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Facial disfigurement caused by traumatic events such as road traffic or sporting accidents can cause significant psychological damage to an individual and it is important to try and treat the facial deformity for that person's wellbeing and peace of mind.
There are many different treatments depending on the nature of the injury. Maxillofacial Surgeons routinely treat the effects of facial trauma and would usually first see the patient immediately after the injury. Acute treatment might involve repairing facial lacerations, reducing and fixing facial bone fractures and repairing damaged nerves. However once the acute injury has healed then any residual lasting facial deformity might require surgery for what is termed "secondary deformity" of the face. Treatments might include:
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Skin flaps and hair transplants may be used to replace lost skin, and hair bearing scalp.
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Adverse Possession – your right to acquire land that doesn't belong to you
Adverse possession is the process of acquiring land that doesn't necessarily belong to you. If you have been in possession of land for a certain length of time, you maybe entitled to make an application to the Land Registry to secure rightful ownership of it.
Rix & Kay's dedicated Dispute Resolution Team are experts in advising individuals and businesses on their rights to make adverse possession claims and can guide them through every step of the process. The team regularly advise on cases where land is either unregistered altogether or land registered with a neighbour or other third party.
Our Adverse Possession checklist provides some practical points to consider.
- Minimum time requirements – Before any adverse possession application can be considered you must have been using (or in possession of the land) for at least ten years. If the land is registered with someone else then the minimum time is extended to twelve years. It may be possible to use any period of adverse possession by a predecessor in title towards establishing the 10 or 12 year period.
- Proof of possession – You need to demonstrate that you have enjoyed uninterrupted factual possession of the land for the minimum time period. In order do show this, you will need to evidence a sufficient degree of exclusive physical control over the land. In general this means that the person in possession must have been dealing with the land as an occupying owner might have been expected to deal with it.
- Proof or intention – You will also need to prove that you intended to possess the land during the relevant period. In most cases, the factual circumstances of possession will demonstrate intention. However, if you are merely using the land for parking, something extra may be needed to demonstrate an intention to possess, such as enclosure of the land or the erection of car parking signs.
- Do you have the landowners consent? – If you have consent to use the land from the landowner then it is not possible to acquire the land through an adverse possession claim.
- Deliberate obstruction of land – You should be careful not to commit a criminal offence in possessing land that does not belong to you and any attempts to deliberately obstruct access to land or block public highways can jeopardise any adverse possession application.
- Making an application – Once you have established the relevant period, you will need to make an application to the Land Registry. The Land Registry may then write to any neighbouring properties who may have claim to the land. They may also arrange for a surveyor to inspect the land and produce a report. Should any other party wish to object to an application, they will need to make their objection in writing. If the Land Registry considers that an objection may have some merit, the matter can then be referred to the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal for a determination.
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It has been a while since I had a Five Things Friday post. It has just been too darn busy! But I hope to make it more of a routine again here!
I am linking up with Courtney at Eat, Pray, Run DC, Cynthia at You Signed Up for What and Mar at Mar on the Run. Theme today is Favorites!
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
…Oh wait, those are Maria's favorite things 😉
Here are a few things I have been loving lately!
1. Essential oils. Specifically Young Living essential oils! They have been helping me with so many different things from sore muscles to keeping healthy when surrounded by sickies.
2. Baby art! I love all the awesome ideas from Pinterest!
3. Tart Cherry Juice! I has great properties that help reduce inflammation and it has been helpful with sleep! Drink up 🙂
4. Running again! Virtual races, real races and my workout buddies who encourage me daily!
5. Treats! Everything Bundt Cakes make amazing little treats and they are just adorable! And my homemade almond chocolate cup treats! Yep! Delish!
What are some of your current favorite things??


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Showing Appreciation to Your Out-of-Town Guests
Wondering how you can show your out-of-town guests some appreciation for attending your wedding? My blog, Taking-care-of-out-of-town guests points out some things that you can do to make your guests' stay comfortable. An idea that I think is fabulous is putting together a thank-you basket for your guests
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Take ownership of commissioning out-of-hours services
The more closely involved GPs get with commissioning out-of-hours services, the better they can ensure that standards are maintained, says Dr Andrew Foulkes
The more closely involved GPs get with commissioning out-of-hours services, the better they can ensure that standards are maintained, says Dr Andrew Foulkes
In June 2007 West Sussex PCT informed its three out-of-hours providers of its intention to put the whole service out to tender. The trust wanted to develop a relationship with just one provider, to develop an integrated model of care and achieve better value.
As PEC chair at the PCT, I felt this would in every way provide a better service. A 2005/6 National Audit Office report1 raised concerns about the commissioning and provision of services, including cost. And the inquiry into the death of journalist Penny Campbell highlighted shortcomings in how services were provided – she spoke to eight different doctors working for her local GP out-of-hours service, none of whom realised she had septicaemia.
Quality of service was not an issue in West Sussex, where the three providers offered a good service and met most, if not all, national quality requirements. But we were keen to improve, so we devised a comprehensive commissioning process.
• assess needs
• review current service provision
• identify any gaps in the service
• involve all stakeholders – clinicians,
acute trusts, ambulance services and the public – in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the current service.
• design the service and the specifications
• develop the market and manage the procurement.
• manage the demand and ensure appropriate access to care.
• manage contract performance.
A comprehensive service specification, with clear objectives and standards, is essential. And it is important to bear in mind that tendering for out-of-hours services and managing the subsequent changes are time-consuming.
Dr Andrew Foulkes is PEC chair of West Sussex PCT


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Every generation has systematically consumed those that preceded them, its part of the natural ebb and flow of civilization: However with the last three, possibly even four generations, there has been a massive new disconnect that is threatening the whole human race with global-extinction.
Back in the 1950's when I first began to try and fathom what was going on as the Beats gave way to the Hippies, there was something moving through the country that was new and turned out to be very deadly down the road to everyone else—even those that had nothing to do with the drugs or the massive alterations which were springing up like Kudzu, everywhere.
Through the nineteen-sixties, many, many changes began to bombard the whole of American Society. While most of those most directly affected were very young, the larger society itself was also heavily impacted by a kind of freedom without any RESPONSIBILITY that had never quite made itself so publicly-known ever before, or since.
Where societies before ours had always apparently looked forward to improve their lives by profiting from the past and changing some of the crimes in that past: That newest generation of the 60's began to piss on all of history while they began to construct their own private alters to the drug-induced free-forms of entitlement, greed and what ultimately became the literal worship of MONEY for private gains.
Many decades past each new generation always challenged whatever the existing generation considered to inviolate. Insofar as that went it was what people mostly did by way of making their own way in the world. But as the nineteen-fifties began to be crushed by the faceless men in their Grey-flannel suits, their families began to fall apart under the pressure: It was this failure that opened the floodgates to the rise of the Flower-children and to other trends that seemed to widen the almost all vistas as never before.
But the SECRETS kept by the men in the grey-flannel suits from their memberships in Skull & Bones and many other secret-societies, was far more ominous than they seemed, even to their supporters—because this global-view would turn out to be the most deadly threat to ever face the entire world, since the Plague that wiped out a third of Europe and changed that world beyond what anyone envisioned.
"The Black Death of 1348 to 1350
In Medieval England, the Black Death was to kill 1.5 million people out of an estimated total of 4 million people between 1348 and 1350. No medical knowledge existed in Medieval England to cope with the disease. After 1350, it was to strike England another six times by the end of the century. Understandably, peasants were terrified at the news that the Black Death might be approaching their village or town.
The Black Death is the name given to a disease called the bubonic plague which was rampant during the Fourteenth Century. In fact, the bubonic plague affected England more than once in that century but its impact on English society from 1348 to 1350 was terrible. No amount of medical knowledge could help England when the bubonic plague struck. It was also to have a major impact on England's social structure which lead to the Peasants Revolt of 1381.
The Black Death was caused by fleas carried by rats that were very common in towns and cities. The fleas bit into their victims literally injecting them with the disease. Death could be very quick for the weaker victims.
It symptoms were described in 1348 by a man called Boccaccio who lived in Florence, Italy:" (1)
As that world slowly began to recover from that devastation the art of that time began to reflect the hatred and cynicism for religions and the politics of the time, across the board. Off and on for nearly a hundred years the free-lance art that was done, tended to reflect his major change in viewing the formal structure of the world, as it had existed before the arrival of the Black-Death. The powers of the Catholic Church however swung into action and began to buy up and destroy all that of that work which they could get hold of, in order to erase all traces of that major revolt that seems to have died with those that took its effects with them to their own graves.
When the abbots in their monasteries began to make copies of the religious works that had been "saved" most of those that made those copies could not read but they could accurately copy whatever they were given to reproduce.
In that small window the world had a chance to throw off the deadly chains of religious tyranny in one fell swoop—forever! But, because the same works that had dominated the so-called educated world, before the plague survived and were reintroduced with no mention of the Black-Plague and its effects upon the attitudes of the then global population—no real change ever took root—so the persecution, the Inquisitions and they tyranny continued unabated.
Throughout all of this and long after the interruption, education was always a central theme. At that time most of the public's education came through the commissioning of religious works that were used to stultify and sway the mass of people to believe in whatever the various religious teachings of the day wanted them to absorb. That was successful and as artists of the day were virtual prisoners to the filthy rich and to the sadomasochistic-twisted lives of the Popes and Bishops in tandem with the kings and noblemen who used it all to take monetary and political-power advantages over the ignorance of the people, in general: It was a time of continuing crimes against humanity on an unimaginable scale.
As the world began to taste new freedoms from WWI and finally with the onset of WWII the deeply laid plans of the Rothschilds family to enslave Americans by stripping public education to where it is today—when all of that was interrupted by the GI Bill that flung open the doors of a real education to the retuning vets. But with the advent of Reagan and beyond, Rothschild's psychotic dream was reborn anew; and Americans have virtually become no different that the kinds of tortured farm animals which most people still think are edible.
After the revitalization of national secrecy and NATIONAL SECURITY at all levels of American Society education along with everything else died, and that is when this country lost its own way—completely.
This tendency to eat our own people was first noticed when I was in the military from 1957–1961. This was a time of premature endings to lifelong service to their jobs by millions of Americans and also to military vets that were kicked out before they could cash-in on the retirements they had planned for. In the security-services this government has ALWAYS eaten its own, since the CIA was formed by Dirty Harry in 1945. Now every agency serves out its time in a limbo where they are only employed so long as they are needed and as soon as their services are bypassed those "officers" are terminated. Now of course we've brought the public sector into all that too—turning whatever jobs there might still be into jokes of actually having a job, when all that is really at issue is just waiting to be fired the second anyone is no longer needed.
In the society at large, the OUTLAWS have used a abused the arts to the point where most of that is now unrecognizable—it has gotten so bad that signs have to be posted to tell the garbage services not to throw things away because they are "works of ART, do NOT remove or DISCARD." Poetry, music, and all the rest of the arts have generally followed suit because the arts were suppose to be mankind's way to keep nature and man in balance and growing into a better tomorrow! And some have tried to keep abreast of these changes and tried to keep that balance alive and viable whenever possible—for me that has always been part of everything I've done over the decades.
As the decades come and go, each grouping follows different paths to their own ends, sometimes purposefully, sometimes because there is no other choice. When I was younger the group feeling this change were in their fifties and sixties. But with each succeeding generation the length of time needed to know that individuals had become passé decreased.
Twenty years ago I had just returned form the Science Museum in Golden Gate Park, where I had pitched a massive mural about the evolution of all life upon the planet. There was a young woman, also an artist who was quietly crying. Since we both had huge portfolios with us, I asked her what was wrong. Between sobs she confessed that since she was 34 years old she had just been informed that she was too old to be a graphic artist any longer. Her work was excellent but time had passed her by and given what she would have done to a twenty-something who knew nothing at all—which was obviously what was desired.
Of course I've had my own set of nightmares professionally, but each failure has continued to widen my skill sets and kept me on the edge of things internationally. One example, when posters were terminated to eliminate whatever their messages might have given to the struggling world—I fell back upon illustration, and on book covers in particular—as a way to keep images alive and necessary to sales in the paperback book world. I was a free-lance artist for Black Lizard Books. In just three years time Black Lizard went from a backwater 4 person press to a global phenomena. (2)
Black Lizard got it's imagery from the gut feeling of so many that had missed the sense of American imagery that had been missing for a very long time. In the arts there is a 30-year cycle where images and styles from thirty years before come back around and Black Lizard was part of that. This 'coming back' is what is now dying around the world, as the time for celebrity drops to an incredibly low-ebb. But this is not just about art or imagery: This is about our souls and our longevity as people to even have a life that makes any kind of sense.
In today's world, there is nothing that lasts beyond a few months any longer, and it is this lack that has literally starved our up-and-coming generations from those ideas that could have helped each person to grow and expand. Instead what has happened is that between the drug use, the absolute disregard for anything of lasting value—and most especially that many sense that our lives are already toast, and that in the reality there is nothing that can any longer matter or alter the fact that this world will literally devour any of us who try to stay alive in these broken and blood-drenched days while we still vote for those same people that have already signed our death warrants—whether we know it or not. . .
The deck of cards that I use as illustrations for many of my articles was the beginning of an attempt to allow people to take back the control over their lives from religious thought and dominance to a much more creative way to see the world through one's own eyes and senses. Take a look at the content list that can often have something to bring to almost any question that any of us face from day to day.
In the meanwhile, know that we are circling the drain ever-faster as the nightmare comes closer to the farce that we call an election. I say it's a farce, but it's much, much worse than that. How can we actually vote for the same people that have decided that Americans can be tortured, disappeared or murdered, because "we are at War" even if we as a people still fail to see this 12 YEAR OLD FACT clearly.
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We miss you Mark! I'm so glad, though, that we get to live vicariously through your adventures.
What started out as a typical day of hiking soon turned into anything but typical. Little did we know that there was a wildfire raging just outside the eastern entrance to the Park, off Highway 120 leading into Toulamne Meadows! To start with the hiking; we were hardly acclimated to the high elevation (7,500 – 8,250 feet). After some study and debate, we chose a hike starting at Porcupine Creek, east of the Toulamne Meadows visitor center. This hike held great promise. With moderate elevation gain and the promise of a reward at the end, we were hooked. The fact of the matter, though, was it was pretty tough going. Lots of ups and downs and temperature in the high 80's had us huffing and puffing, with lots of breaks to catch our breath. After 4 miles we had our reward: a commanding view of Half Dome, Glacier Point, the high Sierras and Yosemite Valley. We contemplated life for an hour or so and headed back to the car.
It turns out luck was on our side. We should have stopped back at Toulumne Meadows, Olmstead Point, Lembert Dome or Tenaya Lake, but we merely slowed down for a gaze.
After passing these sites and nearing the eastern edge of the Park, we were greeted with a stopped line of cars a mile long full of people scratching their heads as to what was going on. In time, a park ranger came by to say that there was a fire coming up the other side of the mountain, opposite Highway 120 and that it "wasn't in his jurisdiction" to escort us any further. We waited for what must have been an hour until the California Highway Patrol finally arrived to escort us out of the Park. The line of cars moved slowly down the mountainous road and all were soon struck by the visage of a wildfire underway on the crest of the mountain.
Kind of scary, but at least we were at a safe (?) distance. We were basically the last group of cars escorted out before Highway 120 was closed – for days. All along the main north south highway leaving Lee Vining people were parked all along the roadside, cell phones in hand, snapping pictures. Enough excitement for one day!
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This morning, I bounded in to our bedroom and told Daniel, "I just figured it out. It's not that I don't grieve, it's that I grieve in metaphors!"
Daniel, having been asleep when I bounded in, responded with "Slrph?"
I chose to take this as encouragement to continue.
"Like how this summer, with the calendar thing?..."
Quick backstory on the calendar thing. I am a freakishly punctual person. There are things I do badly, but being where I'm supposed to be when I'm supposed to be there is one of my weird gifts. Well, it was, until the past few months. As D-Day approached, at least once a week I'd forget to be someplace, or I'd put something in the calendar on the wrong day, or I'd hear we needed to be at the ferry to Catalina at 8:15am and carefully write down 8:45am, assuring we missed the boat.
For the sake of his blood pressure, Daniel and I have agreed to not utter the word "Catalina" for at least eight months.
"So," I continue, sitting on the bed and prodding at Daniel's foot. "It's completely obvious that was my brain's way of trying to forget the passing of time, that with each day we were getting closer to sending the kid off. Because, honestly, when she comes back, she's back for, like, a few weeks and then she's off to college. We're done, right? Who wouldn't want to forget a boat ride over that?"
"Sorry. You're right. Still too soon. But this morning I'm putting on leggings to go walk and they're hers and it occurs to me! It's so obvious!"
I waited for him to ask for details. He appeared to be sliding back to sleep. I poked his shin in what I hoped was a convivial way. He pulled the covers over his head.
"Stop whining, you're fine. Since you asked, why am I wearing her leggings! It's like those nomadic people in that documentary!"
"You know! From…Russia! Or Peru. Somewhere nomadic. Anyway, anthropologists discovered toothmarks on the skeletons of children and they theorize the mothers would cannibalize their children who died because since they were nomadic, there was no grave to visit. Eating a bit of your child was a way of keeping them nearby! These aren't leggings, they're a symbol of loss and connection!"
I waited expectantly.
The silence deepened.
I poked Daniel's shin.
"Stop that!" the quilt ordered.
"What do you think?"
Daniel lifted his head slightly and squinted at the clock.
"I think I don't have to get up for an hour," he said.
"That's true," I agreed, "But the idea felt important."
"Guessing you found the matcha tea again."
"I wish you'd stop hiding it."
"I hide it because of mornings like this," he sighed, gazing lovingly at his pillow.
"Oh, hush," I snapped, "Now, my idea. What do you think?"
"Candidly, I think eating your daughter's workout leggings is weird. Now, go away," Daniel said, flopping back down again.
I learned two things today:
1. The matcha tea was in the glove compartment,
2. I need something to do, and quickly.
Yesterday's exercise class bought me 24 hours. I have things to do in a week. Between now and then, I have writing assignments, my own projects, and this diary, but those are going to keep me in the house, drinking green tea and having great thoughts which apparently might include cannibalism. I hate the phrase "Keeping busy," for all of its little meaningless projects to hold off the whiff of the grave intimations, but it must be said.
I have to keep busy.
And Daniel has got to find a better place to hide the tea.


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Sardinia's History
Unsophisticated tribes lived in Sardinia from 6000BC till 1000BC when the seafaring Phoenicians from modern day Lebanon began arriving. Attracted by the strategic location of Sardinia they prospered but eventually earned the hostility of the locals who attacked them. In defence the Phoenicians invited the Carthaginians to save them which they did. For 271 years a prosperous blend of Punic/Carthaginian and Sardinian culture flourished replaced when Rome arrived in 238BC. Rome's collapse brought the Vandals in 456 and the Byzantines in 534. Muslim pirates harassed coastal areas until Sardinia became a Muslim Fatimid vassal from 901-1061. Sardinia fragmented with titles and rights over the island passed around until stability returned with Spanish rule from 1323-1720. Italy's future Royal Family, the House of Savoy received the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1720 ultimately uniting it to the rest of Italy in 1861. Sardinia has enjoyed relative peace since then, escaping serious damage in WWII.
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The long and fascinating history of Sardinia and its many conquests by varied peoples has left its mark on the architecture, language, culture and landscape of beautiful Sardinia. Truly ancient pre-historic sites are scattered all over the island which basks in splendid sunshine, surrounded by the bluest seas with happy and carefree locals revelling in their unique culture. The island missed out on major industrialisation, so agriculture, wine, fisheries, cork production, mining and tourism are very important. Since the 1950's and the advent of cheap package holidays, Sardinia has become a favourite spot for sun deprived northern Europeans and pale British visitors.


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How to Apply to the Sustainability Revolving Fund
Follow these steps to apply for funding from the Sustainability Revolving Fund. Please note that these funds are for internal projects.
- Read the Sustainability Revolving Fund Introduction [PDF].
- Fill out the Business Case Form [DOC] keeping in mind that this form is a detailed template and some sections may not apply for your specific application.
- Complete an economic analysis as indicated in the Business Case Form [DOC]. Please view the Biomass Example [XLS] as a template for the structure of this analysis. You do not have to use this template. This is an example for your reference only. You do need to complete an economic analysis as indicated in the Business Case Form [DOC]. Email Alexandre Hebert if you have any questions.
- Complete the Sustainability Revolving Fund Application [DOC] as an executive summary for the Business Case Form.
- Submit the two documents and all other supporting material to the revolving fund committee. Send the documents to Kathy Roberts, revolving fund committee chair.
- Wait for the Funding Subcommittee to evaluate your application against others it receives.
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Prairie Crocus - Sock Weight Yarn,
Mohair-Wool-Nylon Blend,
Hand Dyed Cakes,
Semi-Solid Colours.
A fantastic sock yarn! This has all the beauty of mohair and wool, along with the added strength of nylon. It has a slight halo and is likely to bloom a little after washing. It will work into lovely garments, look good in lacy projects, and of course make divinely cozy comfy socks!
This yarn was spun using the fleeces from our angora goats (adults). Their fleeces were blended with fine wool ( Charollais cross Dorset) for added memory to help your garments keep their shape and with nylon to add strength.
- Content: 60% Fine Adult Mohair, 20% Wool, 20% Nylon
- Yardage: approx. 887 m (970 yd) per 250 g (8.8 oz)
- Ply: 2
- Wraps Per Inch: 22
- Hand-dyed cakes, various semi-solid colours
More about our dyeing process
We carefully hand dyed (kettle dye) some of our skeins in small batches using professional acid dyes. They were rinsed (until the water runs clear) and washed using Kookaburra Delicate ( a delicate wool wash with unique blend of Tea Tree Oil and Lavender Oil) .
The colours are rich, vibrant and will be long lasting.
To minimize our environmental impact during the whole dyeing process, ( and when season permits it of course), we use water collected in our rain barrel instead of our well's water.
Each skein is unique (even dyed together). Some skeins have more or less of each of the colours and some may be slightly uneven coloring due to the kettle dyeing process. This makes them special, one of a kind.
When working on a project that needs multiple skeins, please, purchase enough yarn from the same batch to complete your project, as difference may occur between dye lots. We also recommend alternating those skeins to ensure an even blend of colours.
Care Instructions:
- Hand wash gently in cool water with a wool wash of your choice . Lay flat to dry.
- Colours MAY bleed slightly on the first few washes (though we take care to ensure no colours bleed on the final rinse). This is not abnormal and can be due to differences in water chemistry. Please use caution and hand wash in cool water your finished item separately or with similar coloured items .
Looking for ideas? Checkout these pages for inspiration!
- Patterns: Twisted Sock, To Bling or Not To Bling, Lazy Sundae, Foxglove Scarf, Ballet Top
Note: We do our best to capture the true colours of our yarns. However, they may vary slightly depending on monitor/devices settings. We photograph all our yarns in natural light.
We are always happy to help, if you have any questions, please contact us!
|Knitting weight
|1, fingering weight yarn - 22 Wraps per Inch
|60% mohair, 20% wool, 20% nylon
|Number of ply
|Skein yardage/weight
|approx. 887 m (970 yd) per 250 g (8.8 oz)
|Hand Dyed cake - Semi-solid Colours
|Recommended needle size
|2.25-2.75 mm (US: 1-2)
|Recommended hook size
|2.25-2.75 mm (US: B-1 to C-2)
Prairie Crocus, Sock Weight Yarn, Hand-Dyed Cakes
- Brand: Les Belles Bouclettes
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The Golden State Warriors have listed two starters - guard Klay Thompson and forward Andre Iguodala - as questionable for Game 5 of their Western Conference finals series against the Houston Rockets on Thursday. He was easily the team's best player in their 95-92 Game 4 victory, shooting 50 percent from the field for 27 points, seven of which came in the first six minutes of the fourth quarter when Houston erased a 12-point deficit. If you look back at the last couple of years, they had Isaiah [Thomas] last year, they had Kyrie [Irving] this year, those guys provided real offensive punch in the games they won against the Warriors, but that switching defense gave Golden State a lot of problems.
Tell us who was clutch in the comments! A nine-time All-Star who had never made it past the conference semifinals in the postseason, Paul now has his Rockets knocking on the door of the NBA Finals.
If the Rockets lose, they will be preparing for a seventh-game showdown Monday at home, a one-game winner-takes-all contest to decide a berth in the NBA Finals that begin Thursday. Kerr is relying on Golden State's four All-Stars more than ever: each of them played at least 39 minutes in each of the past two games. If you're not watching the game somewhere with your friends, go to the comment section below with your thoughts as the game goes along! Now that Paul is hurt, they'll be facing a different Rockets' team than the one that has threatened to dethrone their dynasty. They're doing what we do. "I lost the ball. not much more to it than that". Everybody's saying why aren't you guys moving the ball? Players like LeBron are CEOs in their own right and realize that their brand would be damaged considerably if they knelt for the national anthem.
Harvey Weinstein Surrenders to New York Police, Arrested on Rape Charges
Rose McGowan on Friday gave her first TV interview to Megyn Kelly following the arrest of sexual predator Harvey Weinstein . Mr Weinstein was sacked past year from his production firm, the Weinstein Company , which later filed for bankruptcy.
"The last two games, we've done that".
But there's a reason the original tweet that TNT's account put out about Durant talking to Kerr was deleted.
It needs to happen Saturday in Game 6.
American literary giant Philip Roth has died
Roth's 2004 novel " The Plot Against America " was thrust back into the public eye following the election of Donald Trump . He graduated from Bucknell and pursued a master's degree from the University of Chicago graduating in 1955.
Check out some of the NBA's great shimmy shakes over the years. I will say, though, that at least part of Kerr's generally sterling reputation is on the line in Game 6, and, if the Warriors prevail, Game 7.
But there's also little doubt that Kerr and the Warriors find themselves in one now. And this time, they just might take advantage.
This slowed-down pace has disrupted the Warriors, whose 72 shot attempts Thursday night were their lowest of the season.
Teachers return to site of deadly Texas school shooting
Students on Wednesday were being given another opportunity to retrieve personal belongings from the school. Her T-shirt had "Santa Fe Strong" stenciled on the front and the victims' names on the back.


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Murrumbidgee Charcoal 5kg
Regular price
It all started with a passion for cooking food over charcoal. Murrumbidgee Charcoal were cooking kettle style for their mid-week meals, and using the spit roast and camp oven on the weekends. But we were disappointed with the charcoal available and the impact on our cooking – inconsistent flavours, chemicals added, irregular charcoal lump sizes, and not locally produced.
They knew there had to be a better way. So were inspired to make better charcoal. They wanted the best BBQ experience with all natural charcoal to bring flavour to their food. That's the story of Murrumbidgee Charcoal.
Due to the unique two river system and associated floodplains the property supports one of the largest stands of Red Gum in NSW. The area covered by timber is approximately 35,000 acres enables the sustainable harvesting of dead timber, they do not cut down green trees to create Murrumbidgee Charcoal.
Harvested from redundant stands on the flats of the Murrumbidgee River
Pure Red Gum charcoal is made with traditional 'earth pit' method
Slow burning, even heat, long lasting
Their mission is to bring Australian Red Gum flavour to your food the traditional way, cooking with fire.
Murrumbidgee Charcoal comes from Australia's Riverina, which is a region of south-western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. This region has a combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation, which is perfect for Red Gum forest growth.


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100 Hot Cars
Just Car Blog
|Manual Transmission Sales Rise, At Least For Now
In 2011, only 3.9 percent of the cars sold in the United States came equipped with a manual transmission. Through the first half of 2012, that number has risen to seven percent, giving automotive enthusiasts a bit of hope for the future.
The take rate for manual transmissions is up at a time when the number of vehicles offered with a row-it-yourself gearbox is down. As The Los Angeles Times reports, only 36 percent of new vehicles sold in the U.S. can be equipped with a stick, while back in 2001 some 52 percent could be ordered that way.
No one knows for sure why more people are buying manual transmissions, but the general assumption is that more manual-trans drivers are trading in old cars on new. In other words, the spike in demand is likely to be temporary, and Edmunds.com analyst Ivan Drury believes that manuals are "on track to be virtually extinct in the next 15 to 20 years."
For those without a passion for matching revs on a down-shift, newer automatics offer some serious advantages. They typically deliver better performance, often with improved fuel economy, too. While manual transmissions used to be priced below automatics, today there's usually parity in price between transmission options.
Given the reported rise in CVTs, there's no doubt the future looks bleak for those of us who prefer to row their own gears. This may be our final moment in the sun, so lets enjoy it while we still can.
|Shifting Debacle: BMW Patent Designs for 7-Speed Manual Transmission Exposed
The transmission debacle in the eye of enthusiasts is just as frustrating as listening to the latest political 'stories' in the media. In knowing how the manual transmission is going the way of the dinosaurs, BMW still has one last hurrah in what is being exposed as their patent for a 7-Speed manual transmission.
The patent office is always a good place to start when you want to be on the verge of the latest 'things to come', especially in the electronics community and automotive world. Porsche has already had a jump on offering the first 7-speed manual transmission, which is available in the Porsche 911. The 7-speed manual transmission can be a mixed bag for enthusiasts. To look at it from the manufacturer's point of view, it is all about efficiency while still essentially giving the driver what they want.
BMW's design proposal, according to the recent uncovered manual transmission patents, has plans outside of just a 7-speed manual box. It seems the idea for even more gears, potentially 8 or 9 gears, may be considered. In such configurations, today's technology will need to play a large part in preventing miss-shifts or driver confusion with having so many gears to select "manually". The use of a computerized shifting module or "Shift by Wire" system could play a part. Think of this as the SMG unit having a gated shift box only the shifts are registered electronically by servos via hydraulic actuation.
It is great to have such innovative ideas to ultimately make the purist or true enthusiast happy. It remains to be seen if such technology will be favorable among our peers. For now, we are happy to know BMW is still on the very short list of those who have not given up on the manual transmission just yet.
[source: E90Post]
|BMW To Offer Manual Transmission On New M6
Some automotive purists cannot be convinced of the idea that dual-clutch transmissions or other variations of automated manual gearboxes are better than the traditional three-pedal manual stick-shift. BMW happens to be one of the rare performance and luxury vehicle manufacturers (aham… "driving machine makers") in American that still understands this. BMW understands it so well that they offer a manual gearbox for most of their car lineup, and will reportedly do the same with the new 2013 and 2014 BMW M6.
The new 2013 BMW M5 already offers a 6-speed manual gearbox and the new M6 will follow suit possibly for the 2013 and 2014 model years. Enthusiasts in American will rejoice as BMW keeps hope alive with the effort to save the manuals. Contrary to the matter, BMW is allegedly attempting to convince its executives to lobby for a broader acceptance for automatics. Until that lobbing becomes successful, give me the manual option please!
|Porsche's Seven Speed Gearbox, Explained
Seven and eight speed gearboxes are the way of the future, since they offer up a blend of both performance and fuel economy simply not possible with five and six speed transmissions. Porsche is the first manufacturer to release a seven-speed manual transmission, and adding the seventh gear allows the automaker greater flexibility in improving the new 911's performance while meeting ever-tightening U.S. and E.U. fuel economy requirements.
The seven speed pattern is your typical "double H" of a six-speed, with another "half H" added to accommodate the seventh gear (which is located to the right of fifth gear). Gears one through six are close-ratio, designed to maximize acceleration, while the seventh gear is essentially a tall overdrive, designed to reduce engine speeds at high vehicle speeds. In other words, only one to six will be used when driving in a spirited manner (since top speed is achieved in sixth gear), while seventh gear will be used exclusively on the highway (or faster secondary roads) to boost fuel economy.
Porsche's PDK dual-clutch automatic is also now a seven-speed, with the same "overdrive" feature as the seven speed manual gearbox. As with most dual-clutch manumatics, the PDK will serve up the fastest lap times, since it executes gear changes much faster (and smoother) than a human being can. The trade off is the man-machine interface, and I've never driven a shiftable automatic (including Porsche's PDK) that I prefer over a manual transmission for sheer entertainment value. Props to Porsche for offering customers the ability to choose, instead of just jumping on the flappy-paddle-shift bandwagon.
Source: You Tube via Left Lane News
|It's Over, Johnny: Lamborghini Kills The Manual Transmission
The replacement for Lamborghini's Gallardo, due next year, will come only with a slushbox. Granted, it's a dual-clutch, paddle-shifted slushbox that will produce quicker and more precise shifts than a human ever can, but it's still an automatic transmission. Gone is the stunningly beautiful machined shift gate, and gone is the satisfaction of a perfectly executed downshift. You'll get better downshifts from a computer, but where's the sense of accomplishment in having a silicon chip apply the exact amount of throttle to match revs in the next lowest gear?
Adding insult to injury is Maurizio Reggiani, director of R&D for Lamborghini. Reggiani told Motor Trend, "A manual transmission is a break in the electronic chain of command that harmonizes absolutely everything that happens between engine combustion chamber and tire contact patch. The only way Lamborghini can guarantee soothing smoothness in city driving or back-thumpingly explosive acceleration on a winding road is for every system in the car to be interconnected. You can't rely on a driver to always shift gears without glitches."
Allow me to interpret Reggiani's statement for you: people who buy Lamborghinis aren't drivers, and they're more concerned with style and image than with achieving the perfect interface between man and machine. Lambo's client base wants to sip their non-fat-half-caff-Americano while conference calling with their attorneys; they don't care about mastering the delicate dance required to extract the last bit of performance out of a manual transmission. It isn't just Lambo, either, since the current California will be the last Ferrari to come with a manual gearbox option.
I might point out that women aren't cutting edge technology, either. After all, their design hasn't changed for thousands of years, they're overly complex and they require years of study to interface with proficiently. Using Reggiani's logic, we should all go out and buy ourselves a RealDoll latex playmate, and perhaps a dog for companionship. It's more efficient and far more logical than entering into relationships with the opposite sex.
As for me, I'll keep my six-speed manual and my wife. You can have your slushbox, RealDoll and non-fat-half-caff-Americano.
Source: Car Advice
|"Save The Manuals" – Will The Manual Transmission Become Extinct?
It has been estimated that less than 10% of new cars sold in America are equipped with manual transmissions.
Are manual transmissions going the way of the dinosaurs? It looks like it. Somehow, due to technology advancements just in the past 10 years, we are witnessing a virtual meteor destroy the raw mechanics that allowed purists to really 'DRIVE' their car like they stole it and feel good about it in the process. We have reached a paradox of the mindless driver over-taking the automotive world which will be left replaced with flappy paddle gearboxes and automatic slush-boxes.
Car and Driver has started a campaign to "Save the Manuals" with Consumer Reports joining in on this endeavor to resurrect a natural part of automotive enthusiast's DNA to manually shift their car. This may be prove to show that there are some die-hard gear-heads still left in this dire economically stricken world. Remember the days you could buy an SUV with a manual transmission? Today, you would be hard pressed to find one. Even in today's high powered sports cars, the option (what use to be standard) to outfit it with a manual transmission is just about gone. Their only remains a short list of vehicles that can be purchased new with a manual transmission.
The technological advancements that have trickled down to automotive transmissions are truly remarkable. For instance, take the Nissan GT-R's double-clutch box. You would end up breaking something if you even attempted to shift a manual transmission that fast. Ferrari is another one. They are notorious for creating a vehicle specifically designed around a floppy paddle gearbox technology that shifts in an unbelievable short 60 milliseconds. I am not even sure if you can blink your eye that fast. These types of transmissions work great and can be a lot of fun at times. But nothing compares to a good-old manual transmission. You can ask just about any tobacco chewing car-nut out there. Okay, they don't have to chew tobacco. I am sure you get my drift.
So what current day cars can you still buy new with a manual transmission? Below is a list compiled by Consumer Reports. Hopefully we can fight to at least keep these cars on the list and maybe add a few along the way.
Current new cars available with a manual transmission:
Acura TL, TSX
Audi A3, A4, A5, R8, S4, TT
BMW 1 Series, 3 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series, X3, Z4
Cadillac CTS
Chevrolet Aveo, Camaro, Cobalt, Colorado, Corvette, Cruze, HHR
Dodge Caliber, Challenger, Ram 2500, Ram 3500, Viper
Ford Escape, F-250, F-350, Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, Mustang, Ranger
GMC Canyon
Honda Accord, Civic, CR-Z, Element, Fit
Hummer H3
Hyundai Accent, Elantra, Genesis Coupe, Santa Fe, Sonata, Tucson
Infiniti G
Jeep Compass, Liberty, Patriot, Wrangler
Kia Forte, Optima, Rio, Sorento, Soul, Sportage
Lexus IS
Lotus Elise, Evora
Mazda B-Series, MX-5 Miata, RX-8, Tribute, Mazda2, Mazda3, Mazda5, Mazda6
Mercedes-Benz C-Class, SLK
Mercury Milan
Mini Cooper, Cooper Clubman
Mitsubishi Eclipse, Lancer, Lancer Evolution, Outlander Sport
Nissan Altima, Cube, Frontier, Juke, Sentra, Versa, Xterra, Z
Porsche 911, Boxster, Cayenne, Cayman
Saab 9-3, 9-5
Scion tC, xB, xD
Subaru Forester, Impreza, Impreza WRX/STi, Legacy, Outback
Suzuki Equator, Grand Vitara, Kizashi, SX4
Toyota Camry, Corolla, FJ Cruiser, Matrix, Tacoma, Yaris
Volkswagen CC, Eos, Golf, GTI, Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, New Beetle, Tiguan
Volvo C30, C70, S40, V50
[sources: Car and Driver, Consumer Reports]
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Last post I defined and talked a little bit about alternating n-linear forms on a vector space (or, more precisely, on the n-fold product of with itself). It's not hard to see that the space of all n-linear forms on a vector space themselves form a vector space (under the usual operation for addition and multiplication of functions), and one can check that the space of alternating forms is indeed a subspace of the bigger space. While we do not quite yet know that this subspace is not the trivial subspace, we can prove that this space has at most dimension 1. First some notation:
Definition: Given an alternating n-linear form on and a permutation , define the alternating n-linear form on by .
Thus is the n-linear form obtained by permuting the input vectors. This is a somewhat special property of n-linear forms, and it will turn out to be useful for a few proofs. We call an n-linear form skew-symmetric if for every odd permutation . I leave it to the read to show that any alternating n-linear form is skew-symmetric and that is skew-symmetric if and only if for all permutations . In essence, just show the statements hold for transpositions and then write an arbitrary permutation as a product of transpositions. With these facts in hand, we can prove the following proposition:
Proposition: If is a non-zero alternating n-linear form and is a set of linearly independent vectors in , then .
Proof: The vectors form a basis for , so choose arbitrary vectors . Write in its unique expansion with respect to the basis and use the multilinearity of to write as a linear combination of terms of the form , where each for some . If happens that for some , then since is alternating, that term is zero, otherwise for some permutation . But if , it follows that, and since is an arbitrary collection of vectors in , this implies is the zero form, which we supposed it was not.
So, combining this fact with the last proof I did in the last post, we have essentially proven one of the most useful properties of determinants, i.e. the determinant of an matrix is non-zero if and only if the rows of the matrix are linearly independent. The trick in this proof was splitting up an arbitrary vector into a fixed basis decomposition and then further realizing that permutations of this basis are really just positives and negatives of each other. This fact will is closely related to the familiar fact about determinants of matrices that interchanging two rows of a matrix switches the parity of the determinant. For now though, we can get even more mileage out of this technique of writing an n-linear form as a multiple of its value on a basis. In fact, when cast in this light, my statement above that any two alternating n-linear forms must be dependent seems almost trivial! We can determine any alternating n-linear form by taking multiples of some scalar, so in some sense two n-linear forms are determined by two scalars. But since any two scalars are dependent, (the equation always has non-trivial solutions in a field) we can extend this idea to show that the forms themselves are also dependent. That's the key idea of the proof, and really all that remains is to write it down.
Proposition: If and are n-linear forms on , then and are linearly dependent.
Proof: If or the statement is trivial, so suppose they are not. I aim to show that there are scalars , not both 0, so that , i.e. that their sum is the zero function on . To this end pick and expand them in terms of a basis for . As above, write as a linear combination of terms (the two terms must have the same sign because they have the same input vectors). Now, because are scalars (non-zero by the previous proposition), they are linearly dependent, so there are scalars , at least one of which non-zero, so that . But then combining these facts, we infer that and at least one of .
Okay, I think this is enough for tonight. I anticipate two more posts on determinants: one to prove the existence of alternating n-linear forms on n-dimensional vector spaces (it's kind of a pain) and to define the determinant, and a second to make the connection between determinants of linear transformations and determinants of matrices (we are taking the linear transformation approach, as opposed to the traditional "matrix first" many courses usually follow). I should mention also that I am following Halmos, P. Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces. Springer, 1987 fairly closely for this material, just to get that out there. Anyways, until next time, enjoy!


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HKT contributes to the community by providing practical and financial help to charitable, community, cultural and environmental causes. Major activities include:
- Volunteer service
- Community projects
- Sponsorship
- Disaster relief
Volunteer service
HKT and its parent company, PCCW, have a large volunteer team which is committed to helping the needy in the community through volunteer service. They include long-term and ad hoc services focusing on elderly care, youth development and support to the underprivileged including mentally handicapped youth and autistic pre-school children, etc. We also promote family volunteer services, encouraging not just our employees but also their family members to take part in our volunteer activities.
Community projects
We have channeled significant effort into cultivating ICT knowledge and skills in the community and thus narrowing the "digital divide" so that less privileged and remotely-located members of society can benefit from everyday IT services such as Internet access. This involves partnerships with the government and other organizations to meet IT-learning needs, such as the provision of hardware and free broadband service, and the recruitment of volunteers as IT tutors.
In addition, we maintain a tradition of serving the safety and communications needs of Hong Kong's senior citizens. For example, our Care for the Elderly Line, in partnership with the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, has provided free telephone installation and service to thousands of senior citizens since 1992. We also supply hotlines for the Personal Emergency Link (PE Link) Centre operated by the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association. The PE Link is a 24-hour inquiry and counseling facility for elderly people living alone. Over the years the Company's Support Team for the Elderly has also provided personal care assistance to elderly people both at home and in care facilities.
PCCW/HKT has acted as the sole sponsor of the Shanghai-Hong Kong-Taiwan Youth IT Summer Camp, co-organized by the Hong Kong Computer Society, Shanghai Computer Society and Information Management Association, Taiwan.
We have also provided annual scholarships and bursaries to students of computer science and information technology nominated by local universities, as well as ICT products and services for charities and fund raising activities initiated by NGOs.
We have received awards from different organizations in recognition of our efforts to support the community through volunteer service, donation and participation in the activities organized by charitable groups.
PCCW/ HKT has been given the "Highest Service Hour Award" by the Social Welfare Department and the Caring Company Logo by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service for several years. The volunteer team also won the Bronze Award in the volunteer team category of the Hong Kong Corporate Citizenship Programme organized by the Hong Kong Productivity Council and the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education in 2016. HKT also received the Social Capital Builder Logo Awards from the Community Investment and Inclusion Fund (CIIF) of the Labour and Welfare Bureau in 2016.
Disaster relief
We make a positive contribution to society through our disaster relief efforts. For example, PCCW/HKT joined the relief efforts shortly after the devastating Sichuan earthquake occurred on May 12, 2008. Among other activities, we organized a campaign to raise funds for Hong Kong Red Cross's relief activities, sponsored fixed lines to allow Hong Kong Red Cross to deal with requests and inquiries, and supported Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild's 512 Fund Raising Show by sponsoring their fund-raising hotlines.


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I know some of you toffee-nosed traddies out there think I am an uneducated person. You sneer at me, and my church, and my literary efforts, and maybe at my theology too.
Well don't.
Because I've got news for you.
I was googling 'homophobia', my bete noir yesterday, and came across this, which seems to be a Roman Catholic hymn about judgement day from way back when. Seems to be called "Dies Irae". So who is Ira, and why must she die? Ira Gershwin perhaps? Do we have some anti-semitism here? It wouldn't surprise me, with Uber-unter-sturmbahnfuhrer Rantstinker in charge. What a lot!
You with me so far? Good. And I quote -
"Lacrimosa dies illa
Cum resurget ex favilla
Judicandus homo reus"
So, I go to my Latin dictionary, and look up reus, and what do I find? It means, as far as I can make out, 'guilty' or 'thing'.
So homos (gays) are either guilty or things. You pays yer money and you takes yer choice.
I protest! Yes, I bloody well do! They are neither.
THEY ARE NORMAL!!! Think of all the great people in modern life - Elton Johns, Liberatchy, Goering, who painted his toenails, W. H. Orden that great poet.
Give me strength!!!
The RC Quurch needs cheering, ASAP!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Bishop speaks out - Catholic Church is Hompohobic - Cheering the Quurch
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- AnonymousJuly 3, 2011 at 2:02 AM
Dear Bishop Smirk,ReplyDelete
Please contact me in future before you embark on excursions into Latin Hymns. There is no Ira who has to die, though you sre, of course, right about institutionalised homophobia as a power-structure in the church.
You are in real danger of making us look ridiculous.
I cn proof-read for you, free of charge.
As to the main thust of you article, I am right behind you.
Sr Jezebel
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28th November 2013
Both events are held concurrently with Intersec 2014, the Leading International Trade Fair for Safety & Security which is also organised by Messe Frankfurt. Over 1,000 exhibitors and more than 22,000 trade visitors are expected to take part in the 16th edition at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 19 to 21 January 2014.
During the event, TAL will be displaying its Super Absorbent Fibre (SAF) technologies and SAF-based converted product portfolio – nonwovens, wovens, yarns and tapes. These are suitable for a wide-range of markets and applications, including advanced wound care, filtration – predominantly of water from oils and fuels, water-blocking geotextiles and water-blocking yarns and tapes for the cable market, water management agrotextiles, and fabric technology for coolant apparel garments. With the Intersec visitors in mind, TAL will also be available discuss how its technology can be applied within flame-retardant applications.
"One of the main products on display will be TAL's durable KoolSorbTM technology – a washable fabric created to provide sweat absorption and comfort functionality when worn under heavy clothing," explains Technical Sales Manager Dave Hill. "KoolSorbTM has been in development for some time. 2012 saw us start promoting the technology quite heavily and feedback from the industry, potential customers and also the media was extremely positive.
"As a result of this communication, we decided to go through a further development and modification process before making the fabric commercially available. This work is now in its final stages, and we plan to be able demonstrate what has been achieved in Dubai.
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... and talking of new buildings, this is the place where "my" lab once stood:
For comparison, see pictures from half a year ago here and from last summer here.
They are building a huge new complex for Earth Sciences, with a much larger footprint than the old buildings which were knocked down. However, it is certain that they will not be able to build higher than maybe 6 floors, as there are very tight restrictions concerning the Oxford skyline. Certain view lines, looking from the surrounding hills at the famous "dreaming spires" must not be crossed, which limits all new buildings to a very reasonable height.
The tree on the right hand side hides the corner of the former Dyson Perrins Laboratory (organic chemistry lab), an early 20th century brick building which has so far survived the general enthusiasm for knocking down old labs. It now houses something else, I think it's related to archaeology. The building carries a plaque sponsored by the RSC, highlighting it as a landmark of the history of chemistry.
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JUST IN: Powerful South American CB To REPLACE Terry In January? The Boss Finally Speaks OUT
With the recent defensive frailties at Chelsea as a result of lack of reinforcement for a centre back position. report has it that a move for a centre back is already on the cards as January transfer window draws near.
Earlier report from the Royals executive Samrit Thanakanchanasut had suggests that the Stamford Bridge outfit will cut short Michael Hector loan spell in January in other to help bolster ther defense.
Speaking concerning Hector, the Royals manager Steve Clarke insisted that he hasn't heard a word from Jose mourinho concerning Hector.
"Chelsea haven't been in touch with me and as far as I know they haven't been in touch with the club," said Clarke.
"There is a recall clause in January, which there is in most season long loans. It's not for the whole month, but there is a week in January when they could take him back – if they want him.
"But I've had no indication that Chelsea want to take Michael back in January."
The 23-year old defender joined Chelsea in summer deadline day deal, after the Blues failed to secure the services of Everton's defender John Stones. The sensational South American was however loaned back to the Royals in other to get more first team play and experience.
"I think it would be better for Michael to finish the season here," Clarke added.
"From there he could make decisions on his career."
Should Chelsea cut Hector loan spell short in January, the Jamaican star would face competition from skipper John Terry, Gary Cahill and young French star Kurt Zouma for a starting spot in Jose Mourinho's team. He is however tipped to replace ageing Terry.
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Wouter Moojen went to medical school (2001-2007) in Utrecht. He trained in Neurosurgery from 2008 till 2014 in Utrecht, Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam. He performed clinical observerships in Toronto (Canada), Berlin (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland). He passed the European examination in neurosurgery and the national board examination in neurosurgery in 2014. In the same year he was appointed as consultant neurosurgeon in The Hague, The Netherlands.
His main scientific focus is degenerative spine surgery, oncology and surgical ethics. He received the PhD price during the ArgoSpine 2015, the Most Valuable Paper Price during the 2014 North American Spine Society annual meeting and the Best Podium Price during the 2014 EuroSpine annual meeting. He defended his PhD thesis 'Introducing new implants and imaging techniques for lumbar spinal stenosis' in 2014. He is reviewing papers for Spine, BMJ and PLoS since 2011. He was chairman of the Dutch National Association of Medical Residents from 2011 till 2013. He finished his epidemiology (Amsterdam) training in 2013.
His main clinical focus is oncology (skullbase), aneurysms, vascular malformations and spinal diseases.
References:• Moojen WA, Bredenoord AL, Viergever RF, Peul WC. Scientific evaluation of spinal implants: an ethical necessity. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Dec 15;39(26):2115-8.• Moojen WA, Arts MP, Jacobs WC, van Zwet EW, van den Akker-van Marle ME, Koes BW, Vleggeert-Lankamp CL, Peul WC; Interspinous process device versus standard conventional surgical decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: randomized controlled trial. Leiden-The Hague Spine Intervention Prognostic Study Group. BMJ. 2013 Nov 14• Moojen WA, Arts MP, Bartels RH, Jacobs WC, Peul WC. Effectiveness of interspinous implant surgery in patients with intermittent neurogenic claudication: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Spine J. 2011 Oct;20(10):1596-606. Review.• Moojen WA, Vleggeert-Lankamp CL, Krol AD, Dijkstra SP. Long-term results: adjuvant radiotherapy in en bloc resection of sacrococcygeal chordoma is advisable. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 May 1;36(10):


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Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors
The risk for Alzheimer's disease increases with each decade of adult life. People with a family history of Alzheimer's have a greater risk, implying that a genetic factor is involved in the development of the disease. A clear inherited pattern of AD exists in less than 10 percent of cases.
Some inherited patterns involve a mutation of the gene for the protein APP, which is found on chromosome 21. Nearly all people with Down's syndrome (trisomy 21) who live into their 40s develop the disease. Other patterns involve a defect on chromosome 14. The gene for the protein Apo E, found on chromosome 19, is a risk factor that may be involved in modifying the age of onset for Alzheimer's disease.
Untreated chronic high blood pressure (hypertension) and high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia) in middle age have been identified as risk factors for loss of mental function in older people. Treatment for these conditions may reduce the Alzheimer's risk. Adults who have had head injuries are three times more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. Studies also have shown that diabetes may increase the risk for Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
It is thought that gender plays a role because several studies suggest that women are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease more often than men. However, the evidence is inconsistent, and some studies report that the disease is more prevalent in men. Therefore, more research is needed to obtain conclusive evidence regarding prevalence in gender.
Alzheimer's Disease Causes
Genetic factors are known to play a role in some cases of Alzheimer's. The APP gene found on chromosome 21 is implicated in the occurrence of AD in Down's syndrome patients who survive beyond 40 years. Some families with a history of early-onset AD have a mutation on the APP gene and others have a mutation in the presenilin-1 gene (PS-1) found on chromosome 14. Another gene, the Apo E gene on chromosome 19, also has been implicated in the disease. Apo E is a protein found with beta amyloid in neuritic plaques.
It is not known whether the characteristic neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are the cause or the result of the disease process.


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Johnny Cupcake's Power Rangers t-shirts
From all the t-shirt brand owners that I have been writing about in the past years, Johnny Cupcakes has come out as one of the most consistent in delivering quality content, creative promotion methods and building a strong community around a fun concept.
Referencing pop culture in a t-shirt design isn't as easy as it seems. Many do it and the majority delivers a mash-up of iconic characters. But most of the time the overall design doesn't make sense. People buy them because they love some tv show or video game., not because the references are that cleverly combined.
That's not the case for Johnny Cupcakes t-shirts. The unique design style, as well as the concept of garments presented as baked goods, never jump the shark. The prints could easily sell, even if you didn't care or know much about pop culture. You wear them because they look cool and are carefully designed on quality textiles.
The newest official collaboration is dedicated to the 90's kids that grew up with the awesome Power Rangers. The pick is not random, because there is a 2017 reboot of the show. When I looked at the designs I truly felt old and nostalgic. See? That's why I love this brand – the designs will always tap into a genuine experience. The collection was launched on February 25th. If you had been among the lucky first 50 in-store customers at 279 Newbury Street Boston, MA, you would have received free gift bags. Apart from t-shirts there are also posters, pins and stickers available.
I was the Yellow Ranger because I loved tigers. Which one were you in your gang?


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Holiday Duck Hunts – An Annual Tradition
At Huff Creek Properties, we anxiously await the holiday season each year. Annual duck hunts with family and friends is a southern tradition that has roots dating back hundreds of years. We celebrate this tradition with some long running hunts … Continue reading
Price Reduction on Chestnut Mountain
Huff Creek Properties would like to announce a second major price reduction on our Arrowhead Ridge listing. This magnificent 264+/- acre property consists almost entirely of mature hardwoods and sits atop Chestnut Mountain just north of Travelers Rest in Greenville … Continue reading
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Clearing and Present Danger? Fog That Nourishes California Redwoods Is Declining
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There was an outstanding arrest warrant for breach of probation in British Columbia for Jermaine Carby, the 33-year-old man killed Wednesday in a shooting with police in Brampton, court records show.
Vancouver Provincial Court documents indicate that Carby had been sentenced in July 2012 to one day in jail and two years probation for uttering threats. He was given credit for the 10 months he had already served in custody after Vancouver police arrested him in September 2011 on charges of assaulting two women in the city's Downtown Eastside and for manslaughter in the stabbing death of 50-year-old Gerald Haakmat.
The proceedings against him for manslaughter were stayed because "the Crown concluded that the available evidence no longer provided a substantial likelihood of conviction on that charge," said a Ministry of Justice spokesman. It is unclear from B.C.'s online court registry if a verdict was ever rendered on the assault charges.
Haakmat's family told the Star that Carby was convicted for threatening the witnesses to Haakmat's death in Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park. Without the witnesses, the case fell apart, but Haakmat's sister said police told her the file remained open.
The Star has not confirmed the family's version of events.
Carby's name has not been publicly released. His mother, Lorna Robinson, confirmed on Thursday that he was the man killed Wednesday.
The court registry shows Carby was charged twice with breach of probation in early 2013. His mother told the Star that her son returned to the GTA from B.C. in October 2012 to help her out. She maintains that police accounts about her son are not true. It's unclear what efforts B.C. authorities made to locate Carby.
Haakmat's sister, who declined to give her name, said Carby's death did not bring the kind of closure her family wanted. She said they wanted to see him convicted.
"He caused our family a lot of grief and suffering," she said. "We went through a lot, and I don't wish that on his family. They don't deserve it. Bringing him to justice would have been one thing, but having him die would not have been something that we would have wished on anyone."
Haakmat's mother, who also declined to give her name, said it "really tore me up on the inside" when she was told the manslaughter charge was stayed, but said she believed Carby would remain behind bars on other charges. She described her son, who at one point served with the 744 (Vancouver) Communications Regiment, as someone always ready to help out. She recalled one story from when he was a child and went to school with his piggy bank, giving a coin to each of his friends, but keeping no money for himself.
"He figured his friends needed that money sitting in the piggybank more than he did," she said. "That's the type of personality Gerry had."
At the time of Carby's arrest in 2011, Vancouver police took the extraordinary step of issuing a news release with his photo and appealing for more victims to come forward. The release described him as "one of the most well-known street level enforcers in the Downtown Eastside," with 110 interactions with police and a criminal record dating back to Toronto in 2000. He had previous convictions for possession with the purpose of trafficking.
Robinson has described her son as a kind and gentle person, who loved to read and was hoping to go back to school soon and become an electrician.
Few details have emerged about Carby's death on Wednesday. Peel police have previously confirmed an officer pulled over a vehicle at Queen St. E. and Kennedy Rd. around 10 p.m. One of the occupants in the vehicle had an interaction with the police, and shots were fired. He died in hospital.
The case is now with the Special Investigations Unit, an arm's-length agency that investigates police-related incidents involving death, serious injury and allegations of sexual assault.


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Oval Planets earrings, bracelet, necklace and close-up of necklace.
Sterling Silver Fancy Jasper and Rhodochrosite Necklace.
Sterling Silver Fancy Jasper and Rhodochrosite Bracelet.
Sterling Silver Fancy Jasper and Rhodochrosite Earrings.
Necklace closeup.
The Jasper stone in the pendant was identified as "Oregon Jasper." I'm not sure if that is the actual name of it or if that's actually where it originated or just a sort of descriptive term. Both stones, the Jasper and the Rhodochrosite, remind me of pictures of planets stretched into oblongs as opposed to spheres. I used Fancy Jasper/Agate and Rhodochrosite beads throughout, for a very interesting color combination of pinks and greys.
Necklace Length: 19.4″
Pendant Length: 1.9″
Bracelet Length: 8″
Stones Used: Fancy Jasper and Rhodochrosite
Silver Bead and Finding Ethnicity: Balinese
For those who are interested in Astrological significances of stones, Jasper corresponds with Virgo and Leo.
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The workers climb up to the very top with baskets of the stuff.They just throw them up in the air and everyone on the ground scrambles around trying to get as many as possible. My host brother was somewhere in the crowd and we ended up getting a huge bag of mochi which we ate as snacks for a few weeks after.
It's gotta be one of the best parts of being a construction worker because all of the workers have huge smiles on their faces in the pictures.
Here is one of the HUGE mochi....it doesn't look so big but it was and if I recall everyone ran for cover except a middle aged guy who caught it like a sack of flour....a sack of flour from the sky that is...for those of you who don't know what that looks like he pretty much started to fall backwards because of the weight of the thing and almost tripped over the person behind him.


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These apps are all optimized for the larger screens of tablets–and either just came out, or are coming soon, PC World reports. It's not easy to find apps that are optimized for the expanded screen real estate of Honeycomb tablets. Here are some we've seen previewed recently that are coming out this summer, or that have just hit the Android Market…
Cool Android tablet apps to watch for
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OVERVIEWFEB 22Educational
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Dates and Opening hoursFEB 22, 2013
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InformationActivity related to the exhibition The War Correspondent's Archive. Plàcid Garcia-Planas Collection | Open through February 23, 2013
Round table discussion with Guillermo Cervera, freelance photographer; Antonio Monegal, Chair of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at UPF and exhibition curator; Ricard Mas, curator of this exhibition, historian and art critic; and Plàcid Garcia-Planas, journalist, war correspondent and collector.
Projection of the documentary Welcome to the Real World about the world's largest arms exhibition, Eurosatory, directed by Lalo García and Txell Sabartés and produced by Voodoo Productions, S.L. + P.C. This arms exhibition attracts governments, armies, traffickers, spies and other professionals seeking information or looking to buy and sell arms. The documentary seeks to transmit the sensations, impressions and contradictions felt by visitors who are not involved in the defence industry.
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Welcome to the Real World | 7:30 min. | Full HD
Directed by: Lalo García and Txell Sabartés.
Produced by: Voodoo Productions, S.L. + P.C. Ewe, S.L.
Aside from an exterior, these portraits offer up the reflection of an internal reality. The scars of suffering, fear and pride in a gaze, what has been said or held back, and the wrinkles of experience. This film paints a portrait of the 2012 edition of Eurosatory, one of the most important arms exhibitions in the world, held biennially in Paris.
Just like any other exhibition, Eurosatory houses the newest developments in the industry. It is an industry that moves figures in the billions all over the world.
This gaze, occasionally ironic and sometimes pure poetry, shows us the reality of a public forum for the global arms trade.
At the exhibition, governments and armies, and other collectives, glean information, are surprised and impressed, and buy and sell...armament. This is their portrait.
Participants in the round table discussion:
Plàcid Garcia-Planas: Journalist, reporter and war correspondent for La Vanguardia from 1988 until the present. Over the years, he has collected objects that depict the reality of warfare and recall the historic events that he has witnessed. Over the past 25 years, Plàcid Garcia-Planas has seen a large number of armed conflicts. The first historical event he witnessed was the burial of the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran (1988). From that point on he was a first-hand testimony to the fall of the Berlin wall (1989), the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqis led by Saddam Hussein (1990), the Slovenian declaration of independence from Yugoslavia (1991), the Balkan wars in Croatia (1991-95), Bosnia (1992-95) and Kosovo (1999), the North American invasion of Iraq (2003) or the Civil War in Libya, which sparked the Arab Spring and led to the fall of the Gaddafi regime.
Guillermo Cervera: Freelance photographer. He has covered a large number of armed conflicts in recent years, from the war in Bosnia (1993) to the Arab Spring. His photographs have been published in prestigious magazines and newspapers including Marie Claire, The Guardian, Paris Match, La Vanguardia, ABC and El Mundo.
Antonio Monegal: Chair of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at Pompeu Fabra University. President of the Executive Committee of the Barcelona Council of Culture. He served as coordinator for the compilation Política y (po)ética de las imágenes de guerra (Barcelona, Paidós, 2007). In 2004, he was co-curator of the CCCB exhibition, En guerra [At War], with Francesc Torres and José María Ridao.
Ricard Mas: Historian and art critic. He specializes in the historical avant-garde, the art market and counterfeiting, the life and work of Salvador Dalí and the history of video games. His publications include Dossier Marinetti, Els artistes catalans i la publicitat 1888-1929, and Univers Dalí, among others. He served as curator for the exhibitions L'art de falsificar, Èczema. Del textualisme a la postmodernitat, Dalí. Una vida de llibre, Tres mestres del videojoc, and Cadaqués de Picasso. He is a regular contributor to El Temps and Time Out.
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Date Published
22 August 2012
Zoopla is reporting all-time record traffic to its website along with record levels of inquiries to agents so far in August.
Visits to the site over the first three weeks of August are up 45% on last year, with over 3.5m visits last week alone.
The number of leads being sent by Zoopla to agents has set multiple new records over the past two weeks, with almost 250,000 inquiries over the past seven days.
Mobile activity has also increased significantly to new record levels with mobile traffic up 200% year-on-year.
Zoopla has also announced it is in the final stages of its integration with Digital Property Group on to a single technology platform, which is expected to be completed by the end of September.
The merged business will operate Zoopla, Primelocation and FindaProperty, with no suggestion – yet – of any of the brands disappearing.
However, there is no doubt that Zoopla is raising its profile considerably.
It recently did a deal to become principal sponsor of West Bromwich Albion FC, and has now announced that it will also become the main sponsor of the Albion Foundation, which delivers sports and education opportunities in the local community.
Over the next two years, Zoopla has pledged £50,000 to the Albion Foundation.
Zoopla has also launched 'Golden Goals' to help to raise additional funds for the Albion Foundation and other local charities.
Every time West Bromwich Albion FC scores a goal in a Premier League match this season, Zoopla will donate £1,000 to charity.
Of that, £500 will go to the Albion Foundation and £500 will be shared amongst other West Midlands based charities including Ideal for All, Krunch, Compton Hospice, CLIC Sargent (West Midlands Region) and Macmillan (West Midlands Region). As a result of the 3-0 win over Liverpool last weekend, this initiative has already raised £3,000 for these local charities.
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This is for you who have lost your loved one(s). I pray you are comforted by the supernatural power of the word of God.
21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John,saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
5 Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful."
6 And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
8 But the cowardly, unbelieving,abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
(Revelation 21 New King James Version (NKJV) All Things Made New)
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4)


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Jurlique Limited Edition Rosewater Balancing Mist
Dewy. Quenched. Vibrant. We could continue with the superlatives about this wonderfully, naturally tea rose-fragranced facial mist from Jurlique. As we said only recently, we haven't often got the point of a product like this. But this is so blissful to use, plumping up skin while refreshing it – and great for 'reviving' fading make-up, mid-afternoon.
Jurlique use a specific rose harvest from their Australian biodynamic farm each year (it's just outside Adelaide), so each year's edition is different. This deluxe edition of their global No.1 bestseller is definitely our favourite yet.
The generous-sized bottle also comes in special packaging created through a partnership with Australian painter Belynda Henry, who stayed on the Jurlique farm as inspiration for a series of fab paintings – there's another appearing on an upcoming products that we'll be previewing to you shortly.
For us, this is staying desk-side till it's spritzed its last.
Jurlique Rosewater Balancing Facial Mist/£45 for 200 ml at jurlique.co.uk