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What is FELV?
FeLV stands for FEline Leukaemia Virus which is a viral infection of cats that affects a cat's immune system and bone marrow.
Is there a cure?
There is no cure.
Can humans and other animals become infected?
It's purely a feline virus and can not be transferred to humans or dogs.
How is it spread?
The virus is typically spread from cat to cat via close contact of infected and non-infected cats. It is normally spread via saliva, but it can also be spread by grooming, shared food bowls, bites and other forms of close contact. It can also be transmitted from a mother cat to a kitten in utero or during nursing.
How do i protect my cat against FELV?
Outdoor cats are particularly susceptible to the virus, and the best way to prevent infection with FELV is to ensure that your cat is vaccinated, sterilised and stays indoors or within your safe enclosed garden. There is a vaccination for FELV. Kittens can be vaccinated from about 8/9 weeks and then again 3 weeks later. There after a yearly booster FELV vaccination is necessary. If you do not ensure your cats receive their booster test they will be vulnerable and could contract the virus when they come into contact with a FELV+ cat.
How do I know if a cat has FELV?
Most FELV+ cats show no symptoms. All cats coming into the household should be tested before introducing them to your cats.
Do FELV+ cats need to be euthanised once they test positive?
FELV is not typically fatal for cats, with proper diet & veterinary management they can live long, healthy and happy lives, and they deserve to do so. People who have FeLV-positive cats just need to be aware that they may have a shorter life span and that they need to be taken to a veterinarian as soon as a problem is noted.
Can FELV+ cats live with FELV- cats?
A negative and positive cat could certainly live in the same house, as long as they do not have contact with each other and the negative cat has been vaccinated against FELV. This can only be done if the FELV+ cat is isolated from the negative cats for his/her entire lifetime. No contact can ever be made between negative and the positive cats. FELV cats should have their own bowls, litter boxes etc... no cross contamination can be allowed. People moving between the positive and negative cats need to ensure their hand are disinfected at all times.
Can FELV+ cats go outside?
FELV-infected cats should be confined indoors to prevent spread of FELV infection to other cats in the neighborhood and to reduce their exposure to infectious agents carried by other animals. Or you could build a catio for the FELV cat but ensure FELV- cats can not make contact through fencing. Another option is to enclose your garden so that neighbourhood cats can't get in and your cat can't get out.


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Food loss and waste: We are currently wasting the unimaginable amount of over 1.6 billion tons of food worth 1.2 trillion USD every year. This number will increase hugely by the year 2030 to 2.1 billion tons wasted and a value of 1.5 trillion USD (source Boston Consulting Group, 2018), if we do not take immediate action. Food loss and waste does not only mean being unable to feed the many hungry or losing money and income, it also means maintaining a food production and distribution system where natural resources are used for food that is never eaten while being responsible for 8% of the greenhouse gas emissions. Can we really afford this and neglect the wide-reaching implications of billions of tons of food lost and wasted? For more information, please consult the brand new UNECE resource page on the food loss and waste challenge.
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There's a lot to love about the classic Moscow Mule. But do you love it enough to drink 10 pounds of it?
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text: Holiday Top Picks For Things To Do In December In New Hampshire By Rick Ganley & Mary McIntyre • Nov 30, 2018 Mark Goebel / Flickr Creative Commons / https://flic.kr/p/5F3it2 The holiday season is in full swing as we enter December, and there are lots of ways to celebrate across the Granite State. Morning Edition Host Rick Ganley spoke with NH Magazine's managing editor Erica Thoits about this month's best events. Holiday events mentioned here: Foodstuffs: Breaking Fast At The Mosque In Manchester Is A Multi-Cultural Feast By Leila Goldstein • Jun 15, 2018 Leila Goldstein/NHPR Imane Naji Amrani is in total party planner mode. She wears a pink dress and matching pink headscarf. Focused and firm, she tells a group of teenage helpers where food should go and hurries to get everything done before sunset. Every night for the month of Ramadan, families at the mosque in Manchester take turns cooking for the Iftar, the evening meal where Muslims break their fast each night during Ramadan. Tonight is Naji Amrani's night to cook. Presidents' Day 2017 By Word of Mouth • Feb 20, 2017 Neil Cowburn via flickr Creative Commons / https://flic.kr/p/qRUmr On today's show: First Dads with author Joshua Kendall The Memory Palace and Nate DiMeo on James K. Polk: "OMG!!! JKP!!!" Decorating the White House with Edward Lengel, Chief Historian of the White House Historical Association. Concerts at the White House. Listen again at prx.org. The Gift Show By Word of Mouth • Dec 16, 2016 They come with ribbons, they come with tags, they come in packages, boxes and bags. On today's show it's a seasonal special that's all about gifts. From the bizarre variety featured in the Neiman Marcus fantasy gift catalogue to our own selection of fantasy presents - and try and figure out just what they say about us. 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On today's show, a look into the provenance of the bible museum. It's Official: This is the Best Holiday Song EVER By Word of Mouth • Dec 21, 2015 After a contentious battle, our first ever, December Madness Holiday Song Showdown winner has been crowned: White Christmas by Bing Crosby. Poor She & Him didn't stand a chance against Bing; it was a landslide victory. Maybe it's because the weather outside hasn't been too frightful and Jack Frost hasn't been doing much nipping at our noses here on the East Coast. Or maybe when it comes down to it, a classic song sung by a classic crooner is what we really want to hear come December. A big thank you to everyone who participated, and to everyone who shared their picks for the holiday song they can't live without. We've compiled a list of most of those songs below so you can create your very own, Word of Mouth crowd sourced holiday playlist. 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NHPR Folk Show Playlist 12.13.15 By Kate McNally • Dec 13, 2015 Title/ Artist/ Album/ Label Sporan Dhomhnaill, Mist on the Glen, Miss Monaghan/ Battlefield Band/ Beg and Borrow/ Temple Records January/ Clara Baker/ Temporary Things/ Clara Baker Round My Lullay/ Sally Rogers/ At Quiet O'Clock/ Round River Winter Snow ; Never Go Astray ; Lion's Mane Jeremiah McLane/ The Grinding Stone/ Jeremiah McLane I Got Trouble/ Holly Near/ And Still We Sing: The Outspoken Collection/ Calico Tracks Trouble/ Little Feat/ Join The Band/ Savoy The Heater's Broken/ Emily Kurn/ I'm Just Like You/ Emily Kurn N.H. Writer Honored With MLK Award By Jack Rodolico • Jan 19, 2015 Library of Congress A writer and community activist in New Hampshire will be honored today by the Martin Luther King Coalition. JerriAnne Boggis is being recognized for her work to tell the often little known stories of African Americans in the state. Boggins is an activist and the director for the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail. She says on this holiday, she hopes Granite Staters will remember Dr. King's ideals – and his actions. Thanksgiving Tales, Tips, & Travails By The Exchange • Nov 26, 2014 Satya Murthy / Flickr/CC From family feuds to terrible traffic to sixteen dinner guests with varied dietary restrictions, we're hearing stories from this uniquely American holiday: how we gather, why we gather, and what makes this day so linked to tradition. Also, we'll look at the debate over how Black Friday has crept into Thanksgiving Thursday. GUESTS: 11.11.14: Veteran's Day By Word of Mouth • Nov 11, 2014 jpellgen via flickr Creative Commons Ron Capps served in five wars in ten years, and was left with severe PTSD. On today's show, he talks with us about founding the Veterans Writing Project to harness the power of prose for coping with the hidden wounds of war. Plus, we'll find out how one mother of three dealt with her husband's prolonged absence during military deployments: by asking guests to fill his empty seat once a week. Listen Listening... / 45:02 11.11.14: Veteran's Day Listen to the full show and click Read more for individual segments. 880,000 Visitors Expected In N.H. For Holiday Weekend By Associated Press • Jul 1, 2014 Brandi Korte / Flickr Creative Commons An organization that studies New Hampshire tourism says an estimated 880,000 out-of-state visitors are expected for the July 4th holiday weekend and they are expected to spend about $131 million. The forecasts from the Institute for New Hampshire Studies are higher than last year's predictions. The period covers July 3-July 7. Most of the visitors will be from New England and the Middle Atlantic States. Canadians are anticipated to be visiting New Hampshire at higher levels than last year. What's Your Most Revered And Most Reviled Holiday Ditty? By Virginia Prescott • Dec 19, 2013 Affendaddy via flickr Creative Commons Maybe it's the repetition, or maybe the obligatory cheeriness, but there's something about hearing holiday songs that you don't like that rankles much more deeply than other assaults on the senses. We asked listeners to share their favorite seasonal tunes on our Facebook page, along with the ones they hate. The Story Behind "The Christmas La La Song" By Sean Hurley • Dec 19, 2013 Sherwin Sleeves Christmas songs can quickly puncture the spirit of the season with deep rancor. NHPR's Sean Hurley found this out for himself, when he decided to compose a new Christmas carol. Sean's song, "The Christmas La La Song" was picked up by Sirius XM shock jocks Opie and Anthony. We'll let Sean pick it up from there. 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By Virginia Prescott • Nov 25, 2013 puzzler4879 via flickr Creative Commons Thanksgiving is just a few days away, and every year around this time, our thoughts and stomachs go out to food. Long before deep fried turkeys, gelatinized cranberry sauce, and boxed stuffing there was the inaugural Thanksgiving feast at the Plymouth plantation. So what was on the table that day? Abigail Carroll might have an idea. She's a food historian and author who has studied the Colonial and Native American diet extensively. We spoke with her earlier this month about her new book,Three Squares: The Invention of The American Meal. Celebrating The Dead With Chiles And Chocolate By Michael Samuels • Nov 1, 2013 Michael Samuels The Day of the Dead is celebrated from October 31st through November 2nd, from Latin America – and especially Mexico – to New Hampshire. If You're A Fan Of 'Slow Food,' How About Playing With Some 'Slow Toys?' 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With its otherworldly skyscrapers and futuristic technology, Tokyo can feel a million miles away.
However, Brazilian-born photographer Gerald Figueras makes life in the city seem more relatable in his stunning series of photos on Tokyo's streets.
Figueras moved to Japan in 2016 after becoming fascinated by the country's people and customs.
Through his photography, Figueras captures the enchanting details of his everyday experiences and the people he encounters.
For Figueras, street photography is the perfect medium to present the relationship between Tokyo's inhabitants and its futuristic metropolis. Street photography's organic and unposed nature presents the otherwise legendary city in a relatable and commonplace way that allows viewers to get a feel of what life is really like in the city.
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Oakland-based start-up company 'Building Robotics' came up with a clever way to personalize office temperatures. Office buildings usually come with a central cooling system and installed thermostats that are actually fake to prevent workers from fighting over the temperature settings.
The 'Comfy' app solves the office debate between "too hot" and "too cold" by letting employees control the air that is headed towards their office space. It works by connecting to the existing air controls and it will stream a blast of cool or warm air their way depending on what they input into the app.
Over time, the comfy app even learns and adapts to their preferred temperature at certain times of the day. It is the perfect software because it allows a more positive and comfortable workplace environment.
The Building Robotics 'Comfy' App Helps Office Workers Control Temperature
Megan Facciuolo — June 18, 2014 — Tech
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The legend of King Rother is found in only one version, König Rother, a German poem in octosyllabic couplets from around 1160. Translated by Robert Lichtenstein, into octosyllabic couplets, in 1962, as volume 36 of the University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures. Available surprisingly cheap on Amazon.
King Rother rules in Bari, and seeks a wife. His vassal, Lupold, suggests the princess of Constantinople, whose father kills all her suitors. Rother, intrigued by the challenge, sends a dozen ambassadors led by Lupold to ask her hand in marriage. He plays three melodies on his harp, by which the ambassadors may recognize him if anything goes wrong and he must come save them. Things do go wrong, and Constantine throws the ambassadors in the dungeon, only sparing their lives because they were his guests. A year and a day go by, and Rother asks Berchter, Lupold's father, for advice. The barons agree that Rother will go in disguise as an exiled knight, alias Dieterich, pretending to be fleeing from Rother's wrath. With "Dieterich" go Berchter, the giant Asprian and some of his giant vassals, including Widolt, and others. They leave Berchter's son Amalger as regent.
They come to Constantinople, and are unimpressed by Constantine's attempts to dazzle them. At dinner, Constantine allows his pet lion to roam the hall and eat whatever it wants. When it tries to eat Asprian's food, he picks it up and dashes its brains out. Dietrich takes up residence in Constantinople, and gives gifts with largesse, impressing everyone except Constantine, including the Emperor's wife and daughter. After a brawl at a second banquet, the love-stricken princess plots with her nurse Herlint how to see Dieterich. Herlint carries messages, and at last Dieterich makes two pairs of shoes, one silver and one gold, and sends both left shoes to the princess. When she sends for the right shoes, he refuses unless he can deliver them in person. The two meet at last in her chamber, and he puts her leg in his lap as he puts the shoes on [this was an old betrothal rite]. The princess is quite pleased at thus being tricked into engagement, especially when she learns that Dieterich is really Rother.
She tells her father that she wishes to do penance by serving the imprisoned ambassadors. He lets them out of prison for her to feed and clothe, and Dieterich offers himself as pledge for their return to prison. He reveals himself to them by his harping, and they dig a secret tunnel to the prison, to bring food in, and men out. Meanwhile, King Ymelot, the sultan of Babylon [Cairo], invades. Dieterich and his men ride out with Constantine. As the armies sleep in their camps before the battle Dieterich and the giants sneak into the enemy camp and kidnap Ymelot, and bring him before Constantine. They then ride as messengers to Constantinople, where they pretend that all is lost, and that the princess must board their boat and flee with them. Once all Rother's men are aboard, he reveals his deception, and sails away. The Queen laughs, and returns home to await her husband.
Amalgar is dead, but Rother quickly restores order, weds his dear, and gets her with child. Constantine is furious when he gets home, and in the resulting uproar, Ymelot escapes. The Emperor hires a merchant to steal his daughter back. He sails to Italy, and pretends to have a magic stone which, if held by a queen on a boat, will cure any cripple she touches with it. A cripple is found, and the good-hearted queen goes to try the cure. (Rother is away in Germany on business). She is kidnapped. Rother returns home at the news, pardons the knights who were supposed to guard her, and summons his men. They arrive, incognito, in, just in time for a pre-wedding feast, for Ymelot has returned, and forced Constantine to give his daughter to his son Basilistium. They slip into the feast and crawl under the table, where Rother puts his ring on his bride's finger. Basilistium notices the new ring, and sounds the alert. Rother reveals himself, and is sentenced to be hanged. His last request is to choose the place of his execution, and he chooses a place where his men are waiting in ambush. The pagans are routed, and Constantine is forgiven. Rother and his wife return home, where she gives birth to Pippin, who grows up to marry Bertha, and begets Charlemagne and Saint Gertrude. Rother reigns long and well, and at last retires to a monastery, leaving the empire to Pippin.
Bride-stealings are a dime a dozen in folklore, and no specific source need be sought for this poem. It features perhaps the most positive portrayal of giants in medieval romance. Very rarely is any giant represented as Christian, brave, and intelligent. A whole country of such giants, as in this poem, is a marvel indeed.
The real Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (626-659) was the daughter of Pippin of Landen (580-640), who was Mayor of the Palace under Dagobert I and Sigebert III, and was the founder of the Carolingian line. Saint Gertrude is depicted with mice and rats at her feet, for reasons no one knows. Some say it is because mice were symbols of the soul in German paganism, and Saint Gertrude guides souls to Heaven. Others say it is because she is invoked against mice, rats, and other vermin. Still others say it is because she was so absorbed in prayer once that a mouse crawled all over her without her noticing. Her feast day is March 17. For more details, see The Catholic Encyclopedia, and Sabine Baring-Gould's Lives of the Saints and Curious Myths of the Middle Ages.
Let thus much suffice for the legend of King Rother, and let us now speak of Charles the Hammer, who is more commonly said to be the grandfather of Charlemagne.


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In other news...
This has probably been one of the longest weeks of my life. Let's see:
Thursday (July 8) - Newspaper interview
Friday (July 9) - Front page news, damage control, last day of chemotherapy before transplant, PEREZ HILTON shout-out. HUGE influx of facebook group members!
Saturday (July 10) - Global Shift article
Sunday (July 11) - Unproductive M.A.M. Meeting
Monday (July 12) - Drama/Crisis/BIGTIMEDamageControl. My very first meltdown :) (total gongshow, by the way)
Tuesday (July 13) - Productive M.A.M. Meeting
Wednesday (July 14) - Bone Marrow Biopsy Results (74% down to 16%!!!!)
Thursday (July 15) - A **LOT** of M.A.M. Work
Friday (July 16) - Monsters Against Myeloma is LIVE!
Saturday/Sunday (July 17/18) - Rest
Monday (Today) - Begin Autologous Stem Cell Transplant process.
Shiz. We've definitely been busy. Overall, I think my stress level has probably gone up a couple notches. From the fundraiser to some family issues to the stress of the transplant, it is a miracle I have not been admitted into an institute yet. To tell you the truth, I am absolutely terrified of this transplant coming up. Not so much the procedure itself (although that is undoubtedly a bit daunting), but more so wondering how my mom will take it... All I want to do is protect her, but in these situations, it is QUITE a frequent occurrence to feel powerless... But not hopeless. Because there is ALWAYS hope. Sometimes it feels like a David and Goliath battle. But we all know what the outcome of that situation was right? ;) So, like every other day, I put on my brave face and do everything all over again. Its not easy, but you'd be surprised in the places you are able to draw strength from. We're starting a new chapter now, so wish us luck :) And for my prayer warriors out there, please pray that this thing goes without a hitch. That my mom has a super speedy recovery. And that it will be the last thing needed to set her into a long and lasting remission. Thank you :)
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Taylor Daley earned her B.S. in Marine Science from the University of Delaware, with a minor in Public Policy in 2015. During her time at the University of Delaware, Taylor participated in undergraduate research working in the Ocean Exploration, Remote Sensing and Biogeography Laboratory comparing Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite data with buoy sea surface temperature data from stations along the entire Atlantic Coast, to determine the accuracy of data received from the AVHRR satellites. After graduating, Taylor worked for Delaware Fish and Wildlife as a biological aid on Delaware's Juvenile Trawl Survey. Through this work Taylor gained experience in fishery independent data collection, as well as age and growth techniques.
Taylor began working as a technician at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory over the summer of 2016. Her work included gathering data for a diet matrix study on species in the northern Gulf of Mexico. She transitioned to the graduate program as a master's student in August 2016 under the advisement of Dr. Robert Leaf. Her thesis research focuses on the biostatistical and fishery characteristics of Atlantic Chub Mackerel (Scomber colias) from the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions. Life-history characteristics, such as growth dynamics and reproductive characteristics are the main focus of this project funded by the Science Center for Marine Fisheries.
To learn more about Taylor's progress check out here thesis defense presentation and education spotlight for SCeMFiS.
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Pump devices contain a rotating shaft, generating constant movement that can cause a standard seal to leak fluid. Pumps use mechanical seals, a type of seal with rigid and flexible elements that compensate for the rotation of the pump.
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Pump seals contain primary and secondary sealing surfaces. The primary surface is made up of a hard material such as tungsten carbide, and a softer material often made of carbon. This material attaches to the pump casing. The softer material is embedded in the rotating assembly of the pump seal. The sealing surfaces take the form of rings that physically contact each other. One seal ring remains stationary, while one rotates in sync with the pump.
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"Stone Cold" Steve Austin's defense of gay marriage is filled with cursing and common sense. We're glad he took a stance and had such a no nonsense approach about it.
I don't give a shit if two guys, two gals, guy-gal, whatever it is, I believe that any human being in America, or any human being in the goddamn world, that wants to be married, and if it's same-sex, more power to 'em. What also chaps my ass, some of these churches, have the high horse that they get on and say, 'We as a church do not believe in that.' Which one of these motherfuckers talked to God, and God said that same-sex marriage was a no-can-do? Okay, so two cats can't get married if they want to get married, but then a guy can go murder 14 people, molest five kids, then go to fucking prison, and accept God and He's going to let him into heaven? After the fact that he did all that shit? See that's all horseshit to me, that don't jive with me.
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Nandi Singh, 40, was hacked to death in a remote village in Assam. His crime: he blew the whistle on misappropriation in the local public distribution system (PDS). His killing in Dhemaji village came even as a bill for protection of whistleblowers was listed in Rajya Sabha both during the budget and monsoon sessions but could not be taken up as parliament was continually disrupted during both sessions.
The entire monsoon session, in fact, was washed out by BJP protests over the allocation of coal blocks.
Nandi Singh had raised the red flag against a fair price shop under the PDS in his village. He was killed in his home in front of his wife.
This is only one of several such incidents. On July 7, a school teacher, Barun Biswas, was shot dead in 24 Parganas of West Bengal.
Biswas had raised his voice against the accused in a gangrape case and also lodged an FIR in the case in 2000. Due to his efforts, six of the accused had been sentenced to life imprisonment, but the others remained absconding.
In another incident in July, K Rajmohan Chandra, who had filed several cases against politicians and businessmen, was hacked to death by a gang in Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu.
As such attacks on whistleblowers keep occurring, activists feel the government is not serious about safety of people who expose corruption.
"You would expect the government to show some urgency in such matters, but they appear apathetic to this," Anil Bairwal, National Coordinator of National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms, a whistleblowers group, told IANS.
RTI crusader Subhash Agrawal, a Delhi-based activist, feels he is safe primarily because he is based in the national capital.
"The whistleblowers killed are mostly in far-flung areas. Perhaps living in Delhi makes it safe," Agrawal said.
"After some recent RTIs I got abusive calls. At one point of time, I had filed some RTIs about the Nigambodh ghat cremation ground. There was an attack on a team from Doordarshan that was making a programme based on the RTI… I escaped by chance," he said.
The need for legislation to protect whistleblowers is a long pending demand.
Activists started demanding the legislation after the murder of Satyendra Dubey, a project director at the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
Dubey had written to the Prime Minister's Office exposing corruption in ongoing Golden Quadrilateral highway construction project. His name had been disclosed by the PMO, leading to his murder.
The whistleblowers' protection bill was passed by Lok Sabha in December 2011 after many years. It is now pending in Rajya Sabha and more amendments are expected in the bill which has already been through a parliamentary standing committee.
Manish Sisodia, a member of the erstwhile Team Anna, says the government is not serious about the legislation and maintains the bill is weak.
"First of all the bill that is proposed is toothless. The whistleblowers' complaint is to be handled by the CVC (Central Vigilance Commission), which is powerless and armless," Sisodia said.
National Campaign for People's Right to Information, a group which fought for the Right to Information (RTI) Act, points out that the bill says nothing about the safety of whistleblowers who are not government employees.
"A large number of people who are being attacked are not government employees. The bill does not say how such people will be protected," NCPRI member Venkatesh Nayak told IANS.
"It also does not say what kind of relief they (whistleblowers) will get. It says the authority will give directions to police to protect them, but that is not adequate. Someone has to monitor and see that the culprits are brought to book," Nayak said.
"The biggest protection would be a quick inquiry and action against wrongdoers… Sadly the bill does not talk about this," he added.
According to Sisodia, "the main problem is that the very people who are at risk from whistleblowers are supposed to make and pass the law. Politicians and bureaucrats are the ones involved in corrupt practices".
The activist is for a proper discussion on the bill.
In this context, Bairwal of Election watch criticized the hijacking of the monsoon session of parliament by the Bharatiya Janata Party over the allocation of coal blocks.
"Bills should be debated and parliament should function," he said.
"Rather than giving each other an opportunity to express their views, they simply wasted time when very important laws like lokpal bill, the whistleblowers protection bill and the judicial accountability bill are pending," said Nayak.
Sisodia said that the anti-corruption bills should be seen in totality, as a whistleblower's aim ultimately is to expose corruption.
Protection of whistleblowers is endorsed by the United Nations, which has adopted the Convention Against Corruption. This has been signed by 140 nations, including India and came into force in December 2005.


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Sep 26, 2016
Today Medellín, Colombia can be definitely described as a place of transformation, evolution and quite possibly the next most innovative metropolis. In just two decades this beautiful city has managed to achieve major strides of growth in more ways than one. Medellín is already ranking high as one of the hottest places with a trend-setting restaurant scene (foodies rejoice), growing support for its independent designers on various categories, cultural festivals such as the amazing Flower Festival—and not to mention breath-taking street art.
In fact, the artistic expression of Medellín is so strong that the local authorities declared urban art a cultural landmark in Medellín according to Palenque tours of Colombia.
WGSN got the opportunity to visit Medellín recently and here we highlight some of our most favourite colourful graffiti, murals, art masterpieces in the streets.
Barrio Buenos Aires: The newest light rail transit system in Medellín will take you all the way up to Barrio Buenos Aires, where you can walk your way down the street and immerse yourself in beautiful graffiti art on buildings, businesses and murals.
El Poblado: a favoured area for tourists and visitors, this upscale neighbourhood is home to fashionable boutiques, shopping malls, upscale apartments, hotels, and areas filled with fantastic graffiti art.
Barrio Provenza: one of the hippest must-see areas when you visit Medellín, you'll find beautiful restaurants, fantastic fashions, and of course, plenty of street art.
Contenedores Food Place: this popular dining place is filled with colour, art, and delicious restaurant options.
Medellín Graffiti Tour: The most talked about graffiti tour today is the Medellín Graffiti Tour which takes you through Comuna 13—an area formerly known as one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in Medellín . Today the drastically improved area is known to be one of the prime examples of how urban regeneration is transforming and revitalizing the beautiful city of Medellín.
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On October 25, 2010, the Vienna Philharmonic appeared for the eighth time at the "Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra". On the next day in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, the ninth "Concert for the Republic" was given.
On October 6, 2010, Esa-Pekka Salonen announced that due to unforeseen circumstances beyond his control, he was forced to cancel his conducting engagement for the concerts scheduled in October/November.
Several concerts in Austria and the USA were conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
The Philharmonic concert season 2010/2011 began with an appearance at the Grafenegg Festival.
The Vienna Philharmonic performed 11 concerts and 26 operas in July and August 2010 during its 86th season at the Salzburg Festival.
On July 7, 2010, the Vienna Philharmonic embarked for the second time in its history on an ocean cruise.
Immediately following a concert for the Vienna Festival on June 20, 2010, the orchestra left for a short tour which began in Ljubljana.
On June 8, 2010, the Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn took place for the seventh time. This year beautiful summer weather greeted over 130,000 people who enjoyed the lovely ambience of the palace grounds.
The performance of Gustav Mahler's 5th Symphony in the 5th Soiree was part of a series of concerts to honour the 150th birthday of the former director of the Vienna Court Opera and Subscription Concert Conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic.
With the recording of the 9th Symphony, the "Beethoven9" project, which had begun in 2008, came to its conclusion, with the CD and DVD recordings of all the Beethoven symphonies to be released in the fall.
In celebration of the 80th birthday of our honorary member Lorin Maazel, a four week phase of mutual collaboration took place.
The International Mozarteum Foundation presented this year its 55th Salzburg Mozart Festival, in which the Vienna Philharmonic once again participated by giving three concerts in the large auditorium of the Festspielhaus.
For only the second time in the 21-year history of a musical event which has become a fixed point in the musical life of this American metropolis, two conductors shared the conducting responsibilities.
At this year's New Year's Concert, Georges Prêtre made his second appearance on the podium, and the presence of this pre-eminent French conductor had its influence upon the pieces selected for the program.
Franz Schmidt's oratorio, "The Book with Seven Seals" constituted the program for the 1st Philharmonic Soirée, two concerts for the Society of Friends of Music and a concert in Linz on December 17, 19, 20, and 21, 2009.
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We all love to eat cake. Baked goods are like flour temptresses, luring and seducing you into the depths of deliciousness and wonder, in the form of a well risen Victoria Sandwich. Who better to talk to about baking than a baker?
A few years ago, Dublin local and resident Rosanne Hewitt Cromwell was looking for a hobby. On remembering the sights and smells of her childhood, she decided on baking. But why begin to blog about it? The answer; fun. "I had started to read some blogs around the same time and I decided it might be fun to blog about how I was getting on". When she started out with her blog Like Mam Used to Bake in 2009, food blogging was not really a staple in the Irish cyberspace mixing bowl. There was a dusting here and there but there wasn't a culture of it. In fact, one of the blogs that inspired Rosanne was not even about food, it was beaut.ie, a fashion cosmetic and general life blog.
Now however, food blogging has caught Ireland in its net and is whipping us into blogging shape. Over 500 blogs are listed on the Irish Food Bloggers blogroll, ranging from blogs dedicated to cake to ones for Lactose intolerant children. With all this food chatter online, does Rosanne follow any of her contemporaries? You can be sure that she does, "I try to read as much as I can" she says of other blogs, some she'll subscribe to, others she'll see links popping up on twitter and curiously have a gander.
The blog as well as being successful in Ireland, is also seemingly, quite far reaching, the idea for the cookbook didn't come from Rosanne herself, but from across the large pond of the Atlantic. "Someone actually approached me about it. I got an email from a literary agent from New York asking if I'd be interested in writing a book based on the blog". Interested she was! After mulling it over Rosanne took the plunge, and with it, took on the arduous task of narrowing down what to put into the book. The blog itself has over 150 recipes on it, but the majority of the book is actually new recipes "I wanted the book to be fresh content, for people who had read the blog from the beginning". As a result only 15% of the book is from the blog taking the most popular recipes and Rosanne's personal favourites. The other 85% are new recipes, determined by writing list after list and cutting them down to size to fit the book.
A fan of cookery television, the Great British and Irish Bake Offs are on Rosanne's watching list come summer, as you always learn something new from them. However it is the Great Australian Bake Off and Australian Masterchef that would be her programmes of choice as often countries further away have different ingredients, different ways of using the same ingredients and might also have different techniques.
For Rosanne, the best aspect of her work is how incredibly creative and varied it is. She's "never really doing the same thing". While it might all be baking, it varies from testing and perfecting a different recipe to then decorating, styling or photographing, and of course, writing for the blog. Each day is a new oven driven adventure. One activity is also creating recipes of her own. While the blog and book may be called "Like Mam Used to Bake" it is not just her mother's recipes that are printed between the covers, but some of her own too. "I would never really bake something straight up, I would always look at it and take it apart and put it back together in my own way". Deserts in restaurants and cafés are also an inspiration of course. Not everything you eat will you be able to find a recipe for so ingenuity and imagination are needed to try and recreate something from scratch.
Flourless chocolate brownies are top of the baking list. If only allowed to bake one thing for the rest of eternity, for Rosanne it would the brownies that feature both in the blog and the book. And where would the brownie tin come from? TkMaxx apparently. In terms of cookie cutters, pastry cases and baking tins, TkMaxx has a good selection of good quality and importantly, for a good price. And other little more unusual bits are sourced from small independent shops here there and everywhere.
Rosanne seems to be on a meringue peak that's only getting higher, Like Mam Used to Bake is abundant with foodgasms and cravings for some homemade deliciousness.


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Students to vote on fee
The UH Student Government Association passed a bill calling for a fee increase to be sent to student referendum after it had a narrow one-vote majority following a speech promoting the hike given by Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades.
The $45 per semester increase would help to pay for a new football stadium and renovations to the facilities in Hofheinz Pavilion and would be in place for the next 25 years, Rhoades said.
Robertson Stadium, built in 1941, is in dire need of retirement, and crumbling concrete will make the stadium unsafe for use in 18 months, he said.
According to Rhoades, Hofheinz is structurally sound, but desperately needs to renovate its facilities in order to compete with the facilities of other schools in the Big East conference.
Engineering Senator Kennan Stuhr pointed out that the cost of the improvements could be covered if students were charged $25 for admission to football games, so the facilities would be paid for by the students who use them, but Rhoades said the money had to be guaranteed by student fees.
If the Athletics Department receives more than the projected $75 million in donations, it would work to decrease the student fee so students would not have to pay.
Current students, who would have pay the fee during the two years of construction, could be reimbursed through a discount on the price of season passes after they graduate, Rhoades said, although Stuhr pointed out that this does little good for students who aren't interested in athletics and is really just "an opportunity to pay more money."
"Our goal as a University is to have not just more students but better students," Stuhr said. "And good students (don't decide what school to attend) based on a Saturday afternoon commercial."
Due to limited seating in the stadium, less than 15 percent of students paying the fee would be able to utilize the facilities the fees will pay for on any given day, Stuhr said.
The bill calls for a vote by the entire UH student body to decide whether or not the fee will be implemented.
"Give the students who elected us to these positions the opportunity to vote on an issue that affects (every student on campus)… If students really care, as we know they do, they will turn out (to voice their opinion)," College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Senator Lee Arnold said, speaking in favor of the bill, although some other senators questioned student ability to access and utilize the information necessary to make a decision.
"Our voter turnout is between 9 and 12 percent," Business Senator Sebastian Geser said, which is not enough to accurately show the opinion of the student body.
By voting to pass the referendum, the senate would not merely be allowing the students to make the decision, they would be providing "shadow endorsement" to the fee increase, Stuhr said.
The proposed plan for the new stadium would allow for efficient expansion should it become necessary at a later date, but Rhoades said that students would not be asked to pay for additional expansion.


text: Creep rupture can happen in two ways, brittle and ductile creep rupture. Brittle creep rupture of austenitic stainless steels proceeds with the nucleation, growth and coalescence of grain boundary cavities. A creep cavity nucleation model has been developed previously, which considers cavity nucleation at particles and sub-boundary corners due to grain boundary sliding. A modified constrained cavity growth model has been used to describe the cavity growth behavior with combination of the cavity nucleation models. In this paper, the brittle creep rupture has been analyzed by combining the cavity nucleation and growth models. The physically based models where no adjustable parameters were involved were used to predict the brittle creep rupture strength. On the other hand, previously developed basic models for ductile creep rupture based on exhaustion of the creep ductility have been used. The creep rupture strength of common austenitic stainless steels has been predicted quantitatively by taking both ductile and brittle rupture into account. The predicted rupture times for ductile rupture are longer than those for brittle rupture at high stresses and low temperatures with a reversed situation at low stresses and high temperatures. This reproduces the characteristic change in slope in the creep rupture curves.


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I've been kind of in a wool frenzy lately. A few weeks ago, I pulled out this kit I've had for a few years. I bought it at Huckleberry Patches in McCall, Idaho, back when we lived in Idaho. I thought it would be a good car project, but realized it's too floppy for the car. I had better results stitching it at a table where it could lay flat. I'm waiting for some pumpkin orange perle cotton to arrive, then I'll be able to finish the applique stitches. I'll show a picture when it's finished!
This is another oldie! A few of us bought these at Back Door Quilts in Indianapolis a few years ago during retreat. Mine sat in the package until recently. The draw to these kits were the fact that they were pre-cut AND had fusible on the back of each piece. Well...it turns out, I didn't like it! It's very thick and if you look closely, the black background wouldn't "stick" to the grey backing and now it's kind of puffy and loose. Weird. I've tried steaming the heck out of it to shrink it down, but so far no luck. It's okay...it fits nicely on this table with a vase on it, and then you can't see the puffiness too much. I've used fusible with other projects, but I prefer to cut most of the inside of the shape out before fusing, then the piece isn't overly stiff from all that fusible. Click here for an example of cutting away the fusible, it's with a cotton project, but it's the same process.
Now....Here is a NEW project to share. Primitive Gatherings is hosting a 10th Anniversary Stitch Along. This one is a freebie and she'll be posting steps about every 2-3 weeks. This is the center block and she hinted that it will be a small, medallion style wall hanging. I've heard of some folks doing it in cotton and embroidery too! This block will finish at 6"! Those are some teeny tiny pieces! I used wool from my stash and did the applique with DMC floss. There is one boo-boo, but my daughter said I have to stop pointing out my boo-boos so I'm not going to tell you where it is. LOL Can't wait to see what's next!
I also joined Primitive Gatherings Block of the Week called Sunflower Gatherings. If you haven't checked it out on her blog, you must go see. She hasn't revealed the whole quilt yet, but there have been plenty of peeks and it's gorgeous! I couldn't resist! I'm waiting for an order of a few colors of perle cotton before I can finish the applique on these, but they are cut and ready to go! More small pieces, as these blocks finish at 10". This is week one...
and week two....there is some overlap to the blocks as there is a setting block in between each applique block. Aren't they gorgeous!?
And as a bonus...this little freebie block is included each week! There is an adorable little quilt to make with these at the end...you can see it here. These need stitching as well...and they will finish at 2.5"!
See why I couldn't resist??!! I'm so enjoying these wool projects right now...I hope I keep up the momentum! :)
Happy Quilting!


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Time Capsule: Brailer's Santa Barbara RHIO Baby Goes Down the Tubes
I wrote weekly editorials for a boutique industry newsletter for several years, anxious for both audience and income. I learned a lot about coming up with ideas for the weekly grind, trying to be simultaneously opinionated and entertaining in a few hundred words, and not sleeping much because I was working all the time. They're fun to read as a look back at what was important then (and often still important now).
I wrote this piece in March 2007.
Brailer's Santa Barbara RHIO Baby Goes Down the Tubes
By Mr. HIStalk
The nation's first RHIO is officially defunct. The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange (SBCCDE) locked its doors and quickly took down its website last week. David Brailer's child star died an ugly, lonely death at age nine.
SBCCDE was a "big hat, no cattle" kind of project that left two sad legacies: (a) it blew millions in grant money, and (b) it seduced politicians and reporters into thinking they'd seen the Second Coming of CHINs, only destined for success this time. They were half right.
It wasn't for lack of trying by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF). That organization gave CareScience, of which Brailer was then CEO, $10 million to create and run SBCCDE. Uncle Sam chipped in a few more bills along the way.
CHCF bragged, incorrectly as it turned out, that SBCCDE had solved the funding model issue, based on the assumption that providers would happily pony up to keep the lights on. They were wrong. With only two organizations sharing data, neither was willing to fund SBCCDE's ongoing operation.
Actually, SBCCDE left one other lasting legacy. It focused nearly all the government's interest in healthcare IT on interoperability to the exclusion of everything else. That's hardly surprising since Brailer got the healthcare IT czar job riding his SBCCDE credential, with few critics remembering CareScience's 2001 struggles, shareholder lawsuits, and eventual sale to Quovadx for just $14 million over its cash reserves in 2003.
Perhaps Brailer provided some hints of a cloudy future for his RHIO. In an early SBCCDE presentation, he listed "substantial first-mover disadvantage" as a concern. He was right: new entrant CalRHIO is hot stuff now, planning to spend $300 million to blanket California in interoperability. SBCCDE was suddenly yesterday's news, falling behind even upstart RHIOs in actually moving data around to anyone's benefit. For that reason, no one is mourning the dearly departed SBCCDE very much.
Brailer also hinted more than once that the entire RHIO movement could be a throwaway technology, an interesting experiment to kill time until the massively more expensive Nationwide Health Information Network comes online. We'll have to see if he was right about that.
In any case, I predict that at least one-fourth of RHIOs will fail within 1-2 years. Not because they don't have noble goals or sound technologies, but because reality is working against them just like it did SBCCDE and CHINs before them.
- Like the many other misaligned incentives in healthcare, providers have to pay for the common RHIO plumbing, but get little value from it. Patients and insurers get a free ride in many cases.
- A mishmash of federal and state privacy laws ensures that expensive lawyers will guarantee nothing when it comes to avoiding HIPAA violations, opt-in guarantees, and privacy lawsuits.
- Back-end interfaces are expensive and difficult to maintain.
- The lack of an information sharing pipeline wasn't the only reason competitors didn't hold hands and sing Kumbaya before.
- The primitive state of most provider computer systems means that information is often not available electronically. The least-capable hospital or practice reduces the value for everyone else. Clinical information is always of suspect quality and completeness.
- Providers have many more projects that are more fundamental to their survival that will always take precedence.
In other words, RHIOs have all the same threats that CHINs had, other than the advantage of using the Internet for connectivity.
Perhaps the best lesson from SBCCDE's flameout is the one we've already learned from failed physician order entry, enterprise resource planning, and physician electronic medical records system implementations. Technology is rarely the problem.


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From Peace, Love, and Kindergarten
Monday, May 28, 2012
End of the Year Fun...
From Peace, Love, and Kindergarten
10 comments:
- Lisa R. said...
These are all SO adorable!!! I think I may have to add a few more end of the year crafts to the list.
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- May 28, 2012 at 6:37 AM
- Tammy said...
I have most of those, but found some new ones...THANK YOU!!!
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- May 28, 2012 at 8:34 AM
- Miss Kindergarten said...
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- FirstGradeBlueSkies (Jennifer) said...
Thank you for the shout out! Those are all super cute packs!!
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- May 28, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- Rachelle said...
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- May 28, 2012 at 3:28 PM
- applesandabcs said...
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- May 28, 2012 at 5:09 PM
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Thanks for the shout out April!
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- May 28, 2012 at 6:15 PM
- School Sparks Renee said...
One is cuter than the next!! Renee
- May 29, 2012 at 8:42 AM
- Peace Love Kindergarten said...
Thanks for including us April! Have a great summer!
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A beautiful view from Geumjeongsan Mountain near Wonhyoam Hermitage in Busan.
Hello Again Everyone!!
Getting up early to visit a few more of the hermitages at Beomeosa Temple, I was surprised by one and disappointed by a couple others. The one that I was pleasantly surprised with was Wonhyoam Hermitage. I think it's probably the most difficult hermitage that I've ever tried to get to, but the views of Busan down below were well worth the one kilometre hike up Geumjeongsan Mountain.
Wonhyoam Hermitage (원효암) is named after the famous Korean monk, Wonhyo, who helped popularize Buddhism throughout the late Three Kingdoms Period and the early Silla Dynasty. Wonhyoam Hermitage is built on the former residence of Wonhyo. As I was walking in the temple courtyard, I was greeted by a hermitage monk. He told me that the hermitage is over 300 years old.
Half the adventure of seeing Wonhyoam Hermitage is making the long hike up the steep rock trail. In fact, the area that you first start to climb to the hermitage (left of Beomeosa Temple) is called Dolbada, which literally translates as "Sea of Rocks." So make sure you bring a good pair of shoes because the hike can be a bit treacherous at times if you don't have the right pair of footwear. The trail that leads up to the hermitage zigzags for about a kilometre. The trail to the hermitage is marked by white signs, with red print, that read – 원효암. There's a faded hermitage sign to the right which highlights the summit of the mountain ridge. However, before you turn towards the hermitage path, hang a left towards a rock outcropping. Scaling the rocks is a bit dangerous, so be careful. But once you've traversed these big boulders, a beautiful panoramic view of Busan and the Nakdong River reveal themselves in the twisting valleys below. It's a nice little spot to catch your breath amongst the sky and stone. Take your time and take as many pictures as you want because you've earned it with the hike.
Once you've gathered all the pictures you want, and your breath, head back to the main hiking trail. A groomed trail will lead you to a set of three stupas of monks who once resided at the hermitage. To the left of these stupas is an ancient pagoda that dates back to the 10th century. So important is this three-tiered pagoda that it's been declared a Busan Tangible Cultural Property. Continuing down the trail, and past the hermitages farm, you'll notice the hermitage's main gate to the right and through the trees. The entrance gate is adorned with two fading paintings of the guardians Heng and Ha. The gate doors are uniquely adorned with an equally fading symbol of Yin and Yang. The door knockers are a pair of beautiful lion heads. As you pass through this gate you'll be met by a serenely maintained hermitage courtyard. Straight ahead is the diminutive main hall. Inside the main hall, have a seat and enjoy the serenity. The main altar statue is Gwanseeum-bosal (The Bodhisattva of Compassion). To her right is a statue of Jijang-bosal (The Bodhisattva of the Afterlife). There is a beautiful guardian painting to the left of Gwanseeum-bosal. As you step out of the main hall, you'll notice an administrative office to the left of the main hall. To the right, and up the hill, is a set of monk dorms and study halls. Up this hill is the twin pagoda to the one at the entrance of the hermitage. Like the first, this pagoda also dates back to the 10th century. Originally, it was located 30 metres northwest of the hermitage, but was later moved to be included on the hermitage grounds.
The Story Of…Wonhyoam Hermitage in Busan.
HOW TO GET THERE: Like all the other hermitages at Beomeosa Temple, you first have to take the Busan subway, line one, to Beomeosa station and take exit #1. Here, you can either walk up the thirty minute hike to Beomeosa Temple, or you can walk a block uphill to the bus stop where you can take bus #90 to the nearby entrance of Beomeosa Temple. You can take a path that leads left of the Iljumun gate. This trail will lead you to an opening with a wooden bridge that spans a stream. This area is the start of the Dolbada (The Sea of Rocks). Hang a left and cross the bridge. Straight ahead is the first of several white signs with red print that read – 원효암. Now the truly tricky part: Head up the 1 kilometre trail to the summit of the ridge along the Geumjeongsan Mountain Range. You'll pass through a gate with wired fencing. You're halfway there! Keep going, and you'll come to a fading sign. The hermitage is about 300 more metres up the trail passed the pagoda, stupas, and the hermitage farm. It's tough but well worth it!
OVERALL RATING: 6/10. While the buildings aren't quite as beautiful as the ones at Gyemyeongam Hermitage, the sister hermitage at Beomeosa Temple, the views of Busan and the Nakdong River down in the twisting valleys below are second-to-none. The hermitage has a pair of ancient pagodas that are beautiful. The hermitage itself is serene and worth the effort to get to. So if you have the time, strength and the stamina, have a look at this hermitage!


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This post is sponsored by Mirum, but opinions expressed are my own.
Hello, Friends!
I have a special beauty post for you today. Talking about a product you use every day and probably don't think much about. I know I haven't in quite a while. Not until recently when I was looking for a travel-friendly deodorant to take on our nine-day east coast excursion. Like many people, I've been using the same deodorant for years and years and I always buy the same one because it's familiar and there's are SO many at the drugstore to choose from. So how do you decide? And why should you choose something new?
I decided to upgrade from my regular deodorant because I knew on our trip we would have long travel days, changing weather conditions, hot humidity, and hours of house hunting (if you didn't know, we are moving to the east coast next month!). Plus, I've noticed that I always end up with embarrassing white marks on my clothing, especially if I'm wearing black (which I wear all of the time). So I took a quick trip to the drugstore to see what I could find that would keep me dry and fresh during hot travel days, nervewracking house hunts, and that wouldn't stain my tops.
I ended up purchasing Degree's Clinical Protection Shower Clean Antiperspirant Deodorant. I've never worn an antiperspirant before but thought the prescription strength clinical protection might be a better option in the 115 degree California weather, trudging through the airport, and running from house to house. And you know what?! I am so incredibly pleased! Even though the product is advertised as mainly focused on clinical protection, it hasn't left one white mark on my clothes. I've worn it every day for the past week and find that it dries fast and sinks into the skin, as opposed to sitting and balling up into a mess...isn't that the worst?!
In addition to clinical protection, you'll find deodorants out there that are specially designed to prevent white marks, are motion activated , and that place an emphasis on care. You can do deo better by choosing a product that fits your lifestyle and your needs. Whether you're an athlete, you suffer from excessive perspiration, you'd like to keep your underarms smooth, or you're tired of holding your shirt like a tent when you put it on to avoid white stains. I know I never put much thought into it so I was excited to share all of this info with you fabulous ladies and lads! Hopefully, it will help you choose the right one for you and make the deodorant aisle a lot less anxiety inducing. Your deodorant should suit you!
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There's no better way of truly understanding something, than leaping into a world completely foreign to you. Immersive technologies such as simulators, have made it possible for flying to be ranked the safest mode of transport.
Google is one such company; Inspired by their mantra, "organise the world's information and make it universally accessible", the tech giant has brought virtual reality closer to the average joe and his favourite brands. Google Cardboard is as accessible as it's name suggests, retailing for just under R300, it's a pouch like case with lenses housing iOS or Android phones, meaning consumers get a premium entertainment experience at a bargain price. The platform works by placing your phone at the optimal distance away from the lenses. Then, by using compatible apps, the lenses create a 3D effect when held up to your eyes. You can even move your head around, and the images will respond as if you're in the same place as what's displayed on your screen.
Ever wondered what goes down in an F1 team's pit stop? Download a 360° video, stand next to a lollipop man and find out, or better yet hop into the cockpit and be the driver! It's a great tool to use for creating branded content, without it feeling like an advertisement and running the risk of your audience itching to click on "Skip Ad". The latest edition of these "Skip Ad" free stories is Mini's Backwater: a diamond heist with a 360° perspective. The film highlights the Mini Connected system, which tethers the vehicle dashboard to applications such as Spotify and allows drivers to operate a GoPro camera mounted outside the car from the steering wheel.
It will be a while before the technology becomes mandatory for brand campaigns, as production costs of the interactive videos can run well into the millions, meaning only few global competitors will enable you to get a virtual experience of their brands. Once the domain of cheesy 80s science fiction movies, simplistic inventions like Google Cardboard are fast tracking a new standard for entertainment while driving content marketing.
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