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Alcoholism destroys human life.This disease causes suffering not only the man himself, to drink alcohol, but people close to him, who often resort to various methods to combat alcoholism.For these purposes often have to use pills and drops of alcohol addiction without the knowledge of the patient as a person suffering from alcohol dependence, agrees to be treated.
It should be noted that in this case the effectiveness of the treatment will be much less compared to conventional therapy because the patient's desire to get rid of alcoholism is a key success factor.Often, families have no other choice but to treat the patient without his knowledge by using a variety of means.
Types of funds from alcoholism
Today there are many methods to help save people from this dependence.The most effective means of alcoholism - drops, pills and other medications.The second place is occupied by herbal teas, infusions and other traditional recipes.
Drip drugs produce 3 varieties:
- causing disgust to alcohol;
- reduce desire and facilitate a hangover;
- cause alcohol intolerance.
Pharmacies sell a variety of drop.Particularly effective are different "Koprinol", "Coleman," "Proproten-100", "Vitael", "Stopetil", "Teturam" and others.The first three funds are the most popular, their clinical effectiveness is proven by experts.
it possible to treat a patient without his knowledge
drinkers most often refuse to undergo treatment.And they honestly believe that they can deal with the problem themselves.But close is usually considered different.Therefore, resorting to various methods of controlling the disease without the knowledge of the patient, for example, adding a drop in food and beverages.As a result of receiving such drugs a person begins to feel discomfort after drinking.
Can I give money from alcoholism without the knowledge of the patient?Doctors often do not recommend treating people without their consent, since it carries with it certain risks.It should be understood that any droplets are its contraindications, and system dependent person is not in the best condition.Therefore, the side effects can immediately make itself felt.
Undoubtedly, if a person close degraded, it must be treated, but it is better to do it together.Before treatment, it is necessary to visit the psychiatrist and consult with him during the course of treatment.
before resorting to radical measures, such as giving a drop of alcohol addiction without the knowledge of the patient, to try to convince him of the need for treatment of joint efforts.So it will be much faster and easier to cope with the disaster.
Drops "Koprinol»
This tool is very expensive, but effective.Sometimes it belongs to Badam, sometimes called vitamin drops.Buy drug can be exclusively through distributors in the open market it is impossible to find.The state registers the tool is not registered, so finding information on the composition of the drug is also difficult.
But we know that these drops are made on the basis of an extract of the fungus dung.Even in ancient times healers treat this fungus people from alcoholism.After receiving the drops "Koprinol" a person experiences an aversion to alcohol.It is important to take into account that the drug greatly affects the liver.In addition to the basic substance is contained in the composition drops complex vitamins and succinic acid.
drug "Colm»
Many people that gave these drops of alcohol addiction without the knowledge of the patient, note the drug's effectiveness.Side effects during its use is practically not observed.However, the drug has a large number of contraindications.
After joint use of "Colma" and alcoholic beverages a person has a redness of the skin, he feels the pulsation in the head, weakness, sweating, and there is a strong feeling of nausea.In rare cases, blood pressure is lowered.
noteworthy that these symptoms depend on the amount of alcohol consumed.Drink a drop of only 12 hours after drinking alcohol.Also, it is advisable to be examined by a specialist.If a drop of "Colma" has to be used for a long time, it is necessary to monitor the state of the thyroid gland of the patient.Price drops quite high.
«Proproten 100 'of alcohol addiction
Yet another very popular drop of alcohol dependence - is" Proproten-100. "The drug is not sold in the form of droplets, but also in tablet form.Effect of the drug is very well studied.
Most often it is used to relieve hangover.With it, people get rid of insomnia, mental stress and feelings of anxiety.The drug also relieves headaches, restores digestion.However, to completely get rid of dependence, receiving one drug is not sufficient, it is best to combine it with other medicines.
Dosage and Administration
Drops "Koprinol" released in small vials.The contents of one vial are added to food or drink.During treatment, these drugs are not recommended to drink alcohol, you must also follow the diet (in particular, greater use of dairy products, fruits and vegetables).Do not neglect the walks in the fresh air and moderate exercise.
Drops "Colm" also can be added to food twice a day, 15 drops, for example, in the morning for breakfast and in the evening for dinner.It is essential to avoid overdose.
agent has no taste and color, so you can use these drops from alcoholism without the knowledge of the patient.Reviews of them confirm it.Besides the drug completely synthetic and does not accumulate in the body.The effect appears after about 1 hour after ingestion, and maintained for 12 hours.The course of treatment is 3 months, it is at this period and calculated one package preparation.
But drops "Proproten 100" should be dissolved in water.Adding to their food are not advised.It is enough to dilute 10 drops of the drug in a spoonful of water and give the patient a drink.From this tool will not give any one person to drink, because they are perfectly eliminate all the symptoms of a hangover.The drops are sold in bottles of 25 ml each, have not expressed the smell and taste of alcohol.
effect after taking the drops
Action any means, including homeopathic drops of alcohol, based on the formation of a stable intolerance of alcohol beverages.As a result, the reception drops one feels the change of physical condition.It appears breathlessness and palpitations.Many affiliates are beginning to fear for their health and lives, and stop drinking alcohol.After
"Koprinola" a person has a strong feeling of disgust for the smell and even sight alcohol.Thus formed a complete rejection of alcohol.In some cases, a person impeded speech, impaired vision temporarily.When these symptoms disappear, the person may again want to drink a little, but after drinking, they reappear.As a rule, a person begins to be afraid of these feelings and become a teetotaler.
drug "Colm" causes negative feelings in the patient, as a result he has a strong aversion to alcohol.
«Proproten 100" reduces the desire to drink, uplifting and helps to overcome the craving for alcohol.
drops or tablets - which is better?
Pharmaceutical companies offer many different drugs for alcoholism, causing an aversion to alcoholic beverages.Today you can buy not only drop, but the pills induce vomiting and shortness of breath after every use of alcohol.
can persuade the patient to be treated, but if it fails, then give the funds from alcoholism without the knowledge of the patient to reduce cravings for alcohol.Today, tablets are very popular, but they are not always sufficiently effective and help to get out of a binge, but not prevent it.
significant plus drops is that they are homeopathic and have few contraindications.Tablets unlike drops difficult to mix in food because they have a bitter taste and smell.
Medication quite effectively, but good pills and potent tools produced in this form, is very small.Therefore, a drop of gaining popularity.They are specially designed to combat the disease.Their main advantage - the ability to use without the knowledge of the person suffering from alcoholism, and cope with the disease.But if a person over time will begin to drink again, it is recommended to persuade him to seek treatment, because the desire and consciousness of the patient is a major success factor.
Treatment folk methods
Defeating Alcoholism can and folk remedies.How to treat alcoholism without the knowledge of the patient?To do this, you can make an infusion of vodka, the root of lovage and 2 bay leaves.Infuse these herbs should be for 7 days, then strain and composition of the need to give the person.After a few tricks that means patients have an aversion to vodka and alcohol.
craving for alcohol will help eliminate the infusion of centaury and wormwood.2 tablespoons collection pour a glass of vodka, insist 7 days and drink.The effect appears after 3-4 hours.
Cheremitsa able to cure a variety of mental illness and hypochondria.This was learned doctors in ancient times, and began to treat alcohol tincture of hellebore.Take it should be 1/3 cup three times a day.
Many experts argue that the passion for alcohol is directly linked to a lack of potassium.Honey is an excellent source of this element, so it greatly reduces the craving for alcohol.
is important to take into account one important point, giving a drop of alcohol addiction without the knowledge of the patient: all of these drugs have a number of contraindications.It should also be noted that medication is not recommended to combine with alcohol in large quantities.
Since you do not know how to choose the medication could affect the state of the drunk person is better not to expose it to danger.This proves once again the need for consultation with a physician.
important to know
If you have to treat a patient with alcoholism secret from him, remember that giving money from alcohol dependence without the knowledge of the patient, you are putting people at risk of adverse effects as a result of taking these medicines.Therefore, the treatment should be chosen only proven drugs with minimal side effects.Along with this, it is important to observe the recommended dosage and do not change the composition of herbal and medicinal products.
It should again be noted that the drug treatment is not advised to treat people without their knowledge and consent.The consequences can be quite serious and sometimes naughty.This method of treatment, the patient may notice provoke scandal.Then it will analyze the situation and concluded that before the drugs he did not experience discomfort, therefore, alcohol does not harm him.Convince the person to be treated will be even more difficult.Therefore, you must first try to persuade the person to seek help from a doctor and defeat the disease together.


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The Heriot Primary School is a state funded, rural, co-educational, contributing primary school. It is a medium sized wooden complex consisting of four classrooms, two ablution blocks, a library and a detached classroom, an administration block and dental clinic. It has four outbuildings of which two are used for storage of school equipment, one is a garage, which houses the lawn mower and tractor, and the fourth is the boiler. This is coal fired and adequately heats all rooms in the complex and the school pool. A house and double garage are situated on the school grounds.
Heriot Primary School is well resourced with an extensive range of fiction and non fiction books in the library, computers and other communication information technologies, audio visual equipment, many resource kits, musical equipment and physical education equipment. All of these are continually being added to and updated.
The grounds are spacious, well maintained and aesthetically pleasing. Attractive garden areas provide a pleasing break from a large playing field, adventure playgrounds, sand pit and paved court. The school is fortunate to have both shade areas and shelter provided by the many trees on the property.
The school is staffed by the Grading Roll as set by the Ministry of Education and allows for 3 full time teachers. Additional staff are employed for Principal Release, Teachers Aide and Secretarial duties. The school also employs a grounds person and cleaning personnel. From time to time specialised people will be involved with the school as can be arranged and as the school qualifies. These may include, Specialist Education Services (SES), Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour (RTLB), health nurse, dental therapist, and teachers advisory.
The children come to the school from a background which is mainly farming or farming related. The children mostly come to the school socially developed with adequate communication skills and ready to adapt to school. They are well cared for and all adequately clothed and fed.
The school has a caring family atmosphere and there are strong staff pupil relationships.
The school is fortunate to have strong support from the community. Parent helpers help with a variety of programmes in classrooms, in conjunction with ICT, in the library and on the sporting front, working bees, trips and with PTA activities.
The school PTA is active in fundraising and in organising a flower show and a pet show for the children's involvement.
Heriot Primary School encourages children to be involved in both sporting and cultural activities with arts days and annual sporting fixtures part of the schools programme. A good grounding in all curriculum areas is also something Heriot Primary School is proud of. The individual needs of children are addressed through sound classroom teaching, specialised programmes of special needs and extension programmes. At all times in all ways the Board of Trustees and Staff seek to fulfill its mission statement.
"Heriot Primary School will provide a stimulating and balanced programme in a caring and secure environment which will preserve each child's individuality and assist in developing his/her intellectual, emotional, physical, cultural and social potential."
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Haggis Horns at Hi-Fi
Last night I had my first ever trip to the Hi-Fi club in Leeds to see the Haggis Horns play live. I went with Heather and a number of her friends from Dentistry for her 21st Birthday celebration. I managed to meet up with Sheena there as well which was good as we hadn't spoken in quite a while! The band already had a good reputation from an appearance of theirs I had seen at the Wardrobe, but it was great to see them in a new venue.
Hi-Fi is a superb club. It starts off fairly empty and then fills up before the band comes on stage. The setting is just how a jazz club should be; the focus being on the stage and dancefloor with seating and a bar round the edge. Despite how full the club ended up being service at the bar was exemplary and there was always to odd stool to flop onto when you were tired of dancing. I can't really believe that I hadn't been to this great club before really – its was well worth checking it out. I won't go as far as to say its better than the Wardrobe, but the two clubs are certianly on a par and I'll be sure to frequent the Hi-Fi as often as I go to the Wardrobe. Like the wardrobe membership is also available at the Hi-Fi, I certainly think I'll be applying.
Onto the gig then. The music took a little longer to start than was publicised with the band not getting on stage until just gone midnight, but it was well worth the wait as the sound was vibrant and funky and the crowd were very fired up. It wasn't long before we were all on the dance floor. The style of the Haggis Horns is not really unique, its heard in quite a few jazz clubs around the country in various forms, but certainly makes for a good night of wholesome jazz entertainment. The clear influences from traditional big band jazz make the experience a memorable one, and the way in which every musician is seemingly given a chance to do their own thing (most notable being the bongo and drum solos) is very refreshing.
I'd definitely reconmmend trying to catch the Haggis Horns live if you fancy a vibrant jazz night out. They play a number of good venues in Leeds so its not usually hard to track them down.


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A radio disc jockey for a contemporary jazz station? A community organizer who arranged candlelight vigils? A city parks administrator who organized youth leagues?
Today, China Jude is the assistant vice president for athletics at the nation's fourth-largest Division II school, Queens College (New York). But her resume has not always pointed toward a high-level career in college athletics administration.
"I really believe my story is a little bit non-traditional," Jude said. "I don't want to use the word 'accident.' I just want to say I kind of stumbled into this career – but stumbled as in not even knowing where it would take me."
Jude grew up in the Chicago suburbs, living in a home her parents shared even after they were divorced. She learned to play basketball in the basement of that house, where her older brother "guarded" her with pushes and shoves and taught her to throw elbows. "He wanted me to get used to people touching me when I'm playing basketball," she said.
She tried several sports – basketball, track and field, volleyball, cheerleading – and graduated from high school when she was 16 years old. Despite her age, she landed a spot on the volleyball roster at Alabama State University, where she planned to major in broadcast journalism.
The immaturity, though, caught up with her. "I'm in college doing my thing: full-scholarship athlete, young, having a lot of fun – a little bit too much fun – and all of the sudden, I get my report card," Jude said. "B. C. D. F."
At that point, Jude said, she panicked. Without talking to her coach or her parents, she made a choice that none of them would be able to undo for her: She enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve.
The decision shocked her mother. "That was one bad report card, and you joined the Navy?" Jude recalled her mother saying.
"I think I partied too much," Jude told the adults in her life. "I think it's time to grow up."
China Jude's path from there to here:
Back on track
After Navy basic training and annual training, Jude returned to Alabama State. Her scholarship was waiting for her, and she made the Dean's List. "Joining the Navy was probably the smartest decision I ever made," she said. "It taught me discipline and taught me that my life can do greater good on a larger scale if I just focus."
Emerging from the broadcast journalism program, her career goal was to follow the example of Robin Roberts, now a "Good Morning America" anchor but then an ESPN sportscaster. "My plan was to go after that job," Jude said. "I figured she can't have that job forever."
Getting started
After successful internships in college, Jude started her career in radio, working in Alabama and Illinois. She was a jack of all trades, trying her hand at sportscasting and as a disc jockey.
But she grew discouraged by the lack of growth opportunities in radio and began seeking jobs in community service. She worked for social service agencies, political candidates and community groups, trying to help young people make smart decisions. "You're saying 'no' to an unhealthy lifestyle – gangs, drugs. You have to say 'yes' to something, and the 'yes' was athletics," Jude said. "I began to incorporate my athletics experience into my work."
The parks and recreation superintendent in her hometown called, asking Jude to oversee the youth league programs there. Jude began to feel she had found her calling. She returned to Alabama to pursue a master's degree from the U.S. Sports Academy.
Finding her place
She emerged from the program and took a job as executive director of the Police Athletic League in Seminole County, Florida. While there, she also became an assistant volleyball coach at nearby Division II Rollins College.
"And that's when it happened for me," she said. "Somebody would say, 'You would be pretty good at this,'" and her career momentum built. Within a few years she was head volleyball coach at Division I University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she was the first black head coach in school history.
In those years, she met Rita Crockett, a member of the U.S. women's volleyball team, which won silver at the 1984 Olympic Games.
"We were recruiting in the same place. I was a DI volleyball coach, she was a DI volleyball coach – we have the same title," Jude said. "She's like, 'Why are you crying?' And I said, 'I don't know. You're my hero.'"
Moving up
Jude took her first job in athletics administration in 2001 at Coppin State University, as assistant athletics director, then made a brief return to coaching before becoming assistant athletics director at the University of the District of Columbia.
Her first job as an athletics director was at Cheyney University, which she guided through a three-year NCAA probation and back into competition. Today, Jude said, she is trying to get better at professional relationships. "I try to find mentors who look like me," she said. "But I have found there are some individuals who do not look like me who are willing to provide support."
One such mentor is University of Memphis Athletics Director Tom Bowen: "He is very honest and has no problem talking about race or gender. I think a lot of times, when people talk who are from different backgrounds, there's this sense of needing to have a filter. All I ever want from people is honesty."


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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. ~ Swami Sivananda
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. ~Rumi
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. ~ Booker T. Washington
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~ Mark Twain
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~ Reinhold Niebuhr
"The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. ~ Margaret Chase Smith
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~ William Arthur Ward
A leader ... is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind." Nelson Mandela
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The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them." ~ John C. Maxwell
You are not here merely to make a living … You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. ~ Woodrow Wilson
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Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. ~ Lao Tzu
Don't tell people how to do things; tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. ~ George S. Patton Jr.
A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own. ~ Beth Revis
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets people to do the greatest things. ~ Ronald Reagan
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be. ~ Rosalyn Carter
The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. ~ Colin Powell
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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar. ~ Orrin Woodward
A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them. ~ M.D. Arnold
Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are. ~ Thomas John Carlisle (What about women, Tommy, any honorable women out there in your day?
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When you put together deep knowledge about a subject that intensely matters to you, charisma happens. You gain courage to share your passion, and when you do that, folks follow. ~ Jerry Porras
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King Jr.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
It is absolutely necessary ... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. ~ George Washington
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. ~ Father Theodore M. Hesburgh
You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. ~ Ken Kesey
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ~ Ralph Nader
"The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. ~ Charles Schwab
The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. ~ Charles Schwab
You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Keep your eyes open and try to catch people in your company doing something right, then praise them for it. ~ Tom Hopkins
To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. ~ Pat Riley
A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better. ~ Steve Jobs
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. ~ John Maxwell
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. ~ George Patton
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. ~ Golda Meir
Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. ~ Peter Drucker
Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want. ~ Dianne Feinstein
The things we fear most in organizations – fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances – are the primary sources of creativity. ~ Margaret Wheatley
What is needed is people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in others. ~ Ella J. Baker, Civil Rights Activist
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when the work is done, they will say: we did it ourselves. ~ Lao Tzu
When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change. ~ Rosa Parks
Never doubt that a small number of dedicated people can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead
Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men. ~ Gloria Steinem
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader. ~ Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, French Politician
True leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed…. Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection. ~ Sheryl Sandberg, COO Facebook
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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ~ Anne Bradstreet, Poet
You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message. I have learned that people become motivated when you guide them to the source of their own power. Anita Roddick, Entrepreneur
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment. ~ Orison Swett Marden
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. ~Ambrose Redmoon
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. ~Alfred North Whitehead
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. ~Hubert Humphrey
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. ~G.K. Chesterton
It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. ~ Fred Hoyle
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Much recent focus in the sensors arena has been on remote monitoring, mainly in the form of wireless networks. Another very important application of sensors (wireless or otherwise) is in real-time control, where the information collected by the sensor is used to determine the direction in which to steer some external process, such as the temperature of a furnace or the control surfaces of an aircraft.
Ed Ramsden
Control Loops and Process Variables
The basis of any control system is a control loop in which some characteristic of a process of interest is monitored by some kind of sensor, and that information is used to direct an actuator that has control over the process. From a 35,000 ft. perspective, a typical control loop can be described by the block diagram of Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The process is what you want to control—specifically, you want to control some characteristic of the process known as the process variable. For a furnace, one process variable would be temperature. To monitor this process variable usually requires a sensor. The set point is the value at which you would like the controller to maintain the process variable, and this is supplied by the user. The controller is a circuit (increasingly implemented with a microprocessor) that interprets an error signal that is derived from set point and monitor data, and uses that signal to control the actuator. In the case of a furnace, the actuator might be a set of gas valves and dampers. One key feature of a control loop is negative feedback, meaning that an increase in the monitored variable should ultimately result in a response by the actuator to reduce it. In the case of complex control systems, there can be multiple interrelated process variables, monitors, set points, and actuators.
A Temperature Controller Example
The above description is pretty generic, so let's consider a simple but concrete example—a temperature controller. Figure 2 shows the schematic. The process is an object that must be maintained at a given temperature, which means that temperature will be our process variable (Tp). Thermistor R1 is used to sense this temperature and is in a half-bridge arrangement with variable resistor R2, which is used to provide the set point (Ts). Because R1 has a negative temperature coefficient, the voltage at the connection of R1 and R2 will increase with temperature. In this circuit, this voltage (Verror) is the error signal, as it is greater than Vref/2 when Tp>Ts, and less than Vref/2 when Tp<Ts. In this scheme, the set point resistance R2 is determined by matching it to the resistance of thermistor R1. For example, if a set point of 40°C is desired, and R1 has a resistance of 2 kV at 40°, then R2 gets adjusted to 2 kV.
Figure 2.
The Actuator
The "brains" of the controller is an analog comparator U1. When the error signal is less than Vref/2, the comparator's output goes high and turns on the MOSFET (Q1), and, subsequently, the heater resistor (R6). When the error signal is greater than Vref/2, the comparator turns off the heater.
What if Tp = Ts ? In the worst case, the actuator would either cycle on and off quickly (oscillate), or operate in linear mode. While neither of these cases may result in damage to the resistive heating element, the power MOSFET is likely to be in for some abuse. For this kind of actuator, it is important that it really be completely on or completely off.
This is what R5 is there for. It provides a small amount of hysteresis, meaning that to turn off the heater, Verror must exceed Vref/2 by a small amount, and to turn it back on again, Verror must drop below Vref/2. While this reduces fast oscillation, it results in the process variable's bobbing up and down around the set point over time (Figure 3).
Figure 3.
How much hysteresis you need (and can live with) is a function of the process requirements and control system. For example, the temperature in my living room should be stable within a few degrees for comfort, so the furnace controller had better not have too much hysteresis.
On the other side of the argument, turning on the furnace involves a starting cycle, and associated wear and tear, so there is a balance between comfort and reliability.
Next month's column will take up circumstances where even well-defined and well-controlled oscillation would be completely unacceptable.
Ed Ramsden, BSEE, a member of the Sensors Editorial Advisory Board, designs sensors for the heavy-truck industry in Portland, OR.


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This collection includes optimization problems that arise in image processing applications.
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This case study describes the optimization model that underlies the NEOS Domino solver, which constructs pictures from target images using complete sets of double-nine dominoes. Complete sets of double-nine dominoes include one domino for each distinct pair of dot values from 0 to 9. The NEOS Domino solver is an implementation of the work of Robert Bosch of Oberlin College.


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Students at Dallas Can Academy in Oak Cliff spent several weeks this school year learning about American politics. They held mock elections, and students were encouraged to watch the debates and actively follow the campaigns.
During a voter-registration drive, the school registered 55 eligible voters. On Friday, Oct. 28, students walked to the Oak Cliff sub courthouse on Beckley to cast their ballots.
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Jim Flood, a chemist by profession, is a member of Amateur Astronomers, Inc.
His project is the LAST of 13 amateur projects to be
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His research is the Morphology of the active nucleus and
radial filaments of NGC 1808, using the WFPC2 instrument.
His observations of NGC 1808 were made on August 14, 1997.
Title: Morphology of the active nucleus and radial filaments of NGC 1808 - Proposal 6872
Abstract: A high resolution examination of the galactic core of NGC 1808 can resolve questions as to the nature of it's energetic core "hot spots" variously attributed to unusual circumnuclear starburst activity, massive supernova remnants or black hole accretion disk models. Also present are pronounced radial dust filaments streaming from the core of NGC 1808 in association with large gaseous polar outflows, suggestive of galactic fountaining.
|In January Jim dropped by AAI's Sperry Observatory, back from a meeting of the American Astronomical Society, where he had had some of his results on display. I asked him if he would mind having the images scanned for the UACNJ site. No problem. Following are four small versions of the images Jim got from the Hubble of NGC 1808. (Click on the small images if you want to view larger ones.) Compare the Palomar survey image to the detail of those from the Hubble. Note that you will not find these images elsewhere on the internet.
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Contributed by Toine Van Teeffelen on 10.11.2016:
What to expect from a Trump presidency for Palestine or the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? A few speculations.
In the beginning of the campaign, Trump was criticized by the pro-Israeli lobby in the United States for saying he was a sort of 'neutral guy' regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. After that he toed the line of all other presidential candidates and started to use his familiar hyperboles in expressing support for Israel, even willing to increase the 38 billion over 10 years in military and economic aid that Obama aranged.
He announced he wanted to bring the American embassy to Jerusalem and would declare that Jerusalem is the undivided capital of Israel. However, we know that in the past all American presidential candidates came back from such promises the moment they became president. Though now his daughter Ivanka, part of his inner political circle, says that he is '100%' serious.
Trump's ideology, if that is the right word, may give hints about what to expect. He is the type of conservative or reactionary who thinks in terms of American or western 'bullworks' to be protected against terrorism, especially by closing borders: the Wall with Mexico, the racist stop on Moslems entering the US. His thinking is binary: good guys in, bad guys out. This is the approach he will instinctively choose in regard to Israel, considered to be a western bastion of good guys in an unpredictable Middle East.
The Israeli Wall will be for him a model for the Mexican wall. Security cooperation with Israel will flourish. He will buy Israel's argument that a Palestinian state will be a base for terrorism or dictatorship. Trump's advisers are pro-settlement and the platform of the Republican party does not anymore speak of a Palestinian state. He will get support from his political backers at home, among them Adelson, the American casino billionaire who is close to the Likud and whose large-scale funding projects are aimed to prevent a Palestinian state and expand settlements. Human rights, let alone a just peace, will not be a priority. The Palestinians in Arab countries will be forgotten.
At the same time, his overall purpose will be 'stability' in the Middle East, understood as business-like management of problems and conflicts. He is expected to develop such stability through deals with an international of 'strong' leaders: Putin ('I like that guy'), Netanyahu ('terrific guy'), Sisi, the president of Egypt ('fantastic guy'), and who knows, Asad as well. The human rights and democracy orientations of these strong leaders are not relevant for him, but rather how effective they are in dealing with terrorism, defined as Islamic terrorism, and of course excluding state terrorism.
Out of this orientation toward top-down stability, he may at one point in the future come into conflict with Israel when this need for stability contradicts an Israeli demand for supporting particular projects. In his wish to maintain maximum manoevrability (an American president has a very large freedom of action in matters of foreign policy), his momentary need to posture as a 'neutral guy' might serve him at times more than just obeying the pro-Israeli lobby in the US. He will also not want to be treated by Netanyahu as Obama was treated – remember Netanyahu's speech in Congress against Obama's policy toward Iran.
What would that imply for the near future? I think he will not be going to move the American embassy to Jerusalem. That would simply enlarge the number of 'problems' in the Middle East he has to deal with, and it will clash with his stability orientation and need for international allies including Europe. I guess he will allow Israel to work gradually and under the radar to continue its projects: the settlement enterprise, a practical (instead of a formally declared) annexation of areas C in the West Bank, prevention of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, and isolation of Jerusalem from the Palestinian West Bank.
In other words, his policy will not be terribly different from present American policies. He may not bother about the expansion of settlements to the north-east of Jerusalem, which will effectively prevent any viable Palestinian state. He may refrain from criticizing settlements, just trying to bury the issue.
In this light (rather darkness), it will be more than ever the task of international civil society to bring out Israel's apartheid policy to the attention of the world, for instance with an eye to the commemoration of 50 years of occupation next year. Next or parallel task will be to promote strategies of pressuring Israel, so as to save Palestinians as well as Israel itself from a human rights disaster and political dead-end street.
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Following the terrible disaster that struck Nepal on Saturday 25th April, many of you have been asking for further information about how you can respond. 'All We Can' have been in touch with us and shared this with us.
All We Can, the Methodist relief and development charity, has launched an emergency appeal to enable its local partners to respond in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Nepal on Saturday 25 April.
As we have all seen this recent earthquake, the worst in 81 years, caused devastation across the mountainous country and the death toll has already exceeded 5000 people. The epicentre of the earthquake, which measured 7.8 in magnitude, centred around 50 miles east of the city of Pokhara.
All We Can has been supporting trusted local partners working in this region for over a decade and is responding to the humanitarian crisis through them, drawing on their expertise and knowledge of the land and its people. All We Can's focus is on providing support to those in greatest need, particularly remote communities near the epicentre of the earthquake. Funds from the appeal are helping to meet the immediate needs of those affected with shelter, food and trauma management. All We Can has also committed to supporting the longer-term rebuilding and recovery work that will be necessary in the months and years ahead.
Bina Silwal, Executive Director of All We Can's partner Kopila Nepal, said:
"Due to this terrible disaster many families have lost their family members, or are injured or are on the street. As a human being in this harsh situation it is our responsibility to help people and to protect them from possible worse conditions. This type of disaster brings not only physical injuries but it also brings psychological trauma."
All We Can has already supported Kopila to mobilise a team skilled in trauma management to go into affected communities. It has also funded the purchase of tarpaulin sheets that will be used to provide much needed shelter from the elements for people left without a home in some of the mountain villages around Pokhara.
Heavy rain that followed the earthquake, and aftershocks that caused further damage to buildings, have made the situation particularly challenging in Nepal. In conjunction with both local and international partners, All We Can will ensure its response continues to be appropriate and effective as the scale and type of need becomes clearer in the days ahead. Chief Executive of All We Can, Maurice Adams says:
"We know how our partners in Nepal have benefitted from our long-term support over the years. We also know that we need to continue our assistance at this critical time. All We Can is in this for the long haul. We will work with, and walk alongside, our partners as they continue to deal with the devastating circumstances caused by this earthquake. We encourage you to join us and give what you can to help recovery in these communities."
Please give all you can, your gift will help All We Can's partners respond quickly to the crisis. You can donate by visiting www.allwecan.org.uk/nepal, calling 020 7224 4814, or sending a cheque to All We Can, 25 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JR. All We Can is also encouraging people to pray for the situation, its partners and the affected communities.


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About the Authors
Deacon Eric Stoltz
Following a successful career in public relations and marketing communications, highlighted by dozens of awards including twice being awarded the Silver Anvil, America's top public relations honor, Eric decided to enter the world of the Internet as a Web developer and designer. For nearly 10 years he has specialized in providing Web sites to not-for-profit organizations, including several dioceses, large parishes and synagogues. His site for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was designated a Webby Awards Official Honoree in 2006 by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He is currently employed as a web designer at a dot-com startup.
As a published author, Eric contributed the essay on Our Lady of Guadalupe to the 2004 Loyola Press book Awake My Soul: Contemporary Catholics on Traditional Devotions, edited by James Martin, S.J. Eric wrote a groundbreaking 1998 cover story for America Magazine: "Notes from a Community, Catholic and Gay" and two other America features, "An Internet Strategy for Local Churches" (2001) — which was utilized by the Pontifical Council for Social Communication in developing its documents "The Church and Internet" and "Ethics in Internet" — and "An Astonishing Vision: Casting Our Nets on the Net" (2002). Eric has written other articles for America as well as Commonweal and The Priest.
Eric has been a presenter on evangelization in the modern world for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Archdiocese of Anchorage and the Diocese of Stockton. In 2005, he was a keynote speaker (along with Peter Steinfels and Bishop Donald Trautman) for the Cathedral Ministry Conference at its annual national convention hosted by the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Cardinal Roger Mahony appointed Eric a member of the Synod Preparatory Commission to plan the 2003 Archdiocesan Synod. He served as a delegate to the Synod and was then appointed by Cardinal Mahony to serve on a committee to draft the bylaws of the Regional Pastoral Councils. He currently serves on the Synod Implementation Commission of the Archdiocese.
In 2004, Eric was ordained a deacon for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Cardinal Mahony. He currently serves at St. Brendan Church, Los Angeles. He has served as an officer of the Wilshire Center Interfaith Council and has been a leader of three interfaith pilgrimages to the Holy Land made up of Los Angeles-area Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Deacon Vince Tomkovicz
Vince Tomkovicz was ordained a deacon for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Cardinal Roger Mahony in June 2004. He is a certificated master catechist of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Vince serves in St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church, Westlake Village, California. He is employed as the full-time parish manager at St. Maximilian. Prior to serving as a parish manager, he had a career in commercial finance and as a young man served in the Navy.
Vince has been married to his wife Susan for 41 years and they have three children, Maryann, Kristina and Blake; and three grandchildren, Alyssa, Jordan and Felicity. Vince and Susan are active in detention ministry, and Vince corresponds with and has visited an inmate on California's death row. He is outspoken against the death penalty. Vince also works with youth at risk and the foster care system in Ventura County; Vince and Susan were foster parents themselves and are familiar with the challenges of the foster care system. They adopted their son Blake at age 17. Vince was instrumental in starting a foster care/adoption ministry at St. Maximilian. Vince is active in interfaith and ecumenical work with the Conejo Valley Interfaith Association. He serves as a stational deacon at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
In their spare time the family enjoys travelling and for years were active in ocean boating, especially around the Channel Islands off the California Coast between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
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Hi Vince. The book looks good — interesting and somewhat Catholic.
I'm getting this book for my 25 year old son, but I'm going to read it first! Thank you for putting it together. I am especially impressed with the way it was written from the perspective of the imprisoned. They are the one segment of the population (even more than young people) who intuitively know when you are bullshitting them.


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In the Open 01
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Chapter: In the Open
Is that a gosh darn Loki IRL cameo!
Awwww … and after she went to the trouble of saving the city and all? 😛
Lucy just needs to get some sandals, close up the jacket, and she'd be fine. No pants required ;D
You know, when I saw the "The End" last update, I thought it meant the comic was over. Nice to see it's not, 'cuz that would've been a pretty trash way to cut it off.
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A homicide investigation is underway in suburban Oak Lawn after the death of a child. A relative of the child is in custody.
Police officers were responding to a call about an armed subject at a home in the 6600 block of West 91st St before 11 this morning.
When they arrived, police say they learned that an infant child had suffered a significant injury.
They attempted life support and the baby was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center and pronounced dead a few hours later.
Police won't talk about how the child died and will not give a gender. They say the victim was under one year old.
The South Suburban Major Crime Taskforce is assisting in this ongoing homicide investigation.
"Family members indicated a relative was responsible," said Michael Murray, Chief of Oak Lawn Police Department . "That person is here at the police station and is part of the investigation and there is no danger to the neighborhood or Oak Lawn."
Again police have a family member in custody and charges are pending. The parents were not home at the time of the incident.
An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow.


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Discussion in 'WZPC Archives' started by klunderbunker, Jan 15, 2012.
At Wrestlemania.
Well, depending on how the rules go in this thing anymore.
I wouldn't have a problem with it honestly. It would be a triple threat match as we are having a Royal Rumble match where the winner gets a shot at the title at Wrestlemania. If you're ok with a triple threat than you are penciled in.
I'll wait for a singles match. The triple threat thing is another reason why I stopped doing this.
Yeah I've been keeping them to singles (minus one IC title since there was a tie in the standings). Shame though, but I do look forward to your inevitable return.
I might just win it and vacate it.


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Denver-based Potatoes USA has begun a "21 Weeks of Giving" campaign, donating a salad bar to one school district each week for 21 weeks.
The potato group announced the campaign at School Nutrition Association's School Nutrition Industry Conference Jan. 21-23 in New Orleans.
"This program is all about making vegetables and fruits more accessible to students," said Rachael Lynch, global marketing manager for Potatoes USA, in a news release. "School districts who have asked to receive a donated salad bar have done so because they understand the value it brings to their lunch rooms."
"Potatoes USA is working collaboratively with the United Fresh Start Foundation to bring salad bars to schools across the country," said Andrew Marshall, the United Fresh leader of the Let's Move Salad Bars to School campaign, in the release.
The potato industry has to-date donated more than 280 salad bars to schools, making it the top commodity donor to the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools campaign, according to the release.
"I've seen operators use salad bars as creative topping bars for fresh baked potatoes, yogurt and so much more," Lynch said in the release.
Potatoes USA announced the Evangeline Parish School District of Louisiana as the salad bar recipient for the campaign's first week.
The group will announce future recipients on its official school foodservice-focused Facebook page: facebook.com/PotatoesRaiseTheBar.


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Oudong, Cambodia
Set on the Mekong River, the erstwhile capital and sovereign residence of Cambodia — about 27 miles to the north of Phnom Penh — is little more than a modest-sized town today, most notable for its rolling countryside and royal Khmer-era remnants such as temples and stupas. It's a popular pilgrimage point for Cambodians looking to pay their respects to the former kings who are now entombed here.
What We Love
Memorial to the Victims of Pol Pot: At the foot of the staircase that leads up to Phnom Preah Reach Throap, look out for the memorial honoring the victims of the tragic Pol Pot regime; here lie the remains of Cambodian casualties who were dug up from mass regional graves.
Vipassana Dhura Buddhist Meditation Center: Cruisers of AmaWaterways will have the chance to attend a special blessing ceremony at this monastery, hosted by resident Buddhist monks.
Best Known For
Phnom Preah Reach Throap: The "Hill of the Royal Fortune" consists of a series of temples and ruins on a wooded hilltop, as well as stupas containing the ashes of Khmer kings. The pleasant views of the Cambodian countryside here round out the transporting atmosphere.
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Who It's Best For
History Buffs: Surrounded by the vestiges of an ancient royal capital, Oudong draws travelers into its fascinating history.
Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
Lost Culture: You're only seeing a fraction of what the royal residence once was, because many of the stupas, temples, and monuments were destroyed during Cambodia's notorious Khmer Rouge regime.
Elissa Garay is a Brooklyn-based contributor to ShermansCruise who also writes for Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure.


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The first thing that you will have to see is if you can reach an agreement with your spouse. If so, there may be divorce by mutual agreement. If not, it will be a contentious divorce. For your case, it will be easier to reach an agreement since you have a prenuptial agreement. Keep reading to know the peculiarities.
In the case of a lawsuit filed to claim a divorce with a prenuptial agreement, the following issues must be addressed:
- the dissolution of the marriage bond (divorce)
- execution of the premarital agreement or capitulations that you signed before the marriage
It is not possible for any of the spouses to oppose or be able to prevent the dissolution of the marriage or divorce with the prenuptial agreement if more than three months have passed since its conclusion, therefore there will be no controversy in this regard. For some years now, you do not need a reason to divorce, simply by wanting it a person can divorce.
Prenuptial agreement ad its role that is a Premarital Agreement
A premarital agreement or capitulation is a contract signed by the two people who are going to get married. Normally, this regulates the economic regime of the future marriage and usually also carry the conditions in the case of separation or divorce. It can also be signed after the marriage has been celebrated, renewed or updated based on changes (such as changes in equity).
The prenuptial agreement can be private (a contract that you have signed both) or public (signed before a Notary). For the reasons that we will see below, it is advisable to sign it before a Notary and raise it to Public Deed.
If before you begin the process, both you and your partner have reached an agreement based on the capitulations made, you can compute it in court for the judge to authorize it. In that case, that agreement will be like a Sentence, and you will have to fulfil it both (for more information see Premarital Agreement Attorney).
If this is not the case, it will be a contentious divorce, and then we must fight for the judge to give us the verdict. As there is a divorce with a prenuptial agreement, it must be executed, that is, make your partner comply with it. If the agreement is in public deed (signed before a Notary), it is difficult for one of the parties to avoid doing what is said in the agreement, and the execution will be practically automatic. Unless there are discrepancies between the assets that appear in the prenuptial agreement and those that actually exist at that time, that is, it is not updated. Therefore, in cases of making capitulations, it is advisable that when a period of time passes, it will be updated so that it is not outdated.
Make sure the agreement has been legalized
If the agreement is private and is not made before a Notary, it is likely that one of the parties will upset the agreement if it is not interested and then the divorce process will be contentious. In this case, it will be necessary to prove that said contract has full validity and that both parties signed it freely. If there are discrepancies, it will be at the discretion of the judge based on the specific case and the evidence that exists, but the agreement to which the parties arrived will be quite relevant, despite their private nature.


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We have a wide range of possibilities when it comes to specifying the final design. We can adapt the dimensions, the type of windows and doors, both walk-through and for cars, include insulation in the roof, etc. All these options enable you to create a garage that suits your preferences.
All the garages are delivered ready to assemble. The simple walk-through doors are always left-hand ones, but if you wish them to have a different type of opening, just indicate this in your order (no extra charge). The doors for cars can be swinging, double or even electronic sectional doors with remote control.
All the 44 mm versions are also available in 68 mm and can be delivered with an American tegula tile roof in 5 different colours: green, red, black, brown, blue.


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CSKA, giants of the past, stare into the abyss
GOTP Editorial Team
Posted on June 14, 2015
In Bulgaria, the mighty have fallen. CSKA Sofia, the country's most successful club, has lost its license because of its level of indebtedness.
Both CSKA and Lokomotiv, two instantly-recognisable names from cold war Bulgarian football, could start the 2015-16 season in the lowly fourth level. For Lokomotiv, that also means they cannot compete in the Europa League next season. CSKA owes the equivalent of EUR 5.6m to the Bulgarian tax office, the National Revenue Agency.
CSKA have won the Bulgarian championship 31 times, the last being in 2007-08. Six of those successes came in the 1970s when CSKA were among the most feared opponents from behind the Iron Curtain.
In 2014-15, CSKA finished second in the first stage of the Bulgarian league and fifth in the final stage. They were the second-best supported club, with an average of 3,900 – 10 years ago, the club attracted double that figure.
Earlier in the campaign, it was revealed that CSKA's players had not been paid for three months, and in one report, it was revealed that the club had pleaded to its fans to help its dire financial plight.
Since being sold by businessman Vasil Bozhkov in 2006, CSKA have lurched from crisis to crisis and has changed hands several times. They almost lost their license in 2013.
Some nine years after Bozhkov's departure, CSKA have been plagued by financial problems after wasting money on large transfer fees and inflated wages. They are deep in debt not just to the National Revenue Agency, but also the National Social Security Institute.
To make matters worse, one of CSKA's former players, Youness Bengelloun was recently awarded more than EUR 400,000 in compensation for unpaid wages. The case was handled by a FIFA tribunal.
CSKA's only hope of staying in the top flight is if they can assume the licence of another club. Meanwhile, all players become free agents and CSKA have to pick themselves up off the floor. It may take some time.
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You have no rights except what the government recognizes. Put that in your libertarian pipe and smoke it.Jesse wrote:Depends on the situation, however, what right does anyone else have to interfere with such a decision? People think they have rights over other people's decisions, and when it comes to decisions of this magnitude, really nobody has a right to an opinion other than the person in question.Grigoris wrote:Not really an unbiased and objective judge.Jesse wrote:The only judge of when suicide is acceptable is the person deciding to do it.
Do you really want society (in it's ignorance) claiming to have authority over your life, and death? I would rather not live in such a world, and such a world could not exist. If euthanasia is not legal, that simply means people will commit suicide on their own. Risking harm to others, and risking putting themselves into unbearable circumstances, such as a coma, brain damage, etc.
In the end, people have all rights over their own lives, and any attempt to impede on this right will only cause more harm.
To make this clear, I am not talking about suicide in relation to mental illness, where in most people actually want help, or to get better. We are talking about suicide in cases where the person has very few to no alternatives except to suffer tremendously until their natural death.
But that has nothing to do with Dharma. The Buddha has no rights.


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Almost 2,300 Clinical Trials to be Conducted in Central Europe in 2014, Reports PMR
27 Jun 2012 • by Natalie Aster
The Central European (CE) region has, in recent years, been extensively affected by changes in global trends pertaining to clinical trials, mainly because of the regulatory and economic developments in the countries involved. Rising costs have forced global concerns to increase their total spending on research and development. As a consequence, global outsourcing trends have become more prevalent in recent decades, particularly on markets such as CE which are strategically important. In total, the number of new clinical trials is expected to rise by 6-7% per annum between 2012 and 2014. Most will be phase III oncology studies.
The number of clinical trials in all of the countries analysed has been affected by the global economic crisis. In regional terms, in 2009, the reduction in the number of trials reached almost 5% in comparison with 2008. In 2010, the overall market recovered, with 4% more trials approved than in 2009. Our estimates showed that 2011 ended with a slightly lower increase than that of 2010, because of a reduction in the number of trials in Hungary in the wake of legal changes (retrospective tax on R&D expenses).
"We expect a 6% increase in the number of clinical trials in the CE region in 2012. Optimistic forecasts for countries such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania suggest a year-on-year increase of one percentage point in the growth dynamics in 2013. In general, however, there will be a slightly less substantial increase in the market in terms of the number of clinical trials in comparison with the years before the financial crisis (2009). This will be associated with the further economic and political integration of all of the relevant countries with the EU. The cost of clinical trials will gradually rise, making the countries less attractive to pharmaceutical concerns." said Monika Stefanczyk, the Head Pharmaceutical Market Analyst at PMR.
According to the report "Clinical Trials in Central Europe 2012. Development Forecasts for 2012-2014." by PMR, Poland has the most substantial number of open clinical trials (almost 1,200) and accounts for 33% of all open trials in the countries analysed. Both the Czech Republic and Hungary conduct 300-400 trials every year and account for similar proportions of open trials. Almost 13% of all open trials are accounted for by Romania.
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Clinical Trials in Central Europe 2012. Development Forecasts for 2012-2014.
Published: April, 2012
Pages: 193
Price: US$ 3.500,00
In all of the six countries analysed, the breakdown of clinical trials in terms of phases showed similar proportions. Most open studies in the CE countries selected were phase III studies, and three-fifths of the 2,460 total were open trials in March 2012. The proportion represented by the phase III group varies between 53% in Poland and 67% in Slovakia. The figure for Phase II studies varies between 21 and 24%, with the exception of Slovakia, where it was 14%. The most substantial percentage of phase II studies was observed in Hungary. When counted together in all countries, approximately 10% of clinical trials were phases I and IV, with phase I accounting for only 2-5% of the total number of studies and phase IV 7-9%.
Breakdown of open clinical trials in CE countries analysed (%), March 2012
The most prominent therapeutic category in the CE countries in question is that of antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents, which account for 34% of all open clinical trials – the largest figure was that of Poland (37%), and the lowest that witnessed in Bulgaria (29%). Non-small cell lung cancer and breast cancer were among the oncological diseases most commonly investigated in each country. The second and third categories were the alimentary tract, along with digestive metabolism, and the nervous system, with 14% and 13% respectively. The highest percentage of nervous system diseases was observed in Bulgaria (17%). The categories most often included in clinical trials in all countries were treatments for depressive disorders, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. Digestive disease was the most common category in Romania (16%). In each country there were studies pertaining to diabetes, hepatitis C and B and Crohn's disease.
Number of open clinical trials in CE, by therapeutic category, as of March 2012
More information can be found in the report "Clinical Trials in Central Europe 2012. Development Forecasts for 2012-2014." by PMR.
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Well, that didn't take long.
I mean, the NFL combine happened way back in February, but we're a week away from the draft and—look at that!—word suddenly leaked that two players had trashed their Indianapolis hotel room, a scene Yahoo had pleasantly described as having "urine and feces scattered about the bathroom." Only no one wanted to name those players, for fear of jeopardizing their draft stock. But now they do! Couldn't see that coming!
Adam Schefter just tweeted that the pissy and shitty room belonged to Clemson's DeAndre Hopkins and Rutgers's Mark Harrison, both of whom are wide receivers, with Hopkins pegged as a potential first-rounder. As Yahoo reported, up to a dozen teams knew whose room it was, as did the players' agents. It was only a matter of time before someone performed an act of pre-draft subterfuge by letting the names slip to Schefter or Mort. Because this is how your NFL draft sausage gets made.
Previously: Who Pissed And Shit All Over A Hotel Room At The NFL Combine?


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The morning sickness, achy lower back, and fatigue of pregnancy have passed. But for new mamas, a whole other different set of physical conditions often accompanies the bliss of loving your little creation. Luckily, a few simple yoga poses address the most common concerns. "Our bodies are always in transition, so don't think that you have to be exactly the way you were before pregnancy," says Jane Austin, a San Francisco-based pre- and post-natal yoga teacher. "But you can expect to be healthy, vital, and strong again." And moms aren't the only ones who can benefit from yoga; a few basic moves for the wee one can make your infant more comfortable and calm.
Weakened Pelvic Floor
All of that pushing during labor understandably makes for a compromised pelvic floor. After birth, it's not uncommon to experience lessened sexual sensation or an annoying leakage of urine after a sneeze or a hearty chuckle. But it's no laughing matter: A serious weakness could result in an organ prolapse, an organ that shifts outside of its normal anatomical position.
Solution: Kegel Exercises
These contractions correct incontinence and strengthen the pelvic floor. Pick your position: cross-legged position, Child's Pose, or lying on your back. Then quickly squeeze the muscles that stop the flow of urine. Make the contractions progressively longer: squeeze for five, hold for five, and release for five. Repeat 10 times.
Problem: Aching Neck and Shoulders
Whether you are breastfeeding or bottle-feeding, many new moms experience neck and shoulder aches—the result of many hours spent bending forward to feed the baby. The resulting hunched-over position can lead to the dreaded "forward head" position that may cause other problems such as headaches and back pain.
Solution: Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose) Arms
While feeding, focus on keeping the shoulders away from the ears and the shoulder blades down the back, advises Austin. For a more active approach, try Gomukhasana Arms: Bring the right arm overhead and turn the palm inward. Bring the left arm out to the side and parallel to the floor and turn the palm outward. Bring palms together behind the back, using a strap if they don't touch. Hold for five breaths, release, and repeat to the other side.
Problem: Loss of Endurance
After your baby is born, you might notice that running up the stairs isn't as easy as it was a year ago. With your body recovering from labor, fatigue from caring for a newborn, and a change in your exercise routine while pregnant, a shift in endurance level makes sense.
Solution: Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II Pose)
Austin points out that standing poses like Warrior II build stamina and are highly accessible to most women. "New moms like to feel they are building strength, and with standing poses they can feel it in their body," she says. Try Warrior II, named after the fierce warrior Virabhadra: with legs four feet apart, turn the right foot in and the left foot out 90 degrees. Bring your arms out to the sides, parallel to the floor, as you bend the left knee over the left ankle. Reach out with your arms and hold for five breaths. Repeat on the other side.
Problem: Weakened Abs
Along with growing and birthing a baby comes weakened and stretched abdomen muscles. Make sure to ask your doctor before starting any ab work: the standard recommendation is to wait four to six weeks after a vaginal birth, and eight weeks after a cesarean birth. Austin also stresses the importance strengthening your pelvic floor before starting abdominal work; otherwise you could create too much pressure in the pelvic floor, which could lead to pain and complications.
Solution: Pelvic Rocking
The key to maintaining a healthy abdomen after birth? Starting gently and moving slowly. Austin recommends lying on your back and tucking your belly button in toward your spine; exhale and tilt your pelvis up, inhale and tilt your pelvis back. Continue to rock your pelvis back and forth for gentle strengthening of the abdomen. Repeat 20 times.
Problem: Fatigue
Waking up every few hours to tend to the little one doesn't exactly make for a well-rested person. Although you won't cut out all of your sleepless nights, you can deal with fatigue to make your waking hours more manageable.
Solution: Viparita Karani (Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose)
When you feel exhausted, your breath becomes more shallow. A restorative pose such as Viparita Karani helps open the chest, encourages you to take deeper breaths, and aids relaxation and rejuvenation. Lay with your right hip against the wall and a pillow under both hips. Then slowly swing your legs up onto the wall, bring your arms out to the sides, and breathe deeply. Hold for two minutes.
Poses for Baby
Problem: Upset Stomach/Colic
A baby's tiny digestive system is a fragile thing, and it's no wonder they often experience painful problems. When your baby's tummy is upset, try putting him into a yoga position that will help eliminate gas.
Solution: Knees to Chest
To start, gently draw your baby's knees to chest so that any bubbles release. Kari Marble, a San Francisco Bay Area yoga and infant massage instructor, also recommends the following for gas relief: place baby on his back and slowly move his knees up into his belly. Hold for a few seconds, then release the pressure, and stroke baby's legs to help him relax. Repeat several times. Next, bring baby's knees back to his belly and circle his thighs in a clockwise direction a number of times. You can also try bicycling baby's legs, alternating bringing one knee in to his belly while lengthening the opposite leg.
Problem: Long Bouts of Crying
Everyone knows that babies cry for a variety of reasons. But if you've tried everything and you crave silence, try a simple technique that not only calms baby down, but also promotes bonding with your child.
Solution: Ujjayi breathing
Hold your infant close your chest. Start deep Ujjayi breathing by audibly inhaling and exhaling through your nose with your mouth closed. The deep, rhythmic sound of your breath could very well soothe your baby. And if she continues to cry, it's still a worthwhile endeavor: Ujjayi breathing will help mom stay calm and centered—even while holding a fussy and crying baby.
Nora Isaacs writes about health, fitness, and spirituality for such publications as Alternative Medicine, Natural Health, and Body & Soul. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.