 2 can be a very rewarding experience, extremely frustrating or anything in between. To be a happy Doctrine 2 user requires attention and willingness to compromise. In this talk I will show how to use Doctrine defensively, common pitfalls that hurt maintainability and when to avoid Doctrine altogether.
How Symfony Components boost the next generation of TYPO3
Benni Mack - English - Track B - 12/3/15, 15:45
The enterprise content management system TYPO3 is around since 1998 and has seen several migrations to stay up-to-date on PHP standards. With the latest version TYPO3 v7, several previous "home-brewed" parts of TYPO3 have been standardized and replaced with 3rd-party libraries especially from the Symfony Framework.
The talk will focus on the "why" and "how" of standardization and encapsulation inside a PHP software as well as the benefits of integrating Symfony Components into the core and making parts of TYPO3 interchangeable.
Next to Symfony Integration, I will also show the interchangeability of parts of the system with the new PSR-7 HTTP protocol.
A Journey Down the Open Road
Yoav Kutner - English - Keynote - 12/3/15, 16:30
Sharing the experience of managing an Open Source Project like Magento, some of the key decisions we made that lead to Magento becoming the leading eCommerce application in the world and the challenges, failures and successes we had.
How Symfony 3.0 moves forward without letting anyone behind
Nicolas Grekas - English - Track A - 12/4/15, 09:45
Migrating from Symfony 2.3 to the newest Symfony 3.0 won't force you to rewrite all your application. Instead, you'll follow a well documented and continuous upgrade path to make a smooth transition. How is this possible? In this session, I'll tell you how the BC promise enables easy migrations. I'll also tell you about the creation of the new deprecation policy introduced in Symfony 2.7. These are the two corner stones that allow Symfony to do the split: having a wide range of stable apps and innovating at the same time.
20M users in 19 countries with Symfony2.
Olivier Dolbeau - English - Track B - 12/4/15, 09:45
3 years of work with 25 developers, 3.000 classes, 325.000 LOC: Symfony2 is more than ever present at BlaBlaCar. We would like to show you our website, its strengths and weaknesses, our most beautiful success and... our most extraordinary failures! We would like to apologise for all horrors which will be mentioned, all the crappy code which will be shown and the American happy ending!
Matters of State
Kris Wallsmith - English - Track A - 12/4/15, 10:45
Subtitle: Using the Symfony Event Dispatcher to turn your application into a simple state machine
If you have used Facebook's React library, then you are familiar with the concept of application state. React components are, at their core (and as noted in the official documentation), simple state machines. This declarative approach to building a UI may take some adjusting to, but it ultimately simplifies kludgy imperative code into smaller, much more manageable pieces.
This pattern of manipulating state and responding to those changes can be implemented to great effect using the Symfony Event Dispatcher. This talk will step through this state-based approach to building an easily maintained and testable PHP application, tease out a few gotchas, and share real-world applications.
Breaking Boundaries with FastCGI
Andrew Carter - English - Track B - 12/4/15, 10:45
Efficient applications are fantastic; they keep server load, costs and response times low. We can make Symfony applications more efficient by removing the repetitive bootstrapping process from the request-response cycle.
By using FastCGI we can keep our application alive between requests and vastly improve their performance. The best news is that adding a FastCGI interface to your Symfony (or Silex application) can be done very quickly!
Let us not get too excited, however! When using PHP in this way we have to be very careful about the design and configuration of our application! This talk will explain how to use FastCGI with Symfony safely, providing an overview of the process and highlighting the danger areas that we must be cautious of.
Lightning fast Symfony tests
Jakub Zalas - English - Track A - 12/4/15, 11:30
One of the benefits of having an automated test suite is the feedback given when the code is being changed. As a project grows, the test suite becomes slower and slower every day, until it's so slow it stops being useful.
Learn how to structure your Symfony project to benefit from lightning fast tests. Apply the right amount of testing on appropriate levels, and run your tests in seconds, not hours.
Blackfire.io - A Symfony project like no other
Tugdual Saunier - English - Track B - 12/4/15, 11:30
Blackfire.io is a Symfony project. But it's only the tip of the iceberg. By its very nature, Blackfire.io faces challenges that few Symfony projects have to overcome.
Managing a project with several languages like PHP, Go or C, releasing binary softwares to end-users weekly or synchronize development across stacks using different technologies are some of the challenges we face every day in addition to more usual ones for Symfony projects like logging, daily deployments or delivering features.
What did we do to become able to provide a complete binary releases of over 100 artifacts in less than twenty minutes? How did we manage to produce over one thousand releases in less than an year?
In this talk I will give you a taste of what it feels like to work in such a stimulating environment as well as explaining how we are tackling these issues.
New Symfony Tips and Tricks
Javier Eguiluz - English - Track A - 12/4/15, 14:00
The amount of Symfony documentation and learning resources is overwhelming. However, its relentless pace of change makes it very difficult to keep updated on all its features.
In this session you'll discover lots of new tips and tricks about Symfony and its entire ecosystem, including Twig, Monolog and Doctrine. Learn how to improve your day-to-day productivity and discover some rarely used options and features.
"Perfect" caching with FOSHttpCache
Andre Rømcke - English - Track A - 12/4/15, 14:45
At eZ we have been lucky to work with so many talented developers in the PHP and Symfony community, and one of the many projects we have so far contributed to and also benefitted from is FOSHttpCache. A super charged Http Cache implementation with tagging of content, varying of cache by user cache, support for Varnish, Symfony Proxy and Nginx, and much more. But it can still be improved, multi tagging support for Symfony Proxy, and Stale cache handling on purges by tags are two currently missing features for handling all possible high load situations while also being easy to use.
3 Steps to Symfony2 Form Mastery
Bernhard Schussek - English - Track A - 12/4/15, 15:45
The Symfony2 Form component makes form processing a snap. It features a very flexible architecture and a myriad of configuration options that you can use to implement a wide variety from simple to very complex forms. However, knowing how to use this effectively can be a challenge. This session will give you a deeper understanding of the inner workings of the Form component and show how master the component in three simple steps.
Symfony: Your next Microframework
Ryan Weaver - English - Track B - 12/4/15, 15:45
Microservices are a huge trend, and microframeworks are perfect for them: put together just a few files, write some code, and your done!
But Symfony is a big framework, right? Wrong! Symfony can be as small as a single file!
In this talk, we'll learn how to use Symfony as a micro-framework for your next project. Your app will stay small and clear, but without needing to give up the features or third-party bundles that you love. And if the project grows, it can evolve naturally into a full Symfony project.
So yes, Symfony can also be a microframework. Tell the world!
Behind the Scenes of Maintaining an Open Source Project
Jordi Boggiano - English - Keynote - 12/4/15, 16:30
The open source world is made out of human interactions as much as it is made of code.
During this session, Jordi will be sharing his experiences as the Composer Project lead. He will show you glimpses into what it means and feels like to be the maintainer of a popular open source project.
By sharing his experiences, Jordi hopes that you will gain a better understanding of the human factor in the open source community.


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DBS Group is pleased to announce that we are partnering with Niemann Foods, Inc. on a new, ground-up 28,000sf County Market grocery store in Girard, IL. A groundbreaking was held on 9/2/15 with local residents, Niemann Foods, City of Girard, Girard Chamber of Commerce and DBS Group representatives on-hand to celebrate the start of this exciting project. DBS Group is providing Store Planning services, Architectural & Engineering services and Construction services for this new development.
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While it is essential that I note that this is my 300th blog post, I don't feel I have anything particularly more interesting to write about it than that. So I move on…
The days are, mercifully, zooming by at the moment, aided by the discovery of a TV series that I think is one of the best I have seen in a very long time. A friend of mine has gone on about Prison Break so much that he convinced me to lend the DVD of season one he has. So I watched it.
After the first episode, I thought – very good. I really enjoyed it. Very strong acting, great direction, and a pretty decent premise. It's a little hackneyed, but that doesn't matter. In the genre we're in, standard American-style drama, it ticks all the boxes. Stereotypical characters, check. A premise to tug a little on the heart-strings, check. A love interest or nine, check. A deadline, check. A conspiracy, check. Witty dialogue – "Feel free to drop it in my suggestion box" as he taps the toilet with his nightstick, check. And so on.
Sometimes a little escapism is what you need, if you'll excuse the pun. Sometimes you just want to sit back and enjoy, knowing the pace of the show will keep you entertained. This is no thinking man's TV. The only thought you need to do is to keep track of who's friends with who, who betrayed who, and what's in it for them.
So I watched the first episode, was stunned at the quality, and decided to watch the next. At the end of that, I wanted to know more. Going for the hat-trick… a third episode couldn't hurt. At the end of that, I said "Meh, well what else am I going to do today?" – and finished it off in style with a fourth. I don't think I've ever done anything like that. Four episodes of a TV show back to back. Almost as long as Lord of the Rings.
I now have the second disc, and feel it is incumbent on me to watch some more today. The facts are simple. I'm not doing anything else. I have finished my dissertation and got it bound to stop myself thinking about it. I can't make any further changes now. That's good. I was getting fed up of worrying about it. It's gone, and now I just need to hand it in next Monday.
I'm also not in University this week. My lecturers have called this a reading week because they're all away at a conference. Despite the fact that we've just had three weeks off. Everything people say about students is true.
So it leaves me with very little to do. I have one essay left, that is due in five weeks today. So I'm not going to worry about that just yet. Next week I will start some work on it, probably finding the resources I'll need. All I'm doing is trying to pass the time. And when I think about it, once I start working and Real Life begins, I will be desperate to have all this free time back. So I shouldn't feel bad about using it to keep myself entertained with my hobbies. I genuinely can't think what else I could do with it. Not now, anyway. Maybe at the start of the year if I'd realised this was going to be like this I could have found a small job to do.
This Thursday I'm off to London for the day. I have a discussion with a friend which could lead to a solution to the free time crisis. Fingers crossed…


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Temporal system-level organization of the switch from glycolytic to gluconeogenic operation in yeast (2013)Molecular Systems BiologyThe diauxic shift in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an ideal model to study how eukaryotic cells readjust their metabolism from glycolytic to gluconeogenic operation. In this work, we generated time‐resolved physiological data, quantitative metabolome (69 intracellular metabolites) and proteome (72 enzymes) profiles. We found that the diauxic shift is accomplished by three key events that are temporally organized: (i) a reduction in the ...Journal Article
Dissecting specific and global transcriptional regulation of bacterial gene expression (2013)Molecular Systems BiologyGene expression is regulated by specific transcriptional circuits but also by the global expression machinery as a function of growth. Simultaneous specific and global regulation thus constitutes an additional—but often neglected—layer of complexity in gene expression. Here, we develop an experimental‐computational approach to dissect specific and global regulation in the bacterium Escherichia coli. By using fluorescent promoter reporters, ...Journal Article
Transcriptional regulation is insufficient to explain substrate‐induced flux changes in Bacillus subtilis (2013)Molecular Systems BiologyOne of the key ways in which microbes are thought to regulate their metabolism is by modulating the availability of enzymes through transcriptional regulation. However, the limited success of efforts to manipulate metabolic fluxes by rewiring the transcriptional network has cast doubt on the idea that transcript abundance controls metabolic fluxes. In this study, we investigate control of metabolic flux in the model bacterium Bacillus ...Journal Article
Regulation of yeast central metabolism by enzyme phosphorylation (2012)Molecular Systems BiologyAs a frequent post‐translational modification, protein phosphorylation regulates many cellular processes. Although several hundred phosphorylation sites have been mapped to metabolic enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, functionality was demonstrated for few of them. Here, we describe a novel approach to identify in vivo functionality of enzyme phosphorylation by combining flux analysis with proteomics and phosphoproteomics. Focusing on ...Journal Article
Large-scale 13C-flux analysis reveals distinct transcriptional control of respiratory and fermentative metabolism in Escherichia coli (2011)Molecular Systems BiologyDespite our increasing topological knowledge on regulation networks in model bacteria, it is largely unknown which of the many co‐occurring regulatory events actually control metabolic function and the distribution of intracellular fluxes. Here, we unravel condition‐dependent transcriptional control of Escherichia coli metabolism by large‐scale 13C‐flux analysis in 91 transcriptional regulator mutants on glucose and galactose. In contrast ...Journal Article
Comprehensive quantitative analysis of central carbon and amino-acid metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under multiple conditions by targeted proteomics (2011)Molecular Systems BiologyDecades of biochemical research have identified most of the enzymes that catalyze metabolic reactions in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The adaptation of metabolism to changing nutritional conditions, in contrast, is much less well understood. As an important stepping stone toward such understanding, we exploit the power of proteomics assays based on selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mass spectrometry to quantify abundance changes ...Journal Article
Unraveling condition-dependent networks of transcription factors that control metabolic pathway activity in yeast (2010)Molecular Systems BiologyWhich transcription factors control the distribution of metabolic fluxes under a given condition? We address this question by systematically quantifying metabolic fluxes in 119 transcription factor deletion mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae under five growth conditions. While most knockouts did not affect fluxes, we identified 42 condition‐dependent interactions that were mediated by a total of 23 transcription factors that control ...Journal Article
Tradeoff between enzyme and metabolite efficiency maintains metabolic homeostasis upon perturbations in enzyme capacity (2010)Molecular Systems BiologyWhat is the relationship between enzymes and metabolites, the two major constituents of metabolic networks? We propose three alternative relationships between enzyme capacity and metabolite concentration alterations based on a Michaelis–Menten kinetic; that is enzyme capacities, metabolite concentrations, or both could limit the metabolic reaction rates. These relationships imply different correlations between changes in enzyme capacity ...Journal Article


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Rosé by tradition is a light red wine ideal for summer drinking. Majella has kept the tradition alive with our thirteenth release of rosé.
Majella Rosé is made by partial skin contact of Shiraz grapes during fermentation. The juice and skins are then separated and the ferment is completed in stainless steel tanks. The wine is bottled in early July - under screw cap to retain the fresh fruit aromas.
A bright, pale salmon colour. Fragrant red fruit floral aromas with a soft and finely textured structure. Pretty strawberry, raspberry and pomegranate fruit notes linger on the palate, with a pleasantly soft finish.
It's a wine for any occasion; serve chilled it's fantastic as an aperitif, but we reckon it's the perfect wine for a casual lunch.
Ageing Potential: Produced for early consumption
Winemakers: Bruce Gregory and Michael Marcus
|100% Shiraz
|Coonawarra, South Australia
|Early April
Majella Rosé 2019
Rosé by tradition, is a light red ideal for summer drinking. Majella has kept that tradition alive with our thirteenth release of rosé.
Our rosé was made with limited skin contact and fermentation was completed in stainless steel tanks. It is bottled in July under screw cap to retain the fresh fruit aromas and palate.
Vintage Conditions
Vintage 2019 commenced in Coonawarra in the last week of February. The red wine varietals were harvested through April, with a small carry over into May. A cool and dry April was perfect for ripening, allowing full flavour development and optimal sugar levels. Yields of red wine grapes were between average to slightly below the long-term average. Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon are both highly rated by Coonawarra winemakers. Shiraz is showing bright fruits with high colour intensity. Cabernet is deep and rich in colour with great varietal definition and soft ripe tannins.
Coonawarra received good winter rains leading into the growing season. This growing season has highlighted the importance of our good quality and quantity of underground water used to mitigate temperature and seasonal weather conditions and significantly benefiting from the typically cool nights created by the Southern Ocean.
Vintage timing is in line with the long-term average. All in all, 2019 Vintage for Coonawarra has been excellent.
Grape Variety
100% Shiraz
Winemakers Comments
A bright, pale salmon colour. Fragrant red fruit floral aromas with a soft and finely textured structure. Pretty strawberry, raspberry and pomegranate fruit notes linger on the palate, with a pleasantly soft finish.
|This rosé has been made to enjoy now.
Our pours are 30ml: x 3 = 1 standard drink = 100ml @ 13% alcohol.
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A curator and writer, Vali Mahlouji's project that resurrects the red-light district 'Shahr-e No' of Tehran was recently on display at Rohtas 2, Lahore
Cities produce writers, and writers produce cities. Dostoevsky from St Petersburg, James Joyce from Dublin, Quratulain Hyder from Lucknow, Rushdie from Bombay, Naguib Mahfouz from Cairo, Gunter Grass from Danzig, Orhan Pamuk from Istanbul, Haruki Murakami from Tokyo, Patrick Modiano from Paris. But a different kind of St Petersburg, Dublin, Lucknow, Bombay, Cairo, Danzig, Istanbul, Tokyo and Paris are continuously created in their fiction. An imaginative person borrows from his surroundings but returns by transforming it into something extraordinary.
Often the process is simple, amounting to collecting of data, composing it, and then presenting it in such a scheme that one discovers new content -- basically a forgotten one that was pushed aside. A creative individual culls out a segment from the archive of our collective amnesia to remind us what we really are and makes us comprehend the world around us.
Vali Mahlouji seems to be doing the same. A curator and writer, he has produced the project 'Archaeology of the Final Decade', an attempt to resurrect a particular neighbourhood of Tehran, the red-light district 'Shahr-e No' (New Town), or the Citadel of Shahr-e No. It is now the site of Razi Park, following the Islamic Revolution in Iran. The phenomenon of revolution began in January 1978 and culminated in February 1979 by toppling the monarchy and establishing an Islamic Republic.
Iranian Revolution received multiple responses around the world including some unexpected ones too. Amid hostile reactions, it was supported by a few intellectuals such as Michel Foucault who viewed it as a sign of change from the authoritarian regime of Shah. In an article published in Le Nouvel Observateur (October 16-22, 1978), Foucault observes "The situation in Iran can be understood as a great joust under traditional emblems, those of the king and the saint, the armed ruler and the destitute exile, the despot faced with the man who stands up bare-handed and is acclaimed by a people".
As Foucault claims "This image has its own power", but it also entailed a great series of suppressions certainly not envisaged by the French philosopher. Along with oppression of political opponents by the clerics-led regime, there were other atrocities towards ordinary citizens, especially women. It would be relevant to remind that a religious party/wing, whether in power or striving for it, has a specific attitude and policy towards women, which to an extent is a reflection of their worldview on ethics, morality, pleasure, sin and possession in a patriarchal society.
In a community besieged by these notions, women suffer twice -- first as a citizen like the rest and then (and more) because of being female. Any Pakistani who has survived the Islamic dictatorship of General Zia ul Haq can recall how the state machinery imposed restrictions on the 'normal' presence of women in media, and arts.
General Zia came to power in Pakistan in July 1977 while Imam Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution, returned to Iran in February 1979. Besides this parallel in power shift, the two neighbouring countries had much more to share. Both had a stern policy on Islamic principles, which eventually manifested in penalising the women who did not follow state's doctrine. In Pakistan, dance was discouraged, red-light districts were under heavy surveillance, prostitution was prohibited, and women suspected to engage in prostitution were persecuted and hunted.
The situation was similar in Iran, as seen in 'Archaeology of the Final Decade' at the Rohtas 2, Lahore (a project that earlier on "placed artwork in international collections including: Tate Modern, Musee d' Art Moderne de Ville de Paris, British Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art"). Held from Feb 21-March 12, 2019, and in collaboration with Lahore Literary Festival 19, one comes across the chronology of an area that was a red-light ghetto since 1891. The exhibition comprises facsimiles of book covers, plans, pictures, newspaper pages, and documentaries, which address how a society negotiates with the business of flesh, fantasy and desire. It also documents how a fanatic streak -- be it in power or on the street -- subjugates women, treating them as secondary citizen. (Revolutions lauded in history have all been men's affairs).
In the exhibition of Vali Mahlouji, a viewer sees a specific area of Tehran in different phases of history. From a map "drawn by Colonel Soleman Khan" to book covers about the Shahr-e No (1969, 2012) and film stills of Khaneh Siah Ast (The House is Black), 1963, directed by Forough Farrokhzad (feminist poet who was banned after the Revolution and whose poetry has been translated into Urdu), and photographs from the 'Prostitutes Series, Tehran, 1975-77' by Kaveh Golestan. The exhibition also showcases prints of newspaper articles about that area, in which one glimpses sympathetic sentiments towards these women, referred as 'Victims of Traders', till we are hit by the violent images of 'Burning of Citadel, 1979' (by Kamran Shirdel) and other such pictures of mob setting fire to quarters that housed females who provide pleasure to males in a society.
"The Citadel was set on fire Monday, 29 January, 1979, three days before the arrival of Ayatollah Khomeini and thirteen days before the victory of the revolution (with an undisclosed number of residents trapped inside) and then demolished shortly after in line with an official programme of cultural cleansing". The display in the gallery also encompasses reproductions of newspaper pages about demolition of these houses, their going up in smoke and execution of women (and some men too), along with the list of names who were sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Courts, which includes three women from the Citadel of Shahr-e No.
All these documents and videos narrate a basic pattern of human story: conflict between freedom and restriction, pleasure and pain, sin and sanctity. No one knows the outcome of these battles because at certain points in history, representatives of freedom, sin, and pleasure are defeated, however these momentary collapses remind of 'Anandi', an Urdu short story by Ghulam Abbas, in which a civic council is arguing to shift the red-light neighbourhood far from the city centre, carries out the plan, only to realise later that city started growing around the newly shifted red light area.
Encountering the picture of Razi Park, one conjures upon other such locations to discern that even after these women -- beautifully photographed in their misery and mirth -- were hunted, persecuted and displaced, the business of flesh continued to flourish in Tehran, as well as in Lahore, Karachi and other cities of Pakistan; affirming that one who laughs last laughs longer!


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PEACEFUL as the last Saturday Gubernatorial elections appeared in Nigeria, some residents of Ikotun in Alimosho area of Lagos State may have reasons to say no thanks to the heavy downpour that rounded up the elections for them.
The rain, which threatened early in the day, waited patiently for various voters into the midnight before it fell heavily with heavy wind that blew off some roofs and electrical poles.
The same rain that was described by many as a symbolic blessing for the country after the elections, however, turned to be a cause for some residents of Ikotun and his environment as it damaged many houses and electrical poles.
Among the many houses' roofs that were blown off were the roofs of Olukotun Nursery and Primary School, Ikotun and some other houses in the area. The wind did not stop at that but also fell some electrical poles, which cut off electricity supply to some areas.
As at the time of filing thins report, some houses are still without light.
Speaking on this ugly development, the PHCN boss in charge of Idimu undertaken, Bolarinwa Idowu told The Guardian that the power supply to the affected areas affected in Ikotun and some areas in Abaranje have been disconnected to prevent electrocution and further damages.
Bolarinwa, however, explained that work is ongoing to fix the affected poles and restore power supply.
A resident of Orija Street in Idimu area of Alimosho local council said the heavy wind also removed a particular sheet of his own roof but it was not serious because the trees planted around the house absorbed it. Though there was no casualty but it is about the best time for government at all levels to start considering programmes to encourage forestation to cushion the devastating effect of heavy wind and global warming.
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CenterPoint Newsletter | Summer 2017 | by Dr. Matthew Della Sala, McNair/AANAPISI Research Advisor
Although many students make use of the summer term to enroll in additional coursework and participate in relevant internships, some students seek external funding to support their desire to conduct research. One prestigious award offered to students from all NSHE institutions is the National Science Foundation-Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research-Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (NSF-EPSCoR-UROP). This highly competitive program promotes research opportunities to enhance the recruitment and retention of undergraduates in STEM disciplines. As such, the award ($4,000 stipend and funds for supplies) offers undergraduate students the financial support to conduct high-quality, scientific research under the guidance of faculty mentors.
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Catching Up from the Weekend
>> Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Still no internet so I am writing this post in Word to publish tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Marshfield Library. We haven't been there yet but I have a vague idea of where it is…
Our weekend was full of adventure! Friday the girls and I headed to Hanover Mall; Doug said it had a play area. The girls were both feeling a bit of cabin fever as the weather had been cold & windy much of Thursday and Friday wasn't promising to be much nicer.
We found the mall with no problem (I almost feel like a local already!) and made our way toward the center. It was a school holiday (for what, I don't know) and the mall McDonald's had hired the Ronald McDonald to perform. Brenna ran right out and took her spot in the audience. Caelan opted to stay by Mommy, in the stroller and away from the strange man with big shoes. Ronald put on a great show with education (knowledge of common road signs), magic, music & dancing.
After that ended we found the play area. It is quite similar to the play areas in most malls: large "foam" items to climb, slide on and jump off. The theme here is sports. I guess that's what you get in an area that has one of every major sports team.
We finished our mall trip with lunch at a very good, very un-mall-like Chinese restaurant. Brenna chose it and I was more than happy to not dine at McDonald's!
Friday evening Doug had to work late so we drove in to Quincy to pick him up as the other option was a late train. A quick stop at Best Buy for a wireless router and then to the Mad Fish Bar & Grille, just down the road from the house, for dinner. (We had fish. Go figgah…) We had to beat a hasty exit as Caelan was getting wiggly and wouldn't use the strange potty. We made it home and completed another successful day of no wet diapers!
Saturday was filled with excitement. We idled about the house until late morning (Caelan pottied!), ate some lunch and then we were off to Boston. Destination: aquarium. We drove to the closest "T" station (mass transit, or "the train!" to the girls) and got to not only ride a "train" but switch lines twice. It was thrilling for the girls. Not so much for Doug & I as some of the stations are not stroller friendly.
The aquarium sits right on the pier. It was quite a popular place on Saturday- the line to buy tickets stretched over a block. We promptly turned around and wandered Faneuil Hall and the Quincy Market. We browsed the carts, poked through a few shops and took in the history. Caelan and I even had our photo taken with the Ben Franklin.
Brenna was complaining of tired feet so we decided to hop a trolley for a tour of historic Boston. As it was approaching 3:30pm we didn't have the opportunity to utilize the hop-on-hop-off feature of the tour but we got to see many places that we plan to go back and visit. Our driver was great and paid special attention to the girls, even commenting on how well behaved they were.
After our trolley tour it was time for dinner. We bypassed the famed food court at Faneuil Hall (ok, we grabbed some huge cookies for later) choosing to dine at Roisin Dubh (the Black Rose), an Irish Pub just down the street. Not only did we have great food (I had a wonderful Irish Beef Stew; Doug said his Shepherd's Pie was better) but there was also a singer performing traditional Irish songs and American folk tunes. He was really good and we all had fun dancing while he played (there wasn't much room for dancing but it didn't stop us!)
In the middle of dinner Caelan began to get restless and cuddly- a sure sign that it's time to "go". She and I rushed off to the bathroom where she did her first pee-pee in a potty without her potty seat! It was such a momentous occasion that I had the singer dedicate a song just for her!
As you can imagine, the girls were exhausted when we got home. They got tucked into bed in their clothes.
Sunday began lazily… I made breakfast (Finnish Puffed Pancakes), we all got cleaned up, and then we were off to explore with no destination in mind. With rain imminent we planned to drive around, grab a late lunch and head home early. Well, we drove. We had a late lunch. But we didn't get home early.
We drove to Cape Cod, which has plenty to see. We exited the car twice. Once for this great candy shop and the second time for lunch (where Caelan did her second pee-pee on a strange potty).
Heading home we passed through many places we want to go back and see when the weather is nicer.
Once home we settled in a relaxed. Caelan announced before bed that she needed to use the potty and led Doug upstairs to take care of business. Woo-Hoo!
Monday had no big excitement. Unless you count grocery shopping… The Stop & Shop has scanners so you can scan your items as you shop. Not only can you keep track of what you are spending (very handy if you're on a budget) but it also shows you special prices on items that correspond with what you are purchasing. Which I didn't see as Brenna was in charge of the scanner. She caught on very quickly and by the third or fourth item she could get the scan done on the first try.
Tuesday (which will be today when I publish this tomorrow) will take us into Marshfield, the small town just across the river from our little island. We have a drop in planned for 9:15 & 10am at Tumble Fun (the girls really need to burn some energy!) and then a trip to the library so I can get some much needed internet time!
OK, the gym didn't wear the girls out and they aren't letting me get anything done at the library. Thursday can't come soon enough!


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Quito & Otavalo Market - 2 Nights
Day 1 - Fly from London to Quito
Day 2 - Otavalo and guided tour of Quito
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Day 1
Fly from London to Quito
Take a daytime flight to Quito, arriving the same evening, where you will be met by our representative and taken to your hotel. This is also the opportunity for our guide to provide you advice, explain your programme and answer any questions you may have.
Day 2
Otavalo and guided tour of Quito
We take a trip to the Andean town of Otavalo to visit its magnificent market, where men and women with long plaited hair, dressed in their traditional clothes, sell all types of weavings, handicrafts and homegrown produce. We return to Quito to explore the colonial quarter with its narrow cobblestone streets and many beautiful churches. We also visit the Archaeological Museum.
Amazon - 5 Nights
Day 3 - Fly to Coca, transfer to your Amazon Lodge
Day 4 - Amazon lodge and excursions
Day 5 - Amazon lodge and parrot clay licks
Day 6 - Amazon Lodge and canopy observation tower
Day 7 - Return to Quito
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Day 3
Fly to Coca, transfer to your Amazon Lodge
Our day starts with a flight into the Amazon and a trip up river to our Amazon lodge located in the peace and tranquility of virgin rainforest, overlooking a lagoon. Choose from either the tourist class Yasuni Lodge or the first class Napo Wildlife Centre, both located about 2 hours downriver from Coca airport. Each lodge is on a full board basis with included walks and excursions with expert guides every day. Other optional activities are available, such as fishing and kayaking, at the lodge.
Day 4
Amazon Lodge and excursions
Today your resident naturalist guides take you on a variety of hikes, both by night and by day, canoeing trips up creeks and exploring the rainforest to observe the exuberant vegetation and the vast, dense tree canopy.
Day 5
Amazon Lodge and parrot clay licks
Today we experience the parrot clay licks to observe flocks of brightly-coloured macaws, parrots and parakeets as they descend to feed on the soil, extracting vital minerals to help them digest the fruit and seeds found in the jungle. At some, sightings have also been reported of tapirs, ocelots, owls and others animals. Later on, we will hike along the forest trail to visit a local community learning about their every-day-life activities, routines and their ancestral customs and traditions. Then we take a 30 minutes walk through the forest and enjoy lunch. We return to the lodge by riverboat.
Day 6
Amazon Lodge and canopy observation tower
Today, we visit the canopy observation tower, a high platform 36 metres high from which you will get a close up view of the most amazing views of the jungle. Here, birds that are just virtually impossible to see from the jungle floor will pass right past you. Flocks of vibrantly coloured tanagers, blue-and-yellow macaws and large toucans fly past in the early mornings and afternoons. In the afternoon, trek deep into a rain forest to discover the mysterious wildlife hiding in the interior. Observe the endemic Golden Mantle Tamarin monkey, rare insects and snakes! We also visit the black water Añangu Lake and streams home of different species of fish and mammals such as the Giant Otter.
Day 7
Return to Quito
Transfer by riverboat to Coca airport for your flight to Quito for a 1-night stay.
Yasuni Kichwa Lodge
Ecuadorian Amazon - Tourist Lodge
Local English speaking guides take you on excursions, showing a faschinating knowledge, which is practical and empiric, rather than academic. You can also interact with the people going on excursions in the jungle, rivers and stream, and viditing the canopy observation tower and clay lick where macaws and parrots congreagate. The lopdge is located two hours by canoe downriver from Coca airport. It is a hotel within the community and take a maximum of 40 guests in comfortable, spacious cabins with private facilities and balconies with a hammock, safe deposit box, hot water, ventillation and plugs to charge baterries. The beds are comfortable with sheets, blankets and mosquito nets. There is also a large dining room with thatched roof: the feedback is that the food is excellent.
Napo Wildlife Centre
Ecuadorian Amazon - First Lodge
This ecotourism project includes the conservation of over 53,000 acres of the most pristine Amazon Rainforest within the Yasuni National Park, an important biosphere reserve and the largest tract of tropical rainforest in Ecuador. You will be met at Coca airfield and taken to the bank of the river Napo for the two hour journey by motorised canoe to the Lodge. Once you arrive and settle into your room you will have a programme of daily guided excursions and walks to experience the exuberance of the Amazon rainforest.
Avenue of the Volcanoes - 1 Night
Day 8 - Experience Cotopaxi Volcano
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Day 8
Experience Cotopaxi Volcano
Your journey continues as we head for the hills to explore the 'Avenue of the Volcanoes' and most particularly, the perfectly formed cone-shaped Cotopaxi Volcano which rises to a height of 5,897 metres. The volcano is set in the wild treeless páramo of the Cotopaxi National Park with stunning views. We stop at an Indian village where local weavers demonstrate their skills on the traditional shuttle looms and continue to Riobamba to enjoy its thermal springs surrounded by stunning scenery. Lunch is included today.
Cuenca & Cajas National Park - 4 Nights
Day 9 - Ingapirca and Cuenca
Day 10 - The Gualaceo Valley
Day 11 - Guided tour of Cuenca & Cajas National Park
Day 12 - Cajas National Park
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Day 9
Ingapirca and Cuenca
Today we journey south to Cuenca, a charming colonial city, embraced by silent mountains. On the way we stop at the small Inca archaeological site of Ingapirca and also enjoy an included lunch.
Day 10
The Gualaceo Valley
A full day of exploration to the fertile Gualaceo Valley and Chordeleg, passing remote villages and farmsteads amidst quite beautiful gently rolling hills. Lunch is also included today.
Day 11
Guided tour of Cuenca
Morning guided tour of Cuenca including a visit to a Panama Hat factory and the elegant La Inmaculada Cathedral. After an included lunch, the rest of the day is at leisure enjoying this charming colonial town.
Day 12
Cajas National Park
We drive through evergreen cloud forests to Cajas National Park, with many lakes, lagoons and rich wildlife including Andean condors, giant hummingbirds and raccoon-like coatis. After an included lunch, we continue to Guayaquil where we check into our hotel for a 1-night stay.
Galapagos Cruise - 7 Nights
Day 13 - Fly to the Galapagos Islands for 7-night cruise
Days 14-19 - Galapagos cruise with daily guided excursions
Day 20 - Return to UK
Day 21 - Arrive in the UK
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Day 13
Fly to the Galapagos Islands for 7-night cruise
Take a domestic flight to the Galapagos Islands, where you transfer to your chosen ship, either the tourist class Cachalote Explorer or the superior first class Beluga. Both cruise ships include full board accommodation with daily excursions from knowledgable local naturalists.
Day 14
Galapagos cruise with daily guided excursions
Enjoy the next 6 days exploring the incredible environment of the Galapagos. Observe basking marine iguanas, waved albatrosses, blue and red footed boobies, 500lb tortoises and friendly sea lions. The wildlife lives here without fear of humans; in fact you feel like you are a guest in their natural home. Every morning and afternoon enjoy guided excursions and activities including walking tours of each island visited, swimming with sea lions and snorkelling. Our expert naturalist will guide you to ensure you see as much friendly wildlife as possible and return home with unforgettable memories.
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Daily guided excursions
Day 16
Daily guided excursions
Day 17
Daily guided excursions
Day 18
Daily guided excursions
Day 19
Daily guided excursions
Day 20
Return to UK
Fly back to the mainland and connect with your return overnight flight home.
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Paula Suominen is a Finnish artist, living and working in Posio, Lapland. She is graduate in Fine Art, University of Applied Sciences Tartu Körgem kunstiskool, department of painting, Tartu Estonia. Suominen is members Finnish Painters´ Union, Artists Association of Lapland and Turku Artists´ Association.
Paula Suominen is interested in natural light and colours. Her artworks are born from observations and strong momentary impressions of nature. Suominen`s paintings live in the cross-section of abstract and figurative painting. In her drawings her lines are seeking a connections with organic nature. Feminity and the age-old connection to nature are recurrent theme in her artworks. Suominen primarily works with oil paints, charcoal and trencadis mosaics, as well as water soluble colors in her murals.
In Jiwar february 2018 Suominen is working with mural bases in Jiwar's garden.


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Hiked Bald Cap on 8/30/2017 with Larry Babcock and Sally Bubier. Weather was forecast to be cloudy in the morning and clearing up in the afternoon and that is exactly what happened. Bald Cap is located in Shelburne, NH and is about a half mile off the Appalachian Trail. We hiked up 3.1 miles on the Peabody Brook trail and then a short distance along the AT before we started the bushwhack. Going up the Peabody Brook trail we took a short side trip over to Giant Falls. The falls are quite tall but very little water as it has been so dry.
We continued up the trail and came to Dream Lake which is at the junction of the Peabody Brook trail and the AT, it has great views to the south and the Presidential Range.
After we started the bushwhack we weren't very far in when we ran across a well blazed property line that we think marked the Appalachian Trail corridor. I have seen this in Maine but never before in New Hampshire.
The bushwhack was mostly through open woods with lots of soft sphagnum moss. The first 100 feet or so was through thick spruce but the rest was quite easy.
We reached the summit and found the canister, signed in and ate our PBJs. This was the most unusual summit canister I have seen.
We headed back down and found a few things to photograph before we got back to the trail.
On the way down we took another side trip to Bald Cap Peak ledges. This trail was not here when I was redlining this area several years ago. There were some nice views from the ledges and worth the trip over there.
We went back to the trail and continued down and back to the cars. Only 19 more peaks to finish the New Hampshire 200 Highest list.


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Vidya Balan and Dia Mirza were seen promoting their upcoming movie 'Bobby Jasoos' on popular TV reality show 'Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega', on June 12 in Mumbai.
The show's judges Farah Khan and Anu Malik were also snapped there.
Dia, who produces Bobby Jasoos, said there; "When we make a film, we try that all those associated with it feel a sense of ownership and enjoy working with each other. We are really happy that the making videos and trailers are being appreciated."


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Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) will provide a new generation of lighting sources.1, 2 This solid state light source is a "green-energy" source with low power consumption and high energy savings without using mercury. It is a low-cost technology that enables many nice applications, such as flexible and shaped panel, large-area sources, and diffuse and planar emission. OLEDs can be integrated to a variety of substrates, such as glass, plastic, or metal. Although glass material is the most conventional substrate to fabricate organic solid state lighting,3, 4, 5 steel material is a promising alternative because it provides many advantages at once versus plastic or glass.6, 7, 8 Metal will be a very good support for developing a novel lighting source panel. OLEDs on steel offer flexible, rigid, or even formable devices. Steel has very good oxygen- and water-barrier properties. It is a very good electrical and thermal conductor, which can greatly improve the lifetime of the device thanks to heat dissipation. And, devices on steel will be produced in a roll-to-roll process, which is a low-cost and competitive process. Several markets have already been identified: Automotive industry, appliance, general lighting, public lighting, signage, and obviously, other original flexible applications for the near future. Although several niche markets are promising, the general lighting market is the most promising market.
Several physical properties have to be investigated to prepare OLEDs on metal foil (Fig. 1).
This is a top-emitting device, where a rough surface over a large surface area must be taken into account. A specific treatment must be developed on metal foils. Moreover, thick organic electron and hole transport layers (ETL/HTL) can be n- and p-type doped.9, 10 Doped layers provide efficient carrier injection from both contacts into the doped transport layers and ohmic losses in those highly conductive layers are reduced dramatically. By combination of so-called doped PIN-OLEDs8 with advanced metal foils, high device performances are obtained with low driving voltage, high power, and luminous efficiencies.
Furthermore, a transparent electrode with high conductivity is necessary to obtain constant current distribution over a large surface area.11 Last but not least, a light extraction solution must be developed to achieve good device performance.12 That will help to extract trapped light out of the device as well as to minimize the shift of color coordinates over viewing angle due to microcavity effect in such organic resonator devices.13, 14, 15, 16
Here we report improved large-area OLED devices. An advanced steel substrate for OLED integration is presented. We achieved high performances of monochromatic red, green, and blue devices integrated on steel, with a power efficiency of >70 lm/W at 1000 cd/m2 for the green color. In addition, we also show large white OLED panel lighting prototypes on metal foils with dimensions of – 600 × 600 mm2.
Advanced Steel Substrates
ArcelorMittal has developed a new advanced steel substrate17 dedicated to OLED integration overcoming difficulties in lighting applications. It covers a large range of steel substrate types from highly polish steel, stainless steel, and copper foil. It is based on a multilayer and patterned coating. Some of the solutions are already manufactured in a continuous-roll process.
Besides the advantages metal foils provide, several essential physical properties are required to reach high OLED device reliability.
Prior to any device fabrication steps, the surface of the steel foil can be chemically or mechanically polished to reduce peak-to-peak and Ra surface roughness. It is first submitted to a cleaning process that would combine wet and dry processes in a clean-room environment. That consists of a bath of specific sequences of cleaning agents, mainly solvent for degreasing, and afterward, a treatment by reactive plasma. This cleaning step (and its sequence) is important to ensure device reliability. It will minimize defect density and remove contaminations.
Thereafter, a first passivation system based on a multilayer system will ensure two mains functions. It will serve as a dielectric coating to electrically decouple the conductive substrate from both the anode and the cathode, and also acts as planarization layer of the steel surface. This passivation system must be able to fully cover the whole surface of the substrate to prevent any electrical shortcuts. The difficulty resides in macroapplication to prevent local defects at a microscale range or even lower. On the other hand, the planarization coating will drastically reduce the surface roughness, and gap or morphological defects will be covered at the surface. Images showing the surface before and after dielectric coating deposition are illustrated in Fig. 2. Figure 2 shows SEM and AFM images (tapping mode, 50 × 50 μm2) of a conventional tin-plated steel surface. The surface roughness values are Ra = 110 nm (Z range = 1645 nm) measured with AFM instrument. These values will not afford to make any reliable devices. Figure 2 shows SEM and AFM images (tapping mode, 50 × 50 μm2) after planarization of a steel surface. The surface roughness values are now measured to be Ra = 3.3 nm (Z range = 25 nm). Such surface roughness is ensured on a large surface area as demonstrated by the SEM images. Note that the upper limit value of Ra = 10 nm is empirically imposed in order to reach reliable devices.
In order to evaluate the quality of the coating, the leakage current is measured through a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) junction, formed by the conductive surface, the dielectric multilayer coating, and some topmost evaporated Ag pads (10 mm2). Those metallic pads are spatially and uniformly distributed on the surface to form a matrix network, as indicated in Fig. 3. As an example, on a 150 × 150 mm2 surface with 36 pads, a leakage current of <0.1 μA at 10 V was measured (lower limit of the Keithley 2400), indicating very good insulating properties across the surface without cracks or an electrical short circuit. It was verified that the MIM junctions are not altered, even after applying a voltage of 220 V. Note that a lower limit has been fixed at 10−6 mA/cm2 in dc current. The latter value is much lower than the leakage current measured on an OLED device. Note also that this measurement can be taken any substrate sizes, which allows evaluating larger foils from line processing.
Top-emitting OLEDs can be tuned to emit more light in the forward direction. In this case, a resonant cavity is formed in which the anode and the semitransparent cathode act as the mirrors of the microcavity. The distance between the two mirrors is defined by the organic layer thickness. The resonant cavity is thus tuned, and spontaneous emission of emitters in all top-emitting devices can be enhanced. The bottom electrode, conventionally the anode, can consequently be improved by offering a high optical reflectivity and low absorption coefficient. Figure 4 illustrates typical optical reflectivity curves measured using a Varian Instrument. Spectra show a high total reflectivity value of >95% in the visible range, with a diffuse component equal to zero. Such a condition is reached because the reflective electrode is deposited onto the coated advanced steel surface with a very low roughness value.
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Device on Metal Foils
Monochrome-Emitting Devices
The typical structure of monochromatic devices is shown in Fig. 5: Advanced steel/p-type-doped HTL/interlayer on hole side, emission layer (guest and phosphorescent emitters host)/interlayer on electron side, n-type doped ETL/semitransparent cathode-capping layer.
Doped transport layers have two main advantages.9 First, high conductivity is reached. The device operates close to flatband condition. The IV characteristics are then determined by space-charge-limited conduction instead of injection-limited conduction.18 Second, a thin and high-energy tunneling barrier is produced between the transport level of the semiconductor and contact metal by band bending. The contact at this interface is thus considered as an ohmic contact, which allows the use of several different metallic materials with different work functions. This is in contrast to undoped transport layers, where charge injection depends more strictly on the material's work function; thus, the carriers must overcome the barrier at the interface.
It is possible to improve operating voltage and efficiency by the insertion of a thin organic interlayer. Electron-blocking layer (EBL), and hole-blocking layer (HBL) adjacent to the emission layer. This will prevent the formation of nonradiative recombination paths. With an energetic diagram of organic material carefully chosen, a blocking layer exhibits a LUMO (respectively, HOMO) higher (respectively, lower) than the corresponding energy level of the emission layer host. In that case, penetration of electrons (respectively, holes) into the HTL (respectively, ETL) is prevented. In other words, the interlayers confine the charge carriers (and excitons) in the emission zone and further prevent exciplex formation.
Figure 6 shows J–V–L characteristics for a set of green-emitting PIN-OLEDs, where ETL and HTL thicknesses as well as the nature of materials were varied. In this case, for p-HTL and n-ETL layers, we use Novaled portofolio material: Novaled hole-transport (NHT) and Novaled electron-transport (NET) layers (commercial Novaled material designation). Moreover, we compare both inverted (from anode to anode), and noninverted (from cathode to anode) structures. Cathode material can be based on one monolayer semitransparent metallic material or on a multilayer system in order to optimize the electrical conductivity of the trnaparent cathode.
This device exhibits excellent current–voltage curves with exponential behavior up to current densities of a few tens of milliamps per centimeters squared. It attains efficient carrier injection, with low leakage current as observed in the backward range. The brightness of 1000 cd/m2 is reached at a very low operating voltage of 2.5–3.5 V, which approximately corresponds to the energy of the green photons emitted from this device. The current efficiency reaches values of >70 cd/A.
Devices are optimized by selecting HTL and ETL materials, dopant materials, and transport layer thicknesses as indicated in the legend of Fig. 6. In this example, two types of dopant are used, NDN 26 and NDN 1 (Novaled commercial designation), with two types of electron transport layers NET 18 and NET 5 (Novaled commercial designation). On the basis of the assumption that the contact at this interfaces is purely an ohmic contact, optical and electrical properties are decoupled. We can consequently tune the resonant cavity with different HTL and ETL thicknesses on the identical devices. Equivalent inverted structures have also been evaluated. Compared to noninverted structures, similar good performance was obtained but luminous power efficiency and current efficiency of inverted structures did not fully reach values measured in noninverted samples.
White-Emitting Devices
A first simple white OLED with doped hole and electron transport layers was realized thanks to two color emissive layers (blue and yellow). Figure 7 shows the respective EL emission spectrum.
This device also exhibits already remarkable excellent current–voltage–luminance curves (Fig. 7). Here again, in this example we compare transport layer and dopant materials. It attains efficient carrier injection with low leakage current. The brightness of 1000 cd/m2 is reached at a very low operating voltage of 3–5 V. Although, the power efficiency at a brightness of 1000 cd/m2 is generally ∼10 lm/W, here we measure to up to 22 lm/W (NHT 5) and 26 lm/W (NHT 18), within integrated sphere. Warm white emission can be obtained (Fig. 7).
In contrast to monochromatic devices, the microcavity effect significantly alters the white OLED performances. Variations of the cavity thickness disturb white emission white spectra and shift the color coordinate over the viewing angle due to interference phenomena. One way to correct this dependence is the use of an external scattering layer. Several kinds of materials have been screened for use as a capping layer to replace the commonly used NPD. NLE–17 material [Novaled light-extraction layer (NLE)] gives very uniform emission over angle with color coordinates at illuminant A, even in the case of thin metallic top contacts. This cap layer enhances light outcoupling by a factor of 1.5.
Large-Area Panel
On the basis of preliminary WOLED (white OLED) on steel performance, we were able to build lighting panels first, as shown in Fig. 8. As an example, the presented OLED lighting panel with dimensions of 60 × 60 cm, emits white light at illuminant A. Complex light scenarios can be adjusted by the driver setup.
In this work, we have briefly shown and discussed the OLED device integration on metal foils for lighting applications. The optimization of the devices needs the tailoring of the physical properties of metal foil. Such an original advanced steel substrate has been developed by ArcelorMittal Research. It covers several functionalities, such as high optical reflectivity, low roughness surfaces, high electrical insulator barrier over a large surface area, and a high anode electrical conductivity of the anode. In order to evaluate the advanced foils, doped transport layers, so-called PIN-OLEDs, have been used. This combination leads to very high OLED performances working at low voltage. Power efficiencies at 1000 cd/m2 of >70 lm/W for monochromatic and 22–26 Lm/W for white color have been measured.
This work is financially supported by Wallon Region (Marshall plan), and the authors thank, in particular, all partners involved.


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The assumption was that this was going to be a "rain ride" based on the forecasts, but this morning, the updated report said there'd be a hole in the weather from 11:30 to 4pm. Hey, I'm down with that! With the slight breeze the streets were drying off around the house so it even looked safe to take my nice bike (the Trek Emonda).
Nobody, I mean nobody, was out there. Canada Road was deserted, despite being 100% dry. OK, I saw two cyclists instead of 100 or so. Nobody at Roberts either. Two people on Mtn Home Road. The sun at this point had been out for a couple hours. Guess not everyone's like me; planning their Sunday around their bike ride seems perfectly normal.
I took it easy up OLd LaHonda; I'll pretend it's because the wet road (once I started climbing) kept my speed down. Heading over West Old LaHonda the clouds didn't look as friendly as the forecast had assured. But I had a plan, and the plan today was to ride up West Alpine. Felt a few random drops so I stopped where West Old LaHonda hits 84 and checked the latest weather report. Uh oh. At 1:23 it said "Thunderstorms ending at 2:15pm" in La Honda. Of course, I kept going. And just a mile or so out of Old LaHonda bam, heavy rain. And no rain jacket. Didn't think I'd need one. But, I knew it was going to end soon, so I kept going, thinking I ought to be able to pick up the pace a bit to generate some heat and dry myself off. That's what West Alpine's for, right?
So, alone, I hit the flat part of West Alpine hard. Really hard. 8 seconds off my best-time-ever hard. I worried a bit that I might burn out before the climb, but at least I'd be dry, right? Funny thing is, when I hit the climb, I just kept going. I never burned out and ended up with my best time up West Alpine since August 2017. Probably could have gotten another 20 seconds better if I didn't have to play it safe on the flat part at the top due to wet pavement.
Overall a pretty good ride. Could have done without the rain though.


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Welwitschias sign off in style… Zimbabwe taught a rugby lesson
Windhoek: The World Cup-bound Namibian Rugby Fifteen ended their preparations for the global showpiece in superb style over the past weekend.
The Welwitschias – as the Namibian senior rugby team is affectionately known amongst its ardent fans – will travel to next month's International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup in England as the undisputed champions of Africa, following an emphatic 80-6 triumph over a hapless Zimbabwe at the Hage Geingob stadium on Saturday.
Playing in front of a partisan crowd of close to 5000, the much-improved hosts had little trouble in seeing off Zimbabwe in a one-sided encounter to retain the Windhoek Draught African Cup.
Inspired by the ever-present Namibian Head of State and patron of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU), Dr Hage Geingob, Namibia went on the rampage, visiting the visitors' touchline on no less than 12 occasions, ensuring that ten of the tries were goaled.
The visitors were clearly outmanoevred and outplayed in almost all facets of the game, as can be attested by the astonishing score line. For all their efforts, Zimbabwe could only manage two penalties for a paltry score of six.
In the absence of Jacques Burger, stand-in captain Rohan Kitshoff led Namibia superbly, capping a wonderful afternoon with a hat-trick of tries, following which he was deservedly voted the Windhoek Draught Man of the Match Award.
Saturday's resounding victory was a far cry from the narrow 24-20 win recorded by Namibia against Zimbabwe 14 months ago in Antananarivo at the IRB World Cup Qualification in Madagascar.
Namibia's near faultless display highlights the benefits the country is reaping from having summoned all their players and coaching staff to a training camp over the last couple of weeks in the build-up to the IRB World Cup.
Superior fitness proved to be the difference between the two nations and this can be attributed to the presence of two full time strength-and-conditioning coaches working with the players.
After a cautious start by both sides, it was the visitors' fly half, Tichafara Makwanya, who broke the deadlock via a penalty kick in the 14th minute. That was to be the last Zimbabwe would have any further interest in the match, as they never threatened the well-oiled and vastly improved Namibian rearguard.
With 20 minutes gone on the clock, former Western Province loose-forward Kitshoff started the riot for the hosts from a rolling maul after Namibia had won a lineout close to the Zimbabwean line.
Makwanya reduced the deficit with his second penalty (7-6) before Renaldo Bothma crashed over for Namibia's second try. The third try was scored by centre JC Greyling, following another effective driving maul from the Namibian pack of forwards.
Kitshoff's dotted down for his second try of the match just after the half-time siren had gone. Fly half Theuns Kotzè's educated boot duly obliged from all conversions in the opening half to give the hosts a commanding lead of 28-6 at the break.
It was one-way traffic as the fired-up Namibians kept the scoreboard operators struggling to keep up with the point scoring rate. Namibia added another eight tries to record their biggest ever win over Zimbabwe in the 27 outings since 1992.
Five minutes after the restart, centre Johan Deysel added his name to the scoresheet when Kotzè sliced through the defence to send the Leopards player away for try number five. Kotzè also had a hand in the following try when a cleverly executed kick found winger Russell van Wyk, who grounded his fourth test try for Namibia.
Substitute prop Johnnie Redelinghuys went over for try number 7, while fellow replacement PJ van Lill register his name on the score sheet with try number eight, leaving Kitshoff to complete his hat-trick in the 70th minute.
Van Wyk got his second of the afternoon, while loose-forward Tinus du Plessis was rewarded for an excellent showing with a try before prop Redelinghuys added to the tally for his second try of the match to cap a memorable performance for Namibia.
Namibia – Tries: Kitshoff (3), van Wyk (2), Redelinghuys (2), Bothma, du Plessis, Greyling, Deysel and PJ van Lill. Conversions: Kotze (2)
Zimbabwe – Penalties: Makwanya (2).


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What if I told you that increasing collagen with anti aging face creams is a waste of your precious time and money? And what if you learned that in order to effectively treat the signs of aging collagen must be produced from within your own body? Well, this is the secret that cosmetic companies don't want you to know. You see, educated consumers are these companies' worst nightmare. Let me explain.
In the last few years there has been a growing focus on the powerful, natural healing abilities of the human body. Medical science continues to discover the critical role that collagen protein plays in healing broken bones, supporting joint mobility, and keeping skin firm, smooth and elastic. As a result, the demand for therapies for increasing collagen in the body has seen a massive explosion.
Cosmetic companies have seized this opportunity to promote hundreds of creams and lotions containing collagen and elastin, with the promise of healthier, younger-looking skin. But these product don't – can't work. Why? Because they contain a cosmetic-grade of collagen that the body is unable to use. The molecular structure is too large to be absorbed by the epidermis.
If you want to improve the appearance of lines, wrinkles and other signs of aging collagen production from within the body has to be increased. But how? Well, it's simply a matter of keeping your skin cells energized.
When you get tired and need a energy boost, feeding your body with nutritious food is usually all you need to get back up and running again. You skin cells are no different. They get tired and lose energy too. Fighting off UV rays from the sun, environmental toxins and damaging free radicals, leaves them depleted and unable to function. But just by providing your cells with the proper nutrients can stimulate an energy boost for increasing collagen and restoring healthy skin cell function. Cutting-edge cosmetic science is developing new, effective delivery systems for these powerful skin nutrients.
One of the most promising substances being used for dramatic anti aging results is called Cynergy TK. It is extracted from the wool of New Zealand sheep and contains a protein called keratin, which is found in human skin. Scientists have found that this keratin is molecularly compatible with human skin so its easily absorbed.
Once in the skin, this amazing substance has been found to stimulate natural collagen production. But it doesn't end there. In clinical trials on human volunteers, Cynergy TK has been show to improve moisture retention and elasticity. But most promising of all is the evidence of new cell creation.
I'm sure you're asking, "if this substance is so wonderful why haven't I heard about it?"
The main reason is that many of these up-and-coming skin care companies don't have the budgets for widespread advertising campaigns. What I have learned about these scientific innovators is that they would rather focus their money on research, development and testing. The significant results that are coming out of their laboratories are being discovered and shared by people, like you, who search a little deeper to find the best products.
Make no mistake about it. Increasing collagen, naturally, is your best bet for achieving real anti-aging results. Just remember that beautiful skin is a health issue and not a cosmetic issue. Supporting your skin with reparative nutrients is the healthiest and most effective way to keep your skin smooth, firm and bright.


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