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Footage of a chiropractor dangling a baby by his legs has led to him being suspended from treating children and prompted calls for new regulations.
The video, originally posted to the Facebook page of Cranbourne Family Chiropractic, shows Melbourne chiropractor Andrew Arnold manipulating the infant's spine, hips and collarbone, and has led to an investigation by authorities. Mr Arnold, who cannot treat children under 12 during the investigation, also uses a spring-loaded device called an 'activator' on the baby, which elicits cries from the child as it is applied to his neck, tailbone and spine. Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos described the footage as 'deeply disturbing' and referred Mr Arnold to the Chiropractic Board of Australia (CBA) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). 'It's appalling that young children and infants are being exposed to potential harm,' Ms Mikakos said. 'Newborn babies are extremely fragile and it's important to be aware that the damage done to an infant may not be obvious immediately and may not manifest until years later. 'The [CBA] must condemn this practice as unprofessional and unacceptable, and AHPRA must act quickly to stop these rogue practitioners in their tracks.' AHPRA prohibits the advertising of these treatments, which are not backed by peer-reviewed evidence. However, public health expert Associate Professor Ken Harvey labelled the health regulator a 'paper tiger' and said such 'quackery' should already be banned, particularly on children. 'The regulator is asleep at the wheel and it is just unconscionable that it allows these guys to get away with it,' Associate Professor Harvey told newsGP. 'Repeated requests to AHPRA and the [CBA] to limit the age to protect our babies and children have fallen on deaf ears. 'Standards of practice need to be laid down. If there are certain treatments that have no evidence and are dangerous – and I might add that there was a case of a child killed by this sort of craziness in the US – then the regulator and the chiropractic board should say you are not allowed to do this, this is outside your scope of practice.' Dr James Best believes 'it is manifestly evident that there are potentially grave risks' in manipulating an infant's spine. Chair of the RACGP Specific Interests Child and Young Person's Health network, Dr James Best, told newsGP that spinal manipulation for infants, particularly newborns, is 'reckless practice' and he would consider reporting the chiropractor if he discovered it was performed on one of his patients. 'There are known risks of cervical manipulation in adults, and in these small children with soft and highly flexible spines it is manifestly evident that there are potentially grave risks,' Dr Best said. 'There is no evidence of any benefit of spinal manipulation in infants, and there is not even a plausible scientific rationale as to why there would be a benefit. Why on earth would you allow or undertake such a risky procedure for no benefit?' Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care, Dr Mark Morgan, also emphasised the importance of GPs only referring patients for evidence-based treatment, regardless of the practitioner. 'GPs should not refer to therapists if they don't have a clue what will go on in the therapist's rooms,' Dr Morgan told newsGP. 'The actual therapy should have evidence for the particular indication and the therapeutic intervention should be the subject of discussion, irrespective of whether it is delivered by physiotherapists, GPs themselves, chiropractors or osteopaths. 'There is very limited evidence for chronic disease management by chiropractors or osteopathy. Likewise, there is very little evidence of benefits for chiropractic treatments offered to babies.' In 2016 the RACGP told members not to refer patients to chiropractors following the release of a similar video showing another Melbourne chiropractor cracking the back of a four-day-old baby. Then-president Dr Frank Jones called on the Federal Government and private health insurers to stop compensating policy holders for the questionable treatments, which he described as 'cruel'. A baby's neck was also broken by a chiropractor in 2013, which again led to calls from doctors to ban the treatment of children by chiropractors. AHPRA referred a complaint about the incident to the CBA, which closed the case without disclosing details to the public and allowed the chiropractor to remain practising after they undertook education in 'the field of paediatric chiropractic'.
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Dr Michael Denis Hodgett 22/02/2019 7:28:38 AM
Where is the video of newborn circumcision without anaesthetic. It would be even more distressing!
Dr Peter J Strickland 22/02/2019 12:37:22 PM
The headline of this article infers that a GP is saying there is NO evidence of 'reckless practice' in manipulating an infant's spine. Is that headline correct, as the article actually goes on to say the opposite?
Dr Paul Mellish Chiroprator 13/03/2019 10:21:14 AM
Protectionist BS. The claim that adjusting babies is dangerous is ridiculous in the absence of injury to babies. The last three AMA inspired media circuses focused on 'potential' danger to babies. The AMA has a disturbing and highly questionable policy of believing it's own rhetoric. The Cochrane report (into manipulation of babies under great stress from colic) was quoted by Media GP Dr Penny Adams on Nine morning show. She stated that it was unbiased and reliable and that the Cochrane report concluded there were no benefits to the manipulation of babies. The Cochrane report actually said that it could not say whether there was benefit or not due to problems with the lack of blinds in the available research. They did NOTABLY point out that one study was totally concerned with safety and that of 325 babies in the total sample -NON WERE HARMED. The Same report did mention that the number of hours babies cried for with colic were reduced with manipulation and statistically significant.
Beau 14/03/2019 1:54:46 PM
No evidence? Better start reading BMJ... https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e019040 Systematic review and meta-analysis... never mind if it contradicts good copy...
Dr Hamish Davidson (Chiropractor) 15/03/2019 7:09:01 PM
"Child killed" ... This link goes to an article about a dentist. These RACGP articles have more holes than a tabloid rag. Please stop trashing other professions on which your knowledge is limited, or acknowledge that Donald Trump is your ghost writer. There are NO chiropractic organisations posting public articles about the daily tragedies in general medicine. Time to start acting like you are in fact educated people.


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SAP Puts In-Memory Database At The Heart Of Its BusinessSuite ERP
January 14, 2013 Alex Woodie
SAP last week made the major leap of officially supporting the use of its HANA in-memory database to power SAP BusinessSuite, its flagship enterprise software. Putting HANA in charge of managing analytical and transactional applications and their data simultaneously marks a huge architectural change for the German ERP giant, and it shows that the company is not afraid to take chances. Breaking the barrier between transactional and analytical data will pay off, SAP says, because it will allow businesses to "analyze and predict instantly." Ever since IBM invented it and Oracle popularized it 30-plus years ago, the relational database management system (RDBMS) has been the go-to technology to power ERP and other enterprise applications that are the systems of record for businesses. The RDBMS has by no means been perfect, but it is excellent at processing online transactional processing (OLTP) workloads. The main drawback with the RDBMS is that it is not real good at serving online analytic processing (OLAP) workloads. Sure, it can pull up reports and make sense of the data you already have. But if you want to get serious and mix tables and go into more than two dimensions–that is, to create new information and glean new insights from the data you already have through OLAP–then an RDBMS will not be your first choice of machine. You will want one of the more exotic multi-dimensional databases available on the market. However, there are consequences to maintaining separate systems for production and analytic workloads. First, it is really expensive to build and maintain separate systems. Second, keeping data in synch between the production database and the data warehouse is a giant pain in the tootsie. Finally, the data in the warehouse is never as fresh as the data in the ERP system. For some companies in some industries, that delay is quite costly. In 2008, SAP began working on a new database architecture called HANA that could be used for both transaction and analytical workloads. HANA (which doesn't stand for anything anymore) is a combination of three separate products, including the TREX (Text Retrieval and Extraction) search engine, an in-memory RDBMS database for OLTP workloads called P*Time, and MaxDB, an established RDBMS that SAP bought from Software AG. When HANA became generally available in 2012, it was only supported for analytic workloads, where it would run as a side-mart, bolt-on to a production system. SAP promised to one day run its core ERP applications on the HANA database. That day was last Thursday, when SAP announced that three out of four component of its BusinessSuite, including SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning), SAP CRM (customer relationship management), and SAP SCM (supply chain management) are now supported running on HANA. The fourth BusinessSuite component, ERP SRM (supplier relationship management) will be supported on HANA soon, SAP says, as will SAP Business All-In-One, the pre-configured version of BusinessSuite designed for smaller businesses. There are no code differences between standard BusinessSuite configuration and the one powered by HANA. HANA is a fully certified database, joining other certified databases like Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, and Sybase (which is also now owned by SAP). SAP has put together a series of "rapid deployment" solutions to help speed customer migrations to BusinessSuite powered by HANA. The solutions include software and services, and can typically be completed in a manner of months, says Ken Tsai, vice president of SAP HANA product marketing. SAP is trying to keep the pain of moving to BusinessSuite powered by HANA minimal, while at the same time instituting major architectural changes. In effect, SAP is moving from a three-tier system (after all, R/3, which is BusinessSuite's previous name, basically stood for three tiers) to a much flatter two-tier system–or more correctly, to a two-and-a-half tier system, where the application server has been gutted and basically now just exists to enforce security. It is almost back all the way to the mainframe-based R2 suite. "If you look underneath at the optimization techniques that BusinessSuite has gone through, we've pushed down data-intensive processes. Instead of writing them in ABAP, we write them into code directly into HANA," Tsai says. "We looked at the application code, and [decided] that it makes sense not to put it in the ABAP tier any more, but to put it into the database tier, and then deliver it as stored procedures or SQL script codes, or deliver it as pre-delivered business function libraries in the SAP HANA platform. There are multiple optimization techniques that our developers have gone through." Enterprise architects can argue about what makes the best enterprise architecture until the cows come home. That's why they get the big bucks. But what really matters to customers is results. Behind all the techno blather, business owners need simple and good reasons for ripping out their tried and trued RDBMS and putting all of their data eggs into the same HANA basket. The Germans understand this need, and that is why they invited John Deere, an early HANA adopter, to participate on opening day. According to Derek Dyer, Deere's director of global SAP services, putting HANA in charge of OLTP means that it can complete its materials requirement planning in real time. The company is also looking at implementing predictive maintenance for its equipment in the field. "This move will be a game-changer for John Deere," Dyer says. Other enterprise workloads that SAP sees benefiting from HANA's in-memory capabilities include: including marketing analysis, financial close, receivables management, and consumer and social sentiment analysis. There's a lot of data being generated here, and businesses are very eager to squeeze these data sets for nuggets of actionable data. Predictive analytics is one of the areas of biggest potential gain for customers for agreeing to turn HANA loose on their OLTP data. SAP put a lot of new predictive capabilities into a new release of its CRM app last year, and it's safe to say that SAP will be looking to add more predictive capabilities to its enterprise applications in the future. All this probably won't help sales of SAP's BusinessObjects software. If this experiment succeeds, and SAP customers move en masse to putting HANA in charge of OLTP and analytic data and putting analytics directly into the enterprise products, then sales of SAP's data warehouse software will also begin to dry up. Shifting revenue from one product bucket to another is no big deal for SAP, as long as it stays in the family. But for Oracle, the change is potentially hurtful. SAP in the last few days has been fond of touting its status as the biggest reseller of Oracle's database. It may not be any more. RELATED STORIES SAP Fleshes Out HANA's Roadmap with Heavy Dose of Sybase SAP Talks Up HANA In-Memory Database at TechEd 2011 SAP Unveils HANA for In-Memory BI SAP to Chase the SMB Market–Again IBM Readies Project Kobe to Speed SAP Deployments on System i SAP Tests Prove i 7.1 Performance Boost Over i 6.1 SAP on the iSeries: No Longer the "Best Kept Secret"?

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Although plumbing is relatively straightforward, pipes can take on a life of their own. They can be dangerously sneaky. It's important to cut off water leaks as soon as possible and catch them before they overwhelm you. We have compiled a few tips to avert disaster. Finding a water leak requires good scientific thinking. It involves reasoning from the known, to discover what is unknown.
Watch Your Water Bill
If your water bill is consistently rising, without any change in water usage, then a leak in your system is a valid deduction. What else could drive up the cost? It is very easy for a leaking pipe to go unnoticed, given that they are buried deep underground. Your water bill should remain consistent from month to month unless you drastically change your habits. So, always keep an eye on your water bill as a first line of defense.
Food Coloring Trick
This one is extremely slick. Add a few drops of food coloring to your toilet tank, wait ten minutes, and check to see if the color appears in your bowl. If the color shows up, then it is a clear indication that you have a leak. Basically, it proves that water is allowed to flow from the tank to your bowl unhindered. The only shortcoming of this trick is that it only works on toilets.
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Vigilance is no doubt a virtue. Being mindful of cabinets and regularly checking for the buildup of mold, or the existence of foul smells will indicate a leak. In the event you notice anything of this sort, consult a plumber immediately. Parker & Sons is a safe bet given that they've been voted number one service provider in the valley five times over by Ranking Arizona.
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ClassE was awarded more than $3,000 in donations from 100 Women Who Care at
the last meeting on Thursday, July 13th. Three nonprofits gave a presentation on their
need and then the women voted on which nonprofit project to support. Our money
will go towards increasing our technology to handle the larger class size this year.
Thanks so much to all who donated.


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Tackling the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run in a vintage Vauxhall 6HP
We enter the 122nd London to Brighton Veteran Car Run in Vauxhall's vintage 6HP to get a taste of early 20th century motoring
Few things are as British as taking an open-top car on a challenging 60-mile route on a brisk November morning.
That's exactly what happened in 1896 when the original Emancipation Run went from London to Brighton, celebrating the Locomotives on the Highway Act. The new law meant 'light automobiles' could travel at up to 14mph on the highway, without the need for a man to walk in front waving a red flag.
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The modern-day Veteran Car Run celebrates the 122nd anniversary of that original journey and takes a similar route. It's open to 'all four-wheeled cars, tri-cars and motor tricycles manufactured before 1st January 1905'. And for 2018, Auto Express got to fulfil an ambition by driving a very special car.
Vauxhall is the only existing British car company to take part in the Veteran Run and we've been invited to drive a Vauxhall 6HP model, built in 1904 at the brand's South London base, the year before it made Luton its home.
However, a veteran car's controls are very different to a modern vehicle's. So before we're allowed anywhere near the start line in London's Hyde Park, we take a trip to the historic Luton Hoo, up the road from Vauxhall's Bedfordshire base, for a gentle acclimatisation session with the 6HP.
My instructor for the morning and co-driver on the day is a former colleague who's now working for Vauxhall, Simon Hucknall. We leave the complex start procedure to him, especially after he says the crank lever has to be removed quickly during the process or it might "Rip my arm off". After a couple of vigorous twists, likely to bring you out in a sweat on a warmer day, 6HP chugs slowly into life, its single-cylinder, one-litre engine eventually settling into its own rhythm, rocking the car at the same time.
I step up into the exposed but beautifully restored bench seat and sit snugly next to Simon, who begins to explain the controls. The car uses an epicyclic gearbox and chain drive, with the clutch operating in the opposite direction to a modern car; push it in and drive is engaged. It feels more like a throttle, but that's actually on the end of a beautiful brass lever by our right hand. Twist it towards you – in a throttling action – to give the car more power.
Pushing the whole lever forwards gently engages second gear, although you can add a little more drive just by nudging it towards its locking point.
Thinking ahead is key in a car with a 20mph top speed, and down to our right outside the pristine green bodywork is the ignition advance lever. Pull it up a notch or two or three, depending on the power needed, and there's a little more go.
Then there's the steering, operated by a large, black tiller. Pull it towards you to turn left (a bit of a squeeze for the larger person) and push it away from you to turn right.
Simon wasn't joking when he said driving 6HP was a bit like rubbing your hand on your stomach while patting your head. But after a few runs on Luton Hoo's long drive, we felt ready for the 60-mile challenge early the following Sunday.
And what a sight greeted us at 7am on Sunday: close to 400 veteran cars, all steaming in the early-morning mist (even those that don't run on steam). There's some nervousness, too – not every car will make it to Madeira Drive in Brighton – but most people, including us, are just eager to get going.
Ours isn't the only Vauxhall in the run – the brand's managing director Stephen Norman is on board our car's predecessor, the 5HP, built in 1903, the very year Vauxhall was founded. Sitting alongside Norman is recently retired communications chief Denis Chick, who clearly can't keep away from the brand, or the Veteran Car Run; this is his fifth.
Norman is revitalising Vauxhall, playing on its Britishness, and this event is important to him. "Vauxhall has been a British brand since 1903," he reminds me. "In fact, today, Vauxhall is the only British car manufacturer eligible to enter vehicles in this historic event.
"We celebrate our heritage with a cherished collection of 77 vehicles, from the very first from 115 years ago, to the cars and vans of today, and it's important to us to demonstrate this in public with the two oldest cars from our collection."
With so many cars to get through the starting gate, we're allocated to Section 11 and are eventually under way some time after seven. For the first time, the group is split in two, to ease congestion through London. We take a new route down past Buckingham Palace, along the Mall, through Admiralty Arch then back on ourselves along Whitehall and past Downing Street. Rather than turn left over Westminster Bridge, we chug past the Houses of Parliament and along Embankment before crossing the Thames at Lambeth Bridge.
Simon is at the wheel for the first stint that takes us out past Vauxhall – not far from 6HP's birthplace – down through Clapham and out to Tooting. We then join the other group just north of Croydon for the run, literally past the end of Gatwick Airport's runway, to the halfway point at Crawley.
From the start and pretty much all the way through South London, the route is lined with a mix of car fans and the curious. And what they witness must be like watching an episode of the cartoon series Wacky Races in the seventies.
The shapes and noises from these pre-1905 cars have to be seen to be believed; cars, tricycles carrying two people line astern, enclosed carriages, open two and four-seaters, some carrying five people. Then there are the participants' outfits: from top hats and tails to Penelope Pitstop lookalikes and women wearing early 1900s-style wide-brimmed hats.
It's not just those in the cars, either – we pass people in lederhosen and in black tie. As much as these are early 1900s cars, there's a more relaxed nature to the dress code – fun is the order of the day. We've never done quite so much waving or had our photo taken by so many people, with Simon honking the horn between balancing clutch, throttle, advance and tiller as we drive through the South London traffic.
As we near Crawley, we remark on what fine form 114-year-old 6HP is in, running beautifully. But we've spoken too soon. Simon's face turns white as we pull up at the halfway stop; as we were throttling the engine to turn the car off the throttle cable snapped, meaning a long pitstop.
What's immediately apparent is that fixing cars like these takes time, even though we have a replacement cable close at hand. After a few failed attempts we face the very real likelihood of completing the remaining miles in an Insignia, but for the ingenuity of the Vauxhall support team of Terry Forder and Andrew Duerden showing great British spirit by connecting the cable and replacing the throttle knob with a set of mole grips. As if driving 6HP on busy roads wasn't enough of a challenge, I now have a new and novel throttle controller to deal with. This means we've lost a bit of throttle travel, so it feels as if we're running on 90 per cent power.
Not to worry. We head into the Sussex countryside and some of the South of England's most picturesque villages with more crowds and car clubs lining up to cheer us along.
We toot at the Bentley Drivers Club and a collection of rare Panhard models at the side of the road, and wave at a group of Morgans driving in the opposite direction – the Vintage Car Run is a car fan's dream, for drivers and spectators.
We head through Cuckfield and on towards Hassocks, where we get stuck behind a four-seater with the two rear-seat passengers awkwardly facing towards us as their car struggles up the hills. Overtaking isn't easy in a 1904 car, but with the vehicle in front struggling as we hit the bottom of Clayton Hill, the marshals encourage us to try and pass.
Had the 6HP been in full health, it would easily have made it, but after being stuck behind for so long, with not quite full power, our Vauxhall is unable to do it. A quick drop down from second to first and with the clutch depressed for more power, the chugging slows and eventually the engine stops.
As old and new cars pass by, a Land Rover with a tow rope arrives quickly; clearly we're not the first to come a cropper. Sure enough, we're towed up past other stricken vintage cars.
At the top of the hill there are spaces for passengers to get back on their charges after stepping off to lighten the load. Simon cranks the engine one last time and we press on to Brighton, cruising down the three-lane A23 with traffic whistling past inches away at 70mph – quite an experience.
Preston Park on the edge of Brighton is a welcome sight, unlike the badly phased traffic lights towards the city centre where shoppers snap 6HP on their mobile phones. At least we have time to exchange some vintage banter with Quentin Willson and his wife Michaela, sitting in their vintage model in traffic behind us, before the gentle sprint to Madeira Drive.
The Veteran Car Run is not a race, but for these old models it's like a marathon. And the crowds, still waiting as we reach the finish at about 3.30pm, greet us as such; as we cross the line we're even interviewed, cold but wearing huge smiles.
This is a unique event. The sights, sounds, colour, variety, passion and good nature of all involved should be celebrated – as should the effort these people put into getting so many old cars on the road. Vauxhall's 6HP is a fine example of that – a stunning piece of British engineering that, like the Veteran Car Run itself, reminds you how much fun driving can still be.
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5 Ways To Say "I Do" To A Zero-Waste Wedding
While weddings are definitely a joyous occasion, these parties often lead to excess consumption. Everything from fresh flowers to untouched banquet dishes often end up binned when they could have been put to better use. So for couples who are concerned about their carbon footprint, here are five simple ways you can celebrate your marriage in a earth-friendly manner.
1. Repurpose your wedding florals
If artificial blooms aren't an option, the gorgeous fresh flowers used to decorate your venue don't have to go to waste. For example, there are social enterprises such as Bloomback and Refresh Flowers that repurpose donated blooms into beautiful bouquets for patients in hospitals. Wouldn't it be nice to spread some of that festive cheer?
2. Gown for more
All brides-to-be will undoubtedly be faced with a gown dilemma – for an item that will most likely be used once, should it be bought or rented? For those who do choose to buy or tailor one, do consider vintage fabrics, as well as donating the dress to a meaningful cause, such as Angel Gowns Singapore. The group repurposes these donated dresses by sewing them into little gowns for premature babies, stillborns or infants who have passed on.
3. Skip the physical invites
Instead of sending out printed invitation cards, sending an e-card via Whatsapp or email make for convenient options too. If paper is a must, however, at least opt for recycled paper with vegetable-based ink or other sustainable sources. Some recycled papers come embedded with seeds that your guests will be able to plant. Flex your creative muscles!
4. Cater for less
Have a think about the sort of wedding grub you'd like to have. Banquet lunches or dinners are often excessive and leave guests feeling bloated after. Cut the waste and consider a buffet line with a lighter high-tea menu instead. The trick here is to cater for less. For example, if you have a hundred guests, order for 80.
5. Avoid single-use party ware
And that includes napkins, straws, cups, plates, and cutlery where possible. Opt for reusable alternatives, or at the very least, go for those used from recycled materials. You'll be surprised at the amount of waste reduced from a simple act like this. And as a party favour, you can always gift your guests with a metal straw for good measure!
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There are numerous business directories and usually there is a small sum to pay for inclusion. Some offer free inclusion for a basic entry then tempt you with a higher profile entry for a fee.
This is all straightforward and legal.
However, some scammers offer business directory listings with nasty hidden costs.
Recent scam emails claim to offer an entry in the EU Business Register, based in the Netherlands.
The messages look legitimate and tempt people to fill in the attached PDF of questions and expect a free entry in the directory.
The messages even include the line "Updating is free of charge".
The scam is hidden in the very small print at the bottom of the PDF document where it says "The signing of this document represents the acceptance of … I hereby order a subscription with … for three years. The price per year is Euro 995. The subscription will be automatically extended each year for another year…."
Once they get the form back, the invoices start to arrive and they use heavy pressure and threats to make people pay.
However, the contract is not valid as it is obviously designed to con people.
Always make sure to read the small print on any document before signing.
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On May 11, the Pa House of Representatives passed House Bill 752 with a vote of 166-26.
House Bill 752 increases funding for the Education Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) by $100 million.
Both programs are funded by companies that contribute to scholarship organizations in exchange for a tax credit. The longstanding EITC program has given more than 450,000 scholarships to help students attend the school of their choice, including Catholic schools.
The three-year-old OSTC program has given nearly 9,000 more scholarships for students who live in communities with the lowest performing public schools.
Now House Bill 752 heads to the Senate, and your senator needs to hear from you. Even if you already contacted your representative, now is the time to email your senator!
Click here to easily send a message to your senator in support of House Bill 752.


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Installing pool fences are a good way to keep your swimming pool pure fun and relaxation while keeping your loved ones safe from drowning and pool-related injuries.
An affordable but reliable option, mesh pool fences enclose your pool area without sacrificing visibility from inside and out. This makes it a perfect fit for pool-owners on a budget with small children and pets to supervise.
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It is also made with built-in color, ensuring your post color will never fade, chip, or flake off.
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[Fixed] Getting Windows ready stuck in windows 10
Your computer keeps getting stuck at the display "Getting Windows ready. Don't turn off your computer" each time you reboot?
Don't panic!
Here are some solutions to the problem of the Windows ready-to-crash problem in Windows 10/8 and quick disaster recovery solutions.
After installing Recent Windows updates or upgrading to Windows 10. The system is stuck on " Getting Windows ready, Don't turn off your computer". It takes a while until it is discovered there is nothing changed? The issue also is when users attempt to turn off or off their computers.
Users have reported these issues on online forums such as Reddit, stating that it usually occurs when they try to switch off, turn on or reboot their PCs or install the Windows operating system.
- Getting Windows ready boot loop, restarting loop, infinite loop, update loop
- Windows 10 update stuck on getting things set
- Windows 10 install stuck at getting prepared
What is the time frame to get Windows 10 to be ready?
In certain cases, the process can be more than an hour that could be an inconvenience for the majority of users.
If you're also facing issues with Windows 10 stuck in the loop not being Windows-ready issues, we'll provide you with effective solutions.
How to Fix Getting Windows Ready Stuck
Just restarting the PC is not enough to eliminate the Windows 10 getting ready loop. There are, however, five solutions you can test below.
Solution 1: Simply Wait for Some Time
You read that exactly. The most effective solution is to simply wait for some time. This is the exact method Microsoft's support techs recommend.
When you receive messages like "Getting Windows ready don't turn off your computer", your system could be running various tasks in the background, such as installing and downloading files, beginning a Windows 10 update, or altering the settings of programs and modules, and so on.
It could take a while to complete these tasks, based on the number of applications that are installed on your computer. Therefore, in order to make your computer boot up properly, the first thing you should do is be patient until the system tasks are completed.
It is generally recommended to be patient for two hours. If you do not get the screen, you can try different solutions to resolve the issue.
Solution 2: Shut Down Your PC and Power Reset It
Resetting your computer's power supply can erase all the data within the memory, however, it will not damage your disk's data. This procedure can be helpful in resolving specific issues with corruption that affect the computer.
So, power-resetting your Windows may help to resolve the issue of getting Windows ready stuck issue.
Here are the steps you need to follow to take Windows off the loop of updating
Step 1. Step 1: Switch off your computer with the help of the power button.
Step 2. Disconnect all peripheral devices like USB flash drives external hard drives headphones, etc. Unplug either the adapter or power cable from your computer.
Step 3. 3: If you're using a laptop, and the battery can be detached then remove the battery from the compartment for batteries.
Step 4. Hold and press the Power button on your device for around 30 seconds to remove all remaining charges from the capacitors.
Step 5: The power connector should be connected back to your computer or plug the battery into your laptop. But, do not plug any of your USB devices.
Step 6. Press the power button in order to start your PC. You can now check whether the Windows 10 stuck-in loop getting Windows ready issue is solved.
Solution 3: Perform a System Restore or System Image Recovery
If you've created the Systems Restore point or a system image backup using Windows snap-in applications You can use an image or restore point to restore your PC to its normal state when you experience the Windows stuck in the process.
However, how do you do the restoration process when your system is locked on that screen?
Step 1: Step 1: Download the Media Creation Tool from the Microsoft website. It will create a Windows Installation media (USB installation drive or DVD/CD disc).
Step 2. Start your computer from the USB drive or disc. Change the language, time, and keyboard method, and then click to repair your PC.
Step 3. Select an option Troubleshoot > Advanced Options and System Restore.
Step 4. Follow the wizard through to complete the system restore that will help you get out of getting caught in the Windows 10 getting ready loop.
If you are using an image of your system, select System Image Recovery under the Advanced options tab. After that, restore your system to its original state with the backup image.
Solution 4: Run System File Checker
If Windows is slow in getting Windows 8/10 ready, or if these methods don't work to resolve the problem of getting Windows up and running, you could test using the System File Checker tool. Sometimes, Windows's need to be ready for updates each time it reboots could be due to corrupted computer files.
Here's how you can repair damaged system files:
Step 1. A similar method as before put your CD of installation or USB drive in your computer and then boot it from the drive.
Step 2. Go to repair your PC and then select one of the options screens and select to troubleshoot.
Step 3. Click "Command Prompt" on the Advanced options page.
Step 4 After you have the cmd-window opened, type: sfc /scannow and hit enter on your keyboard.
Be patient till the process of verification is completed. After that, reboot your system to check if the Windows up and running Windows 10 loop still exists.
Solution 5: Perform Windows 10 Startup Repair
If your computer is having trouble in the process of getting Windows up and running every time you reboot, then performing Windows Startup Repair may be able to solve the problem.
It also requires you to enter into the Windows Recovery Environment ( WinRE) by using an installation disc. Windows install disc. In WinRE go through the advanced options and select Startup Repair: Repair issues that prevent Windows is loading.
If the repair procedure leads to an error message such as " startup repair couldn't repair your PC" or " automatic repair couldn't repair your PC" Try a different solution to resolve Windows 10 stuck in the Windows ready.
Solution 6: Uninstall Recently Installed Update in Safe Mode
A mistaken update from the past could cause Windows to become stuck in a loop of updates Uninstalling these updates might fix the problem. This should be done using the Secure Mode.
Step 1. Start by accessing the Advanced Options page and then click the Startup Settings and hit F4to start the computer in Safe Mode.
Step 2. In Windows 10 Safe Mode Right-click Start to select the Control Panel. Then go to Programs and Features.
Step 3. Click View Updates installed in the left sidebar. Select the most recent updates and remove these updates to get rid of issues with Windows 10 locked in a loop, getting Windows ready.
After that, you can restart Windows 10 and the computer is stuck in the Windows ready is likely to be resolved.
Solution 7: Perform a Clean Windows Installation
If none of these strategies can resolve your issue of the Windows being stuck in the process the operating system might be suffering from unfixable issues. The solution is the installation of a fresh copy of Windows.
Once you've completed the backup Now you are able to reinstall Windows 10 after completing the backup. Windows 10 to fix getting Windows ready stuck.
Step 1. Step 1: Start your computer using the installation disk or drive.
Step 2. Select the language, format for a time, and keyboard.
Step 3. install now and follow the directions that appear on the screen.
Note: Keep in mind that you should select the correct drive to perform the installation. Otherwise, all files from that drive will be removed. Be extra cautious.
Once the setup process is completed, the issue Windows 10 is stuck in getting Windows ready will be fixed.
If you're not sure how to create a fresh copy of Windows then read how to install Windows 10. If you believe it's difficult to create an entirely new installation it is possible to follow this article in order to restore Windows 10 instead.
Getting Windows Ready Stuck FAQ
What should I do when my PC is stuck in getting Windows Ready?
- Just sit and wait for a few minutes
- Turn off your PC and then reset the power.
- Perform a system restore , or restore the system image
- Run System File Checker
- Perform Windows 10 Startup Repair
- Uninstall the most recent update installed in Safe Mode
- Clean up your Windows installation
How long do I have to be waiting to get Windows Ready?
Usually, you'll be able to sit and wait for up to 2 hours. If you're still seeing the screen of your computer after this period, consider a couple of strategies to stop the becoming Windows waiting loop.
Do not shut off your computer if it is stuck?
If your computer has stopped in the screen that says "Getting Windows ready. Do not shut off your computer" Try fixing it by using SFC and doing Startup Repair, or running a system restore, etc.
What should I do in the event that my system isn't updating?
- Remove Any USB Peripherals
- Run Windows Update Troubleshooter
- Rename SoftwareDistribution Folder
- Perform a Clean Boot
- Uninstall the Particular Update Causing the Issue
- Run DISM in Safe Mode
- Run Automatic Repair
- Perform System Restore in WinRE
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Your business may have weathered the latest storm but don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet—hurricane season is in full swing and doesn't end until November 30. Your organization should be prepared for disaster, but you don't have to wait for your company's next IT audit to fine-tune the plans already in place. Now is the time to reevaluate your communication strategy and establish or revise your business continuity plan to keep your company working without interruptions.
Establish or revise your business continuity plan
It's a common misconception that data backup is a good enough solution for emergency situations—but when it comes to your company, you always want to be in a business continuity mindset. Business continuity and disaster recovery plans are often viewed as interchangeable. While both document strategies that cover where and how employees will continue working during a disaster, the focus of these plans is fundamentally different. A business continuity plan considers the competitive nature of business and is structured to prevent a company from experiencing a significant amount of downtime. Your business continuity plan should focus on the processes critical to maintaining operation if your site or infrastructure is disrupted. When establishing your business continuity plan, determine which personnel, departments, functions, and processes are critical to your operations, and keep in mind how these may be interdependent. From there, construct and fine-tune a step-by-step outline to be followed in the event of a disaster.
Reevaluate your communication strategy
Even though communication is the most important thing in an emergency, most business continuity plans fail to address it. If your office is inaccessible or your business suffers a power failure and you're forced to work remotely, how will you communicate with employees, clients, and other key business people? Rely on your employees to help your business create its communication strategy. Ask them a series of questions to determine which areas of communication your organization should focus on and tailor your plan around their responses. Find out how your employees worked during the disaster by asking how teams communicated, how files were accessed, if productivity suffered, as well as what worked and what didn't. There are several tools you can use to facilitate continuous communication in an emergency, including email, instant messaging and text messaging. Email. Consider using an online exchange service such as Office 365 if you aren't already. This will make email and other business-critical documents accessible for employees working remotely even if your physical servers are down due to a power outage or other disaster. Instant messaging. If email fails, use an instant messaging service such as Skype to fill in the gaps. Employees will still be able to write and call each other, as well as work in groups. Text messaging. Rely on the power of texting if your employees are no longer able to communicate using email or IM. Slack and GroupMe, for example, are two cloud-based messaging and collaboration platforms that streamline communication by allowing you to create groups of any size to share documents. Additionally, you should create a contact list with the names and numbers of key people in your organization and make it available to employees through a global address list or file sharing service such as SharePoint. Be sure to clearly communicate the goals and procedures of the business continuity plan, as well as train employees on how to use any new software or workflow schemes. Remember, a plan is only as good as the people responsible for carrying it out.
What role does IT play?
Utilize IT as a resource in this process. If you're unable to create a communication strategy or business continuity plan yourself, your IT department or managed services provider should be assisting you. An IT outsourcing provider in Houston can help you identify the services needed to maintain the continuity of your business, as well as handle the testing and training portions of the planning process.
Additional Information
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Oct 26, 2010 at 10:11 am | lebron-viii • shoes
Originally slated to release today along with the launch colorway, the Nike LeBron 8 China Exclusive has been postponed. The sad news and new release date has been just provided by Footlocker. The Chinas will drop on December 7th, 2010 in the U.S. This limited edition will be most likely available at House of Hoops stores, so maybe it's time to pull the trigger and order a pair from overseas via f.e. kix-files.com or rmkstore.com. Fortunately their prices are fair these days, so apart from the extra waiting period it's a nice deal. In the meantime, check out the new photos courtesy of RaNdZ4937.


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On the news front, the market will be focusing on the German Business Climate figures along with Crude Oil Inventories. Overall the impact of these events is expected to be muted; therefore, our focus should be on the technical side of the market.
Economic Events to Watch Today
EUR/USD – Daily Analysis
The EUR/USD pair was closed at 1.13085 after placing a high of 1.13484 and a low of 1.12329. Overall the movement of the EUR/USD pair remained bullish throughout the day. On Tuesday, the EUR/USD currency pair spiked above 1.13400 level, highest since June 16. The pair was up with 155 pips from the previous day's low on the broad-based U.S. dollar weakness.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the value of the U.S. dollar against the basket of six currencies, lost the gains of the previous five days in only two days and was down to 96.39 level, the lowest since June 11.
The U.S. dollar's weakness came in after a new stimulus package from U.S. congress was announced by the U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Tuesday. Mnuchin also said that despite the rising number of coronavirus cases in some states of America, renewed lockdown would not be imposed.
Another reason behind the EUR/USD pair's uptick was better than expected and robust macroeconomic data from the Eurozone about PMI.
At 12:15 GMT, the French Flash Services PMI for June exceeded the expectations of 44.9 and came in as 50.3 and supported Euro. The French flash manufacturing PMI for June also surged to 52.1 against the expected 46.1 and supported Euro on Tuesday. At 12:30 GMT, the German Flash Manufacturing PMI increased to 44.6 from the forecasted 41.5 in June. The German Flash Services PMI exceeded expectations of 41.7 for June and came in as 45.8 and supported Euro.
At 13:00 GMT, the Flash Manufacturing PMI for the whole Eurozone came in better than expected as 46.9 against 43.8. The Flash Services PMI for whole bloc also supported the Euro when it was reported as 47.3 against the forecast of 40.5 and supported single currency Euro. The PMI from the Manufacturing and Services sector boosted in Europe and provided strength to the single currency Euro, which added gains in the EUR/USD pair.
On the other hand, from the American side, the Flash Manufacturing PMI from the United States was released at 18:45 GMT, which showed that Manufacturing activity in the U.S. dropped in June, and index came in as 49.6 against the expected 50.0 and hence, weighed on U.S. dollar.
The weak U.S. dollar added further in the gains of EUR/USD on Tuesday and pushed the pair above the 1.3400 level.
Daily Support and Resistance
Pivot Point 1.1297
EUR/USD– Trading Tip
The EUR/USD pair is facing double top resistance at 1.1345 level, and below this, the EUR/USD has solid odds of staying bearish until 1.1266 level. Conversely, a bullish breakout of the 1.1345 level can extend buying until the next target level of 1.1415 level. While the bearish breakout of 1.12500 can lead EUR/USD prices towards 1.1230 and 1.1205. Besides, the leading indicators are mixed; for example, the RSI is suggesting a selling bias, while the MACD is indicating a bullish bias. Let us look for buying trades over the 1.1297 level today.
GBP/USD – Daily Analysis
The GBP/USD pair was closed at 1.25209 after placing a high of 1.25317 and a low of 1.24317. Overall the movement of GBP/USD pair remained bullish throughout the day. GBP/USD pair rose above 1.2500 level and posted gains for 2nd consecutive day on Tuesday on the back of weak USD and strong British Pound after the release of PMI data. Another factor involved in the surge of GBP/USD pair was the plan set out by Britain on how it will regulate the city after Brexit.
On Tuesday, the finance minister of the U.K., Rishi Sunak, said that Britain's government intends to regulate Europe's biggest financial sector by making reforms to maintain the soundness of capital markets and managing future risks.
The U.K. left E.U. in January, and it will no longer be required to follow Europe's financial rules after December when the transition period will end. Sunak said that Britain's government would tailor the E.U. Capital rules for insurers known as Solvency II after Brexit. The U.K. lawmakers have long criticized the Solvency II rules as too inflexible, and the government intends to start to review it in autumn.
Besides tailoring the rules for the insurance sector, Britain will also make existing retail customer disclosure rules. Sunak showed concern and said that Britain would come under more pressure outside the E.U. to lee pots financial sector globally competitive. The EU is the biggest export customer of the U.K.'s financial services, and an enduring future relationship with the E.U. will help the U.K. maintain its role globally.
Furthermore, the negotiators of Britain and the E.U. have hit by a new obstacle to secure a trade deal after clashing over 70 billion euros worth of subsidies to E.U. farmers by Brussels. The E.U. negotiating team led by Michel Barnier was accused in the latest round of talks of trying to stop the U.K. government from defending British farmers from cut-price European imports.
On the data front, at 13:30 GMT, the Flash Manufacturing PMI from Great Britain for June came in as 50.1 against the expected 45.2 and supported British Pound. The Flash Services PMI for June from the U.K. also surged to 47.0 from the forecasted 39.1 and helped British Pound to gain traction.
The better than expected U.K. Preliminary Manufacturing & Services PMI data provided strength to British Pound on Tuesday, which lifted GBP/USD pair above 1.2500 level. On the other hand, from the U.S. Side, the Flash Manufacturing PMI for June was dropped to 49.6 from the expected 50.0 and weighed on the U.S. dollar. The weak U.S. dollar added in the gains of GBP/USD on Tuesday.
Daily Support and Resistance
Pivot Point 1.2348
GBP/USD– Trading Tip
The GBP/USD is trading bullish at a level of 1.2512, holding right above 50 periods of EMA, which is likely to extend support at a level of 1.2510. On the downside, the GBP/USD may find support around the value of around 1.2445, and the continuation of a selling trade can lead Sterling prices to be further lower until 1.2378 level. The MACD and RSI are expending a mixed bias, as the MACD is holding in a selling zone, while the RSI holds in a buy zone. The recent formation of neutral candles over 1.2510 support level is suggesting indecision among traders. Therefore, we should look for selling trades below 1.2470 and buying trades
USD/JPY – Daily Analysis
The USD/JPY pair was closed at 106.534 after placing a high of 107.220 and a low of 106.071. Overall the movement of USD/JPY remained bearish throughout the day. The USD/JPY pair in early trading hours in Asian session surged above 107.200 level after White House advisor Peter Navarro clarified his statement that the phase one deal was over. Navarro issued a clarification stating that his comments had been taken widely out of context.
On Monday, Navarro said that the trade deal was over, and markets went on a roller coaster after this statement; however, right afterward, he issued a clarified statement which was then backed by the U.S. President himself. U.S. President also provided further assurance after his clarification that the phase-one deal was still intact to avoid any confusion.
U.S. dollar gained after that clarification but failed to post gains in the European session after the strong PMI data from Europe, which made the U.S. dollar weak. U.S. dollar came under pressure, and the pair USD/JPY starting to move in a downward trend. The U.S. Dollar Index was down 0.45% near 96.56 level on Tuesday, which exerted more pressure on the U.S. dollar. Greenback seemed to face high selling pressure after the release of U.S. economic data.
At 5:30 GMT, the Flash Manufacturing PMI from Japan for June dropped to 37.8 against the forecasted 39.5 and weighed on Japanese Yen. However, at 10:00 GMT, the Bank of Japan Core CPI for the year came in as 0.0% against the expected -0.1% and supported the Japanese Yen.
On the U.S. side, at 18:45 GMT, the Flash manufacturing PMI for June came in as 49.6 against the expected 50.0 and weighed on the U.S. dollar. The Flash Services PMI came in line with the expectations of 46.7.
At 18:59 GMT, the Richmond Manufacturing Index for June was up to 0 from expectations of -3 and supported the U.S. dollar. At 19:00 GMT, the New Home Sales in May were recorded as 676K against the expected 637K and supported the U.S. dollar.
The poor than expected PMI data, even after the reopening of economies from all states of America, gave a high selling pressure on the U.S. dollar.
The U.S. dollar's selling bias was further supported by the latest comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who said on Tuesday that U.S. Congress would issue more stimulus in July to overcome the pandemic crisis. This depicted the U.S. economy's weakness, and hence, the U.S. dollar suffered and dragged the USD/JPY pair with itself below 106.100 level on Tuesday.
Daily Support and Resistance
Pivot Point 106.85
USD/JPY – Trading Tips
The USD/JPY traded bearishly to break out of the descending triangle pattern, supporting the pair around 106.800 level. On the lower side, the support level can be seen at 106.400, and violation of this could trigger sell-off until 106 level. The breach of the descending triangle pattern suggests selling bias, but before this, we can expect upward movement in the market until 106.800. Let's consider taking sell trades below 106.800 level today.
Good luck!


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Roles of Zinc in the body
Symptoms of zinc poisoning can be very serious and warrant immediate medical attention. These symptoms tend to be generalized (involving your entire body) and can make you feel very sick.
Common symptoms of zinc poisoning include:
- Aches and pains
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty breathing
- Fainting or change in the level of consciousness
- Fever and chills
- Inability to urinate
- Metallic taste
- Seizures
- Shock
- Vomiting
- Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice)
Zinc is a natural constituent of soil and is second only to iron as a metal naturally present in the human body. The National Research Council has established a Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of 30 mg of zinc for human consumption. Colloidal zinc can be made by anyone using our domestic, commercial or industrial generators within 24 hours.
Zinc is antimicrobial and inhibits the proliferation of many viruses, moss, fungus, algae and mildew. The body contains 2 to 3 g of zinc (Zn), found mainly in bones, teeth, hair, skin, liver, muscle, leukocytes, and testes. One third of the 100 µg/dL (15.3 µmol/L) of zinc found in plasma is attached loosely to albumin, and about 2/3 is firmly bound to globulin's. There are > 100 zinc metalloenzymes, including a large number of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) dehydrogenase, RNA and DNA polymerases, and DNA transcription factors as well as alkaline phosphate, super-oxide dismutase, and carbonic anhydrase.
Zinc is a component of more than 300 enzymes needed to repair wounds, maintain fertility in adults and growth in children, synthesize protein, help cells reproduce, preserve vision, boost immunity, and protect against free radicals, among other functions. Zinc reduces the body's ability to utilize the essential mineral copper. (For healthy people, this interference is circumvented by supplementing with copper, along with zinc.)
The ability to interfere with copper makes zinc an important therapeutic tool for people with Wilson's disease, a genetic condition that causes copper overload.
Zinc supplementation in children in developing countries is associated with improvements in stunted growth, increased weight gain in underweight children, and substantial reductions in the rates of diarrhea and pneumonia, the two leading causes of death.
Dietary intake of zinc by healthy adults varies from 6 to 15 mg/day, and absorption is about 20%. Good sources of zinc include oysters, meat, eggs, seafood, black-eyed peas, tofu, and wheat germ. The RDA is 0.2 mg/kg/day for adults.
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New survey shows accelerating SUV boom
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A new Ford Motor Company survey shows SUVs are highly desired by Millennials – those aged 17-34 – indicating Europe's SUV boom is poised to accelerate as the generation reaches prime new car buying age.
More so than other age groups, Millennials say SUVs make them feel powerful when they drive, are the kind of vehicle they want to be seen in and are more sporty and fun to drive than other vehicle types – according to top strategic research consultancy Benenson Strategy Group.
The Millennial generation is also more likely to consider it important that a car is perfect for an active lifestyle, with half believing this better describes SUVs than other types of vehicle.
'The survey makes two important points – the SUV boom in Europe is not a passing fad and young people are not as ambivalent about car ownership as some suggest – especially when it comes to SUVs,' said Roelant de Waard, vice president, marketing, sales and service, Ford of Europe. 'For both rational and emotional reasons, many younger buyers in Europe see SUVs as the perfect choice for them.'
Millennials account for 24 per cent of Europe's adult population. The new survey shows one in four Millennials who intend to purchase a vehicle in the next year are considering an SUV.
Industry wide, SUV sales in Europe are expected to increase from 20 per cent of total passenger car sales in 2014 to 27 per cent by 2020, according to industry analyst IHS.
The study of 5,000 adults in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK also found:
- 54 per cent of Millennials believe SUVs are better than any other type of car at going anywhere in city or countryside
- 52 per cent of Millennials believe SUVs are better at keeping them safe than other types of vehicle
- 84 per cent of Millennials believe SUVs have become more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly over the last five years
- 52 per cent of Millennials intending to buy an SUV consider them the only type of vehicle that delivers toughness as well as lifestyle, rational and emotional appeal in a single package
'There is a trend for consumers to seek one-stop solutions – whether it is the smartphone in their pocket that can double as a camera, media player, and torch – or the car on their driveway that offers a fuel-efficient commute and a versatile, and dependable way to accommodate the family on its weekend adventures,' de Waard said.


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From USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick comes a heart-wrenching yet hopeful romance that shows that the price of belonging is often steeper than expected.
As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn't need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she's reminded that she doesn't look like anyone else in her family—not her loving mother, Ellen; not her jerk of a father, Pat; and certainly not like Pat's new wife and new "real" son.
At the age of twenty-five, she thought she had come to terms with it all, but when her father suddenly dies, an offhand comment at his funeral triggers an identity crisis that has her running off to Seoul in search of her roots.
What Hara finds there has all the makings of a classic K-drama: a tall, mysterious stranger who greets her at the airport, spontaneous adventures across the city, and a mess of familial ties, along with a red string of destiny that winds its way around her, heart and soul. Hara goes to Korea looking for answers, but what she gets instead is love—a forbidden love that will either welcome Hara home…or destroy her chance of finding one.
(First I should say I didn't read the blurb so I didn't know what the book was about. I made some assumptions based on the book cover: the story would be a standalone romance possibly taking place in Korea. 1 out of 3 of my assumptions was right.)
1) Hara (the main character) was born in Korea and left at a fire station.
2) Hara was adopted and raised in Iowa by a white couple.
3) Hara does a DNA and discovers she matches with a man in Korea.
3) After her adopted dad dies, 25-year-old Hara wants to go to Korea to meet her birth dad.
4) Hara takes a 2-week vacation to go to Korea to meet this man.
5) A mix-up at the airport with a handsome stranger, Yujun, is the start to an instant attraction between Yujun and Hara.
The overall storyline is Hara trying to figure out who her birth parents are and what that means for her life.
H&S has been compared to a K-drama. If K-drama's are like American Soap Operas I could see that especially when the connections between the people in Hara's life get revealed and things get messy.
When the book ends there isn't a resolution. Hara and her love interest Yujun aren't living their happily ever after or even their happily for now. If I hadn't seen on Goodreads that there will be a book 2 coming out later this year I'd be disappointed in how it just ends with Hara left in an unhappy situation.
H&S is a continuing story. That wasn't made clear at the end of the audio I was listening to. I'm not sure if the kindle version lets readers know that or not.
One last thing – the story isn't heavy with romance. The romance is secondary to Hara's search for her birth parents. H&S reminded me more of a Women's Fiction.
Audio book source: Library
Narrator: Greta Jung
Length: 12H 15M


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The Design of Pladra
At Pladra, we're committed to building the best shirts in the business. Below is our design ethos and how it pushes us to create new and innovative product day in and day out.
Pladra is built on the foundation of quality: quality of fit, quality of materials, and quality of construction. While we focus our efforts on an aesthetically pleasing design, our shirts are built primarily to function and perform. We understand the demands of an active garment because we depend on them for all of our own outdoor adventures.
Our designs may look traditional, but we incorporate several distinctive details that make a Pladra shirt stand out from your traditional flannel. We:
- Strive to source the most durable, yet comfortable fabrics on the market.
- Produce shirts that come from an original pattern that has been developed over countless prototypes.
- Calculate shrinkage measurements in all of our patterns so that you maintain an ideal fit after washing.
- Take the time to match up plaid lines for a clean, classic look.
- Develop all of our own custom labels, buttons, and embroideries for an original feel.
- Line every shirt on the cuffs, collar, and back yoke with a nature or animal scene for personality.
- Deliver shirts that are all 100% cotton and completely machine-washable for easy care.
Fabric Design
To ensure our fabrics meet our high standards, we develop our own materials from scratch. We partner with some of the greatest mills in the world to deliver quality and durable fabrics. We custom design each plaid pattern and determine every color, fabric weight, technical characteristic and fabric finish. Each step in this careful process results in materials that hold up to activity and adventure and provide personality and originality in each piece.
Purpose in Every Stitch
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A major difference between Iranian and Western cinema is that in the West, the evolution of cinema began with paintings, then photography…it was a progression through image….But in the East, our tradition of the Persian miniature did not really affect our cinema. At the beginning of the Islamic era, paintings and drawings were discouraged. So our tradition of image is not as old as our tradition of poetry… [and] we went straight from narrative to cinema….Our story-telling tradition is very poetic.
— Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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Edmonds adds 12 in win over New Prairie
Sports Editor, RTC
ARGOS –- Argos girls basketball player Madi VanDerWeele picked a heck of a time for her first 3-pointer of the season.
And then she picked a heck of a time for her second: the very next possession.
VanDerWeele scored 15 points, and Lizzy Edmonds added 12 to lead Argos to a 45-42 win over visiting New Prairie at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Tuesday, which extended Argos' winning streak to four.
Morgan White scored 17 points, and Jordan Winters added 16 for New Prairie.
Argos improved to 4-7. New Prairie fell to 5-8.
The White-Winters duo combined for seven 3-pointers for New Prairie.
But the shooter who made the biggest impact might have been VanDerWeele. Her first 3 of the season gave Argos a 32-29 lead with 2:59 left in the third quarter. As it turned out, it put Argos ahead for good. Her second trey came from the deep left corner on the very next possession and put Argos up by six.
New Prairie would get within three on four separate occasions after that. The last time came at 45-42 on two Maddie McSurley free throws with 3.6 seconds left.
Argos called timeout to set up an inbounds play. They called another after they couldn't find an open player. Finally, Emma Dunlap rushed to the inbounds pass and was fouled with 2.5 seconds left.
Dunlap missed the front end of a one-and-one, and New Prairie rebounded with 0.5 seconds left and called timeout. The length-of-the-court inbounds pass was bobbled as time expired.
Three of Argos' four wins are against higher-class teams.
VanDerWeele might not be thought of as a primary scorer, but she scored 12 of Argos' 23 second-half points. She said coach Scott Jennings encouraged her to shoot at halftime.
"I've been struggling shooting a little bit, so I've been focusing more on just getting passes for my other teammates. … I had a few in the first half, and I didn't feel as ready, and we were out at halftime, and he said don't think about it," VanDerWeele said. "Just shoot it. Be confident and it will go in. I just remember catching it and looking and being, 'Oh, OK.'"
Said Jennings: "It was the right timing for her because she's got that in her. She's a good 3-point shooter. She just has been lacking a little confidence, and I think that was a good confidence builder for her to step up and hit those."
Meanwhile, Edmonds, a 6-0 junior post player, exerted herself on the boards and also scored a crucial basket on a flash cut to accept a VanDerWeele pass and score with 5:03 left. That gave Argos a 41-35 lead.
Perhaps more crucially, Edmonds was never in foul trouble.
"She's a good player, but we never focus on one player," New Prairie first-year coach Aimee Litka said of Edmonds. "She came out, and she gave us some problems on the rebounding front based on our size. However, we didn't attack the basket to know much about her shot blocking game."
Defensively, Argos started in a 2-3 zone, then switched to a 1-3-1 zone for most of the middle two quarters and then played mostly man-to-man in the fourth quarter.
White and Winters did not hit any treys in the fourth quarter.
"I thought our 1-3-1 zone was more effective than our 2-3," Jennings said. "They had some shooters. I felt like we could get out on them a little bit. And then going into the last quarter, I felt like we weren't in foul trouble, so I thought let's go man-to-man and show them something different. I thought people stepped up, and we played pretty good man-to-man defense, and I thought it worked for us."
Sophomore guards Dunlap and Bella Stults scored eight and four points, respectively. Dunlap had a steal and layup with 12 seconds to go in the third quarter. Stults' biggest contribution might have been a bucket with 1:18 left off a VanDerWeele assist that gave Argos a 43-38 lead.
"They've gotten so much more confident," VanDerWeele said of the sophomore duo. "They've helped us get where we are."
New Prairie led 11-9 after one quarter. Sydney Shepherd hit a pair of treys in the second quarter for Argos. Edmonds also had six points in the first half. The Lady Dragons led 22-21 at halftime on a VanDerWeele free throw with 29.3 seconds left.
VanDerWeele didn't have a field goal in the second quarter, but that was about to change.
Argos notes
This is Argos' first four game-winning streak since a five-game winning streak from Jan. 26-Feb. 4, 2017. Argos went 22-3 in the 2016-17 season and won a sectional championship. Ranked No. 1 during a time, Argos started that season 16-0.
Argos returns to the court to host North Miami on Jan. 7. The next Hoosier Plains game is a road tilt at Lakeland Christian on Jan. 9.
Argos will host New Prairie again at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 18 in the first round of the Bi-County Tournament.
Argos 45, New Prairie 42
Jaiden Winters 0 0-0 0, Jordan Winters 5 2-6 16, Morgan White 6 2-2 17, Allison Pavlick 2 1-4 5, Maddie McSurley 1 2-2 4, Taylor Nelson 0 0-0 0, Rachel Deutscher 0 0-0 0
Sydney Shepherd 2 0-0 6, Emma Dunlap 2 4-7 8, Sophie Bollenbacher 0 0-0 0, Madi VanDerWeele 4 5-8 15, Lizzy Edmonds 6 0-2 12, Samantha Redinger 0 0-0 0, Bella Stults 2 0-0 4, Carleigh Miller 0 0-0 0
Three-point field goals:
New Prairie 7 (Jordan Winters 4, White 3),
Argos 4 (Shepherd 2, VanDerWeele 2)
Total fouls: New Prairie 15, Argos 11
Fouled out: White (NP), :02.5, fourth
Score by quarters
New Prairie 11 10 13 8 – 42
Argos 9 13 15 8 – 45


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Look who we spotted at London Fashion Week. Rocker Courtney Cox showed up at the Pringle of Scotland Fashion Show at the Serpentine Gallery wearing a sweater and kilt combo. How fitting!
She wasn't doing it just to support her designer friend. The 46-year-old Hole frontwoman actually has Scottish roots. She told Wenn, "I'm really conventional at heart; I'm really a country girl. I used to go to Summerhill boarding school in Suffolk and I'm buying a house in Buckinghamshire." Guid!
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