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WASHINGTON -- This week, President Obama signed a much-wrangled-over bill to raise the debt ceiling after Congress finally passed a measure to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its loans. Then the lawmakers left town for the August recess.
Earlier in the week, the Department of Health and Human Services made a major announcement: many insurance companies will be required to provide birth control, along with other preventive services for women, free of charge.
Congress Passes, POTUS Signs Debt Bill
President Obama signed a bill ending the debt ceiling standoff, by raising the nation's debt limit while setting the stage to trim trillions of dollars of federal spending.
The signing of the bill capped off weeks of negotiations between Democrats and Republicans that often stalled out, rising public disgust with Congress, and falling stocks in anticipation of a possible national credit default.
But in the end, an agreement was reached. The House of Representatives voted 269-161 on Monday to pass the bill, and the Senate voted 74-26 on Tuesday to clear the measure, which will raise the $14.3 trillion federal debt ceiling by another $2.4 trillion, while cutting federal spending by at least $1.5 trillion.
Democrats had sought a plan that would include no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security, but the final deal won't shield Medicare from cuts.
The bill creates a new 12-member joint House and Senate committee that will be charged with agreeing on an additional $1.5 trillion in cuts over 10 years and presenting it to Congress by Nov. 23. Congress is required to vote on the proposal by Dec. 23.
If the committee can't agree on how to cut the deficit, then automatic spending cuts of as much as $1.2 trillion will kick in in 2013. Half of those cuts would come from defense spending, and the other half would come from domestic spending, which likely would target payments to Medicare providers.
Free Birth Control
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday it will require health insurance plans to offer a variety of preventive health measures for women at no charge -- including birth control and HPV screenings -- as part of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The measures were developed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and also include coverage for well-woman visits, sexually transmitted infection counseling, HIV screening and counseling, screening for gestational diabetes, breast-feeding support, and screening for domestic violence -- all without charging a copay, coinsurance, or deductible.
Under the rule, new health plans will need to cover the services without cost-sharing by Aug. 1, 2012. Older plans that already provide insurance coverage have been grandfathered in and do not need to start providing free birth control.
Women on Medicare also will receive the preventive services for free. Women who do not have insurance will not receive free birth control or any of the benefits.
The IOM report urged HHS to cover the "full range of FDA-approved contraceptive methods" in order to prevent unintended pregnancies. That includes all types of birth control pills, including Plan B emergency contraception.
The administration released an amendment that allows religious institutions that offer insurance to their employees the choice of whether or not to cover contraception services.
CMS Finalizes Payment Rules
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Monday that hospitals will receive a small payment update next year.
Under a final Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), the nation's 3,400 acute care hospitals will receive a payment update of 1.1% in reimbursement rates for inpatient stays in fiscal 2012.
The agency released a proposed rule in May that would have cut Medicare payments to hospitals by nearly $500 million (0.55%) in 2012. That rule was blasted by the hospital industry, which argued that the cuts were unfair because hospitals already face $155 billion in reduced payments over the next decade as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In addition, in 2011, payments to hospitals were cut $142 million.
Hospitals welcomed the news of a positive payment update.
CMS also announced that payments to the nation's 420 long-term-care hospitals are projected to increase by $126 million, or 2.5%, in fiscal 2012.
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities will also see an increase in Medicare reimbursement, but will have to add to their responsibilities by collecting and reporting quality data on two different outcomes under a separate rule issued July 29 by CMS. Facilities who don't report on the outcome measures will see their payments reduced by two percentage points beginning in fiscal year 2014.
The rule institutes a 2.2% increase in Medicare reimbursement for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in fiscal year 2012 and affects more than 1,200 facilities, both freestanding and hospital-based. The payment increase amounts to $150 million, the agency noted in a press release.
Part D Holds Steady
Premiums for Medicare's prescription drug benefit will not increase in 2012, thanks to "a competitive market" that offers affordable choices in medication for seniors, and "intelligent behavior on the part of beneficiaries," said Donald Berwick, MD, administrator of CMS, in a phone call with reporters on Thursday.
The average monthly Part D premium in 2011 is $30.76, which is a $1 increase from the previous year.
Groups Oppose HIPAA Rule
A proposed rule that would allow patients access to detailed reports on who is looking at their medical records has drawn strong opposition from 20 medical groups that argue the requirement would be too onerous and expensive.
The HHS proposal would give patients the right to access a report on who has electronically accessed their protected health information in the past three years, including specific names of individuals who have viewed their records.
Currently, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires healthcare providers -- or anyone with access to protected health information -- to track who looks at an individual patient's files, but the information doesn't have to be shared.
Groups in opposition include the American Medical Association, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, and the Medical Group Management Association.
The rule would be "costly and overly burdensome to implement, difficult to achieve by physician practices and their business associates, and very few patients have requested or expressed a need for these reports," the groups wrote to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
When HHS first posted the rule in late May, it said it made the change in order to increase provider accountability.
The public comment period for the rule closed on Aug. 1, and HHS is expected to issue its final rule later this year.
Next Week
Congress is in recess until September.
On Thursday, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Commonwealth Fund will hold a briefing on how to improve care for chronically ill people.


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As we spent the last week in Paris I decided to make a little travel video for you guys, I
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Hey Guys! After we (Laura and I) came back from Croatia we spent only a few hours in Vienna before we headed to Nice. We decided to book an Airbnb-Flat directly in the center with an amazing view over the rooftops of Nice.
It was an amazing week in Lukovo, Croatia. Luckily a friend invited us to stay at her house and we had the opportunity to spend a wonderful week. The weather was great and we tried to go on the boat as often as possible.


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Octillion Continues to Optimize Photovoltaic Properties of NanoPower Window
|(Nanowerk News) Octillion Corp. (OTCBB:OCTL), an alternative energy technology incubator, is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing research and development activities for the Companys first-of-its-kind transparent glass window potentially capable of generating electricity.
|Octillions NanoPower Window™ technology uses silicon nanoparticles that have the potential to convert conventional home, office and industrial glass windows into those capable of converting solar energy into electricity. The silicon nanoparticles are created through a unique electrochemical and ultrasound process that produces identically sized (1 to 4 nanometers in diameter) highly luminescent nanoparticles of silicon that provide varying wavelengths of photoluminescence with high quantum down-conversion efficiency of short wavelengths (50% to 60%).
|Our silicon nanoparticles are the foundation of our NanoPower Windows, states Mr. Nicholas S. Cucinelli, President and CEO of Octillion Corp. In fact, independent tests have shown that the same silicon nanoparticles used in Octillions NanoPower Window™ are also able to enhance the power output of conventional solar cells by up to 70% in the ultraviolet light range and 10% in the visible. Consequently, and contingent on the success of our ongoing research, we are optimistic that transparent cells based entirely on our nanomaterials will one day offer a cost-effective photovoltaic enhancement to conventional windows.
|In mid-2007, collaborating research scientists successfully engineered and assembled an early lab scale model of Octillions photovoltaic NanoPower Window™, a see-through developmental prototype, which achieved optically active down-conversion and displayed good electrical properties with no electrical shorts. This significant milestone was achieved in part due to the successful development of a protocol for reliably depositing nanoparticles onto glass surfaces using a proprietary electro spray system able to produce nanofilms of controllable thickness.
|The electro spray deposition system allows the silicon nanoparticles to retain their high efficiency of down-conversion of UV light to the visible after being sprayed, a procedure that does not compromise the optical characteristics of the nanoparticles, both in intensity and spectral distribution, a prerequisite for efficient photovoltaic conversion.
|Since the development of the initial prototype, the Company has been working to establish photovoltaic characteristics in its NanoPower Window™. These efforts include experimentation with different types and thicknesses of ultrathin transparent conductive coatings, verification of conversion efficiencies at various wavelengths (UV, blue, green, red, etc.), refinements to our electro spray deposition process, and variation of the deposition thickness of silicon nanoparticles in order to achieve maximum electronic transport and collection efficiency.
|Successful outcomes from the above noted experimentation will allow the Company to advance its research and development initiatives for the NanoPower Window™. Future research goals will include, among other things, optimizing photovoltaic efficiency versus window transparency and eventually conducting a cost benefit engineering analysis.
|In addition to building on the basic research supporting our NanoPower Windows, continues Mr. Cucinelli, we are now also actively seeking to bolster our technology portfolio and accelerate our development by identifying, evaluating and potentially acquiring enabling and complementary photovoltaic and other alternative energy technologies. Our goal is to establish a robust pipeline of leading-edge alternative energy technologies that have the real and significant potential of radically transforming the way in which we power our built environment, including homes, offices and buildings.
|About Octillion Corp.
|Octillion Corp. is a technology incubator focused on the identification, acquisition, development and eventual commercialization of emerging, leading-edge alternative energy technologies.
|Through established relationships with universities, research institutions and government agencies, we strive to identify technologies and business opportunities on the leading edge of innovation that have the potential of serving significant and unmet market needs.
|Once a technology has been identified, we fund the research and development activities relating to the technology with the intention of ultimately, if warranted, licensing, commercializing and marketing the subject technology, either through internal resources, collaborative agreements or otherwise.
|Unique to our business model is the use of established research infrastructure owned by the various institutions we deal with, saving us significant capital which would otherwise be required for such things as land and building acquisition, equipment and furniture purchases, and other incidental start-up costs. As a result, we are able to benefit from leading-edge research while employing significantly less capital than conventional organizations.
|Among our current research and development activities is the development of a technology that could adapt existing home and office glass windows into those capable of generating electricity from solar energy without losing significant transparency or requiring major changes in manufacturing infrastructure.
|The technological potential of adapting existing glass windows into those capable of generating electricity from the suns solar energy has been made possible through a ground-breaking discovery of an electrochemical and ultrasound process that produces identically sized (1 to 4 nanometers in diameter) highly luminescent nanoparticles of silicon that provide varying wavelengths of photoluminescence with high quantum down-conversion efficiency of short wavelengths (50% to 60%).
|When thin films of silicon nanoparticles are deposited (sprayed) onto silicon substrates, ultraviolet light is absorbed and converted into electrical current. With appropriate connections, the films act as nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cells that convert solar radiation to electrical energy.
|For additional information, please visit: www.octillioncorp.com
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WHS Developer Tip #2: MessageBox alternative
Q: How can I make a more WHS style Message Box like what the Home Server Console uses?
A: The Windows Home Server team already beat you to it and created the QMessageBox class (Microsoft.HomeServer.Controls, HomeServerControls.dll) which provides a very similar experience to the tried and true MessageBox class... only with a few improvements such as...
Size and Color
One of the first things a programmer testing out QMessageBox will notice is that the dialog is far larger than a regular MessageBox and is formatted to look more WHS like in terms of icons and color and is probably the biggest reason to consider using it (over making ones own dialog from scratch).
Keeping the future in mind, the developer(s) behind QMessageBox actually changes its appearance in another key way by replacing the default system icons (as based on the MessageBoxIcon enumeration) with those that ship today with Windows Vista instead of the ones that would ordinarily be displayed by Windows Server 2003.
For comparison, the following image (click for larger) shows the difference between MessageBox and QMessageBox being used on Windows XP, 2003, Vista and Home Server:
(Note: The above Windows 2003 MessageBox examples were run on a Windows Home Server machine.)
An unfortunate limitation of QMessageBox is that internally something is wrong with it's handling of the MessageBoxIcon.Question value because use of it will raise an ArgumentException, so be sure to stick with one of the other 4 working values (None, Asterisk, Hand, Question & Warning).
If all of this wasn't enough, one of the biggest (and least obvious) features of QMessageBox is that it allows you to specify an arbitrary image in place (in some overloads) of a MessageBoxIcon:
A major pet peeve of mine about MessageBox was that it only had two text areas that you could use, the text argument displayed in the body of the window while the caption argument was displayed in the title bar. For any more advanced formatting you had to make your own dialog or add new line characters to separate certain areas... QMessageBox takes this idea and extends it by allowing a third argument named title which appears as a bold area of text that appears above where the text is.
Note: The information in this post is based on undocumented and at times deduced information on Windows Home Server and is not officially supported or endorsed by Microsoft and could very easily be wrong or subject to change in future, so please take it and everything else said on this blog with a grain of salt and use with caution.
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This week's Travel Theme from Ailsa's blog – "Where's my backpack?" is Motion. I find this theme a tough one to shoot. I enjoy going to sport events trying to snap the action but find it difficult without the right very expensive equipment. But I have had a look at some of my old photos from travels and got a few (not perfect) photos to match this theme. As usual, all the images link through to my larger photos on Flickr.
The first photo was from our trip to Bangkok in Thailand. At university, studying transport engineering we were all told about how bad the traffic was in Thailand. This road was surprisingly free-flowing.
Still in Asia, I love travelling in Japan on the Shinkansen (bullet train). These marvels of engineering look fast even when standing still. Standing at Kyoto station, this train blasted through to its eventual destination.
My second trip to Japan was an opportunity to go and see the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. I had first corner tickets, and I tried to capture the cars flying through turn 2 while in motion.
The water in Australia is all about getting in and getting moving. All around the surf beaches, the local clubs always practice and compete in their surf row boats. It is awesome when they splash through the incoming sets of waves.
Even when their isn't surf, we always love to jump in. This was taken at Coffs Harbour, about six hours drive North of Sydney – beautiful spot.
Even underwater nothing stands still. We have been fortunate to dive around the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia's North Eastern coastline. It truly is a natural wonder of the world. I took this photo while swimming in the middle of this school of fish. They were completely surrounding me.
Closer to home I snapped this next shot in 2011 at the Vivid Festival of Light in Sydney. The light trail under the Sydney Opera House is a ferry travelling past while I had the shutter open.
Lastly, even though I took a break from posting about cycling, I had to include this shot of one of the French women riders in women's downhill at the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. I got lucky and snapped her airborne on one of the jumps.
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The PS4 games for playstation now have been revealed by a user in its closed beta. Sony has yet to officially announce the PS4 games list for playstation now. The likes of Bloodborne or Uncharted 4 are missing. Earlier this month Sony revealed that PlayStation Now (PS Now) subscribers will be able to play PS4 games.
With the service also available on PC, this means that you don't need a PS4 to play games made for the system if you have playstation now.
Sony did not make a list of games available at the time. However the initial list of PS4 games coming to PS Now has been leaked by a YouTuber who is in its closed beta.
PlayStation Plus April 2017 gets first free game for PS4
PS4 games list for PlayStation Now
- Killzone Shadowfall
- Entwined
- Hohokum
- Helldivers
- Escape Plan
- Knack
- Counterspy
- The Unfinished Swan
- Resogun
- Doki Doki Universe
- Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition
- Sound Shapes
- Super Stardust Ultra
- Hardware Rivals
At the time of Sony's announcement we did speculate that you won't see the likes of unexplored 4 anytime soon as the company would want to keep a period of individuality for its own proprietary hardware. Looks like this is indeed the case.
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No firm date has been announced for these games hitting PS Now just yet. Though Sony is testing it at the moment, making a launch date imminent.
"We'll share more information as we get closer to launch, so stay tuned. In the next few weeks we'll kick off a private test with PS4 games on PS Now. If you're an active PS Now subscriber, keep an eye on your email in case you get an invitation," posted Brian Dunn, Senior Marketing Manager of PlayStation Now at the time.


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You'd think movie kidnappers would've caught on by now that movie kidnappings never, ever go according to plan; in fact, if you want to experience complete and total disaster, then by all means go kidnap somebody. Here are some kidnapping scenes that start a domino effect of cinematic chaos.
"Bananas" (1971)
One of Woody Allen's silliest — and laugh-out-loud funniest — comedies, "Bananas" stars the writer-director himself as Fielding Mellish (one of the most character names of all time), a neurotic New Yorker (natch) whose attempts to impress a cute activist (Louise Lasser) end up leading him to the fictional South American country of San Marcos, where he gets involved with a group of revolutionaries. There's lots of crazy (and oh so '70s) goings-on in "Bananas," including a truly bizarre courtroom sequence featuring a middle-aged African American woman who believes she's J. Edgar Hoover, but one of the best sight gags is this bit of physical comedy in which the chaotic struggle during an attempted person-snatching causes Woody to inject knock-out drugs to everyone involved — including his co-conspirators. It's the kind of situation that Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad! and The Naked Gun might've found himself in, once upon a time.
"Fargo" (1996)
The title of the Coen Brothers' bittersweet love letter to their home state of Minnesota actually refers to a town in the neighboring state of North Dakota, where struggling car salesman Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) meets with bumbling criminals Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare) to discuss the kidnapping of Jerry's wife — a scheme bound for disaster as it's wrought with contradictions and complications from the start as the kidnappers insist their meeting was supposed to start an hour before Jerry's arrival. The fact that these two clowns actually succeed in snatching poor Mrs. Lundegaard (in broad daylight and from her own house, in fact) is pretty remarkable, 'cause that's pretty much the only thing that ends up being checked off from the list of How It's All Supposed to Go.
"Labyrinth" (1986)
Jim Henson and Frank Oz's follow-up to the still-astonishing "The Dark Crystal" hasn't aged nearly as well as its now-classic predecessor, but it's still quite the enjoyable nostalgia piece; you just can't help but crack a whimsical smile whenever you think of the first time you noticed that rather prominent bulge coming from the nether regions of David Bowie's Goblin King costume. Surely, "Labyrinth" still makes for a fine fairy tale, with young Sarah (Jennifer Connelly, mega-hot even before she was old enough for that to be mentioned) wishing that the Goblins would come and take her meddlesome baby brother away; the scene where she says just the right words for this to actually happen makes for one of the scariest moments in the film, thanks to a rather robust thunderstorm and the excitable Greek Chorus commentary coming from the Goblins themselves as they huddle together in some sort of Hensonian limbo state. Shudder!
"Man on Fire" (2004)
The second of what would end up being many collaborations between Denzel Washington and director Tony Scott (and the first since 1995's "Crimson Tide"), "Man on Fire" features Denzel as a former CIA operative saved from alcoholic despair and self-loathing by becoming the bodyguard of a young American girl (Dakota Fanning) in Mexico City; when the little tyke is kidnapped, he embarks on the kind of "roaring rampage of revenge" that would make even Liam Neeson blush as he stabs, shoots and blows up everyone even vaguely involved with the snatching of his ward. The scene where Dakota is kidnapped makes for one of the most harrowing moments in the film, cranked up to panic mode all the more by the hyper-aggressive visual style in which Tony Scott loves to indulge.
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993)
Tim Burton's much-celebrated 1993 stop-motion double-holiday classic might now look a little, well, quaint compared to some of the more contemporary films that feature the animation technique (including Burton's own "Corpse Bride"), but "A Nightmare Before Christmas" is still a triumph of character and storytelling; indeed, Jack Skellington might now very well be as popular a Christmas figure as ol' Saint Nick himself. Speaking of Saint Nick (or "Sandy Claws," as he's mistakably referred to for the first two acts of this dark fable), he's been targeted for kidnapping by Jack as he attempts to merge both Halloween and Christmas, a task which the Pumpkin King has entrusted to Halloween Town's trio of troublemakers, Lock, Shock and Barrel. This scene features the ghoulish whippersnappers psyching themselves up to snatch the jolly old elf, complete with rather macabre lyrics that help to paint a rather grim Christmas portrait.


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The Australian Taxpayers' Charter was introduced in 1997 to redress what the Joint Committee of Parliamentary Accounts ('JCPA') in its 1993 report into the Australian Taxation Office ('ATO') saw as an imbalance between taxpayer rights and ATO powers. It has since gained ATO and taxpayer acceptance and has been widely hailed as one of the world's best examples of a charter of taxpayer rights.
This paper qualifies the apparent success of the Charter. It demonstrates that the primary success of the Charter has been its effectiveness in setting out and raising ATO service standards and improving the relationship between taxpayers and the ATO. Equally, however, the analysis reveals that the Charter has been far less effective in directly protecting and promoting Australian taxpayer rights. To address this relative ineffectiveness, this paper introduces fresh evidence to renew calls for an independently administered and legally enforceable Charter. In particular, the paper uses recent legal developments to cast doubts on the public policy concerns raised by the JCPA in rejecting calls for an independently administered legally binding Charter. It also uses recent legal developments to challenge the assumptions about the adequacy of taxpayer common law rights which the JCPA also saw as obviating the need for a legally binding Charter.
The paper also outlines recent developments in the recognition and protection of taxpayer rights in the United States and the United Kingdom - the two jurisdictions studied by the JCPA in determining the most appropriate model for an Australian charter. The analysis reveals that taxpayers in each of those jurisdictions now enjoy additional legal protections not yet available in Australia, raising further doubts about how successful the Charter has been in protecting and enhancing the rights of Australian taxpayers.
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"I love being able to set up multiple stations for my projects because it helps me to be more efficient with my time."
Check out Kim's adorable Wild Rose Vinyl Sign tutorial for the Cricut and start preparing decor for your future ScrapBox.
2. Katie of Clarks Condensed
Ever heard of Clarks Condensed?
If you are a Cricut crafter, we are sure you have—but we will introduce her anyways.
Katie started her blog in 2013, merging her communications degree with the desire to be a stay-at-home-mom. This led her on a wonderful adventure of sharing recipe tutorials, fun DIYs, and so much more. Six years later, Katie is now known as a Cricut crafting guru.
She believes her WorkBox was a game changer for her.
"A large part of my business involves creating LOTS of Cricut-related content, which means I have tons of Cricut supplies, materials, and machines (with more that comes monthly).
It was quickly overtaking my house, and I still couldn't find what I was needing. I would often go out and buy new Cricut or crafting supplies because everything was a disaster.
My WorkBox 3.0 changed that - I was finally able to organize all my crafting and Cricut supplies in a way that allowed me to know exactly what I had, what I needed to get more of, and most importantly, it helped me take my house back."
Watch a tour of Katie's box here.
If you've been wanting to try Cricut crafting, but are not sure where to start, read Katie's blog, "Cricut Space Design FAQ: Everything You Need to Know". It'll leave you feeling confident and ready to complete your first project.
3. Sheila of Red Shoes Red Wine
Sheila is a geo-cartographer, world traveler, cruiser, wine enthusiast, costumer, sewist, runner, shopaholic, camper/hiker, nerd, wife, and dog mom.
On her blog you'll find travel and cruise tips, wine pairing and reviews, costume and sewing tutorials, and everything in between.
While she loves all of the above, she is a true master of costuming. Sheila tells us how the WorkBox has helped her utilize the Cricut more frequently in her craft.
"I use my Cricut primarily for costume making, particularly for cutting pattern pieces on craft foam as well as iron-on vinyl letters. The space behind the table in the WorkBox 2.0 is ideal for the Cricut and the totes and drawers directly around it are convenient for storing Cricut tools and vinyl sheets. The workflow between my WorkBox and Cricut is seamless."
Planning on having some nice champagne (or Martinelli's) in celebration of your DreamBox? Don't put those caps in the trash just yet. Use Sheila's cork cap magnet tutorial for a fun and easy DIY.
4. Desiree of Made by Mermaids
Desiree spent most of her life dreaming up ideas and creations, but says she was always too afraid to show others her work.
Everything changed in 2012 when she got her first set of beads and pliers from Michael's Craft Store.
Several years later, she now runs a side business selling her handmade jewelry and spends nearly all her free time exploring new creative outlets. From jewelry making, painting, creating unique home decor and repurposing antiques, she does a little bit of everything. Her newest obsession? Cricut crafting!
She says she never would have thought to purchase a machine before getting the WorkBox. Now, it is accessible and conveniently located in the center of her box. Check out her first ever Cricut Craft below!
She has grown to be a lover of all things Cricut.
"I use my Cricut for so many things! I used it for all of my Christmas gifts for my family and friends this year, jewelry cards for my business, decorations for my husbands 30th Birthday, decor for my home, and so many other things!
The WorkBox 3.0 has helped me tremendously while making Cricut crafts because it fits perfectly and when I am done using it can be tucked away. My vinyl and iron on are neatly stored in the acrylic totes. My Cricut tools hang just to my left on the side door hooks. It makes crafting effortless, easy and so much fun!
The stress of a messy desk had me blocked creatively. But with the WorkBox 3.0 that's no longer an issue. :)"
Desiree recently started her own podcast to help inspire others to follow their creative whims! Listen here!


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Dwight Howard better get used to more days like Tuesday.
The Record newspaper, which is based in Bergen County, N.J., reported that New Jersey Nets Principal Owner Mikhail Prokhorov and General Manager Billy King recently spoke with point guard Deron Williams and told Williams that Dwight Howard tops the list of free agents the Nets plan to pursue.
Understandably, a group of writers from New York area news outlets asked Howard before the Magic's game against the New York Knicks if the Nets are any more "attractive" now with Williams.
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- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 43, Issue 6, 1 Dec 1990, p. 584 - 596
Biochemical Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum Hemozoin
Hemozoin, the pigment granule which develops within the blood stage food vacuole of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, was biochemically characterized. Hemozoin was found to be composed of 65% protein, 16% ferriprotoporphyrin-IX (hematin), 6% carbohydrate, and trace amounts of lipid and nucleic acids. The overwhelming majority of the protein component is a mixture of native and denatured human globin non-covalently associated with the metalloporphyrin. Immunoelectron microscopy, employing anti-human hemoglobin as a probe, identified in situ association of hemoglobin with hemozoin. Hemozoin produced within diabetic blood had a higher proportion of carbohydrate, suggesting that the carbohydrate component comes from non-enzymatic glycosylation of hemoglobin.


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DHAKA -Describing adulteration of food as one kind of "corruption", Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said this ill practice must be stopped at any cost to save the life of the people. "We earned a huge success in anti-terrorism drive. We are also continuing our operation against corruption, and adulteration of food is one sort of graft," she said.
Sheikh Hasina added: "Our drive against the adulteration of food is going on and it will continue. We don't want the people of the country to be affected by poisoning of food."
The premier was addressing a function as the chief guest on the occasion of the National Food Safety Day-2019 at the Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh at Farmgate here this morning.
She said adulteration of food is a bad habit by character of some people, nothing else. "It must be stopped (at any cost)," she said, adding the people are being seriously affected by consuming the poisonous food.
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzak and Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar were present in the function as the special guests. Food Secretary Shahabuddin Ahmed presided over the function, while chairman of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority Md Mahfuzul Haque delivered the welcome address.
Putting emphasis on creating mass awareness against adulteration of food, the prime minister said nobody has any right to destroy the life of the people by cheating with them.
"Why you will sell adulterated food items … let you sell better products and if you want to make good profit you can do this. What will you do, do in a better way. Nobody has a right to destroy the life of the people by deceiving them," she said.
Sheikh Hasina said the people must be aware adequately about selling of adulterated and rotten food in hotels, restaurants and shops. "Citizens' awareness is very much necessary and if they are aware about it nobody will be able to cheat with them," she said, adding that the government will do whatever is necessary in this regard.
Highlighting her government's strides for ensuring food security for all, the prime minister said the aim of the government is that nobody suffers for food.
"We're working to build a beggar-free Bangladesh and we're distributing food free of cost among the distressed people as our goal is nobody suffers for food," she said.
In this connection, the prime minister asked the Food Ministry to find out whether there are any people having no food in their houses. "Find out such people … we will give as much amount of money required for it," she said.
Sheikh Hasina said her government has constituted the National Food Safety Authority to step up the anti-adulteration drive. Referring to shortage of manpower in the authority, the premier said steps will be taken to solve the problem.
The premier said her government is taking steps to continue anti- adulteration drive in all spheres. "We will take more measures to this end in future," she said.
The premier placed emphasis on establishing special food laboratories to test food by proper methods and said the government will set up such labs. "There will be a branch of such a laboratory in every division alongside a central laboratory so that foods can be tested at any places," she said.
Calling upon the people to change their food habit, the prime minister said they will have to take balanced food to ensure their nutrition.
"It's not necessary to consume a huge amount of rice … you'll have to eat more vegetables side by side with fish and egg so that the food is balanced one," she said, adding it will ensure their nutrition.
Sheikh Hasina also urged the people to try to lead a healthy life by maintaining hygiene in their houses. "Whatever food you will take, will not work if you remain unhygienic," she said.
Pointing out distribution of food free of cost among the distressed people, the premier said her government has taken steps to reach food to the people's doorsteps side by side with boosting production.
"We've also taken projects for ensuring nutrition of the people," she said. Sheikh Hasina said the government has taken measures for preserving food alongside increasing production. "Our capacity of food stock has raised to 21
lakh MT as we constructed a number of modern food godowns and silos in the last few years," she said, adding steps are underway to raise the capacity to 27 lakh MT.
The prime minister said the country's northern region was freed from the curse of monga (seasonal famine) as her government has ensured food and nutrition security of the people of the region.
"Once there was a common phenomenon of monga in Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram and other districts of the region. But that days have gone as we've improved the living standard of the people of the region by ensuring their
food and nutrition," she said.
Sheikh Hasina said her government has given utmost importance to research to boost food production. "The people of the country are now getting its benefit," she said. The premier once again expressed gratitude to the people for reelecting the Awami League through the December 30 polls.
"I'm grateful to you for the confidence and trust that you kept in us through mandate … we will uphold the dignity of vote by ensuring food security and making Bangladesh as a developed and prosperous country," she said.
Earlier, the prime minister handed over prizes among the winners of the essay competition arranged on the occasion of the National Food Safety Day- 2019.


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With Vanessa Paradis as the star of the new campaign, it varies from floor length gowns to a three-piece suit or even a black lace dress.
To promote this line, H&M recently hosted a Conscious collection shopping event at its Bloor Street location in Toronto. Guests were treated to cocktails and hors d'oeuvres with a chance to purchase merchandise before Conscious Exclusive was released to the public.
H&M's new release complements its already existing Conscious collection, which has pieces for women, men and children. Tropical and botanical prints provide the eco chic look in a wide variety of blouses, pants and t-shirts. Men's items include blazers, shorts and chinos.
If this line sounds familiar, it's because Helen Hunt wore an H&M Conscious collection dress to this year's Oscars ceremony.
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Infiniti G35 Coilover Guide
We review five of the most popular Infiniti G35 coilovers available on the market today. This is the ultimate G35 coilover guide.
- APEXi ExV Coilovers
- Tanabe Sustec Pro Coilovers
- Stance XR Coilovers
- H&R Street Coilovers
- APEXi Evolution Coilovers
- Jump to winner
In a hurry? Here is our G35 Coilover summary
|Premium Choice
|Drifted Choice
|Track Choice
|Stance XR G35 Coilover Kit
|APEXi N1 ExV Damper G35 Coilover Kit
|APEXi N1 Evolution Circuit G35 Coilover Kit
|Buy Now
|Buy Now
|Buy Now
Whether you're intending to throw your G35 sideways, hoping to beat your best lap times at the track, settle for a nicer ride-height or go full-retard with the hellaflush stance look, we've got you covered!
The G35 handles well out of the factory, but it was also made with the daily commute in mind. Some of the coilovers we mention still enable you to maintain an enjoyable daily ride quality, while others will give you all of the adjustments you could possibly need for the ultimate track setup.
Not only will you be upgrading your suspension, you'll also be updating the tired shocks and springs that most likely left your car from the factory while adding full adjustability to tweak the settings to perfection.
Here's your chance to unleash the potential of your G-series handling with our ultimate G35 coilover guide!
What is this guide for?
This guide was written to help you find your perfect set of G35 coilovers. We will be focusing on suspension specifications, features, construction materials, spring rates and manufacturer descriptions.
For each set of coilovers we also add our own comments. In addition we have given each suspension system a Drifted rating (1-5) based upon features and price. We are considering budget, mid-range and high end coilovers in this comparison.
Let's take a look at our G35 coilovers
To read more about any of these products just click on the coilover name or photo.
APEXi N1 ExV Damper G35 Coilover Kit
- Manufacturer: APEXi
- Levels of damping adjustment: 32
- Construction type: Monotube
- Spring rate front: 10kg/mm
- Spring rate rear: 8kg/mm
- Fitment: Infinity G35
- Value for money: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
- Purchase link: Buy your APEXi ExV's here!
Our comment: Our first set of coilovers are produced by Japanese tuning giant APEXi. These coilovers are a great out of the box option for a no thrills sports setup. These would be suitable for anybody looking to improve the looks and handling of their G35 for a reasonable budget. They are the cheapest coilovers in our guide and offer good value for money.
Manufacturer description: "APEXi N1 ExV is the newest line of coilover kits from Apexi featuring dual height and 32 way dampening adjustments. ExV, which stands for "Expert Type V" was designed to the be ultimate street suspension with no compromise for ride quality and price."
"Features include:
– 44mm Monotube Damper w/ 32 way adjustments
– Full dual height adjustable body for fine adjustments
– Spanner wrench and accessories included
– High quality design and manufacturing"
"A must have for anyone doing track days and spirited driving. Will improve car handling and response effectively."
Tanabe Sustec Pro Five G35 Coilover Kit
- Manufacturer: Tanabe
- Levels of damping adjustment: 32
- Construction type: Twin Tube
- Spring rate front: 10kg/mm
- Spring rate rear: 8kg/mm
- Fitment: Infinity G35
- Value for money: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
- Purchase link: Buy your Tanabe Sustec Pro's here!
Our comment: The Tanabe Sustec Pro FIVE is a mid-range coilover. The design features twin tube coilovers coupled with Tanabe's Slide Valve Technology. This technology comes directly from their Pro SEVEN coilover kit but it is at a more affordable price point.
Something that makes this kit stand out is the compatibility with Tanabe's TEAS electronic suspension controller. This gizmo (once mounted in the car) allows for remote suspension setup on the fly. It sounds like a slice of Formula One in your G35! Very cool.
Manufacturer description: "Sustec Pro FIVE is an all new adjustable coilover that features a wide array of new circuit-developed technology that is similar to Tanabe's Sustec Pro SEVEN. However, Sustec Pro FIVE delivers broad performance at a fraction of the cost."
"Featuring the same slide-valve technology as the SEVEN, the Sustec Pro FIVE also gives a great range of adjustability and function for street and track use."
"When used with the new TEAS electronic active suspension controller, the wide range of dampening force is accessible through the touch of a button, and is fully programmable to automatically adjust dampening rates according to the speed you drive."
"Features include:
– Slide Valve Technology
– TEAS Compatible
– Twin Tube
– Spring Rates F/R: 10.0 / 8.0k
– Height Adjustability F/R: -1/4~-1 1/2 in / +1/4~-1 1/2 in"
Stance XR G35 Coilover Kit
- Manufacturer: Stance
- Levels of damping adjustment: 12
- Construction type: Monotube
- Spring rate front: 12kg/mm
- Spring rate rear: 6kg/mm
- Fitment: Infinity G35
- Value for money: 🔥🔥🔥
- Purchase link: Buy your Stance XR's at FRSport
Our comment: The Stance XR coilovers are a solid choice. 12 way damping adjustment, highly regarded SWIFT springs as standard and robust build materials makes the Stance XR's a great option for any G35. They lose out slightly on points as they don't have a killer feature like the Tanabe Sustec's TEAS system nor as they as cheap as the APEXi ExVs.
Manufacturer description: "Stance XR Coilover Damper Kit for the Infinity G35 is a high quality monotube suspension kit. The XR offers features 60mm OD casing and an inverted monotube design, which reduces rod pressure for consistent performance. Swift Springs are made from H5S.TW which is stronger than our regular silicone chrome material."
"The monotube suspension design is the key difference that makes this coilover stand out. The oil and gas are completely separated from each other which results in precise damping characteristics and performance. Heat is also dissipated much quicker than conventional twin tube suspension."
"With customizable spring rates, urethane upper mounts, 12-way adjustable damping, and an adjustable lower bracket, this coilover is everything you need for any kind of driving."
"Features include:
– 12 Way Damping Adjustment
– Inverted Monotube Design
– Helper Springs
– Swift Springs
– Powder Coat Finish
– Spring Rate: 12K Front and 6K Rear
– Urethane Upper Mounts
– Adjustable Lower Bracket
– Includes Hardware"
H&R Street Performance G35 Coilover Kit
- Manufacturer: H&R
- Levels of damping adjustment: ?
- Construction type: Monotube
- Spring rate front: ?kg/mm
- Spring rate rear: ?kg/mm ?
- Fitment: Infinity G35
- Value for money: 🔥🔥🔥
- Purchase link: Buy your H&R Street coilovers here!
Our comment: H&R is a German brand that has been manufacturing high quality suspension components since the 1970's. These monotube constructured and street focused coilovers are another solid entry level coilover set for your G35. While a little sparse in the features department, H&R have a built great reputation for the quality of their products.
Manufacturer description: "H&R coil overs are engineered for street use. Unlike traditional twin-tube shock absorbers, H&R Coil Overs feature a state-of-the-art mono-tube gas shock construction. Combined with the knowledge and skill of H&R's suspension engineers, the use of this state-of-the-art technology results in the best suspension product that you can buy for your vehicle."
"H&R is the originator of the true coil over system for the street and continues to lead the market with an extensive line of applications. Each shock is tuned with a progressive rate spring that is engineered from its inception to work with the shock's valving, creating a finely tuned suspension system. H&R Coil Overs are the suspension answer for everybody, from daily drivers to the serious tuner."
"Features include:
– Unrivaled comfort, performance
– Lowering range of 1.0 to 2.5 inches on average
– Fully threaded shock body for adjustable vehicle lowering
– Awesome handling and ride comfort
– Street Performance Coil Over
– Front Lowering: 1.2 – 2.2in
– Rear Lowering: 1.0 – 2.1in"
APEXi N1 Evolution Circuit G35 Coilover Kit
- Manufacturer: APEXi
- Levels of damping adjustment: 20
- Construction type: Monotube
- Spring rate front: 12.5kg/mm
- Spring rate rear: 12.5kg/mm
- Fitment: Infinity G35
- Value for money: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
- Purchase link: Buy your APEXi Evolutions here!
Our comment: Serious about the track? These coilovers could be just what you are looking for. Stepping into the higher end of the suspension market, the APEXi N1 Evolution coilovers offer thick monotube dampers, 20 way adjustment and full dual height adjustment means that you (or your engineer) can tweak the suspension settings to your hearts content.
If you are serious about your track work this level of suspension fine tuning is a very powerful tool for reducing your lap times and building confidence in your car.
Manufacturer description: "APEXi proudly introduces the S1 Damper system for the Infiniti G35 Chassis as one of the line of coilover kits from Apexi featuring dual height and 20 way dampening adjustments."
"Ride quality and handling performance are not mutually exclusive. Almost all coilover suspension systems are designed for track use, but are not well matched for street use. In fact, most are sprung and dampened improperly for street use, which not only gives a harsh and unpleasurable ride, but also hurts grip performance when the suspension cannot conform to the terrain."
"To address this gap, Apex proudly introduces the S1 Damper line, with a specifically selected recipe of spring rates, oil and valving for hi-performance street cars that doubl as weekend track machines. 100% made in Japan, with precision Japanese components."
"Features include:
– 45mm Monotube Damper w/ 20 way adjustments
– Full dual height adjustable body for fine adjustments
– Spanner wrench and accessories included
– High quality design and manufacturing
– Spring Rate: F-7K; R-7K"
Our winner
Our winner is the APEXi N1 ExV Damper Coilover Kit.
Based upon specifications, features, quality of build materials and the low price point our winner is the APEXi N1 ExV Damper Coilover Kit.
The ExV's are a solid coilover packed with features and at a price point that can't be challenged. A clear winner in this guide.
APEXi N1 ExV Damper G35 Coilover Kit
One clear runner up to the APEXi ExVs is the circuit-oriented APEXi N1 Evolutions. These high end coilovers would be the perfect fit for a G35 owner that is serious about track work.
APEXi N1 Evolution Circuit G35 Coilover Kit
Thank you for reading our Infinity G35 coilover guide
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RECALL POSTED February 9, 2017 (Expanded from Apple, Blueberry & Green Pea RECALL POSTED February 3, 2017):
From the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA):
Loblaw Companies Limited is expanding the recall issued February 3 to include additional products, which may have been sold at stores up to and including February 8, 2017. Products may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum which can cause botulism.
List of Products:
Products sold at the following locations:
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Big South All-Conference midfielder Joshua Boateng and the rest of the Liberty Flames will face another challenging schedule in 2007.
Liberty head coach Jeff Alder has announced the completion of the 2007 Liberty Men's Soccer schedule, featuring eight home games and matches at 2006 College Cup semi-finalist Virginia and NCAA Tournament participant North Carolina. "This is a schedule that will present us with some early difficult challenges that should prepare us for conference play," stated Alder. "There are potentially three or four Top 25 teams on the schedule including Virginia and North Carolina, who both spent time ranked No. 1 this past season. Liberty opens its season on Aug. 31 by hosting Mount Vernon under the lights at Liberty Soccer Field, followed by four straight contests away from Lynchburg. The stretch will begin on Sept. 5 with a trip to Buies Creek, N.C. for a match with Campbell. After a visit to Gardner-Webb on Sept. 8, the Flames will close out the span with two games at the UNC Wilmington Soccer Classic, Sept. 14-16. On the opening day of the tournament, Liberty will square off with the College of Charleston. The Flames will then play host UNC Wilmington on the final day of the tournament, Sept. 16. The Flames return home for three games, including their Big South Conference opener against rival Radford on Sept. 26. Liberty will open the stretch with an afternoon contest against Longwood on Sept. 19, followed by the Radford contest. The homestand will conclude with a visit by 2006 Big South Champion Winthrop on Sept. 29. The Flames will then travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., for an evening contest with North Carolina. Last season in the first-ever meeting between the two teams, the Tar Heels edged the Flames, 1-0, at Liberty Soccer Field. North Carolina, a 2006 NCAA Tournament participant, was ranked in the top five nationally throughout the season last year. After the trip to North Carolina, Liberty will host arshall on Oct. 6 and Columbia Union on Oct. 8. The final six games of the schedule have the Flames taking to the road four times. Liberty will cap a three-game road trip with its annual visit to Virginia on Oct. 23. Always a national power, the Cavaliers last season reached the College Cup Semifinals. Liberty will finish the season with a visit to High Point on Oct. 31, sandwiched between home contests with Presbyterian on Oct. 26 and the final game of the regular season on Nov. 6 against VMI. The Flames will host Radford, Winthrop and VMI in Big South play, while visiting Coastal Carolina, UNC Asheville and High Point. The 2007 Big South Men's Soccer Championship will be held Nov. 15-18 at Winthrop Soccer Field in Rock Hill, S.C. For full 2007 schedule, click here.
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So, the rule, if any is..if it got any sort of release in 2014, it's eligible. The rule of festivals means nothing, purely because I'm still waiting for a DVD release of Alps which was on my list in 2012. If you see a film on this list that you want to catch but it was a festival film, it should hopefully encourage you, like me to fight to see the film in some way!
These films, these are the ones with good female characters, characters of ethnic diversity, characters who speak languages other than English and stories that exclude no one, but to some degree baffle all.


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In the early hours of the morning, and after years of silence and denials about his boyfriend's disappearance, Michael Atkins pointed police to the Royal National Park.
It had been nine years since Mr Atkins was last seen leaving Sydney nightclub ARQ with his boyfriend, 20-year-old Matthew Leveson, on September 23, 2007.
Mr Atkins had long rejected any involvement in his boyfriend's suspected death and had been acquitted of his murder and manslaughter in 2009.
But in the early hours of Thursday, and after persistent questioning at an inquest last week, he relented.
It is understood the 53-year-old provided information to police as to where Mr Leveson's body may lay in the Royal National Park south of Sydney.
He could point out the leafy area, off a bend in the road not far from a train station, but couldn't remember the exact grave site.
It was a tremendous step forward in an unsolved case that had caused deep anguish to Mr Leveson's family.
His parents Mark and Faye Leveson had hoped the recent inquest into their son's disappearance would help them finally find his body.
Over the years they had driven through the national park, picking random sites to start digging for their son's remains.
There is a "strong possibility", police say, they will now get that result.
In a rare but potentially successful move, Mr Atkins was ordered in the Coroner's Court to give evidence under immunity, meaning it couldn't be used against him in any future criminal proceeding.
Police dogs and forensic teams will return to the search site over the coming days with the aim of finding Mr Leveson's remains.
The inquest was adjourned on Thursday with Mark and Faye Leveson leaving arm in arm.
"I'm sorry but for the time being we just can't talk," Mr Leveson said outside Glebe Coroner's Court.
"The police have asked us not to say anything at this stage, so we've got to respect that.
"Please understand when we can talk, we will but not right now.
"Thank you so much for your interest."
Mr Atkins had lost a legal battle earlier this year in the NSW Supreme Court to avoid giving evidence following a ground-breaking ruling by Deputy Coroner Elaine Truscott.
Last week he faced days of relentless questioning about the final moments of his boyfriend's life and his questionable actions afterwards.
At one point Mr Atkins suggested Mr Leveson could have still been alive and travelled overseas to start a new life.
"You know Matt is dead don't you?" counsel assisting, Lester Fernandez, put to Mr Atkins.
"No," Mr Atkins responded.
"Could Matt be alive?" Mr Fernandez continued.
"He could be," Mr Atkins said.
Mr Atkins was also quizzed on why he bought a mattock and tape from Bunnings the day after Mr Leveson was last seen.
Mr Atkins suggested he was an aspiring green thumb, despite not having a garden.
During one dramatic and unusual point in his evidence, he was handed a mattock and asked to demonstrate what he was do with it.
Mr Atkins was also handed tape and tomato plants and was asked to demonstrate how he planned to connect his own seedlings to stakes, as he claimed was his intention for the tape.
" What else are mattocks used for?" Mr Fernandez asked.
"That's all I thought … digging up gardens," Mr Atkins responded.
"Digging a grave would you agree?" Mr Fernandez continued.
"Could be."
"Somewhere like the national park down south where you live, agreed?" Mr Fernandez said.
"Could be anywhere."
The story Hopes raised after missing man Matthew Leveson's boyfriend points to possible grave site first appeared on The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Then I had kids...
For those of you out there who naively think that having children will not affect your social life, STOP READING NOW.
Don't say I didn't warn you...
Why is it that these little cherubs ruin any social life that you may have had B.C. (Before Children)?
2. If you do decide to brave a night out, you have to deal with tired and cranky kids the next day.
3. It's illegal to leave them home alone while you go out.
4. They trash other people's houses and make sure that you do not get a return invite.
5. They leave restaurants and coffee shops looking like they are the latest victims of Cyclone Yasi.
6. They sleep during the middle of the day which ruins any lunchtime plans you may have (apart from watching The Ellen Show).
7. The amount of stuff you have to take when you go out with kids would easily put you over the baggage allowance on most domestic flights.
8. Any car ride over 20 minutes (30 minutes with a DVD player) is like a trip to the end of the earth for your kids. So that limits your social engagements to within one "Are we there yet?" radius.
9. When you finally arrive, you will spend all of your time feeding, watering and cleaning the kids, which will pretty much ruin any chance you had of having a conversation with another adult.


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The Spring edition off Nouvelles d'Overbrook News is currently being distributed to all homes in Overbrook.
A few streets need a kind neighbour to make sure everyone gets a copy. If you can deliver to a small number of houses please go the the Overbrook Community Centre and choose a bundle to deliver to folk on Moorvale, Straby and Sirois, or to portions of Queen Mary, Prince Albert, Presland, Alesther, Telford and Donald.
Here's an electronic copy of the paper: Nouv Overbrook News – March 2014 (FINAL)


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Jumping from the California State Athletic Commission to running California's most powerful agency
By Zach Arnold | February 22, 2017
If the California State Athletic Commission is considered the lowest of the state agency boards in terms of political power, why do so many movers-and-shakers get involved with the Athletic Commission?
It's the easiest high-profile launching pad to get to bigger and better places in California government. Wednesday's bulletin from Governor Jerry Brown announced that former Athletic Commission board member Dean Grafilo would be taking over the reigns at the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Dean Grafilo, 44, of West Sacramento, has been appointed director at the California Department of Consumer Affairs. Grafilo has been chief of staff in the Office of California State Assemblymember Rob Bonta since 2012. He was associate director of government relations at the California Medical Association from 2009 to 2012, chief of staff in the Office of California State Assemblymember Warren T. Furutani from 2008 to 2009 and a senior legislative assistant in the Office of California State Assemblymember Alberto Torrico from 2004 to 2008. Grafilo was an organizer representative at Service Employees International Union Local 925 from 2003 to 2004 and a political intern at the M.L. King County Labor Council in 2002. He was a field representative and organizer at International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 from 1997 to 2001. Grafilo earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Washington. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $176,691. Grafilo is a Democrat.
Consumer Affairs has oversight over the state Bar (attorneys), the medical board (doctors), the contractor's board, the liquor licensing board, regulatory authority over medical marijuana, and pretty much everything under the Sun in California. Consumer Affairs has reportedly become so unmanageable that the Sacramento legislature is considering plans on combining certain boards and agencies.
The CV for Grafilo doesn't state his tenure with the Athletic Commission but a quick search on Fight Opinion highlights Grafilo's short-term appointment during the time when Consumer Affairs was doing everything in its power to fire George Dodd as the Athletic Commission Executive Officer. Now Grafilo is going to run the show.
Last Friday, Governor Jerry Brown's office announced the re-appointments of attorney & former boxer Mary Lehman (good) and fixer Martha Shen-Urquidez (atrocious) to the Athletic Commission.
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3 Responses to "Jumping from the California State Athletic Commission to running California's most powerful agency"
Zach, Zach, Zach. For someone who professes to know so much about the Department of Consumer Affairs, you know so little.
The department does not have oversight of the State Bar – no one does. Even a caeual reading of the newspapers would show you that. Maybe you missed the stories recently? It also doesn't oversee the "liquor licensing board." There is no such board. There is a Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which is its own department.
What else are you getting wrong?
You mean to tell me that the state bar isn't under Consumer Affairs?
Tell your friends "hi" for me and that you can search for my records any time. Oh, wait, that already happened with a couple of private investigators…
Because something appears on DCA's Consumer Wiki, you believe it is part of DCA? By that "logic," FEMA is part of DCA.
Come on, man. Try harder.


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EASTHAMPTON – The days are getting longer yet the city is unable to take tap the power of the sun because of a communication problem between the Oliver Street landfill solar array and the electric substation on Gunn Street.
The engineers are trying to figure out how they would be able to cut the power from the solar array to the substation in an emergency. Until they do, the panels are producing electricity but aren't tied into the grid.
"This is part of the pitfalls (of being) early in the technology," said Mayor Michael A. Tautznik. "These are some of the glitches you're not going to run into (later on.)"
The array was the first such project under construction in the state. The 2.3-megawatt installation is also the largest of those planned and is expected to save residents $1.5 million on power over 10 years.
Tautznik said the array was expected to save the city $84,000 in electricity costs this fiscal year but they won't know until it becomes operational. "The system needs to be safe, it's frustrating to wait."
He said work on the array was completed in December. State officials toured the project in October.
But in an emergency such as a car hitting a utility pole, power has to be shut off instantly and until that can happen the power is not going to be connected to the city's electrical system, he said.
Engineers from Verizon and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. are tying to determine what kind of wiring can be used between the two, whether the copper can be used or the communication has to happen over a fiber optic cable, Tautznik said. He does not know when it can be resolved.
Borrego Solar Systems Inc. with offices in Lowell built the system.
In Belchertown, meanwhile, the New England Small Farm Institute wants to install a solar array on one of its fields and that proposal is before the Planning Board.
Amherst continues to negotiate with BlueWave Capital for a solar array on a closed landfill there. Residents near the landfill have filed a lawsuit to prevent it from being built there.


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Shrunken Ship is a VR bullet hell game with endless levels. We decided to let it be endless because we believe that we are experimenting with combining the genre of bullet hell and VR together. We will continue developing this game if proven popular.
For the best experience please download version 2.0 as it has more levels and enemies than version 1.22.
You will need an Android device to play this game, a VR headset and an Android-compatible controller.
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It's Raining Zombies is a (now abandoned) top down shooter written in Unity. You fight waves of zombies that rain down from the sky.Worked on from 2010 - 2011, this was my first almost-completed Unity game. The game started as a futureistic maze shooter with block characters and progressed to zombies in a sandbox town.
Kibble Quest is a 2D sidescrolling shooter for Android and iOS platforms. You play as a doggy spy agent that must track down the kibble stolen from all dog-kind by the cat mafia.
Space combat with claws! An advanced twin-stick shooter space epic, SpaceCats In Space! Follows the kingdom of Meowfyre's rebellion against the dogs of the Grolich Empire. Bomber strikes, wingman assistance and RPG-like leveling are all tools at your disposal in the battle to stop OberLuft Kommandant Arnuld Von Schloss and the vast Grolich war machine. Featuring "Screen Shake" feedback and full voiceover and dialog to immerse you in a World War II inspired space battle of cats versus dogs.


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Access to Collaboration Site and Physics Results
Updates tagged: "EPS 2015"
Q&A with EPS Outreach Award-Winner Kate Shaw
ATLAS Outreach Co-coordinator Kate Shaw has been awarded the 2015 European Physical Society (EPS) Outreach prize "for her contributions to the International Masterclasses and for her pioneering role in bringing them to countries with no strong tradition in particle physics".
Physics and performance with 13 TeV proton collisions
After a shutdown of more than two years, Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has restarted with proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. This new phase will allow the LHC experiments to explore nature and probe the physical laws governing it at scales never reached before.
ATLAS measurements of the ridge in proton-proton collisions at 13TeV
Previous studies of two-particle angular correlations in proton-proton, proton-lead, and lead-lead collisions at the LHC have provided important insight on the physics of the particle production process. On 24 July, Atlas presented new preliminary measurements of two-particle correlations...
Of mesons and bosons
ATLAS is ready for detailed physics studies. The experiment used early data collected from the LHC's Run 2 to calibrate its detectors. Measurements of the production and leptonic decay of certain particle resonances have shown that the detectors and software are working as expected.
Early Run 2 results test event generator energy extrapolation
On 23 July 2015, ATLAS presented its first measurements of soft strong interaction processes using charged particles produced in proton–proton collisions at 13 TeV centre-of-mass energy delivered by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. These measurements were performed with a dataset collected beginning of June under special low-luminosity conditions.
First Run 2 results to be presented at EPS
The first results using the record-breaking Run 2 data will be presented at the European Physical Society conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP) in Vienna, 22-29 July. It will be an exciting opportunity to see how these first few weeks of data-taking have progressed.


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Here's another great post from Amy, the other half of Well Fed Family. I will forgive her description of me in the morning because this recipe is so yummy!
Getting Creative with Breakfast
After my sister went gluten free, she began coming up with very creative breakfast ideas. These often involved shredding various vegetables and slowly sautéing them in bacon grease, then topping them with a fried egg. Lee is not a morning person, and moves very slowly in the morning. This means that it takes her a while to cook her breakfast, especially when we're in vacation-mode at the lake. Something about this method of slowly cooking brightly colored vegetables, combined with the mouth-watering aroma of bacon, makes my sister's gluten-free breakfasts very appealing. Is it the way she stands at the stove, patiently sautéing? Or is it the visual appeal of the bright vegetables? Maybe it's the heavenly smell of the whole thing. Or maybe it's all of that plus the relaxing atmosphere of the lake? I don't know, but after spending Christmas together and watching Lee prepare more Paleo style breakfasts, I found myself back home scouring the fridge for something more colorful and exciting than the same old bacon and eggs.
Everything's Better with Bacon
On that particular day, my fridge was found wanting of pretty squash and beautiful greens, but I did have a bag of Brussels sprouts needing to be used, and a big bushel box of sweet potatoes from a recent bulk foods delivery. There was just one thing missing, and that was in the freezer: BACON! I immediately knew what to do, and produced a breakfast that made me the envy of my family. First I cooked a few slices of bacon, then sautéed some shredded sweet potato and Brussels sprouts in the grease. When that was done, I crumbled bacon on top and set it aside while I fried an egg. I ate the egg on top of the potatoes and Brussels sprouts. It was divine! And it was so delicious that I made it again for dinner for my oldest daughter and me, then again the next day for the family! A few days later, I increased the quantities and took it to a potluck. Yes, a legend has been born. This is our new favorite dish.
You can adjust this recipe to serve just one or two people, or to make enough as a side dish for a full meal. The amounts given here make a nice sized side dish that will provide leftovers, but you can use just one sweet potato, a couple slices of bacon and a handful of Brussels sprouts to make enough for one or two people. A food processor makes preparation quick, but if you are just making enough for one person then it is no trouble to just use a hand grater and a knife. You can chop the sprouts as coarsely or fine as you like. Finely shredding the sprouts makes their flavor less bold for those finicky eaters in your family.
Sweet Potato, Brussels Sprouts and Bacon Saute
1 package bacon, preferably antibiotic-free, nitrite-free
1 package Brussels sprouts, washed and stems and outer leaves trimmed
2 or 3 sweet potatoes, peeled (optional) and shredded
sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Cook the bacon in a heavy-bottom skillet until somewhat crisp. Remove the bacon to a paper towel to cool, and reserve the drippings in the skillet. While the bacon is cooking, chop or shred the Brussels sprouts and set aside. Add the sweet potatoes into the hot bacon grease, slowly sautéing over medium heat until tender. Add the chopped Brussels sprouts, continuing to sauté until they are cooked to your liking. Crumble the bacon and mix it in. Taste for salt and pepper, and add if needed. Serve immediately!
- 1 12-16oz package bacon, preferably antibiotic-free, nitrite-free
- 1 package (about 1 lb.) Brussels sprouts, washed with stem and outer leaves trimmed
- 2 or 3 medium to large sweet potatoes, peeled (optional) and shredded
- sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Cook the bacon in a large, heavy bottom skillet until somewhat crisp, then remove bacon and reserve the drippings in the skillet.
- While the bacon is cooking, chop or shred the Brussels sprouts and set them aside.
- When the bacon is cooked, add the shredded sweet potatoes to the hot bacon drippings and slowly saute over medium heat until tender.
- Add the prepared Brussels sprouts to the pan continuing to saute until they are cooked to your liking.
- Crumble the cooked bacon and mix it into the sweet potato mixture.
- Taste for salt and add as needed along with the pepper.
- Serve immediately.
Are you a morning person? Or does it take you a long time to get going? Do you wish someone would fix you this delicious dish for breakfast? Tell us about it in the comments. Don't forget to Pin this recipe for later.
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Director of Engineering
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Teresa's passion for delivering projects that not only advance the client's mission but exceed high-performance goals has made her a champion for creative, integrated building system solutions. To further drive building performance, she partners with research institutions to provide industry guidance on emerging, next-generation technologies and holds a US patent for a high-performance enclosure.
As a LEED Fellow, Teresa has extensive experience with achieving LEED certification, notably for atypical buildings such as data centers, historic structures, museums, and federal prison complexes. She brings to this role over 25 years of mechanical engineering experience on government, higher education, and science and technology projects.
Teresa is active in the engineering industry, including ASHRAE 189.1 Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings, and is Industry Advisor to the Department of Energy and National Institute of Building Sciences. She has served on the EcoDistricts Protocol Advisory Committee and Center for the Built Environment Industry Advisory Panel, and is currently a GSA Design Excellence Peer. Teresa frequently presents on the topic of sustainability and high-performance design and has been an adjunct faculty/guest lecturer at Northeastern University, Catholic University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Pratt Institute.


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Spiced Up Kale Salad (with Chicken)
Spiced Up Kale Salad with Chicken
- ¼ Cup Organic Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
- 1 Cloves Garlic, minced (organic, if possible)
- Juice of ½ Lemon
- ½ Tsp. Red Pepper Flakes, plus or less, to taste
- ¼ Cup Grated Light Parmesan cheese (You can substitute Romano, if preferred)
- Sea Salt and Pepper, to taste
- 4 Cups Kale. Be sure to remove the midrib when you slice them
- ¼ Cup diced Red Pepper
1. Combine the olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Whisk everything together.
2. In a large bowl, add the vinaigrette over Kale and diced red peppers and toss together. Add the Parmesan and toss again.
3. Chop the chicken breast. Add to the salad and toss or serve over the top
Alternative idea: Add chopped onion and/or pine nuts.
Alternative idea: Add a small amount of slightly sweet fruit, like chopped apples or halved red grapes.
Nutritional Facts:
(Per serving - Salad only)
Calories: 175
Protein: 4 g
Carbs: 6 g
Fat: 16 g
Per serving - with 4 oz. chicken breast)
Calories: 315
Protein: 25 g
Carbs: 6 g
Fat: 21 g