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Happy Monday!
I just wanted to say thank you for all the love & support I received after sharing my big news in my previous blog post. I'm so blessed to have people like you in my life.
This is a huge next step for us but I'm so thankful for you guys to be following along on this journey with me.
Things won't change much with my blog except the scenery in my pictures will become more beautiful. I have a lot planned for this little ole blog in 2017.
Can't wait to share.
With that being said.. I thought it would be a fun idea to share how to have & deal with a long distance friendship. With me moving now & they each live in different states, plus I have a friend in Indy & one in Chicago. I'm kinda experienced with these long distance friendships. I just thought it would be fitting.
So a little backstory about these two beautiful ladies... They are both named Lauren. Lauren S is the the one in the jacket & cute little bun. Lauren K is the one with the olive green cardigan & adorable short hair.
Lauren S & I have been friends 12 years or so. Lauren K & I have been friends since we were babies. Our parents were friends. So we were destined to be close.
We have made it through thick & thin. The going away to college days, our wedding days, & the oh so lovely high school drama days. These two know my good side & bad side but somehow choose to love me despite.
We've all had to move in different directions after we got married. I stayed near where we grew up, Lauren S, after she got married moved with her hubby to California to be a Marines wife (I cried like a baby the day after her wedding, not wanting her to go). Lauren K got married & moved two hours away.. still not as far as California but not terribly close either. Needless to say we have lived away from each other for a little bit now & we've had to learn how to keep our friendships going despite the distance.
I think we are doing pretty dang good so I thought I would share some of the tips we came up with.
1. Don't get hurt if you don't talk. Seriously. Being a wife, mom, or working a full time job takes up a ton of your time to begin with but to have to worry about wether or not you talked to your friends is just unnecessary stress that doesn't need to be. They should know you still love them without having to talk with them every day.
2. Have confidence in your friendship. Don't get nervous about the new friendships your friend might make. Just know nothing will change with your friendship. Have confidence in that.
3. Just remember when you do see each other those moments become so much more cherished & Special. So true. We have uninterrupted & put cell phones away kinda moments. Such cherishable memories when we see each other now, then when we saw each other every day. Not saying I wouldn't like to see them everyday but you always have to make the best of the situation. (:
4. Knowing without a doubt if you need them they will be there. I know I could call either of these ladies or any of my close girlfriends for that matter & even if they were busy, they would act like they weren't just to listen to me vent.
5. When you do see each other it's like no time has past. I have this with about 6 of my girlfriends now. I have been friends with these ladies since high school & some since we were babies but thats how I knew we would be friends forever. When you can go months without talking, you get together & its like no time has past. Those are the friends you want to have. They are hard to find but when you do it is so worth it.
As I always say, I would rather have a few good friends then a ton of surfacey ones.
To all my close girlfriends... You know who you are. (:
Thank you for being such amazing friends & sticking by me.
You mean the world to me.
Love you!
How did you deal with having a long distant relationship?
What are some of your tips on keeping a long distance relationship alive?
Comment below & let me know!
I would love to hear from you!
As always, thank you for stopping by!


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Back in February, in one of her first interviews, she aggressively defended her husband's immigration policies by asserting that she was one of the good immigrants:
"I followed the law. I never thought to stay here without papers. I had a visa, I traveled every few months back to the country to Slovenia to stamp the visa. I came back, I applied for the green card, I applied for the citizenship later on after many years of green card. So I went by system, I went by the law. And you should do that, you should not just say let me stay here and whatever happens, happens."
But Politico reports that a wealth of evidence—including the nude photo shoot that graced the cover of The New York Post last weekend—suggests that she was, in fact, an undocumented immigrant who worked in this country illegally. Politico places her in the United States one year earlier than she has previously claimed, and says she may have been on a B-1 business visa, not an H-1B work visa—which means that she likely committed visa fraud and worked in the country illegally.
The only way for Melania to rebut the allegations is for her to release her immigration documents. Given her husband's reluctance to release his tax returns, or to submit to other standard forms of vetting, that seems unlikely. Still, if Melania were to do that and if her records were in order, it would be, politically speaking, a win for the Trump campaign—more proof that the media is out to get the Trump family.
This has been a very bad two weeks for Melania Trump—first the plagiarism, then the nudes, and now she has become a living, breathing argument that her husband is a hypocrite and not the steadfast defender of our nation's borders that he claims to be. Of course, Trump's illegal immigration rhetoric is largely about race and kicking brown people out of what Trump's white voters think is a white country, not white super-models taking jobs away from other white super-models. But on the surface, at least, Donald Trump's wife may be the exact kind of immigrant that he's been railing against for the last thirteen months.
Update: Melania Trump denies that she worked illegally in the United States.

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Business Administration - Marketing (BS) (online)
Ranked among the Best Online Bachelor's Programs by U.S. News & World Report
Degree Overview
With our online degree you won't compromise quality for convenience and you'll spend less money to earn your degree—a wise business decision! Fitchburg State University has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), which has been recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
While you can complete your program completely online, you have the ability to include face-to-face and hybrid classes, too. Online programs at Fitchburg State offer a high degree of interactivity in courses, including Blackboard IM and Blackboard Collaborate. And since Fitchburg State also offers an online MBA (Accounting, Management or Human Resources Management), you can make a smooth transition to completing a graduate degree.
The curriculum is based in the liberal arts, coupled with a sufficient mix of professional courses and a variety of practical business experiences.
The Bachelor of Science in business administration requires completion of the 48-credit liberal arts and sciences (LAS) core, the specific requirements for the major, minor, and/or concentration that is chosen, several additional LAS courses required for the major, and elective courses, for a minimum of 120 credits.
Requirements and Curriculum
Marketing Concentration
Two-Year Course Rotation (PDF)
Program at a Glance
Career Opportunities
- Sales and Sales Management
- Advertising and Public Relations
- Market Research
- Product Management
Attain this degree completely online. Some face-to-face and hybrid classes are also available in the evening, to provide maximum flexibility.
Total Credits
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Carrick Quiz for Leitrim Community Games vests
Leitrim Community Games are holding a table quiz at 8.30 on Friday, June 8, in Murtagh's Basement Bar, Carrick-on-Shannon and are appealing for support from all around the county.
The aim of the event is to raise funds to purchase new running vests for the County's athletes competing in the National Finals in Athlone. Over the last two years, Leitrim have unfortunately being the only county not to have their own vests, forcing athletes to compete in plain white t-shirts or vests that they must provide themselves.
Anyone or any business who would like to contribute to this very worthy fundraising event but is unable to attend on the night can contact Leitrim Community Games Treasurer Mary Keenan at 46 Breffni Crescent, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Any contribution would be very much appreciated.


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Full, short skirts were never really out of style but narrow pencil skirts, minimalist midis and thigh-baring maxis have definitely stolen the hemline headlines as of late. They seem to be resurfacing as a popular choice, however, both on the runway and red carpet. Come see...
Whether gathered or bell-shaped, full skirts in bold fabrics and colors are popular for spring 2012. Some showcase the drop-waist trend while others give potentially hard-to-wear colors and fabrics a little bit of help in the figure-flattery department.
Left, Louis Vuitton, right, H&M spring 2012
Full skirts with nipped in waists and shorter hemlines have started to appear more frequently on the red carpet as well. Petite gals like Kourtney Kardashian look especially great in this look.
Jenny McCarthey in Victoria Beckham, Kourtney Kardashian in Alice + Olivia, Carrie Underwood in Maria Lucia Hohan
I for one am happy to see these shapes return to the runway and red carpet. As much as I love the idea of wearing the more daring styles that have become popular recently, I find that they don't always translate to real life.
What about you? Are you a fan of the full, short skirt? Do you find it flattering?
More Dresses & Skirts:
14 Going-Out Dresses You Can Wear When It's Cold
GQ Had A Party And All The Young Starlets Wore Below The Knee Dresses
Classic Shirt Dresses...With A Twist! (AKA The Easiest Pieces In Your Closet)


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While spider veins don't cause health problems, they can become cosmetic concerns as they mar the otherwise smooth skin of your legs and ankles. To fight back against unsightly spider veins, Steve Menna, DPM, and George Pace, DPM, offer laser spider vein removal at Manhattan Footcare in Brooklyn and the Midtown Manhattan region of New York City. To find out how laser technology can get rid of your spider veins, call or use the online scheduling tool.
Spider veins are small, squiggly red lines that show up near the surface of your skin, usually in your legs or face. Spider veins are related to varicose veins, but they don't bulge out as varicose veins do.
In medical terms, spider veins are caused by venous insufficiency. Your veins are responsible for delivering blood back to your heart for recirculation throughout your body. When it comes to your legs, your veins have to fight both distance and gravity to get the blood to your heart. To help with this, your veins have tiny valves that close as the blood passes through to prevent it from falling backward on its climb upward.
When your valves don't close properly, blood can pool and remain in the vein, which is what causes spider veins. There are certain factors that put you more at risk of developing spider veins, including:
Spider veins are more common in women, because many of the risk factors are unique to women, though men can develop them, too.
To get rid of spider veins, the doctors at Manhattan Footcare offer the Fotona® laser, which clears away the unsightly blood vessels with noninvasive treatment. With the Fotona laser, your doctor delivers laser energy into the spider vein without harming your skin. The energy from the laser is absorbed by the blood in your vein, which converts it into heat and destroys the walls of the vein.
After treatment, your blood simply reroutes itself through healthier blood vessels. In the meantime, your destroyed blood vessel is naturally flushed out through your body's lymphatic system.
The Fotona laser allows your doctor to deliver targeted energy to effectively destroy your spider veins in just one treatment, though you may need a follow-up treatment if your body tries to reactive the blood vessel.
Your optimal results will be revealed within a few weeks of your initial treatment, once your body has had time to get rid of the old veins and reroute your blood elsewhere.
If you'd like to get rid of your spider veins, call Manhattan Footcare or use the online scheduling tool to book an appointment.


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The 4 Best Liquid Rust Removers, Tested
For those times when you don't feel like spending two hours scrubbing with sandpaper. So, always.
Our 4 x 6–inch test samples were uniformly pre-rusted in a seawater-exposure rack by NASA's Corrosion Technology Laboratory at the Kennedy Space Center. Each steel sample has a piece of C-channel welded to it, which allowed us to test the rust removers on a flat surface, an inside and outside corner, and a weld.
Price: $23 for 1 gallon
Effective and quick. After six hours of soaking, the test blank was quite clean. After 12 hours, it was spotless, including the corners and the weld. We noticed some carbon deposits had leached out of the steel, but with a little effort we managed to wipe these off.
(Best soak)
Price: $11 for 16 ounces
Its thick, honey-like consistency provides good vertical cling and required very little scrubbing to remove rust. The Bull Frog stayed moist and effective, even after being exposed to air for two hours. It was also the only product we tested that prevented flash rusting (which can happen within 20 minutes of treatment if you don't prime or seal quickly) by using a Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor that bonds electrochemically with the freshly cleaned surface.
(Best brush-on)
Price: $25 for 1 gallon
Six hours in the Metal Rescue bath will get your part clean enough to finish the job with hand tools. Leave it in for 24 hours, though, and it's impeccable. Worth the wait.
Price: $20 for 16 ounces
Dissolve a lot or a little of this crystallized product in water, depending on the job. Brush-on application was moderately effective, and soaking produced better results if you waited a full day. Unlike other options, you can apply this with a garden sprayer to vertical concrete or plastic that's been stained by irrigation water.
This story appears in the December 2015 / January 2016 issue of Popular Mechanics.


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Miami Beach,FL, Florida, 33139
Located in the heart of Miami's South Beach, you will surely enjoy some killer tacos and the best frosty margaritas in town. Celebrity Chef Ralph Pagano has taken Mexican food and South Beach by storm. Located in the iconic, Dream Hotel, Naked Taco offers three very distinct spaces; The patio, which sits outside offering a front row view to South Beach's electric nightlife scene, and two bars: Bar Noche and Bar Manana. But it's the allure of authentic Mexican food that will drive the bus at this hot establishment. The menu is chopped up into different sections with the traditional tacos, what Chef Ralph Pagano calls ""hecho a mano & the signature ""Naked Tacos"" in lettuce wraps.
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Introduction: Simplified Two-Tin Rainbow Cake
A simplified method of making a rainbow cake with just two baking tins.
I foolishly attempted to make a rainbow layer cake for my daughter's 7th birthday party recently.
It turned out OK (see second image). It was a 'good bake' as Paul Hollywood might say, but very laborious and as you can see the layers were not very even.
Then I discovered that I had to make a SECOND one that she could take to school.
I thought I would address some of the problems encountered with build no. 1 and share them here.
1. Too much equipment and too much time: 5 colours required 5 baking tins + 5 baking racks. Or in my case three baking tins used over two baking sessions.
2. Too fragile: many of the layers were too thin, difficult to extract from the baking tin (even when lined baking parchment) and hard to handle without coming apart.
3. Too sweet: so many people seem to find the traditional sponge recipe of equal measures butter, sugar and flour to be unpleasantly sweet and this sweetness tends to mask any other flavours.
The solution I developed in this instructible uses just two tins, one round of baking, and far less sugar.
Happy reading and happy baking!
Step 1: Make a Lot of Cake Batter
Prepare 2 x 24cm square baking tins by lining with baking parchment.
Then make a lot of cake batter.
This instructable is not really about how to make the cake batter. You can use your own favourite recipe, but I am sharing this recipe as I have found most sponge cake recipes to be unpleasantly sweet.
This is based on a madeira cake.
300g caster sugar
500g butter
700g plain flour
6 tsp baking powder
9 eggs
1 cup of milk
2 tsp vanilla essence
zest and juice of 3 lemons
Set oven to 180˚c
Cream the butter and sugar together for a few minutes in a large bowl (best with food processor)
Add the eggs one by one with a spoon of flour (sifted with the baking powder)
Add the rest of the liquid and then fold in the rest of the flour mixture.
Then divide into 4 bowls. It works out around 500g per bowl.
Add the colourants to each bowl.
This is a simplified rainbow cake for obvious reasons. There is only room for 4 colours.
I used Red Orange Yellow and Green.
I used Americolor gel colours. They seemed to work fine. You only need 3-4 drops per bowl. Don't worry if the colour looks a bit weak at this stage - it seems to intensify during cooking.
Spoon the mixture into the (lined) cake tins.
Try to get each mixture into one half of one tin.
Bake at 180˚c for around 40 minutes and check that a toothpick comes out clean.
Step 2: Cool, Trim & Cut Up Your Cakes
This is how my cakes turned out. Maybe slightly overdone, but they got a decent raise so they were thick enough to be handled without collapsing.
Let your cakes cool before cutting them up.
First even up the top surface so that it is reasonably flat.
Then chop the edges off square.
Then cut into 5 even blocks across the 2 colours (as shown).
By the time I had trimmed the cake, it was about 20cm square so each block was 4cm across.
Do the same to the other cake so you should end up with 10 blocks of roughly similar size.
Eat all the yummy offcuts.
Step 3: Cake Construction
The next step is to build the cake.
I used a buttercream mortar with an almond flavour:
225g Cream Cheese
450g Icing Sugar
50g Butter
4 tbsp almond powder (this is for making almond flavour drinks, you can use almond essence instead, but use about 1tsp instead - or any other flavour you like).
Method: Cream all ingredients together in food mixer.
Then take your first block and cement it to the other two blocks on the first level.
Don't forget to rotate the blocks so that they alternate and you get the full range of colours (see picture).
Continue adding the blocks in this pattern until you have a 9 block cake.
As you started with 10 blocks, you will have one left over. yum yum.
After building the cake, put it in the fridge for a couple of hours before trimming and adding the rest of the buttercream on the outside surface.
Step 4: Icing the Cake
Once the cake has come out of the fridge, trim it up square and cover with remainder of the buttercream mixture.
To ice the cake I used fondant icing, which I did not make myself.
I don't think anyone really likes to eat this, but it makes everything neat for a birthday cake.
I used a little of the blue colour in the icing to make a sky effect and then coloured some small offcuts with the colour gels.
To make the rainbow, I rolled five thin sausages of the coloured fondant, put them next to each otherr then curled into a rainbow shape, rolled it out, trimmed the ends and stuck it on the top with some more buttercream.
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Have you ever put one colour on top of the other before cooking? Do you think they bleed together or just cook and maybe be a bit wobbly?
That is clever baking the two colors together!


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The winners of the 7th annual Cincy Magazine MANNY
Awards, which celebrates manufacturing excellence in the Tristate, come
in many sizes and product categories, but what they share is a reliance
on good ideas and good people.
It was a theme echoed by each of the 15 Tristate
manufacturers recognized at the awards dinner at the Sharonville
Convention Center on June 4. Three winners were picked by a panel of
judges in each of five categories: best place to work, biggest
breakthrough, new job creation, new product development/innovation and
top growth from among 50 nominations.
Mirroring the breadth and depth of Tristate
manufacturing, this year's MANNY class included one of its oldest
employers, Emery Oleochemicals in St. Bernard, which traces its roots to
1840; its consumer products industries, French-based cosmetics maker
L'Oreal USA in Florence; its entrepreneur economy, Salamander Sinkers in
Evendale, and its fastest growing, Mason-based Intelligrated Inc.
"Our founders (CEO Chris Cole and President Jim
McCarthy) will tell you our success is due to our associates, now 2,300
strong," said Jerry Koch, marketing director for Intelligrated, in
accepting a top growth MANNY for the manufacturer of automated material
handling equipment.
Innovations may start as simple ideas "but they
don't happen without a lot of significant effort," said Scott Aston,
vice president of bridge structures at West Chester-based Contech
Engineered Solutions, recognized for innovation for its new line of
pre-cast bridges.
"We've doubled our sales each of the last four
years and that's due to our customer support staff, our engineers, our
sales people and the people who make our product. This is their award,"
said Dan Houchin, sales manager for West Chester-based Star
Manufacturing, a top growth winner for three consecutive years.
Keynote speaker Greg Morris, a leader in strategy
and business development in additive technologies at GE Aviation,
offered insight into the development and potential of additive
manufacturing, the process of creating three dimensional objects in
hair-thin layers of material rather than the traditional practice of
cutting or shaping parts out of a solid piece of metal or plastic.
Morris, who launched a rapid prototyping company
that introduced the first metal sintering technology to North America a
decade ago, said additive manufacturing dramatically reduces the cost,
time and material needed to make prototypes and limited-run parts.
It has applications ranging from customized toys and
trinkets to next-generation jet engine nozzles. Some traditional
machining and injection molding manufacturers fear it could put them out
of business.
Morris, who sold his companies to GE Aviation last
fall, said while additive manufacturing will be disruptive in some
industries, it will complement rather than replace traditional
machining, casting and injection molding processes.
"It's not something to be ignored. But you shouldn't fear it either. Embrace it," he said.
The first MANNY Hall of Fame Leadership Award was
presented to George Leasure, founder and chairman of Lebanon-based GMi
Companies. Leasure, 81, started the former Ghent Manufacturing with just
six employees in 1976 to produce dry-erase boards and other equipment
for the office and school markets. Within five years, Ghent, which
changed its name to GMi in 2011, was named to the Inc. 500 list of
fastest growing companies.
Leasure was recognized for his leadership, contribution to Tristate manufacturing and inspiration to others.
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The video recordings of the 8th CLARIN Annual Conference in Leipzig are now published on the Videolectures platform.
CLARIN ERIC is organizing an online hands-on tutorial on transcribing interview data. Don't miss the opportunity to boost your analyses of spoken language data!
Yvonne van Baal is a PhD student in linguistics who has has successfully used resources and tools developed at the CLARINO Text Laboratory
Over the past few years, the CLARINO Bergen Centre has made significant efforts to engage and train potential users of the CLARINO and the wider CLARIN infrastructure in the context of higher education.
Read the most recent CLARIN Newsflash: January 2020 here
PORTULAN CLARIN, CLARIN-PL Language Technology Centre, Bayerisches Archiv für Sprachsignale and CLARINO Bergen Center successfully concluded certification.
CLARIN ERIC has officially recognized SAFMORIL as a CLARIN Knowledge Centre (K-Centre)
The call for participation for the CLASSLA CLARIN User Involvement workshop is now open. The number of participants is limited to 30, so make sure to sign up soon!
CLARIN ERIC is looking for a student-assistant for 0,2 - 0,3 fte during the period of April-October 2020 to support CLARIN in preparing the annual conference in October 2020
The Nordic Dialect Corpus (NDC) is a speech corpus available at the CLARINO Text Laboratory Centre. It consists of spontaneous speech data from dialects of the North Germanic languages across all Nordic countries.


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Some minor changes that Apple is making in iOS 10 will ensure that all your apps run a lot smoother and faster, even on existing iPhones and iPads. The first such change is that while scrolling, the content will automatically be loaded based on the APIs assumption, instead of them being loaded when you actually scroll.
Essentially, the company will allow apps to prefetch data that will ensure that even while scrolling, the 60fps mark is not missed. This will ensure that the usual choppiness and jitters that we see while scrolling through apps that load a lot of data will not be present anymore in iOS 10.
The new APIs in iOS 10 are also able to make calls to access your data faster and they do so in a background queue, so as to not affect the performance of the main thread.
The best part about these changes in iOS 10 is that they are automatic and require no implementation from developers. As long as developers compile their apps for iOS 10, their apps will automatically perform better. Considering that most older iPhone users complain about their phone getting slow after a new iOS release, this change from Apple will surely ensure that these users get a better experience after updating their device to iOS 10.
If you are an iOS developer, make sure to hit the source link below for an in-depth read on how some API and underlying changes from Apple will ensure your apps perform even better in iOS 10.[Via TheNextWeb]


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The software company announced its partnership with a semiconductor giant to expand the capabilities of its AllConnect media streaming technology for over-the-top devices.
Helsinki, Finland – June 20, 2017 – Tuxera, the world-leading file systems and networking technology company, announced that it has partnered with Allwinner, a fabless semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Zhuhai, China. The companies will work closely together to bring a rapid, hardware- and software- optimized media streaming solution to the market that expands the capabilities of over-the-top (OTT) boxes. AllConnect, Tuxera's interoperable streaming technology for connected devices, will be at the core of this partnership.
"Smartphones and tablets have changed the way we browse content on TVs. They are the new remote controls, bringing instant access to favorite content. We are very excited about this partnership with Allwinner as it allows us to develop state-of-the-art wireless content streaming technology directly with the leading SoC manufacturer for OTT devices," says Claudio Camacho, Head of Marketing at Tuxera.
"The smart TV industry continues to grow rapidly. Consumers want to access their 3rd party services to watch movies, browse photos, and listen to their music – in a simple way. This on-demand culture continues to challenge cable companies and creates a need for a seamless way to stream content on a TV. Combining our decade-long hardware expertise and Tuxera's knowledge in streaming technologies, we plan to deliver on this expectation," says Jack Lee, Group VP of Allwinner.
According to Juniper Research, the OTT ecosystem is expected to surge rapidly, reaching 330 million active devices by 2019. With entertainment and media playback being the most commonly used functions for such devices, Tuxera continues to develop networking advancements that bring lossless content and wireless streaming between different devices.
AllConnect for OTT devices
Tuxera's AllConnect Receiver enables any device, be it set-top box, smart TV, projector or car dashboard to receive and display any content sent from a phone or a tablet. It is built on Tuxera's AllConnect technology which uses DIAL (Discover and Launch) and the HTTP-based Tuxera AllConnect Protocol (TAP) for high-performance streaming. This technology works as a platform that supports both client and server sides so that smartphones and tablets can act as remote controls. Find out more about Tuxera's AllConnect at https://www.tuxera.com/products/allconnect/
About Tuxera
Tuxera is the leading provider of storage and networking technologies. From the latest flagship smartphones, to cars, cameras, routers, and drones – Tuxera's software makes file transfers fast and content easily accessible. The company is an active member of multiple standard organizations, including JEDEC, AGL, SD Association, and many others. Founded in 2008, Tuxera's headquarters are located in Finland, with regional offices in China, India, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the US.
About Allwinner
Allwinner Technology is a leading fabless design company dedicated to smart application processor SoCs and smart analog ICs. Its product line includes multi-core application processors for smart devices and smart power management ICs used by brands worldwide. With its focus on cutting edge UHD video processing, high performance multi-core CPU/GPU integration, and ultra-low power consumption, Allwinner Technology is a mainstream solution provider for connected automotive application, Virtual Reality, smart hardware, tablet, internet TV, smart home device, automotive in-dash device, smart power management, and mobile connected device markets. Allwinner Technology is headquartered in Zhuhai, China.
For more information please contact:
PR and Communications Manager, Tuxera
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Being an ESI Shareholder
- How to become an ESI shareholder?
- Capital breakdown
- Attend the Annual General Meeting
- Why invest in ESI?
1. How to become an ESI shareholder?
To become an ESI shareholder, you can choose between:
- Bearer shares : your shares are managed by your bank or financial intermediary
- Administered registered shares: your shares are managed by the market maker CIC Securities (6 avenue de Provence, 75009 Paris – +33 1 40 16 26 75) and stocked in an account.
To be aware of the advantages of each way of holding shares, refer to the table below:
Ways of holding shares
2. Capital breakdown
Breakdown of ESI capital as at April 30, 2018 :
At the end of April, 2018, the Group carried out a survey of identifiable bearer shares (TPI: Titres au Porteur Identifiable) on 99% of its free float (excluding treasury shares and nominative shares).
This analysis points to a strong increase in foreign shareholders, which currently account for 28% of share capital, compared to 23% last year.
3. Attend the Annual General Meeting
All individual shareholders have the right to attend the Annual General Meeting, regardless of the number of shares they hold. The annual general meetings usually take place at ESI's offices in Rungis (3 rue Saarinen - 94150 Rungis - France).
ESI's shareholders, this annual meeting provides you the opportunity to stay informed, to meet with ESI's management and to ask any questions you may have about the Company.
You will find here all practical information that might help you participate for this yearly event.
Download all the documents about the Annual General Meeting (in French only)
Who can attend the Annual General Meetings ?
Any natural or legal person who can provide proof of its status as a shareholder can attend the meeting. Proof is constituted by your shares being recorded in your name no later than midnight Paris time on the third business day preceding the general meeting.
How to participate to our Annual General Meetings?
To facilitate your admission to the Annual General Meeting, it is recommended that you obtain, before the AGM, an admission card.
Registered shareholders may simply present their identity card.
How to get your admission card?
- If you hold registered shares: Tick the box A of the form sent with the notice of meeting and return it at: CIC Securities c/o CIC Titres, 3 Allée de l'Etoile - 95014 Cergy-Pontoise – France , as soon as possible.
- If you hold bearer shares: contact your financial intermediary, indicate that you wish to attend the General Meeting and ask for a shareholding certificate as proof of your status as a shareholder as of the date of your request. Your financial intermediary shall transmit the certificate to CIC and you shall receive your admission car by post.
How can I participate in and vote at General Meetings ?
You have several ways to vote the proposed Resolutions submitted to ESI's shareholders at the Annual General Meeting:
- Attend the meeting in person with an admission card
- Vote by postal ballot
- Give a proxy to the Chairman of the Meeting : the Chairman will vote on your behalf in favor of every Resolution presented or approved by the Board of Directors, and will vote against all other Resolutions
- Give a proxy to any individual or legal entity of your choice
How to get the voting form?
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Tennens Charity Golf Day – St Nicholas Hospice Accummulator Challenge
This year Team Tennens took part in the Accumulator Challenge for St Nicholas Hospice and raised a staggering £2629.54!! Ten teams of 4 played 18 holes at All Saints Golf club, followed by a prize draw and auction. We were grateful to be supported by so many local companies who took part in the day and donated prizes.
Big thanks to:
John Wark, Hawthorn Contracts, Urban Forestry, M & G Property Maintenance, Cross Trowel, Carters Barbers, Trojan Civil Engineering, UK Boiler Care, Envirovent, Greenscene, Apollo Blinds, Jack Sealey Ltd, Greene King, The Coffee Shop, Hawthorn Contracts, Urban Forestry, Larkbridge, Steve Hall Golf Pro, Juiced Marketing, John Wark, The Bury Free Press.


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Glee star Cory Monteith has been found dead of a suspected drugs overdose just months after checking out of rehab.
His fiancee Lea Michele was last night said to be to be "absolutely hysterical and completely inconsolable".
The stunning 26-year-old, who played Cory's on-off girlfriend Rachel Berry in the hit TV school musical, had been busy planning their wedding.
Hotel staff discovered 31-year-old Cory's body after he failed to check out of his room in Vancouver on Saturday.
Cory, who had battled addiction on and off since he was teenager, had completed another spell in rehab last April .
Police refused to say whether drug paraphernalia had been found in his room but are not looking for any one else in connection with his death.
A source said: "It is absolutely tragic. Lea was busy organising what should have been the happiest day of their lives but now she is planning her worst nightmare, Cory's funeral.
"He meant the world to Lea as she did to him. No one can believe he is gone at such a young age.
"Cory never shied away from his demons and twice he tried to rid himself of them. He was such a huge talent and touched every one he met."
Medical examiners are due to conduct an autopsy later today.
Police chief Doug LePard said in a statement: "Shortly after noon, Vancouver Police received a call regarding a sudden death in a 21st-floor room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. The deceased has been identified as Cory Monteith."
Cory had been staying at the five-star hotel since July 6.
After he failed to check out and settle his bill worried staff entered his room and found him dead.
Video footage obtained by police shows Cory returning to his suite by himself on Friday. He had earlier tweeted about watching TV spoof Sharknado.
Friends say he had seemed in good spirits while dining with friends at the Eats At Main Cafe in Vancouver on Thursday.
His pal Elena K snapped a shot of Cory in shadow, which he used as his Twitter home shot. It may have been the last picture taken of him alive.
The actor had battled addiction since he began smoking cannabis, aged 13. His parents divorced when he was seven and he grew up troubled, lacking a father figure.
The once promising student attended 16 different schools. Eventually he started stealing from friends and family to fund his growing addiction.
In interviews later he admitted skipping lessons to get drunk and smoke pot before quitting school altogether at the age of 16.
Three years later the actor, who played heart-throb Finn Hudson in Glee, had his first spell in rehab.
Speaking about his problems as a youth, Cory said he was lucky his addiction hadn't killed him.
He explained: "I did anything and everything – as much as possible. I had a serious problem. I was out of control. I am lucky to be alive."
Finally, just months ago, he appeared to have finally put his troubles behind him following his latest spell in rehab. At the time Lea spoke of her pride at Cory's battle with his demons.
She said: "I love and support Cory and will stand by him through this. I am grateful and proud he made this decision."
When he left treatment, he tweeted: "Sending out big love to everyone. Thank you for the continued support! It means the world to me".
The couple were last photographed together in Los Angeles on June 20.
News of the star's death has shocked Hollywood, with his TV co-stars and other celebrities taking to Twitter to pay their respects.
Dot-Marie Jones, who plays Coach Beiste in Glee and is a close friend of Cory's, said she was "heartbroken". She wrote: "Cory was not only a hell of a friend he was one amazing man I will hold close for ever... I am blessed to have worked with him and love him so much!"
Posting a picture of her and the actor, Lady Gaga said simply said: "R.I.P Cory Monteith". Singer Taylor Swift wrote: "Speechless. And for the worst reason." While Kim Kardashian said: "So sad."
Rihanna tweeted: "Cory Monteith, may your spirit be at peace, and may you fly with the angels... Heartbreaking, my prayers are with all of his loved ones!"
Cory was born in Calgary, Canada, in 1982. His father Joe was a soldier and mother Ann an interior designer. After their divorce he and brother Shaun moved with Ann to British Columbia.
Before his big break, Cory held jobs, including a supermarket greeter, school bus driver and roofer. After small roles, he was cast in Glee when the show's creator saw a video of him drumming.
He was invited to a mass audition in Los Angeles – and won the part.


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Fall/Winter 2010 Fashion Week is officially over! To say I'm a little behind on my posts is the understatement of the century. I skipped the last day of shows, and I've been up until ridiculous hours of the night the last 3 nights editing photos and planning posts. I'm still not even 1/4 of the way done. Twenty-two shows later, I've got over 5,510 photos total to edit! But never fear, the reviews and photo posts are coming. Slowly but surely.
Here are some of the things you can look forward to in the coming days:
Richard Chai, Betsey Johnson *, Twinkle, Frank Tell *, Jeremy Laing, Rachel Antonoff *, Peter Jensen * Diane von Furstenberg, Graeme Armour *, Katie Gallagher *, Rad Hourani *, Samantha Pleet, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Phillip Lim, Elisa Palomino, Anna Sui, BCBG, Christian Siriano, Tim Hamilton, Street Style & Celebrity Photos, IFB Panel Videos, "What's Inside my Gift Bags", "NYFW in Review" and even some GIVEAWAYS!
* = Shows that also have video.
I'll also be making a few big blog related announcements.
Stay Tuned!


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RIS 00-001: Changes Concerning Foreign Ownership, Control, or Domination of Nuclear Reactor Licensees
February 1, 2000
All holders of operating licenses for nuclear reactors.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this regulatory issue summary (RIS) to remind addressees of the prohibition against foreign ownership and control and, in a manner consistent with NRC Administrative Letter 96-02 ("Licensee Responsibilities Related to Financial Qualifications"), to remind addressees of their ongoing responsibility to bring to the NRC's attention changes with respect to a licensee or a parent company. This RIS also points out the desirability of providing the NRC advance notice of any plans for such changes so that staff resources can be allocated and NRC decisions are not unnecessarily delayed. This RIS does not transmit or imply any new or changed requirement or staff positions. The submittal of advance notice of your planning in this area is strictly voluntary; therefore, no specific action or written response is required.
Background Information
The NRC's final Standard Review Plan (SRP) on Foreign Ownership, Control, or Domination was approved by the Commission on August 31, 1999. The SRP contains the review procedures used by the staff to evaluate applications for the issuance or transfer of control of a production or utilization facility license in light of the prohibitions in Sections 103 d. and 104 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.38 against issuing such licenses to aliens or entities that the Commission "knows or has reason to believe" are owned, controlled, or dominated by foreign interests. Although addressees may be generally aware of such prohibitions, the NRC believes that it is appropriate to issue a reminder because of the recent increased interest foreign entities have shown in ownership of U.S. utilities with nuclear reactors.
Addressees should be aware of changes with respect to foreign ownership, control, or domination in ways that include, but are not limited to the following: (1) a license holder becomes aware of changes in foreign ownership or control of its company or of its parent company, for example, by receiving Securities and Exchange Commission Schedules 13D or 13G indicating such changes; (2) a license holder, or its parent company, plans to merge with or be acquired by an entity that is owned, controlled, or dominated by foreign interests; or (3) a license holder's Board of Directors becomes controlled or dominated by board members who are not U.S. citizens.
Summary of Issue
This RIS reminds addressees of the prohibition against foreign ownership, control, or domination of domestic reactor facilities and reminds addressees of their ongoing responsibility to bring to the NRC's attention changes with respect to a licensee or a parent company.
Federal Register Notification
A notice of opportunity for public comment was not published in the Federal Register because this RIS is informational and pertains to a matter that was open to public comment during its promulgation. In this regard, an earlier interim version of the SRP on Foreign Ownership, Control, or Domination was published in the Federal Register on March 2, 1999 (64 FR 10166 ), for public comment.
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Enterprise mobile apps are helping companies become more efficient, expand business operations and drive more revenue. As users increasingly turn to their mobile devices during their workday, customers, partners and employees are demanding more and more mobile apps across a range of business processes. Unfortunately, companies struggle to respond due to an overall shortage of mobile developers available for hire, and due to the high costs of outsourcing multiple mobile apps. As a result, many enterprises are now turning to low-code app platforms to keep up with internal demand for more mobile apps. With low-code app platforms, applications can be developed quickly without the need for highly trained software developers.
By 2020, 70% of enterprise mobile apps will be developed without IT involvement. How? With low code app development tools. Here's why…
In a recent article from TechTarget, "No mobile application developers? Turn to low-code tools," Jake O'Donnellexplores the growing category of low-code app platforms, and highlights Alpha Anywhere, Xamarin, SAP, and Red Hat's FeedHenry as leading low-code app platform vendors in this emerging category. O'Donnell discusses how the lack of available mobile app developers available for hire has led enterprises to rethink how they get these apps developed in a timely, affordable way. He explains:
"For those lightweight B2E apps, organizations can turn to low-code or codeless app development platforms that many vendors now offer. These [low-code] platforms are meant for non-developers: IT staff with no coding background and, in some cases, line-of-business employees with no tech backgrounds at all."
The article features quotes from John Jackson, Program Vice President for Mobility Research at IDC,, who is very familiar with the space. Jackson comments that it is unreasonable for companies to outsource every app and spend up to $350,000 to build and maintain "the perfect app." Low-code app platforms make more sense, according to Jackson, because they are a cost-effective way for companies to quickly build enterprise apps and keep the company innovation moving forward, particularly as the Internet of Things evolves and makes the development process more complex.
At Alpha Software, we agree with O'Donnell's assessment. Through low-code app development, IT and line-of-business (LOB) users don't have to be coding experts to build great enterprise apps. In fact, since LOB users are the ones tied closest to the business processes needing to go mobile, they can often be the most helpful in creating an app. Smart enterprises that bring IT and LOB together through low-code app platforms will find themselves efficiently and cost-effectively building enterprise apps.
Read John Jackson's low-code app platforms and mobile application development predictions from IDC.
Read other recent coverage from TechTarget about Alpha Software and its work helping enterprises mobilize their business processes with the Alpha Anywhere low-code app platform.
Read a related blog on why low-code app development platforms are in your future.


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Survey on priests' dislike of Missal may be inaccurate
, May 25, 2013 ().-
A survey of U.S. priests' attitudes towards the new English translation of the Roman Missal showing "widespread skepticism" may be inaccurate because of its methods, according to a polling expert.
On May 21, St. John's School of Theology, located in Collegeville, Minn., released its survey results saying that the majority of priests in America dislike the new Missal.
Of the some 1,500 priests who responded to the survey, 39 percent like the new text, and 59 percent dislike it, according to the Collegeville survey.
"All 178 Roman Catholic Latin rite dioceses in the U.S. were invited to take part in this study; 32 dioceses participated...in the period February 21 – May 6, 2013, priests in participating dioceses were invited to participate in the online survey via an email to all priests on the diocesan distribution list," according to the survey's executive summary.
Peter Brown, who is assistant director of Quinnipiac University's Polling Institute, discussed polling procedures with CNA May 23. "Random sampling is the key to getting accurate poll results," he said.
Since only a few dioceses chose to participate in the survey – just under 18 percent – and only some priests in those dioceses chose to respond, survey respondents were "self-selecting."
"They participated not randomly, but because they were the ones that chose to respond," Brown explained. "Self-selected samples are not generally thought of....they don't produce a random sample."
Since polls rely on a small number of people to represent the attitudes or beliefs of a larger population, "you have to be absolutely sure that the random group is a random group."
The Collegeville survey, Brown said, "might not meet those criteria" since its participants were self-selecting.
"It's very difficult to know exactly" in this particular case, he added, though he had noted that self-selecting samples are generally not random.
The survey's project manager, Chase Becker, is a graduate student in liturgical studies at St. John's School of Theology, and holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy. No ostensible polling experts were involved, and the survey's professional consultant was an associate professor of psychology at the institution.
The poll also had no indication of its margin of error.
The survey's results were welcomed by vocal critics of the new translation, such as Bishop Donald W. Trautman, Erie's bishop emeritus. He said the texts of the new Missal are "unintelligible and non-proclaimable" and have "lengthy sentences."
And Bishop Robert H. Brom of San Diego complained that opening prayers in the newly translated Missal are "especially difficult" and said the Missal has "strange vocabulary."
Meanwhile, Monsignor Andrew Wadsworth, executive director of the group responsible for preparing the new Missal, noted that "the 1,536 priests who responded may represent less than 3.7 percent of priests in the US...a significant fact in determining just how representative this consultation can be considered."
Jeffrey Tucker, director of publications at the Church Music Association of America, noted that the survey "lacks demographic data," failing to break down priests' response by their age and other factors.
"I suspect a generational split is at work here. It shouldn't really be surprising that some priests of an older generation are annoyed," he wrote May 21 at The Chant Café website. "They came (to) terms with one way, received vast amounts of catechesis along these lines, and developed a more casual liturgical style to go with it, and now they are told to do it another way."
The new translation of the Missal, which has been in use since Nov. 27, 2011, is more faithful to the Latin original than was the translation in use since the 1970s.
In accord with a 2001 document on the implementation of Vatican II, the new translation is meant to be closer not only to the sense of the original Latin, but its structure as well, and is less informal than the 1970s translation.
A poll conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate surveyed American Catholics, not only priests, about their perception of the new Missal last September. That poll showed that Catholics in the pews have overwhelmingly been positive about the new translation.
Seventy percent of those polled agreed that "the new translation of the Mass is a good thing." And those who attend Mass at least weekly were even stronger in their approval, at 80 percent. The poll had a margin of err of plus or minus three percentage points.
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WASHINGTON D.C., Nov 30, 2012 (CNA).-
One year after the Church introduced revisions to the English-language liturgy, an overwhelming majority of Catholics continue to view the changes in a positive light.
A new poll finds that 70 percent of U.S. adult self-identified Catholics agree with the statement, "Overall, I think the new translation of the Mass is a good thing."
The poll, conducted in September 2012 by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, sought to gain an understanding of how adult Catholics perceived the third edition of the Roman Missal that went into use on Nov. 27, 2011.
The overwhelming majority of respondents either agreed – 50 percent – or strongly agreed, 20 percent, that the new translation is a good thing.
Catholics who attend Mass at least once a week were most likely to approve of the revised liturgy, with more than 80 percent agreeing that it was a good thing. However, even among those who rarely attend Mass, more than 60 percent approved of the new translation.
Respondents who said that they had noticed great changes in the Mass were more likely to view the new translation in a negative light, compared to those who had noticed moderate changes, small changes or none at all.
Commissioned by the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America, the survey asked participants whether they have a good understanding of the meaning of the prayers recited by the priest and people at Mass, and if the words of those prayers make it easier for them to participate in the Mass.
They were also asked whether those prayers of the Mass help them feel closer to God and inspire them to be a more faithful Catholic in their daily lives.
In each case, at least three-quarters of respondents either agreed or strongly agreed. Catholics who attend Mass more regularly were more likely than others to strongly agree with each statement.
Among weekly church-goers, there were no significant differences between the responses to these questions in the September 2012 survey and a similar study conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate in 2011, before the revised liturgy was in use.
The results of the new survey were first presented by Fr. Anthony J. Pogorelc of The Catholic University of America at a Nov. 9 meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association in Phoenix, Ariz.
"This is a preliminary study," Fr. Pogorelc told CNA, adding that various follow up projects could be conducted to explore why people have responded in various ways.
Those who do not see the changes to the Mass as a good thing may have a poor understanding of the new texts, he explained, or they may think that it is better to translate the liturgy using a method of "dynamic equivalence."
This method, which was used in the previous edition, sought to translate the Latin into the ordinary "language of the people." However, it was replaced with a more literal and accurate translation in the third edition of the Roman Missal in order to restore some of the theological meaning that may have been lost.
While every generation included in the survey demonstrated a positive view of the new translation, Fr. Pogorelc said that age difference could have an impact on how different groups are reacting to the changes.
For example, while they overwhelmingly believe the changes to be a good thing, members of the pre-Vatican II generation, born before 1943, may find the new liturgy challenging, struggling to remember the new responses due to their age, he said.
The millennial generation, born in 1982 or later, shows the highest rate of dissatisfaction with the new translation, although even among this group, nearly 60 percent approve of the changes.
While the reasons for this are not clear, Fr. Pogorelc suggested that it may be tied to findings in other studies that this younger generation is less affiliated with religion and churches in general.
In addition, he said, social factors could influence this group of Catholics. For example, the decline of the family meal could be leading to a weaker understanding of "ritual" in connection with the Mass.
"It would be interesting to explore this a bit more, now that we have this basic data," Fr. Pogorelc said, observing that perhaps focus groups could be assembled in the future to better assess people's understanding of the liturgical changes at a deeper and more thorough level.
In the meantime, he suggested, it is good for priests to continue preaching on the texts of the Mass, particularly when they fit in closely with the readings.
Much of the Mass references Scripture, he observed, and "integrating some of the texts of the Mass into the preaching" can show the people the close connection between the two.
"I think that kind of thing can be very helpful," he said.
Alaska Catholics called to embrace additional changes at Mass
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, Dec 11, 2011 (CNA).- On Sunday, Nov. 27, Roman Catholic parishes across the United States and much of the English-speaking world officially began using the newest translation of the Roman Missal â the sacred text for the Mass. In Alaska, those linguistic modifications were coupled with several posture changes for the faithful and other instructions regarding the celebration of Mass.
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- Language of Mass expresses our faith in Jesus
- Welcoming the new Mass translation
- What happens at Mass?
- What we pray shapes what we believe
- Becoming 'Eucharistic people'
- The greeting as Mass begins: More than a casual welcome
- The greeting at Mass: A welcome into the very life of God
- A simple greeting: A most profound statement
- Pro Multis: Christ's blood poured out for all or for many?
- Pro Multis: A reminder of our relationship to Jesus as Church
- The new Roman Missal, part 1
- The new Roman Missal, part 2
- The new Roman Missal, part 3
- The new Roman Missal, part 4
- The new Roman Missal, part 5
- Sing a new song with your lives: the promise of the new edition of the Roman missal
- âA Universe Brimming with Fruitful Spiritual Lifeâ: Reflecting Transcendence in the Liturgy
- The new Roman Missal: A time of liturgical renewal
- Renewal in continuity
- The manner of receiving holy Communion
- Silence and the liturgy
- The glory of the Liturgy: Pope Benedict's vision
- Hear the difference: new Missal translation will be like rediscovering buried treasure
- Part one: Beauty reveals God
- Part two: Liturgy as the worship of God
- Part three: The fruits and benefits of the liturgy
- Part four: Liturgy anticipates heaven
- Part five: Given by Christ, received by the Church
- Part Six: The beauty of the Roman Rite
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With the economic apocalypse looming, I find myself in a strangely reflective mood. Could be that things are just so campaign-crazy I have checked out, but a lot of it has to do with witnessing a bunch of people thousands of miles away fighting like school children over my money. It is watching them try their darndest to afix blame, and I honest to goodness don't care if it was the Democrats, Republicans or the Easter Bunny - I'd just like them to talk it out.
What is most striking to me about the whole thing is how completely irrelevant Bush's influence is. When he speaks, you want him just to please, be quiet and don't make things worse.
I try and imagine what it would be like if there was a strong leader in his shoes. One who had... what's that word...?... oh. Respect. I mean, the infamous "fool me once" gaffe Bush made eons ago is tragically applicable here. After crying wolf so many times, how can he expect anyone to listen to what he wants?
After 9/11, people were so scared and the country in such shock, we said hardly a word as we were quickly stripped of so many civil liberties. I mean, hindsight is 20/20, but I try to imagine a president who, instead of constantly reminding us of how much danger we were in and telling us to go shopping, was both realistic and reassuring, and gave us real, helpful suggestions on what to do to help the cause. It's not as if our intelligence was bad to begin with - we had the memo. I have no doubt the government has stopped many bad situations we don't know about both before and after 9/11 - but I don't think that Americans living in a constant state of fear has done a bit of it any good.
Then, of course, the Iraq war. We MUST do something now. Or else.
Or else what? I remember a whole lot said at the time of some mighty big weapons that were going to rain down on my head if we didn't act immediately. So soon after being atttacked in such a horrific way, how easy was it to believe that such a thing could be possible?
Now Bush actually really, really needs that credibility. I honest to goodness do not know if what his administration's plan has cooked up is the right thing - though unfettered control over something sounds eerily familiar - but I do know that if he honestly believes acting right now, immediately, no questions asked is the best thing for the country, he used up that argument quite a while ago. As I watched him arguing his case on CNN, I couldn't help but think of the boy who cried wolf. When the wolf was actually breathing down his neck, nobody would believe him.
Unfortunately, the wolf is not breathing down his neck so much as 99% of the rest of us. I think the top dogs, the ones who can afford to lose a few million, are going to be just fine. But I made the unfortunate mistake of looking at my 401(k) and confirmed that I'd lost about 10% of what I had. And it's not even "the worst" yet. The wolf is breathing down my neck, and it seems there's not a whole lot I can do about it but hope our elected representatives get a handle on things. Soon.
In the end of the fable about the boy and the wolf, it is not the boy who gets eaten by the wolf after all. It is the flock.


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Visited with marsden1002 & nickindroy
After a little info off ojay & virale I arranged a visit to The Works drainage tunnels in manchester.
So we met up at mcds and got our coffee and headed to the area, waded up and fucked off inside.
Marsden1002 and nickindroy was kind enought to help me with the lighting, Thanks Lads.
I cant find any history on it, only that its over 100 years old.
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If you are one of those hard-working students about to head off to warmer climes to take a little pressure off for Spring Break...we've got some tips for you below.
But we haven't forgotten you Moms either—the ones praying for a safe trip for your kids (they are always your babies, we know) and feeling a little stress (which shows in your hair, too...) Stop in at Believe or a relaxing scalp massage, a cup of herbal tea, and a little deep conditioning of your own (you could use a little babying yourself).
Spring Breakers....read on:
Headed somewhere warm?
Sudden temperature changes can traumatize your hair. As the mercury rises on the thermometer, your cuticle (the outside protective covering of your hair) swells and opens, making it more vulnerable to environmental hazards. Your hair can get brittle, dry, weak and give up its color. Battle this with a spray on conditioner with sunscreen, like Chromastics Triorganic Leave-In whenever you are outside and deep condition with Chrosmastics Triorganic Extreme after every shampoo.
Hitting the beach
The sun wrecks havoc with your hair (and skin). UVA/UVB rays can result in extreme color fading and dryness, so much so that hair might split or breaks off with just a comb-out (and that's without even factoring in the use of a blow dryer or flat iron, which just compounds the problems).
Fine textured hair is even more vulnerable to the harmful rays of the sun. Here's why: there are three layers to our hair shaft; the cuticle (the outside), the cortex (the middle), and the innermost layer, the medulla. Fine hair lacks the medulla, which is why it's generally considered the weakest of all hair types, and why it needs extra protection from the sun. But if you must shake your mane in the sun's rays, remember to apply protective sun screen to both your hair and skin every hour—or more often if you go for a dip.
Speaking of dips
Salt from the Ocean or Gulf or chlorine from pools, can truly damage hair (I remember a light blonde from our high school swim team whose hair absorbed so much chlorine, it turned green!) Sand is no help either, acting as a natural exfoliator, rubbing against your hair shaft, making it rough, damaged and—again--stripped of color. The wind off the water finishes the job—drying your hair that same way it dries your clothes when they are hanging on a line.
How to rescue your hair
Wear a hat! Not only will you protect your hair shaft, but your scalp is one of the first places to get sunburnt, causing pain, itching, flakes and dried out roots. Run some Aestelance Butter into your hair before you stick it under the hat (the heat will help the healthy oils sink deeply into your hair's cuticle.)
Remember to reapply sunscreen to your hair (and skin) every hour—more often if you are swimming or perspiring heavily.
Rinse your hair with clear cool water immediately after swimming.
Use a ph balanced and sulfate-free shampoo like Aestelance After-Swim.
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Genomic and Precision Medicine
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Foundations, Translation, and Implementation
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Genomic and Precision Medicine: Foundations, Translation, and Implementation highlights the various points along the continuum from health to disease where genomic information is impacting clinical decision-making and leading to more personalization of health care.
The book pinpoints the challenges, barriers, and solutions that have been, or are being, brought forward to enable translation of genome based technologies into health care. A variety of infrastructure (data systems and EMRs), policy (regulatory, reimbursement, privacy), and research (comparative effectiveness research, learning health system approaches) strategies are also discussed. Readers will find this volume to be an invaluable resource for the translational genomics and implementation science that is required to fully realize personalized health care.
Key Features
- Provides a comprehensive volume on the translation and implementation of biology into health care provision
- Presents succinct commentary and key learning points that will assist readers with their local needs for translation and implementation
- Includes an up-to-date overview on major 'translational events' in genomic and personalized medicine, along with lessons learned
Medical students, life sciences and engineering graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, residents and fellows working with any aspect of genomic research in the life sciences and/or medicine, educators, and translational scientists. This volume will also be of interest to translational researchers, implementation scientists, outcomes researchers, policy analysts and policy makers
Table of Contents
1. Application of Human Genome Information to Clinical Practice
1a. Genome sequencing: new technologies, approaches, applications
1b. Clinical applications of whole-genome chromosomal microarray analysis
1c. Transcriptomics in the age of ultra high-throughput sequencing
1d. Quantitative Proteomics in Genomic Medicine
2. Translating genome information into clinical practice and human health
3. Big Data and Translational Bioinformatics Genomic and Personalized Medicine
3a. Biospecimen Banking linked to phenotype data
3b. Electronic Health Records
3c. Data Sharing and Privacy
4. Designing Genome-Based Clinical Studies
5. Developing the Evidence to Support Clinical Use Genomic Biomarkers as Diagnostics
5a. Strategies in the Adoption of Genome-Based Diagnostics
5b. Companion Diagnostics
6. Health Risk Assessment and Family History
7. Clinical Decision Support
8. Implementation Science and Integration into Healthcare Systems
9. Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics
10. Drug Repurposing and Repositioning
11. Point of Care Devices
12. Overview of Policy, Ethical and Social Considerations
13. Educational Issues and Strategies for Genomic Medicine:
13a. For Professionals
13b. For The Public
14. Regulation of Genomic Technologies
15. Economic Value of Genomic Medicine
16. Reimbursement
17. Impact of Patents on Genomic Medicine
- No. of pages:
- 398
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2017
- Published:
- 9th December 2016
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780128006818
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780128006566
About the Editors
Geoffrey Ginsburg
Dr. Ginsburg is the founding Director of the Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine in the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy. He is also Professor of Medicine and of Pathology at Duke University Medical Center, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke Pratt School of Engineering, and Co-Director of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute.
Affiliations and Expertise
Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Huntington Willard
Huntington Willard is on the faculty of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. Prior to this appointment, Willard was the President and Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. He was previously on the faculty at Duke University, where he was founding director of the university-wide Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy from 2003 to 2014, the Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences, and the Arts & Sciences Professor of Biology & Genome Sciences.
Affiliations and Expertise
Director and Principal, Geisinger National Precision Health, North Bethesda, Maryland, USA
"...I believe there is nothing similar on the market. This book is unique as a well-done and clearly presented compilation of information. It is easy to read and captures the inquisitive minds of readers. Further editions will be well received. Score: 98 - 5 Stars" --Doody's
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Pentax K-7
The Pentax K-7 is a new mid-range DSLR with a number of novel features. New to the Pentax K7 are functions like video recording, in-camera HDR and automatic horizon correction. The dustproof, weather and cold-resistant Pentax K-7 also features a new shutter designed for 100,000 actuations, a top shutter speed of 1/8000 second, a through-the-lens optical viewfinder with approximately 100% frame coverage and 0.92x magnification, and a new Natural-Bright-Matte III focusing screen designed to improve focusing accuracy during manual-focus operation.
The Pentax K-7 has a continuous shooting rate of 5.2 frames per second for up to 40 JPEG images, a newly developed DR II dust removal system, a new 77-segment matrix meter, a new-generation SR mechanism for improved shake-reduction, a 3" LCD monitor with approximately 920k dots, Live View with Face Recognition AF, a new 11-point wide-frame AF module with 9 cross sensors and 2 line sensors, a multi-exposure function and automatic compensation of lens distortion and lateral chromatic aberrations with DA and DFA lenses.
The Pentax K7 also offers all the well-known Pentax goodies like the RAW button, Shutter/Aperture priority and Sensitivity-Priority modes, Hyper Programme and Hyper Manual functions. In line with what Gabrielle Remmers, Marketing Communication Manager of the Division of Imaging Systems of Pentax Europe, recently said about the "sensible resolution limit" having already been reached, the new Pentax K-7 has the same pixel count as its predecessor the K20D, although the sensor is a newly developed CMOS that allegedly offers "greatly reduced" noise levels.
In the UK, the Pentax K-7 will cost £1,199.99 body only, £1,229.99 with the 18-55mm kit lens, and £1329.99 with the 18-55mm + 50-200mm double kit lens. In the US, the K-7 body only will ship in July 2009 for $1,299.95 USD. The D-BG4 battery grip also will ship in July 2009 for $229.95. The newest weather-resistant lenses will be priced at $199.95 for the DA 18-55mm and $249.95 for the DA 50-200mm. These products also will ship in July 2009.
Pentax Press Release
A Mid-Range Digital SLR Camera equipped with sophisticated features for top-quality digital photography
PENTAX UK is pleased to announce the launch of the PENTAX K-7 lens-interchangeable digital SLR camera. The K-7 combines a variety of advanced functions and user-friendly features to ensure outstanding reliability and capability within a compact, lightweight body.
The K-7 joins the current PENTAX K digital SLR camera series as a high-end model in the range. True to its series concept, it has been designed to deliver outstanding image quality combined with ease of use, to benefit photo enthusiasts of all levels, including advanced amateurs. The K-7 also includes revised and upgraded features including viewfinder, shutter unit, continuous-shooting capacity, and exposure and autofocus systems.
Protected by a durable, high-quality metallic body, the K-7 is extremely compact and functional — as with all other K-series models — delivering enhanced portability and manoeuverability. The model includes several new user-friendly features, including video recording, high dynamic range (HDR), and automatic horizon correction. All of these features serve to deliver a highly effective photographic tool, perfect for all discerning digital SLR photographers.
Main Features
1. Durable and functional body, smaller than any other in its class
The K-7 is exceptionally solid and durable in design, with a stainless-steel alloy frame and lightweight magnesium-steel alloy body. With 77 special seals applied to the body, it also features a dustproof, weather and cold-resistant construction, ensuring reliable operation even under harsh conditions and at temperatures as low as -10°C. It also features a newly designed shutter unit providing a top shutter speed of 1/8000 second and the outstanding capability to withstand 100,000 shutter releases.
2. Optical viewfinder featuring approx. 100% field of view
The K-7's glass prism finder offers approximately 100% field of view along with approximately 92% magnification to facilitate focusing and framing operations. It also features a new Natural-Bright-Matte III focusing screen to improve focusing accuracy during manual-focus operation.
3. High-speed continuous shooting at approx. 5.2 images per second
The K-7's high-speed continuous shooting mode captures as many as 40 images (in JPEG recording format) at a maximum speed of approximately 5.2 images per second, allowing the photographer to follow the movement of an active subject or preserve a sequence of the subject's expressions.
4. New DR II mechanism to minimise dust spots
The K-7 comes equipped with the newly developed DR (Dust Removal) II mechanism, designed to effectively minimise annoying dust spots on recorded images, even after changing lenses in dust-prone outdoor settings. The K-7's unique dust-alert system also lets the user check for dust on the filter prior to actual shooting.
5. High-quality image reproduction
(1) Approximately 14.6 effective megapixels for true-to-life image reproduction
The K-7 incorporates a newly developed CMOS image sensor measuring 23.4mm by 15.6mm featuring a high-speed, four-channel image data read-out. With approximately 14.6 effective megapixels, this image sensor can faithfully and accurately reproduce fine-detailed, gradation-rich images. With the adverse effects of digital noise greatly reduced, the sensitivity can be increased from ISO 100 up to the highest level of ISO 6400 (via a custom function).
(2) High-performance, high-speed PRIME II imaging engine
The K-7 features the newly developed PRIME (PENTAX Real Image Engine) II as its imaging engine, an upgrade of the original PRIME,. This new imaging engine offers greater data-processing speed and produces improved quality images with richer gradation and more accurate colour rendition. It also offers high-speed movie data transmission.
6. New 77-segment multi-pattern metering
Newly developed for the K-7, a sophisticated 77-segment multi-pattern metering system greatly improves light-metering accuracy. By accurately analysing various types of data (such as the image's composition and format between upright and horizontal, and the subject's distance and magnification) transmitted from the sensors in the camera body, this system greatly improves the accuracy of exposure control.
7. New-generation SR mechanism for improved shake-reduction effect
The K-7 features the PENTAX-developed SR (Shake Reduction) feature, which effectively minimises the adverse effect of camera shake by approximately 2.5 to 4 shutter steps, assuring sharp, blur-free images even under demanding shooting conditions. This innovative feature is compatible with all PENTAX interchangeable lenses — including a selection of the lenses designed for film-format cameras.*
* Lenses compatible with this mechanism are the PENTAX K-, KA-, KAF-, KAF2- and KAF3-mount lenses; screw-mounted lenses (with an adapter); and 645-and 67system lenses (with an adapter). Some functions may not be available with certain lenses.
8. Live View real-time, on-display image confirmation with Face Recognition AF and high-speed continuous shooting modes
The K-7 features the Live View function, which allows the user to view the image on the LCD monitor during shooting. You can take advantage of this convenient function not only in the Contrast AF mode, which optimizes the focus based on the subject's contrast, but also in the Face Recognition AF mode, which automatically and accurately focuses on the subject's face.
9. High-quality still image recording at 1280 x 720 pixels; 30-frames-per-second movie recording at HD-television proportions
The K-7 adds a new movie recording function, extending the benefits of SLR photography to the world of movie shooting. Beautiful movie clips can be recorded at various sizes — 640 x 416 pixels, 1536 x 1024 pixels, or 1280 x 720 pixels (16:9 high-definition TV proportions) — at a frame rate of 30 frames per second. The K-7 is also equipped with an HVMI terminal and an external microphone input terminal.
10. New 11-point wide-frame AF sensor
The K-7's new SAFOX VIII+ wide-frame autofocus system features 11 sensor points (with 9 cross-type sensors positioned in the middle). This AF system ensures reliable, responsive autofocus operation superior in speed and accuracy to the previous system. The K-7 also incorporates an AF-assisted spotbeam projector in its built-in flash unit to improve autofocusing accuracy in the dark.
11. Custom Image function to easily create desired visual effects
The K-7's Custom Image function allows the user to provide a finishing touch to an image by highlighting the ambience of the scene. The user can select one of seven modes, including the new "Muted" mode designed to recreate an image with delicate, subdued colours. In addition to saturation, tone, contrast and sharpness — the functions previously available — it is now possible to adjust "key" and "contrast highlight/shadow" to the desired levels. The effects of these factors can be effortlessly confirmed on a preview image using the Digital Preview or Live View function before finalising the settings.
12. Versatile exposure system for faithful reproduction of creative intentions
(1) Hyper Programme function
The K-7's Hyper Programme function allows the user to instantly switch from the Programmed AE mode, to the Shutter or Aperture-Priority AE mode with a simple turn of the electronic dials on the grip.
(2) Hyper Manual function
When shooting in Manual mode, a single push of the green button allows the user to instantly set the proper exposure for the subject.
(3) Sensitivity-Priority mode
The K-7 features a unique Sensitivity-Priority (Sv) mode, designed to automatically select the optimum combination of aperture and shutter speed for a user-selected sensitivity. The sensitivity can be shifted instantly in 1/2 or 1/3 steps by turning the electronic dial on the back panel.
(4) Shutter/Aperture-Priority mode
The Shutter/Aperture-Priority (TAv) mode automatically selects the most appropriate sensitivity for a user-selected shutter-speed/aperture combination. It allows the user to experiment with a greater range of photographic expressions simply and effectively.
13. Large, easy-to-see 3.0-inch wide-view LCD monitor with approximately 920,000 dots
The K-7 features a large 3.0-inch colour LCD monitor with approximately 920,000 dots on its back panel. Its wide-view design allows the photographer to check the monitor image from approximately 170 degrees both vertically and horizontally, facilitating low- and high-angle shooting using the Live View function.
14. Powerful rechargeable battery
The K-7 is powered by a large-capacity, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which can capture approximately 980 images** when fully charged.
** Under testing conditions prescribed by PENTAX, when using a rechargeable D-LI90 lithium-ion battery with no flash.
15. Other features
1) HDR (high dynamic range) function to create one composite image with an extra-wide gradation range from three images with different exposures
2) Dynamic-range expansion function to compensate for both white-washed (overexposed) and blacked-out (underexposed) areas
3) Digital level function for easy checking of the image's levels
4) Automatic compensation of distortion and lateral chromatic aberration (available only with DA- and DFA-series lenses)
5) White balance control, featuring a new CTE mode to emphasise the colour components of sunset scenes and a new incandescent-tinted fluorescent light mode
6) Multi-exposure function, with a super-imposition of already-recorded images on the LCD monitor for at-a-glance comparison
7) Attachment of copyright credits on recorded images
8) RAW button for single-action switching of image file format
9) 16 digital filters to add a range of visual effects; a new function to record an overwritten history also available
10) Colour-specific control buttons/dials for easy recognition and quick access, based on the universal colour design
11) PENTAX Digital Camera Utility 4 software package, including a RAW-data processing application (based on the popular SILKYPIX RAW-data processing engine developed by Ichikawa Soft Laboratory) and a browser application
Optional accessory
Battery Grip D-BG4
Exclusively designed for the PENTAX K-7 camera body, the Battery Grip D-BG4 is powered by either a rechargeable lithium-ion battery or six AA-size batteries. Since it supplements the camera's battery as an additional power source, the number of recordable images is greatly increased. To facilitate vertical-position shooting, this grip features an extra shutter-release button, preview lever, electronic dials, AE-lock button, Green button and AF button. It also provides the same dustproof, weather and cold-resistant function as the camera body.
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Catamaran Cruise to Shoal Bay AnguillaPhilipsburg St. Maarten
Shoal Bay in Anguilla is rated one of the 10 best beaches to visit in the world! Miles of white powdery sand with crystal clear waters make for a truly spectacular day. Our fun catamaran crew will sail you over to Rendevous Bay, where a taxi will meet you to tour the length of Anguilla up to Shoal Bay. Sink into beach loungers, walk the beach or snorkel the small reef. It is a day in paradise. The taxi returns to Rendezvous Bay for the lively sail home.
Valid Passports are required for this tour
Tour Highlights
- Shoal Bay Anguilla is rated one of the 10 best beaches to visit
- Sail on a catamaran to Rendezvous Bay where you're transported to Shoal Bay by taxi
- Relax, stroll on the beach or snorkel a small reef for a day in paradise.
- Drinks and snacks served while on the catamaran
- Lunch, beach chairs and umbrellas are provided in Shoal Bay
- Extra drinks available for purchase at the restaurant with lunch. (Rum punch beer, wine, water and sodas)
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- Confirmation will be sent within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability and minimum tour requirements
- Tour duration is not inclusive of travel time to tour location
- All tours are weather permitting
- Age & Weight restrictions may apply
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- Towel
- Swimsuit
- Cash
- Camera
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Additional Information
- Not accessible for the physically challenged
- Not handicapped accessible