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During some archival research for the upcoming re-installation of the International's collection, I came across an unlabeled black-and-white photograph (top). After some some further digging it became apparent that the picture represents a highlight in the early history of both the exhibition and Major League Baseball. The photo features a huge painted billboard which bears an image of Pittsburgh Pirates fans packed into the stands at Exposition Park and is flanked by two inscriptions: PRESIDENT TAFT APPLAUDING WAGNER'S TWO-BAGGER MAY 29, 1909 and WELCOME MR. PRESIDENT FOUNDER'S DAY MAY 2, 1910. The painting on the board was a reproduction of a photo taken by Frank Bingaman first published in the Pittsburgh Press on May 30, 1909. The related article, "Taft Has Jolly Time at Ball Game but Upsets Plans," detailed how William Howard Taft (an avid baseball fan) was "the first U.S. President to attend a Major League baseball game at a location other than Washington." The game also gave Taft the chance to witness the legendary play of Pirate Honus Wagner, "The Flying Dutchman." The Pirates lost this game 3–8 to the Chicago Cubs, but ultimately won the World Series later that year (thanks in large part to Wagner's .339 batting average for the season).
President Taft remained in Pittsburgh for two days. Besides attending the Pirates game, he participated in the initiation of Memorial Fountain in Arsenal Park and visited the Allegheny County Club, confirmed by several photographs in the museum's archives (below).
Just one year later, President Taft returned to Pittsburgh and again attended a Pirates game, which the Pirates won this time 5–2 against the Cubs on May 2, 1910. According to the press, Taft's visit to Forbes Field was part of a tight schedule the President had to complete during his two-day stay in Pittsburgh. An article in the Pittsburgh Press read "Great Preparations Made to Entertain Head of Nation." On the morning of May 2, 1910, thousands must have lined the streets in Oakland to catch a glimpse of the President residing in the Schenley Hotel and leaving for the Carnegie Music Hall later on. President Taft attended the museum's Founder's Day celebration, which coincided with the opening of the Annual Exhibition (now known as the Carnegie International). He gave a speech and officially opened the fourteenth International.
The following day the Pittsburgh Press article "President Gives Talk about Art" described the atmosphere and decorations in the Carnegie Music Hall for the event and featured a summary of the President's speech. The small annual booklet that typically contains the Founder's Day summary included a report on the occurrences and a reproduction of the entire address. Here is an excerpt:
"The contrast necessarily impresses itself on one's mind of the enormous material development and progress of Pittsburgh on the one hand, with the smoke and the fire that indicate the great industries on every hand, and then the esthetic side of the community, that is shown and encouraged in this great temple of art, of music, and of learning….In the old countries the people—the common people—love art and music, and therefore, those who have the control of the government do not hesitate to use the proceeds of taxes to encourage those tastes, and to give the pleasure that music and art give to those people….In Europe you cannot help being impressed with the love of art of the common people. And while we may be pardoned in our first hundred years for not having spread wider that love because of the difficulties we had to encounter in settling this country and in making it prosperous in a material way, we certainly cannot as a people escape from severe condemnation if in the next hundred years we do not make great progress, great strides in the matter of the love of art, and its cultivation on every hand."
In more recent news, Taft has recently been elected to join the Washington Nationals' "Racing Presidents" Mascots.
Nicola Schroeder is a German art historian currently living in Pittsburgh and working on the archive of the Carnegie International.


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I realised after a few days of observation, that the total of the RAM usage of indivisual apps shown in the running process is quite lower than that shown below it on the scale
And as "Cached Background Process" are calculated separately, they are not added in this "RAM Used" part of the scale.
Then what is using it? Coz the OS has its own space. Then what from the userspace is taking it up but not showing up?
Gingerbread 2.3.6
Like when I am writing this, the Total of indivisual values displayed is around 45-50mb while the scale below shows 95mb used!! How? \
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- Do you know where this photo was taken?
- CNN will post a new photo each Monday morning and reveal the answer later that day
- The photo might be related to a recent story -- or it could just be something unusual we found
[Updated 5:30 p.m. Monday, January 28] This photo was taken in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday as protesters clashed with riot police.
The unrest started Friday on the two-year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, and it intensified Saturday when a judge issued death sentences for 21 people involved in a deadly football game riot last year.
President Mohamed Morsy, whom some critics have accused of being a new dictator, declared a limited state of emergency and announced curfews in three provinces Sunday. Acknowledging political dissent, he invited representatives from 11 political parties to a meeting, saying "dialogue is the only way to bring about stability and security." It remains to be seen whether opposition leaders would agree to meet.
In his speech, Morsy decried the behavior of "criminals," saying recent violence "does not have anything to do with the Egyptian revolution. ... In fact, it is against the revolution."
For a full refresher course on the latest wave of violence, check out this helpful Q&A.
Congrats to "mcalv" for being the first to answer Cairo in this week's photo challenge!
[Original post] Do you know where this photo was taken?
If you think you know the answer -- or if you just want to take a wild guess -- post it in the comments area below. Later in the day, we'll reveal where the photo was taken and give credit to those who figured it out first. (The more detail, the better!)
Each Monday morning, we'll post a new photo and challenge you to tell us its origin. The photo might be related to a prominent news story or theme -- or it might just be something that caught our eye.
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Valentine's DayPosted 19:24
Mon 21 January
by Jeff
So, I had so much fun coloring those Christmas Daily Doodles and turning them into greeting cards, I decided to do some Valentines Day one's too. As of writing this I've posted two in my shop, Cupid's Arrow and Hipster Mix Tape. Each in a greeting card and a postcard variation. I've got a whole list of comics that I want to turn into Valentines but I think I'll probably only get one more done before we get to close to the day.
Anyway, I hope you will go take a look and possibly buy some? maybe? or tell your friends? Please? Maybe? Thanks. Here's The Link


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Welcome to my web site. Let me tell you a little about myself. I'm a musicologist, retired from the University of Iowa in 1992. Until recently, and for more than 25 years, the history and technology of the harpsichord was the object of my scholarly attention. I've written a number of articles and reviews on this topic, and presented papers on early keyboard matters at many scholarly conferences. For almost 15 years I was also involved in acoustical research on the harpsichord, and have done articles and presentations on that subject as well. I've written seven books, three of which deal with the harpsichord. With the publication of my penultimate book, A HISTORY OF THE HARPSICHORD, I ended my active scholarly engagement with the instrument. Although I am no longer doing research, I am still called on to write reviews and to give an occasional lecture. Harpsichord building paralleled my scholarly interest, and as an agent of Zuckermann Harpsichords International, I have been making harpsichords and clavichords (and a few fortepianos) since the early 1960s. I have just finished building my 54th harpsichord, a Logan bentside spinet.
On this web site you'll find some details about my research, teaching, lectures, harpsichord building, and my general involvement with early keyboard instruments. I'll also tell you a little about my current involvement with musical theater and the trombone. Enjoy the surf and please come back to visit!
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Argentine of Croatian descent number over 250,000 and remains primarily Dalmatian to this day. Argentina is the #3 hotspot in the world for Croats after USA with 400,000 and Chile with 380,000 Croats!
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries there were 133 settlements, with some 120,000 Croats in Argentina, for the most part hailing from the coastal regions of Dalmatia and the Croatian Littoral, who were among the first European immigrants to settle in the Argentine pampas. The pioneers from the island of Hvar were followed by emigrants from other parts of Dalmatia and the other historic Croatian lands.
The most successful of all the Croats in Argentina was also almost the first to arrive Nikola Mihanović came to Montevideo, Uruguay in 1867. Having settled in Buenos Aires, by 1909 Mihanović owned 350 vessels of one kind or another, including 82 steamers. By 1918, he employed 5,000 people, mostly from his native Dalmatia.
The second wave of Croat immigration was far more numerous, totalling 15,000 by 1939. Mostly peasants, these immigrants fanned out to work the land in Buenos Aires province, Santa Fe, Chaco, and Patagonia. This wave was accompanied by a numerous clergy to attend their spiritual needs, especially Franciscans.
The third wave after the Second World War was eminently political. Perón issued 34,000 visas to Croatians, including those who had been Nazi collaborators and had fled from the Allied advanc. Some 20,000 Croatian political refugees came to Argentina, and most became construction workers on Peron's public works projects until they started to pick up some Spanish.
Ante Pavelic, the Ustase leader who had been able to create a Croat state for the first time in nearly 1,000 years at the price of aligning with the Axis, did not find too many doors open to him around the world after the Nazi defeat in 1945 and ended up in Peron's Argentina. Between 1948 and 1957 Buenos Aires was the capital of Pavelic's Croat government in exile. The Herald asked Maja Lukac de Stier (its source for the Croat community) just how important Pavelic was at that time. She admitted that he was important while he lived (he died in Spain in 1959) but most Croats preferred the anti-Axis Peasant Party leader Vladimir Macek.
While on the one hand Croat culture is now suffering the relentless assimilation affecting all communities, interest in the language has increased recently because the achievement of independence and peace in Croatia make it possible to visit family and to indulge nostalgia for roots.
Today, Due to intermarriage, most Croatian Argentine are of mixed ancestry.
Famous Croatians in Argentina
Juan Vucetich - Pioneered fingerprinting. In 1891 Vucetich began the first filing of fingerprints based on ideas of Francis Galton which he expanded significantly. Argentine police adopted Vucetich's method of fingerprinting classification and it spread to police forces all over the world.
Néstor Kirchner - President of Argentina 2003 to 2007 - his mother, María Juana Ostoic Dragnic, a Chilean of Croatian descent from Punta Arenas. More at Matis.hr
Links to Croatian Argentine sites
StudiaCroatica.com + Blog
Croacia en mi corazón - Hrvatska u mom Srcu
Conjunto Jorgovan de Música y Danzas Argentino - Folklore Group
Club Deportivo Croata - Soccer Club
Asociación Raices Istrianas - Association of Istrians
Bar Croata - Online Radio
Hrvatski Dom de Comodoro Rivadavia
Sources: Wikipedia Croatian Argentine and Croatian Diaspora
An Introduction to the Discussion on Croats in Argentina Before 1914
Nazi gold 'shipped by U-boat to Argentina'
Croatian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Argentine Republic
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Peter Abraham said today: "Watching Dice-K pitch is painful. He's not willing to throw strikes."I did post about that, back on August 10. Among the facts I passed along were, as of that point in the season, Matsuzaka has thrown a higher percentage of his pitches for strikes than every other Red Sox starting pitcher except Tim Wakefield. Matsuzaka also got ahead of batters 0-2 more often than any other Boston starter.
I thought I read somewhere on your site where dicek actually wasn't as bad as other pitchers on the sox staff (strikes/balls).
Looking through the comments to that post, I see that I sent the URL to Abraham (thinking he might want to cite it in a pre-game blog post) and he and I emailed back and forth a little bit. So Abraham is (or was, in August) aware of the facts -- yet he still insists that Matsuzaka is "not willing to throw strikes".
Here are the complete 2010 totals:
Percentage Of Pitches Thrown For Strikes:
PIT STR %Percentage Of 0-2 Counts
Wakefield 2150 1441 67.023
Lackey 3584 2264 63.170
Matsuzaka 2611 1645 63.003
Beckett 2166 1343 62.004
Buchholz 2798 1731 61.866
Lester 3356 2067 61.591
PA 0-2 %Don't you hate it when Matsuzaka goes to a 3-0 count on opposing batters? Well, in 2010, Lester did it more often.
Wakefield 610 164 26.885
Matsuzaka 664 169 25.452
Buchholz 711 168 23.629
Lester 861 195 22.648
Beckett 577 115 19.931
Lackey 930 205 19.631
PA 3-0 %(Note: While Lester issued 13 four-pitch walks and Matsuzaka handed out 12, Lester also faced almost 200 more batters. So, thumbs down to Dice for that.)
Lester 861 42 4.878
Matsuzaka 664 31 4.669
Lester led the staff with 30 three-pitch strikeouts, but Dice was a close second with 27. Wakefield had 23, Beckett had 18, and Lackey and Buchholz each had 13.
Clay Buchholz led the starters with the most pitches per batter:
PA PIT P/PA%I have no problem with Abraham writing "Watching Dice-K pitch is painful". That is his opinion, and on some nights, I wholeheartedly agree. However, when Abraham states "He's not willing to throw strikes", he does not have the facts on his side.
Buchholz 711 2798 3.935
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Grover, Messenger of Love is a 1995 Sesame Street storybook.
When Grover, in a Cupid-type role, finds the princess Lucretia crying because her father has built a wall that separates her from her lover, Lorenzo, she can't even send him the love letter she wrote. "Grover, Messenger of Love" offers to deliver the letter, and a goat butts him, sending him flying over the wall. Lorenzo is very happy, but wishes to send back a trunk of jewels. He sends Grover back to Lucretia using a see-saw. Lucretia is delighted with the gift, and produces a full-sized picture of herself to send back to Lorenzo. The increasingly tired Grover wants to rest, but she sends him back to Lorenzo using a velvet swing. A delighted Lorenzo has just had fruit tarts baked for Lucretia because they are her favorite. He immediately sends Grover back across to Lucretia with them, and this time Grover lands in a pond. Tired and wet, Grover now finds Lucretia has a full suit of armor for Lorenzo. She tells him to jump over the wall but he crashes through it instead. The two lovers unite through the Grover-shaped hole. As the exhausted and wet Grover tries to head home to his mommy for a nap, they ask him to deliver invitations to a celebratory party.
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ghalt necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 168 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
We are a web marketing company, and we help people VIEW YOU:
- view your web sites
- view your products
- view your ads
We build websites, perform SEO (search engine optimization), and run internet ad campaigns for you.
This will be the primary logo for our website and business cards.
We are an internet marketing company, so we want a fresh, clean look, maybe Web 2.0-ish, or Mac-ish.
We help companies with their web exposure...we increase the pageviews to their website or their ads. So we tell them, "We help people view you."
"View You: became vyuyu. I think lowercase is probably better...I like the symmetry, but if you can make uppercase work, that's cool, too. I'll leave it up to you who are design experts. :)
I'm wide open to an array of cool logos. Nothing cheesy, please. :)
The finished product will be tied into the header and content of our website, and stand alone on our business cards.
The logo has to be built around the word:
Keep in mind that it's pronounced "View You", and is an web marketing company designed to get people to view our client's websites.
Good luck!
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Samurai 1, also known as Musashi Miyamoto, is the first part in the epic trilogy by legendary Japanese film director Hiroshi Inagaki. The village wild man, Takezo grows up and learns the way of the Samurai and eventually becomes - Musashi Miyamoto, the greatest Samurai warrior in Japan. Meanwhile, Takezo's best friend, Matahachi makes some bad decisions that ruin his life. At one time he was betrothed to the lovely Otsu, but he ends up marrying a nasty witch named Oko and his life becomes hell. This is part one - the rest of the trilogy will be available soon!
Samurai One - Musashi Miyamoto
Directed by - Hiroshi Inagaki
(1954) - Color - 93 min
Toshiro Mifune, best known for his lead roles in countless films by the great Akira Kurosawa, plays Takezo (Musashi Miyamoto). He is simply awesome in his role, and his character develops from the wild young Takezo, to the mature and wise Musashi. His romance with Otsu is also wonderful - make sure you check out the rest of this 5 hour trilogy as it becomes available. This is a great epic saga - of the life of Japan's greatest samurai warrior - Musashi Miyamoto.
Part one
Intro, color, credits, etc. A battle between east and west is brewing in 17th century Japan. Boyhood friends Takezo, played by Toshiro Mifune, and Matahachi, played by Rentaro Mikuni, watch as the assembled troops bravado through their village on their way to battle. Takezo, unruly, lawless and orphaned by his family due to his wild ways, decides to join the warriors and begin his quest for samurai. Matahachi, well-to-do son of village leaders, is more reluctant to commit to the fray due to his social standing and his betrothal to the lovely temple child, Otsu. But in the middle of the night both young men steal away to join in the battle of Sekigahara where their forces are routed and Matahachi is badly wounded. Takezo retreats into the mountains with his wounded friend and, close to exhaustion and collapse, wander upon the house of Oko (Ono!) and her beautiful 16 year old daughter, Akemi. Did you hear the one about the travelling salesman whose car broke down in the remote mountains of medieval Japan?
Toshir? Mifune stars as Takezo, a.k.a. Musashi Miyamoto
The Evil One - Oko, Akemi's mother, and Matahachi's wife, played by Mitsuko Mito
Part two
We join the wannabe samurai duo two months later still residing with Oko and Akemi. As it is today, so it was in 17th century Japan. Women love the rugged, brutal, dangerous type animal and Akemi falls for Takezo who thinks only of his future as a notorious samuai warrior. Matahachi, still recovering from his wounds, makes a pass at Akemi in the cowshed, is sternly denied and then grieves deeply over his beloved Otsu back in Miyamoto Village and the dishonor he has now done her. When bandits come for the gold that Oko and Akemi have stripped from dead samurai, Takezo single-handedly sends the survivors running. This excites Oko to the point of shamelessly throwing herself at Takezo which repulses him to the point of having to run off and keep running. As Matahachi, Akemi and Oko pack to escape the returning marauders, Oko tells them that Takezo will not be coming back because he had tried to rape her but that she had rebuffed him. Akemi is inconsolable.
the lovely Otsu, at first she's Matahachi's betrothed - but after she gets betrayed, she falls for Takeszo, Matahachi's best friend
Part three
Word spreads throughout the region that there is a wild-eyed murdering rapist on the loose and roadblocks go up throughout the region to catch the wild-eyed murdering rapist ... Takezo. His family back in Miyamoto Village are taken into custody to be held hostage until he is captured. Every man available is assembled into huge hunting parties which scour the forest for Takezo. He manages to get back to Miyamoto Village in order to tell Matahachi's mother that her son is not dead. She invites him in for something to eat and a hot bath and then procedes to betray him to the local officials who come to capture him. He, after killing a few, of course, escapes into the night.
Samurai One - Musashi Miyamoto
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The lovely Akemi, played by Mariko Okada
Part four
Reinforcements from the castle arrive and the hunt continues. Otsu receives a letter from Kyoto. Matahachi's wife has written to tell her to forget about him, that he will not be returning. Otsu is inconsolable. The large numbers of men hunting for Takezo are having no success, perhaps because they bang a gong and beat a drum ahead of themselves as they scour the countryside. The priest, deciding that one holy man can do what a multitude cannot, sets out to find Takezo. Otsu goes with him. At the campfire that night Otsu plays the bamboo flute in order to heal her sorrow and unwittingly lures Takezo to their campsite. The priest wears him down with his Buddhist rhetoric and Takezo agrees to remand himself into the custody of the temple. The priest convinces the local authorities to let him deal with Takezo in his way first before handing him over and, binding him up, suspends him from the tallest tree in the temple block.
Matahachi's wife Oko and Matahachi lounging
Part five
Otsu begins to have feelings for the poor, suspended Takezo and one dark and stormy night manages to untie the rope and lower him to the ground, sustaining severe rope burns to her hands in the process. They escape together into the wilderness where Otsu confesses her love for him. They are soon found by a hunting party. Otsu is captured and taken to Himeji Castle but once again Takezo escapes. Back in Miyamoto Village Matahachi's mother decides that in order to save their family's reputation, she and her husband must go and behead the unfaithful Otsu and the "Lawless One" Takezo.
Otsu - played by Kaoru Yachigusa
Part six
Priest Takuan intercepts Takezo as he is trying to rescue Otsu from the Castle tricking him into returning to the temple where he locks him in the attic with stacks and stacks of books. He let's him know that he will be not be released (physically or spiritually) until he has learned all that is to be learned from the holy books. He informs Otsu of what has happened to Takezo and Otsu vows to wait for him until his education is complete. Meanwhile, back in Kyoto, we look in on Matahachi who's life is a mess. He is married yes, not to Akemi as you would have thought, but to her shrewish, conniving mother, Oko. She and her chubby extra-marital lover conspire to sell Akemi to a wealthy bachelor so they can live in luxury and leave Matahachi staring off into the distance thinking of Otsu and how badly things turned out. Three years later, Takezo has completed the first phase of his samurai training, been given the new name "Musashi Miyamoto" and ordered by the high priest to travel and train himself. The newborn samurai cannot help but go to Otsu before he begins his journeys and confesses his love for her. She begs him to take her with him to which he finally agrees. Otsu rushes off to prepare, leaving Musashi standing on the bridge but when she returns ... no Musashi. Only a message carved in the handrail of the bridge and the final shot of Musashi walking alone into the sunset. To be continued ....... check out the next part, Samurai Two, Duel at Ichijoji Temple.
Takezo learns the ways of the Samurai and becomes Musashi Miyamoto, played by Toshir? Mifune
Matahachi, Matahachi's wife Oko, and Oko's daughter Akemi.


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A quarter of o2's 12,000 employees are working from home today. The company has shut the doors at their Slough HQ for this day only, in support of what they're terming as the country's biggest ever flexible working pilot. It certainly sounds like it to me.
The point of the exercise is to test the company's ability to handle the disruption likely to be caused by this year's Olympics, especially given the Olympic rowing venue is just down the road from the Slough HQ).
I really, really like the concept of this. It's a bold step by o2 on a number of different levels and comes after the company recently introduced it's Joined Up People offering for enterprises.
Here's the full release:
O2 today has announced the launch of the biggest flexible working initiative of its kind. Today, employees based at O2's Slough HQ – a quarter of its 12,000-strong workforce – will participate in a flexible working pilot, operating remotely for the day as the doors are shut and lights turned off at the business' 200,000 sq ft office
The pilot aims to push the boundaries of what is possible through flexible working and will underpin O2's contingency plans to manage expected travel disruption and delays during the summer's Olympics games. Meticulous planning has been needed ensuring that 3,000 employees have access to the necessary technology tools, services and support to enable them to work completely remotely, for the entire day. With one third of the UK's businesses expected to encourage their staff to work flexibly this summer, O2 will share learnings from the pilot with other organisations, to support them in their plans for managing the impact of a range of events during the summer months.
O2 believe the initiative sends a clear signal to O2's employees, business customers of every size and other UK organisations on the advantages of working flexibly. Earlier this year, O2 launched a new service, Joined Up People, part of its Joined Up Business vision. The service is designed to prepare and equip businesses to maximise the use of ICT and provides businesses with the flexible infrastructure needed to support applications, content and services that their employees need to complete their job wherever they are.
O2 Business Director, Ben Dowd, commented: "We believe a cultural step-change is underway affecting staff and businesses, as work increasingly becomes something we do, rather than a place that we go. Today's office-wide flexible working initiative is an opportunity for us to take the next step on our flexible working journey and tangibly demonstrate the opportunity and potential available to British businesses today. We practice what we preach, and by asking O2 employees to work together as a team to test the company's flexible working practices for themselves, we want to show that there are no limits – no matter how big or small your business is. By sharing experiences from across our business, from business divisions to operations, we hope to encourage more organisations to help their workforce become mobile. "
It is hoped that the pilot will also showcase the wider economic business case for flexible working in helping to drive efficiency, productivity and innovation. O2 has previously saved over £3 million in overheads through such measures. O2 will evaluate reductions to electricity usage, CO2 emissions and travel time as employees swap their usual journey to work in favour of working from a remote location. These learnings will be applied in line with the company's ambitious three year sustainability plan, in which O2 pledges to help over 125,000 business employees work flexibly, and collectively save over 500,000 miles of travel and over 160,000 thousand tonnes of carbon emissions.
The initiative marks the latest phase in O2's flexible working journey, following in the footsteps of previous efforts. These include O2's Tomorrow's Workspace initiative, which saw the business consolidate its operations into a single campus in Slough. By enabling the workforce to be more mobile, O2 achieved a 53 per cent reduction in its carbon footprint and despite having the same number of people HQ is now operating with 550 fewer desks.
Flexible working has become an increasingly important aspect of British business culture, with a growing number of organisations and employees adopting a more flexible approach to working life as new technologies make it increasingly easy to conduct business from beyond the confines of the office. But figures from O2 suggest businesses' policies and practices are typically narrow in their focus.
While more than a third (39 per cent) of businesses say that allowing staff to work flexible hours makes their workforce more productive, and 43 per cent believe that it helps to retain employees, existing policies are often outdated and ineffective. 77 per cent of organisations are hindering the sharing of best practice by preventing staff from working flexibly across teams, while 16 per cent still have no flexible working policy at all.
About Joined Up People: O2 has converted it's understanding of businesses' needs and objectives into mobile solutions tailored to help organisations address the challenges they face as employees' work and personal lives become blurred.
Its Joined Up People service helps organisations with widely varying flexible working practices on a journey towards implementing them more consistently and effectively. The service consists of consultancy, security and mobile device management (MDM) in addition to O2's core portfolio of devices, hardware, mobile, fixed line and broadband. It is supported by technical professional services and end user adoption training to help organisations.
Bring it on, o2! It's going to be fascinating what results you report. I look forward to reading.
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Join RWS inovia and Managing IP Magazine for a complimentary webinar as we discuss Brexit and implications for the Unitary Patent (UP), the Unitary Patent Court (UPC) and other important patent related issues.
The UP was established with the intent of providing a single European patent covering 26 nations. With the recent vote for Brexit, there is uncertainty as to when and how the UP will come into force. If it does, it may not include the UK, one of the largest economies in Europe.
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Celebrities, as you know, are always smaller in real life. Little. With very few exceptions. Tilda in real life is gigantic. And I mean that in the best possible way. Same goes for Uma. Nicole Kidman too. I love seeing two trees side by side. Everyone else looks like a baby child. Look at Michelle Yeoh. Michelle Yeoh is exactly what I am when I'm with Duana and our friend Michelle. The three of us we went on a trip to Europe together three years ago now and when we'd walk down the street I used to wonder if people thought they were lesbians who'd adopted a Chinese orphan. Duana and Michelle are Women. I am the oldest. And I will always be the junior.
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Wisdom of a Child
Sunday, May 30, 2010
I wrote this on Memorial Day weekend a couple of years ago. It seemed appropriate to post again today.
This morning I packed Josiah, Jakob and Jeremiah into the back of my car to take them to Karli's. The clouds had departed leaving Portland with amazingly blue skies. I pulled the silver Mercedes out of the driveway, opened the sunroof and cranked up the tunes. I watched in my rear view mirror as Jeremiah was nodding his freshly shaven head. I could see Jakob's wooly noggin moving back and forth to the beat and Josiah was rhythmically shaking his fat little feet.
They were swaying, singing and carefree as we began to approach the top of Mt. Scott. It's a beautiful mountain with perfectly manicured cemeteries on both sides. On the south side are the rolling hills of Lincoln Park where our tiny Isaiah lies safely in the baby garden. To the north is Willamette National Cemetery. It's surrounded by stately high iron fences with beautiful stone columns that break up the iron boundary.
As soon as the National Cemetery was in view a hush fell over the car. Each boy sat wide eyed taking in the beautiful site. Even Little Josiah was taken by what he saw. Boy scouts, sometime in the wee hours of the morning, had placed flags on each one of the thousands of gravesites. The view was breathtaking. There was a sea of American flags gently waving in the calm morning breeze. The small flags were punctuated by larger, more impressive flags lining both sides of the roads that meandered throughout the cemetery.
There were people of all ages and walks of life bringing flowers to their loved ones. They walked slowly and solemnly through the flowing flags in search of the right site on which to place the red, white and blue bouquets they so carefully carried.
It reminded me of when my father and I went on our Southern America road trip a few years back. We drove through battlefields of the Civil War, we saw monuments and memorials. We ended up in a cemetery in North Carolina. The gravesites there were decorated by hundreds of small Union and Confederate flags marking the graves of our fallen soldiers. It hit me how in life they fought to the death for the principles each side of a fractured America believed in and how now, they lie peacefully side by side in a small cemetery in North Carolina. What had separated them in life had brought them together in death. It was a time that has been seared into my soul. I looked back at Willamette National Cemetery and thought of the men and women that were lying there. They, too, had fought long and hard for what we now take too much for granted.
As I was lost in my own thoughts about the day I heard Jakob's small, quivering voice. He was trying to tell us through his tears how special it was that we remember the ones that fought for our freedoms and the freedoms of those throughout our world. He said how sad the people in the cemetery must be going to see their sons, fathers, grandfathers and brothers but that their pride must be much stronger than their sadness to have heroes in their families.
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J/34c Cruising in the Bahamas
Be sure to read this wonderful story of taking delivery of a J/34c, equipping her and traveling down the US East Coast to go cruising in the Bahamas for months. Great lessons in preparation & logisitcs for anyone interested in cruising!!
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Practical Sailor Review- Ed Adams
Let's play word association. When you hear "J Boats," what are the first three words that come to mind? For us, those words are "Johnstone," "marketing," and "racing." It's safe to say that the word "cruising" is far from the tip of anyone's tongue. But it might not be that way for long. Consider the power of the first two words- "Johnstone" and "marketing." Read more here..
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Fast is fun. California boat builder Bill Lee said it first and he was right. But for all the builders and sailors who laud the virtues of speed, many are unwilling (or unable) to take the necessary steps to acquire true quickness. Unfortunately, compromises are usually part of the game if fleet sailing is an honest quest.
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Florida�s economy continued to expand at a modest pace during January, according to the most recent economic data.
The state�s unemployment rate dropped from 7.9 percent in December 2012 to 7.8 percent in January 2013 � a decrease of .1 percentage points over the month. Accelerating job growth confirms that Florida�s labor market is improving heading into 2013. Florida employers added 15,400 nonagricultural jobs during the month � a solid payroll employment change contrasted with previous months.
New housing permits increased by 22 percent from December 2012 to January 2013, indicating that the housing recovery remains intact despite fears regarding sequestration and a higher payroll tax rate.
While new housing permits are typically volatile from month to month, the overall trend for Florida�s housing market is positive. The increasing activity in housing bodes well for Florida�s economic recovery, as nearly 50 percent of the state�s employment loss since the Great Recession directly results from the contraction in the construction industry.
Additional building permits suggest that we should expect more home construction in the months ahead. As home prices increase across the state, we expect overall economic activity to grow because of new home construction and increased consumer spending.
During March, Florida�s consumer confidence index increased slightly to 74 from a reading of 73 in the month of February.
Consumer confidence considers residents� financial situations and outlook for the economy. The long-run trend in consumer confidence has been positive since the time series bottomed out in mid-2008.
The recent rally in U.S. equities prices has gained attention in recent weeks, and is an encouraging sign for the economic outlook.
From "State and National Economic Briefing" published March 26 by Rick Sessa, Florida Chamber of Commerce.


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CRYSTAL LAKE – Two visual arts companies in McHenry County are using their long-standing business relationship to transform wallpapering through cutting-edge technology and eye-catching photos.
Robin Pendergrast has recently decided to take his professional expertise from RFP Photography in Crystal Lake and apply it to the new wallpaper venture with VCP Printing in Algonquin. The two businesses have been working to produce photography for more than 35 years.
Now, the two are taking that production to the walls of businesses and schools, and the two companies hope its custom wallpaper product will soon gain regional attention.
"It's fully customizable. That's the beauty of the whole thing," said Mark Vogt, VCP Printing director of prepress and printing solutions. "You pretty much can put anything on your wall that you want. You can let your mind go crazy."
The new approach allows businesses and even homeowners to take custom images, magnify them and plaster them on any wall. The customization involves Pendergrast's own photography and Vogt's ability to digitally magnify the photo to fit any wall.
McHenry County College already has used the product to cover a 9-by-18-foot wall in a planning room with a giant, aerial photo of the college.
The Crystal Lake Dental Arts also has redecorated its treatment rooms by covering entire walls with giant, clear photos of Lake Tahoe, Nev., and the Butchart Gardens in Vancouver, so that patients can feel more at ease in the dentist chair.
"It's created almost an atmosphere of what the (Dental Arts) is trying to do there," Pendergrast said. "You don't need to fill up on Valium on Xanax … We're bringing these images into an environment where people are apprehensive, and it seemed to have helped."
The idea to create customizable wallpaper came from Vogt, who said he started using new technology for his wide and super-wide printing formats. He then approached Pendergrast about the idea, thinking Pendergrast would be able to capture precise images that could custom fit walls.
Using a high-definition Canon camera, Pendergrast can capture clear images that don't become grainy or pixilated when magnified. Vogt then crops the photo and prints it for installation.
His team of installers then soaks the image in water, applies it and a few hours later the wallpaper is up for decoration, Vogt said. The process is unlike traditional wallpaper that comes in smaller reams, requires more adhesive and more measurements.
The wallpaper also has green environmental certifications and only requires hot water to take down.
"With traditional wallpaper, you have to size the wall and apply the adhesive," Vogt said. "None of that is required here. You just soak it all in warm water, squeegee it out and you're done."
So far, the two companies have done three installations, starting with the Dental Arts design nearly a year ago. Both Pendergrast and Vogt are now working to take the product to Chicago's Navy Pier.
The two are currently designing a window display for Oh Yes, a novelty store located within one of the Windy City's busiest tourist attractions. The display involves Pendergrast's aerial shot of Chicago with the Trump Tower and the Hancock building included in it.
"The Oh Yes project is going to be very demonstrative, and it's going to be cool to have that kind of exposure," Pendergrast said.
Stephen Di Benedetto
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In this blog, Maggie McGuigan (Series Editor and author of Read in to Writing), explains why studying a whole book is key to raising attainment in English and achieving that all important 'greater depth'.
Sean Harford, Oftsed's National Director for Education, breaks down the new September 2019 framework for primary schools.
If children are taught how to give feedback on their learning, it means that teachers can be better equipped to help them make greater progress. Use this lesson plan to encourage children to reflect on what they say about their learning and how this can help the teacher to support them.
This week, we bring you a Reception vocabulary teaching activity which uses the story of Hansel and Gretel to help children to develop an understanding of words to describe different characters.
It has taken a lot of hours for Ofsted to discover that the primary curriculum is skewed by SATs, that the foundation subjects are being squeezed and creative teaching is not as widespread as they hoped. They find that timetabling is conservative, priorities are focused on the acquisition of knowledge and there is a lack of flair in some of the teaching. And, apparently, we don't know what we mean when we say 'skills'.
In this first Wednesday Words blog, we bring you a fun Year 4 vocabulary teaching activity to help children to describe an 'intelligent predator'. In this case, the predator is the octopus.
Up and down the country in 1000's of schools there are improvement plans with some variation of the phrase 'raise boys' achievement.' For most schools this is a yearly target because year on year the difference between boys' and girls' attainment either continues to grow or remains stagnant. Very rarely does this gap close.
You may have heard of the "word gap" it refers to the gap of 30 million words between different groups of children before the age of 3. Charlotte Raby (author of Rising Stars Vocabulary) explores the meaning of the 'word gap' and explains how your school can tackle the problem.
Bev Forrest talks to us about the positive, lasting impact an oral history project can have to your pupils and how easy it is to link our History Voyagers package to the 2014 curriculum.


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Special Birthday episode today. Continuing the theme of celebrities, what would you do if I told you we had an episode with Martin Sheen....'s brother Joe Estevez? It can't get any better, eh?
Yep, star of Eagleheart's last season Joe Estevez is a Soultaker, and so is Robert Z'dar, or Maniac Cop to you and me. You might recognize him once you see him, you know the guy with the giant chin.
This is really one of the greats of the series. Lots of great gags, very much a strong Mike episode. "Does anything really star Joe Estevez?"
Anyhow, it's an amazing episode, not just because it has celebrities but because it's...well...I don't know if I should spoil it. Let's just say the old gang from before Mike shows up. OK, that obviously spoiled it. Joel and Frank show up. So you have a bit with each side of the show sort of looking at how things have changed, each with a few winks to the misties.
(Reading)"Story by...so there will be a story?"
And in closing happy birthday everyone.


text: When you've got a cloud platform in a world of cloud platforms, you have to find a way to make yours stand out in the crowd. This is the wrong way. This new Windows Azure "theme song" by NoClue is just about as comprehensible as it is a good idea, but at least it's not the worst tech music video out there, due in part to the fact that it sounds like gibberish. It probably won't be as good at getting people stoked about Windows Azure as it will get them stoked to make NoClue puns, but press is press, right? [YouTube via The Verge]


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PAST TENSEThe past tense of many verbs is formed by adding ed.
remember + ed = remembered
climb + ed = climbed
If a verb ends in e, drop e before adding ed.
If a verb ends in y, change the y to i before adding ed.
If a verb ends in a short vowel followed by a single consonant, double the final consonant.
PRESENT TENSEThe present tense verb tells what is happening right now. To form present-tense verbs, use the plain verbs or use is or are before the verb and adding ing to the verb.
We eat. We are eating.
He servers. He is serving.
Note: However 'ing' is also used for present, past, and future progressive tense.
FUTURE TENSEThe future tense verb tells about things that will happen in the future. To form the future-tense verb, use will/shall before the verb.
We will be eating.
Tomorrow we will walk to school.
When you use will, you may also have to add a helping verb and the ending ing.
Tomorrow we will be walking to school.
Directions: Choose proper verb tense for the underlined word to make grammatically correct sentence. Write five example sentences for each of the verb tenses. As homework, read a book or a magazine and find two sentences each in present, past, and future tense.


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SynientAkash necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 50 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
I spend most of my day doing real work, but every now and then I need a break from reality. I'm the one you'll find in the office passing around the funny pictures and oddball stories you'll find online.
I'm always looking to share any kind of humor, whether it be dry and bland or more direct and even obvious sarcasm.
My target audience is people like myself, that are looking to share a good laugh. The site will be one of those "here's a picture, make a caption" type deals with some hilarious commentary scattered in between.
I need a logo - CaptionObvious is obviously a play on Captain Obvious and have gotten a lot of suggestions around the "superhero" theme, BUT I don't necessarily need a superhero type logo. This logo will also be the basis of a wordpress theme. I need the logo itself to make the screen just laugh and giggle. I am very open to oddball creativity as well, and the more designs I see I will definitely leave targeted feedback if my taste changes as designs (hopefully) pour in.
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February 20, 2020, 10:03 pmGeorge HillPG, Milwaukee Bucks
George Hill played 20 quiet minutes on Thursday, scoring four points and dishing out three assists.
Hill returned to the court in this game and he was a welcome return for the Bucks. He was not particularly productive in this one, but he is a reliable and steady producer for this team who continues to be underrated from a real team standpoint. He'll be a deep-league option going forward.
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March 28, 2020, 10:21 pmMitchell RobinsonC, New York Knicks
Knicks owner James Dolan tested positive for Coronavirus on Saturday.
Dolan is in self-isolation and fortunately has "little to no symptoms". The Knicks' press release said that Dolan "continues to oversee business operations" which is hopefully, a good indicator that Dolan is feeling well.
Source: Marc Stein on Twitter
March 28, 2020, 9:30 pmPaul ReedSF, College
Paul Reed declared for the 2020 NBA Draft on Saturday.
The junior small forward out of Depaul was named to the All-Big East Second Team this past season while averaging 15.1 points, 10.7 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 2.6 blocks. Reed is likely to be drafted late in the first round. He was an efficient scorer in college (51.6 percent from the field in 2019-20) and if his shooting, rebounding and defensive stats translate to the NBA he could be a sneaky fantasy value. Keep an eye on Reed next season in case he is in a role where he can get minutes in the upper-20s.
Source: Paul Reed on Twitter
March 28, 2020, 7:57 pmZeke NnajiPF, College
According to CBS' Jon Rothstein, Arizona Wildcat power forward Zeke Nnaji will declare for the 2020 NBA draft.
Nnaji is a potential late first-round pick in the draft, given that it's a guard-heavy field and some teams may be in the market for some size. That said, it's far too early to make any hard predictions and draft boards remain fluid. With averages of 16.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game on .570 shooting from the field, Nnaji has the base to be a fantasy-friendly big man, should he earn meaningful minutes on the team that eventually takes him.
Source: Jon Rothstein on Twitter
March 28, 2020, 7:50 pmAaron NesmithSF, College
Vanderbilt player Aaron Nesmith has announced that he will be entering the 2020 NBA Draft.
Nesmith, whose 2019-20 NCAA season was cut short by foot surgery, will be foregoing his junior year in order to join the draft. He's 6'6" and weighs in at 213 pounds. Playing small forward for Vanderbilt, Nesmith posted averages of 23 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 52 percent from beyond the arc in the 14 games he managed to play.
Source: ESPN
March 27, 2020, 8:36 pmKillian HayesSG, International
Killian Hayes, a highly touted 18-year old point guard who has played three years professionally in France and Germany, has declared for the 2020 NBA draft after submitting the paperwork to the NBA league office.
Measuring in at 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds, Hayes has been on scouts' radars for quite some time after riding some very impressive YouTube highlight videos to prospect relevancy. In his most recent season, with ratiopharm Ulm in Germany, Hayes averaged 12.8 PTS, 6.2 AST, 2.3 REB and 1.5 STL while seeing his NBA draft stock rise as a result. He is a very talented shooter and it is seemingly more and more likely that Hayes will see his name called in the lottery when draft night arrives.
Source: ESPN.com
March 27, 2020, 8:24 pmPatrick WilliamsSF, College
Patrick Williams, a 6-foot-8, 225-pound small forward out of Florida State, has declared for the 2020 NBA draft after a shortened freshman season off the bench, averaging 9.2 PTS, 4.0 REB and 1.0 AST while not starting a single game for a deep Seminoles squad.
The intriguing aspect of Williams' draft aspirations lies in his dimensions; particularly his 7-foot wingspan. He had modest numbers but that can largely be attributed to how deep their rotation was in 2019-20, similar to fellow 'Nole Devin Vassell, who also declared for the draft recently. Williams has incredible athleticism and has made himself into an intriguing prospect who could find himself landing in the first round if his draft stock maintains momentum.
Source: Patrick Williams on Twitter
March 27, 2020, 12:14 pmRudy GobertC, Utah Jazz
The Utah Department of Health has cleared both Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, meaning they no longer pose a risk of infection to others.
Both Gobert and Mitchell tested positive for COVID-19, and although Gobert mentioned that he briefly lost his senses of taste and smell, the duo seems to be fully recovered. This is great news as we wait for word on when or if the NBA season will be able to continue.
Source: Tim Bontemps on Twitter
March 26, 2020, 4:11 pmReggie BullockSG-SF, New York Knicks
Reggie Bullock will likely return to the Knicks for another season, according to Marc Berman of the New York Post.
If the Knicks chose not to bring back Bullock for next year, the team would suffer a $1M cap hit. That means that bringing him back for another season will only have a cap hit of $3.2M. That amount is only 2 percent of the projected salary cap for next season. The Knicks appear to be focused on creating cap flexibility for future years in the hopes that they can land some big-name free agents. Continue to monitor this situation as it develops but it appears likely that Bullock will be in a Knicks uniform for at least one more season.
Source: The New York Post
March 26, 2020, 3:57 pmDamyean DotsonSG, New York Knicks
According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, Damyean Dotson's time with the Knicks could come to an end after this season and the Jazz, Bucks and Warriors are among the teams that are expected to have interest in signing Dotson for the 2020-21 campaign.
Dotson saw his role with the Knicks evaporate towards the end of the season as he received a DNP-CD for eight of the Knicks' final nine contests. Interim head coach, Mike Miller, chose to play veterans Wayne Ellington and Reggie Bullock over the 25-year-old that they drafted in the second round of the 2017 draft. Dotson will look to land in a situation that will give him a more consistent role as a three-and-D wing as he enters his fourth season in the association.
Source: The New York Post
March 25, 2020, 11:12 pmMalik FittsSF, College
Malik Fitts announced on Twitter that he is declaring for the 2020 NBA Draft.
Fitts was the second leading scorer for a Saint Marys' team that was top-10 in offensive efficiency. He averaged 16.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.4 steals while shooting .472 from the field and .408 from beyond the arc. Fitts is an under-the-radar draft prospect who will likely be a second-round pick at best. He is likely to have a limited role if he makes an NBA roster next season, but his 3-point efficiency and steals are two fantasy skills that translate well from college to the pros. He could be a threes and steals specialist if he gets minutes in the upper-20s.
Source: Malik Fitts on Twitter


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The Facts
Most people know that botulism is dangerous, but many are confused about whether it's an infection or a case of poisoning. In fact, it can be both. Clostridium botulinum is a worldwide bacterium that inhabits rivers, soil, and the guts of mammals, fish, and shellfish. It's not an organism that normally makes its living by attacking humans. We most often encounter C. botulinum by accident.
C. botulinum secretes a neurotoxin (nerve poison) that can weaken or paralyze muscles and can even cause death. This is botulin toxin, one of the most dangerous substances known. Botulism is the condition of having been poisoned with C. botulinum toxin.
Botulism is rare, but there are still cases every year.
There are four ways to get botulism:
- Foodborne botulism occurs when food contaminated with the toxin is eaten. The bacteria are dead or gone by the time you eat the food, but the toxin remains. Most foodborne botulism is attributed to home-canned foods, but outbreaks occasionally occur in commercially-prepared foods.
- Infant botulism occurs when infants under 6 months of age eat bacterial spores rather than the toxins. Spores of C. botulinum then grow in the infant's intestines, where they produce toxins. Honey can contain spores of C. botulinum and is associated with infant botulism and should not be given to children under 6 months old. Infant botulism is rare.
- Adult intestinal colonization botulism occurswhen C. botulinum spores are ingested. The spores grow and eventually produce toxins in the digestive system. People with altered gastrointestinal systems and local microbes (due to surgery, presence of inflammatory bowel disease, or exposure to antibiotics) are most often affected.
- Wound botulism occurs when live bacteria infect an open cut and the toxin is carried through the body by the blood.
Rarely, toxins can be inhaled or absorbed through the eyes.
Ironically, some people intentionally get localized botulism from their doctor these days. The toxin is used to make a medication that is injected into twitching and spasmodic muscles to temporarily paralyze them. It's a treatment used for a variety of nerve disorders and for the cosmetic purpose of removing frown lines, forehead wrinkles, and "crow's feet" around the eyes.
Botulism can cause death due to paralysis of muscles used in breathing. However, advancements in supportive care have greatly reduced the death rate, and now less than 10% of people who get botulism die from the condition.
Symptoms and Complications
C. botulinum toxin attacks nerve endings, damaging them and then stopping muscle function. It can't cross the barrier that protects the brain. The heart has its own wiring system and also isn't affected. However, botulin can affect all the other nerves of the body, including the nerves of the muscles that operate the lungs. Botulin toxin kills by shutting down breathing.
Symptoms usually appear quickly in foodborne botulism, within 12 to 36 hours, but a few people feel no symptoms for as many as 8 days after eating the poison. Dry mouth, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps are the first signals. Then the neurological symptoms begin to appear – the muscles slowly shut down, starting with the temple and forehead and proceeding slowly down both sides of the body. The face goes slack and expressionless, the eyelids droop, and the victim may drool. Vertigo and double vision are common. The arms slowly get weaker, then the legs. Diarrhea is replaced by constipation. By this time there's also difficulty in talking, swallowing, and breathing. Temperature and pulse remain normal.
The first sign of infant botulism is constipation. The neurological symptoms are the same as in foodborne botulism but develop less rapidly. This is because the spores produce toxin slowly and the child absorbs it bit by bit instead of all at once as in foodborne botulism. The baby may also suck milk weakly, have difficulty crying loudly, lose head control, and lack facial expression.
Making the Diagnosis
Your doctor will ask you questions about your symptoms and perform a physical exam.
The Botulism Reference Service for Canada conducts the laboratory investigation for diagnosing botulism. The diagnosis of foodborne botulism is made by verifying whether the botulin toxin is in the food. Alternatively, C. botulinum can be isolated from the stool or stomach fluids. The diagnosis of intestinal botulism is made by identifying C.botulinum organisms and toxin in the feces. The diagnosis of wound botulism is made by detecting the toxin in the wound or by isolating C.botulinum from a positive wound culture.
Treatment and Prevention
Supportive care is provided to anyone with botulism. This may include hospitalization, use of a ventilator to help with breathing, and nursing care. Recovery can take many weeks as paralysis slowly improves.
While there is a botulism antitoxin and immune globin therapy, they are not approved for sale in Canada and are currently only available through Health Canada's Special Access Program.
The antitoxin works by neutralizing botulin. However, the antitoxin needs to be administered as soon as possible after diagnosis. The medication can't repair nerve endings already damaged. This means that while you may survive, you will be temporarily left in the state you were in at the time the medication was administered. That may mean paralysis, sometimes to the point of being unable to talk or even swallow.
The good news is that you'll recover, because new nerves can grow to replace those that were killed. However, this is a slow recovery process and it may take weeks or months, even up to a year, for this to occur.
The antitoxin is generally not given for infant botulism.
For wound botulism, antibiotics are given in addition to supportive care.
Preventing botulism is usually possible. However, if you prepare and store a lot of your own food, you may be creating unnecessary risk. The C. botulinum bacterium is anaerobic, meaning it likes airless environments. This is why you can get foodborne botulism out of a can. Very few cases of botulism arise from commercially canned food. Most occur when individuals can their own products.
Botulin toxin has been found in North America in these foods:
- asparagus
- baked potatoes
- beets
- canned corn
- chicken, chicken livers, and liver paté
- garlic-in-oil dressing
- green beans
- ham
- lobster
- luncheon meats
- mushrooms
- peppers
- ripe olives
- sausage
- smoked and salted fish
- soups
- spinach
- stuffed eggplant
- tuna fish
Only highly acidic foods are safe from C. botulinum. Freezing will shut down toxin production, but a fridge isn't cold enough. The following food handling procedures can help you to prevent foodborne botulism:
- Preserved food should be heated to a temperature above 100°C (212°F) for at least 10 minutes during the canning process.
- Cook food at 79.9°C (176°F) for at least 30 minutes. This usually destroys toxins.
- Do not eat or store cooked foods that have been at room temperature for 4 hours or more.
- Do not eat foil-wrapped baked potatoes that have been left at room temperature, and do not store chopped garlic or onions in oil at room temperature.
- If eating home-canned food, boil it first with frequent stirring for 10 minutes.
- Do not feed honey to infants less than 6 months old.
All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2020. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/condition/getcondition/Botulism


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entire brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 49 Designs von 16 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We are a software development company that develops and markets an international software package that tracks the tyres of vehicles in commercial Transport & Mining Operations. We currently have a website that does not meet the image we wish to portray or meet our current corporate colour and style. The aim is to take our whole site 'as is' with no content changes for now.
Vehicle Mangement Corporation Pty Ltd
As mentioned in the short summary we basically want a redesign of our website to match our current colours and style.
Our company name is Vehicle Management Corporation Pty Ltd and we are based in Australia. Please visit our current website to see what we have right now. We plan to use the same content in the same structure, but in a whole new template. The web address is http://www.entire.net.au.
Our goal is to update the look of our current website, not the content. It's currently in a CMS (Joomla), but we don't want this for future revisions. There are some 'active' sections on the right of the main page : things such as 'search', 'latest news', 'newsflash', 'login form' etc… which we'd like to keep if easy but if these can't be managed easily outside of a CMS then we're happy to drop these.
We have a file with samples of our current theme that we would like you to use as a theme and also logo files -> https://www.entire.net.au/VMC_Websi…uly_08.zip
We may also require someone to code this site after this competition is over, so please let us know if the coding is in your skillset and we may contact you to assist once this is done.
Style :
* Clean, sharp, uncluttered
* Stylish.
* Reflect the current company style as seen in the link.
* Industrial & technical. (ie looks like an industrial software company)
* Please adhere to standards.
Size : Unsure – 1024px wide suggested but this is up to the designer.
Format : Layered PSD.
Cluttered - not too busy please.
Heavy - Corporate colours are quite dark so website could easilly end up looking very heavy (all dark colours) if not careful. Please try to avoid - if possible.
Apart from that nothing in particular open to suggestions/ideas provided the site meets the rest of the brief.


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Well adjustable depending on how you'd like to wear- love the bling!
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All returned items must be sent back to us unopened, unused and in their original condition. We reserve the right to refuse an exchange or refund if items are non-saleable. Please note, if 30 days have expired then unfortunately we are unable to accept your return and it will be returned.
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