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A highly anticipated new building on Lake Charlevoix is becoming a reality for the Charlevoix Yacht Club (CYC) with the help of Irish Boat Shop. CYC members and Irish representatives broke ground in a ceremony Friday for the building at 220 Ferry Avenue that will include dedicated CYC space, an events center available for rent, and a boater's lounge for Irish customers. The building's lakefront location and multi-user design will make it a significant asset for the area.
"We are so excited to get this project going and see it come to life. This is going to be a great space for CYC members, Irish customers, families and kids who want to learn to sail, and even community members who want a lakefront space for special events." said Bob Grove, current CYC Commodore.
The building, designed by Andre Poineau, will be two stories high and measure about 10,000 square feet. Several CYC members have formed CYC Partners, LLC to fund and manage construction. It has received significant donations and fundraising is continuing. The building will be co-owned by Irish Boat Shop and CYC Partners LLC.
The building will take an estimated 18 months to complete. The land is currently being used by Irish for boat storage in the winter and parking in the summer. CYC will move over from its current location across the street at 209 Ferry Avenue. Irish's existing boater's lounge on the property will be demolished. Irish customer docks at the location will remain unchanged and Irish will continue to own and run the marina and boater's lounge.
City planners have called the overall project a "great usage" of a property that historically has been under-utilized. "The landscaping and building itself really does a good job of keeping views open for neighboring properties," said Charlevoix Zoning Administrator Jonathan Scheel when the zoning was approved earlier this year. "They will be good neighbors and a good value for the citizens of the city, providing another place on the water for events and better facilities for our boaters," Scheel said.
The Charlevoix Yacht Club is a year-round casual social club for local boaters of varied interests, including sailboat racing and cruising by both power and sail. The all-volunteer club encourages family participation and youth training programs to grow membership. CYC recently hosted the popular Red Fox Regatta from Charlevoix to Boyne City and back across Lake Charlevoix. For more information about the CYC, including membership, officers and contact information, visit charlevoixyachtclub.org.
The Charlevoix Planning Commission conditionally approved the site plan at the February 11th meeting. The building plans will progress, and work on the master deed will now start.
Irish Boat Shop has filed a site plan with the City of Charlevoix requesting conditional approval. To view the Planning Commission agenda & site plan submission, click here. For more information, please contact Michael Esposito at email@example.com. You may also reach him during business hours at 231-526-6225.
Irish is pleased to share that a dream long held by Dave Irish is starting to come to fruition. As Dave has said for the past 20 years, "The Charlevoix Yacht Club belongs on the water. It's the right thing to do." Towards that end, Irish Boat Shop has been working with the Charlevoix Yacht Club (CYC) to provide CYC with a portion of our Ferry Avenue Marina site for a new yacht club building.
CYC and Irish Boat Shop are creating a building design and site plan that takes an underutilized piece of waterfront property and incorporates multiple uses all centered around boating activities. The new building integrates three separate uses; the ground floor will have an event space with a large east facing deck, and a boater's lounge exclusively for the use of Irish marina customers, and the upstairs includes the new home of the yacht club. The event space will be available for public and private functions. The boater's lounge will include restrooms, showers, laundry, an inside sitting area, and an outside deck overlooking the marina; it will be quite an upgrade from our current restrooms! The second floor will be the new home of the Charlevoix Yacht Club and available to its members.
The proposed site plan is going before the city's Planning Commission on February 11th for preliminary approval. We are thrilled to be partnering with the CYC and moving forward with what will undoubtedly be a wonderful addition to the Lake Charlevoix waterfront.
Q: When will construction begin and how long will construction take to complete?
A: The construction process will begin once the construction drawings and the master deed have been completed. This could be as early as Fall of 2019. Construction is estimated to take 12-14 months. This summer could see no change, with the most change potentially occurring in the summer of 2020.
Q: Will you be modifying the docks or the shoreline, too?
A: No, only constructing a new building which sits 35 ft. back from the water at the north end of the site.
Q: Will dirt and noise from the construction be a problem?
A: If we are able to begin construction in the Fall, the messiest part of the work should get done while the marina is empty. By the following Spring and Summer, most work should be occurring inside the building, limiting noise and dirt. Appropriate measures will be taken to ensure that our marina remains as clean and quiet as possible.
Q: Will restrooms and showers be available during construction?
A: Yes. Facilities will be made available to our customers while the building is under construction.
Q: What about parking; will there be spaces available during construction?
A: The number of parking spaces may be limited at certain times during construction. Throughout construction, we will maintain a convenient loading/unloading zone as close to the docks as possible. The Ferry Avenue Beach parking lot has ample space for overflow parking.
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Q: Who will own the building?
A: The parking lot and the building will be owned by a condominium association. The members of the association will be the CYC and IBS. Irish will retain ownership of the shorefront and docks.
Q: Will I have to be a member of CYC to dock at Ferry Ave?
A: No. Irish will continue to operate the marina, lease slips to our customers, and make decisions about where boats are docked.
Q: Will the new boater's bathrooms have showers? Laundry? Wifi?
A: Yes to all of the above, plus a lounge area and covered deck overlooking the marina for our dockage customers.
Q: Will we be sharing restroom facilities with everyone else using the site?
A: No. Ferry Avenue dockage customers will have exclusive access to the boater's lounge. There will be separate restrooms for event center visitors and CYC members.
Q: Will the event center be open to the public?
A: Yes, the first-floor event center will be available for rental. Evening events will be allowed, but we are committed to keeping the marina as quiet as we can and will adhere to the City of Charlevoix's 11:00 pm noise ordinance.
Q: Will the new building have outdoor speakers and lights?
A: There will be no outdoor speakers. The lighting plan approved by the planning commission keeps light to a minimum, especially near the water.
Q: Once the new facility is built, will parking be available to slip holders?
A: Yes, the parking lot has been designed to accommodate our marina slip holders as well as visitors to the event center and Charlevoix Yacht Club members.
Q: Will the Sail Charlevoix (formerly the Mariners) sailing school be operating from the new building, too?
A: That is the plan being discussed. We certainly hope this will be possible. Our intent is to provide a central location for boating activity on this portion of Lake Charlevoix.
Q: Will Irish have marina offices in the new building?
A: No, our offices will remain at our Stover Road site.
Q: Is there any talk about a walk-through access from Irish to Northwest where many of the yacht club members have slips?
A: Not at present. If this is something all parties are interested in, it can be worked out as we move forward.


text: News Treehugger Voices I Tried to Dye My Faded Jeans By Ilana Strauss Yale University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ilana Strauss is a journalist who began writing for the Treehugger family in 2015. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Cut, New York Magazine, and other publications. our editorial process Ilana Strauss Updated January 14, 2019 ©. Roy Strauss Share Twitter Pinterest Email News Environment Business & Policy Science Animals Home & Design Current Events Treehugger Voices Wonder how hard it is to dye your old clothes? I found out for you.It's hard to find good jeans. So I was loath to give up my pair of super old jeans, even though they were faded. I normally wouldn't mind faded jeans, but these weren't cool faded, they were gross, Oscar the Grouch-style faded. So I picked up a box of fabric dye and went to work. There is no grand story here, but if you've thought about dying your old jeans and wondered how difficult it is to do and how well it works, read on. I boiled some water and poured it into a bucket. I mixed in some salt and detergent, per the box directions. Then I mixed the dye into a cup of boiling water and poured that into the bucket too. You're supposed to continuously stir the clothes in a bucket with enough room for the clothes to move freely. But I didn't have a large enough bucket for that, nor did I have a big spoon for stirring purposes. So I just moved the jeans around every few minutes with my hands, which were covered in gloves. After 10 minutes, I stopped moving them and let them sit in the dye for an hour. Then I rinsed until they were clear and tossed them in the washing machine and dryer. They came out looking like this: © Ilana Strauss Not bad, right? They looked pretty much new. I didn't plan on making this an article, so I don't have a before picture, but trust me: big improvement. So overall, this was pretty easy. I screwed up some of the instructions — eyeballed the detergent, didn't mix right — and it still all went fine. In conclusion: don't throw out your old jeans! Just dye them.

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SweetBeam (www.sweetbeam.com) exclusively serves 5-star hotels and luxury resorts. Our unique service solves a fundamental problem for our customers - how to communicate with and influence guests while they are staying at the hotel.
If youve stayed at a luxury hotel you may have have noticed fliers and brochures lying about the room or perhaps a hotel information channel on the TV. You probably never really stopped to look at any of them in detail because, if youre like us, youre too busy either working hard or having fun.
Enter SweetBeam. SweetBeam delivers elegant and timely information into each guest room. The service is highly visual, based on bold, striking images and can be personalized to an individual guest. Through the simple power of suggestion, SweetBeam influences guest decision-making and the hotel boosts revenue generated from restaurants, bars, merchandise, spa, golf, leisure activities etc.
The name SweetBeam is just a play on words. On a literal level, it means Suite as in a luxurious guest room and Beam as in Direct Transmission, although the word Sweet does have other positive connotations....
Our strapline is Worth a Thousand Words which is meant to underscore the value our service delivers to hoteliers:
- Elegance
- Personal Communication
- Increased Profit
We need the essentials for quality business-to-business communication:
- New Logo
- Business cards & basic stationery (A4 format)
- Font/color scheme recommendation to allow us to generate other documents (customer proposals, powerpoint presentations etc)
We will redesign our website soon but we have given priority to these 1:1 communication elements. While we dont print a lot of brochures, our personalized communications (such as customer proposals and audits) need to look top-notch.
As an international company, are strong believers in crowdsourcing and global creativity and would be pleased to provide attribution credit for the winning design.
- General managers and executive directors of 5-star hotels.
- High-level corporate decision-makers (CEOs, SVPs of Operations, Marketing etc) in 5-star hotel groups
They need to feel they can entrust their customers to SweetBeam in the same way they would entrust them to an employee of the hotel. They care deeply about the guest experience, and see it as the key to increased profit (happy guests spend more and stay again).
These logos are simple yet elegant. They speak to the company name and the experiences/values they deliver via a nice, somewhat iconic graphical shape.
While the SweetBeam service is delivered through Web technology, that technology is transparent for the hotel manager and for the guest. We do not particularly want to project a high-tech or Web 2.0 image (even though we agree with you our present logo does look that way!...). Here are a bunch of examples of the type of thing wed like to avoid: http://fontfeed.com/archives/the-logos-o...
Instead, the design should speak to the end benefits of our service:
- elegance
- personal communication
- increased profit
The logo should be up to the same standard as the luxury environment we operate in, and should project the intelligence of the SweetBeam concept as well as our reliability as a partner.
The design must incorporate the words SweetBeam, and wed like to see versions with and without the strapline. Wed also like to see a graphical shape as part of the design - one that can potentially be detached as a symbol and that has some meaningful ability to be recognized on its own.
The logo should be clean and simple, and easy to cut out and place upon various backgrounds. A black-and-white and reversed out treatment should be possible. Our gut feeling is that an overall design that fits into a square-ish area is more practical than a long horizontal form, but we are open to all good suggestions.
As most of our business is generated from 1:1 interaction with decision-makers, the business cards should have a little extra flair.
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India vs Bangladesh Asia Cup final: Match reduced to 15 overs a side
Heavy downpour accompanied by thundershowers, resulting in a power outage at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, threatened to play spoilsport in the final of the Asia Cup T20 between Bangladesh and India in Dhaka on Sunday.cricket Updated: Mar 06, 2016, 20:35 IST
Heavy downpour accompanied by thundershowers, resulting in a power outage at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, delayed by at least an hour the final of the Asia Cup T20 between Bangladesh and India in Dhaka on Sunday.
The groundstaff at the Sher-e-Bangla got to work once the storm subsided and the stadium, which boasts excellent drainage facilities, was soon rid of the large puddles of water that had formed in the outfield. The Indian team was also seen having a training drill on the outfield.
The cutoff for a full game to be played is 8.30pm local time (8pm IST), beyond which overs will be lost. The cutoff time for a five-overs-a-side game is 10.10pm IST.
The much hyped grand finale saw an anti-climax of sorts when there was a slight drizzle in the beginning with groundsmen covering the pitch area.
However, just as they had removed the covers, there was a sudden thunderstorm, which saw the TV crew commentators and players sprinting to the confines of the shade with the heavy pitch cover being blown away.
Here's look at the 'Storm' at Shere Bangla. Thunder, lightening and heavy downpour. #IndvsBan @HTSportsNews pic.twitter.com/XMGHdVIpdS— Kushal Phatarpekar (@sarcasanct) 6 March 2016
The stadium was then plunged into darkness as the floodlights went off.
Sher-e-Bangla Stadium has brilliant drainage facilities that also came into play during the 2014 World T20 final, which started 45 minutes post scheduled time but the groundsmen had prepared the ground.
In case of no play, the trophy will be shared as both teams are scheduled to leave for India on Monday. The World T20 begins on Tuesday, thus ruling out the possibility of a reserve day for the final.
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I just had to go back through out quotes as it was so long ago now!
We plan on eventually putting in sheer curtains in the master, office and living areas so we opted for roller blinds to be installed with our build. The media and bedrooms have smaller windows which wont need curtains so we opted for plantations shutters in these.
The plan is to tint the front facing windows also (master, upper lounge and office), pending on what $$ we have left over!
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Just had news from 'home' in Wales – rain of epic proportions and a tree down across our trackway. And only a few weeks ago, the water supply had dried up. Thanks, Callum.
In Portugal we continue to enjoy reasonable weather, although the sun is weakening and we see more clouds about now and again. Pretty much equals UK summer weather, in fact.
All of which puts us in mind of wet boys – always good to see and in ways better than getting soaked in a storm… although, to begin:
Apres nous le deluge… Whereas…
And now the other kind of shower!
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The commissioner shall prepare a biennial budget for maintaining the 911 system. By December 15 of each year, the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature detailing the expenditures for maintaining the 911 system, the 911 fees collected, the balance of the 911 fund, the 911-related administrative expenses of the commissioner, and the most recent forecast of revenues and expenditures for the 911 emergency telecommunications service account, including a separate projection of E911 fees from prepaid wireless customers and projections of year-end fund balances. The commissioner is authorized to expend money that has been appropriated to pay for the maintenance, enhancements, and expansion of the 911 system.
Any county, other governmental agency, wireless telecommunications service provider, or wire-line telecommunications service provider may petition the commissioner for a waiver of all or portions of the requirements. A waiver may be granted upon a demonstration by the petitioner that the requirement is economically infeasible.
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Jacqueline Stone and Stephen (Buzzy) F. Teiser have been named the recipients of a Graduate Mentoring Award by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and the Graduate School. This is the first time in the history of the award that joint recipients were named from any department. They will be recognized at the Graduate School's hooding ceremony on June 2.
The award honors Princeton faculty members who demonstrate exemplary mentorship as they guide the development of their graduate students as teachers, scholars and professionals. Faculty members are nominated by graduate students, who also serve on the selection committee, along with faculty members and the directors of the McGraw Center. Each year, one faculty member in each academic division (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering) is chosen as a winner.


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We need to embrace the fact that customers are significantly different than ever before.
Today, products are delivered via the internet, which has led to a dramatic shift in how people consume, demand, and interacts with products. The challenge companies face today is to deliver personalized, valuable, and immediate experiences.
The old "one size fits all" mentality doesn't work in the future, where companies develop and market products based on market segmentation and demographics. The assumption that products, features, and marketing will meet the needs of all people within that demographic is obsolete.
Personas are fictional characters that contain insights from your customer research. They represent one customer type that is interested in your products, services or brand. This archetypes of people incorporate customer goals, problems (often called "Pain Points") behaviors and interests. These help teams and decision makers to think from a customer perspective and add a human touch — in contrary to the traditional internal perspective. Additionally, they allow you to understand patterns in from your research, what is synthesized in archetypes of people you seek to do something for. Personas are also known as model characters or composite characters.
Personas are a great way to visualize what you currently know about customer needs and behaviors. In a rapidly changing world, it's the only way to ensure you build what customers want is to engage them continuously. Personas are the best way to control the changing needs of your customers.
The risk of product-failure in our fast evolving world can be reduced with a continuous engagement of your customers. Customer research provides teams and organization with the required insights and confidence to ideate and develops the right products. All innovation and product development activities need to have a clear purpose to create value for your customers and to solve his problems. A persona represents exactly this "voice of your customer".
Personas are normally created during the second phase of the Design Thinking process — the Define phase. Design Thinkers synthesize their findings and insights from customer research. Very often teams also start to create Proto-personas which are based on secondary research. Secondary research, like competitor or market analysis, allows quick insights for the first draft of your Persona.
Using personas is just one method, among others, that can help designers and development teams to define the customer problem statement. This so-called Point-of-View (PoV) is a guiding statement that focusses on specific users, and insights and needs. Which you have uncovered during the customer research. You can articulate your POV by framing the information about your customer (Persona), the needs or problems and the insights in the following sequence:
The PoV defines the RIGHT challenge to address during the next Design Thinking process step, which is the Ideation phase. It
Many organization oversees the real value of their data generated by customers. There are dozens of "Voice-of-customer" solutions with customers, like support systems, survey tools, app reviews, sales tools, NPS services, internal tools and many more. It's relevant to get all your data in one place to uncover what your customers are saying and requesting. Personas are fictional characters but they represent your existing and living customers, that's why it's necessary to update these archetypes with your frequently gained insights.
Customer feedback via social media or product review sites like Amazon can horribly damage brand reputations. It is so important to consider every touchpoint with your customer. In our fast-changing world one of the main goals of the organization, today is to have an up-to-date understanding of all your customer groups to ensure continuous innovation. Create Personas during your customer research and update them, whenever your customer leave relevant insights with problems or needs.
Moreover, beside creating Personas, connect your "Voice-of-Customer" tools to get all your relevant customer feedback from customer research, sales, marketing and service in one place. With the centralized data, you can very easily select and add insights to your Personas, that your teams will always be provided with the required customer information. This enables teams an instant view of customer problems and needs, to be equipped with the required information to come up with better products that deliver real customer value.
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Woburn Golf Club The Duke's 6th Hole Tee Construction
In April we reshaped the 6th tee complex on The Duke's course at Woburn Golf Club.
We stripped the existing turf and topsoil and balanced the levels across the two tee boxes. We shaped the tee formations, consolidating in layers. V-shaped drains were cut, pipe installed and backfilled with gravel. A blend of rootzone and sports sand was spread over the surface to a depth of 225mm. The tees were accurately laser graded and hand raked. The greenkeepers will use cores to grow in the new playing surface.
The tee banks were shaped from imported topsoil and turfed with Tillers Turf Arena.
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Microsoft update SkyDrive with photo timeline and faster upload performance.
Verizon updates FiOS to FiOS Quantum, increases prices and speeds
Verizon updates FiOS to FiOS Quantum, increases speeds and increases prices.
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Verizon is increasing FiOS speeds by at least double across the board this June.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg made his offer to purchase Instagram, had deal wrapped up in 48 hours
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Facebook preparing Instagram rival app for iPhone.
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A lot of reports out today collectively gave me a very bad feeling about the state of our current housing recovery.
First, Amherst Securities Group took a look at Pay Option ARMs. These are the adjustable rate loans so popular in 2006 that allowed you to choose your monthly mortgage payment, while tacking what you don't spend on to the principal of your loan. Only 9 percent of these loans had full documentation from the borrower and 76 percent were originated in California, Florida, Arizona and Nevada, our four disaster states for housing. It should therefore come as no shock that they are suddenly approaching subprime in their delinquency status. So while we all sit around saying that the subprime loans have already worked their way through the system, they're fast being replaced by POA's. "For 2006 securitized issuance, 61% of subprime loans have defaulted, as have 49% of the option ARMs," according to the Amherst report.
Not soon after I saw that report, another flew into my "In" box from Fitch ratings: "Overall, prime RMBS 60+ days delinquencies rose to 9.2% for December 2009, up almost three times compared to the same period last year (3.2% in December 2008). The 2006/2007 vintages combined rose to 12.7% from 4.3%." They're talking about residential mortgage backed securities, which of course are pools of residential loans.
Then there was the report I received last night from Lender Processing Services:
"Total delinquencies, excluding foreclosures, increased to a record high 9.97 percent, representing a month-over-month increase of 5.46 percent and a year-over-year increase of 21.29 percent. Loans rolling to a more delinquent status totaled 5.01 percent compared to 1.52 percent of loans that improved. Of loans that were current in December 2008, 4.37 percent were either 60 or more days delinquent or in foreclosure by the end of November 2009, a rate higher than any other year for the same period."
So instead of diving into a bottle of Ketel One, I jumped on a conference call with the Mortgage Bankers Association that included their chief economist Jay Brinkmann's economic forecast. Brinkmann spoke quite a bit about unemployment, noting that while the rate of job losses is definitely slowing, the already-unemployed are not getting back into the job market at a healthy rate. He noted specifically that this would mean many more prime loan defaults by borrowers in financial trouble as opposed to borrowers who took out loans they never should have been offered.
"Over one-third of prime jumbo borrowers that are current on their mortgages also are 'underwater' on their mortgages," said Vincent Barberio of Fitch. Makes you wonder how long they'll stay current.
All of this then piled on top of a number I noted yesterday, not newly reported, but new to me, that Experian was forecasting close to a million borrowers who could afford to pay their loans had voluntarily walked away from their commitments because they were so far underwater that they would not see any home equity any time soon. Judging by the fact that a quarter of all borrowers, or about 15 million, are currently underwater, that number will likely rise in 2010.
Needless to say, the big banks, while perhaps trying their darndest to modify as many loans as they can, are looking at potentially millions of borrowers who either can't be modified due to insufficient income or don't want to be modified due to insufficient interest in throwing their money into a bottomless pit.
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Palmer Luckey (previously) the alt-right financier who was made a billionaire by Mark Zuckerberg's decision to acquire his VR startup Oculus, is now running a Peter-Thiel-backed surveillance startup called Anduril Industries, which has won a contract to contribute to Project Maven, the Pentagon's controversial AI-for-drones system (Google's involvement in Project Maven sparked an employee uprising that ended with the relevant executives leaving the company and the contract being allowed to lapse).
Luckey's company won the contract after he made lavish contributions to the campaigns of Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans.
In an opinion column for the Washington Post, Luckey and Stephens sharply criticized Google for abandoning the U.S. government by rejecting Project Maven. "We understand that tech workers want to build things used to help, not harm," the pair wrote. "We feel the same way. But ostracizing the U.S. military could have the opposite effect of what these protesters intend: If tech companies want to promote peace, they should stand with, not against, the United States' defense community."
What was left out of the column, however, was that, as the piece went to print, Anduril was beginning its own work on Project Maven.
What is needed, far more than are AI systems for drone weapons, is a reasonably sane foreign policy, which, at the moment, the Unhinged, Surveilled State of Amerika, does not appear have at all.
And there appear to be major, industrial-strength contradictions in how this foreign policy should be carried out.
These wild sanctions and assertions, made by both the President and Congress, are causing even those countries which once looked at their relationship with the US as paramount, to now be doing their level best to extract themselves from those relationships, just as quickly, both economically, and in terms of treaties and defense agreements, as they can.
The only answer the US government seems to have to any geopolitical dispute, is wars, or threats of wars. Any subtlety or moral tone, followed upon with honorable behaviour on the part of this country, have just... left the building, on President Trump's watch.
And in the use of drone strikes in Yemen, the indiscriminate assassinations of non-combatants, including infants, toddlers, children, and the elderly medically fragile, seem not to raise any questions, about how the US government has become complicit with Saudi Arabia in the committing of these war crimes.
Palmer Luckey, good for you that you got the contract; but in the greater scheme of things, do you not realize that you, and your company, will be a part of this ongoing carnage and genocide?
Is that what it means, to be an American, in the 21t century?!? Profiting from technology adjuncts which massively improve the US's penchant for killing non-combatants?
George Carlin was not only a very funny guy; he was, in many ways, a prophet. I think you will remember this, when you hear it: George Carlin: War Transcript
I would like to sincerely hope that my brother and sister Americans, when they become aware of what is happening here, will start asking those questions, and soon.
And if Congress wants our country to be on the right side of history here, they should stop funding, and arming, and providing guidance for these missions.
This war was never approved by Congress, which is Constitutionally mandated, began under President Obama, and is continued by President Trump.
As an American who is deeply concerned about the trajectory of its foreign policy, it is painful for me, to understand that I am a citizen of a country which commits war crimes.
But what is worse, as a Christian pacifist activist, is to to understand how the voices of my brother and sister Americans keep getting drowned out, when it comes to peace, and the only people to whom the government is listening... are the warmongers and their agents provocateurs.


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- United States (2)
- cardiovascular disease (2)
- epidemiology (2)
- African-americans (1)
- Amino acids (1)
- Chronic Kidney-disease (1)
- Chronic kidney disease (1)
- Diabetes mellitus (1)
- Diabetic-nephropathy (1)
- European Society (1)
Family studies suggest a genetic component to the etiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD). Previously, we identified 16 loci for eGFR in genome-wide association studies, but the associations of these single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for incident CKD or ESRD are unknown. We thus investigated the association of these loci with incident CKD in 26,308 individuals of European ancestry free of CKD at baseline drawn from eight population-based cohorts followed for a median of 7.2 years (including 2,122 incident CKD cases defined as eGFR < 60ml/min/1.73m(2) at follow-up) and with ESRD in four case-control studies in subjects of European ancestry (3,775 cases, 4,577 controls). SNPs at 11 of the 16 loci (UMOD, PRKAG2, ANXA9, DAB2, SHROOM3, DACH1, STC1, SLC34A1, ALMS1/NAT8, UBE2Q2, and GCKR) were associated with incident CKD; p-values ranged from p = 4.1e-9 in UMOD to p = 0.03 in GCKR. After adjusting for baseline eGFR, six of these loci remained significantly associated with incident CKD (UMOD, PRKAG2, ANXA9, DAB2, DACH1, and STC1). SNPs in UMOD (OR = 0.92, p = 0.04) and GCKR (OR = 0.93, p = 0.03) were nominally associated with ESRD. In summary, the majority of eGFR-related loci are either associated or show a strong trend towards association with incident CKD, but have modest associations with ESRD in individuals of European descent. Additional work is required to characterize the association of genetic determinants of CKD and ESRD at different stages of disease progression.
Aims Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major contributor to the excess mortality of patients on maintenance dialysis. Homoarginine deficiency may lead to decreased nitric oxide availability and endothelial dysfunction. Based on this rationale we assessed whether homoarginine deficiency is a risk factor for SCD in dialysis patients. Methods and results This study examined the association of homoarginine with cardiovascular outcomes in 1255 diabetic haemodialysis patients from the German diabetes and dialysis study. During a median of 4 years of follow-up, hazard ratios (HR) (95% CI) for reaching the following pre-specified, adjudicated endpoints were determined: SCD, myocardial infarction, stroke, death due to heart failure, and combined cardiovascular events. There was a strong association of low homoarginine concentrations with the presence of congestive heart failure and left ventricular hypertrophy as well as increased levels of brain natriuretic peptide. Per unit decrease in homoarginine, the risk of SCD increased three-fold (HR 3.1, 95% CI 2.0–4.9), attenuating slightly in multivariate models (HR 2.4; 95% CI 1.5–3.9). Patients in the lowest homoarginine quintile experienced a more than two-fold increased risk of SCD, and more than three-fold increased risk of heart failure death than patients in the highest quintile, which accounted for the high incidence of combined cardiovascular events. Low homoarginine showed a trend towards increased risk of stroke, however, myocardial infarction was not meaningfully affected. Conclusion Low homoarginine is a strong risk factor for SCD and death due to heart failure in haemodialysis patients. Further studies are needed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms, offering the potential to develop new interventional strategies.
Effect of Statins on Venous Thromboembolic Events: A Meta-analysis of Published and Unpublished Evidence from Randomised Controlled Trials (2012)
Background: It has been suggested that statins substantially reduce the risk of venous thromboembolic events. We sought to test this hypothesis by performing a meta-analysis of both published and unpublished results from randomised trials of statins. Methods and Findings: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane CENTRAL up to March 2012 for randomised controlled trials comparing statin with no statin, or comparing high dose versus standard dose statin, with 100 or more randomised participants and at least 6 months' follow-up. Investigators were contacted for unpublished information about venous thromboembolic events during follow-up. Twenty-two trials of statin versus control (105,759 participants) and seven trials of an intensive versus a standard dose statin regimen (40,594 participants) were included. In trials of statin versus control, allocation to statin therapy did not significantly reduce the risk of venous thromboembolic events (465 [0.9%] statin versus 521 [1.0%] control, odds ratio [OR] = 0.89, 95% CI 0.78-1.01, p = 0.08) with no evidence of heterogeneity between effects on deep vein thrombosis (266 versus 311, OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.72-1.01) and effects on pulmonary embolism (205 versus 222, OR 0.92, 95% CI 0.76-1.12). Exclusion of the trial result that provided the motivation for our meta-analysis (JUPITER) had little impact on the findings for venous thromboembolic events (431 [0.9%] versus 461 [1.0%], OR = 0.93 [95% CI 0.82-1.07], p = 0.32 among the other 21 trials). There was no evidence that higher dose statin therapy reduced the risk of venous thromboembolic events compared with standard dose statin therapy (198 [1.0%] versus 202 [1.0%], OR = 0.98, 95% CI 0.80-1.20, p = 0.87). Risk of bias overall was small but a certain degree of effect underestimation due to random error cannot be ruled out. Conclusions: The findings from this meta-analysis do not support the previous suggestion of a large protective effect of statins (or higher dose statins) on venous thromboembolic events. However, a more moderate reduction in risk up to about one-fifth cannot be ruled out. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
Background: Sudden cardiac death is common and accounts largely for the excess mortality of patients on maintenance dialysis. It is unknown whether aldosterone and cortisol increase the incidence of sudden cardiac death in dialysis patients. Methods and results: We analysed data from 1255 diabetic haemodialysis patients participating in the German Diabetes and Dialysis Study (4D Study). Categories of aldosterone and cortisol were determined at baseline and patients were followed for a median of 4 years. By Cox regression analyses, hazard ratios (HRs) were determined for the effect of aldosterone, cortisol, and their combination on sudden death and other adjudicated cardiovascular outcomes. The mean age of the patients was 66 ± 8 years (54% male). Median aldosterone was <15 pg/mL (detection limit) and cortisol 16.8 µg/dL. Patients with aldosterone levels >200 pg/mL had a significantly higher risk of sudden death (HR: 1.69; 95% CI: 1.06–2.69) compared with those with an aldosterone <15 pg/mL. The combined presence of high aldosterone (>200 pg/mL) and high cortisol (>21.1 µg/dL) levels increased the risk of sudden death in striking contrast to patients with low aldosterone (<15 pg/mL) and low cortisol (<13.2 µg/dL) levels (HR: 2.86, 95% CI: 1.32–6.21). Furthermore, all-cause mortality was significantly increased in the patients with high levels of both hormones (HR: 1.62, 95% CI: 1.01–2.62). Conclusions: The joint presence of high aldosterone and high cortisol levels is strongly associated with sudden cardiac death as well as all-cause mortality in haemodialysed type 2 diabetic patients. Whether a blockade of the mineralocorticoid receptor decreases the risk of sudden death in these patients must be examined in future trials.
Study design of DIACORE (DIAbetes COhoRtE) - a cohort study of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (2013)
Background: Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) is highly associated with increased risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), end stage renal disease (ESRD) and cardiovascular morbidity. Epidemiological and genetic studies generate hypotheses for innovative strategies in DM2 management by unravelling novel mechanisms of diabetes complications, which is essential for future intervention trials. We have thus initiated the DIAbetes COhoRtE study (DIACORE). Methods: DIACORE is a prospective cohort study aiming to recruit 6000 patients of self-reported Caucasian ethnicity with prevalent DM2 for at least 10 years of follow-up. Study visits are performed in University-based recruiting clinics in Germany using standard operating procedures. All prevalent DM2 patients in outpatient clinics surrounding the recruiting centers are invited to participate. At baseline and at each 2-year follow-up examination, patients are subjected to a core phenotyping protocol. This includes a standardized online questionnaire and physical examination to determine incident micro-and macrovascular DM2 complications, malignancy and hospitalization, with a primary focus on renal events. Confirmatory outcome information is requested from patient records. Blood samples are obtained for a centrally analyzed standard laboratory panel and for biobanking of aliquots of serum, plasma, urine, mRNA and DNA for future scientific use. A subset of the cohort is subjected to extended phenotyping, e. g. sleep apnea screening, skin autofluorescence measurement, non-mydriatic retinal photography and non-invasive determination of arterial stiffness. Discussion: DIACORE will enable the prospective evaluation of factors involved in DM2 complication pathogenesis using high-throughput technologies in biosamples and genetic epidemiological studies.
Background and Aims Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a risk factor for development and progression of heart failure (HF). CKD and HF share common risk factors, but few data exist on the prevalence, signs and symptoms as well as correlates of HF in populations with CKD of moderate severity. We therefore aimed to examine the prevalence and correlates of HF in the German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD) study, a large observational prospective study. Methods and Results We analyzed data from 5,015 GCKD patients aged 18-74 years with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of <60 ml/min/1.73m\(^{2}\) or with an eGFR >= 60 and overt proteinuria (>500 mg/d). We evaluated a definition of HF based on the Gothenburg score, a clinical HF score used in epidemiological studies (Gothenburg HF), and self-reported HF. Factors associated with HF were identified using multivariable adjusted logistic regression. The prevalence of Gothenburg HF was 43% (ranging from 24% in those with eGFR >90 to 59% in those with eGFR<30 ml/min/1.73m2). The corresponding estimate for self-reported HF was 18% (range 5%-24%). Lower eGFR was significantly and independently associated with the Gothenburg definition of HF (p-trend <0.001). Additional significantly associated correlates included older age, female gender, higher BMI, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, valvular heart disease, anemia, sleep apnea, and lower educational status. Conclusions The burden of self-reported and Gothenburg HF among patients with CKD is high. The proportion of patients who meet the criteria for Gothenburg HF in a European cohort of patients with moderate CKD is more than twice as high as the prevalence of self-reported HF. However, because of the shared signs, symptoms and medications of HF and CKD, the Gothenburg score cannot be used to reliably define HF in CKD patients. Our results emphasize the need for early screening for HF in patients with CKD.
Glycaemic control and antidiabetic therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease - cross-sectional data from the German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD) cohort (2016)
Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Little is known about practice patterns of anti-diabetic therapy in the presence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and correlates with glycaemic control. We therefore aimed to analyze current antidiabetic treatment and correlates of metabolic control in a large contemporary prospective cohort of patients with diabetes and CKD. Methods The German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD) study enrolled 5217 patients aged 18–74 years with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) between 30–60 mL/min/1.73 m2 or proteinuria >0.5 g/d. The use of diet prescription, oral anti-diabetic medication, and insulin was assessed at baseline. HbA1c, measured centrally, was the main outcome measure. Results At baseline, DM was present in 1842 patients (35 %) and the median HbA1C was 7.0 % (25th–75th percentile: 6.8–7.9 %), equalling 53 mmol/mol (51, 63); 24.2 % of patients received dietary treatment only, 25.5 % oral antidiabetic drugs but not insulin, 8.4 % oral antidiabetic drugs with insulin, and 41.8 % insulin alone. Metformin was used by 18.8 %. Factors associated with an HbA1C level >7.0 % (53 mmol/mol) were higher BMI (OR = 1.04 per increase of 1 kg/m2, 95 % CI 1.02–1.06), hemoglobin (OR = 1.11 per increase of 1 g/dL, 95 % CI 1.04–1.18), treatment with insulin alone (OR = 5.63, 95 % CI 4.26–7.45) or in combination with oral antidiabetic agents (OR = 4.23, 95 % CI 2.77–6.46) but not monotherapy with metformin, DPP-4 inhibitors, or glinides. Conclusions Within the GCKD cohort of patients with CKD stage 3 or overt proteinuria, antidiabetic treatment patterns were highly variable with a remarkably high proportion of more than 50 % receiving insulin-based therapies. Metabolic control was overall satisfactory, but insulin use was associated with higher HbA1C levels.


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While the fourth generation Apple TV is likely to launch during the firm's WWDC event in June this year and bring a slew of updates over the existing model - 4K or UHD video streaming might not be one of them.
According to a report, the upcoming Apple TV will not support 4K video streaming just yet. Buzzfeed cites people close to the company's plan to say, "4K is great, but it's still in its infancy." The sources reckon that limited availability of UHD content, and the low number of 4K television sets in the market makes the feature undesirable for Apple to pursue for now.
Offering 4K video streaming to masses is also a costly process. Also, for a video featuring four times the pixels seen in a standard HD video, it needs powerful compression technologies to transmit, but will still require a high-bandwidth Internet connection regardless.
Though services like YouTube, Amazon and Netflix already have started delivering 4K video content, it still is a niche product in the market. So, Apple's supposed decision of not including 4K video support in its upcoming Apple TV makes sense.
The Cupertino-based tech giant, as per a previous report, will fit the new Apple TV with the A8 SoC seen inside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that has a capability to run 4K videos, alongside a new and improved storage. It is also likely to ship with a brand new remote and will support Siri voice control, apart from enabling it remotely for a selection of HomeKit-enabled home automation devices, Buzzfeed report citing sources close to the matter.
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Herschel J. Saperstein
January 15, 1929 ~ June 6, 2019
Herschel J Saperstein, beloved husband, father and grandfather, distinguished lawyer, cherished friend and colleague, died Thursday, June 6, 2019 at White Sands La Jolla, California. He died peacefully, surrounded by his adoring wife and children. He was 90 years old.
Herschel (Hersh) was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Ogden, Utah, to Adolph Saperstein and Molly Abramson. He was raised in Ogden, Utah, and graduated from Ogden High school in 1946.
While Herschel's Jewish identity was important to him throughout his life, in his youth he was also a proud member of the 18th Ward Male Chorus and the Ward basketball team.
He attended Weber College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Utah in 1950. He graduated second in his class from the University of Utah Law School in 1952 and was admitted to the Utah State Bar that year.
He then served in the United States Judge Advocate General Corps at both Fort Ord, California and the U.S. Pentagon in Washington, D.C., where he participated in the drafting of the US Uniform Code of Military Justice.
He married Saundra Morrison on August 28, 1960 in Ogden, Utah. They raised their three children – Michael, David and Leslie – in Salt Lake City.
Herschel had a distinguished legal career and was known as much for his ethical approach to the law as for his legal expertise.
His private legal career began with Draper, Sandack and Saperstein, where he established himself as a litigator and bankruptcy expert. He subsequently joined Pugsley, Hays, Watkiss, Campbell, Cowley, where later he became a named partner. He practiced with the firm, which would eventually become Watkiss Saperstein. He remained there for many years before joining Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, where he practiced until his retirement in 2008.
Included among his many accomplishments in private practice is membership in the Order of the Coif, Utah State Bar Distinguished Lawyer of the Year (1991), fellowship in the American College of Bankruptcy, and admission to the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers.
Hersh was a ready mentor to many younger lawyers, sharing with them both his knowledge of and ethical approach to legal practice. His peers recall him taking great pleasure in following the careers of junior lawyers and they credit him with developing standards of excellence for bankruptcy law practice in Utah. He was Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Creditors Remedies, Bankruptcy and Insolvency at the University of Utah College of Law in 1970 and 1973 and was a Master of the Bench in American Inns of Court VII.
Herschel was a lifelong democrat and active in Democratic Party politics. He was appointed by Governor Calvin Rampton to the Utah Civil Rights Commission President at the height of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. He was President of the Board of Trustees of Utah Legal Services in the 1990s.
Beyond the courtrooms and law firms, Herschel spent time fly fishing and golfing. Upon retirement Herschel and Saundra relocated to San Diego, California where they indulged their love of the sea and warm weather.
Herschel is survived by his wife, Saundra; sons Michael (Sonia Olinto) of New York City, David (Stephanie) of Salt Lake City, daughter Leslie Saperstein (David Rubin), of San Francisco, and two granddaughters, Elizabeth Stockstill (Tyler) and Samantha Saperstein.
Graveside services will be held at Leavitt's Mortuary and Aultorest Memorial Park, 836 36th Street, Ogden Utah at on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 2:00 pm.
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The Chancellor has said the Government is "on the brink" of unblocking Brexit negotiations, as the Prime Minister weighs up increasing her 'divorce bill' offer by a further €20bn (£17.8bn).
It is understood Theresa May will chair a Cabinet sub-committee this morning to discuss which additional financial commitments ministers might be prepared to sign off.
The Exit and Trade (Strategy and Negotiations) sub-committee - dubbed the 'Brexit war cabinet' - includes key pro-Leave Cabinet members such as Michael Gove, Liam Fox and Boris Johnson.
Mr Johnson has previously voiced his opposition to a large Brexit bill, saying the EU could "go whistle", but Sky News understands he will cautiously back an increased offer on the condition UK negotiators ask for more clarity on what end relationship the EU is willing to accept.
The financial offer set out by the Prime Minister in her recent speech in Florence was widely seen as committing the UK to paying the EU around €20bn (£17.8bn at today's exchange rate) for past commitments.
It is thought any new offer would need to factor in future commitments, such as pensions, and could add up to a further €20bn (£17.8bn).
EU negotiators have indicated the UK must change its current proposals on both the financial settlement and the Irish border question if EU leaders are to agree to move talks on to trade and the future relationship in December.
Although Downing Street has dismissed reports of an increased offer as "speculation", Philip Hammond has suggested some "movement" is likely.
"We are now I think on the brink of making some serious movement forward in our negotiations with the European Union, and starting to unblock that logjam so that people can start to see clarity about the future," the Chancellor said in an interview on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show.
"The Prime Minister is clear that we will meet our obligations to the European Union and as you know, we want to make progress in the discussions at the December Council at the European Union and the Europeans have asked us for more clarity on what we mean by meeting our obligations."
The Chancellor went on to suggest progress was vital to securing the outline agreement for a post-Brexit implementation period - something which businesses have said they need to see as soon as possible.
Mr Hammond said an implementation period was a "wasting asset" that would be "much less useful" in 12 months time as businesses need to decide whether to execute contingency plans to move jobs and investment early in the new year.
Today's meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee comes ahead of a meeting of the full Cabinet on Wednesday.
But even if the Cabinet were to approve upping the offer on the Brexit divorce bill, the Prime Minister may face political push-back from backbenchers in her party.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4, former minister Robert Halfon said the public would "go bananas" if the UK offered more than €40bn in negotiations at a time when the budget is expected to lay bare the pressures on public finances.
Pro-Brexit Tory backbencher Henry Smith added: "Especially as Germany struggles to form a government, now is not the time for Britain to offer more money than her obligations are due in EU Brexit negotiations.
"The EU27 will of course miss UK cash but no deal would damage their economies and trade surplus with us far worse."


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I should in reality simply stop there; drop the notorious mic and stroll off, yet we all appreciate lucidity, so how about we forge ahead, will we?
Tips were never proposed to make a privilege nor give the desire for the presence of any outright "Least." When I go out to eat, you begin at 0% and stir your way up. For astounding administration, I'll leave a $20 tip for a $15 greenback. You win an incredible tip from me when you go well beyond the ordinary:
When you connect with me past "what's your request," like split a decent joke and compliment my significant other.
At the point when the refills hit the table at or before my glass gets unfilled;
When you have shrewd things to state about the menu without me inquiring.
When you steer me away from a thing that is substandard.
When you accomplish something unforeseen that improves my experience.
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The standard used to be 10%, and, after its all said and done it was never comprehended as a desire, yet rather as a little something extra for exceptionalism. At that point the nourishment administration industry entryway continued pushing for increasingly elevated tip rates and advanced the possibility of least desires and went about as though it ought to go up each time the breeze blew.
At that point it wound up well known to endeavor to disgrace individuals into giving higher tips with industry supported articles expressing how just appalling individuals tip not exactly the new higher rate.
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On the off chance that I see a tip container at the clerk's counter of a café, cheap food joint or stop-and-victimize, or even taped to the outside of a drive-through window, I turn directly around and leave. Giving me what I requested isn't "procuring" a tip, and requesting a tip or acting like that tip is a desire instead of a special reward for extraordinary administration is annoying.
I've left unbelievable tips, and I've left a penny. Tips are an immediate aftereffect of the measure of exertion put into the administration given. I couldn't care less what the administration business anteroom says a tip rate ought to be; they are bragging for their own advantage.
When I stroll into a spot that has an obligatory tip on the bill; I exit and never return since that is simply unadulterated haughtiness and I won't pay a solitary dime to any foundation that does that. There are a great deal of bad administration laborers that expect 18-20% tips and have never earned that in their life.
Tips are not the programmed privilege the administration business hall might want you to think they are, tips are for individuals who hustle and exceed expectations at what they do.
By and by I think sub-least wages ought to be prohibited out and out since the administration business in general has mishandled and contorted that totally in their very own support and put the majority of the weight on the hold up staff. Causing somebody to go well beyond just to arrive at the lowest pay permitted by law is debasing and uncalled for.
Attempting to disgrace your very own clients into compensating for the way that you're a tweet scale who won't pay the lowest pay permitted by law is similarly as annoying.
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Where did September go? Now I'm beginning to panic – not a lot but just enough to get me to change up gear a bit. This month I have to get the Christmas decoration designs photographed (photoshoot/photoshooted?) and written up as well as work on writing a course for one of my other businesses. No peace for the wicked I know which doesn't say much for me!
Made 8 prototypes of Crimbo decs so far and learned what not to do along the way. The basic Quatrefoil design is the same but the assembling of each item has its own quirks. I must say I have a favourite and that's the stocking – what's yours?


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Investigation on gallium maltolate pharmacokinetics and efficacy, as antimicrobial alternative in an equine proliferative enteropathy infection model.
Sampieri, Francesca
Degree LevelDoctoral
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Lawsonia intracellularis causes proliferative enteropathies in juvenile mammals. The porcine (PPE) and equine (EPE) diseases are worldwide. Rabbits and hamsters are naturally susceptible, the latter being a classic modeling-host for PPE. None is known for EPE, besides foals. An in vitro evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy against L. intracellularis is difficult. This study aimed to validate a laboratory animal EPE model and to investigate pharmacokinetics (PK) and efficacy of gallium maltolate (GaM) as an alternative antimicrobial therapy. Infected animals were inoculated with cell-cultured L. intracellularis and infection was verified with clinically utilized diagnostic tests. Initially, 2 groups of EPE-infected rabbits were compared to 1 uninfected group. After inoculation (PI), EPE-infected rabbits showed mild clinical signs; detectable seroconversion, fecal shedding, gross lesions in intestinal tissues (IT), and early immuno-histochemistry labeling of L. intracellularis antigen. Thus, a humane EPE-rabbit model was achieved. Subsequently, EPE-infected hamsters were compared to uninfected and PPE-infected hamsters; whereas, PPE-infected rabbits were compared to EPE-infected rabbits. EPE-hamsters did not develop infection, unlike PPE-infected controls; and PPE-rabbits did not develop IT lesions or seroconversion comparable to EPE-rabbits. Therefore rabbits were chosen as the EPE modeling-host for the GaM studies. First, GaM PK and IT concentrations of Ga and Fe were measured. Then, GaM efficacy was compared to a current EPE antimicrobial treatment. During sampling, the intra-arterial catheters in the rabbits' ears were protected with a novel moleskin-cover, allowing repeated sampling while minimally restrained. The PK study was based on the comparison of EPE-infected and uninfected rabbits, after a single treatment with GaM, collection of serial blood samples and IT samples. The only differing PK parameter, between groups, was a decrease in the terminal phase rate constant of the EPE-rabbits, so a 48h dosing interval was chosen for the efficacy study. In the efficacy study, 3 groups of EPE-infected rabbits were treated with GaM, doxycycline and a placebo, respectively. No differences were noted between treatments, in terms of lesions and fecal shedding. GaM appears no more efficacious than doxycycline in EPE- rabbits. In conclusion, albeit GaM tolerance appeared adequate in rabbits, results do not support its use in EPE-infected animals.
DegreeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
DepartmentVeterinary Biomedical Sciences
ProgramVeterinary Biomedical Sciences
SupervisorHamilton, Don L.; Thompson, Julie -.
CommitteeAlcorn, Jane; Clark, Chris R.; Dowling, Patricia M.
Copyright DateApril 2013
Gallium maltolate
Lawsonia intracellularis
equine proliferative enteropathy
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SuperFoods Organic Cacao Powder (200 g) – Make Your Own Raw Chocolate!
- Chocolate in its raw state – unheated, NO trans fats!
- Dairy-free, sugar-free – 100% pure, dark chocolate (YES – Chocolate IS good for you!)
- High in magnesium for heart health, balanced blood pressure & to combat inflammation
- Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties
- Anti-depressant & mood boosting – promotes well-being
- Supports weight loss by controlling appetite
- Make your own health chocolate! (see recipe at the bottom of this page)
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- Vegan & vegetarian friendly
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It just takes some education and understanding to realise that what you once thought of as fattening and bad for you is actually super-nutritious! Chocolate comes from cacao beans – which are the seeds of the cacao fruit. The key is to eat chocolate in its raw, unrefined state
How to use Organic Cacoa Powder:
Raw Cacao Powder can be added to desserts, smoothies, breakfasts and also added to nut milk, rice milk, soya milk or hemp milk to make a delicious raw chocolate drink.
You can also make your own RAW chocolate at home with this awesome delicious recipe!
RECIPE: How to make your own raw chocolates ('Rawlicious' recipe)
200 g cacao butter, melted over a LOW heat
1/2 Cup organic coconut oil, melted over a LOW heat
1/2 Cup raw honey or maple syrup
2 Cups cacao powder
Seeds of 1 vanilla pod
Melt the cacao butter and coconut oil in a double boiler, or over a pot of hot water at low temperature. Put the melted liquid into your power blender. Add the honey/maple syrup and vanilla seeds and blend. Slowly sieve the cacao powder into the mixture and blend on low speed until everything is combined. All the ingredients can be mixed through by hand if you do not have a power blender.
Pour into chocolate moulds or ice trays and allow to set in the fridge.
You can also pour the non-set liquid directly onto ice cream and it will form a crispy cold raw chocolate cap on contact with the cold ice cream – YUM! ENJOY!
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Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, said 'Let food be your medicine' – something that modern medicine seems to have forgotten! Ancient cultures such as the Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, Peruvians, Africans, Chinese and other cultures used certain highly praised foods to help them fight battles, give them courage, energy, fertility and even 'superpowers', On the other hand, the Western world has turned to food that makes you sick and which needs medicine to make you better again!
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I heard that EFRAT provides practical help in the form of baby equipment and monthly packages. Does EFRAT offer any other support to women and families?
Absolutely! In addition to the provision of postnatal family support, women can access personal counseling, prenatal medical consultation and assistance in accessing rights.
Women generally contact EFRAT after hearing about the organization via word of mouth or through widespread publicity. When a women turns to EFRAT, a social worker welcomes her with an initial discussion. They talk about her personal situation and what support she feels that she requires.
EFRAT does not receive any government funding. It is an independent non-profit organization which is funded fully through the support and generosity of private donors and foundations. Raising awareness about EFRAT's work is therefore critical as the funds that are raised literally keep services running.
EFRAT has been privileged to help over 71,000 women since the organization was formally established in the 1977. This is a staggering number and means that over 71,000 women have been empowered and supported in their choice to continue their pregnancy and keep their baby.
EFRAT's services are not limited by location. EFRAT's services are available to women throughout more than 225 towns and cities across Israel. We support significant numbers of women in both the north and south of the country and have volunteers located in every region.
Of course! We would be very happy to welcome you at EFRAT's headquarters in Jerusalem which is located in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood. Visitors have found it an eye opening experience to see EFRAT's offices and visit the warehouse. For a first-hand experience of some of EFRAT's day to day operations call +972-2 545 4500 to arrange a guided tour. EFRAT welcomes groups into its warehouse on a regular basis. A group may like to come for a tour or to hear a talk and view a video about EFRAT's work. Groups may choose to volunteer in the warehouse, packing boxes for delivery around the country. In this way it is possible to become active partners in EFRAT's work and learn about its activities first hand.
EFRAT runs many of its support services with the invaluable help of trained volunteers who are committed to their role in helping women in need. Volunteers are generally Hebrew speaking and are selected based on their relevant personal and professional skills, commitment and availability. Due to the delicate nature of this client group, mainly female volunteers are accepted. If you are interested in finding out more about volunteering opportunities, please contact EFRAT's chief social worker, Ruth Tidhar on 02-545-4500. Alternatively if you are interested in volunteering in the warehouse, please call Gidon Levy, EFRAT's warehouse manager on +972-2 545 4500 to arrange a visit.
There are so many ways that you can work with us at EFRAT. Spread the word! Like our Facebook page and share it with your friends! Host a local fundraising event! Come to visit us in Jerusalem or use this webpage to donate to EFRAT's projects! We value every friend and supporter who would like to partner with us and we always welcome new ideas! Please do not hesitate to contact us with further questions.


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2015 marked a real positive change in the fortunes of Cork Airport as it returned to growth in the second half of the year and celebrated 12 new route announcements and four new airline customers – with nearly 400,000 additional seats available in 2016.
New routes for this year include Düsseldorf with Aer Lingus, London City, Nantes and La Rochelle with CityJet, Madrid with Iberia Express, Cardiff with Flybe, and Southampton and Leeds Bradford with Aer Lingus Regional, as well as Menorca with Lee Travel and Stein Travel. Norwegian Air announced its intention to commence a new Cork – Boston service in May 2016 subject to US approval. The airline also announced that it will be operating a Cork – Barcelona service and plans to launch its New York service soon after.
As well as the fantastic choice of new routes, there will also be extra capacity across some of the most popular routes from the region. Aer Lingus announced additional capacity on its Paris, Faro, Barcelona, Palma and Tenerife services. Ryanair also announced increased capacity on its Faro, Reus and Bordeaux services, while Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Stobart Air, increased capacity on its Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle services.
Commenting on last year's successes, Niall MacCarthy, Cork Airport Managing Director, said: "Last year was a milestone for all those connected with Cork Airport as we returned to growth and announced multiple new routes. We are now firmly established as Ireland's biggest airport outside of Dublin. There is a greater number of destinations and more seats available from Cork Airport than any other airport in the region so we are unrivalled in terms of choice. We are looking forward to welcoming some new and familiar faces this year."


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Housekeepers Wanted
|Job Category
|Industrial Staffing
|Position Type
|Application Deadline
|October 31, 2020
|Experience Required
|6-12 months
|Job Duration
|Education Required
We are actively searching for qualified applicants to work as casual housekeepers for our busy clients in the Halifax/Dartmouth areas.
**Various shifts available; casual, part time & full time
**Paid weekly
Keen eye for detail
Team-first attitude
Aptitude for great customer service
Knowledge of and adherence to all safety policies and regulations
Experience with cleaning/housekeeping duties an asset
Job Duties:
Replace guest amenities and supplies in rooms
Make beds and fold sheets
Remove trash, soiled linens and used service items
Return rooms to pre-occupancy standards
Dust, polish and remove marks from walls and furnishings , vacuum carpets
Apply Now!
In Person: 5475 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS- Bond Building, Suite 408
By Email:
By Fax: 902-444-3506
Or connect with us at 902-444-3305 to discuss this and other opportunities
>>We staff for various roles: Industrial Cleaner – Banquet Server Dishwasher – Event Staff Housekeeping Room Attendant Full-time Part-time Halifax – Dartmouth<< Dedicated to the clients we serve, Committed to the candidates we employ


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Ocean City Halloween Trick or Treat at Trimper's - 7 hours ago
Build Your Own Scarecrow: A Fall Tradition - October 22, 2020
Council Candidate Nicholas Eastman Outlines His Vision for Ocean City - October 21, 2020
Council Candidate Daniel Hagan Makes His Case to Ocean City Voters - October 20, 2020
Council Candidate Frank Knight on Ocean City's Challenges and Future - October 19, 2020
Trimper's Hosts Nightmare on Freak St for Halloween - October 18, 2020
Alewife: An Oktoberfest Star - October 14, 2020
"It's Time to Stand Up": Councilman John Gehrig on His Reelection Bid and the Issues Facing Ocean City - October 12, 2020
The Haunting of Ocean City - October 7, 2020
Dorchester Street Public Art Panels Project - October 1, 2020
About the Author
Brian Stoehr
Brian Stoehr is the editor of the OceanCity.com surf and watersports section, as well as the host of the Inside OC video series. As Ocean City's only pro-bodyboarder, nobody is more qualified to bring you information on enjoying the ocean. Brian is widely recognized as one of the best all around "water" men of the East Coast (see his qualifications below for proof!). Be sure to check the watersports section often for advice, surf forecasts, safety information, photos, and updates to Brian's blog. Questions for Brian should be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com Who is Brian Stoehr: • 2x US National Pro Tour Bodyboard Champion •Past East Coast Pro Tour Champion •Over 13 Years as a professional bodyboarder •Over 20 years as a competitive surfer •Started stand up surfing at age 6 •Known as one of the most successful bodyboarders ever from the east coast of the US •Finished in the top 10 of the Pro tour for last 13 years and currently seated #2 •Stoehr Signature Series boards sold worldwide •Traveled and competed on a professional level all over the world
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#ClothNappyMonday – Ecopipo Newborn Prefolds & Wrap Review
#ClothNappyMonday – Ecopipo Newborn Prefolds & Wrap Review
As you probably know, I love testing different types of cloth nappies! I've tried many nappies during my nearly three years of using cloth nappies but only have a little bit of experience using prefolds. When my third baby was tiny, Ecopipo asked me if I wanted to try their prefolds and of course I said yes.
Prefolds are great because you can easily adapt them to your child and they dry quickly too as they unfold. You can also reuse your wrap unless it's soiled, meaning you'll need fewer nappies than if you're using pocket nappies or AIO nappies for example.
Ecopipo's prefolds (from £5.50) come in two different sizes (Small and Large). They are super soft and made of two layers of cotton velour and with an additional layer of super absorbent bamboo as the core. They have a colourful trim for a fun detail.
Prefolds can be used in many ways as they can be folded in different ways. You can use them in wraps or stuff them into pockets too. Below are a couple of resources for different folds that you can try:
I'm not an expert at folds at all but attempted the Angel Wing Fold with my baby girl, using nippas to fasted the prefold and then adding an Ecopipo newborn wrap on top. It worked quite well but I soon decided that a classic pad fold and no nippas work better for me as it's faster and easier! I love Ecopipo wraps — they have plenty of rise poppers to adjust the size and amazing double gussets!
I love Ecopipo wraps and the newborn one was perfect for the early months of my littlest lady's life. Now, we're using our old birth to potty Ecopipo wrap that I've kept from my toddler. She's growing so quickly and is no longer in any newborn sized nappies at 5 months. She's growing out of our Size 1 fitted nappies too and will soon be in all birth to potty.
I'm still using these lovely Ecopipo newborn prefolds in wraps though. They're so soft and wash and dry so well — great for when the weather is not on your side for nappy drying.
Prefolds and newborn wrap provided for this review. As always, all my reviews are 100% honest and all thoughts and opinions are my own.


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Published On: August 26, 2017 07:27 AM NPT By: Bhim Chapagain
ILAM, August 26: The ongoing Gorkhaland movement in Darjeeling of India has triggered inflation in the Nepali markets in the eastern region bordering India. The rate of everyday necessities such as rice, pulses and oil has soared up, locals informed. Indian consumers have been carrying goods from the Nepali markets. There is general strike in Darjeeling for the last 72 days.
Prior to the general strike, the rates were just normal. Since the agitation began, it gradually grew and now it's skyrocketing, according to Kamal Gadal of Ilam. It's all because the Indian people have been buying things from here, he stated.
Locals complain of at least 10 percent inflation in essential goods. According to Gadal, the price of 25 kg of rice earlier was Rs 2,600 and now it's Rs 3,000. Similarly, there has been significant rise in the price of pulses, sugar, oil, wheat and so on.
"Everything has become costlier due to the purchase by Indians. Price of commodities which come from India and which are produced here, both have risen up," Gadal said, adding, "If the strike goes on, we are going to face severe problem."
Due to the long-standing strike, there has been gradual growth in the purchase of goods in the Nepali markets by Indians. Growing number of costumers have been sneaking to Nepal to buy things.
Indian people have been impacting the rates also because they are ready to pay higher rates for goods.
"They have food crisis there. There is ongoing strike since a long time. So, they come here and buy in huge quantities. And they buy for higher rates," said Gadal.
Market rates have also been affected due to transportation hassles. Nepali traders have not been able to bring goods to Nepal at regular rates. Many of them would avail goods at cheaper rates by taking advantage of the open border.
According to a businessperson from Ilam, they used to smuggle goods before. Evading tax was common. However, now it's not possible and that has also forced them to sell stuffs at higher price.
"We would often bring things without paying tax. Or if we would pay, we would pay little tax. That was how we were selling goods during normal time at normal rate. But now, we are not allowed to do so," he said.
He added that bringing everything from Kakadbhitta customs point has cost them extremely high rates. "Our transportation charges are so high, apart from tax," he lamented.
Traders stated that they rely on Indian wholesale market for almost every good. Since over two months, they have been importing goods with much difficulty.
Local consumers however reported that they are being charged much higher also for items produced in the country itself. They have urged the government to look into this matter.
"We are paying much more not only for things imported from India, but also for items produced here," said Gadal. "How can we handle it, it's hitting us hard," he added.
Nepali traders stated that Mirik and Darjeeling used to be their favorite shopping destinations. From the two places, they could get goods for much cheaper rates. Since the movement started, there is no question of visiting those areas.
Due to the general strike, all the markets of Darjeeling and other border areas have been shut in West Bengal. There is hardly any movement of people or vehicles. Indian consumers face great hassles in coming to the markets in Nepal border for shopping. Many of them, who come in private vehicles, are seen with 'recommendation' from agitating parties.
A local businessman from Ilam, Nima Lama stated that Indian traders have been carrying goods from Nepal to India. This has decreased the number of Indian consumers. "Individuals are coming in lesser numbers. Traders have been taking goods from here and they sell off there," he said. "Yes, the price has soared for several reasons," he added.
According to Pashupatinagar branch of FNCCI, there used to be transaction worth Rs 4 million in Pashupatinagar market. Now, there is zero transaction.
"From the day when there is strike started, there is simply no transaction in Pashupatinagr," said Pramod Rai, president of the FNCCI branch.


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Tag Archives: Design
Free Drawing with Textiles workshop
Creative drop in activities for all
(part of Strike a Light – Arts & Heritage The Orange Lilies project).
Every Thursday in March 2017 – Dates remaining are: 23rd & 30th from 4 – 6pm at Jubilee Library. This will take place in the Young Peoples area in the library. Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton BN1 1GE
Drop in activities, no need to book!
Free workshops run by professional textile artist Rosie James include:
Using a sewing machine,
stitching and drawing with a machine
textile art
using collage in textiles
Rosie James is an artist working mostly in textiles. Her work explores the use of the sewing machine as a tool for drawing. Her focus falls mainly on people and the kinds of crowds that form when people gather, she is looking for the individual within the crowd. Her work also encompasses the use of the stitched line to create drawings which explore the whole world of stitch, textiles, fashion, craft etc.
The ways in which stitching and textiles figure in our everyday lives is a continuing fascination. Rosie using screen printing as well as machine stitching and applique to create layers of imagery. Recently she has become interested in the ways in which a line is created on the sewing machine and how lines are everywhere we look. These lines link us together.
Part of The Orange Lilies – Brighton and Hove in the Somme project – Try a new skill with textiles and sewing machines, find out more about the city and its' inhabitants in WWI; make a collage for exhibition in BFEST (Brighton Youth Festival) poster, and find out more about Brighton & Hove's local memories.
Find out more about The Orange Lilies project here: https://theorangelilies.wordpress.com/
With support from project partners Fabrica Gallery, Brighton and Hove Libraries and Information Service, and Gateways to the First World War. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Orange Lilies new logo
Introducing our new project logo for The Orange Lilies. We've used the Hadley font which is a WWI era style one, with an orange hue to match our project title, overlaid with a map of Brighton and Hove. We hope you like it!


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Installation/Linux/foam-extend-3.0/Arch Linux
1 Introduction
Arch Linux is a rolling source-based distribution. It has an official package manager called 'pacman' and its extension 'yaourt' that installs community contributed software packages. The packages installed in this distribution are source-code based, which means that the distribution always gives access to the newest software versions. This can cause some problems when building and installing foam-extend, as for example PyFoam has been ported to Python 3 (see) but not been tested under working conditions.
2 Installing rpm-org
Install rpm-org, and remove rpm if you have it already installed.
yaourt -R rpm yaourt -S rpm-org
3 Installing and configuring virtualenv python virtual environment
Arch uses Python 3.*, and foam-extend relies on Python 2.*. To easily switch between python versions, virtualenv is recommended.
Install easy_install
yaourt -S python-setuptools
Install virtualenv:
sudo easy_install virtualenv
Configure the python2.7 environment for foamext:
virtualenv -p python2.7 --no-site-packages ~/env/foamext
Source the python2.7 environment for foamext:
source ~/env/foamext/bin/activate
4 Building foam-extend
Once virtualenv and rpm-org are installed and virtualenv is activated as shown above, follow the tutorial that shows how to build foam-extend on Linux, the rest of the steps are exactly the same as shown there.