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"I would not hesitate to recommend Calum Duncan Architects. They designed and project managed an extension and internal remodelling to our house. We are delighted with the design and finished project, it does not look or feel like the same house. They have incorporated some really creative and thoughtful ideas into the design. We never would have imagined our previously ugly house could look so good!"
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"We used Gavin Jefcoate to design our new kitchen extension and complete remodel of the downstairs of our home. It's nearly 3 years since work started and we are still as pleased with the results as we were when it was first completed. The initial meetings quickly demonstrated that Gavin understood our brief of what we wanted and why we needed it. The resulting plan was a really exciting change for the house with bold creative elements which also integrated the practical solutions that at the time we were desperate for. Throughout the build Jefcoate Anderson provided project management which took away most of the stresses that go hand in hand with altering any home to this extent. We are still hugely pleased with the results and would strongly recommend using this firm if you are considering a build project."
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"I have been working on this project for just over 15 months with Nick at N7 Design, and have found him to be thoroughly professional in every aspect of his business. During what has been at times very frustrating negotiations he has remained calm and always given best advice, his experience in dealing with people at all levels has been invaluable during which he has remained calm and controlled. I would have no hesitation in recommending N7 Design for your next project."
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"Groves-Raines Architects have provided Lead Consultancy and Architectural Services to Shetland Amenity Trust on a number of Heritage projects since 2004. These include the conservation of: Hays Dock and associated Store (built c 1820) - project value £1,100,000 Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Buildings (constructed 1821) - project value £5,400,000 Town Hall, Lerwick (constructed 1881) - Project Value £1,600,000 Client satisfaction is an imperative for the Groves-Raines team and when working with contractors, they do demand that works are finished to a very high standard. The Sumburgh Head Project was a great example of collaborative working: client; designers; contractors; etc. which delivered a project of the highest quality within time and under budget. In conclusion Shetland Amenity Trust would very highly recommend Groves-Raines Architects to other clients and will certainly use them again on future projects."
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"2B were commissioned to provide concept drawings and take the design to planning approval and subsequent building warrant issue. At all stages they were courteous, kept to appointments made and listened to our requirements. The designs produced were of a high standard and matched with what our expectations were. We wanted a shell provision for an extension and some internal alterations for a full house renovation and they have assisted in other aspects as part of the remit which has helped us tremendously. Would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone"
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"We selected Martin and Louise from Urban Creatures to design and manage the build of our house because we liked their portfolio and found that they understood our brief. As a result, the design process of the house did not take long and they provided many good ideas. Obtaining planning permission for our house was quite problematic, but Urban Creatures were very professional in dealing with the planning department. Despite them working to our budget, the quotes from the builders were at least 1/3 above our budget, which led to some changes and omissions. But at least that saved us from a lot of nasty surprises once the building work started. Urban Creatures supervised the whole building process and we had fortnightly meetings with both Urban Creatures and the builder to discuss progress and issues. Again, this was done in a very professional manner. Overall, we are very happy with the service provided by Urban Creatures. We would recommend them to others and would not hesitate to use them again."
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"We have used Kalm Architecture on more than one occassion and have been very pleased with their work.Kevin is very professional and very able to produce work of the highest quality. We have complete confidence in his knowledge and wouldn't hesitate to use them again for future work."
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'Move out of PoK' India states in new letter to Islamabad
New Delhi, Aug 25: India has written yet another letter to Pakistan reiterating that talks would only be on terrorism and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The letter written by foreign secretary S Jaishankar states that Islamabad needs to move out of Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
The letter is a reply to Pakistan's foreign secretary Aizaz Choudhary who had invited India to discuss the Kashmir issue. India has, however, maintained that if there are talks with Pakistan it shall be only regarding terrorism and Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
Also read: Modi's new mood: Time to expose Pakistan, liberate PoK
Pakistan had written to India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said on Independence Day that human rights violations need to stop at PoK and Balochistan.
Jaishankar had accepted the invite by Pakistan to hold talks but maintained that only Pakistan sponsored terrorism would be discussed and Kashmir will not be on the table.
India has maintained that the issue relating to Kashmir is an internal one. India has also stated that Pakistan has been stoking violence in the Valley apart from helping terrorists infiltrate.
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MANCHESTER, England – Englishman Andrew Wardle, 45, is finally celebrating following a procedure that gave him a bionic penis.
Wardle was born without a penis -- a 1-in-20 million birth abnormality.
Doctors created the bionic penis using skin from Wardle's arm and nerves from his legs before attaching it during a 10-hour procedure in June, according The Sun.
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For anyone who has been ignoring the news as of late, food is an enormous issue this year. Prices are up 83 percent since 2005, sparking riots in countries around the globe including Egypt, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. In Haiti the unrest has even led to deaths and the fall of the government. Big rice producers like China, India, and Vietnam are becoming worried about their own supplies and are moving to restrict their exports, further fueling food insecurities. Through this all our policymakers at the World Bank and the IMF are calling for more of the same practices that got us into this mess. The question that confronts us is: How has this come about and what can we do to begin to address the problem?
Food prices are up for a number of factors and most analysts agree that they are probably not going to decrease significantly in the foreseeable future. Increasing consumption of meat (which requires vast quantities of feed to produce), bad weather, hoarding, and demand for biofuels (which use land that could be used to produce food) have all done their part to dramatically boost food prices. While some of these factors may become less influential in the future, the fact remains that demand is going to continue to grow at a strong pace. The world's billion-plus people who subsist on less than a dollar a day are not going to enjoy affordable food anytime soon.
In order to address this grave problem the officials at the World Bank have proposed an "action plan," which includes emergency food aid and more loans to farmers, so they can increase their productivity with pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and genetically modified seeds. While this may sound reasonable at first, it is in fact precisely the same policy that the Bank and massive agricultural corporations (who not so coincidentally sell pesticides, fertilizers, and seeds) have promoted over the past few decades, and a large part of the reason that we are in this mess. Food aid, while obviously needed in the short-term, does nothing to address the actual reasons why people cannot buy food or grow their own. We cannot allow ourselves to think that we are solving hunger by handing out some free bread. Actually tackling the issue requires a deeper examination of the problem.
The fact is that hundreds of millions of people in the world face malnutrition and hunger because of policy failure. We have encouraged small farmers to take out loans to buy chemicals, fertilizers, etc., in order to boost their productivity; meanwhile when their crop fails or soil becomes infertile due to these same products we sold them and they lose their land, we tell them to just go to the city. So the displaced farmers go in great numbers to the mushrooming slums where there are far too few jobs to sustain them. Their options are mostly limited to subsisting on handouts or migrating to a richer country. Ten years ago this was a huge problem; now it has been greatly exacerbated by the massive hike in food prices.
If we are to do something other than business as usual, what should be our course? We need to start with policies that allow small farmers to stay on their land, and thus can continue feeding themselves and their neighbors far into the future. The first step in this direction would be to encourage agriculture that does not require expensive inputs and machinery, so farmers can avoid getting caught in a cycle of debt. Part of this will mean spending more money on agricultural research that uses this low-input model. An actual worthwhile foreign aid project would be helping finance land reform and training for those individuals who receive plots of land. This would ease the number of people moving to cities, which are then unable to support them. We could pay for this by slashing the billions of dollars in subsidies we give to our own agricultural giants here in the US. This would have the added benefit of strengthening small farmers against unfair (i.e., subsidized) competition from corporations. If more small farmers stay in business and on their land then they can in turn take advantage of the high food prices, and the profits they make from these sales they naturally spend in their local community will boost their neighbors' wages and business opportunities. Instead of starvation and food riots we could have a dynamic and sustainable rural economy based upon small farmers.
The sudden rise in food prices has dramatized the issue of food security throughout the world, but this has been a serious concern for years. We can allow our government (through the World Bank, agricultural subsidies, etc.) to continue the same policies, which have not worked over the past few decades, or we can force it to deal with the actual problem: hundreds of millions of small farmers who are unable to continue growing their own food. The rioting, poverty, and dislocation brought on by food's increasing cost are only going to get worse if our policies do not change.
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Arrow on The CW at 8:00pm ET. Aw, all the poor TV superhero shows are probably jealous of the streaming superhero shows this week. Don't worry, shows, you're still good! I mean, sort of. If we're grading on a curve. And not directly against the streaming series. Ok, I'm lying. Just be happy with what you are and stop looking over at Punisher like that.
Heartbeat on NBC at 8:00pm ET. Time slot premiere. Hey, it's that awful new doctor show again, just in case you really wanted to see it a second time!
Supernatural on The CW at 9:00pm ET.
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BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (AP) — A Madison-based organization that promotes the separation of church and state wants a southern Indiana county to immediately remove a Nativity scene from a courthouse lawn.
The (Seymour) Tribune reports an attorney for the Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter to commissioners in Jackson County saying that a "concerned local citizen" got in touch with the group about the light display outside the courthouse in Brownstown.
The letter, from the attorney Ryan D. Jayne, said that it's "unlawful for the county to maintain, erect or host a holiday display that consists solely of a Nativity scene." He says it's a "crystal clear constitutional violation."
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* Phuoc Hoa Rubber Company (PHR) made a pre-tax profit of VND622 billion in 2018, which beat the year's target by 39.8%. Its revenue exceeded the year's plan by9.8 percent to reach VND1.72 trillion in 2018. According to Viet Capital Securities Company, the firm said that the trade war between China and the U.S is negatively affecting its operations in particular and the rubber-growing industry in general. The trade war hurt the sales of latex and made the prices of rubber drop 20 percent against 2017. PHR sold over 31,600 tonnes of latex last year, which fulfilled 96.6 percent of the year's target.
* A group of foreign organisations including Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited, Hanoi Investments Holdings Limited, Wareham Group Limited and Saigon Investments Limited, acquired a combined 1.77 million shares of DatXanh Group (DXG) on December 28, 2018. The investors might have spent over VND42 billion on the purchase, thus raising their ownership at the property enterprise to 20%, or 70.15 million shares.
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* Tran Thi Huong, vice chairwoman of Phat Oat Real Estate Development Company (PDR), will be buying 500,000 PDR shares from now to February 9 to spur her holding to 0.2%, or 524,000 shares.
* Son Ha Energy Development Company (SHE) has obtained approval to trade five million shares on the Hanoi Stock Exchange. The firm is capitalised at 050 billion, with 51.59 percent held by Son Ha International Company and 10 percent owned by VietinBank Fund Management Company.
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Re recent South Florida Sun-Sentinel stories of violence in youth sports: After witnessing violence between coaches, players, referees and parents (at a recent high school basketball game), one must ask: What are we trying to accomplish here? Everyone knows these are not isolated incidents but rather occur frequently all across the United States, albeit not always as severely as this. The parents of children continually challenge the authority of coaches and officials because following the rules of the game often interferes with the thrill of seeing their child excel at a particular sport. Youth sports today has nothing to do with teaching sportsmanship; it has become a means of propping up egos and raising money.
It is true that schools are used to train the mind and the body during our developmental years. But what is unfortunate is that not enough emphasis is given to developing healthy hearts in all of our students. Accordingly, we must stop subsidizing the career development of a few athletes and shift the time and attention to the entire student body.
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Rep. Lucio filed a bill earlier this session that would prohibit the sale, trade, purchase and transportation of shark fins in the State of Texas. House Bill 1579 was heard in the Culture, Tourism and Recreation committee yesterday and was passed out of committee. This bill would stop Texas from contributing to the declining shark population in the Gulf of Mexico. Rep. Lucio is working with the Humane Society and Oceana to pass this legislation.
"I want to thank Chairman [Ryan] Guillen and the entire Culture, Tourism and Recreation Committee for passing this bill to the floor," Rep. Lucio said. "Protecting our sea-life has become a critical issue in today's society. We need to prevent our marine life from being harmed."
Rep. Lucio is working with Katie Jarl, Texas State Director for the HSUS, on this legislation. Rep. Lucio and Ms. Jarl want to end Texas' role as a trade hub for shark fins.
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Founded in 1966, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management has grown into a successful and flourishing part of Clemson University. Once called RPA (Recreation Park Administration), the PRTM department remembers its impactful faculty and student leaders from past and present in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
As former Department Chair for Clemson University's RPA program, Herbert Brantley realized the need for student representation in the major developments of the growing program. In an excerpt from The Tiger published in November of 1969, Brantley expressed his view of students as "only a brief span away from being fellow professionals" and held that they "should be helped to grow not only professionally but also socially." His ideas of student involvement and care are still part of the foundations of the PRTM department today.
"Since RPA is basically a people-oriented service, the faculty has to reflect this same orientation... it has to be a student-concerned faculty" - Herbert Brantley
After 33 years of service during his time in the Korean War serving our country, training with the CIA, teaching at NC State, Clemson and Indiana University, Herbert Brantley is now happily retired and lives with his wife in Indiana. Brantley believes his biggest accomplishment from his time at Clemson was starting the graduate and Ph.D. programs, which have progressed into flourishing programs in which students can excel. In his spare time, he loves to golf and jokes that his favorite vacation spot is "wherever he is."
Jack Stevenson served in the Clemson RPA department as an ombudsman and professor. In his role as ombudsman, he was responsible for handling any administration or class issues that the RPA students may have encountered. Although he was often presented with the students' troubles, he emphasized that "he sees the student as a whole person, with more than strictly academic problems" and offered countless solutions to better the student's academic careers. Stevenson also served as advisor of the Faculty-Student Committee, a channel of communication between the RPA students and faculty. Because of this and his various other contributions, the PRTM department remembers him as a professor committed to student dedication and service.
In its developing years, the enrollment of women in the RPA program was largely supported by Sarah Walker, who helped to grow the female population in what was once a male dominated major. In a snippet from The Recker dated November 2, 1970, Walker advertised her "annual open house for women majors" and always had an open door for encouraging new students. She was dedicated to growing the program and invited students to "feel free to bring a friend who might be interested in transferring into RPA" to all of the meetings. Walker also served as Advisor of the Faculty-Student Committee, a channel of communication between the RPA students and faculty. Her positive example and dedication to PRTM's beginnings has helped it to grow into the major it is today.
With his extensive experience and interest in the industry, former professor Lawrence Gahan profoundly shaped the RPA program at Clemson. The Recker, the Recreation Park Administration student publication in the 1970s, named Gahan as the first faculty member of the week in February of 1971. When asked in his spotlight what he viewed as the most important aspect of recreation was, he insisted that it was like "asking which is most important - drinking water or breathing air." Along with his role as professor, he served as the Faculty Advisor for the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Assistant Coach for the Clemson University Fencing Team and Project Director for seminars within the RPA realm. Gahan was heavily involved in enriching student lives in the community.
Gahan retired from the PRTM department and Clemson University in December 2000 after almost 33 years. A couple of years before retiring, he became more involved in planning, managing and teaching special events and fundraising activities within the department and the Clemson community. He helped start a city festival, Clemsonfest and the festival is still going after more than 20 years. He also sat on the advisory board for Safe Harbor II and helped start a fundraiser to benefit Safe Harbor, the Minister's Cookoff. It has become a major annual community event usually held in November. He sat on the Clemson Child Development Center Board for five years serving as vice president for four years and president for one year. He joined the Rotary Club of Clemson and served as its chairman of development organizing their fundraiser to benefit local charitable organizations. He worked with the Clemson Area Congregations in Touch to hold a "Walk for Water" event in conjunction with Water Missions International to help fund water purification units for developing countries. Since retiring, he and his wife have done extensive traveling all over the world. He is preparing to finish a two-year term on the board of directors of the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education. He previously served on the Clemson University Emeritus College Advisory Board for four years. He has four granddaughters of which he is very proud.
Charlie White arrived at Clemson in 1971 with duel faculty challenges of teaching classes and directing existing, but homeless, fledgling summer residential camps. Within three years, the Clemson University Outdoor Laboratory was founded to house existing small camps with a goal to expand the facility to a year-round operation. As director of the Outdoor Lab for over 33 years, he led a multi-million dollar effort in facility and program development that brought national, regional and state recognition. Tens of thousands of special needs citizens were served during his tenure, and thousands of collegiates from around the country received training in various service positions. When White retired in 2006, the Outdoor Lab was home to diverse summer residential camps and had become a significant year-round Clemson University conference center complex.
Barry Johnson, who served as the Student President for the RPA department, made a lasting impact on his peers and the faculty at Clemson. While maintaining his standing as a hardworking student and student leader, Johnson was an active weekly contributor and editor of The Recker student publication and was awarded the Greg Schoper Leadership Award. He made a statement to his fellow students in an edition of The Recker published on April 16, 1971: "I wish to sincerely thank you for your vote of confidence in awarding me the Greg Schoper Leadership Award. I hope that I may always retain this honor of confidence and leadership throughout life to benefit my fellow man." His student leadership and dedication are symbols of the importance Clemson places on student empowerment.
During her time as a student, Mary Douglass served in many different roles for the benefit of the RPA department. As noted in The Recker published on November 16, 1970, Douglass was elected as junior class representative of the Faculty-Student Committee, a communication channel between the RPA faculty and students. She would later go on to be vice president and continue her duty as a "voice of the RPA student body." Her belief in student and faculty partnership and teamwork drove the department to new heights.
Originally from South Orange, New Jersey, Fran McGuire discovered his interest in PRTM when he worked for four summers as the playground supervisor at Seth Boyden Playground and DeHart Park in Maplewood, New Jersey. After finishing degrees in PRTM from Penn State University and the University of Illinois and working as a faculty member at the State University of New York at Cortland, he came to Clemson in 1981 and has been with us ever since. He was hired to join Ann James as a faculty member in the therapeutic recreation program and has remained through significant changes in the program, now called recreational therapy, as well as many changes in the PRTM department and the university. In spite of those changes, he finds that there are many more similarities than differences in the department over the 35 years he has been with us. Most noticeably, we have retained our student focus and faculty commitment.
Fran's efforts and leadership advanced him to his current service role as interim department chair. He has had many roles in the department and the university including PRTM graduate coordinator, interim director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, faculty senate president, faculty manual editor and consultant, program director for the Pre-Collegiate Programs Office and an earlier term as interim department chair. Fran's advice for current PRTM students: "Be proud of what you do. We build better people and that is one of the most important jobs there is."
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After 38 years of teaching undergraduates, his chosen domain, Howard retired as senior professor emeritus. He had served the department longer than any other faculty member. His favorite course was his most recently developed course: risk management. While at Clemson, Howard became a licensed bird bander. In addition to his work in South Carolina, he is now the director of the Crown Point Banding Station at the Crown Point State Historic Site in New York. The station provides educational programs and conducts migratory bird monitoring research. Regarding his career at Clemson, Howard said: "The global recognition, respect and reach that the department and its graduates enjoy today are a direct result of the foresight, hard work and high standards of the early faculty. Everything that is PRTM today has evolved from the foundation constructed by the faculty pioneers and expressed to the world through the high quality performance of our graduates. It was a great experience."


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- January 29, 2016
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The new ABB QCS includes expanded control and visualization capabilities that Burrows needs for this new product line. The system helps Burrows maintain superior product quality by providing better sensing and control of the paper machine, as well as automated grade change capability that improves efficiency for short runs of specialty products for specific customers. It enhances operator effectiveness by increasing visibility and control of the process. Long-term maintenance efficiencies include improved diagnostics for troubleshooting and a modular design for quick component replacement.
Burrows continues to invest in quality systems with an ABB QCS installation on PM32 at the Lyonsdale, NY mill planned for this spring.
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The system includes a scanner with sensors for basis weight, moisture, ash, brightness, formation, and opacity; a CD Basis Weight Control System using a new ABB Slice xP Profiler; and CD Moisture Control of an existing water spray. With an on-time and on-budget installation, the benefits of improved measurement and control performance were quickly realized.
"The QCS installation and commissioning were almost flawless due to ABB's guidance and support. The great working relationship we established initially has continued with their service and maintenance support for the system," commented Chris Edick, Electrical and Instrumentation Technician at Burrows.
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This exacting measurement accuracy is achieved through moisture sensors with advanced High Performance Infra-Red (HPIR) technology and improved basis weight sensors. The HPIR technology provides independent moisture measurements at a rate of 5,000 measurements per second, which contributes to the precision required for CD uniformity on applications like Burrows PM12.
The improved, easy to use operator displays on the new QCS also help the overall process. Navigation between screens in the new system is much easier, and operators have better visualization of production and equipment performance information, including 3-D displays, waterfall displays, and the ability to quickly zero in on potential problems and issues, such as a plugged nozzle on the machine.
The QCS also improves machine operations by enabling faster and easier grade changes – these can be done automatically, so that the operator can focus on supervising critical grade change processes.
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ABB's proven history of providing its customers with paths to evolve their QCS systems in sensible steps, without the need for complete replacement, positions Burrows well to maximize the QCS investment made on PM12. A similar replacement of the QCS in the future is unlikely to be needed, as ABB provides evolution steps forward in the subsystems of measurement processing, system and control applications, actuators, and operator visualization. ABB has maintained an unprecedented capability for customers to mix QCS subsystems of different generations as they evolve their systems over time.
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Since its official reveal at PlayStation Experience 2015, the upcoming PS4/PC MOBA from Epic Games, called Paragon, has gradually been revealing new characters and sharing more videos on the title's fast-paced, third-person action, with another of the game's heroes getting the spotlight in the title's latest video.
The official YouTube channel for Paragon provided a new look at one of the heroes coming in the game named Kallari, an assassin-like character that relies more on quick stealth maneuvers and evasion to defeat enemies on the battlefield.
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As a fan of Tony Hillerman, I was thrilled to see another novel out by his daughter. Anne Hillerman has picked up where her dad left off. If you loved Tony Hillerman's stories, you'll recognize his influence on his daughter's story as well.— From Robin Whitley's Favorites
Anne Hillerman, the talented daughter of bestselling author Tony Hillerman, continues his popular Leaphorn and Chee series with Spider Woman's Daughter, a Navajo Country mystery, filled with captivating lore, startling suspense, bold new characters, vivid color, and rich Southwestern atmosphere.
Navajo Nation Police Officer Bernadette Manualito witnesses the cold-blooded shooting of someone very close to her. With the victim fighting for his life, the entire squad and the local FBI office are hell-bent on catching the gunman. Bernie, too, wants in on the investigation, despite regulations forbidding eyewitness involvement. But that doesn't mean she's going to sit idly by, especially when her husband, Sergeant Jim Chee, is in charge of finding the shooter.
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Anne Hillerman, the author of the Leaphorn-Chee-Manuelito series, began her career as a journalist and writer of nonfiction books. The daughter of New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman, she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This is her sixth novel and the twenty-fourth in the Hillerman series.
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When I fell across the Alabama outfit Thomas Function last year at SXSW, I absolutely loved what they brought to the live performance. Their vibrant energy and jangling guitars brought so much force that it was hard to ignore them. So when Fat Possum sent me their new album, In the Valley of Sickness, I was eager to see if their live stage presence would carry over the recorded material. Surprisingly, sort of, they do live up to my expectations, if not exceed them.
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As you go track by track through this album, you can tell that these boys are all about having a little it of fun, which is great to see, as this is the least arty record to come out this year. "Day in the Shade" comes at you full force, and it almost seems as if these boys are going so fast that they are bound to run off the tracks at any moment. Still, they hold back just enough to finish the song. You also can't deny the humor from this album, which shows once again, that Thomas Function is just out there enjoying their rock n' roll lifestyle. On "Picking Scabs" the call of "are you going to buy a record or not" seems to show that these boys know their place in the music world, and if you help support them, you'll keep them out on the road to rock for years to come.
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The "comedian" (and I use that word lightly) was torn apart after she released a photo of herself holding a bloody mannequin head that was made to look like President Trump's. She claimed it was art, but we saw right through her phony excuse.
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I think she lost that a long time ago!
She said, "I just want you guys to know that I am fully in the middle of a blacklist, like I'm in the middle of a Hollywood blacklist. It is real. I'm not booked on any talk shows."
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She is paranoid and quite frankly reminds me of a 2007 Britney Spears breakdown, with that awful hair-do.
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In one of our recent podcasts, Jesse Roman, staff writer for NFPA Journal talks with Val Charlton of Kishugu in South Africa, who visited NFPA in December. (NFPA also visited South Africa in February. Read Lucian Deaton's blog for an in-depth look at his visit).
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At an informational session on Tuesday morning, January 25, Director of Health Services Dr. Michael Pitts said that in the case of Trinidad and Tobago, for example, the government can treat 400 cases with a TT$105 million budget (about BZ$33 million)but an estimated 1,500 people demand the care. The end result for those who cant access or afford it is, regrettably, death.
The disease burden in Belize is highand it is believed to be escalating. Pitts said that the proportion of people living in Belize with hypertension is 15%, while the proportion for diabetes is 23%nearly one in every four persons. These two medical conditions are most commonly linked with renal failure when not properly managed.
Ministry of Health officials say that the current health budget is just under $90 million. Of that, $1.8 million would be spent on the first public sector haemodialysis program, which, they say, will look at each patient more holistically.
There is currently no official information to indicate how many people in Belize need dialysis, since the country has no renal registry; however, Pitts indicated that the public dialysis units would be able to treat 6 more than the 26 currently on the government-subsidized program.
Of those 26 patients, our newspaper is informed that 11 have been transferred to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospitals dialysis unitone of two public units being set up in Belize.
The second unit is being set up at La Loma Luz Adventist Hospital in San Ignacio/Santa Elena, Cayo, and that unit is expected to take its first patient in just a few weeks.
The remaining patients currently undergo haemodialysis at the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited (BHPL), the first private facility to offer the service in Belize.
Pitts underscored the need for both programs, in the private and public sector, to continue operating. The KHMH and Loma Luz would take those select cases of people, chosen by a patient selection committee, who simply cannot afford to pay the $550 required per session at the private facility. (In Chetumal, said Pitts, it costs $330 a session.)
A person who needs the usual 3 treatments a week would, therefore, be spending between $50,000 and $90,000 a year on this treatment to stay alivea conservatively calculated price tag that only the wealthy could sustain without some form of subsidy program or insurance coverage.
To assist some of those who fall outside that bracket, the World Organization for Renal Therapies (WORTH) is partnering with the Government of Belize for at least the first three years of the dialysis program, which will cost the parties roughly $3 million a year to operateabout the same amount of money expended from the national health budget for the whole of the Toledo District.
This $3 million in spending equates to treatment in Chetumal for 58 patientsat the BHPL cost, it works out to about 35 patients. However, the Ministry of Health says that patients are getting more rounded care under this Ministry of Health/WORTH dialysis program.
Whereas patients needed to travel abroad to get their fistula connectionsneeded to connect the patient to the machinesthere is now a doctor in-house who does that procedure.
The program will also give patients access to lab tests, medications not previously available in Belize (which are supposed to improve their condition), hormonal treatments, nutritional advice, and the services of a social worker.
The current proposal is to ask patients to make a contribution towards the program of $15 to $80 per session, based on what they can afford. This could generate, minimally, about $70,000 for the program.
Dr. Wayne Trebbin, WORTH founder, will be the nephrologist serving the patients, mostly from overseas through modern communications links with 15 trained nurses who will be manning the units in Belize City and Cayo.
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In what has been a familiar story since their last win which came on the 28th of September, Chico State volleyball came in and took the first set in Friday nights contest against Cal State San Marcos. Only to end up squandering opportunities and losing in five sets for the third straight game and se...
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Ricardo Tovar
October 6, 2018
Chico State came into Friday night's contest against Cal State Monterey Bay hopeful to shake off two straight road losses and a 4-6 North Division record. The Otters were coming in on a four game win streak and tied for the North Division lead at 5-4. When the Wildcats jumped out to a two to zero...
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September 29, 2018
If Chico State volleyball had to be described in one word, that word would be torturous. They have gone 4-4 since opening at home against Cal Poly Pomona. In those contests when they have won they won in five sets and when they lose they get swept in three sets. This game was the exception when Chic...
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Riding the momentum of a two-game win streak from last weekend, Chico State was looking to continue to build their lead in the California Collegiate Athletic Association North Division to 3-2 and 10-3 overall. In their way stood San Francisco State the team right behind them at 2-2 in the North Division an...
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An exhibition entitled ĎVietnam-Experiencesí was opened on April 18 at Sofitel Plaza in Hanoi by the Hanoi International Womenís Association.
This is the third annual exhibition of 211 paintings and photos taken by the 36 members of the association and other members of their families.
All the proceeds from selling the paintings and photos will be spent on the association's charity activities in Vietnam.
The Hanoi International Womenís Association is a non-profit organisation of foreign women living and working in Vietnam. The associationís objective is to promote social, charity and cultural activities among the members, the foreignersí community and Vietnamese people.
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Sectra's Nine-month Interim Report 2017/2018: Sectra Tops Customer Satisfaction for Fifth Consecutive Year
12 Mar, 2018, 07:13 GMT
LINKÖPING, Sweden, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) reported increased order bookings and net sales compared with the year-earlier period. The earnings trend for the Group as a whole was stable. Sectra's financial focus is to increase its operating profit per share while maintaining its operating margin, and Sectra's financial performance measures continue to exceed the Group's target levels.
Nine-month period in figures
- Order bookings increased 19.8% to SEK 992.3 million (828.1).
- Net sales rose 9.8% to SEK 878.6 million (800.1). Adjusted for currency fluctuations, sales increased 11.9%.
- Operating profit rose 23.7% to SEK 155.4 million (125.6), corresponding to an operating margin of 17.7% (15.7). Adjusted for currency fluctuations, operating profit increased 27.3%.
- Cash flow after changes in working capital amounted to SEK 120.8 million (174.9).
Third quarter in figures
- Order bookings increased 11.6% to SEK 337.9 million (302.9).
- Net sales rose 2.0% to SEK 300.1 million (294.2). Adjusted for currency fluctuations, sales increased 4.7%.
- Operating profit rose 8.9% to SEK 51.3 million (47.1), corresponding to an operating margin of 17.1% (16.0). Adjusted for currency fluctuations, operating profit increased 13.5%.
- Cash flow after changes in working capital amounted to SEK 46.1 million (104.7).
Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra AB, comments
"For a company such as Sectra, which competes with some of the largest companies in the world, it is extremely important to have satisfied, long-standing customers. Our success in this area is confirmed by the recognition of Sectra's medical IT system (PACS) for having the highest customer satisfaction in the US for the fifth consecutive year, and globally for the fourth year straight. This is mainly the result of our corporate culture, where the needs and problems of our customers always come first. I am proud of the positive feedback we continue to receive from users across the globe and of our employees, who truly care about and assume responsibility for our customers.
"Sectra continued to deliver positive trends in terms of sales, order bookings, and profitability. The most significant sales growth during the period was reported in Sweden, primarily as a result of increased sales in the Secure Communications operating area. Within Imaging IT Solutions, we are growing in the Netherlands, the UK and the US.
"The increase in order bookings is attributable to several comprehensive, long-term customer contracts in both Secure Communications and Imaging IT Solutions. A significant portion of our expenditures arise in the early stages of the multiyear projects, while revenue and profit recognition are distributed over the entire duration of the customer contract. Accordingly, several of the new orders will tie up considerable capital during the installation phase, which will place a greater burden on cash flow.
"With all of our financial goals achieved, we aim to continue growing in the long term. Our focus will be on growth initiatives that can contribute to a long-term and stable earnings trend, including cybersecurity for critical infrastructure and solutions for integrated cancer diagnostics. We are also investing in new geographic markets—including Canada and France, where we opened offices over the past year—and in increasing our market shares in countries where we are already established but are not yet the market leader."
For further CEO comments and information, see the attached interim report.
Presentation of the interim report
A teleconference will be held by Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra AB, and Mats Franzén, CFO of Sectra AB. The presentation will be held in English.
Time: March 12, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. (CET)
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Malnutrition. Webster's dictionary defines it as "faulty or imperfect nutrition." It is also defined as a lack of healthy foods in the diet or an excessive intake of unhealthy foods leading to physical harm. In 2003 The National Academies' National Research Council declared that one of every four dogs and cats in the Western world is overweight.
"But my dog likes his treats."
"What's the big deal? She's happy."
These are just a few of the many excuses I've heard from my clients trying to explain away their pet's obesity.
So here's why it's a big deal: Lean dogs tend to live 1.8 years longer than overweight dogs. They stay healthier longer often delaying the onset of chronic conditions, such as arthritis, by as much as 3 years or more. Heart problems, joint problems, kidney problems, diabetes and everything else you can think of could be postponed.
What's an owner to do? Well, the most important thing, which is also the hardest thing to realize, is that YOU are in charge. Fido and Fluffy are overweight because you fed them too much and didn't give them enough exercise. They didn't go to Burger King and get a Double Whopper at midnight!
You can't resist Fido's eyes when he is begging for another bacon strip or your cat bugs you constantly unless her food bowl is full. I understand this as I have the same cat. But, for their sake you need to be tough. You're the Owner; you need to set the rules.
It all boils down to the metabolic level: The absolute only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you ingest. Period. That's it. Sounds familiar, right? It's the same premise for human diets such as Weight Watchers and South Beach. The very first thing you need to do for your pet is cut back on giving treats, snacks and human food. These are generally high in calories and your pet doesn't need more than one a day. Think about it. How many candy bars do you eat daily?
The second step on this weight loss journey is to feed fewer calories of a good quality, low-calorie maintenance diet. This ALWAYS starts with measuring the amount of food you feed. If the bag says give 1 ½ cups and you just dump the food in the bowl, I guarantee you that you are feeding Fido and Fluffy more than you think. Just feeding less than is recommended of a non-low calorie food can lead to a diet that is deficient in vitamins and other important nutrients. Feeding a good quality low-calorie diet means that your pet gets to eat more and get fewer calories due to the food's formulation, so maybe you won't get the "sad eyes" treatment as much! There are a number of low calorie diets available but I recommend using a veterinary prescribed diet. These diets will always have all the nutrients your animal needs plus you get professional advice and help to achieve success with a weight loss program. Your veterinarian may also be able to diagnosis any medical conditions such as hypothyroidism that may be contributing to your pet's overweight condition.
Finally, there's exercise. Dogs benefit from walking, running around with other animals, or any activity that gets Fido moving. Cats are no exception; cat toys may entice Fluffy to race around the house. Not surprisingly, exercise for you and your pet has been shown to reduce stress, rates of heart disease and diabetes as well as improving overall quality of life. Your pet will likely sleep better. Simply put, what's good for you is good for them!