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Cardiac medication is used to control the heart rate and heart rhythm. Blood thinners are also prescribed to reduce the risk of stroke by preventing the formation of blood clots.
Depending on the type of AFib and signs and symptoms, your physician may recommend one of the following atrial fibrillation treatment options.
This procedure involves shocking the heart with an external device applied to the chest which can convert the heart back into a normal rhythm.
This procedure involves passing a specialized catheter through the femoral vein into the heart. The electrode at the tip of the catheter sends out radio waves that create heat, called radiofrequency ablation, to certain areas of the heart. This process can prevent AFib from recurring and relieve symptoms.
This integrated approach involves placing a small opening below the breastbone where the cardiac surgeon creates a series of linear lesions on the surface of the heart using radiofrequency ablation. The electrophysiologist then threads a catheter through the femoral vein reaching the inside of the heart to isolate the pulmonary veins thereby completing the ablation pattern.
The cardiac surgeon will also place a Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) clip directly on the left atrial appendage to prevent clots from forming and reducing risk for stroke.
This procedure involves passing a specialized catheter through the femoral vein into the heart. The cardiologist then guides the Watchman device through the catheter tube into the left atrial appendage (LAA) to permanently close off this part of the heart which will prevent clots from escaping, thus reducing risk for stroke and eliminating the need for long term blood thinner medication.
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The credits students earn in Hillsborough County public schools may now be recognized all over the country - and the world.
The school district has been accredited by the AdvancED Accreditation Commission, a national agency that assesses schools' educational standards and programs. The distinction lasts for five years and comes after a rigorous evaluation.
In April, a 40-member team from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools conducted more than 1,800 interviews with school board members, staff, students and community members.
Team leader Nikki Armato praised the district's leadership, emphasis on improvement and teacher training programs.
"We did not see any flaws or deficiencies," said Armato, chief learning officer for Georgia-based AdvancED, the parent organization of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. "I'm sure there are things that aren't working, but what's good is they have a plan for things that aren't working."
Since 1914, individual high schools in Hillsborough have routinely been accreditedby the organization. But now, the entire district has won the distinction.
"Credits that students earn in any school (in Hillsborough) are fully transferable without question anywhere in the world," said Dennis Holt, supervisor of secondary social studies, who led the district's effort to get accredited. "Those credits from Carrollwood Elementary now will transfer to a school in England or Buenos Aires, Argentina."
Accreditation helps colleges, employers and potential donors gauge the quality of school districts. Holt said it makes schools eligible for federal grants that can be used to expand educational opportunities, such as advanced placement programs.
"It was a pretty massive undertaking," Holt said. "People can look at our district all across the world and rest assured that we are meeting and maintaining very high standards."
In recent years, more and more schools and districts have begun applying for accreditation, said Jennifer Oliver, an AdvancED spokeswoman.
Oliver said more than 100 schools nationwide were accredited this spring and another 200 are undergoing evaluation.
"District Accreditation is a rigorous process that focuses the entire school system on the primary goal of creating lifelong learners," said Mark Elgart, president and CEO of AdvancED. "(Hillsborough County Public Schools) is to be commended for engaging in this process and demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement."
AdvancED represents 27,000 public and private schools and districts across the United States and in 65 countries worldwide, according to its website.
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Brexit pressure intensifies on PM as Scottish Tories warn against separate deals
Brexit pressure intensified on Theresa May today as the leader of the Scottish Conservatives warned the prime minister not to cut separate deals for different parts of the UK.
The intervention by Ruth Davidson came as Mrs May tried to plot a way forward in withdrawal negotiations after the Democratic Unionist Party refused to accept proposals which would have shifted Northern Ireland's customs border to the Irish Sea.
In pointed remarks, the Scottish Tory leader tweeted that any Brexit agreement must be UK-wide.
Ms Davidson said: "The question on the ballot paper asked voters whether the UK should stay or leave the European Union - it did not ask if the country should be divided by different deals for different home nations.
"While I recognise the complexity of the current negotiations, no government of the Conservative and Unionist Party should countenance any deal that compromises the political, economic or constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom.
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"All sides agree there should be no return to the borders of the past between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
"Similarly, jeopardising the UK's own internal market is in no-one's interest.
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"If regulatory alignment in a number of specific areas is the requirement for a frictionless border then the Prime Minister should conclude this must be on a UK-wide basis."
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-- Ruth Davidson (@RuthDavidsonMSP) December 5, 2017
The comments came as Mrs May briefed Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday on the race against the clock to find the key to break deadlock in Brexit talks on the Irish border and other issues.
Mrs May plans to return to Brussels before the end of the week, with time running out to persuade leaders of the remaining 27 EU nations at a summit on December 14-15 that "sufficient progress" has been made on divorce issues to move Brexit negotiations on to their second phase concentrating on trade.
The PM was expected to speak by phone with DUP leader Arlene Foster as Mrs May grappled to find a form of words acceptable to the Northern Irish party, on which she relies to prop up her minority administration at Westminster.
Chancellor Philip Hammond struck an upbeat note, insisting he was "very confident" that the Government would be able to make progress over the coming days.
Speaking to reporters as he arrived for a scheduled meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Mr Hammond said: "This is a very complex set of negotiations. There are many moving parts in it, there are many parties involved.
"We are very confident that we will be able to move this forward. Discussions are going on right now and will go on throughout the day."
He added: "We have made a lot of progress over the last weeks. We have made tremendous steps forward. We are very close, but we are not there yet.
"As the Prime Minister said yesterday, we will have to do some further consultations, further discussions, today and she expects to come back to Brussels later in the week."
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to "get his act together" on Brexit.
She tweeted: "This could be the moment for opposition and soft Brexit/remain Tories to force a different, less damaging approach - keep the UK in the single market and customs union. But it needs Labour to get its act together. How about it @jeremycorbyn?"
This could be the moment for opposition and soft Brexit/remain Tories to force a different, less damaging approach - keep the UK in the single market and customs union. But it needs Labour to get its act together. How about it @jeremycorbyn?
-- Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) December 5, 2017
Former Labour leader Ed Miliband also took to twitter to express concern about how negotiations were unfolding, saying: "What an absolutely ludicrous, incompetent, absurd, make it up as you go along, couldn't run a piss up in a brewery bunch of jokers there are running the government at the most critical time in a generation for the country."
What an absolutely ludicrous, incompetent, absurd, make it up as you go along, couldn't run a piss up in a brewery bunch of jokers there are running the government at the most critical time in a generation for the country.
-- Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) December 5, 2017
Ireland's deputy prime minister Simon Coveney insisted Dublin would not budge from its position on the border.
"We have been moving forward on the basis of good faith. We believe the British Government has also been.
"There have been very difficult negotiations, we recognise these are very difficult political issues to manage for the British Prime Minister and we want to give her the time and the space to do that.
"But we don't want to give the impression the Irish government is going to reverse away from the deal we felt we had in place and agreed yesterday.
"Of course, if there are presentational issues they want to work with, we will look at that."
Speaker John Bercow has granted Labour an urgent question about the progress in the Brexit talks. It is expected to begin shortly after 12.30pm in the Commons.
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Community Park at Cordata
Cordata Park will be Bellingham's newest park. The 25-acre parcel located on Cordata Parkway between Stuart and Horton Roads was acquired in March 2015.
Phase One development has many of the amenities proposed in the park master plan, such as: age - separated playground, picnic areas and large rentable picnic shelter, parkour, bike pump track, restroom, parking and trails, as well as wetland mitigation. Landscape planting, utility extension, security lighting, irrigation and landscape planting are also included.
Park Master Plan (PDF)
Greenways Four Levy, Park Impact Fees and state grant if awarded.
Design Phase October 10, 2017 thru August 9, 2018Permit Phase November 2017 thru October 2018Bid Phase November 2018 thru March 2019Construction Phase May 2019 thru early 2020, weather dependent1% for Art Project November 2017 thru March 2020Bid Award 3/11/2019 to Strider Construction Co. Inc. Bid Amount $6,247,499.89Phase One Plan (PDF)
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This month-long adventure offers an ingenious way of enhancing mindfulness, solving problems, and revitalizing your life. We will provide you with the tools, structure and support to develop greater mindfulness in your personal and professional life. Each day of the month you will work with your attention in a deliberate, focused, and interesting way.
The program is taught by Gregg Krech, Director of the ToDo Institute.
In addition to the experiential component of the program, you will have support materials to study and enjoy, and the opportunity to interact with a global community of people who are also studying and exploring the issue of attention in their lives.
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The captivating charm of Oslo is its most alluring quality. Why not check out our travel guide and prepare yourself for the trip of a lifetime?
Trams and buses are by far the most efficient ways to get around the city's top sites. Although most lines shut at midnight, a night service runs until around 04:00.
The best time to visit Oslo is during July when the average temperature reaches 18°C (64°F). Norway's fjords undoubtedly look stunning during winter, but make sure you bring warm clothes as temperatures drop to an average of -3°C (27°F).
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Trackwork at Pukekura Raceway
Tuesday 6th June 2017
Course Proper. Markers Out 18m. Heavy.
After persistent rain over the weekend the track was heavy for Tuesday trackwork.
Time honours on the morning were shared by the Alan Sharrock pair of Landlord and You'll Do Me and the Janelle Millar pair of Time Bomb and an unnamed Jimmy Choux. Both pairs galloped strongly in the conditions running the last 600m in 40.6.
Hard To Be Humble and Light Em Up, also from the Millar stable completed a steady 1000m, the last 600 in 41.4. Hard To Be Humble should continue its strong form.
Wai Not and Ledbury were partnered over 1200m, the last 600 in 42.1. Wai Not has recovered from a minor setback whilst Ledbury runs at New Plymouth on Thursday.
Devi worked solo of 1200m, the last 600 in 42.7. Mendip did similar work, the last 600m slightly faster in 42.1.
King Nero was partnered with Crackers over a strong 1200m, the last 600 in 42.4. He is a good chance in a small field on his home track on Thursday.
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Late Eclipses (Seanan McGuire, 2011, DAW) is an excellent book
and you should read it. However, since it's the fourth book in the Toby
Daye series, you probably should read the other three books in the series,
and I'm not reviewing them today.
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* Nasty, nasty, sidhe politics
* Real and significant movement in the series plot.
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Also the birds we have nesting in our loft sometimes freak me out at night. I'll be going to sleep then all of a sudden I'll hear these shuffling or tapping/rattling noises and it honestly sounds like it's coming from my room (In the corner where I keep the majority of my Pokemon stuff) and I'm all "OH GOD WHAT IS THAT".
But after a while of sitting up and listening, I realized that it was coming more from above so it had to be the sparrows.
I watched Pokémoooon :D Twas the Snover and Piplup episodes. Snover was really really cute and kept... feeding people stuff off it's body. Grotle also got to be awesome! Also seems Piplup doesn't want to grow up into a big penguin and wants to stay a Piplup forevers.
New ending is SO CUTE! NOTCHED EAR PICHU VS SHINY PICHU, I need to find some pictures from it so I can make some icons |D
I joined the pkmncollectors chat to watch it with them too! I'd been meaning to check out the chat and it meant re-getting AIM, which I used to have years ago but barely ever used. I was surprised my old account still existed XD
I should really get something to eat and do some stuff in the house. Maybe I'll continue playing on Emerald at some point too. I'm at the 5th gym and Norman keeps kicking my ass D:
I still hate that there's no real good ways to train (when I've challenged every trainer in the area) other than through Pokémon encounters. This is why I like DPPt cos you can get the VS Seeker and totally spam the hell out of it for training :D I really hate this Match Call thing on Emerald D|


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2016 Capita Space Metal Fantasy Snowboard Review
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Freestyle boards are designed for doing tricks in the park
Twin - symmetrical allowing rider to ride regular or switch
Soft - great for beginners or park, forgiving and playful
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Hey guys. I'm Erica. I just got done riding a board from Capita called the Space Metal Fantasy. I give this board a 5 out of 5 stars. This is a really, really fun, playful board. I would recommend it for that intermediate to advanced level rider that's looking to carve down the front face but also cruise through the park a little bit if they want. It has a true twin shape so it's great for riding switch anytime you'd like. It's a very fun jib board.
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Hi, I'm Kelsey. I just got off Capita's Space Metal Fantasy. I give this board a rating of a 5 out of 5. It's for that entry to mid-level rider who is looking to ride the park. It's super fast. Holds a great edge, super comfortable on rails. I had a ton of fun on it.
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Hi, I'm Megan. I just got off of the Capita Space Metal Fantasy. I give this board a 4 out of 5 stars. This board is for your beginner to intermediate rider in the park. I had a lot of fun riding this board. It's very playful. It's a little unstable at slower speeds. Once you get up to speed you can really carve out on the mountain. Yep, I give this board 4 out of 5 stars.
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Hi, I'm Jenna. I just got off the Capita Space Metal Fantasy. I give this board 3 out of 5 stars. It's a little softer than I tend to like to ride but it's really ideal for either that entry-to-mid-level girl who is just looking for something playful and forgiving or the girl who is looking for, you know, maybe she's an experienced rider but she wants something soft and jibby that she can take into the park and mess around with. I really liked how it had kind of the short stubby nose and tail. Just made it really fun and really stable for buttering and playing around with. So, again, awesome board for that entry-to-mid-level girl looking for a jib board or just something that she can learn and progress on.


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I called on a client with concerns about a secluded back door on his home. This customer lived in a rural area where his next-door neighbours were a fair distance away.
The neighbourhood was surrounded by mature trees, which isolated most homes, and there was minimal street lighting.
His block also showed signs of minimal activity from neighbours. There were very few vehicles parked on the street or in driveways with no signs of anybody in their front yards.
This client had every right to be concerned about his home's security because his neighbourhood was a burglar's paradise.
I could clearly see he had good security on most of his glass areas. His sliding aluminium windows were well secured with wood doweling in the outside track to prevent a crook from sliding the window open.
He had also installed screws in the upper track of the window to prevent a bad guy from lifting the window out from the outside.
His doors were made of solid core hardwood and he even took the initiative to install heavy duty strike plates on all the door frames.
But he didn't have a clue about what kind of locking mechanisms to install on his doors. All he knew was he wanted something secure enough to discourage an attempted break-in.
After chatting with him I found out he was divorced and lived by himself. He also had a career as a national sales manager for a large company and spent several weeks a year travelling around the country.
He loved computers and had built several elaborate systems for friends and family.
It became clear to me the right locking mechanism for his doors would be the Schlage Touchscreen Deadbolt with Nexia Home Intelligence and Alarm.
This locking system would offer my client the highest grade of residential security as well as allow him to incorporate his computer savvy by programing the device so he could lock or unlock his door from anywhere in the country from his cellphone.
This system would certainly work well for him when on the road and away from home. This would also allow him to check his smart phone for a running log of all activity at each touchscreen installed. Activities such as movement of doors, entries, exits and restricted access would all be visible in the palm of his hand.
He would also be able to turn lights on or off, control his thermostat settings and check on video cameras from his smart phone.
Imagine being able to control his home remotely through both web and smart phone interfaces.
For somebody who has no interest in automation or intelligent locks and doesn't travel or leave home often, I would recommend a heavy, premium, metal, manual dead-locking bolt with an anti-pick shield and a one-piece exterior (to protect against tampering). Schlage Lock offers this with its B60 series deadbolt.
When purchasing locking systems, it's very important that you think before you buy. It doesn't make sense to purchase a lock that doesn't fit your needs.
All too often homeowners have purchased locks and have either had to return them or installed the wrong locking system for their lifestyle.
Years ago when there were only a few locks available for homeowners, it was an easy choice. But today with dozens of options, it can be a challenge to select the proper fit for your home.
I recommend that anybody thinking about upgrading their old locks take some time and consider all their options.
You can visit your local locksmith's shop, check online or take a trip to your local hardware store. When visiting these establishments, make sure you pick up the informational brochures and take the time to read them.
Frank Fourchalk is a security expert with more than 20 years of experience in the business. Visit him at www.yourhomesecurity.ca.
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A Shopify customisation we've recently worked on was with client Children of the Tribe whose request was based around managing their brilliant style of content marketing. The whole look and feel of the website gets frequently switched up with new distinct campaign images, so this client needed to be able to switch all the images over at once without a period of mixed campaign pictures appearing on the website.
The answer lay with creating a custom Shopify Homepage builder within the back end of their Shopify content management system, that allows them to upload all the images from the campaign exactly where they want them. Once the new look camaign set up is complete, they can switch the new homepage live and the changeover is seamless.
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Rosin Weeds are not weeds at all. They are really fine ornamental herbs that provide for substantial wildlife activity and add lots of pizzaz to a garden. Silphiums are some of the more shining, luminous jewels you can incorporated into your prairie-meadow if you've got one. Several Silphium species are native to our region and all are easily grown, adaptable, dependable, and extremely persistent garden plants. That is, if you can find them in the nursery trade available for purchase or …if can get some seed. Most all of mine were originally grown from seed.
Silphiums are no minor player when it comes to garden boldness. My friend Gail calls them "tall boys", and puts them in the same category as Joe Pye Weed, Iron Weed and Big Bluestem. All are adaptable, long to establish but long-lived, and permanent plants that almost never need care.
They're exquisitely beautiful organisms. Excellent garden plants, no doubt. They have a huge capacity in the landscape for specialized ecological function. They feed good-weird bugs and stuff (they're highly attractive to butterflies and other very specialized pollinators, y'all).
I've heard some of my northern gardener-friends say that they are weedy, but I have not had that kind of luck yet. In the fifteen years or more I've grown Silphiums, I have never had enough show up via re-seeding and they have rarely become prolific in a planting, only somewhat, maybe. But they seem to be more than prolific above the Mason-Dixon line. Dumb luck, I guess.
Rosinweeds are for royalty. They are for refined gardens and wildscapes, too! They are horticultural clout. Vertical botanical bling! Some of Europe's most visited gardens have American Silphiums in them. The Brits Dunnett and Hitchmough use them in their famous wildflower work. And where we live they are tame, yet seductive.
Most Silphiums grow as large-leaved herbaceous plants, big leafy rosettes with tall terminal stalks laden up-top with big butter-yellow 'ray and disk' flowers. In the best conditions, during the best year for rain, the tallest ones, the Compass Plant and Prairie Dock, both can grow flower stalks to eight or ten feet tall.
Who wants an eight foot tall herb in their garden? Me, that's who!!!!
above: a single flower of Will Fleming's awesome "curly leafed" Rosin Weed, almost five inches across. not too shabby.
Actually, Rosinweeds are just foliage clumps in the landscape for months in the spring and early summer until the plant prepares to bloom, sending stalks skyward. The photo above,(click it to enlarge it) taken by Jovonn Hill, of the Pulliam prairie landscape in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, with Prairie Dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum, just emerging in April, after a controlled burn. Cool thing is you can see right through the stalks of Silphiums when they bloom, like, the stalks almost become invisible.
Here are the Silphiums I have grown for some years now, in my gardens.
above: Silphium laciniata, the Compass Plant, emerging after burn in spring in the Covington garden. 🙂
Compass Plant in flower and fruit, Eunice, Louisiana
Gail and UWA student Colton stand amongst hundreds of ancient Compass Plants at the oh-so-amazing Epes, Alabama chalk glade.
above: seedling of Compass Plant from hand-harvest seed from Epes, growing at the Black Belt Prairie Garden, University of Western Alabama, Livingston, Alabama, May, 2014.
link to cool photos of Compass plant
S. gracile or Slender Rosin Weed's distribution range, above, a plant found both in Pine forests and Prairies in Louisiana. Lush rosettes, entire leaves, high-oil seed makes for an excellent wildlife plant. Gracile is a real southerner with a red-neck attitude, often kind of slouchy and grinning. No, really, its a very plant with a good attitude. Niche Gardens, a specialty native plant nursery in Chapel Hill, N.C offers this species for sale.
S. simpsonii, Simpson's or Tall Rosin Weed is a non-Louisiana Native given to me by Texan nurseryman Peter Loos in the mid 1990's. Good-naturalizing, adaptable, seed excellent for wildlife. Looks very similar to gracile.
early growth of Silphium simpsoni, above
S. integrifolium, Prairie Rosin Weed, is found associated with inland prairies of Louisiana and the Jackson Belt prairies of Mississippi. Its a Rosin Weed with conspicuous leaf arrangement. A vertically attractive course-textured plant.
above: the burly-tough rigid stem and leaves of Silphium integrifolium
above, Silphium integrifolia in full-glory, Harrell Prairie Botanical Area, Bienville National Forest, Scott County, Mississippi
S. terebinthinaceum, Prairie Rosin Weed (above), is not found naturally occurring in Louisiana and is only found in one county in Mississippi and one in Alabama. Its at the southern end of its range here in the GS. The largest leafed Silphium, by far. Awesome. Tony Avant of Plant Delights nursery in Chapel Hill grows and offers it for sale. Mine hasn't bloomed yet and it is at least five years old but the leaves are very large and showy without flowers. It may have a lot to do with the seed coming from clay-specific soils to acid soils here in Covington, duh.
above: S. perfoliatum, The Cup Plant, is an uncommon plant in Louisiana, with records in only one Parish. More commonly found in much of the eastern U.S (minus Texas), this guy has the distinction of forming "cups", where water collects where the 'perforated' leaves join the stem. Bold and strongly structural architecture.
S. asteriscus, Starry Rosin Weed, is one I have only grown for four or five years now. It seems to be very floriferous and a bit shorter than most other species.
Silphium (origin, Will Fleming) is a curly margined form of a yet-unidentified (um, I forget) species with a distinctive leaf form. I've grown this plant for five or so years. A worthy ornamental.
Propagation of these species is fairly easy if you have some good, viable seed. Just sow the seed in a good soil mix and barely cover the seed, enough to keep it moist. Germination will come pretty quickly unless its the dead of winter. Field grown Silphium seed is a horse of a different color. Seed I sowed of laciniata, in 1998 and 99 didn't show up for several years, being out-competed and beat-up by unwanted competition. So eliminate competition in the field before sowing and maybe save yourself some years of waiting and wondering.
actual flowers of Silphium
after flowering, seed setting
The oily seed of Silphium is covered by a wafer-like coating
Get down, get tall, get Silphium, and get with it, folks!!!!
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Top Galena real estate agents
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Comedy Central App Lets You Program Its Friday Night Line-Up
January is Stand-Up Month at Comedy Central — and the network is letting all you funny people program its Friday night line-up via a Facebook app, CC Stand-Up.
CC Stand Up is an app attached to Comedy Central's official Facebook page. Once users Like Comedy Central, they'll be given access to the app which lets them vote for a series of comedians by watching short clips of their performances.
The top-voted comedians will then have their pre-taped specials broadcast on Friday night at 9 p.m. Eastern Time leading up to a brand-new debut special from a featured comedian.
The four premieres include Tom Papa, Kevin Hart, JB Smoove and John Mulaney, though users can vote on a huge swathe of top talent that includes pre-taped specials from Donald Glover, Aziz Ansari, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Ian Black, Chelsea Handler and more.
The whole app has been built with social in mind. CC Stand Up was created by the same company, Omnigon, that built Comedy Central's social dashboard for the Charlie Sheen Roast that blew up on Twitter. What's more, "votes" are cast by following or "Liking" the comedian's social profiles. Not only does this help boost those profiles but it necessitates that any participating comedians are also on Facebook or Twitter.
"When you come in here and do "Like" or follow, you're liking or following the comedian themselves, not us," says Steve Grimes, Comedy Central's SVP of Digital Media. "You like our Facebook page to participate but after that we're really getting the audience to engage with the comedian directly."
Comedians are getting involved as well. A news feed of tweets and comments from that week's candidates shows them reaching out to voters and promoting their own material. "One of the main reasons why we're so focused on these social platforms is that comedy lives on these social platforms," Grimes says.
There is also some social science around which comedians are chosen for the premier: "We took a central comedian and find comedians that are associated with them in some way, shape or form," Grimes says. "you know, maybe he follows them on Twitter? There is some sort of social thread that connects them."
Stand Up Month is an annual tradition for Comedy Central but this is the first year that users have been given the social keys to the comedy car. Grimes says the network wanted to get away from having one major showdown at the end of the month and instead focus on creating conversation and promoting a variety of artists and specials throughout the duration.
Comedy Central has gone all-in when it comes to social, and CC Stand Up is just the tip of the iceberg. The network is getting ready to revamp its entire stand-up website, Jokes.com, to be more social.
"The Facebook app is actually a bit of a sneak peek of what the site will look like," Grimes says. The new stand-up site is expected to launch by late spring or early summer.
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Roofings can become very undesirable due to natural growths like moss and lichen. Roofs are likewise regularly discoloured and stained by a widespread bacteria called gloecapsa magma. Roofing associations and producers do not suggest high pressure washing to clean roofs. It may get rid of moss from the roofing, however the aggressive jets of water may also harm tiles, ridge capping and other roof fittings as well as boost the threat of flooding. There is also a good chance that the moss will grow back. Cleaning with the manufacturers preferred detergent is suggested. This is exactly what we do! Softwash roof washing is by far the most reliable way to clear moss or other bacterial developments from the roofing system, whenever they are at risk of becoming a major problem.
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The Carver outdoor table is a design by Henrik Pedersen for the Gloster brand that saw the light during the Miran Furniture Fair of the year 2014. It is an elegant and modern design, which highlights the harmonic contrast of its materials, with a discreet aluminum structure that highlights its spectacular ceramic.
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Tribute: Mandela was a true follower of Gandhian ahimsa
Globally respected as a symbol of resistance against injustice, Nelson Mandela brought an end to the much-despised apartheid regime in South Africa while spreading the spirit of freedom in the rest of Africa.
Incarcerated for 27 years through much of his youth, Mandela became the first-ever elected black president of his country, ushering in multi-racial democracy replacing the whites-only rule.
Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's principle of ahimsa, especially his campaign in South Africa itself during his days as a lawyer, Mandela also preached against violence though the struggle against the apartheid regime was marked by violent incidents.
The 95-year-old Nobel laureate was one of the world's most revered statesmen and was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 1990.
Mandela, who had been suffering from a recurring lung infection, died early Friday following a prolonged spell of ill-health.
He led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy.
Jailed for 27 years, Mandela emerged to become the country's first black president and to play a leading role in the drive for peace in other spheres of conflict. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
His charisma, self-deprecating sense of humour and lack of bitterness over his harsh treatment, as well as his amazing life story, partly explain his extraordinary global appeal.
Mandela's crusade against the apartheid regime of South Africa, has often drawn a parallel with Mahatma Gandhi's fight against the British rule in India.
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Tribute: Mandela was a true follower of Gandhian ahimsa
Mandela, who always praised Gandhi for his principles of 'Satya and Ahimsa', at an unveiling of Gandhi Memorial in South Africa in 1993, had said, "The Mahatma is an integral part of our history because it is here that he first experimented with truth; here that he demonstrated his characteristic firmness in pursuit of justice; here that he developed Satyagraha as a philosophy and a method of struggle."
"Gandhi is most revered for his commitment to non-violence and the Congress movement was strongly influenced by this Gandhian philosophy, it was a philosophy that achieved the mobilisation of millions of South Africans during the 1952 defiance campaign, which established the ANC as a mass-based organisation," Mandela had said in his address.
Mandela was born in 1918 into the Xhosa-speaking Thembu people in a small village in the eastern Cape of South Africa. He was often called by his clan name -- 'Madiba'.
Born as Rolihlahla Dalibhunga, he was given his English name, Nelson, by a teacher at his school.
His father, a counsellor to the Thembu royal family, died when Mandela was nine, and he was placed in the care of the acting regent of the Thembu people, chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo.
In 1941, aged 23, he ran away from an arranged marriage and went to Johannesburg.
Two years later, he enrolled for a law degree at the mainly AfrikanerWitwatersrandUniversity, where he met people from all races and backgrounds.
He was exposed to liberal, radical and Africanist thought, as well as racism and discrimination, which fuelled his passion for politics.
The same year, he joined the African National Congress and later co-founded the ANC Youth League.
He married his first wife, Evelyn Mase, in 1944. They were divorced in 1958 after having four children.
Mandela qualified as a lawyer and in 1952 set up South Africa's first black law firm with Oliver Tambo.
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Image: Nelson Mandela waves to the crowd at the World Reconciliation Day Concert, at the Colonial Stadium, on September 8, 2000, in Melbourne, Australia.
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Tribute: Mandela was a true follower of Gandhian ahimsa
In 1956, Mandela was charged with high treason, along with 155 other activists, but the charges against him were dropped after a four-year trial.
Resistance to apartheid grew, mainly against the new Pass Laws, which dictated where black people were allowed to live and work.
In 1958, Mandela married Winnie Madikizela, who was later to take an active role in the campaign to free her husband from prison.
The ANC was outlawed in 1960 and Mandela went underground.
Tensions with the apartheid regime grew, and soared to new heights in 1960 when 69 black people were shot dead by police in the Sharpeville massacre.
This marked the end of peaceful resistance and Mandela, already national vice-president of the ANC, launched a campaign of economic sabotage.
He was eventually arrested and charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the government.
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Image: Nelson Mandela (front L), accompanied by his former wife Winnie, walks out of the Victor Verster prison, near Cape Town, after spending 27 years in apartheid jails on February 11, 1990.
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Tribute: Mandela was a true follower of Gandhian ahimsa
Speaking from the dock in the Rivonia court room, Mandela used the stand to convey his beliefs about democracy, freedom and equality.
"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities," he had said during the historic trial.
Popular pressure led world leaders to tighten the sanctions first imposed on South Africa in 1967 against the apartheid regime.
The pressure produced results, and in 1990, President F W de Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC, and Mandela was released from prison as talks on forming a new multi-racial democracy for South Africa began.
He remained in prison on RobbenIsland for 18 years before being transferred to Pollsmoor Prison on the mainland in 1982.
Huge crowds greeted Nelson Mandela's release. In December 1993, Mandela and Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Five months later, for the first time in South Africa's history, all races voted in democratic elections and Mandela was overwhelmingly elected president.
Since stepping down as president in 1999, Mandela has become South Africa's highest-profile ambassador, campaigning against HIV/Aids and helping to secure his country's right to host the 2010 football World Cup.
He married Graca Machel on his 80th birthday. He entrusted his deputy, Thabo Mbeki, with the day-to-day business of the government, while he concentrated on the ceremonial duties of a leader, building a new international image of South Africa.
Image: South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela gestures from the gallery at the opening of parliament in Cape Town February 11, 2010.
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Wilderness Soul QuestA Retreat of Renewal and Transformation
- Are you ready to feel renewed, clarified, and aligned with your life journey?
- Do you long to reconnect with the natural world in a deep, intimate way?
- Are you brimming with potential transformation, just waiting to emerge?
Engaging deep personal inquiry and transformation can be challenging within the momentum of "normal life" and all its responsibilities and distractions. We can easily become fatigued, burnt out, and even feel like a stranger in our own bodies and lives. Consciously creating the space for yourself to reconnect to your deepest truth is a radical act of love that ripples through your entire community and beyond.
Please join us for this unique opportunity to experience deep healing and transformation in a beautiful natural setting.
Imagine …
… feeling centered, whole, and connected with your true nature
… feeling awake, alive, and able to relax into whatever arises
… prioritizing what truly matters to you, with clear eyes and open heart
… having all the vital energy you need to show up and share your gifts.
The nurturing and gentle guidance provided from Deborah provides a portal into your soul. If you want to know what your heart desires, what your soul craves and the dreams that are waiting to be realized, I highly recommend trying this Soul Quest.
Hi, I'm Dr. Deborah Zucker. I'm offering this Wilderness Soul Quest in collaboration with Rites of Passage to weave together the power of the wilderness with the deeply therapeutic vision quest model. I've guided wilderness journeys for many years and am continually astonished by nature's power for reflecting and nurturing our vitality — as well as clarifying our purpose, awakening our truest selves, and encouraging deeply profound transformation.
Be held by the healing power of Nature. Be led by a skilled guide.
My own medical and wilderness trainings make me a skilled guide through this rich, deep territory — yet what most qualifies me is my own journey through chronic illness and personal transformation. I've come out the other side of a profound evolution with an intimate knowledge of the ups and downs of the healing path — as well as a deep devotion to serving others through transitions.
I hold a gentle, supportive group space that both serves you as an individual and cultivates intimacy within the group. My approach cuts straight to the heart of things — in a loving, deeply nourishing way.
Deborah's compassion is palpable and her reflections intuitive… A wonderful experience. Highly recommended for anyone with life questions.
Join us for 3 days and walk away …
- Feeling like you've come back home to yourself
- Refreshed, awakened, nourished, and vitally alive
- Clear-headed and grounded as your next steps reveal themselves
- Confident, trusting, and relaxed amidst the unknown and discomfort of transformation
- Aligned with your greater purpose and service in life
- Embracing all of who you are
- Honoring your shadows and wounds as gifts to be shared
- Reconnected to your true nature, within and without
Experience all that's possible when you reconnect to yourself, your community, and the healing power of the wilderness
What to Expect:
We'll gather together for 3 days in a beautiful creekside mountain camp in the Esmeralda Basin of Eastern Washington. We'll take a deep breath in our lives. We'll reconnect with the natural world and experience how it reflects our vitality and innate wisdom. We'll open to new ways of perceiving and listening. We'll deepen our presence with ourselves, the wild nature that holds us, and our little community.
- Day One: We'll join as a group and set the stage, clarify our intentions, and answer questions. We'll explore the powerful perspectives of the indigenous medicine wheel model and learn how it can clarify our journeys.
- Day Two: We'll wake at dawn and begin personal solo retreats. You'll spend the day alone and return at dusk to rejoin the group. We'll feast and share stories of how we were moved, what we sensed, and what revealed itself to us that day. Your guide, Dr. Deborah, will mirror your journey back to you and offer inquiries to clarify and ground your experience.
- Day Three: We'll continue to deepen our insights and integrate all we've learned. We'll examine the wisdom our quest offered us and prepare to return to our day-to-day realities.
- Follow-up: This isn't simply a weekend of peak experiences that fades: this experience will shift your path and continue working on you long after. One month after the program we'll reconvene for a group conference call to support your integration and keep the transformation alive.
Dr. Deborah's gentle, holistic, accepting style of holding a diverse group throughout powerful transformation is a rare find. She models a level of true calm, as well as trust in herself, her participants, and in nature that gives me faith in what can be accomplished in the world when people in leadership positions have made the commitment to their own health, wellbeing, and vitality on all levels. I would highly recommend heading out into the woods with Dr. Deborah!
Relax — All the details are taken care of…
Deborah has an amazing capacity to guide people through their challenges and confusions in life. Held in a beautiful setting, this experience helped me drop more completely into myself, to see more clearly what energies I'm working with in my life, and to identify tools that will support my integration process. Not only would I recommend Soul Quest to anyone looking for guidance through a life transformation, I would specifically recommend Deborah as your guide. She's a role model, mentor, and rockstar in my book!
This program is designed to meet you wherever you are. Whether you're in the middle of a transformation, just entering or coming out of one, or simply need a "time out" in your routine — simply show up as you are.
Bring your willingness (and the basic supplies on the packing list), and everything else is taken care of. No prior camping experience is necessary — this is not a backpacking trip!
You'll be gently guided the entire time so you can stay within your own inquiry and healing.
Wholesome meals are lovingly prepared. Experiential exercises guide and deepen your process. You'll deepen into your own inquiry during your solo retreat. And you'll share your story, be witnessed, and enjoy the depth and clarity that can only come from community reflection.
Dates + Details
When: The 2018 dates have not yet been set.
Where: Esmeralda Basin, Cle Elum, WA.
Tuition: $350. Your tuition includes all camping fees as well as lunch and dinner on Saturday, dinner on Sunday, and breakfast and lunch on Monday. You will be invited to fast from sunrise to sunset on Sunday.
Note: This program is a collaboration between Vital Medicine and Rites of Passage, a non-profit organization that has been guiding people on transformative wilderness journeys for 35 years.
Already have a group?
I'm happy to facilitate a private Soul Quest program for your community.
Contact me to set up the details.
Great way to sink into myself, attune to nature and learn/grow/gain insights and set intentions in a way that will live on. Deborah's support and facilitation were smooth, rich, and inspiring. Well done! I feel a lightness and forward leaning energy welling up in me. Ready to dive into and take on all that lies in front of me.
There aren't enough opportunities for this type of reflection, and it is invaluable to our growth and healing. Deborah held a space free of judgment and full of compassion. I was surprised by the depth of connection and desire to share personal stories by others and by myself. The other participants inspired me to reveal myself. I really appreciated doing this outside and incorporating the experience of nature.
The Wilderness Soul Quest is limited to 8 participants.
Apply early if you want to participate!
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HR Consultancy
HR / employment advice and guidance
Good employment relations are crucial to the smooth running of any successful business.
We at A14 Training Services are established in providing a high quality service to individuals and businesses both large and small, advising on all aspects of employment law including;
- Pre contract matters
- The employment contract, staff handbooks, policies and procedures
- Contractual and Non –contractual issues Equal opportunities, maternity and paternity rights etc
- Redundancy, advice on TUPE transfers
- Termination of employment contracts , including compromise agreement
- Advice and preparation for any Employment Tribunal
- Development of employment documentation,
- Deal and assist with recruitment,
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To assist and ensure we can supply an up to date service, we have access to over 70 best practice templates and HR documentation, together with an ability to source on line knowledge from various institutes and legal advisors.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
- Frakes, David
- Sadleir, Rosalind
- Arizona State University
- Pipe, James G
- 2 Kodibagkar, Vikram
- 1 Hu, Houchun
- 1 Ragunathan, Sudarshan
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- 1 Schmainda, Kathleen
- 1 Turley, Dallas
- 2 English
- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
Dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI (DSC-MRI) is a powerful tool used to quantitatively measure parameters related to blood flow and volume in the brain. The technique is known as a "bolus-tracking" method and relies upon very fast scanning to accurately measure the flow of contrast agent into and out of a region of interest. The need for high temporal resolution to measure contrast agent dynamics limits the spatial coverage of perfusion parameter maps which limits the utility of DSC-perfusion studies in pathologies involving the entire brain. Typical clinical DSC-perfusion studies are capable of acquiring 10-15 slices, generally centered on a known …
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- Turley, Dallas, Pipe, James G, Kodibagkar, Vikram, et al.
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- 2017
Magnetic resonance flow imaging techniques provide quantitative and qualitative information that can be attributed to flow related clinical pathologies. Clinical use of MR flow quantification requires fast acquisition and reconstruction schemes, and minimization of post processing errors. The purpose of this work is to provide improvements to the post processing of volumetric phase contrast MRI (PCMRI) data, identify a source of flow bias for cine PCMRI that has not been previously reported in the literature, and investigate a dynamic approach to image bulk cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage in ventricular shunts. The proposed improvements are implemented as three research projects. In …
- Contributors
- Ragunathan, Sudarshan, Pipe, James G, Frakes, David, et al.
- Created Date
- 2017


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English lobed bronze door boss,
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Established in London's East End, LASSCO has dealt in reclamation and salvage since 1979. Bridging the gap between the demolition trade and architectural design, we connect customers with rescued relics that make for fascinating interiors. Our shops and yards also provide the back drop for unique venue hire and dining experiences.
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SAN ANTONIO – To combat a shortage of skilled construction workers in the market, Bartlett Cocke General Contractors is hoping technology can help it do more with less.
The San Antonio-based commercial construction company has begun using drones, 3-D modeling, iPads and apps to streamline all aspects of its construction projects and the possibility for simplifying processes and saving money are potentially endless.
Instead of using traditional aerial photography services, Bartlett Cocke has begun using drones to obtain overhead photos on a cheaper, ad hoc basis.
Drones enable companies to perform inspections that previously required workers to use ladders or scaffolding and to create 3-D maps of projects by compiling multiple photos together.
The company has also begun using iPads and apps, such as PlanGrid, to streamline the planning phase.
Bartlett Cocke is saving money by implementing such technology and that it has paid for itself, although the company did not provide specific numbers.
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