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Once you start taking medicine to lower your cholesterol, your doctor will want to check your cholesterol levels again. It typically takes up to 6 weeks for the medicines to achieve their full effect. If test results show that your initial dose of medicine isn't having enough effect, your doctor may decide to take one of these steps:
- Adjust your dosage.
- Try another medicine of the same type.
- Try another medicine of a different type. You may need to take this alone or along with your first medicine.
If your doctor changes your dose or medicine, you will need your cholesterol checked again in 4 to 8 weeks. After you have achieved your target LDL level, your doctor should check your cholesterol about every 2 or 3 months for a year, then about every 4 to 6 months after that.
To maintain the benefits, you need to keep taking your medicine as directed. Most people who take medicine for cholesterol need to stay on it for many years, usually for life. This is because the medicines don't cure high cholesterol. They only control it. The medicines mainly work to reduce the amount of cholesterol your liver makes or to help your body get rid of cholesterol rather than absorbing it. These effects occur only as long as the medicine is in your body. If you stop taking the medicine, your cholesterol will return to its previous levels.

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"There are two ways through life: the way of nature, and the way of Grace. You have to choose which one you'll follow…. Grace doesn't try to please itself. Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked. Accepts insults and injuries… Nature only wants to please itself. Get others to please it too. Likes to lord it over them. To have its own way. It finds reasons to be unhappy when all the world is shining around it. And love is smiling through all things."
"Father, Mother. Always you wrestle inside me. Always you will."
• from The Tree of Life
It is likely you have not seen a film like Terence Malick's The Tree of Life. It is a sprawling piece of magnificent impressionist art. It may also be the most thoughtful and artful portrayal of the Judeo-Christian spiritual perspective that I have ever viewed.
I've heard Life compared to Stanley Kubrick's magnum opus, 2001: A Space Odyssey. And, indeed, they may belong in the same category. Both tell stories with a scope that reaches back to prehistory and forward to the eschaton. In Malick's case, he goes even further than 2001 and attempts to visualize creation and the early evolution of life itself, with a nod to dinosaurs along the way. Both films allow much space for silence and use the strains of sublime classical music to encourage contemplation. Both films build cathedrals of spectacular images that invite us to encounter transcendence.
Indeed, for The Tree of Life, Malick worked with Douglas Trumbull, who created the special effects for 2001, which were mind-blowing at the time. Forty-three years later, the ante has been raised again. The visuals in this film are truly awe-inspiring and, as in 2001, serve their purpose well. As A. O. Scott wrote in the New York Times, "The sheer beauty of this film is almost overwhelming, but as with other works of religiously minded art, its aesthetic glories are tethered to a humble and exalted purpose, which is to shine the light of the sacred on secular reality."
Each film asks us to consider ultimate questions about the meaning of life. However, they do so by a different route and to a different end. 2001 is science fiction (Arthur C. Clarke was co-writer). After a glance back to the beginnings of human technology, it looks forward into a sterile environment of minimalist design, the ubiquitous hum of computers, some of which are so advanced that they "think," and space travel to distant planets. Accompanying and confronting humankind along the way are mysterious austere black monoliths, representing a power transcending human experience and leading homo sapiens forward in the evolutionary process. 2001 is an imagination, in stark futuristic terms, of where humans as a race may going, their conflicted relationship with technology, and the mysteries that may lay beyond the distant moons of Jupiter.
The Tree of Life, on the other hand, looks back and tells the most human of stories, asking questions that arise from our own laments. The film begins with a quote from Job 38: "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?" and whispered voiceovers swirl around impressionistic images, echoing the prayers and questions humans ask when confronted by the mysteries of life, love, and death.
Terence Malick's ambitious meditation on these mysteries and the human search for meaning is firmly grounded in a specific time and place. If you were a boy, in particular, who grew up in post-war small town U.S.A., you will recognize and appreciate this world. I concur wholeheartedly with film critic Roger Ebert, who said after viewing The Tree of Life:
I don't know when a film has connected more immediately with my own personal experience. In uncanny ways, the central events of "The Tree of Life" reflect a time and place I lived in, and the boys in it are me. If I set out to make an autobiographical film, and if I had Malick's gift, it would look so much like this. His scenes portray a childhood in a town in the American midlands, where life flows in and out through open windows. There is a father who maintains discipline and a mother who exudes forgiveness, and long summer days of play and idleness and urgent unsaid questions about the meaning of things.
In this world, which I also see in my own mind's eye so clearly, children walk without fear down the middle of the street in tree-lined neighborhoods, on their way to and from home. Lawns are closely clipped and no fences separate neighbors' properties. It's a place of front porches and open windows. Few secrets exist when one can walk down the sidewalk in the evening and spy without effort on events and arguments thinly veiled by sheer curtains fluttering in the breeze. Children play outside all day long, stopping only for lunch and supper. They throw the ball and run through the endless yards that stretch from house to house. They are ever climbing trees, finding water in which to splash, wrestling and cavorting freely. They have adventures in the fields, the woods, and along the river. They catch frogs, mischievously bind them to toy rockets, and launch them skyward. Sometimes they get carried away and break a few windows.
At the dinner table, grace is said and children gather with "Father" and "Mother," addressing them as such, speaking when spoken to. Silliness is not tolerated, and the child who does not practice self-control is dismissed and goes hungry. Father enforces this, as he does most of the rules. His job? To toughen us up and help us prepare for life in the real world, which isn't always fair and is often cruel. (The film reveals that Mr. O'Brien himself had once had dreams of his own, now lost). Father disappears during the day and occasionally for a week at a time when that outside world demands it of him. When he returns, he brings gifts but the rules remain the rules. Mother, on the other hand, is always there, with food, a smile, a gentle way of soothing a wound or hurt feelings. She laughs and finds time to play. She pushes the swing, runs through the sprinkler, and catches butterflies on her outstretched hand. When Mother wakes the boys for school, she playfully puts ice cubes down their pajamas. Father rips off the covers; it's all business.
Grace and nature. Nurture and structure. The songs of innocence and experience.
In The Tree of Life, the character in whose mind this world is relived is Jack (Sean Penn), oldest child of the O'Briens (Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain). We know from the beginning of the film that Jack's younger brother died at age 19. That event casts a shadow of grief and spiritual angst over the entire film. When we are introduced to Jack as an adult we can see in his eyes that he feels lost in the world. An architect or building planner of some sort, he lives in a world of steel and glass, impressive in its own right but ultimately cold and lifeless. His brother's death has left a gaping hole in his heart, and when we hear his voice asking, "Where are you?" we know Jack is not only asking about his constant boyhood companion, but also about God.
Then comes the movie's remarkable creation sequence, which ends with Jack himself emerging from the primordial waters and into his radiant mother's arms as her firstborn. The story proceeds as a kaleidoscopic reverie within Jack's own mind: brothers are born, young Jack (wonderfully played by Hunter McCracken) learns to negotiate the dance of relating with Father and Mother, and finally he comes of age and faces the complicated and confusing experiences of adult anger, a playmate's death, the dominance he gains over his younger brother, and the stirrings of sexual awakening. A. O. Scott says it well in his review: "There are very few films I can think of that convey the changing interior weather of a child's mind with such fidelity and sensitivity. Nor are there many that penetrate so deeply into the currents of feeling that bind and separate the members of a family."
In the end, Jack knows he has become like his father, or at least more like him than his mother. Grace is gone. A significant scene recalling an encounter with his younger brother and a BB gun confirms that. There is also the fact that he now lives in a world of man made pinnacles and project deadlines, bound to his job just like Father.
Where has grace gone? Has nature swallowed it whole? Does the move from innocence to experience mean the loss of grace forever? Are we humans condemned to completely forfeit the Eden so beautifully portrayed in this film the wonder of creation that leaves us breathless, the continual refreshing and renewal of heaven's waters birthing and sustaining us, raining down on us, flowing over us, the carefree exuberance of childhood, the angelic beauty of Mother's face?
The Tree of Life suggests not. For the film ends where life began, on a beach at the shore of the great ocean. Here parents and children, brothers and sisters walk the sand, find their lost loved ones, and are reunited in a world to come, where the waters give birth to a new creation. Grace wins.
Like all great art, explanations and descriptions pale in comparison with experiencing The Tree of Life and allowing it to affect you. It tells the simplest of stories: a common, personal boy's tale. However, one might feel like Jacob after viewing it: "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." Or like Job, who was overwhelmed and shut his mouth.
In the theater where we watched The Tree of Life, there was total silence as the credits began to roll. That said as much to me about the power of this film as anything.


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Online was a magazine for information systems first published in 1977.[1] The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. The magazine was headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.[2] In 2001, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc.[1] The first issue under Information Today, Inc. was published in January/February 2002.[1] The magazine merged in 2013 with the magazine Searcher to form Online Searcher.
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BRET-Tech has released the MF200 labeller suitable for automatically applying labels onto cartons, trays, blister packs, bottles, cans, and boxes.
This Australian-made labeller can apply the label onto the top, bottom or sides of a flat or convex surface.
It uses a brush to wipe the label onto the product at a maximum dispensing speed of 125mm a second.
The MF200 has been designed to be cost-effective and operate in rugged conditions, with simple controls that make it easy to set-up and operate.
In standard form it can apply a wide variety of label sizes, but can be modified for any size and shape label.
Additionally a date stamper option has been developed for the MF200 labeller, which prints the date on a blank field of the label.
The Bret-Tech MF200 labeller can be supplied mounted on a conveyor or built to label specialty products.


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Creating a System Properties file (EN)
Article ID: 29418368
Topic or Information
How to generate System Properties file?
Applies To
Psion Mobile Computers, PXA270 Family, WAP Family, Omnii Family, EP10
System Properties
Every terminal has unique properties including hardware and software versions and configuration. The terminals can create a System Properties file that outlines for the support team the terminal's configuration. A System Properties file should be provided to the helpdesk each time a new ticket is opened.
The System Properties file may not exist by default, below are the steps to create the file for various operating systems:
Windows CE 4.2 and 5.0
- Open the Start Menu (Click Start or refer to the terminal user guide for keyboard shortcut)
- Open the Settings menu and select Control Panel [press Enter]
- Open the System icon and navigate to the Properties tab.
Most terminals will generate the System properties file in the Flash Disk; some terminals will also place a copy in the Temp folder. Copy the file to a removable storage device or to a network location.
Windows CE 6.0
- Open the Start Menu
- Open the Settings menu and select Control Panel [Press Enter]
- Open the System Properties icon and click the Export button
The Export button will allow you to select the folder and file name to use when saving the file. This file will be exported as an XML file and can be copied from the terminal using the same means as above.
Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0, and 6.1
- Open the Start Menu
- Select Settings and navigate to the System Tab
- Open the 'About Device' icon.
Opening the About Device icon will query the system hardware and create a new System Properties file in the root of the file system. Using Windows Mobile, it is easy to copy the file to a removable storage device, a network location, or beam to a Bluetooth enabled PC.
Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5
- Open the Start Menu
- Select Settings
- Select System
- Open the 'System Properties' applet.
- Select the 'Export' option
The system properties information will be exported in the \SystemProperties_NNNNNN.xml file
+ Applicable Products
- 7530 G2 Mobile Computer
- 8515 Vehicle-mounted Computer
- 8525 G2 Vehicle-mounted Computer
- 8530 G2 Vehicle-mounted Computer
- EP10 Mobile Computer
- Omnii RT15 Mobile Computer
- Omnii XT10
- Omnii XT15
- Omnii XT15 Mobile Computer Series
- Omnii XT15f
- Omnii XT15ni
- VH10 Vehicle-mounted Computer


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Nowadays, our diets are full of processed foods, rich in toxins and chemicals, which harm our health in countless ways.
Yet, we sometimes buy certain products without being aware that they pose serious health risks, such as dressings, dips, sauces, mustard, and ketchup.
Apparently, Heinz ketchup is one of the most harmful foods we buy, so let's review its ingredient list first. Producers are obliged to list the ingredients in highest amounts first, so this ketchup is mainly tomato concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, then distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup etc.
This is the list of all ingredients:
- Tomato Concentrate
- Distilled Vinegar
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Corn Syrup
- Salt, Spice, Onion Powder, Natural Flavor etc.
At first glance, you can notice that Heinz is trying to hide something, by dividing the same condiment twice.
They are trying to trick customers that there are actually more ingredients in the product than there really are, but it is a fact that high fructose corn syrup and corn syrup are the same exact thing.
They want us to believe that corn syrup is healthier than high fructose corn syrup, and additionally, they have split the amount of the syrup added to their ketchup. If we regard these two as one ingredient, the list should look like this:
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Tomato Concentrate
- Distilled Vinegar
- Salt, Spices etc.
In this case, we would know that we are actually buying more corn syrup from GMO corn than tomato based ketchup!
Furthermore, do you know where distilled vinegar comes from? The answer is rather disturbing- Genetically Modified Corn. Aham.. Three corn-based ingredients so far.
Additionally, the salt used in this product is the cheapest one possible, which, if consumed frequently, leads to toxicity, high blood pressure, and mineral imbalances.
Do have the slightest idea what does 'natural flavors' mean and include? Me neither.
Go on, you can find no protein, no fiber. Yet, it contains sodium and sugar. Where from?
Maybe 'natural flavor' stands for sugar. Who knows?
There are countless reasons to avoid Heinz ketchup for good, but we give you three solid ones:
High Fructose Corn Syrup
This ketchup is simply full of high fructose corn syrup, which is highly toxic and unhealthy. It is derived from genetically modified corn, so it elevates blood sugar levels, damages the liver, weakens the immune system, and causes obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
An FDA researcher has asked the corn producers to send her a barrel of high fructose corn syrup for testing numerous times, but she didn't receive any.
Then, she asked a new beverage company on the market for a barrel, and when she received it, she found that it is high in mercury, an extremely toxic heavy metal, that harms children, leads to autism, and affects the brain and the nervous system.
Therefore, this ketchup contains this GMO, rich in mercury, toxic poisonous sweetener, in extremely high amounts, but in an attempt to hide this fact, it is listed twice. For your own health and the health of your loved ones, avoid it like the plague.
Distilled Vinegar & Sugar
Heinz ketchup contains distilled vinegar, which is made from genetically modified corn, grown with toxic pesticides and chemicals, so its consumption harms the health in many ways.
This product lists 'natural flavors' on the ingredient list and additional 4 grams of sugar above it, which means that the ketchup is also high in sugar too.
Most sugar in mass produces products comes from GMO sources, so this combination of sugar, GMOs, and chemicals will definitely harm your liver, metabolism, immune system, pancreas, and brain!
- No Nutritional Value
Since this ketchup contains no fiber, nutrients, and protein, it is actually a mixture of sugar, toxic sugar, GMOs, chemicals, and possible mercury. It might contain a very, very small amount of cooked lycopene, but the body cannot absorb it.
Hence, our suggestion is to avoid it completely, and focus on GMO-free, organic ketchup alternatives you can find on the market, or learn how to prepare your own, organic ketchup at home!
In this way, you will support your overall health, and avoid numerous health issues that result from the consumption of this ketchup!


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Infants, by the age of 2, have the potential to distinguish between the power asserted by a leader and a bully, finds a study, shedding light on how babies make sense of the world.
The study found that 21-month-old infants can distinguish between respect-based power asserted by a leader and fear-based power wielded by a bully.
"Our results provide evidence that infants in the second year of life can already distinguish between leaders and bullies," said Renee Baillargeon, Professor at the University of Illinois.
"Infants understand that with leaders, you have to obey them even when they are not around; with bullies, though, you have to obey them only when they are around," she added.
For the study, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Baillargeon developed a series of animations depicting cartoon characters interacting with an individual portrayed as a leader, a bully or a likeable person with no evident power.
She measured infants' eye-gazing behaviour as they watched the same animations.
"In one experiment, the infants watched a scenario in which a character, portrayed either as a leader or a bully, gave an order to three protagonists, who initially obeyed," Baillargeon said. "The character then left the scene and the protagonists either continued to obey or disobeyed."
The infants detected a violation when the protagonists disobeyed the leader but not when they disobeyed the bully, Baillargeon found.
In another experiment, the team tested whether the infants were responding to the likeability of the characters in the scenarios, rather than to their status as leaders or bullies.
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"In general, when the leader left the scene, the infants expected the protagonists to continue to obey the leader," Baillargeon said.
However, when the bully left, the infants had no particular expectation: The protagonists might continue to obey out of fear, or they might disobey because the bully was gone.
The infants expected obedience only when the bully remained in the scene and could harm them again if they disobeyed, the researchers said. (IANS)


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Welcome the the Journal section of JCN Online. Here you can view every article from the current Journal of Community Nursing.
There are also extensive back issues available.
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Effective management of COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the term given to progressive airflow obstructive conditions, namely emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The disease is not reversible, but its progression can be slowed with the correct treatment and management. Within our organisation, we realised that if district nursing teams worked inter-professionally, exacerbations of COPD could be reduced simply by assessment of inhaler technique whilst making home visits. This article, a previous entry to the JCN Writing Awards, presents the a review of the literature undertaken prior to changing practice.
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Release date:June 24, 2005
(NY, LA; SF, BOS, CHI, DC, Seattle and Dallas release: July 1; wide release: July 22)
Studio:Warner Independent Pictures
Director:Luc Jacquet
MPAA Rating:G
Screenwriters:Luc Jacquet, Michel Fessler
Starring:Morgan Freeman
Official website:MarchofthePenguins.com
Plot Summary:
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey – a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, in freezing cold temperatures, in brittle, icy winds and through deep, treacherous waters. They will risk starvation and attack by dangerous predators, under the harshest conditions on earth, all to find true love.


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Las Vegas 1st Time Home Buyers May Be Forced out of the Las Vegas Real Estate Market
Rising interest rates combined with low inventory and rising home prices may get some Las Vegas 1st Time Home Buyers to get of the fence and Buy Now (702) 812-4550, while for others it may kill their ideas of buying a Las Vegas home.
The longer a buyer waits to buy a Las Vegas home, the more risk they are at having to pay more for a smaller home or maybe not get into the neighborhood they desire. Even small rate increases add up According to Realtor.com - On a $300,000 house with a 30-year fixed mortgage and 20% down payment, the difference between 4% and 5% is $142 a month. That's more than $51,000 during the life of the mortgage.
Are you looking for maybe $250,000 Homes in Southwest Las Vegas?
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Top 3 things to do online when the kids have gone to bed
There is no doubt in anyone's mind that after a long day at work coming home and looking after your children can be an exhausting amount of work. This is why your own private time after the children of gone to bed is incredibly important and should be taken full advantage of. Whether you're looking to watch films or play games like Candy Crush or online casino games, it's worth making the most of your quiet time.
There are many things that you can do however most people just find themselves sitting in front of the TV not enjoying what they find. This is why people need to be more proactive in what they enjoy after the kids have gone to bed, and even if you want to watch TV or films that is completely fine however you should look to find something that you will really enjoy. This is simple to do as many services exist such as Netflix that have huge catalogues of films and TV shows that you can choose from in order to find the best shows you. If instead you want to keep up with what's happening in the world then don't just go on news websites but instead check out a website called Reddit at this is lovingly known as the front page of the Internet.
There are many different pages on the site known as sub reddits each of which is focused on a different subject. You can then subscribe to these different subjects in order to make your Reddit homepage cater exactly for your likes meaning that you only see what you enjoy. If you want a little more excitement in your nightly pursuits the one check out an online casino and enjoy a few the games they have to offer. You don't have to play for real money which could be a good idea if you aren't used to such games. It might sound daunting if you've never played a game of poker or blackjack in your life, but you can play online for free and do lots of trial games before you feel confident enough to take on opponents in this skilled game and place cash bets.


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Home Made Golf Courses
Hackers Unite posted a topic in Golf Courses and ArchitectureFirst time post. Fell down a Youtube hole and found out that home made courses are a thing I know quite a few tour pros have them in the their backyards but he first couple of these tracks were built by amateurs. One is out in the desert and the other looks like it's round a collection of backyards. And just to show how it can be done with loads of cash here's coach Dave Pelz's with his backyard set up - which looks amazing . It got me thinking If money were no object what would be on your dream homemade course? Would it be super hard, bunkers deeper than WW1 shell holes? Would you even bother? Personally if I had the land and the cash I would in a second.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikmatuszewski/2017/02/20/the-nine-most-eagerly-awaited-new-golf-courses-of-2017/#42e5b0345179 Stoatin Brae (Michigan) Shepherd's Rock (Pennsylvania) The Summit Club (Las Vegas) Bayou Oaks Golf Course (Louisiana) Big Cedar Lodge - Gary Player Short Course (Missouri) Silvies Valley Ranch - (Oregon) Sand Valley - (Wisconsin) Streamsong - Black Course (Florida) Dazante Bay (Mexico) (Honorable Mention) Leaving aside the fact that the list had only EIGHT courses on it… it's a good list.
chipper2 posted a topic in Destinations and TravelI may be spending a few days in Senegal on my to and then again on my way home from South Africa. Has anybody played courses in Dakar or Saly?
Best Course in Alabama?
hanlesc posted a topic in Golf Courses and ArchitectureAnyone golf in Alabama? I moved here a while back and have played the judge, oxford ridge, silver lakes and acc. Anyone have any recommendations?


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Jodie Clark McDougal
In 2011, only a handful of Iowa appellate decisions were entered involving mechanic's liens. None of the holdings from those decisions were exceedingly surprisingly or controversial.
American Disaster Serv. v. Wagner (Iowa App. 2011): Contractor prevailed against homeowner.
Kiefer Const. v. Farrell (Iowa App. 2011): Contractor partially prevailed against homeowner.
L & L Builders v. Quirk (Iowa App. 2011): Subcontractor recovered certain money from the contractor.
Welte Insurance v. Big Red Lighting, Lumberman's Brick (Iowa App. 2011): Subcontractor was denied recovery.
Advance Custom Builder, Debtor (Scharnhorst v. Advanced Custom Builders and Noack) (N.D. Bank. 2011)
Jodie McDougal
Davis Brown Law Firm
215 10th St., Suite 1300
Des Moines, IA 50309
The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive summary or discussion of Iowa construction law or mechanic's lien law. Further, this information is not intended to be legal advice and should not be relied upon in analyzing your specific issues or legal questions. Please consult an attorney for your specific legal needs.


text: Below is a recent study on the increased risk of heart arrhythmia and death with the use of Azithromycin and Levaquin. I remember watching the national news one night and seeing a story by Diane Sawyer on the increased risk of arithymia and death associated with Azithromyacin. Hopefully there will be some sort of follow-up news segement on this newly found risk associated with Levaquin. It would have been nice if Johnson & Johnson had made the public more aware of this risk. http://www.annfammed.org/content/12/2/121.full


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On my last couple of trips to the Las Vegas area have found 408.1875 MHz keyed up continuously with no voice. The P-25 channel is showing a NAC of N001.
The frequency is listed as part of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) UHF trunked system used through out southern Nevada by multiple agencies, including Nellis AFB.
Anyone know why this is keyed up all the time?
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NGC 'Border Wars'
For those who have not seen it yet, I can highly recommend the National Geographic Channel's "Border Wars", airing on Wednesday nights.
This is the second season of the program, which follows the front line activities of the Customs & Border Protection division of the Department of Homeland Security. Last season focused on CBP activity along the Arizona-Mexico border. This season has been located along the southern Texas - Mexico border along the Rio Grande.
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Snapshot Learning
21st Century Learning
New Additions
Developing Skills Through Teasers,
Letters and Sounds - A UK pdf featuring excellent teaching strategies, plus Teaching Reading in S1-3.
Visual Literacy - 4 new resources - Alice In Wonderland and 2 ppts that explain features/techniques.
Spelling - Both Steph Westwood and Leanne Williamson shared their T1 spelling ppt.
Phonics - 3 new phonemic awareness resources, SA phonics resource plus a link to the DET phonics guide.
Poetry - 3 new resources - NT and Det resources and a 5 Types of Poems download.
Word Walls/Displays - heaps of new pics that will inspire.
Writing Prompts - Teacher Hub, Journal Jar and Creative Writing Prompts. I have previously mentioned Pobble....but if you haven't checked it out you should.
Writing Resources - Free reading and writing anchor charts!!!! Plus Film English.
Literacy Games - free
Gayle Pinn's Student Self Reflection Smore
Maths - Resources - Fractions and Decimals VIC ed. booklet, maths checkers and a Times and Fractions game. Lots of TEN resources and ideas.
Sustainability - 4 new additions
Science - Have you seen the new STEM page? It is worth a quick peek.
Make pretend snot and a link to Science Buddies plus most Science topics have had individual resources added.
Learning Difficulties - Every Student and Autism Awareness Interactive
Asian Perspectives - China Webquest and lots of new links on the Chinese New Year page - Year of The Monkey!
Apps - Snapshot provides only the "basics", just enough to build capacity.
Added down the bottom of the page - Guided Reading - Alan Peat and the Too Noisy App.
Web Tools - Story Creators - Edu Buncee. My Storybook,
Computer Skills - See Saw resources.
Cyber Safety - I have previously mentioned Virtual Classrooms, FBI Cyber Surf Islands and Smart Crew Adventures.
General Resources - Did you know it is Peter Rabbit's 150 birthday!!
Parent Engagement - Building Family Literacy and Understood.
Anti Bullying - Student Welfare Teaching resources and Kindness is Cool!
Genius Hour - Are you planning on implementing Genius Hour? 3 new resources.
New Schemers - Capacity Building - 3 new resources.
New Scopes -
Science Scope - History Scope - Maroubra PS which I discovered online.
Creative Arts Scope - Fitness Scope - Gayle Pinn.
Maths Scope - Tighes Hill PS.
Also visit the Figaro Pho site - it is quite interesting and these prompts.
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Layers of Fear (2016) and Inheritance (2016)
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There was reassurance, darkness, and - finally - pain. My doctor assured me the stint did not need to stay in for long, it only needed to be installed as long as it took for my body to finally expel the stones it carried around. I was taken care of for a bit then I was alone. At some point in the night I developed a fever, the pain medications barely kept the needles digging through my crotch at bay, I couldn't lay down and could barely walk but the fever and pain kept me moving. Eventually I found my notebook. I'd been writing poetry before the surgery. In between my screams, stomping, and falling I scribbled whatever thoughts came to my mind. The trips between the bathroom, my bedroom, and living room where I insisted on keeping my notebook bled together. When it finally ended my scribbles were useless, the words were barely coherent, and whatever usable prose remained tied too strongly with the feverish pain from previous nights.
My madness felt like it had no end and when it finally caved to the pain meds as the fever broke I don't remember what happened to me afterward. Any time I read a video game managed to create a feeling of madness I left disappointed. Not that it's a sensation I have any wish to return to, but that developers are unable to grasp the tenuous balance between being in control and at the mercy of my worst impulses. Layers of Fear, despite an intriguing premise, led me to think I'd be entering another video game experience where madness equates to hallucinations out of the corner of the game's vision or my save file refusing to chart my progress. Those are the sorts of design choices that may lead a player to frustration - not madness.
Then I rounded a corner and found nothing. I walked on, finding more nothing, just the bare walls of my home rejecting the paintings I had worked so hard on. When it came to an end I saw candles, finally a suitable altar for my work, and one of my paintings affixed to the wall. Maybe this would be the time for peace and I could find pride in my work as an artist. Then the painting melted. All those carefully selected paints layered on top of a specially prepared canvas could not withstand the pierce of my gaze. So on I walked, looking for another altar, a place I could rest and find self-worth in my paintings, not realizing this was a journey with no end, with my vision plagued with the splashes of paint I watched melt.
Layers of Fear had me long before this moment. Developer Bloober Team's meticulously created surrounding might seem at odds for a horror game when we're conditioned to sudden shocks or surprises. It's not that Layers of Fear lacks those, but they are a disruption to the protagonist's perception that everything in this home hides a key to his happiness. Bloober Team is more interested in a broader question, one that anyone who has had a night or two of nagging existential despair will understand - can the horror end? Layers of Fear's mature step is in refusing to offer a, "Yes," or, "No," answer and its conclusion is more terrifying than any alien stalking me or health bar shifting offscreen.
The horror never ends. It lingers and festers, generating more despair and anxiety the longer I live, and any solace I find is temporary at best. That's where the jump scares, which I'll defend as a fine storytelling tool until my fear is extinguished with death, are exquisite. They all speak to the protagonist's brief recognition of the mess he's made of his family. Fleeting images of children dart interrupt your walk around the home to fade into darkness, record players moan an unsettling version of a jaunty tune before coming to a halt, and the hazy shadow which stalks your movements may disrupt the protagonist's entire being before forcing him to wake up a few paces before.
There are clichés, sure, but a well-deployed cliché both transcends its typical use and serves as a reminder why its a cliché to begin with. Look at the dolls in Layers of Fear. In cinematic horror they're usually a cheesy bit of uncanny reality that reminds us of childhood that is unnaturally preserved. Layers of Fear uses dolls more in the way Lucky McKee did in his fantastic 2002 horror film May. The dolls in Layers of Fear are the protagonist's attempt at preserving his daughter's childhood as a time of innocence that frees him from the guilt of his abuse.
Then I got on that damn carousel. I thought I was just winding a toy, but my vision started circling out of control. On one wall, there's a child's drawing of her perception of the abuse, and on the other a growing collection of doll heads staring straight at me. As the carousel turns, the drawing grows more aggressive and the dolls more plentiful. This is as close to a perfect exercise in video game horror as I've seen, taking the jump scares that serve as painful reminders and stretching them nearly to the breaking point, all while the player is helplessly whirling around on the carousel unable to stop the creeping horror of the truth behind the protagonist's abuse in the child's drawing or the dolls used to shield himself from guilt.
One of Bloober Team's first video games was a Chopin music game called Music Master Chopin played in a Guitar Hero style. Whatever appreciation they gained from incorporating Chopin's music into a video game bled into Layers of Fear's sound design. A piano primarily guides the way with staccato vocals providing a sharp counterpoint, reminding the player that any foundation that may be found in Layers of Fear is one step away from breaking into horror. Without the soundtrack, Layers of Fear is great. With the soundtrack, Layers of Fear reached a level of immersion I've rarely felt.
The DLC addition, Inheritance, doesn't fare as well. One of the warning signs is heard before seen as the daughter of Layers of Fear's protagonist returns to the crumbling house to confront her past. Dialogue is sparse in Layers of Fear, but Inheritance proclaims its intent to explain the abuse the daughter suffered in mood-shattering verbal detail.
Which is a shame because Inheritance has a heck of an idea going for it. Inheritance is trafficking in the same territory as Jeff Nichols' excellent Take Shelter or Russell Banks' novel Affliction - confronting family in the hope that the family sickness, anywhere from alcoholism or schizophrenia, hoping to find evidence the family sickness skipped a generation. We've all got issues with the past we'd like to go back and confront. The protagonist's daughter returning to the scene of her trauma only to be triggered back into her memories is about the best we could hope for if the confrontation takes place, which makes her eventual slip into the family sickness as tragic as it is expected.
There's an excellent section that blends Inheritance's unique child perspective with the immersive mental collapse of Layers of Fear. A poor cat toy, missing its tail and wheel, stares pathetically at the daughter until it can be reassembled into working condition. Once completed, it shields the daughter with its smile as she walks through a darkened room with items thrown around as she hears a vicious argument. This is play therapy in brief by giving the daughter something that she took joy in to avoid angering her mother and father. It's touching and sad in a way the daughter's half-formed memories of her parents (skeletal frames of paint) are not.
But it's also because of Inheritance's stab at a different perspective that my immersion broke constantly. The view shifts from the standard first-person perspective as an adult to a heavily distorted fisheye lens viewpoint when she's a child. Why fisheye? Good question, as none of my memories involve the edges of my mental imagery stretching away as the focal point remains grotesquely in-view. This also introduces something that may have been present in Layers of Fear but I blocked out entirely - loading screens - as her perspective shifts from adult to child. The odd aesthetic for perception as a child, combined with the way gameplay stopped to signal that transition, and the heavy reliance on dialogue annoyed my ears with details I was already able to file away from Layers of Fear's less direct approach.
I'm not too disappointed though as Inheritance's flaws further highlight how gripping Layers of Fear is. It's not a quiet accomplishment - spending enough time with the unsettling vocals on the soundtrack and shifting piano sets an audio tone far away from quiet. But Layers of Fear is a confident in its uncertain conclusion few video games have the strength to admit.
Getting a notice my save game was deleted is a disruption. Walking endlessly toward an answer bleeding into the screen's edges as I slowly realize there's no way out is horror, and how Layers of Fear roots itself in the same madness I felt scribbling gibberish to escape my misery shows its understanding of that.
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Experimental solution is high tech and affordable
By Jamie Beckett, Nov. 2005
When Srinivasan Ramani was growing up in Chennai, India,
his parents went without a car and much else to allow him
to attend university, so he well understands the value
of a good education.
In emerging-market countries, education is essential," Ramani
says, noting that it is common for people in India to spend
a third of their entire lifetime incomes on educating their
Now, Ramani – a pioneer in computer networking in
India's IT industry – is leading an effort
to use high tech to deliver educational materials to millions
more students in India and possibly around the world.
He and others are working to create tools and techniques
designed to support the existence of digital libraries
of educational materials – video recordings of government-funded
educational TV shows, historic radio broadcasts, research
papers, technical journals and more – that could
be easily accessible to students nationwide.
Effective use of digital libraries in India is a trickier
proposal than it might sound because most students don't
own PCs and a large number of the nation's colleges lack
a broadband connection.
What India does have in its favor is a communications
satellite devoted to education, educational TV channels
and pioneering professors like G.D. Sharma and Aji Kembhavi
who promote the creation and use of interactive multimedia
programs in education. Sharma heads the inter-university
Consortium for Educational Communication, which produces
the universities' educational TV channel. Kembhavi, of
the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics,
mentors faculty at several universities to encourage use
of technology in teaching and research.
India also has an educational community that is willing
to promote and facilitate the necessary digital infrastructure – generating
and storing digital content from the outset, and also working
through permissions and copyright issues for new and existing
It is relatively easy for universities and colleges to
get permission to store content delivered by government-funded
educational channels, and they can often purchase licenses
for content from commercial TV channels. In addition, many
publishers are starting to offer license methodologies
that permit the use and distribution of content stored
in electronic form.
Ramani has teamed with Sharma and Kembhavi to devise a
way of distributing educational video content. The project
will be demonstrated on the HP stand at the World Summit
on the Information Society, Nov. 16-18 in Tunis, Tunisia.
The idea is to start by simply making better use of existing
limited-use educational resources – only a certain
number of students can attend a professor's lecture or
view a broadcast program at a specific time, for example.
Recording content and distributing copies of DVDs isn't
practical in a nation of 15,000 university-affiliated colleges
and more than 15 million students pursuing some form of
higher education, split between those attending colleges
and those engaged in distance education. Plus, there's
the difficulty tracking and institutional cataloguing such
physical assets.
"This is not simply a question of making a DVD or
setting up a computer with the right software," says
Ramani. "You need something which will preserve thousands
of hours of videos and other materials, organize these
materials and make them reliably available around the clock
to thousands of students."
Fortunately, Ramani had an ideal tool available: a digital
repository system known as DSpace that was developed by
researchers in HP Labs and MIT. The open source program
allows academics and researchers worldwide to place a variety
of content – computer programs, data sets, journals,
books, images, audio, video, Web pages and more – in
a freely available archive, get it indexed, and get it
on the Web.
DSpace also allows the export and import of content and
cataloguing information between one digital library and
another, eliminating the need for cataloguing at every
educational institute. Add to that access to the educational
satellite broadcasts to a digital library, a local access
network (LAN) and a video-streaming server, and you've
got the makings of a valuable educational asset."
It is like standing on somebody's shoulders rather than
standing on somebody's toes," says Ramani. "We
are taking elements that are already there, like DSpace,
the educational channel and LANs, and we are building on
Here's how the system would work: A professor's lecture
is captured by the educational TV channel and broadcast
on the satellite (subject to copyright considerations,
of course). The live program is made available all over
the college over the LAN, and it is also copied and stored
at the college (subject to copyright policies).
Although individual students aren't likely to own their
own PCs, most colleges have them available for student
use so lectures can be viewed at any time that's convenient
to them.
But that's just the beginning. An important challenge
is in solution-building, using state-of-the-art technology
to pump data over TV channels in addition to video content.
The system uses many techniques developed by a sister project
at HP Labs India, which aims to enable simultaneous transmission
of TV programs and related digital content.
"It's great for students to be able to watch educational
programs whenever they need to, but the next step is much
bigger – to be able to pick and choose from a library
of multimedia materials," Ramani says. "Unlike
a passive video, this would require active involvement
of students, so the educational value is much higher."
A college professor could potentially use clips from several
videos (provided permission is secured from the copyright
holder) to supplement a lecture or to create a multimedia
educational resource, complete with lessons, interactive
quizzes, references to articles or books, images and more.
Students would likely be able to control their navigation
through such multimedia programs and skip materials they
don't find useful.
The system is being tested at the Inter-University Centre
in Pune. A second test is set to begin soon at St. Thomas
College near Kochi.
At the same time, researchers are working to expand the
library collection, which now houses prototypical offerings
illustrating various formats in which faculty could create
multimedia presentations.
These include: an interactive lesson on the chemistry
behind sunglasses; a 'course' on the basics
of genetics, complete with a rotating image of a DNA molecule
and interactive quizzes for students; and a short but unforgettable
audio recording of former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal
Nehru announcing the assassination of Indian leader Mahatma
Gandhi ('The light has gone out of our lives.').
There's much still to be done. One effort involves transmitting
cataloguing information in XML formats through operational
educational TV channels so that digital libraries all over
India could harvest the data and use it to organize the
library content and make it searchable.
Simultaneously, researchers and educators are experimenting
with different formats for multimedia presentations. In
one effort, they are looking at classroom-oriented, multi-media
presentations which can be projected for 40 or 50 students
at a time. This provides a low-cost way to make such material
available to a large number of students.
Ramani believes he'll find a receptive audience in India's
colleges, in part because college libraries are constantly
looking for educational content to supplement expensive
collections of books and periodicals. The system would
vastly expand the availability of high-quality educational
"You can buy a $200 disk, put 10,000 books on it,
and use it to transport content to various digital libraries" says
Ramani. "The only big cost in adding these books to
these digital libraries would be the royalty you pay to
the publishers. The world is evolving to a state where
we'll have suitable business models for doing this affordably."
Jamie Beckett is managing editor of this Web site and
a former reporter and editor at The San Francisco Chronicle.
Srinivasan Ramani


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Latest reports are that at least 62 people in Irkutsk have died after drinking a contaminated bath water lotion known as "Boyaryshnik," which typically contains ethanol (ethyl alcohol) as an ingredient and is often consumed as a surrogate alcohol even though the product is labeled as "not for human consumption." In this case, it appears that methanol (methyl alcohol), which is not for human consumption, was substituted for ethanol and resulted in the poisoning of victims consuming the bath lotion as a surrogate alcohol.
Methanol is a chemical building block for hundreds of products that touch our daily lives, from paints and plastics to solvents and resins. Methanol also is used as a fuel and energy source in a number of countries. Like all global industrial chemicals and fuels, methanol must be used and handled with care. Product stewardship is the number one job of the MI and its members commit significant resources globally to ensure methanol is used and handled safely.
Together with leading global toxicologists, MI develops and administers formal programs in several countries designed to raise awareness, educate and treat methanol poisoning from illicit alcohols. MI also supports innovative technology to help first responders in the timely identification of methanol poisoning symptoms and works to support effective treatment programs and support networks.
MI and the methanol industry will seek to work with Russian officials and related stakeholders to further share these methanol safety tools and materials to protect consumers from the risks of illegal alcohols.
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Methanol is a liquid chemical that can be derived from natural gas, coal, sustainable biomass, municipal solid waste, and captured carbon dioxide (CO2). Global methanol demand in 2016 is forecast to reach approximately 80 million metric ton (MMT) or +100 billion liters, of which 7 million metric tons (8.8 billion liters) is used for blending into gasoline. Methanol is increasingly being used as a cleaner fuel in cook stoves, industrial boilers and marine applications.
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I'm somewhat dismayed to have just realised that I've been running presentation skills workshops for the John Lewis Partnership for twenty-one years. Where has the time gone? The Partnership was one of my first clients and I'm delighted to say they've stuck … Continue reading
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Imp of the Perverse
Put someone under pressure and it's amazing what they'll say. I discovered this early on in my short lived career as a radio journalist. I used to run about London with an enormous but supposedly portable tape-recorder, that pulled your … Continue reading
Can I take you home?
It's a provocative question and it probably worked in grabbing your attention, but I also wanted to ask it for another reason. Making the audience feel they'd like to take you home is a pretty good guide as to how … Continue reading
Like it or loathe it?
Years ago I used to work in radio. I worked for one of the commercial radio stations that had just opened in London – which says how long ago this was! As a former actor it was thought I'd be … Continue reading
Don't Reward Good Behaviour
Every so often psychological studies throw up results that leave me – and possibly you too – gasping in disbelief. The boffins are now telling us not to reward good behaviour. Surely that can't be right! What about all those … Continue reading
Can you see yourself?
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Get P I S T!!!
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Phlebotomy Technician Training
Phlebotomists collect blood for donation or for testing so the blood can be analyzed in a clinical laboratory. Blood tests are used to diagnose illness, evaluate the effectiveness of medications and determine whether a patient is receiving proper nutrition.
To collect blood from an arm vein, the phlebotomist first applies a tourniquet to the upper arm to slow blood flow. An alcohol swab is used to disinfect a small area near the inside of the elbow. The phlebotomist then locates a vein and inserts a needle, a process called "venipuncture."
Phlebotomists can also sample blood through skin puncture, such as pricking a finger to test a patient's blood sugar or determine blood type.
The phlebotomist must ensure that all equipment is properly sanitized before it is used to collect blood. Accurate labeling, proper storage and careful transport are also key responsibilities.
Misidentification or contamination of a blood sample can have serious consequences, because medical professionals rely on blood test results to diagnose patients and monitor treatment progress.
The phlebotomist also must observe strict safety protocols to avoid direct contact with the blood. Many infectious diseases, including HIV and hepatitis, can be transmitted through blood contact. Even the slightest distraction can lead to a "needlestick" injury and possible infection.
- Clinical Laboratories
- Hospitals
- Community Health Centers
- Research labs
- Doctor's Offices
- Blood Donation Centers
- Private clinics
- Pathology labs
- Other Health Care Facilities
What does a Phlebotomist do?
Phlebotomists draw blood for tests, transfusions, research, or blood donations. Some of them explain their work to patients and provide assistance if patients have adverse reactions after their blood is drawn.
Phlebotomists typically do the following:
- Draw blood from patients and blood donors
- Talk with patients and donors to help them feel less nervous about having their blood drawn
- Verify a patient's or donor's identity to ensure proper labeling of the blood
- Label the drawn blood for testing or processing
- Enter patient information into a database
- Assemble and maintain medical instruments such as needles, test tubes, and blood vials
Phlebotomists primarily draw blood, which is then used for different kinds of medical laboratory testing. In medical and diagnostic laboratories, patient interaction is often only with the phlebotomist. Because all blood samples look the same, phlebotomists must identify and label the sample they have drawn and enter it into a database. Some phlebotomists draw blood for other purposes, such as at blood drives where people donate blood. In order to avoid causing infection or other complications, phlebotomists must keep their work area and instruments clean and sanitary.
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Flights of fancy
Looking to the skies yesterday, Caloundra residents would have noticed millions of dollars worth of Royal Australian Navy aircraft hovering over the Queensland Air Museum.
As part of the annual open cockpit event at the museum this weekend, the Squirrel helicopters were practising their moves over Coast airspace.
QAM spokesman Cameron Elmes said this year marked the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm, and the Squirrel helicopters would perform a choreographed routine for visitors today and tomorrow.
The Squirrel and Seahawk aircraft will be on display throughout the weekend and locals will have the chance to get up close and personal to find out what it would be like to be behind the controls of one of the aircraft used in the Australian Defence Force fleet.
Mr Elmes said the Seahawk, the navy's anti-submarine attack helicopter which normally operates at sea aboard the Anzac and Guided Missile Class Frigates, would be on static display while the Squirrels would perform aerial routines.
He said the Australian Defence Force would also be recruiting during the weekend.
Locals will also have the opportunity to sit in the hot-seat of some of Australia's most impressive aircraft, including the World War II Spitfire and one of the oldest DC3 aircraft in Australia.
Mr Elmes said that as part of the annual event, the canopies and cabin doors on 15 aircraft would be open so visitors could take the controls of a variety of historic aircraft including military jet fighters, bombers and trainers.
The open cockpit weekend is on today and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Entry is $9 for adults, $6 for children, $7 for concessions and $22 for a family pass for two adults and two children.


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A Bulgarian diplomatic cable to Bulgarian missions abroad, filed under number 55-00-52 / July 11 2008, demands from Bulgarian diplomats to work actively for the nomination of Irina Bokova as UNESCO Chief. In the cable, signed by the Chief of Staff of Minister G. Ganev, and in the attached biography of Bokova, she is presented as former foreign minister of Bulgaria.
A recent investigation of "Die Welt" revealed that Bokova has never led the foreign ministry. The media received official responses from the Bulgarian Parliament and the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry that she has never held the post.
"Ms. Bokova de facto could not at all be appointed foreign minister because in November 1996 the resignation of Foreign Minister Georgi Pirinski was never tabled in Parliament by then-Prime Minister Zhan Videnov," says the statement of the National Assembly. "Therefore, the Parliament never considered or voted the resignation of Mr. Pirinski as Minister of Foreign Affairs," says the letter signed by the Speaker of the Parliament Tsetska Tsacheva.
After the publication, the official biography of Irina Bokova on the UNESCO site was updated and the word "acting" was added to the title foreign minister. However, numerous traces remain in other official sites where the Bulgarian incorrectly claimed that she was Foreign Minister of Bulgaria in 1996-1997 (see here, here, here and here).
The leaked cable reveals that besides Bokova herself, an official Bulgarian institution has also embellished her biography. This happened at the end of the term in office of the government of the Tripartite Coalition with Ivaylo Kalfin as Foreign Minister. The cable instructs Bulgarian diplomats to stress on this post as an important element of Irina Bokova's biography, confirming her management experience. However, the truth is that Irina Bokova has never held any office in Bulgaria and has not been appointed Foreign Minister by the National Assembly.
Nowadays, the left-wing ABV Party, of which Ivaylo Kalfin (current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Policy) is now member, strongly supports the candidacy of Irina Bokova as Head of the United Nations and even threatened to withdraw its support for the government if Prime Minister Boyko Borisov fails to nominate her as the Bulgarian candidate for the post.
The position of current Foreign Affairs Minister Daniel Mitov in this case is reflected in his response to Die Welt: "Mrs. Irina Bokova has never been elected Foreign Minister by the Bulgarian Parliament as required by the Constitution. The post occupied by Ms. Bokova has been Acting Foreign Minister of Bulgaria."
Cable Wars
A few days ago, a classified cable of the Foreign Ministry leaked to the media. In it, the Bulgarian representative in UNESCO claims that H. E. Mr Michael Worbs, Ambassador of Germany to UNESCO and Chairman of the Executive Board of UNESCO had stressed strongly on the need to elect a new Director-General of UNESCO and the delay of Bulgaria's official nomination was impeding the normal functioning of UNESCO, while the support of member countries of the United Nations Security Council for Irina Bokova was unanimous.
Bivol approached for comment on these claims the press office of UNESCO and the German Embassy in Sofia, but received no reply from either institution.
An investigation of our media revealed that Irina Bokova and her husband, Kalin Mitrev, have acquired in recent years two apartments in Manhattan for a total of $2.5 million (see here). Her son managed to repay a mortgage in the amount of $870,000 in just four years. In a television interview, Bokova explained that the money for the purchases came from bonuses received as Director General of UNESCO.
This information is quoted in detail in an article in International Affairs Forum, where Irina Bokova is described as member of the top communist nomenclature. The article further notes the gaffes she committed during her term in office as Director-General of UNESCO. "Bokova, the first ever female in the role, has unfortunately completely failed to rise to the hopes placed upon her. Instead, her term in office has been a woeful mix of amorality and amateurism, which has led the worthy organization to the brink of disrepair and disrepute," UK journalist Patrick Dawson has written in 2013 in a report, quoted by the publication.
Bivol published earlier a confidential document of UNESCO, which shows that Bokova is responsible for the unlawful appointment to the post Assistant Director of the Organization of a person who did not have the necessary qualifications and diplomas. The investigation of the internal audit of UNESCO reveals that the job competition was manipulated with the active participation of the political office of Irina Bokova. Besides questions about the diploma of the candidate for the post, Ana Luiza Thompson-Flores, the Executive Board of UNESCO had suspected downright criminal acts such as destruction and forgery of documents in the official files for the high-ranking posts in Human Resources and Strategic Planning to which Bokova's favorite has been appointed, conflicts of interest, leaked confidential information, improper manipulation of UNESCO's own rules and procedures. The press office of the Organization, to which Bivol turned for comment on the leaked information, replied tersely that according to the rules of the Organization they could not comment and provide information about individual employees.
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11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis
|2012年7月2日 - 2012年7月4日
|Nantes, France
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The ASME 2012, 11th Biennial Conference On Engineering Systems Design And Analysis (ESDA2012), is organized by the Ecole Centrale of Nantes and held every two years. It has become the premier mechanical engineering conference in Europe. ESDA Conferences typically attract well over 400 technical papers and participants from over 40 countries.
The scope of the conference covers a range of major topics in engineering, and related disciplines, ranging from theoretical developments through to industrial applications and case studies.
Technical paper
- Title: "Methodology applied to integrate a viscosity model for Liquid Composites Molding simulation in PAM-RTM"
- Speaker: Yann Duplessis-Kergomard, Wind Energy Domain Expert, ESI Group
ESI will also have a booth in the exhibition area of the conference. Come and visit us!
We are looking forward to meeting you at ASME ESDA 2012!


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- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 33, Issue 4, 1 Jul 1984, p. 739 - 739
In a recent article, Aleck et al. suggested that a body of previous data reported by Aaskov et al. could be attributed to "laboratory or other error." The specific issue was the observation by us that three children of the 11 born to Ross River virus-infected mothers had anti-Ross River virus IgM in their circulation at birth although the mothers did not. One of the three IgM-negative mothers had no detectable hemagglutination-inhibiting (HI) antibody against Ross River virus at a dilution of 1:20.
In adults, IgM antibody against Ross River virus is present for about 10 weeks post onset of symptoms (range 3–35 weeks) but absent after about 19 weeks (range 7–44). We are unaware of any similar data for IgM persistence following fetal infection. Since the mothers were infected between 11 and 19 weeks post-conception it would not be surprising if some of them were IgM negative 21–29 weeks later.


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Thanks to the Internet, you will be able to buy an oscilloscope from just about anywhere today. You can do your research on the devices and then find the ones that seem like they are going to be ideal for your needs. You will then be able to look at a host of different websites, even Amazon, which offers oscilloscope. Whenever you are shopping online, it is a good idea to compare prices to find the best deal. Do not forget to factor in the cost of shipping the device when you are choosing a place from which you can buy.
Of course, if you want to buy a scope in person, you have some options, as well. Some electronics stores, such as Radio Shack, will sometimes carry the scopes. However, since the scopes are not items that sell in large quantities they are not always going to have them in stock. Even if you are buying in person, you still want to make sure that you look up reviews to know that you are getting a quality piece of equipment.


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Why They Hate Us
This Fishie just got back from the Philippines, where he happened upon this advertisement in the small city of Vigan. Contrary to my header, Filipinos don't actually hate Americans. But, let's be honest, if the latest Nic Cage vehicle can somehow find its way to even this tranquil little town, it's only a matter of time.


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Wachusett Mountain Prepares for Supreme Court
Princeton, MA, Aug. 30--Wachusett Mountain Ski Area's battle with the Sierra Club of Massachusetts and 17 private citizens is not over despite a ruling last Friday from the state Court of Appeals that halted plans to cut eight acres of trees for two new trails at midmountain. According to David Crowley, Wachusett's general manager, a motion to bring the case to trial before the state's Supreme Judicial Court would probably be filed tomorrow. It will be made in answer to last Friday's ruling, which supported an injunction against the trail work because of its apparent proximity to the largest stand of old-growth forest in the state. But the resort came up with a compromise plan to assure no old-growth forest on the mountain would be touched and completed a Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Report at the state's request. Now, it looks like the ski area and two powerful allies will go to trial to show that their environmental planning will protect the area's ecology.
"The Massachusetts Attorney General's office is going to fight it because the Secretary of Environmental Affairs and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are being sued along with us," Crowley said today. "We're only listed third on the suit." He said that while the timing of the court process "is not great" because Wachusett was hoping to have the two trails open for Christmas, "no MEPA certificate has been successfully overturned in court." Crowley was talking about the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act certificate granted the expansion plan a year ago. "It's the highest level of environmental review and we passed," he said. "This has not been an easy road."


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A fat quarter usually measures 18" x 22". When you take a half yard of fabric (18" x 44") and cut it in half again (lengthwise), you would half two fat quarters that measure 18" x 22".
What type of fabric do you carry?
We sell first quality 100% in florals, geometrics, novelties, tone-on-tone, batiks and Asian prints. You will love all the choices in rich, bold colors as well as those in softer, muted tones.
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We carry numerous kits for all sizes of Log Cabin, Twisted 4 Patch (6 sizes), Mountain Double 9-Patch, Watercolor 9-Patch and more.
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As of today (Wednesday, November 21), the day before Thanksgiving, 215 members of our Ithaca College community have gathered together to help our campus United Way campaign achieve 79% of our goal; we currently stand at $51,520. It is very impressive that 21% of our donors are giving to the United Way for the first time, and we have even received $1,815 in contributions from College retirees still living in the area! This is a great show of College-wide support, but all of the contributions received to date have come from less than 13% of our campus community. Don't be the "odd man out" – please do your part and help Ithaca College meet our campus fundraising goal before the end of November.
Find that United Way pledge envelope in your workspace, open it and review your options for supporting the United Way this year, and please send in your donation. A gift of any amount is appreciated. If you have misplaced your pledge packet and need to receive a new one, just email Marian Brown to request one.
We received an update yesterday that the countywide United Way campaign has achieved 58% of its overall $2,155,000 goal. Let's pull together to finish out our part of this fundraising campaign this month.
As we all sit down this week to Thanksgiving feasts with friends and loved ones, please give a thought to the folks in need in our community who might only be enjoying a nutritious meal on Thursday because of the hunger and food security support that the United Way gives to congregate meal programs like Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County, and to area food pantries like the Kitchen Cupboard Food Pantry in Dryden, the Food Pantry at Southside Community Center, and the food pantries in Groton and Ulysses.
Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for giving! Now, please pass the gravy…
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You wouldn't believe how often I see people who don't open their mouths enough, when they speak. Yeah, I can hear you saying, "Gimme a break! My grandmother could have come up with that." But the consequences of this pervasive little habit are quite profound, including
- Weak voice- because less breath flows out when your mouth isn't open far enough
- Mumbling- because speech sounds get distorted being squeezed through your teeth
- Speaking too fast- because your tongue can move really fast when your jaw isn't moving
- Lacking credibility- Have you ever heard someone say, "He's lying through his teeth!"
What can you do about it? The best approach would involve jaw relaxation exercises, and that's what I recommend. But since most people just want to jump to the result, here's what I suggest. Look in a mirror. Normally, you want to have at least one finger-width of space between your upper and lower teeth, on average. Some sounds will be even more open, some less. But on average, a finger-width.
For practice, you should go for two finger-widths. Very open. Use a mirror. The visual confirmation of openness is very important. You'll be surprised at how easily your mouth starts to close up. If you're not watching, you don't even know it.
Start with single words, such as "spa," "fad" and "high." When that isn't so hard, move to phrases, such as "father's spa," or "jazz lab," or "fly high." When you have the feel of that, try sentences, such as, "My father travels in style," making sure you've got a least a thumb-width of space between your teeth, on the stressed vowel sounds. When sentences are easy, try reading paragraphs in front of a mirror. Remember, you're looking for an average of one finger-width of space between your teeth. When that doesn't feel so strange, try speaking with more openness in everyday conversations.
If you haven't been speaking with a relaxed sense of openness, this might feel very strange and unnatural. You're not used to allowing sounds to emerge from your body with so much space. That doesn't mean it's wrong; it's just different. So play with it until the feeling is familiar, until it feels like you.
When you are able to speak in public with a relaxed sense of openness around your mouth and jaw, you will reap some significant benefits.
- Your voice will be stronger- more openness leads to more breath support
- Your articulation will be clearer- more openness encourages more precision
- You will speak at a relaxed pace- more openness means your jaw has to move a bit further, slowing you down
- You will appear strong, confident and credible- take my word for it
Those are all major elements of successful communication—and all have a connection to opening your mouth. You know I hate gimmicks, shortcuts and superficial techniques, but this is something that anyone can understand. And it's not hard to practice. So open up!


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I missed this unfortunately, but I'm told it was one of the best things we've made for a while, and really pretty!
1 medium onion, finely diced
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 butternut squash, peeled and diced
1 large (or 2 small) golden beetroot, peeled and diced
1 inch fresh turmeric root*
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 1/2 litres vegetable stock
*I have no idea where this came from. I'm assuming for most normal people, a teaspoon or so of dried turmeric would probably suffice.
Soften the onion and garlic in a pan with a little oil
WEARING GLOVES unless bright yellow hands are your thing, scrape the peel from the turmeric root using a teaspoon. Chop the root finely or grate using a microplane** and add to pan
Add ginger and cook until aromatic
Add beetroot and squash and cook for 5 mins
Add the stock, cook through
Blend the soup, taste and season if required
**I'm guessing that isn't a light aircraft, but otherwise not a clue.


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Jessie Katsukin Takamura created 'Seashell Magic' long leather zip purse by combining felt fabric and glitter textures. Soft pastel colours promote tranquility and magical ambiance. Moreover, the randomly oriented seashells remind us to look at a situation at multiple angles. Just like solving a problem, there are various solutions to it. Additionally, the contrast between flat background and gold foil sand grains symbolises the excitement of life itself. Uncertainty breeds fear in us, but they are opportunities for us to grow too. Conclusively, 'Seashell Magic' signifies the limitless opportunity that awaits us in the future.
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Adult/Teen Classes
Adult/Teen classes are ideal for the musical theater teenager seeking to improve their dance skills, or for the teen or adult who loves to dance for fun and fitness. Classes are taught by the same exceptional faculty that teaches our pre-professional students, but the atmosphere is more relaxed to meet the needs of the recreational dancer.
Classes are offered in 10-week sessions for fall and winter, and in a 12-week session in spring. Discounts are offered when you sign up for more than one session a time if payment is made in full. You may also choose to register for one session at a time. Winter and Spring sessions will be posted online as the year progresses.
Adults over 21 can also find classes for adults only (21+) from the drop down menu below or also – here. Students 50+ can also purchase a silver card to receive unlimited adult/teen ballet classes.
If you have questions about registration, please contact the office at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 609-514-1600..
PDT also offers OPEN classes in ballet and flamenco, which can be found HERE.
Registration is still possible after the session has started. Email the office at firstname.lastname@example.com for the prorated price.
To view the entire 2020/2021 schedules, click HERE.
2020/2021 Schedule
Monday 9:30-11:00AM Open Int/Advance Ballet, drop-in ($20) or dance card ($180 for 10 classes)
Monday 11:00AM-12:30PM Open Flamenco, drop-in ($20) or dance card ($180 for 10 classes)
Monday 11:15AM-12:45PM Adult Beg Ballet
Tuesday 6:45-8:15PM Adult/Teen Int Tap (In studio class is full; virtual option still available)
Wednesday 6:45-8:15PM Adult Beg Ballet
Thursday 7:00-8:30PM Adult/Teen Int Ballet
Thursday 7:00-8:00PM Adult/Teen Jazz
Registration may be conducted here online, in person, or by mail and must be accompanied by the initial payment.
Registration sent by mail should be directed to:
Princeton Dance & Theater Studio
116 Rockingham Row
Princeton, NJ 08540
By filling out this registration form, you are registering for the entire class as listed on this page. For full year classes, division into payments is made only for the family's convenience. If you withdraw during the school year for any reason, it is your responsibility to contact the Office Manager immediately at 609-514-1600 or by email (email@example.com). You are required to give 30 days notice of dropping a class A drop fee of $25 will be charged. NO REFUNDS OF TUITION PAID FOR ANY REASON. UNUSED FEES (after the 30 days notice and the $25 drop fee) WILL BE KEPT INDEFINITELY FOR CREDIT. A CREDIT CAN ONLY BE USED BY THE STUDENT OR HIS/HER IMMEDIATE (NUCLEAR) FAMILY. IT IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OUTSIDE FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS.
We offer a 2, 4 & 8 installment payment plan. Installment plan carries a $15 per class, per installment fee. There is no additional fee for payments made in full by September 15th.
Please note that our policy does not guarantee make up classes.
Make-ups may be arranged for Dance With Me, Pre-primary, Just Adults and Adult/Teen Ballet classes at the discretion of the instructor if there is room in a comparable class.
Dancers in Levels 1 through Level 3 may take a make up class on an alternate day from their usual schedule if the instructor allows. CP, Level 4 and Level 5 students may make up classes in a level below if cleared by the instructor and arranged through the office.
Primary A, B and C students may be allowed one make-up class per semester IF there is space in a comparable class. All make-ups must be scheduled through the office. If there is abuse of the make-up classes and parents bring students to classes without scheduling them in advance, we will revert to our strict no-make-up policy.
Those registering after the start of classes will be charged based on a prorate of the 32 week session. Any class with a registration of seven students or less may be cancelled at the discretion of the School Director.
Please note that new students wanting to enroll in a Level 1 and above class need to schedule a placement class. Dancers in lower levels MUST be of specified age by September 30. Only an instructor can finalize any placement. There is a charge of $20 to be subtracted from tuition upon enrollment (provided enrollment is within 2 weeks of placement class date).
Prospective students may take a risk-free trial class. No fee will be charged if the student decides not to register. If the student registers for the class, the cost of the trial class will be included in the overall tuition. For classes that offer a drop-in rate (eg. Adult/Teen Jazz), free trials are not permitted and the drop-in rate should be paid.
Initial payment does not include a $45 non-refundable registration fee (per year, per family). This fee will be added to your balance and is due with first installment. This registration fee applies to year-round classes only. There is no registration fee for Dance With Me, Pre-Primary, Adult/Teen, and other classes offered in 10 and 12 week sessions. Please note that discounts (sibling and multi-class) also do not apply to classes offered in 10 and 12 week sessions.
If paying by check, please make checks payable to: PDT Studio.
MasterCard, Discover and Visa are accepted for your convenience. Charges will be listed on your statement as PAYPAL.
Sibling and multi-class discounts will be applied to the final installment. Discounts not valid if registering after December 31. See above – discounts are only applied to year-round classes and not to classes offered in 10 and 12 week sessions.
A late fee of $25 will be charged each time a payment is received more than 5 days past due.
There will be a fee of $25 assessed for returned checks.
There will be a fee of $25 assessed for class changes made more than 2 weeks after classes have begun. This fee will be applicable per each change made.
PDT Studio is not responsible for items lost or stolen.
PDT Studio is does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or creed in the administration of its admission. PDT Studio is an equal opportunity employer.


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Skip to comments.Sotomayor issues blistering dissent, says Republican-appointed justices have bias toward Trump administration
Posted on 02/23/2020 8:11:13 AM PST by PROCON
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a scathing rebuke of the court's decision to allow the Trump administration to enforce its "public charge" rule in the state of Illinois, limiting which non-citizens can obtain visas to enter the U.S.
Sotomayor's problems with the conservative majority's ruling went far beyond this case, claiming that it was symptomatic of the court's habit of siding with the government when they seek emergency stays of rulings against them.
"It is hard to say what is more troubling: that the Government would seek this extraordinary relief seemingly as a matter of course, or that the Court would grant it," Sotomayor wrote in her dissent.
This particular case, Wolf v. Cook County, deals with the Trump administration's expansion of situations where the government can deny visas to non-citizens looking to enter the U.S. Federal law already says that officials can take into account whether an applicant is likely to become a "public charge," which government guidance has said refers to someone "primarily dependent on the government for subsistence. In the past, non-cash benefits such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), forms of Medicaid, and certain housing assistance did not count, but the Department of Homeland Security issued its new public charge rule in 2019 which did include these benefits.
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A not-so-wise Latina speaks....
The Wide Latina is feeling the heat.
Well, cry me a river.
Of course, she is unbiased toward liberalism.
Perhaps a stern public message from Chief "Justice" Roberts' handlers to get more with the pogrom.
I thought the President was in charge of immigration and stuff. But apparently she thinks the judges can decide it for him.
Justice Sotomayors problem with biased justices is probably that they are complying with the Constitution.
Finally, Someone has admitted Bias on the SCOTUS. That means it goes BOTH ways, Sotolicker.
Calls to mind a joke (paraphrased below) from Andrew Dice Clay (yeah, I know he's not everyone's "cup of tea"):
Why doesn't Sotomayor wear a watch?
Because there's clock on the [effin] stove!
As she tries to destroy basic American values.
It's been the law for decades, it's just that no one before Trump would enforce it.
That she dissented is not the issue we ought focus upon. The real issue is her being unfit for the highest court because she is blatantly biased while upbraiding the court ... she is not High Court material, but she is just the kind of dead soul puppet the demon rats love.
Did she mention the Rooskie influence on the GOPee court members?
And she has a bias towards anyone from Mexico or parts South of there.
She would rip apart the border of the Junited Estates if she could, since their one overwhelming obsession is to get into the Gringo paradise and shake them down for their dinero.
Cuz after all, "dees ees ahr lahnd"
And that's all the Hispanic Supremacist is about. And the main reason she doesn't belong on our Court.
As I said on another thread, Sotomayor isnt stupid. She knows exactly why the Court has had to step in so often with this President. The lower courts are out of control and many such judges think of themselves as part of the resistance. But shes being a good, little Marxist and using this to stir up the fools.
She was arguing that laws passed by Congress multiple times should not be enforced. I dont even think she argued the laws were unConstitutional.
I believe the correct response is...Elections have consequences...
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