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Exchanges are allowed up to 7 days after you receive your package, at our store in Toronto, with receipt and in original condition. No returns are allowed.
Final sale items include sale items, sanitary items, cat trees, crates, bedding, socks and shoes, shampoos and sprays that do not have sealed openings, pharmaceuticals that do not have sealed openings, open packaged treats and chews. Please understand the final sale policy is to protect our customers from any used or contaminated items.

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The Star phased out the Phoenix sports gig in 2003, leaving Magruder--who'd moved north in 1988--to log a gawdawful number of Interstate 10 round trips to handle Tucson assignments.
Until 1999, the Star had a big reason to keep an eye on sports in Phoenix, or at least parental unit Pulitzer Inc. did. Pulitzer's broadcast properties included Phoenix sports radio station KMVP. When Major League Baseball awarded sports impresario Jerry Colangelo a franchise, Pulitzer bought a 5 percent stake in the team. (And guess what radio station got the broadcast rights?)
Pulitzer dealt away the D'backs position when it sold off the broadcast operations in 1999, and now has a 4 percent stake in the St. Louis Cardinals.
If the corporate parent's name sounds a little familiar, it's because the former Madden Publishing is working up new logos for its new name, as it expands its publishing niche in the travel and tourism industry, Kontowicz said.
The new name comes from Madden's purchase of Preprint Publishing in Jacksonville, Fla., in 2003.
While Madden's publishing arm has 14 titles, the preprint group does travel-related newspaper inserts in about 30 markets, Kontowicz said. The company's Web development business, Maddenmedia, was founded in 1995.
Union officials are considering challenging the results on the basis that TNI supervisors allegedly tried to intimidate workers in the weeks before the election. The election was to have been held last year, but was postponed after the National Labor Relations Board approved a no-fault settlement after the union accused TNI of threatening workers with loss of jobs and benefits, among other things, if they supported the union.


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People use Android smartphones widely. It becomes essential part for daily routine like we do internet surfing, Play songs, Videos, games and for using various Apps. Android is powerful operating system based on Linux which runs on almost all Android Smartphones and tablets. Android mobile performs all functions very well but mobiles with less hardware can't give you the actual enjoy of games because of less graphic support and Ram. Some times it is costlier for anyone to buy a costly Android phone having latest features. For such situation the best solution is using best android emulator for PC. Android Emulator are used to create virtual run time environment for Apps. It provides hardware support to run Apps and games more efficiently. If you are searching for best android emulators to Run Android Apps on PC. Here are some best android emulator for PC windows which provides you best environment to enjoy android on windows. Choose any of the best according to your need.
List Of Best Android Emulator For PC Windows & MAC.
1. BlueStacks.
Bluestacks is widely used android emulator for PC. It does not require virtualbox support to create runtime environment for Android Apps. This emulator provides easy one click installation and used in Windows 7, 8, 8.1 . It is available for free. BlueStacks Provide easily installation of Android Apps apk's and third party apk's. It can also be used to run IOS Apps on Mac and Windows. After the installation of blue stacks, you can search and download Android Apps to Run.
2. GenyMotion.
GenyMotion is another Android Emulator for PC to run apps and games. Once you install GenyMotion it also install oracle virtual box side-wise to create Runtime Environment for Android Apps. It is also freely available. GenyMotion provide you the full Android experience. It also provide the feature to choose from many Android Smartphones and tablets and enjoy its features. Developers mostly use it to test apps.
3. Native Android Emulator.
Native emulator is another popularly used Android Emulator for windows PC. It provide the user with the interface of an Android mobile. The user can install any Apps of choice and run it on the emulator.This Emulator comes with Google development kit. It is available for Windows and Mac. After its installation we simply need to download the Apps apk's we want to use. It offer high performance and quite simple interface of selected Android phone.
4. YouWave.
YouWave Emulator is another popular Android emulator for PC. It is the combination of BlueStacks and Native emulator. It provide the user with two screen parts. The left part of screen shows the installed applications and the right part shows the view of your mobile screen. YouWave is not freely available and offer 10 days trail in its free version. It only support the 4.0 jelly Bean of Android version. It also depends on virtualbox for runtime environment.
5. Jar Of Beans.
Jar of Beans is developed only for Android jelly Bean version as it is clear from its name. It is available on its official website for free. Once we install this we only need to download the apk's of the application we want to install. Jar Of Bean is available for all versions of Windows and interface is quite user friendly and offer high performance.
6. Windroy.
Windroy is one of the most commonly used android emulator for Windows PC. One of its important features is that it works completely using Windows Kernal. Another important feature is that it does not require virtualbox support to create runtime environment for Android Apps and is very light weight. If you do not want to install virtualbox then you should use it.
7. Andyroid.
Andyroid is another best android emulator for PC Windows 7, 8, 10. It has some special features like use your phone asremote while game, ARM support, also you can direct download Apps from your host Operating System. It also require virtual box support to Android Apps.
8. Droid4X
Droid4X is yet another Android emulator for Windows Pc. It is quite similar to bluestacks but it is updated because it is recently launched. Droid4X comes pre-rooted and you can enjoy all the root apps on pc with this. It also has a play store installed right in. It is quite snappy to use.
9. Xamarin.
Xamarin is probably not very popular but it is a must try. It provides a smooth android app experience on Windows without any payment. But you should know that it needs a virtual box to run as it is mainly used for app development.
10. DuOS-M.
DuOS-M can be considered one of the best Android emulators available. It offers best features like multi touch and pinch zoom which are rare. This makes it very helpful for gaming. It offers a 1 month free trial.
Hence, above given are the best android emulator for PC which let you to run android apps easily on you windows. If you know any of the best android emulator which is missing, don't forget to share in comments.


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Kit and Ellis
Captain Kit is such a nice guy, eventhough he's a pirate, he's always very kind. Today he discovered a new place full with the treasure, while he was making a boattrip with his daughter Ellis. They want to play a game now. If they win, they will have it all. Select items from the menu below, get them together with the same coloured items and destroy them all!


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The Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (GFELTP) with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) have organized workshops for the frontline trainees.
Cohort X frontline trainees undertook workshop one from 5 – 9 March 2018 at the Grand Favor Hotel, Takoradi in the Western Region. Cohort X trainees comprised of 30 trainees made of 7 Disease Control Officers, 4 Health Information Officers, 2 Public Health Nurses, 2 Public Health Officers, 6 Laboratory Scientists, 5 Veterinary Technical Officers, 2 Nutrition Officers and 2 officials from the Food and Drugs Authority. Trainees were selected with priority given to health personnel working in districts that shared borders with neighboring countries. Trainees were selected from five districts, namely; Prestea Huni Valley, Aowin, Suaman, Bia West and Juaboso in the Western Region.
The training covered topics such as; Introduction to public health surveillance, Surveillance cycle, Data collection, Case definitions, Line list, Data quality, Summarizing qualitative and quantitative data, Interpreting surveillance data and Monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Trainees had hands-on sessions on how to summarize and display surveillance data using Microsoft Excel.
The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Donne Kofi Ameme – Resident Advisor, GFELTP, Mr. Ebenezer Kofi Mensah and Mr. Charles Lwanga Noora – both alumni of the GFELTP. The workshop was also attended by Dr. Samuel Sackey - Field Coordinator, GFELTP, Mr. Abu Sumaila, Head - FDA, Western Region and Dr. Augustus Ayitey who represented the Head of VSD, Western Region.
Cohort X trainees will undertake their first field assignment, from March 12 to April 6, 2018. The second didactic workshop is slated for April 9 - 13, 2018.


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The Khronos Group has announced the release of the OpenGL 4.1 specification. The OpenGL standard allows developers to create rich 2D and 3D graphics that makes BlackBerry games look especially good. There aren't many devices that can take advantage of the OpenGL standards, but we hear that all CDMA devices running 5.0 and greater will be able to take advantage. Also, BlackBerry 6 includes a wide variety of APIs in order for developers to take advantage of OpenGL.
New functionality in the core OpenGL 4.1 specification includes:
- Full compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs for easier porting between mobile and desktop platforms;
- The ability to query and load a binary for shader program objects to save re-compilation time;
- The capability to bind programs individually to programmable stages for programming flexibility;
- 64-bit floating-point component vertex shader inputs for higher geometric precision;
- Multiple viewports for a rendering surface for increased rendering flexibility.
New ARB extensions introduced with OpenGL 4.1 include:
- OpenGL sync objects linked to OpenCL event objects for enhanced OpenCL interoperability;
- The ability to set stencil values in a fragment shader for enhanced rendering flexibility;
- Features to improve robustness, for example when running WebGL applications;
- Callback mechanisms to receive enhanced errors and warning messages.
Head over to the Khronos Group for more information.


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This week, the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee is going to hear two anti-abortion bills:
One would ban abortion after 20 weeks and the other would force young people to notify their parents if they need access to abortion.
We need you to show up and send a message: New Mexicans respect women and we believe women and families should be able to make their own decisions about their healthcare with their medical providers, without government interference.
We need your help to make sure New Mexico remains a place where women and their families can make their own decisions about their bodies and lives and have access to safe abortion. We know that bans on abortion are nothing more than political interference in our personal decisions, and we need your help to stop these bills.
HB 220 & HB 221 will be heard Sunday, March 5 at 10:00AM in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee.
Please join us before the committee to connect with organizers and other Respect NM Women supporters--location provided with RSVP.
Can you join us to show our legislators that New Mexicans believe these personal decisions belong with a woman and her medical provider?
- March 05, 2017 at 9:30am – 2:30pm
NM State Capitol
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Perfect pancakes (adapted from Allrecipes.com).
- 1 1/2 cups flour (all-purpose or for really fluffy pancakes, use bread flour)
- 3 1/3 tsps. baking powder
- 1 tspn Salt.
- 1 1/2 Tbsp white sugar
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 egg
- 3 Tbsp. butter, melted
- 1 old banana
- blueberries, raspberries, strawberries
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until mostly smooth, but still a little lumpy. Add the banana and mix until just a little lumpy again.
- Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Add in blue berries, raspberries or sliced strawberries immediately after pouring the batter. Brown on both sides and serve hot.


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Via Egypt Independent, the English version of Al-Masry Al-Youm: Health Ministry: 16 swine flu deaths, bird flu detected.
Health Ministry spokesperson Dr. Ahmed Kamel said there have been 16 swine flu deaths and 172 infected cases since last December, adding that the doctors who have died recently did not die of swine flu, but of other causes.
"We had not had any swine flu cases since April 2013," he said.
He said that all employees of fever and chest hospitals have been vaccinated. "We provided hospitals with 80,000 doses," he said.
However, the Doctors Syndicate said it is holding a press conference on Tuesday to addresses the issue of the four doctors who died of swine flu, which Dr. Nasr Tantawy of the World Health Organization Preventive Medicine had announced.
The syndicate invited the World Health Organization to the conference and called on the Health Ministry to take serious measures in this regard.
Meanwhile, Dr. Sami Taha of the Veterinarians Syndicate warned of new swine flu virus strains and called for tight control of bird and animal farms to avoid human infections from animals of other diseases, including bird flu.
In a related development, Beni Suef Governor Magdi al-Batity said 4,000 birds were culled in four places that were spotted with bird flu virus.
For more on the issue of the doctors' deaths, see today's excellent post by Mike Coston at Avian Flu Diary.


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As the maritime industry expands globally, the commercial and defence opportunities expand in correlation. Nautic services this industry with a unique driving force – building the highest quality premium vessels while cultivating valuable relationships.
Nautic required a marketing partner to deliver a blue ocean strategy followed by brand led innovation and connected solutions. Tag 8 was challenged to implement a communication and engagement plan, driving the brand's market share. Our services included communication strategy development, engagement marketing planning, refreshing brand experience and redesign of marketing collateral.


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JUNE 20, 2014: "In our July 2014 issue of the Voice, we included an article reporting on the Association's successful enactment in 1984 of a law that prohibited a bank from imposing any fee or assessment on a checking or savings account of a person 65 or over," according to Publisher Nancy Delaney. "We termed it the "Bank Fee Waiver Law".
"As it turns out, this article generated a huge number of calls and emails. A predominant question from our members is why their bank isn't waiving the monthly maintenance fee. Here's probably the answer.
Remember the Bank Fee Waiver Law was enacted some 30 years ago as part of the state law that governs state chartered banks. Back then, most neighborhood banks were issued their charters to operate by the state.
But times have definitely changed over the ensuing decades, and with all the mergers and consolidations, the neighborhood banks have been replaced by national conglomerates that are not state chartered but federally chartered, for example Citizens Bank and Bank of America.
Federal, not state, law governs federally chartered banks. For these banks the 1984 law does not apply.
"So unfortunately you may find that when you inquire at your bank about the Waiver Law, you may be told that it doesn't apply to them," continued Delaney. "Most likely that's because they're are federally – not state – chartered bank.
"And as we said in the article's closing, it's at least worthwhile to check it out with your bank. You never know until you ask."


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Over the next several years, three major trends will fuel increasing demand for mobile content in the US, according to eMarketer. These trends are: A growing number of mobile internet users; a dramatic increase in the amount of money they spend on data plans; and continued growth in smartphone sales.
eMarketer estimates that 68.6 million users will log on to the mobile web at least once per month in 2009. By 2013, that number will increase to 126.2 million people.
In the short term, publishers will be emboldened to monetise mobile content through subscriptions, a la carte fees and other transactions rather than assume that advertising revenues alone will support their emerging mobile businesses. Having learned tough lessons from monetization experiments on the Web, content owners are determined to approach the mobile arena with a direct-revenue mindset.
A key difference between the online and mobile platforms, however, is that handheld screens are inherently limited by their size, whereas PC displays offer more real estate for creative ad formats. On the mobile front, the lack of opportunities for ad monetization may leave paid models as the only viable alternative, thereby presenting an opportunity for paid-content providers.
"We will see experiments with fee-based content over mobile networks," said Paul Verna, eMarketer senior analyst and author of the report.


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Customer complaint charges are high on the agenda of disputes between suppliers and retailers, therefore, it is important to address and resolve these issues as quickly as possible to reduce the amount of damage done.
Regardless of how much care you take as a business or the high quality standard of your products, all businesses will have to deal with complaints at some point, but how you respond to and manage customer complaints can have a noticeable impact on sales which is why you must have adequate complaint management procedures/systems in place.
While individual supplier charges for customer complaints may not seem too costly receiving multiple supplier charges for customer complaints can quickly add up to a substantial amount of money for a business over time.
This is why having a complaint management system in place to help manage customer complaints more efficiently can lead to fewer complaints (and supplier charges), happier customers and an increase in repeat sales.
Overall, effectively managing customer complaints is the key to saving money and building a positive company reputation; but how can you keep on top of complaints adequately?
QADEX have designed a customer complaint management solution and have years of experience in dealing with demanding customers. Our easy-to-use software is designed to enable change and improvement in the business while drastically increasing customer satisfaction and boosting sales.
QADEX software is flexible, allowing each food company the option to choose which modules benefit their business and which tools aren't relevant.
Here are the top ways in which our software aids complaint management:
- Detailed complaint investigation and management which uses business intelligence, data and tools to reduce complaints across the business
- Gathers complaints from a number of sources including email, social media, customer care centres and websites, to ensure all complaints are dealt with consistently
- Complaint reporting suite which automatically crunches numbers and supplies graphs and trends for complaint analysis.
- Auto alerts to highlight a complaint level above trend, which can enable businesses to flag a faulty product or batch
If you don't know how much customer complaints costs your business, it's time to work it out – and you'll be shocked. You can easily improve that figure by implementing an efficient customer complaint management software system; it will do all the hard work for you and leave you with more time to get on with running your business.
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The Pirate Bay – Away From Keyboard (TPB-AFK), the documentary about The Pirate Bay (TPB), and its founders Gottfrid Svartholm Warg (Anakata), Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde (brokep), was released a few hours back. It took over four years to complete and tells the story of the lives of the founders of TPB. The movie was released online and also featured at the Berlin International Film Festival this year. The film has been made by Swedish filmmaker and producer Simon Klose, who followed and documented the court cases involving TPB.
Currently, Anakata is serving a prison sentence after being arrested in Cambodia and Peter and Fredrik are wanted. The case also included the CEO of TPB Carl Lundström, and all four of them were sentenced to one year in prison each and were ordered to pay damages of USD 3,620,000 in total. Although Carl Lundström's prison sentence was reduced to four months, which is over now, he had to pay additional damage charges.
The title "Away From Keyboard" is symbolic of the harsh realities of life away from the keyboard where the Pirate Bay trio would face a court trial away from their online lives. Cases like these push the boundaries of reality and make us wonder just how orthodox and stagnant the media industry is, when it comes to copyright. This movie lays case for copyright reforms.
The full documentary is available on YouTube and it is released under a Creative Commons License.
Additionally, there is crowdfunding page for the movie at the official website. If this movie interests you, there are two more documentary films called Steal This Film (2007) and Good Copy Bad Copy (2007), which feature the police raids on The Pirate Bay.


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A Warrior's Redemptionby Artiles
Chapter 12LAST MEMORY, PART ONE: BEYOND ALL FORGIVENESS
To the woman that I love:
You know I've never been any good at writing letters, so I don't quite know what words I should use. It'd be better if I make this short, though, so I'll get straight to the point.
If you're reading this, then that means I'm dead by now.
I'm sorry. Deeply sorry. Let me assure you: I fought with loyalty, with valor, with courage. I never backed out from the face of death, even when it was painfully obvious it will take me with her. Even when I knew she'd take me far away from you.
Still, don't think I didn't want to get back home. Oh, how many nights have I dreamt about you, how many fantasies did I have about laying in bed next to you peacefully instead of waging war in this distant and foreign land.
I know this will make you cry and feel terribly sad. It'd be stupid of me to try and tell you not to be. But, at least, remember the day when we first met.
You remember? I sure do. Remember I told you I'd love you for all eternity, even after death had taken me?
Well, I think it's high time I live up to my promise.
I ask only one thing from you: keep living. No matter what happens. Find another husband, have the children I couldn't gave you... get a headstart. A headstart on your new life.
I remember now that beautiful song you used to sing... Remember the lyrics?
"Move on, be brave, don't weep in my grave
Because I am no longer here;
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear..."
Don't throw away your life for me. Be strong, as I have been... and be happy. Live, Elmyra... Promise me you'll keep living. Do it for me, my love.
I'll always watch over you from above. Always.
Be happy, Elmyra. For me.
Your husband always,
Junon's coast was growing close. Varlus could see the town's huge cannon in plain sight.
He steered the ship slightly, heading left, towards the lower town's docks.
He was lonely. More lonely than he'd ever been in his life. His mind was completely blank, refusing to work, and Varlus was glad about it. Should it start thinking, he'd surely end up mad with grief.
For Krianna was dead. Roland was dead. And now Jack was dead. Every single one of them were dead.
And he'd failed. He knew he'd failed miserably. For he'd promised Jack he'd bring him back home safely...
But, alas, he didn't. Now the poor private was rotting deep in the sea, along with the Shinra soldiers' corpses.
And Roland was piled up as garbage in that pile of bodies, back in Costa Del Sol.
And God knew what became of Krianna's body...
More than once, Varlus thought it'd be better to get his sword and shove it deep in his chest, sending all the pain and grief to hell. But every single time he thought about it, Ifalna and Aeris' faces showed up in his mind, and he dropped his sword crying silently.
His eyes were dry and reddened.
"I'm getting home" he thought. Had this moment happened only a day before, he'd have been bursting with happiness, but now, he felt hollow, empty... defeated.
As far as he was concerned, he was a corpse still walking. He wished to throw everything to hell and just die, but he'd made his promise to his family, and he wasn't going to fail.
"Damn right I'm not."
He pocketed the fresh, white, blood-less envelope in his vest pocket. Another promise he had to fulfill.
"You died, Jack, and I couldn't fulfill my promise... but I won't fail you this time."
A single tear dropped from his left eye.
"I swear I won't."
Getting out of town without being spotted was an easy task. Docking the ship in a completely awful way, he managed to distract the local sentries long enough to slip in unnoticed. After that, he had some help from some local friends, and before he realized, he was out of Junon in a borrowed car, heading home at last.
"Ifalna... Aeris..."
He had changed a lot. The whole ordeal he'd passed through had taught him a lot about his own life. Now he knew a warrior's redemption was possible... for he had already earned it.
Or weren't those deaths, those sacrifices made by his friends and allies, the holiest of redemptions? He thought about it: should he had returned home unharmed and with no betrayals on his way, he'd just stay for a couple of weeks, a month if lucky, before being called back to action and leaving his family all alone again.
Now he knew he wasn't walking the correct path. A warrior, he realized, must not fight for himself, or his employer. A warrior's first priority (and he felt a great sadness in his heart when he discovered this) was to his family. Always.
So that meant he'd lived for so long neglecting what he shouldn't have. Ignoring what couldn't have been ignored. Living away from those whom he should've stayed all the time available.
Little did he know the worst lesson was about to arrive.
"Oh, no. No, no, no!"
Varlus had no time to think. For he had arrived home finally... and it wasn't a pretty sight at all. The small cottage engulfed in flames... and next to it...
His wife was being held hostage by Shinra troops. She was thrashing around, trying to release herself... but the men were far more stronger than she was, and held her tightly in their grip.
"GET AWAY FROM HER, SONS OF BITCHES!" he screamed from the car. The Shinra spotted him, got on their knees, and fired their weapons. Bullets tore through the car's windshield, barely missing Varlus. He lowered his head slightly for cover, and floored the gas pedal. Surprisingly enough, the Shinra didn't move; they held their ground, firing madly at his car.
One of those bullets popped the right front tire, and Varlus was forced to strengthen his grip on the wheel to maintain control. He turned it slightly, aiming for the group of men, and they finally began to clear out of the rampaging car's way. But it was too late for them: Varlus turned the wheel towards the left group, who were thrown to the air violently. Many lost their legs in the vicious attack. Varlus jumped out of the car, which crashed headlong into a nearby tree, and took out his sword. The remaining Shinra aimed at him, but Varlus, fueled with rage, moved faster and slaughtered the Shinra one by one, tearing them to pieces. One of them tried to run away, but Varlus was determined to show no mercy: he chased him down, kicked him hard in his back, knocking him to the ground, and once there he stabbed him ferociously on the back, again and again and again, until his face was covered in blood and the man's back completely torn apart, the spine clearly in sight.
Panting, Varlus turned and looked at Ifalna, who was running at him. He caught her in his arms.
"Varlus! Oh, Varlus!" she cried.
"It's alright... I'm here, my love" he said, patting her on the back. "I'm home."
But something was wrong. Ifalna faced him, and Varlus saw his eyes were deeply watered. Why was she crying?
Then he sighed. His poor wife got scared to death, that was all. Nothing to worry about.
"It's okay... I've saved you. Don't cry... It's all over."
Ifalna was gasping, wordess, trying to say something. Varlus thought that was a bit more than fear. It looked more like... terror. Horror. But why?
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"A.... A...." was all Ifalna managed to say. Varlus frowned. Was he missing something? He couldn't believe his wife would be so terrorized just because their house was destroyed.
He gazed around. There was the car, now smashed, completely useless. And there was his house, slowly burning away.
And then it hit him. A huge, gigantic rock fell on top of his heart.
"Where's Aeris?" he asked.
Ifalna burst into tears, sinking her head in his bloodied vest.
"Ifalna, where's Aeris?" he asked, now slightly scared.
Reluctantly, Ifalna raised her left arm... and pointed a very shaky index finger towards the burning house.
No. It couldn't be. It wasn't true.
"Of course it isn't true!" he thought. "She's just cowering under a table of something, scared like hell, but fine. Totally fine. No doubt."
He walked away from his wife, kicked down the entrance door, and entered his house. Fire raged around him.
"Aeris?" he asked.
There was no reply. Poor daughter of his... she was too scared to talk. He walked around a burning table, jumped over some debris, and scanned the now ruined living room.
"Aeris, it's Daddy! Daddy's here! Where are you?" he asked again, and just like before, silence was his only answer.
His heartbeat increased.
Varlus shoved away a destroyed chair, moved a partially ruined cupboard out his way... and there she was.
His heart stopped.
Aeris, his daughter, was lying on the floor, completely motionless. She wasn't breathing. There was a nasty blood spot on her tiny chest.
Her hair was no longer the clean, blonde cloak: it was now rather an ugly, mustard-colored rag lying around her head.
She didn't answer.
"Aeris, answer me. Please. It's Daddy... I'm here to save you" he said softly. For all the response he got, he might as well talk to the burning counter nearby.
Then he realized what was going on. She was asleep from the hot air near her, that was all. Varlus took her in her arms.
"Aeris, wake up... We've got to go. Come on."
He patted her left cheek calmly. Her head tilted nastily towards the right.
"C'mon... this is no time to play games, Princess" he said, almost grinning. "We must leave... This place is a little bit dangerous."
Aeris did not reply. Varlus shook her a bit. Her limbs moved around freely, as if they were no longer being in her daughter's control. Strange... Aeris never slept so deeply. As far as he remember, she always had light sleep, and was woken up by the faintest sound.
He laughed slowly.
"Wake up, we're going to Junon's playground! Lots of fun, come on!" Aeris loved that. She'd surely drop her joke and wake up now.
"Aeris, wake up or else Daddy will be angry" he said. Amazing she had will enough to joke at a moment like that.
She was still silent. Not even her eyes twitched.
"Aeris, I'm serious now, wake up."
No reply.
"Come on, wake up!" he said, now loudly. She always obeyed when he shouted, and joke or not, that never changed.
Or so he thought. Aeris didn't move a muscle.
"Wake up, Aeris! Now!"
Still no reply.
Out of ideas, Varlus finally felt a presence behind him. He turned around, only to see Ifalna standing there, crying silently but heavily.
"She's asleep" he said. "I can't wake her up. Why don't you try?"
Ifalna stood silent.
"I... I dunno why, she's just playing with me, but I'm telling her the joke's over, and we've got to leave now, but she just won't quit it... Why... Why don't you try?"
His wife sank his face on her hands, now wailing loudly.
"Why do you cry? She's just asleep..."
Varlus looked at her daughter. She was so beautiful, save for her now messy hair, and that blood mark on her chest.
"Hey, why does she have blood on her chest?"
"She's asleep."
Blood on her chest... and also a deep cut...
"She's asleep... just asleep..."
Blood... a cut... the blood looked like it flowed from it...
Varlus hugged her strongly. He broke into tears. Her head dropped backwards.
"She's... dead."
Ifalna hugged him from behind, head in his back.
Now it was Varlus' time to stay silent. There were no words that could explain what he felt.
Or maybe there was one. Revenge.
I write this letter to you as my heart cries non-stop. I am deeply saddened, for a terrible event had just transpired, and I need your help.
You are the only one left alive that I can trust.
The Shinra had made progress with their Jenova Project. They found out Ifalna was the last living Cetra, and as such, they tried to get her for their experiments.
Facing uncountable dangers, I managed to return back home before they took her. But Aeris, my only daughter, was killed.
The pain I feel is unbearable, and I don't know whether I'll be able to stand it.
This is why I need your help. By the time you read this, Ifalna will be with you. Go to Icicle Inn, to your old hideaway, and keep her safe. That's all I ask.
I know you've quit the Jenova Project by now. But I ask you to research as much you can about the Ancients and Jenova herself. Ifalna will prove to be of great help in this.
Just find out the truth about all this, and expose it to the world. Bring Shinra's mad experiments down for good. You do the research part, I'll do the physical part.
Farewell, my good friend. I entrust you my most precious possession. Take good care of it. And good luck.
Varlus Jenneson
P.S.: I need to ask you another favor. If you ever have a daughter, please... name he r Aeris. It'd be a beautiful thing in her memory. I trust you'll understand.
Varlus closed the envelope and gave it to Ifalna.
"When you contact Professor Gast, give him this note. And remember: don't open it before he reads it. These are special instructions for him, meant to guarantee your safety."
Ifalna nodded and stashed it in her bag. Her eyes were still red.
"What... what will you do?"
"I told you. I have unfinished business with the Shinra. I'll get my revenge... on Hojo... on the President... on everyone."
His wife shook her head. "I don't approve, Varlus."
Varlus shook his head in response. "Varlus Jenneson died. He's right over there" he said, pointing at his daughter's tombstone. "Entombed within her heart."
Ifalna began to cry again. Varlus held her face.
"Go to Kalm... meet Professor Gast... and leave here. He'll take you to the north, to a safe place, where you'll be able to continue your life protected from these guys."
She took his hand.
"I want to be with you, my love."
"I can't" he said. He'd have liked to take her with him, but he had to do what he had to, alone. "My path now will be paved with the corpses of the Shinra. I'll take my revenge, and I must take it alone."
She hugged him once more.
"Will I ever see you again?"
It was a tough question. But Varlus knew what the answer was.
"Yes. Whether in this world, or in the Lifestream... I'll seek you out, and I'll find you. I promise."
Ifalna stared him closely.
"I love you."
"I love you too, Ifalna." He then kissed her for the last time, tasting her mouth once more, feeling her tears run through both of their faces as she cried. After some brief moments, they separated.
"There's the car I managed to get for you" he said, pointing at a small, rusty car. "It's not fancy, but it runs."
"It'll be enough" Ifalna said. She kissed him once more, and got into the car.
"Until we see each other again, my love" said Varlus. "Be happy, no matter what you do. And don't look back."
Ifalna nodded, smiled, dried her eyes, and started up the engine. A few minutes later, she was just a smoke cloud drifting away in the horizon.
Varlus stood all alone next to his daughter's grave. He removed Krianna's pendant from his neck, and buried it in the dirt next to the grave.
"Thank you, my friend."
He stood up, picked up his helmet from the ground, put it on, and walked away, as a gentle rain began to fall over Aeris Jenneson's grave.
It was time for vengeance.
Late that night, a man wearing a black cloak dashed quickly through Sector Five slums. His footsteps echoed as they hit the numerous puddles. The gentle rain from before had turned into a massive storm.
The man stopped near a fairly big house, surrounded by a well maintained garden. He knocked heavily on the door. After some seconds, a woman opened.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"Elmyra Gainsborough?" the man asked in reply. Elmyra nodded. "I've got a letter from you, from your husband."
"Jack!" she gasped. "What is it? What happened?"
"You'd better read the letter, ma'am" the man said. Elmyra took the wet envelope and stared at it.
TO: Elmyra Gainsborough
Sector Five Slums
FROM: Jack Gainsborough
Shinra Army Department
She raised her head and saw the man had turned away and was leaving.
The man turned around. He had a helmet which covered his face.
"Are you from Shinra?" she asked. The man shook his head slowly. "Then... who are you?"
"Just a messenger" he replied. "Call me... Black Wolf."
"Black Wolf?" Elmyra looked at the envelope again. "But here says Shinra Army Department... what--" She looked up again, but the man was no longer there. He had vanished.
Elmyra frowned, and closed the door.
"You are once again surrounded by a brilliant white light."
"Allow the light to lead you away from the past, and into this lifetime."
"When I tell you to open your eyes, you will return to the present, remembering all you have learnt."
"Open your eyes."
The patient, still lying in the couch, opened his eyes. He was sweating. Slowly, he incorporated.
"Is that it?" he asked.
"Yes" answered the hypnotherapist near him. "I trust these sessions were enough to calm your dreams and give you peace."
"Oh, sure" said the patient, standing. "But, tell me Doctor... is this man... is Varlus alive?"
The hypnotherapist sighed. "That, I do not know. I guess that you will have to find out yourself. At the very least, you now know the truth, and you will be no longer haunted by these memories."
The patient rubbed his forehead. "I don't think they were hauntings... I think they were trying to tell me the truth, so I could tell her..." He sighed. "Too bad she's no longer around to tell her, though."
The hypnotherapist nodded. "I think this man, if he is alive, will be proud to know she saved the Planet."
The patient nodded. "I'll go to his daughter's tomb... I'll pay my respects. He deserves it... and she deserves it."
The doctor stood up. "I guess this is it, then."
"It is." The patient smiled and headed for the door. "Goodbye, Doctor... and thanks for the help."
"It is my job" the doctor replied, grinning. "Goodbye, Cloud."
Cloud opened the door and left the doctor's office.
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Wire Wrap Ethnic Ring Ala Iza
Sore thumb, sweat and a wee bit of blood is the result of this ring. I finally finished this wire wrap ethnic ring based on Iza's tutorial. She is just so talented and I am always in awe of her creations. Her tutorial makes everything looked so simple but it is actually not that simple especially when I am working with stainless steel wire. Got my thumb poked by the sharp end of the wire while working on it. This is actually not the first time I injured myself with wire. There were worst injuries than this but this one I managed to take a snap shot of. I spent about 3 to 4 hours on this ring. It is a bit too chunky and big for my finger but I love it. I am halfway modifying her instructions and measurements as I want to create a smaller ring that suit my finger better.
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Maybe you didn't notice, but I've been MIA here at FOSS Force for some time – since the first part of April to be exact. During that time I've basically been missing as a writer and editor and other than a couple of much appreciated articles by Ken Starks, FOSS Force has been a silent site.
Without going into too much detail, it started when I fell ill.
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During this period, FOSS Force lost a couple of good volunteer writers who'd written articles for us but which I was unable to edit. Eventually they grew tired of waiting for me to reply to their emails and quit our site. For that, I am most sincerely sorry.
By late June I had recovered enough that I was making plans for a reboot of FOSS Force, with the idea of getting things rolling again on July 7, the first Monday in the month. Unfortunately, on July 4, I was the passenger in a car that was involved in a pretty nasty accident, which resulted in my taking only the second ambulance in my life.
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Subvesical bile ducts
Subvesical/subvesicular bile ducts are variants of the biliary tree, and knowledge of these are important because they account for a significant portion of post-cholecystectomy bile leaks.
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Cholecystohepatic ducts (usually segment V to the gallbladder) are commonly known as bile duct(s) of Luschka but this terminology is not favored because the original description does not fit with the current knowledge of variant biliary tree anatomy 1.
Gross anatomy
Four types of subvesical bile ducts have been described 1, although there is variability in the literature:
segmental/sectorial subvesical bile duct
- variant bile duct with a superficial course along the gallbladder fossa
- this is a normal bile duct in segment V or VIII that courses near the gallbladder without contacting it
- drains into the right anterior sector duct (RASD) or right posterior sector duct (RPSD)
accessory subvesical bile duct
- additional duct usually arising from segment V or VIII, coursing superficially along the gallbladder fossa and draining into the common bile duct (or rarely into the cystic duct)
cholecystohepatic bile duct
- (often segment V) bile duct that connects the gallbladder to a larger biliary sectorial duct
aberrant subvesical bile duct
- a mesh of small bile ducts in the liver parenchyma of the gallbladder fossa draining into small intrahepatic bile ducts
Both cholecystohepatic and aberrant subvesical bile ducts have been described as bile ducts of Luschka 2.
Radiographic features
Subvesical bile ducts may occasionally be seen on ERCP (sometimes intraoperative ERCP), but damage to cholecystohepatic ducts is often inferred from a postcholecystectomy bile leak, which may be detected through cholescintigraphy.
- 1. Schnelldorfer T, Sarr MG, Adams DB. What is the duct of Luschka?-A systematic review. J. Gastrointest. Surg. 2012;16 (3): 656-62. doi:10.1007/s11605-011-1802-5 - Pubmed citation
- 2. Spanos CP, Syrakos T. Bile leaks from the duct of Luschka (subvesical duct): a review. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2006;391 (5): 441-7. doi:10.1007/s00423-006-0078-9 - Pubmed citation
- 3. Patel NB, Oto A, Thomas S. Multidetector CT of emergent biliary pathologic conditions. Radiographics. 2013;33 (7): 1867-88. doi:10.1148/rg.337125038 - Pubmed citation
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I've been testing out my new elementary level St. Patrick's Day game, Pot of Gold, and it is fast and fun! It is a board game, where students answer a music question, roll a die, and move their pawn.
This is a big file so it might take some time to download. There are 8 pages, including 6 pages of elementary level cards: keyboards, notes, vocabulary, intervals, and key signatures. If you like to print a colorful back to your game cards so they look more professional, I included that, too. Scroll through all the pages included in this file and only print what you want. If you don't know how to print the back to the cards, check out the FAQ at the top of my blog.
However, there is a little secret to this game. It is very much like my Thanksgiving game, Chasing the Turkey. So if you have already printed the cards to that game and you are in a hurry or want to save ink, you can use the Chasing the Turkey cards. I made this set of cards because I like to keep the game boards and cards together so I can find them quickly.
I printed the game board on card stock and laminated it, but I did not laminate the cards. I separate the cards by level before we play. I store board games in folders with pockets that I buy on sale at the beginning of the school year. On the inside of the folder, I glue the rules of the game because I forget the rules!
One of my older students was watching his brother as we played. "Hey, you're giving him the answers," he said. Then he quickly said, "But I guess if you don't, he won't learn anything."
"You're exactly right," I said. The purpose of this game is to learn, and if he doesn't know the answer, I help him out so he will!"
- To review previously learned musical symbols, intervals, key signatures, the notes of middle C position, and some music vocabulary words.
- To enjoy a seasonal game.
- Grades 1-4, using the appropriate cards for the concepts students have learned.
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- One die.
- On pawn for each player.
- The game can be played with two or more players.
- Print the game board and cut out the cards.
- Each player puts his token on the game board. The first player draws a card and answers the question. If he doesn't know the answer, give him hints until he gets it correct.
- Then he rolls the die and moves the number of spaces on the die. If he lands on a circle with instructions, he follows the instructions, such as taking a short cut, or moving back to Start.
- The game continues in the same way with the other players.
- When playing with a pre-school child, let him win most of the games so he will want to play again.
- The first player to reach the Pot of Gold is the winner.


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ROSEY RAIN Facial Cooling Spray is a fine, refreshing facial spray formulated to instantly cool, hydrate and refresh your skin.
Apply throughout the day as often as you like. Rosey Rain Facial Cooling Spray can even be applied over make-up! Bottle made from 96% recyclable content.
MegsMenopause ROSEY RAIN Facial Cooling Spray is infused with a natural rose oil and marshmallow extract to sooth and calm skin. Vegan approved ingredients.
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Hold bottle 6-8 inches from face, close eyes and spray a light mist directly onto your face. Apply throughout the day as required - enjoying the Rosey Rain experience as often as you like.
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In warmer weather it is advisable to store the product in a fridge.
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Young children should be supervised. Use only as directed. In the unlikely event of rash or irritation, discontinue use. For external use only.
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Aqua, Alcohol denat, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Sodium benzoate, Potassium sorbate, Polysorbate 20, Aloe barbadensis leaf extract, Glycerin, Parfum, Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Limonene, Geraniol, Linalool.
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After 100 years, Devens has become a technology hub
November 13, 2017 : Worcester Business Journal, by Grant Welker
The future was not promising for Fort Devens just over two decades ago when the military base was ordered closed along with others across the country. The property was filled with buildings suddenly of no use, standing on contaminated land.
But exactly a century after the military base opened, Fort Devens has blossomed into a regional economic hub with more than 6 million square feet of space and more than 5,000 workers. It has drawn distribution and technology companies to a site close to population centers while offering acres of open land.
"Devens checked all the boxes," said Paul Sellew, the owner of Little Leaf Farms, a hydroponic grower of leafy greens that moved in last year and is already working to nearly double its space.
Fort Devens opened during World War I and served local military operations and training until closing in 1996. The three towns that made up the base – Ayer, Harvard and Shirley – voted to give the site to MassDevelopment, the state's economic development arm, to redevelop it as a business hub once the fort closed and 7,000 jobs were eliminated.
MassDevelopment controls the Devens site and collects taxes from property owners.
"It is the iconic development for MassDevelopment," said Lauren Liss, the agency's president and CEO.
An innovation hub
From the start, planners had high ambitions for New England's largest former military base. A 1994 plan called for innovation and technology companies to help create 35,000 jobs within four decades.
But Devens's success was never a sure thing.
Nearly $200 million in state funds have been spent transforming the site, including removing hazardous soil and taking down hundreds of barracks. Devens has overcome the loss of a 400-employee Gillette factory in 2010 and the high-profile closure of the state-backed Evergreen Solar in 2012.
One major factor in Devens' success has been a fast permitting process – just 75 days, according to MassDevelopment. Potential businesses don't need to go through a series of municipal boards, said Thatcher Kezer, the senior vice president of Devens operations for MassDevelopment.
"There's one single commission that represents all those functions," Kezer said.
Multi-million-dollar private investments
Devens has built a roster of tenants to make almost any municipality in the area envious.
Bristol-Myers Squibb opened in Devens in 2009 as the company's first major facility in Massachusetts after receiving construction permits in just 49 days. The $750-million project was the company's largest capital investment in its history at the time.
The facility, which initially focused on commercial manufacturing, was expanded last year in a $280-million project to include biologics development and clinical trial manufacturing. Bristol-Myers Squibb now has 715 workers at the 89-acre site.
Nypro, a Clinton-based medical device contract manufacturer, moved into roughly 200,000 square feet at the former Evergreen Solar building in 2014. Up to 200 workers create diagnostics and pharmaceutical devices in clean rooms spread across half of the building.
The building is close to the Nypro headquarters, where the company had outgrown its manufacturing space, and is a few minutes from Mount Wachusett Community College's Devens satellite space, where Nypro is a partner for engineering programs, Witkowski said.
"Devens was an ideal location," said Jon Witkowski, Nypro's general manager.
Little Leaf Farms built a 114,000-square-foot hydroponic farming facility in 2016 it is already nearly doubling. The company was looking of affordable utility prices and easy access to Boston and Worcester, said Sellew, the owner.
Laddawn, a maker of packaging products, moved into the old Devens library, wanting to be a little closer to the Boston area's labor force from its first headquarters in Sterling. A renovation and expansion has included a rock climbing wall, yoga space and bicycles for rent for the office's 110 employees.
"Devens has been a terrific partner for us," said Owen Richardson, Laddawn's vice president of marketing and sales.
Adding more space
In all, Devens has more than 100 businesses, and its vacancy rate is 5 percent, according to the Devens Enterprise Commission, which acts as the site's regulatory and permitting body.
Devens has surpassed 6 million square feet, with more on the way.
Integra, a maker of biopharmaceutical products, is nearing completion on a doubling of its space, and Quiet Logistics, an online ordering and fulfillment company, moved from Andover in 2011 into the 411,000-square-foot space Gillette left. The company was attracted to Devens for its location between larger workforces in Worcester, Lowell and Fitchburg, and close distance among several airports, said Brian Lemerise, the Quiet Logistics president.
Biotechnology is a focus in Devens' growth. Last fall, Devens won approval from voters in Ayer, Harvard and Shirley to rezone 33 acres to help accommodate a biotech building of up to 500,000 square feet.
MassDevelopment sees enough potential at the site next to Quiet Logistics, which has direct rail access, that it has undertaken a 429,000-square-foot expansion without any tenants lined up.
Creating a Devens workforce
To help more area workers get to Devens, a shuttle service was started in April from Fitchburg and Leominster. In the first week of operation in April, there were only 24 riders. That more than tripled by this fall.
Only about 450 people live in Devens now, but that number will rise with a new 124-unit residential community called Emerson Green. So far, 17 homes have been built in a tightly-knit neighborhood recalling old-fashioned town centers.
Two 20-unit apartment buildings and a 58-unit senior housing development are planned.
A potential exists for up to about 400 housing units in all.
An albatross
The 7-square-mile Devens site is at 60 percent of its full capacity, said Kezer. More than a dozen sites are available for development, and next year, clean technology company AMSC will vacate its 355,000-square-foot building. (Some parts of the site, particularly south of Route 2, are still used by the Army Reserve or Massachusetts National Guard.)
The site's open space is popular with workers looking for a different type of experience on a lunch break than they'd get outside any office inside Route 128. More than 1,400 acres in Devens are protected open space, and Devens budgets annually for planting more streetside trees to improve aesthetics.
One site in particular, a group of rundown brick buildings known as Vicksburg Square, has been eyed for redevelopment for years. Attempts to rezone the area from commercial to residential have run into opposition from voters.
Tom Kinch, the Devens Advisory Committee chairman, called Vicksburg Square an albatross.
"Something has to be done with it," he said at an annual MassDevelopment meeting in Devens in October. "It's the symbol of Devens."


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As required by the WFD, the status of water bodies was classified in time to enable a presentation of the results of the monitoring programmes in map form for the status of surface water in the RBMPs. An estimate of the level of confidence and precision of the results provided by the monitoring programmes must also be given in the plan. However, biological quality elements are affected by temporal variability related to climatic and meteorological factors, which on turn determine local hydro-morphological conditions and thus affect spatial distribution of habitats. Also, they undergo the characteristic cycles of natural populations, sometimes introducing a quite high degree of variability across years or seasons. In particular, interannual and seasonal unpredictability is a key ecological factor in mediterranean ecosystem, as it is the amount (and consequently the quality) of available water itself to undergo a strong variability. Effects on habitat conditions similar to those related to natural flow variability can be due to water use and management, also finally resulting on a potentially strong modification of instream or lake hydro-morphological conditions. Natural and/or man-induced variability can therefore jointly affect both sites in reference conditions and degraded ones, which need to be classified, so that its effects on water body classification is difficult to foresee. The need for an estimation of uncertainty linked to biological monitoring and subsequent classification of ecological status is not only a legal requirement of the WFD, but it is an important factor to consider for planning the number of sites, the frequency of monitoring and the overall number of samples to be collected. As well, this aspect is crucial to prioritise restoration actions i.e. programmes of measures, within RBMPs.
In this action group, firstly we will apply in the study areas the most up to date methods for classification available for Italian aquatic ecosystems. Subsequently, we will define a common set of key statistical metrics based on both scientific literature and WFD text and guidance, comparing the results of different techniques for uncertainty estimation and evaluating the influence of classification uncertainty on RBMPs and Programmes of Measures. A classification according to the most up to date WFD classification tools of all sites i.e. water bodies present in the study areas will be attempted, if data are made available by competent Authorities. This would include water bodies not being directly investigated in the field during the project.
Methods employed
Data gained during group of actions I1 will be used to classify sites in the study catchments, as far as biological classification is concerned. Together with indications from CEN standards, the Italian guidelines for hydromorphological classification will be adopted. Such guidelines are presently in a draft formulation, but it is expected that by the end of 2009 they will be available for application. These guidelines, in addition to habitat aspects well covered by the CARAVAGGIO method, indicate – for selected river types - geomorphological approaches to assess the processes acting in rivers. Such approaches, possibly including large scale analysis, will be adopted, if relevant, in the study areas. When data availability from standard monitoring programmes will make this possible, a full ecological status classification will be performed e.g. all BQEs, chemical classification and hydro-morphological aspects. Classification tools will be those most recently defined for WFD implementation according to Italian and European guidelines and protocols, as defined within recent EC co-funded projects and further refined on the national level. Furthermore, for lakes analysis will be based on data from intensive monitoring of selected key sites with a high temporal and spatial resolution and, for both lakes and rivers, on the collation of existing monitoring data. Different numerical techniques for uncertainty estimation will be evaluated to identify metrics suitable to be implemented in RBMPs and Programmes of Measures. When data availability from the study areas will support this, reference conditions evaluated through empirical modelling will be compared with type-specific reference values, taking into account their prediction error. The results will be then included in guidelines for a possible revision of RBMPs.
Reports prepared by individual partners to be merged and integrated by the responsible beneficiary will be submitted two months before the deadline for the presentation of the relevant project Deliverable.
Obtained results
- Rivers – Sites classification in studied areas
INHABIT activity group D1 aims at demonstrating the effectiveness of classification performed on studied water bodies, in particular highlighting aspects related to uncertainty in classification. Such activities will develop one of the key aspects of the project related to the understanding of main factors influencing ecological status.
- Rivers – Summary conclusions on demonstration actions for RBMPs implementation
Together with the key points of the final phase of D1 group of actions, this section presents a set of summary tables related to main issues addressed in the project and obtained results. Aim of D1 group of actions was – together with the classification of investigated water bodies – to identify factors (i.e. metric and habitat features) representing key aspects in structuring River Basin Management plans.
- Lakes – results D1
Methods for the evaluation of lake reference conditions were evaluated to assess natural variability and uncertainty in classification. In particular, we focused on quality elements for which it is possible to model reference conditions (phytoplankton), and those most sensitive to natural variability, either weather and climate conditions, (phytoplankton and macrophytes), trophic conditions (macrobentos) and or different lake types (fish fauna).
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The family will hold a memorial service, Monday, October 22, 2012, at The Cross and the Sword Church, Kershaw to celebrate the life of Norman Eugene Welch, 74, of Westville.
Mr. Welch passed away Saturday, October 20, at KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Oakdale, LA, he was the son of the late Elijah L. and Clara Bell Coker Welch. He was a long distance truck driver and a member of The Cross and the Sword Church. He also enjoyed singing, wood working and was very active in Nursing Home Ministry.
Surviving are his wife; Mary Payne Stephens Welch of the home, 2 daughters; Kay Lynn Zanger (Larry) of Kershaw, Linda Welch of Durant, OK, 5 step-children; Thad Stephens (Jackie), Kay Roberts, Russell Stephens (Cindy), Lisa Bowers (Tommy), Chris Bowers (Allison), 16 grandchildren; 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Cross and the Sword Church, 3739 Old Georgetown Road, Kershaw, S.C. 29067.
Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw is assisting the family with arrangements.


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Alexander: Democratic Student Loan Bill "Leaves More Than 7 Million Middle-Income Students Twisting in the Wind, Paying Double the Rates They Should"
Posted on July 9, 2013
Says Senate is voting tomorrow on proposal to benefit just 40 percent of students, while Manchin-Burr proposal would lower rates for 100 percent of students
"The student loan issue is becoming like what we call the 'doc fix,' where Congress for political reasons every year rushes around and makes a temporary patch. There's no need to do that here." – Lamar Alexander
WASHINGTON, July 9—The senior Republican on the U.S. Senate education committee today in a speech on the Senate floor (Video HERE) called on Senate Democrats to support a proposal to lower student loan rates for all student borrowers, rather than the Democratic proposal scheduled for a vote tomorrow that will lower rates only on subsidized Stafford loans for a year.
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said: "The only proposal that we're voting on tomorrow appears to be one that will leave [more than 7] million middle-income college students twisting in the wind paying about twice as much in interest rates as they should be. At the same time we have a proposal that is based upon a recommendation by President Obama, that is like legislation already passed by the Republican House of Representatives, that is supported by an independent and two Democratic senators and three Republican senators, that would lower student loan interest rates on every single one of the 18 million new loans that would be taken out next year and cut nearly in half the interest rates on loans for undergraduate students."
Alexander is a cosponsor of the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act, a compromise bipartisan solution introduced by Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Alexander, Angus King (I-Maine), and Tom Carper (D-Del.) that provides a long-term fix for all student loans while preventing rates from doubling on subsidized loans on July 1st. This bill saves students $8.8 billion in 2013 and over $36 billion in the next four years by giving students access to the lowest rates possible, allowing them to take advantage of low borrowing costs when everyone else in the economy can borrow cheaply. The bill strengthens borrower protections by reinforcing the 8.25% interest rate cap on consolidation.
Alexander said today: "The student loan issue is becoming like what we call the 'doc fix,' where Congress for political reasons every year rushes around and makes a temporary patch. There's no need to do that here…If we have a solution, we ought to adopt it.
"I would ask my friends on the Democratic side to look at what the president has proposed and the reason behind it. It was in his budget. Look at what the House of Representatives has done. They've actually passed a bill that lowers rates. And then look at the proposal by Senators Manchin, Carper, and King, and Coburn, Burr, and me on this side. What our proposal would do is provide a long-term solution: if you are an undergraduate student at the University of Tennessee, instead of your rate being 6.8 percent, it would be 3.66 percent. The Democratic proposal, I repeat, does nothing for [more than 7] million middle-income students who are going to be paying 6.8 percent when they should be paying, if they're undergraduates, 3.66 percent under our proposal. That's half as much. There is no need for that."
In a response to remarks by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Alexander said (Video HERE): "What is good about a short-term political fix that makes middle-income students and graduate students pay more—hundreds of millions of dollars more over the next ten years? What's good about that? All it does is provide an opportunity to make a well-rehearsed political speech about student loans. We all want to encourage students to go to college. We're looking for a way to give them some predictability and some certainty so that a student doesn't have to worry when they graduate from high school in Tennessee, where I went, that Congress isn't going to get its job done and all they're going to do is stand up and make political speeches that have nothing to do with the issue."
He continued: "As far as balancing the budget on the back of students, the only people around here doing that have been the Democrats when they passed the health care law. They put in there a takeover of the federal student loan program, and according to the Congressional Budget Office, they had an amount of savings, $55 billion, and they used part of it to reduce the debt. So the CBO says these are savings because you took over student loans and the Democrats said we'll use it to reduce the debt. We'll use it on the Pell Grant program. And they used it to help pay for the health care law. Every single year for the next five or six years, students are being overcharged to help pay for the health care law. If we want to get into a big political discussion about who's overcharging students in order to reduce the deficit or pay for the health care law, we could have that. But that's not what we want to do. We want a result."
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During the meeting, Coach Guillen says he asked what he "needed to change to make the ballclub better, my expectation for them with the ballclub, different ideas."
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Young adults with disabilities get vocational training which they use to enter society upon graduation at the Todd Fournier Center for Employment Training within the May Institute.
QUINCY – May Center readies young adults with autism for employment
After using the intercom to announce that the school store was open, James Fishkind, 19, stood at the cash register and waited for students to arrive.
When his vocational coordinator suggested that he spoke too quickly to be understood, Fishkind, who has autism, asked, "Should I try again?"
It was a simple question, but it reflected Fishkind's complex growth into a relatively independent young man who finds fulfillment in work. When he entered the May Center School for Autism and Developmental Disabilities in Randolph at age 12, he often was aggressive and engaged in repetitive "self-injurious" behaviors, such as hitting himself in the head, said vocational coordinator Nick Wagner. No longer destructive, Fishkind now independently staffs the school store one morning a week and also works eight hours a week at a convenience store.
It's a huge achievement for a young adult with autism, and it resulted from the guidance and education Fishkind has received at the Todd Fournier Center for Employment Training and Community Inclusion, which opened three years ago at the May Center School. The Todd Fournier Center aims to address a difficult challenge: preparing young adults with autism to work outside the school and finding them volunteer or paid jobs when special-education services end at age 22.
"It's a long process to give them the tools, and when they have the skills, it's very challenging to find workplaces," Wagner said. "There are thousands of adults with autism who could work but aren't. They want to contribute and know that sense of purpose."
Autism is a brain disorder with a wide range of manifestations. While the cause is unknown, the incidence has risen. In March 2014, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said one of every 42 boys and one of every 189 girls have autism spectrum disorder. To varying degrees, people with autism have difficulty with social interaction, picking up on verbal and non-verbal cues and engaging in conversation or a joint activity.
"A lot of the kids struggle with communication and to be flexible," said Anna Matloff, the May Center School's administrator of educational and vocational programming. "There are a lot of social skills to learn, like how to ask for help, talk to a boss, use break time."
May Center personnel take advantage of the students' tendency to like lists, routine and repetition. In each workplace, students carry an iPad or iPhone and consult it to complete their jobs. Fishkind reads well and quickly swipes through the list of his tasks in the store. For his clerical work in the school's finance office, he reads a list of rules and reminders, which include: speak in a quiet voice, ask for help, and use polite words. Other students may follow pictures, video or audio.
"The goal is to rely on the checklist rather than a job coach," Wagner said.
Fishkind has practiced a range of jobs at the Todd Fournier Center's three "employment transition and life-skills suites" – the store, a hotel room/apartment and a kitchen/restaurant. He vacuums, cleans, washes, cooks, stocks shelves, operates a cash register, makes change, files and enters data. About 30 students ages 14 to 22 spend part of their days in these suites. They also receive academic, social and life-skills instruction in the broader program.
"Having the training suites gives the students a lot more opportunities to practice," Matloff said. "It makes it easier for us to teach skills and helps us see where the students need more help."
When the students have mastered skills, they are placed in a paid job at the school and then a volunteer or paid job in the community. A school job coach accompanies them until they are able to work independently.
Fishkind has done so well that he works eight hours a week without a job coach at a convenience store run by VERC Enterprises. He proudly reported that he has earned $1,600 for a trip to Disney World. Other students volunteer or work at Randolph Town Hall, the Thayer Public Library in Braintree, Arbella Insurance and the South Shore YMCA.
During his store shift recently, Fishkind twice asked Wagner, "What kind of jobs do they have in my adult home?" – looking ahead to when he leaves the school at age 22. He clearly wants to defy the odds faced by many young adults with autism spectrum disorder. Only 20 percent had worked full time within eight years after high school, and about 53 percent had worked part time. according to a 2013 study by a Drexel University professor. The results were published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Ann DesRoches, Fishkind's mother, is grateful that the May Center School sees the importance preparing her son for work.
"The school has done an awesome job with him," said DesRoches, a painter who lives in Sandwich. "He couldn't take being idle. He's a doer. If he didn't work, his (negative) behaviors would go right back up and there would be a lot of banging and putting holes in walls."
She hopes that after graduation James will live in an adult home and get a job that makes use of his talent for building, perhaps at a toy or bicycle company. But other work would be fine, too.
"He's happy doing what he is doing, and he's mastered what they have given him," DesRoches said. "If he's happy, that's what counts."