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PLANO, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 02/01/16 -- Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRCH) ("Torchlight" or the "Company"), today announced that the Company's Johnson #4 well has been re-entered and drilled laterally to approximately 2500 feet in the Austin Chalk Formation. Subsequently the Company set a liner into place, acidized the well, and has begun swabbing tests. The swabbing procedures are being performed on an 8-hour basis and have produced increasing fluid entry with 540 Barrels of Oil measured over three recent 8-hour days. After each swab the well has shown excellent gas entry with fluid measuring ~75% to 80% oil cut per run. The fluid level has remained constant at ~800 feet which correlates to excellent entry into the well bore and the shut in tubing pressure is holding at over 470 PSI.
"Torchlight is very excited to bring the Johnson #4 back into production," stated Will McAndrew III, the Company's COO. "The preliminary swabbing results are very encouraging and we expect to have an Initial Production (IP) figure in the coming weeks. Our next step is to prepare the well bore for rods and pump and monitor the various completion stages of the well for cleanup and IP testing. As indicative of numerous opportunities across our asset base, we have taken a marginal well that was making ten barrels of oil per day and unlocked the behind pipe potential. This well is extremely beneficial to Torchlight as well as our shareholders and partners. It will provide a nice increase to cash flow for the Company and further proves the exploitation thesis we are implementing across much of our acreage."
Torchlight Energy reports having over 20 additional drilling locations on its Marcelina Creek Asset in South Texas.
About Torchlight Energy
Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRCH), based in Plano, Texas, is a high growth oil and gas Exploration and Production (E&P) company with a primary focus on acquisition and development of highly profitable domestic oil fields. The Company currently holds interests in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma where their targets are established plays such as the Wolf Penn, Eagle Ford Shale, Mississippi Limestone and Hunton Limestone trends. For additional information on the Company, please visit www.torchlightenergy.com.
Forward Looking Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with the Company's ability to obtain additional capital in the future to fund planned expansion, the demand for oil and natural gas, general economic factors, competition in the industry and other factors that could cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. The Company is under no obligation (and expressly disclaims any such obligation) to update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Investor Relations Contact
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Phone: 512-270-6990
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.mzgroup.us
Source: Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc.


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Rarely does a person wake up one day and decide he wants to become a thief. Rarely does a person say to himself, "Today I want to become a drug addict." Rarely is murder the first wrong choice a person makes. We make choices in life, and at times, we make wrong choices. But sometimes we get caught in a cycle of wrong choices. We make some wrong choices, and we feel it is too late to turn back and make right choices. So we continue to make wrong ones, and we keep going further and further in the wrong direction. Often that is when someone ends up as a drug addict or thief. They end up there because of a series of wrong choices that took them that direction. But even if we do not end up in that extreme, when we choose to sin, it takes is away from God (Isaiah 59:2). We may not end up as the worst sinner that we know, but the Bible says that our sin does separate us from God, and continuing to make the same wrong choices will not bring reconciliation.
But we do not need to keep going that direction. Sometimes we might feel that God won't forgive us. Sometimes we feel that another person won't forgive us (and perhaps someone else has told us that). Sometimes we feel like it is too late or we are so far from where we should be that we cannot change. But we can be changed. Forgiveness is available.
The parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 teaches this point very clearly. The son took his inheritance and left home. He didn't just wander away; he ran away. He turned his back on his father and wasted everything good that his father had given him. He spent a long time away from where he should have been. But his money ran out, and he was miserable. He ended up feeding pigs in a pigpen, wanting to eat their food because he didn't have enough of his own. A series of bad choices led him there, and that kind of situation is where we might feel like it is too late to turn away. But Luke 15:17-19 says, "And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants." In verse 17, "he came to himself." He came to his senses. He hadn't been thinking clearly, but once he thought clearly, he realized he could go back to his dad. Change is possible. But he thought he was no longer worthy to be a son, so he hoped to be a servant. At least that would be better than the life he had been living.
But his dad received him back and forgave him fully and freely. Luke 15:22-24 says, "But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry." The father accepted him back, not as a servant, but as a son. No, the son wasn't worthy of this forgiveness and kind help. He had done nothing to deserve it. But that is exactly how God forgives us. That is the good news; that is the Gospel. He isn't waiting for us to clean up ourselves and make ourselves better. He isn't waiting for us to prove that we deserve His love or forgiveness. He isn't waiting for us to start fixing the problem before He steps in and finishes the parts where we need help. Instead, He has provided the spiritual salvation that we need, and He is ready to give us full and free forgiveness. He is simply waiting for us to repent and turn to Him, just as the son only needed to turn back to his father to receive forgiveness.
As Trent Butler said, "Humans have the capacity to change. We do not have to remain in the pigpen. We do not have to continue to live as sinners. We can become responsible for our lives. We can quit our riotous living. We can come home." Sometimes our pride stops us, not wanting to admit that we're wrong or not wanting to admit that we need God's help to save us instead of saving ourselves. Sometimes our doubt stops us, wondering if God could truly forgive us that easily. Sometimes our desire to continue enjoying the pleasure we find in sin stops us. But forgiveness is not far away. We don't need to stay in the pigpen. Even when we have made many wrong choices, God will still forgive the one who repents and turns to Him. That forgiveness is available, and we simply need to accept it according to the way God has given. When we turn to Christ in faith, God is waiting to give us His full and free forgiveness. Whether we have never accepted Christ as Savior or whether we are a Christian who has wandered far from God, God will forgive us if we turn back to Him.
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466 Million Electric Two-Wheel Vehicles to Hit the Road by 2016, Forecasts Pike Research
BOULDER, CO - February 16, 2010: While the electrification of the automobile has captured strong attention over the past few years, a significantly higher volume market opportunity lies with a different kind of EV – the electric two-wheel vehicle. According to a new report from Pike Research, unit sales in this category, which includes electric bicycles, motorcycles, and scooters, will grow at a rapid pace over the next several years. The cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that more than 466 million e-bikes, e-motorcycles, and e-scooters will be sold worldwide during the period from 2010 to 2016.
"In some countries, these vehicles will be engines of economic growth, while in others they will be signals of broader consumer behavioral shifts."
"Demographics and economics are aligning to create a strong market opportunity for two-wheel electric vehicles," says industry analyst Dave Hurst. "In some countries, these vehicles will be engines of economic growth, while in others they will be signals of broader consumer behavioral shifts."
Hurst adds that Asia Pacific in general, and China in particular, will dominate the global electric two-wheel vehicle market, representing more than 95% of sales during the next six years. He expects that e-bikes will be the largest category with 56% of the market, followed by e-motorcycles at 43% and e-scooters in a distant third place with less than 1%.
According to Pike Research's analysis, one of the most important market barriers is the lack of established distribution channels for the vehicles. Many manufacturers are working diligently to find a combination of independent dealers, mass retailers, and online sales that will effectively deliver the vehicles and after-sales service to customers.
Pike Research's study, "Electric Two-Wheel Vehicles", analyzes the global market for electric bicycles, motorcycles, and scooters. The report examines battery technologies, key opportunities and barriers, and drivers of market development. Detailed forecasts through 2016 are included for each vehicle category, along with profiles of key market players. An Executive Summary of the report is available for free download on the firm's website.
Pike Research is a market research and consulting firm that provides in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The company's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research and demand assessment, and deep examination of technology trends to provide a comprehensive view of the Smart Energy, Clean Transportation, Clean Industry, Corporate Sustainability, and Building Efficiency sectors. For more information, visit www.pikeresearch.com or call +1.303.997.9691.


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It is a well known fact that we 'eat with our eyes'. The presentation
of the food in the plate is always the first step in creating
the right first impression in the minds of your clients. Food
presentation is also the most important step in marketing your
food service organization.
Depending on the style of your food service operation style
(whether it is a fine dining restaurant, or a casual restaurant,
or a cafe or a bistro) our team will help you re-design your
food presentation. We create specialized designs and menus that
are fresh and delectable - helping you to create a stunning impact
on your clients with the look of the food in the plate. Our team
is also specialized with menu design and recipe creation.
We can help you create a unique look with your food presentation
or help you re-design and re-create a completely new look for
your plate presentation. We take into account your specific requirements
and needs and design in keeping with your brand image and style
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Contact us with your plate presentation design requirements
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Bose Wave Radio & Wave Radio/CD
It looks like a clock radio, performs like a stereo system with amazingly clear and robust sound, and is a groundbreaking marriage of both. Easy to set up and use, it's an ideal gift for someone who likes music but would prefer maximum simplicity.
We bought our first Bose Wave Radio somewhere between 6 and 8 years ago. We've since added 2 more. All 3 still play as well as when we first got them.
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Available with or without a built-in CD player, either model can be connected to other devices and serve as their speakers. Bose mainly sells direct, offering free shipping and a 30-day trial period. They also sell discounted reconditioned products through a network of factory stores. Several competing manufacturers have their own versions, but if you decide to go for one of these instead, be sure to research their reliability.
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Where to stay in Porto – your critical guide to the best hotels in Porto
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Pestana Palácio do Freixo – Pousada & National Monument
If you fancy feeling like a prince or princess on your next trip to Porto, book yourself into an 18th century palace at the Palácio do Freixo. The hotel's baroque architecture is stunning (not to mention Insta-worthy) and fronts onto the Douro, meaning it also affords stellar river views.
The Yeatman Hotel
If you're a wine aficionado with five-star taste, The Yeatman is your place. It stretches across the hillside of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Flores Village Hotel & Spa
The hotel happens to be located on one of the city's liveliest streets, Rua das Flores, which is lined with shops, cafés and restaurants.
Porto A.S. 1829 Hotel
Is located in one of Europe's oldest printing shops, Araujo & Sobrinho (hence the A.S.), opened in 1829 (hence the 1829).


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Someone to deal with us on your behalf
You can have an authorised representative to deal with us on your behalf. You can authorise them to enquire, act or get payments for you.
You can choose a person or an organisation to be your correspondence or payment nominee.
The nominee can be a different person or organisation for each type of arrangement or the same for both.
You can still deal with us yourself and you can cancel your nominee at any time. To do this, call us on your regular payment line or use your online account through myGov.
Your nominee can't record a voiceprint on your behalf. This is because a voiceprint is unique to you. However, your nominee can still use the Centrelink phone service for you.
Correspondence nominee
Your correspondence nominee can:
- ask us questions about your payments or services
- tell us about changes to your circumstances
- complete and sign forms and statements
- come to appointments with you or, if appropriate, on your behalf
- get copies of your letters from us.
They can also complete online transactions for you including:
- all or part of an online claim, for some payments and concession cards
- rent assistance reviews
- reporting employment income
- requesting and uploading documents such as income statements, payment summaries, Centrelink statements and rent certificates
- requesting a replacement concession card
- viewing and updating income and assets
- viewing, adding or changing deductions.
Correspondence nominees may also be able to change where your payment goes. They'll be able to do this if you don't have a payment nominee arrangement with another person.
Your correspondence nominee must:
- tell us about any changes in your circumstances within 14 days, or within 28 days if you're outside Australia
- act in your best interest
- tell us about any changes that may affect their ability to be your nominee.
You're at risk of not meeting your obligations if your nominee doesn't:
- respond to a request
- tell us about your change in circumstance.
Payment nominee
Your payment nominee gets and uses your Centrelink payments on your behalf.
They can make or change deductions from your payment. They can also ask certain questions about your payment, like what your payment consists of.
Your payment nominee must:
- get your Centrelink payments
- use your payments only for your benefit
- act in your best interest
- tell us about any changes that may affect their ability to be your nominee
- keep records on how they spend the money.
We can review spending records at any time. Your nominee is legally required to give us this information if we request it. If they don't, they may get a fine.
Making a nominee arrangement
You can do this online or by completing a printed form.
Do it online
You can manage your nominee arrangements using your Centrelink online account.
Both you and the person you want to be your nominee, need to have a Centrelink online account. If either of you don't have one, register now.
Your nominee will need to respond to the nominee request in their Centrelink online account within 14 days.
If you need help doing this, read the Centrelink online help guides for nominees.
Fill in a form
Fill in the Authorising a person or organisation to enquire or act on your behalf form. Then give it to the nominee to complete their section of the form. You can upload the form online, post or fax it to us or take it to a service centre.
We'll need to see your nominee's identity documents unless your nominee is an organisation.
Person permitted to enquire
You can choose a person or an organization just to ask about your Centrelink payments and services. To do this, complete the Authorising a person or organisation to enquire or act on your behalf form. Then send it to us using the 'Returning your form' information on the form. You can also call us on your main payment phone line to give someone permission to enquire.
Group Payment Scheme
A group payment arrangement allows an institution to get your payments on your behalf. This is a voluntary arrangement and is different to a payment nominee arrangement or Centrepay.
You can ask for your payments to go to an institution such as an aged care facility. You must be getting a pension and the institution must be approved for group payment arrangements.
The institution helps you manage your money, for example, by deducting your aged care fees. They transfer the rest to you or hold it in a trust account for when you need it.
Group payments are all paid on the same Thursday each fortnight.
We don't charge you or the institution to use a group payment arrangement.
To choose this, fill in the Please send my payment to an institution – Group Payment form. Then give it to the institution to complete their part of the form. You can send it to us using the 'Returning your form' information on the form.
Status Resolution Support Services Payment
You can authorise a person or organisation to ask on your behalf about your Status Resolution Support Services Payment. They'll need to use the Status Resolution Support Services Payment - authorising a person or organisation or enquire on your behalf form.
A person can act on your behalf for Medicare purposes when either:
- they're your appointed Power of Attorney (POA)
- a court or tribunal has appointed them as your guardian and administrator
- we've accepted them as your authorised representative
- they're your authorised third party.
Power of Attorney or guardian and administration orders
Use a Power of Attorney (POA) or guardianship and administration order, to appoint someone to act on your behalf. The POA or order must show your representative can act on your behalf for financial matters.
You'll need to provide us with both of the following:
- an original or a certified copy of the POA document or guardianship and administration order
- a written letter of request which includes your Medicare number.
You can do this by post or at a service centre.
Authorised representative
You can nominate yourself to be an authorised representative. You can only do this if the person you want to represent can't manage their own affairs. It must be due to a medical condition or disability.
To be someone's authorised representative, you must be all of the following:
- over 18 years old
- their close friend or relative
- not their paid carer from any organisation, institution or community health care service.
To apply, complete an Authorisation to act on a person's behalf form. We also need original or certified copies of all of the following:
- your current photo ID
- a statutory declaration which states how you know them and your care arrangements for them
- evidence you act on their behalf for a similar arrangement
- evidence that the person is unable to manage their own affairs.
Refer to the form for examples of documents you should give us.
You can do this by post to the address on the form. You can also hand it in at a service centre.
Authorised third party
You can give us permission to release your compensation information to a third party. They can also complete and sign relevant documentation on your behalf. Use the Medicare Compensation Recovery Third party authority form.
An authorised third party also includes legal representatives.
A legal representative is a person who has been legally appointed by law to act on the injured person's behalf.
You can appoint a legal representative with 1 of the following:
- a Last Will and Testament confirming the executor or executrix of the estate
- Letters of Administration or Probate where the injured person dies intestate, without a Last Will and Testament in place
- Public Trustee documentation
- a Court order.
Aged Care
You can appoint a nominee to deal with us on your behalf if you are either:
- in residential aged care
- getting a home care package.
Child Support
You can choose a person or organisation to be your child support representative. They will be able to:
- ask us questions
- give us information
- have access to and discuss your child support information.
This person must be 18 or older. They shouldn't be:
- a child who you paid or get child support for, even if they've turned 18
- the other parent in your child support case.
You can choose:
- the date they'll stop representing you
- the details they can know and discuss
- if they can arrange for you to pay us child support you owe
- if they can update your contact details with us.
They can't:
- make choices about changing your child support like asking us to change your collection option
- sign documents on your behalf.
How to appoint a Child Support representative
You can either:
- complete the Representative authority form
- write a letter of authorisation signed and dated by you and your representative.
A letter of authorisation should tell us:
- enough information to identify your representative
- the details you want them to discuss with us
- the date they'll stop representing you.
Then submit it either:
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by Sheetal Makhan / AYC
According to Oxford Dictionaries, "autonomous" means "having the freedom to act independently." or "to act in accordance to one's moral duty rather that one's desires."
When we talk about "Learn Autonomy", what exactly are we referring to? As Murat (in Upper Intermediate) said, it's a student "[who] takes responsibility for their own learning." It is someone who does something for themselves without force.
At our "How To" Workshop last week Thursday, 28 November, we agreed that a student who is an autonomous learner, is someone who:
– is willing to take responsibility for their results
– knows their learning style
– is motivated to learn
– chooses the correct methods & tasks to help their learning process
Ideally, it means that the focus of learning moves from 'teaching' to 'learning'. Remember the famous saying, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." As teachers, we merely provide the tools for student's language acquisition. It is then the responsibility of you, the learner, to take charge and use these skills accordingly. For example, if you know that your writing could do with a bit more practice, why not visit the library and take out a book? This is guaranteed to help you, but it will only prove to be beneficial once you take the first step.
This is what Aiman Babalghoom had to say about his experience about this topic:
"When I came to CT, two of my cousins were already here and I spent all my time with them. Soon, I realized the REAL secret of learning English. For me, it was to stop spending time with my cousins, because – they only ever spoke Arabic with each other and with me. Then, I started meeting new people. What I benefitted from that is that I learned English faster than before , I got to meet new people and learn about other cultures and get a new experience of being in a new country."
Take these two students, for example: Mohammed Al-Kurdi and Diaeldin Alflit from Libya. Following their teacher's advice, they visited Ian in the Academic Office (5.9) who drew up individualized study plans for them. They were required to follow Ian's recommendations of going to the Listening Center, Homework Room, Read books etc. They were then re-assessed and wallah..! The following week, they realized their success in their tests and moved up a level. Congratulations! You've proved once again that hard work pays off.
For Academic Year (AY) students, learner autonomy means:
-Visit the AY notice board
– Know who your AY tutor is
– Book an appointment with your tutor
– Honour the appoint and show up. If you can't make it, excuse yourself with the tutor or Sheetal (5.9)
– Bring your AY Language Portfolio to your tutor meeting.
– Know when free classes are offered
– Attend lectures / How To workshops every Thursday
– …so much more!
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There are many Atlantic coastline beaches within 45 miles of Stony Brook, a small city in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. State and county parks provide public access to several of these beaches, including Smith Point County Park. You can find a range of amenities, activities and special events upon visiting these beaches, including picnic areas, camping facilities, playground equipment, food concessions, restrooms and showers.
State Park Beaches
Suffolk County is home to several state parks (co.suffolk.ny.us), including Heckscher State Park in East Islip and Wildwood State Park in Wading River, both about a 30-minute drive from Stony Brook. The beaches of Heckscher State Park lie along the edges of Great South Bay, while those of Wildwood State Park are along the Long Island Sound. Robert Moses State Park in Babylon, about 40 minutes from Stony Brook, offers five miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline. Each of these parks allow activities like swimming, boating, surfing and angler fishing, in addition to offering special amenities. Robert Moses State Park is home to an 18-hole golf course, Heckscher State Park welcomes dogs and Wildwood State Park hosts a fall festival each September.
County Park Beaches
The county parks near Stony Brook (co.suffolk.ny.us) offer beach access and plenty of opportunities for fun and relaxation. Smith Point County Park in Fire Island, Shirley attracts sportsmen, surfers and all those who have a passion for the beach. It boasts white sands and views of the Atlantic as well as camping facilities. Cupsoque Beach County Park, a 296-acre barrier beach in West Hampton, provides visitors with opportunities for swimming, scuba diving and fishing along its white, sandy shores. The Hampton Bays are home to Meschutt Beach County Park, a still-water beach on the Great Peconic Bay. Beach-goers can make use of this park's special windsurfing and sailing area.
Beach Safety
Many of the beaches near Stony Brook, as well as the others on Long Island, offer full lifeguard protection for swimmers and surfers. For example, nationally recognized lifeguard teams serve Smith Point County Park, providing visitors with an extra level of safety. Cupsoque Beach County Park houses a first-aid center.
Special Permits
You will need to apply for a special permit to use a recreational vehicle if you wish to access the outer beach areas in the state and county parks near Stony Brook. You also need a permit for fishing, diving and stargazing activities. Furthermore, beach-goers must respect all marked, protectively fenced areas for endangered shorebirds.
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'Snow day to be out — slippery roads, accumulation expected across Connecticut
Stay indoors if you can or dig out those shovels — the snow is starting to accumulate.
WTNH Meteorologist Sam Kantrow said that some parts of the state are seeing up to 2½ inches already. Temperature highs will only stay around the 20s. The snow is expected to continue to accumulate Saturday before it picks up following sunset Saturday evening.
Kantrow said most of the state can still expect 6to 10 inches with the Shoreline seeing slightly lower amounts and higher elevation areas with greater accumulation.
A winter storm warning has been issued by the National Weather Bureau for Litchfield County, as well as a hazardous weather outlook for the area through Sunday morning.
Parking bans have been issued across the state, and numerous closings and cancelations of weekend activities have been announced.
The Department of Motor Vehicles has canceled road tests in Hamden, as well as three other Connecticut towns, due to treacherous road conditions, according to the Associated Press.
The heaviest snow will come throughout the night and will change to ice and rain on the Shoreline. Tempertuares will see lows into the 20s, and Kantrow said that wind gusts could be up to 40 mph. He said he doesn't think it should be enough to cause power outages across the state.
The storm is expected to slow down at sunrise Sunday and should be tapering off around 9 a.m.
"That is not to say there will not be a flurry or rain shower during the day Sunday, but the main action should be finished early tomorrow morning," Kantrow said.


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Low camp and Happy new year !!!
Reached low camp at 2700m of altitude at 23.55 PM, perfect timing. It will be a New Year's Eve to remember!
Just finished dinner, with "sommer aquavit", balloons all over the tent and crowns on our heads.
We send happy thoughts back home to our loved ones, and wish everybody a great night!
Tomorrow we will bring some food and gasoline up to the end of the fixed ropes, at the same time we acclimatize before we rappel down back to low camp.
(Torbjørn is considering flying, since this will be much faster and more fun!!!)
Headwall is the steep section between low camp and high camp.
The section is around 45-50 degrees and about 1,2 kilometers.


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Responsible for numerous web sites, mostly for departments within the School of Medicine at The University of Pittsburgh which were transferred under the control of UPMC during restructuring. Many of these sites were built in the early days of the web and required a great deal of effort to keep updated due to their antiquated architecture as mangement declined to upgrade them. Approximately 35% of my effort went into keeping these sites maintained and updated, with the rest of my time spent constructing new sites.
Significant projects:
Department of Anesthesiology - Redesigned and rebuilt the website in ASP.NET. Aside from the development, I had sole responsibility for all aspects of this site including a great deal of the photography. I developed the Flash banner that appears at the top of the splash page and I wrote code to automate the process of posting personnel pages, news stories, and upcoming events.
Emergency Resource Management, Inc. - Designed and built new internal and external sites. ERMI is a non-profit affiliate of UPMC that provides emergency medical staffing to emergency rooms and urgent care facilities across Western Pennsylvania. The site serves as the primary recruiting tool for medical personnel and therefore had to reflect a high degree of professionalism.
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine - Maintained, expanded and enhanced many portions of this large and complex site. The McGowan Institue is known worldwide for cutting-edge research and development of regenerative medicine and therapeutic techniques.
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School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Senior Media Producer
Graphic design; web site design, development and administration; presentations; newsletters; photography; video, and posters.
I began working for the Department of Surgery when slide-based presentations were the norm. I was responsible for producing 35mm slides (often hundreds per day) from computer-based presentation programs such as Harvard Graphics and Aldus Premier. Images were transferred to film using AgfaMatrix PCR film recorders and Zenographics software.
Many presentations used reproductions from textbooks and journals which I produced using a photographic copy stand. I was frequently called upon to render custom charts, graphs and illustrations for my clients. It should be noted that my client base was approximately 150 faculty surgeons, residents, and students. These are extraordinarily demanding people and the deadlines I was required to meet were absolutely uncompromising. When Dr. Starzl boarded a plane for Vienna at 2:00 am he had to have a carousel of slides in his briefcase that was of the highest quality and flawless in every way. He always did. I never missed a deadline.
When the World Wide Web came into being I took it upon myself to be among the first adopters. I researched and spec'd out a server, built it, configured it, and built websites for the 9 divisions within the Department of Surgery. This is where my web development career began, with the table-based design that characterized the web at the time. Development in those days consisted of a lot of sweat and some inspiration. About all that could be done to improve the situation was to write code that would store information in a database and display it dynamically, so that's what I did. I taught myself Active Server Pages and built a data-enabled backend for publishing physician profiles, news articles and upcoming events.
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Given my frustration with the testing, I am sure you can imagine that the results were not as rosy as I would have liked. The diagnosis was Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). The accident must have caused a jostling of my head to the extent that I was experiencing after effects more than a year later. Read More
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I Was Broken
Before the accident, I was… Whole. After…well… I didn't notice at first. In the process of my recovery, the loss of words was hidden under the haze of opiates and glossed over by more physical injuries. If I couldn't remember something, it was clearly the fault of the drugs or the pain. I wasn't reading Read More


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The risks of emergency department overcrowding
Each year one in five Ontarians visits one of the province's 163 emergency departments.
A recent study has shown that those who present to emergency departments when waiting times are longer have worse outcomes.
Since 2008, Ontario has spent a lot of money and effort to reduce waiting times and improve the quality of care in emergency departments. Although significant progress has been made, much more remains to be done.
Emergency departments offer an essential service to the population, providing episodic care and treatment to people who are injured or require emergency care for other illnesses. Each year, there are over 5 million visits to Ontario's emergency departments. Emergency departments are sometimes used as an alterative to primary care providers when people cannot see their family doctor or nurse practitioner, or do not have one. Overall, about 90% of patients who visit Ontario's emergency departments are discharged after receiving care, with only about 10% admitted to hospital.
Emergency departments are often referred to as the canary in the coal mine of the health care system, because how well they appear to perform is affected by the rest of the system. For example, when there aren't any available hospital beds into which to admit sick patients from the emergency department, or if patients do not have access to a primary care provider, emergency departments fill up and become overcrowded. Because of this, there are no easy solutions to reducing emergency department wait times.
Long waiting times for emergency department care are an issue across Canada – and in many other countries too – and emergency department waiting time has been identified as a priority for the Ontario government. Waiting time for emergency department care are not just an inconvenience; they have also been found to have an impact on patients' outcomes.
Longer waiting times impacts patient outcomes
A new study by Ontario researchers has demonstrated that long waiting time not only affect patient satisfaction, they increase the risk of death and hospital readmission for patients who have been discharged from the emergency department. This study, published in the British Medical Journal looked at 22 million patient visits to Ontario emergency departments over a five year period, and found that the risk of death and hospital readmission increased incrementally with the degree of crowding at the time the patient arrived in the emergency department. The authors estimate that if the average length of stay in the emergency department was an hour less, about 150 fewer Ontarians would die each year.
The study findings imply that when emergency departments are full or overcrowded, processes of care change and quality declines. Howard Ovens, an emergency medicine specialist and director of the Mount Sinai Hospital emergency department says that the study findings "confirm what emergency department staff have always known, that an overcrowded, backed up emergency department is dangerous." Ovens says that "doctors will spend less time with patients when there is a long queue, as they are trying to get caught up." The authors of the study also speculated that spending less time with patients can mean time-consuming but important tests may not be ordered, observation times may be shortened and arrangements for follow-up after discharge may be incomplete.
What is Ontario doing about emergency department waiting times?
Michael Schull, an emergency medicine specialist and researcher, and a co-author of the study, says that the Ontario government has been a leader in Canada in "aggressively working to reduce emergency department waiting times" through a variety of different programs and policies.
One way that policymakers try to improve waiting time is through setting targets for the time patients ought to spend in emergency departments – this indicates to those working within the health care system that this is an important issue. Astrid Guttmann, the lead author of the study notes that setting targets for time spent in emergency departments was started in the United Kingdom, and has been controversial as "some say that waiting times are not clinically relevant." In fact, the British government recently announced that it will abandon waiting time targets in favour of "more clinically relevant indicators." These indicators, however, have not yet been identified.
Ontario is one of the first jurisdictions to implement system-wide targets for time spent in emergency departments. In 2008, the Ontario government introduced targets – they expect that 9 out of 10 patients will spend 4 hours or less in the emergency department if they have minor or uncomplicated conditions, and 8 hours or less if they have more complicated conditions and may need additional care and services, including hospitalization. It is important to note that this "wait time" is not the time a patient should wait before being seen, but the time from arrival in the emergency department to discharge. Hospitals have used a number of different approaches to help achieve these targets, says Ovens, including "the creation of rapid assessment units for less ill patients," providing coaching to emergency department teams that want to perform better as well as "better matching staffing to patient arrival patterns," to ensure that emergency department capacity can more appropriately meet demand.
The most recent waiting times for Ontario's emergency departments are publicly reported online, and updated on a monthly basis. Since this information became available, emergency department waiting times have improved across the province. However many hospitals are still not meeting the targets.
Ovens says that "there is still a lot of work to be done [in Ontario], and that maintaining emergency department access and flow is a continual process.


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March 27, "Spiritual Vision through Personal Character"
A higher state of mind and spiritual vision can only be achieved through the higher practice of personal character. If you live up to the highest and best that you know in the outer level of your life, God will continually say to you, "Friend, come up even higher." There is also a continuing rule in temptation which calls you to go higher; but when you do, you only encounter other temptations and character traits. Both God and Satan use the strategy of elevation, but Satan uses it in temptation, and the effect is quite different. When the devil elevates you to a certain place, he causes you to fasten your idea of what holiness is far beyond what flesh and blood could ever bear or achieve. Your life becomes a spiritual acrobatic performance high atop a steeple. You cling to it, trying to maintain your balance and daring not to move. But when God elevates you by His grace into heavenly places, you find a vast plateau where you can move about with ease.
Compare this week in your spiritual life with the same week last year to see how God has called you to a higher level. We have all been brought to see from a higher viewpoint. Never allow God to show you a truth which you do not instantly begin to live up to, applying it to your life. Always work through it, staying in its light.
Your growth in grace is not measured by the fact that you haven't turned back, but that you have an insight and understanding into where you are spiritually. Have you heard God say, "Come up higher," not audibly on the outer level, but to the innermost part of your character?
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Rebels had warned fresh attacks would be seen as a declaration of war.
But a government spokesman said that utilities could not be used by rebels as bargaining tools.
Fighting between the two sides erupted after the Tigers cut the water supply to government-held villages in the north-east more than two weeks ago.
The Tamil Tigers had agreed to end the dispute by releasing water to about 15,000 farming families, following talks with Norwegian peace envoy Jon Hanssen Bauer.
But government spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said the government had not been involved in the talks.
"We don't want terrorists to come and open the water way. They must simply allow irrigation engineers to do it, otherwise we will open it anyway," he told the AFP news agency.
Rebels said the Norwegian had promised that the grievances of Tamil people living in areas near the waterway would be considered by the authorities.
But Nordic truce monitors said the army continued to fire artillery at Tiger areas near the blocked Maavilaru sluice gate.
"It is quite obvious they are not interested in water. They are interested in something else," said Tommy Lekenmyr, chief of staff for the unarmed Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, told Reuters news agency.
"We will blame this on the government." he added. "They said if you have any personnel in the area, make sure that they leave because we are starting an operation."
The Sri Lankan military said it was pushing ahead with an operation to secure the sluice area, and that any firing was in support of that effort.
Act of war
The military responded to the initial water blockade with air strikes and a ground assault, plunging the island into some of its fiercest fighting since the signing of a ceasefire agreement four years ago.
On Saturday, rebels pulled back from the north-east town of Muttur after more than a week of heavy fighting with government troops.
Ethirajan Anbarasan of the BBC's Tamil Service says the government seemed to have been surprised by the Tigers' swift military advance.
Rebels claim they overran many army camps as well as capturing Muttur.
But more than 20,000 people were believed to have left the mainly Muslim town on Friday seeking safety in neighbouring towns. The military accused the Tigers of killing 100 civilians during the exodus.
Militarily the rebels have made a point, but they appear to have lost out on the Muslim support in the region, our correspondent adds.
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Vatican officials told Irish not to report child abuse
BBC's story.
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Pope outlines the dangers of the Internet and Transparency
"…increases the 'dangers of … intellectual and moral relativism,' which can lead to 'multiple forms of degradation and humiliation' of the essence of a person, and to the 'pollution of the spirit.'"
Italian museum displays crucified frog despite accusations of blasphemy
"The wooden sculpture by the late German artist Martin Kippenberger depicts a frog about one metre 30 centimetres high nailed to brown cross and holding a beer mug in one outstretched hand and an egg in another."
Photo from Ecopolis.
62-year-old Catholic monk and heavy metal rocker
"62-year-old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is a Roman Catholic monk by day and heavy metal crooner by night. Known by the stage name, "Fratello Metallo,†he and his band just released their second album."
The above news story has a video attached to it. A terrible sounding handheld bootleg live recording can be found on Youtube.
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This post was sponsored by adidas. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
These days my workouts serve a few different purposes. I work out to have fun, stay in shape, and maintain good mental health. But even though I know working out is good for me, there are still days when I struggle with motivation. Luckily, I have some tricks up my sleeve that help me get my booty to the gym regularly!
How to Stick to a Workout Routine
Keep your gym bag packed
I have two backpacks: one for the gym and one for work. I keep both of them stocked with everything I need to have a productive work day or workout. That way, I can just grab one of them and go!
I've written before about what I keep in my gym bag, but it's changed a little since then because I don't compete in bodybuilding competitions anymore. Although I no longer compete, I still train like a bodybuilder! Here's what I keep in my bag:
- Lifting belt to support my core while lifting
- Wireless headphones
- Weightlifting shoes with a sturdy elevated heel, so I can be prepared when my workout app tells me it's leg day (more on that app later)
- Lifting straps and wrist wraps
- Combination lock
Have easy pre-gym snacks available
My available workout time often falls between meals, so I have to eat a little pre-workout snack for a boost of energy. I can't work out with an empty stomach!
Here are some easy pre-workout snack ideas:
- Apple or banana + and peanut butter or a handful of nuts
- Oatmeal with berries, nut butter, maple syrup, and cinnamon—takes a little prep time but it's my favorite pre-workout snack
- Avocado toast
Buy workout clothes you enjoy wearing
Couldn't tell you why, but going to the gym is so much more fun when you have something nice to wear!
I recently picked up two pairs of Adidas joggers—I got one pair in black with white stripes (pictured above) and another pair in gray with neon green stripes. Prior to purchasing these, I'd always wear leggings to the gym. These joggers are perfect for when I don't want to wear something form-fitting, but still want to look cool.
Try a workout app that does the planning for you
Now that I'm working out for fun and for health and don't have a specific goal to work toward, I've noticed myself slacking a bit with my workouts. I was repeating the same exercises week after week and not challenging myself as much as I could have been, so I decided to suck it up and download a workout app to kick things back into gear.
I've been using an app called Fitbod and I LOVE IT. All you have to do to get started is input your height and weight, goals, ideal workout style (I chose bodybuilding), and whether you have access to a full gym or prefer bodyweight exercises.
From there, the app puts together workouts for you complete with sets, reps, and once it learns more about you, even recommended weights! I've been having consistently excellent workouts ever since I subscribed.
Join a fitness class for accountability
When I work out by myself, I'm really good at slacking. I recently decided to start taking a weekly crossfit-style class and it keeps me motivated for a few reasons:
- There are other people there that notice when I don't come
- It's at the same place and time every week so I can make sure to be prepared for it
- The instructor tells me exactly what to do so I can't cheat myself
- It takes me out of my workout comfort zone
So if you're the kind of person who needs a bit of external motivation to stick to your goals, joining a workout class might be just what you need.
Keep your favorite supplements stocked
If you find that certain supplements help you with your workouts (or with the after-effects of your workouts), be sure to stay stocked up on them. For example, maybe you need fish oil for your joints or a pre-workout with caffeine to help you get ready for your after-work gym sessions.
My essential workout supplements are protein powder, creatine, and especially BCAAs. I have a love/hate relationship with soreness. I love it because it lets me know I've made an effort…but it's also really annoying to struggle going up or down the stairs because of sore quads or calves. I'm more motivated to get to the gym when my cabinet is stocked with BCAAs because I know they'll reduce my post-workout soreness a bit.
Figuring out how to stick to a workout routine is different for everyone. What else have you tried?


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Many countries all over the world have been shutting down file sharing websites in a bid to reduce the amount of digital piracy in today's world. Industries such as the music and film industry suffer hugely due to online leaks making their way to file-sharing websites like The Pirate Bay.
Since The Pirate Bay is one of the most widely used websites for downloading content via P2P software, many European governments shut down Pirate Bay in their countries. Other websites were shut down with the same intent of preventing people from downloading pirated content for free on the internet.
However, the effort of such governments has largely gone to waste as the number of such downloads never so much as wavered due to the step they took. This is because there are some methods available for people to unblock the Pirate Bay as well as any other blocked website. We take a look at them here:
- Proxies
Proxy websites are the simplest and quickest fix for the problem of unblocking pirate bay. These websites require you to enter the URL of the website that is blocked in your region and then directs you to that website through a proxy server. Now proxy servers are relays between the website and your system. Many proxies are available on different websites to unblock The Pirate Bay.
- Use an Alternate DNS
DNS stands for Domain Name System. It is basically a method of converting the human-readable form of a URL into a numeric string. All URLs are stored in this manner by your ISP in huge tables which correspond the name of a website with its numeric string. Whenever you request to visit a URL, the ISP provides the numeric string of the URL and then directs you to the website.
However, many ISPs have blocked sending back the user request of visiting the URL for websites like The Pirate Bay. If you do not have the numeric string then you cannot be redirected to the website. The simple way around this is to switch to an alternate DNS, like OpenDNS. This is quite easy to do:
- Browse to the local address of your internet router (something like 188.8.131.52) which is provided in the manual.
- Log in using your username and password
- You can configure the DNS settings on this page. OpenDNS provides detailed guides for most modern routers to configure the DNS settings once you are on this page. Follow them to switch to using OpenDNS.
- Use a VPN
VPNs can help you unblock the Pirate Bay as well as any other blocked website or geo-restricted service. A VPN connects you to the internet through an encrypted tunnel which encrypts all the internet traffic, thus protecting your computer's data. Your true IP address is hidden and the VPN server's IP address appears to be your IP address. VPNs help you pretend to be using the internet from a different location, which helps you in unblocking websites like the Pirate Bay. Here's how to do it:
- Download and install a good VPN (HideMyAss Pro or ExpressVPN)
- Open the software after installing it
- Choose a server from a location of your choice
- Connect to this server
- You now appear to be using the internet from your chosen location. Choose a location where The Pirate Bay is unblocked and you will be able to go to the website.
End Note
Internet censorship is a big attack on the online privacy of everyday users. It is downright wrong. But you don't need to worry because by using the methods discussed above, you can unblock the Pirate Bay wherever you are.


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MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's borrowing costs rose to their highest in four months on Wednesday at the first bond auction since an election that raises the prospect of prolonged political instability.
No party won a parliamentary majority in the weekend vote, rattling investors in the euro zone's third largest economy and rekindling concerns over the region's debt problems.
Although the treasury sold the maximum planned amount of 4 billion euros of the new 10-year bond, the yield it had to offer jumped to 4.83 percent, the highest since October. Yields in the secondary market were, however, a little easier than on Tuesday.
There were signs that foreign investors had stayed away from the auction, concerned at the political uncertainty, leaving Italian institutions to buy up most of the paper.
"Demand for both lines was relatively solid, probably led by domestic accounts who took advantage of higher yields," wrote Newedge strategist Annalisa Piazza.
"We rule out foreign accounts have played a major role at today's auction as political risks remain high."
The bid-to-cover ratio was a healthy 1.65 - bids totalled 6.6 billion euros - and Italian debt prices and European stocks briefly rose on Wednesday after the results, with investors relieved that the sale had gone smoothly.
Rome's 10-year yields in the secondary market fell 7 basis points to 4.83 percent.
The 10-year yield at auction also compares with a level of 4.97 percent on the grey market this morning and with a 2012 peak of 6.19 percent in June, before the European Central Bank's pledge to buy government bonds of weaker euro zone countries.
That promise defused the euro zone debt crisis at the time.
Italy also issued 2.5 billion euros of a five-year bond on Wednesday, paying a yield of 3.59 percent, up from 2.94 percent one month ago.
"They got it done. The yields are higher than anything they've done for quite some time but that's hardly a big surprise," said Elisabeth Afseth, a rate strategist at Investec.
An auction of six-month bills on Tuesday also saw yields on short-term debt rise sharply compared with the previous sale.
The election results, notably the dramatic surge of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo, left the centre-left bloc with a majority in the lower house but without the numbers to control the upper chamber.
Pier Luigi Bersani, head of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), has the difficult task of trying to agree a "grand coalition" with conservative former premier Silvio Berlusconi, the man he blames for ruining Italy, or striking a deal with Grillo, a completely unknown quantity in conventional politics.
The alternative is new elections either immediately or within a few months, although both Berlusconi and Bersani have indicated that they want to avoid a return to the polls.
For his part, Grillo, whose new movement won the most votes of any single party, has indicated that he believes the next government will last no more than six months.
Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday the outcome of the vote could be bad for its credit rating because it raises the possibility of new elections, prolonging the country's political uncertainty.
Standard & Poor's said that the election would not immediately affect the country's rating but could in the future.
S&P's rates Italy BBB-plus. Fitch rates the country A-minus, and Moody's rates it Baa2. All those ratings already carry negative outlooks from the agencies.
The Italian treasury had taken advantage of a benign market environment at the beginning of this year to cover more than 20 percent of its total 2013 refunding needs.
(Additional reporting by London and Milan bond desks; Editing by Anna Willard and Alastair Macdonald)
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Welcome to the New and Improved Inside Out!
Hello and welcome to the new and improved
"Inside Out"!
So what's new?
Well, we've got a super new logo, website and this blog so that we can keep you up to date with all the latest news and give you plenty of tips to keep you healthy.
(A special thanks to Roger V Moody Photography for the great photographs of real people enjoying yoga at our classes and Jamie Dobson who developed our website).
We've got a new programme of classes and of course we have this lovely new website (technology is not my strong point, so there are still "improvements" to be made and the computer is really testing my skill at staying calm under pressure – see photo!!).
We've also been listening to the views and opinions of our customers, so thank you for all the great, positive feedback you've given and although many of you felt we couldn't improve our service, we think the tweaks we've made will make your experience of an Inside Out yoga class even better!
Here's a few things we hope will enhance your enjoyment of being part of Inside Out Dru Yoga:
- More classes, at different venues and times – please ask or listen out for details.
- A new programme of workshops coming up for the Autumn, to ensure you stay fit and healthy through the Winter.
- Plenty of healthy lifestyle tips and yoga posture focus, so that you can practise between classes and prolong the post yoga class benefits.
- A wider range of yoga products available to purchase at class – mats, blocks, straps, DVD's, books etc. – to help you get the most from your yoga practise.
…and the one that really surprised me…
- You asked to do the Eagle Posture every week and you wanted much more lovely core and abdominal strengthening poses! (Only my little joke! but they are very good for you, so they'll still be in the class!)
Well that's all for now.
Take care and have good weeks until I next blog…
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Love the new website Isabel, I hope it brings you lots of new clients.
Great new website Isabel, it really demonstrates your services and gives you that professional edge over your competition. I've subscribed to your blog.


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Also please change the voicemail access number to the UK standard 1571 instead of *123
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Advantages of
for Business
There are many benefits of switching to a
system from traditional telephony with one of the biggest advantages of
seen as the money-saving potential. Some of the key
benefits have been featured below:
Cost-effective calls: This is one of the key reasons that businesses typically chose to switch to a
system, as the cost of phone calls will be greatly reduced due to them being sent over the internet. This is especially beneficial for companies that actively make a lot of calls on a daily basis, or those which have to communicate long-distance (including internationally).
Scalability: Companies using a
system have the great advantage of being able to easily add new phone numbers or extensions (inc. voice mail inbox) via the web, without the need for extra costs and setup time associated with traditional telephony.
Portability: If youre going to be away from the office and still need to make and receive calls,
allows you to do this. A great advantage of
is that it is internet based; meaning any internet-enabled device that has communication functionality can be used to send and receive calls via your
telephone network. This makes phone calls as convenient as email and is as easy as plug-and-play in most cases.
Feature-rich: Along with the standard features that one would expect from a telephone system, a
solution brings along a whole manner of new features. Caller ID, conference calling, voice-to-email, call waiting and call forwarding. All of which come as standard with a business
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How do I Choose the Best Memory Foam Futon?
The memory foam futon has become popular due to the firm support it provides while offering the flexibility of a standard futon. Choosing the best model to match your needs will depend on several factors, including the futon's size, the density and thickness of the foam desired, as well as your space, budget, and existing decor. Low- and high-density memory foams have somewhat different characteristics. Check the manufacturers' warranties and find out if the dealer will accept returns or exchanges.
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Another junior bites the dust, as the directors of Sherwin Iron place the company into voluntary administration.
On July 8 Sherwin announced that they had ceased operations for a temporary closure of the Roper River iron ore project, retrenching 50 workers involved in the transport of a 400,000 tonne sample of product to China.
Managing director and executive chairman Rodney Illingworth said the permanent workers had been asked to take leave without pay, and that operations would resume within one or two months.
Director Peter Heading resigned on the same day.
Only three days later Illingworth has announced to the ASX that Ferrier Hodgson have been appointed as administrators of the company.
Illingworth said that a decision by the company's major shareholder, Citizen International Investment, not to support the recent non-renounceable rights issue had hindered the ability of the company to continue operations.
"The Ability of the company as a going concern was dependant on securing the release of cash under its facility with [company lender] CPPIB," Illingworth said.
"After discussions with CPPIB, the company was unable to secure the release of such cash within the timeframes required."
Sherwin Iron last traded at 2.7 cents, down from 4 cents on Tuesday.


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It's Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore trying to put those cheating rumors to bed, literally!
A shot of the embattled couple cuddling under the covers was tweeted by Moore over the weekend as they celebrated their fifth anniversary, saying: "Thank you for all the anniversary wishes!! Enjoying a day lounging around watching "Breaking Bad." Great show!"
The couple's united front comes in the face of accusations by 21-year-old Brittany Jones, who says that she had a one night stand with Kutcher, something Kutcher denies ever happened.
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Homomonument Amsterdam
March 17, 2014
by Carla Barrett
As part of the BA Geography programme at the University of Southampton, second year students spend 5 days completing fieldwork and developing their research methods in either Amsterdam or Paris. I recently returned from teaching on this year's fieldtrip in Amsterdam.
One of the key themes of the fieldtrip is memorialisation and we encourage the students to visit a number of sites including Anne Frank House in order to research the processes of memorialisation and place-making. One of the memorials that I personally visited was the Homomonument. The monument, which was first unveiled in September 1987, is located a short walk from Anne Frank House on the Westermarkt. The monument was constructed with the intention of not only commemorating the homosexuals who were persecuted during World War II, but to commemorate all LGBT people who face or have faced discrimination and oppression.
Designed by Karin Daan, the monument is composed of three smaller triangles contained within a larger triangle. As such, the design draws on or reappropriates the pink triangle sign used to identify homosexuals during World War II. One of the smaller triangles of the monument extends into the canal, and I feel that this is the focal point. It stands out, helping to shape the canal just as the LGBT people it commemorates help to shape the city of Amsterdam and world beyond.
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A team headed up by CNBP Chief Investigators Prof. Dayong Jin and Prof. Tanya Monro has been recognised for its innovative research in developing super-bright nanocrystals (termed Super Dots), winning the Eureka 2015 Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research.
The Super Dots team, consisting of Dayong Jin, CNBP, University of Technology Sydney and Macquarie University; Tanya Monro, CNBP, University of South Australia and University of Adelaide; and Bradley Walsh, Minomic International and Macquarie University, was awarded the prize for its work in the creation and use of nanocrystals that can illuminate hidden diseased cells in a living body and which also has application in the labeling, coding and authentication space.
Based on advances in diverse fields including material chemistry, optical physics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, computational modelling and instrumentation engineering, Super Dot technology is truly interdisciplinary in nature explained Prof. Jin.
"Our invention is a typical example of an interdisciplinary approach. By sourcing advances in physics, chemistry and biology, we have been able to breakthrough bottleneck issues in material sciences and optical physics, allowing us to develop a new transformational technology."
He added, "Research within a single discipline is interesting, but interdisciplinary research, working with collaborators with a shared focus as a team, is far more exciting and rewarding."
Additional information on this winning team is available online from the Australian Museum – Eureka web site.


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Our boy, AKA 'The Pok', says some really funny things with the reasoning of a 5-year-old behind his musings. Some of it is hilarious, or just bizarre.
The Pok has started school this year and it has been an experience for both him and his teacher. His teacher has been formally introducing both him and his classmates to words and letters. Each week there is a 'letter of the week' in which the children are asked to come up with words that start with the designated letter. The letter of the week is the only piece of learning that he is keen to share with us after school at home.
A few weeks in, it was with great joy at the dinner table that The Pok blurted out,
"Guess what this week's letter is?"
I responded with "C" (I always say "C" – what's in a name?).
He shouted, "Nooooo! It's 'F' silly."
My wife asked, "Did any of the kids say some 'F' words?"
The Pok recalled, "Somebody said 'fish' and someone else said 'four', but the class didn't guess too many."
I then asked, "Did you come up with an 'F' word?" Hoping to the heavens that our son did was not the kid to drop the "F" bomb in kindergarten.
The Pok pondered…
"Daddy, I said 'fart' and the whole class started giggling".
Phew – at least he reached for flatulence and not profanity.


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Prior to joining Oxford, he was a Postdoctoral Associate in the MIT Media Lab, where he remains as a research affiliate, and received his PhD degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Xiaowen is primarily interested in utilising graphs to model relational structure within the data, and developing novel techniques that lie at the intersection of machine learning, signal processing and complex networks to study questions across social and economic sciences, with a particular focus on understanding human behaviour, decision making and societal changes.


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Weight Loss: The diet secret revealed| April 25, 2017
Are you on your course to lose weight? Do you think that you should start a weight loss program? In search of such programs you will find various methodologies to lose your weight but not every time they will work. Although in the magazines or on the internet you will see great claims about it but either they consume lots of time or are quite expensive. But here is a diet program that is completely safe and like the showy weight loss programs are not much of your time consumer and expensive. It is so flexible that it can adjust to your daily routine very easily.
Human bodies are very complex as they have the tendency to have a different action to different foods. So here we use different foods o cut off the fats that you don't want and are bothering you. Losing weight is not easy at all, there are plenty of steps that one has to take in order to achieve a balance between dieting and a healthy living style. If you follow a diet program of your friend only because it had worked on him/ her. It is not necessary that it will work for you in the same way it worked for them. It is because each person has different genetics and depending on it the diet or exercise work on them. So when entering diet program make sure that you are patient, committed and ready to do some experiment on various kind of foods and diets.
The basic role of a weight loss program is to cut calories. If you follow a particular routine you will experience that you lose weight, but as soon as you leave the program you are back to your old routine of gaining weight. Another thing that tends to happen is that You eat a similar number of calories however you lose less weight or nothing. That is on the grounds that when you get in shape you're losing water and slender tissue and in addition fat, your digestion moderates, and your body changes in different ways. In this way, keeping in mind the end goal to keep dropping weight every week, you have to keep cutting calories.
The Low Carb diet:
Another way of looking towards a weight loss distinguishes the issue as not one of expending an excessive number of calories, yet rather the way the body collects fat subsequent to expanding sugars—specifically the part of the hormone insulin. When you eat a dinner, sugars from the nourishment enter your circulation system as glucose. With a specific end goal to hold your glucose levels under tight restraints, your body dependably consume off this glucose before it consumes off fat from a dinner.
In the event that you eat a carbs rich dinner, your body discharges insulin to help with the inundation of this glucose into your blood. And also directing glucose levels, insulin does two things: It keeps your fat cells from discharging fat for the body to copy as fuel (since its need is to copy off the glucose) and it makes more fat cells for putting away everything that your body can't copy off. The outcome is that you put on weight and your body now requires more fuel to consume, so you eat more. Since insulin just consumes sugars, you long for carbohydrates thus starts an endless cycle of expending starch and putting on weight. To get thinner, the thinking goes, you have to break this cycle by decreasing carbs.
- Go for low sugar items and utilize crisp or solidified fixings rather than canned merchandise at whatever point conceivable.
- Soft drinks (soda, caffeinated beverages, shakes, and espresso beverages) are one of the greatest wellsprings of concealed sugar. One container of pop or a medium shake can contain between 10-12 teaspoons of included sugar.
- Switching to eating regimen pop isn't the appropriate response as it can trigger sugar yearnings and adds to weight pick up. Rather, have a go at changing to carbonated water with a sprinkle of juice or unsweetened frosted tea.
- By gradually decreasing the sugar in your eating regimen a little at any given moment, you'll give your taste buds time to change and have the capacity to wean yourself off the desire for desserts.
- To stay away from unfortunate spikes in glucose, maintain a strategic distance from refined carbs, for example, white bread, white rice or pasta, and choose their entire grain partners.
Start Good Fat:
Not all fat is terrible. Sound or "great" fats can help deal with your states of mind and battle weakness and in addition control your weight. Unsaturated fats found in avocados, nuts, seeds, soymilk, tofu, and greasy fish can help top you off, while including a little delicious olive oil to a plate of vegetables, for instance, can make it simpler to eat sound nourishment and enhance the general nature of your diet.While you ought to dodge immersed fat from prepared meats, bundled suppers, takeout sustenance, and nibble nourishments, for example, corn and potato chips, for a great many people there's no compelling reason to dispose of it from your eating regimen altogether. Most wellbeing associations prescribe constraining your admission to close to 10 percent of your day by day calories.
Trans fats, be that as it may, can wreck any eating routine and no sum is viewed as sheltered. They're ordinarily found in industrially prepared merchandise, browned and takeout nourishment, bundled snacks, and anything with "incompletely hydrogenated" oil recorded in the fixings (regardless of the possibility that it cases to be trans without fat).
Regardless of the possibility that you're cutting calories, that doesn't really mean you need to eat less nourishment. High-fiber sustenances are higher in volume and take more time to process, making them filling—and extraordinary for weight reduction
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Latest news and commentary on military members, and veterans. We have info on benefits, help, and ways to support our troops and veterans!
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Anti-Police is Similar to Anti-Military of Years Past
The Vietnam War was the time of many protests against military personnel. Forget the fact that is was political leaders that put our military in these situations. The political powers decided it was the right thing to do, unpopular though it was. As it dragged on and incidents made the headlines and news, some low-thinkers decided to equate our military with being the cause. So they protested. Many times in very vile and vulgar ways. Homecoming for soldiers, sailors, and marines was not a pretty sight. No parades. No celebrations. Nobody coming out and saying, "Job well done."No thank yous. Nothing. In fact, you were shamed. Years later, mostly under Reagan, the tide began to turn. America realized our military does great things under severe conditions. They deserve a lot more than we gave them. So Vietnam Vets began to get some of this, albeit too little, too late. But it set the stage for some very patriotic years, and American was proud of its military again.
Notice how we now have similar rants against our men and women in blue? Society, read: political leaders, have once again messed things up. Many neighborhoods have gone to hell in a hand basket. Our schools have failed. Social experiments have failed. Our inner city youth, mostly Blacks, have bee oppressed. No doubt about that. But they are being oppressed by the same political leaders that get their votes!!!! But that's another story. Right now because of this inflammatory situation, police are right in the middle of it.
Each and every day, men and women put on a uniform and encounter all sorts of situations. Dangerous ones. Like our military, they are not social workers. They are not psychologists. They are not trained to solve society ills. But they are smack dab in the middle of them. And they are trained and paid to keep the peace, and us safe. That's it. They do it thanklessly daily. The vast, overwhelming majority do it while putting their lives on the line. They readily are willing to take bullets for us. And yes, shoot back. Or first. They are expected to do this 100% right each and every time. Impossible. They don't know what someone did, or is capable of. They must make split decisions. And you know what? 99.9999999999999999% of the time....they are right. I'll take my odds on any police officer doing the right thing.
Yes. Any police officer. Even when we go back, analyze the situation, dig deep, look at some cell phone footage on youtube. What response would you make if put in the same situation BEFORE you were able to look back and scrutinize the situation?
Now we have people hating the police. Killing them. Rioting against them. Protesting them. Just like they did in the 1960's against out military. Yes people, these 60's radicals set off many bombs.
We hope soon real Americans will stand up for what's right. Stand for police officers everywhere. It's not a pretty job. It's a thankless job. How many of you who protest would put your body between a bullet and a bystander?
They amount of great, heroic actions that police officers take is FAR greater than any bad outcome. Where are these stories? Where's the cell phone footage?
We challenge anyone to start filming these great men and women doing amazing things. Because they do these things, multiple times a day, and nobody knows about them.
Remember: Each and every incident where a cop kills someone, was started by the officer wanting to keep the peace and protect people. Think about for a while.
All Americans should be relieved that all charges were dropped in Baltimore against the officers.
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As October's "Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog month" comes to an end, shelters are urging the public to consider adoption. According to a recent study by the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy, the number of cats and dogs entering shelters each year is approximately 6 to 8 million. Of those animals, only 3 to 4 million are adopted, leaving 3 to 4 million animals euthanized each year.
The most common reason for surrendering a dog to a shelter is that the owner is moving. Other reasons include too many animals in the house, cost of pet health, and not having time for a pet. Surprisingly, behavior problems ranked last on the list.
There are several things to consider before adopting a dog from one of your local shelters. You should first consider the ages of the people in your household. This will help you determine the size of dog you should choose. For example, families with small children would generally do better with a smaller dog.
Before adopting, it's also important to make sure that you have the time necessary to dedicate to caring for a dog. Do you have time to walk and train your dog every day?
Finally, consider how much money you can spend on the dog. Take into consideration adoption costs, routine yearly dog health care and the dog's food and supplies. There are also unforeseen costs, such as taking an emergency trip to the vet after an accident or illness. It's also a good idea to consider purchasing pet health insurance.
Make sure when you are making the decision to adopt a puppy or an adult dog, that you are committed to providing the dog with a loving home for the remainder of his life.


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European Commission's Insolvency proposal: good but needs more punch for MSMEs20 March 2017
by ESBA -- last modified 20 March 2017
On 22 November 2016, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures and amending Directive 2012/30/EU.
On 22 November 2016, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures and amending Directive 2012/30/EU. It comes as part of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) Action Plan from 2015 and the Single Market Strategy. Its objectives are to reduce the most significant barriers to free flow of capital stemming from the different insolvency regimes in EU Member States and to reduce the number of non-performing loans. It aims to introduce a set of key principles, and where deemed necessary, targeted rules governing restructuring and second chance frameworks as well as measures reducing the length and cost of insolvency proceedings themselves. Further, it aims to address issues pertaining to the rescue culture in the EU with a focus on prevention, value recovery and debt discharge in insolvency cases.
ESBA welcomes the initiative, as it would have a positive impact on SMEs through a few of its key aspects. As debtors, the early warning provisions resonate very well with ESBA's objectives and our participation in a Commission approved consortium on the establishment of a European-wide early warning system called Early Warning Europe. It is important to allow small and micro enterprises to access professional expert advice and clear information in order to avoid liquidation. In many cases, companies that are saved by Early Warning would have gone bankrupt unnecessarily. Furthermore, the proposed 3 year duration of the discharge period (the time after which over-indebted entrepreneurs may be fully discharged from their debts) would lead to an improvement in the current situation in many Member States, and fosters entrepreneurship, promoting a second chance culture which is invaluable for innovation and economic growth.
For small and micro enterprises as creditors, the proposal does not fulfil its full potential. The current version of the proposal stresses the necessity to make more of the debt recoverable by small companies, however does not address the root cause of the issue – the ranking of claims. In line with ESBA's own initiative paper on insolvency, which will be presented at the SME Envoy Meeting in Bratislava today, we argue that a change in the priority of claims would lead to a more certain business environment throughout the supply chain and minimize the risks of "domino insolvencies".
The European Small Business Alliance (ESBA) is a non-party political group, which cares for small business entrepreneurs and the self-employed and represents them through targeted EU advocacy and profiling activities.European Small Business Alliance (ESBA)