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You won't always find milk sold in clear plastic bag. But in Canada, the milk is sold in plastic bags. Of course, it has benefits and drawbacks. Let us find it out.
Have you ever heard about Bagged Milk? It comes in a transparent plastic bag and is stored in a jug. While there are people who get milk in cartons, others buy milk in plastic bags. Americans usually buy milk in cartons, but in Canada, it is sold in plastic bags.
The Canadians have a peculiar taste and strong liking for ketchup chips, butter tarts, and poutine. But did you know that it's the Canadians who invented the bagged milk back in 1967? They (especially the ones in East) have been using the 4L packs of this milk since the 1970s.
So let's know here what is bagged milk, a quick history on it, which countries drink it, and what are its benefits and drawbacks.
Bagged milk or milk bag is nothing but transparent plastic bags containing milk. It is mostly stored in a pitcher or jug having one corner allowed to be nicked off at the time of pouring. Then put the pitcher back in the refrigerator, until you need it for the next serving.
Pitchers and bag openers are the two common accessories related to Canadian milk bags. The key-shaped bag openers are a type of commonly used refrigerator magnet.
Until the late 1960s, the milk was being sold in the glass bottles. The manufacturers were well aware of the amount of waste and expense involved. The heavy bottles were difficult to transport and were fragile.
Some years later, Canada planned to change the metric system of selling liquids and demanded them to be sold in liters. The manufacturing plants that produced plastic jugs or cartons discovered that their containers had to be revamped to cater to the new requirements.
However, the process for adding milk into plastic bags needed very small changes. In 1967, Du Pont introduced this innovation by using European equipment. The domestic dairy industry received it with open arms due to its low fragility and light-weight packaging. This also resulted in reduced packaging waste as they need less amount of plastic to hold the same amount of milk.
Although, the consumers favored the use of plastic jugs for many years, but accepted the new containers in certain regions in the 1970s. A big reason behind such a shift was the national conversion of the metric system. It was easy to adjust the production of milk bags, but the production of jugs required the whole system to be redesigned.
In 1978, the 4L milk bags became a standard in Ontario, and until the early 1980s, Canada fully adopted the metric system. The consumers began understanding the benefits of bagged milk. Even though the milk loses its freshness once it is opened, the other two new packs could be opened as it comes with 3packs in a large sack.
In 2010, a UK based supermarket chain Sainsbury's launched 2-pint bags offering a free pitcher as an incentive to people to opt this and reduce waste.
In 1979, a common accessory associated with Canadian bagged milk 'key-shaped bag opener' was invented in Toronto. It came with a clip and a magnet.
You may have read or heard that Canadians widely use bagged milk. Well, that's true but partially. It's eastern Canada (especially Ontario and Quebec) where people drink from milk bags, and its use is not so popular in Western Canada. In Western Canada, one can find them in the grocery stores of regions Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Everything in Canada is sold in metric units.
In the UK, the milk bags are mostly used along with a specialized plastic jug. The bag easily fits in the jug, and its one corner is secured under a bar in the jug front. The doorstep deliveries are mostly common for traditional glass milk bottles in the UK, but Dairy Crest company delivers milk bags at the doorstep. They sell Jug-It brand plastic jugs that are specially designed to carry milk bags.
In Mexico, the government social programs and assistance programs dispense milk in bags (1L or 1.8 imp pt per bag) at really low prices.
Bagged milk is also available in other countries like Russia, United States (in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Israel, India, South Africa, and Uruguay also use bagged milk.
The countries of Eastern bloc such as Hungary, Romania, Poland, and others also used milk bags. In the late 1990s, Shepparton-based dairy company Ducats distributed milk bags in Australia (Greater Shepparton, Victoria). In the 1970s and early 1980s, milk bags of 1-pint-size were used in Caboolture and Gympie in Queensland.
In 2008 in the United Kingdom, Sainsbury's supermarket began a pilot experiment of distribution of milk bags with Dairy Crest. Initially, milk bags were targeted for 35 stores at a price that was same as that of a regular plastic bottle of milk of 2-imp-pint (or 1.1 L)size. Later in 2010, it was expanded throughout the nation.
In Canada, bagged milk comes in a bag containing nearly 11⁄3 liters (2.3 imp pt) of milk. In Eastern Europe, South America, and the Baltics, a packet comprises of 1 L (1.8 imp pt) of milk.
In Canada, 3-bags of 11⁄3 liters are packed together into one large sack and sold in the market. The total size of milk in the large sack is 4 L (7 imp pt). Around 75% of all the milk sold in Ontario, Quebec, and Maritimes is delivered in this manner.
The bags can be with or without labeling. The labeling would include an expiry date, lot number, and type of milk (not always). The 3-bag 4L pack is the largest size sold at the least unit price in the retail store. Some of the convenience stores also offer 4L plastic jugs instead of milk bags.
For more than 30 years now, Kwik Trip/Kwik Star convenience stores in the US have their in-house dairies and have been selling individual-bagged milk along with pitcher.
Golden Hills Elementary School near Omaha changed their milk cartons into bagged milk after the test proved that kids finished milk in the bag earlier than the one in cartons. This experiment was conducted in the house, and it was found that kids loved the bagged milk more, maybe they found it tastier.
The food service director thinks that kids drink bagged milk more because they can see how much milk they have drunk.
The benefit of bagged milk for consumers is that it is cost-effective. Also, it lowers the risk of spoilage since it comes in small portion sizes.
And for manufacturers, a major benefit is that the portion size can be easily varied in case of milk bags, but that's not the case with cartons. Moreover, the overall packaging cost gets reduced. Though the opened bag goes bad faster, the remaining bags in a 4-liter three-pack stay good for much longer. For some, it is cheaper, simply because plastics are cheaper to make than cardboard cartons. Also, cartons had to be redesigned from scratch, which is a significant disadvantage.
There is no difference in the milk composition sold in carton and non-resealable plastic bag. The only difference is about their delivery method, which has nothing to do with the content. It is the same milk. Only the packaging varies from plastic bags to glass bottles. In the US, the glass-bottles were replaced by cardboard in the 20th century as the paper was easier to transport.
The gable-top containers were patented by John Van Wormer of Toledo, Ohio in 1915; however, it was created in California in 1906. Also, its design was efficient, and there was no lid required.
Several tutorials are uploaded on Youtube about Bagged Milk, how to open it, and how it works.
When milk is being poured, the bag's top may turn over, resulting in the spilling of milk. This can be prevented by cutting off a second hole on the other side of the bag for air intake, or by holding the bag's top while pouring, or a pitcher can be used with a lid to keep the milk bag in place.
The milk bags can't be easily sealed once they are opened. However, some of the consumers fold the opened portion and clip it to retain the freshness. Moreover, a single-ply LDPE bag can be easily pierced and opened and requires careful handling and transportation to prevent any product loss or spill.
Even though milk bags use less plastic as compared to a usual jug, the consumers do not get any incentives (like refunds) for getting the bags recycled. In Canada, the recycling services are managed by the municipality or that region and are not capable of being recycled. In certain municipalities, milk bags have to be thrown off, and in other, they can be recycled.
Today, Canadians are doing something with discarded milk bladders. Milk Bags Unlimited, a volunteer across the Greater Toronto Area, is recycling milk bags into sleeping mats. Nearly 400 milk bags are cleaned and cut into strips to make an adult-sized mat. These sleeping mats would come with a lifespan of 25 years.
Besides this, they are also used to weave into handbags. They are durable, and a great washing alternative to sleeping on the dusty ground and are helping people residing in the disaster zones. Several healthcare professionals are using these mats and bags as a substitute for operating tables.
What are your thoughts about bagged milk? Both types of milk have their drawbacks and benefits and are consumed in quantities in several countries.
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By Lauren Carter
Top 5 Tips to Make Money on Amazon
Selling on Amazon is an easy way to run an online business but that doesn't mean it requires no work or effort. With more and more people selling on Amazon every year you need to stay one step ahead of the crowd to really make the most of it. Here are some tips to make sure you are getting the best out of your Amazon seller account.
1. Add a browse node to make sure your products are visible in the right place
One mistake many Amazon sellers make is assuming the existing listing they are adding to is correct and accurate. While this is true for the majority of the listing there are some changes you can make quickly and easily which could make a huge difference to the visibility of your listing.
Say, for example, you are selling a chocolate fountain, you might assume that the person who created the listing has placed the product in the correct sub-category. However, you have no way of checking this and if they haven't done so your product won't show up when a customer clicks on the Chocolate Fountains sub-category to narrow down their search. Adding a browse node (sub-category) yourself takes a couple of minutes and could make your product visible to so many more customers, there's really no question about whether it is worth doing.
Through your Amazon inventory you can choose to "edit details" for each of your existing listings. On the "Vital Info" tab you will see a "Recommended Browse Nodes" section; here you can select which sub-category your product falls into
2. Include keywords to make your products visible in more search results
The second way you can edit an existing listing is by adding keywords. On the "Edit details" page there is a keywords tab where you have 250 characters. Amazon already counts all the words in the title and description as keywords and repeating them here won't give them any extra weighting so don't bother!
Take some time to do some keyword research, it doesn't take long and if you can work out what people are searching for on Amazon already you can make your product visible to more potential customers.
Keyword research is easy to do on Amazon: if you type an obvious keyword into the search bar you will see a list of suggestions appear which show you the related searches other people have made. Add these extras as your keywords and then type another variation into the search bar for more suggestions.
Top Tip: Think about the context in which you would use the product and what you might put into the search bar to find your product. There is no reason to add common misspellings of words, Amazon picks those up for you already.
3. Use a repricer to keep your offers competitive
If you've been selling on Amazon for a while you will know how important it is to win the Buy Box. In short, if you're competing against a number of other sellers on the same listing you want your offer to be the very best one so that you get the sales over your competitors. Prices on Amazon go up and down all the time and you need to make sure you are offering the right price all the time.
There are several different Repricing solutions available to Amazon sellers. These programmes allow you to set minimum and maximum prices for every product you sell, the software will then monitor your price and your competitor's price to make sure you are offering the right price to customers.
At ProfitSourcery we recommend using Appeagle.
4. Be smart when competing against Amazon themselves
Amazon offers great value to their customers, that's no secret. Trying to beat Amazon on price is quite often a total waste of time and effort; you're likely to end up with no profit margin and still they will be able to beat you on price. So what do you do? Does that mean you shouldn't ever buy something that Amazon stocks?
Well, there is a way to compete with Amazon without starting a race to the bottom and to do this you'll need to install the keepa.com browser add-on. This add-on will display a graph within each Amazon listing, showing the price changes over time as well as the sales rank. The price is shown as three separate lines on the graph: one for marketplace sellers, one for used items and one for Amazon themselves if they stock the product.
You can use this to check how frequently Amazon run out of stock for this product by checking breaks in the price line. When Amazon is out of stock you can swoop in and offer your product at your own price and steal the sales for that period. If you know that for the last 3 years Amazon have sold out of a popular toy two weeks before Christmas and the price for third party sellers has sky rocketed, you can stock up ready to be the one to save Christmas for all those parents desperate to give little Timmy the perfect holiday season!
5. Use historical data trackers
While we're on the subject of Keepa, it's an invaluable resource for Amazon sellers alongside CamelCamelCamel.com and other Amazon price trackers. Imagine you're looking to buy a stock line and you can see it's selling for double your cost price at the moment. You've struck gold and you buy 50. Next week your listing is active and you notice the price has halved. You can't compete and make a profit – you've lost your golden goose.
Checking the price history for the product will let you see if the price is typical for the product or if it is unusually high at the moment. There are a million reasons the current price might be unusual, you can't predict other people's pricing strategies. If you check the price history you can see what the product usually sells for and if you can't make a profit at that price then it's probably best you avoid it.
You can also use price history to price your products tactically. You might notice that during an upcoming season your product's price increases. Unless you need to get some profit back straight away for some reason it is well worth holding out at a higher price. Without checking price history for your products you have no way of predicting the market and you could be missing out on profit by jumping in too soon.
The basics of how to sell on Amazon are so simple, it is well worth doing some research and putting in the extra time to really maximise your profit and get the most out of your Amazon business. Let us know what you think of these tips and how you make the most of your Amazon account on Twitter @profitsourcery or facebook.com/profitsourcery


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NCAA Basketball Gambling
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NCAA Basketball is one of the most analyzed and admired sports in America. Millions follow their favorite college teams, doing their Gambling on NCAA Basketball, all the way to the March Madness Tournament. The tournament houses 65 teams and is filled with many dunks, alley oops, and of course upsets. Nothing compares to watching to your favorite team cut down the net after a huge victory. From the Elite Eight to the Final Four, March Madness has proven to be one of the most entertaining sporting tournaments. Many Americans also find themselves winning big while Betting on NCAA Basketball.
College Basketball Gambling is made easy because there are so many games going on throughout the season and the tournament. There are literally dozens of games everyday to lay down cash on for a chance to win big. The sportsbooks offer tons of ways to bet on NCAA Basketball Lines and even provide some expert analysis to help out your bets. In order for successful NCAA Basketball Gambling, you have to put in some extensive research and figure out where the edge is.
One factor in Gambling on College Basketball that many people overlook is streaks. College teams can be very streaky throughout the season, and NCAA Basketball Sportsbooks know this.. As a good bettor you have to pick up on these streaks and know when to lay down money and when to not. This is can tie in directly with peaking. Naturally teams want to peak at the March Madness Tournament in order to play the best basketball during that time. There are also many other factors that are definitely worth mentioning.
One big advantage during seasonal play is home court. It affects NCAA Basketball Odds and factors in for NCAA Basketball Gambling. When you find lines that are very close in spread, there is a good chance that the home team will win. Home court advantage really puts something extra in the players. The screaming fans give energy which feeds the players directly. Every year, there are huge upsets by weak teams over awesome teams during the regular season and the tournament. One more factor should definitely be address when NCAA Basketball Gambling.
Bettors should always look for the NBA ready players on certain teams. It is obvious these teams will do well because of the talent, but you have to know which games these players will shine on. The fact that there is a huge talent gap between NCAA and NBA makes it a little easier for picks. You can check out player power rankings on many sports information websites for help. They will often list these top 25 players by position in the country. They will also tell you their strengths and weaknesses to help you judge your picks bettor. Understanding this will help you with NCAA Basketball Point Spreads.
All in all NCAA Basketball Gambling can be one of the best forms of betting. With the tournament, grueling schedules, and some outstanding players, wagering on these games is more fun than ever. Find the sportsbook that is right for you and be sure to use these tips and you can become a successful NCAA basketball bettor.
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text: Diagnosis DeconstructedDiagnosis Deconstructed: Deconstructing a DebtMorchi, Ravi MDAuthor Information Dr. Morchiis the director of the Medical Screening Examination program at Harbor UCLA Medical Center and an assistant professor of emergency medicine at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. Emergency Medicine News: January 2014 - Volume 36 - Issue 1 - p 9 doi: 10.1097/01.EEM.0000441172.04253.bf Metrics FigureFigureHarbor UCLA Medical Center (HUMC). Recently I realized that I am in debt. It's a large debt I cannot ever completely repay. In theory it is simple and I have known it to be true, but in practice I have not always lived it. I will not accept "thank you" any longer. It is not mine to receive. I am embarrassed it took me this long to appreciate. The source. It attracts the top medical students to our hospital and makes them star physicians. It does not let go when they graduate. It sucks them back a few times each month to keep the gears of the department in motion. It takes hold of talented faculty and makes them smarter and more dedicated, and it softens their hearts. Its grip remains strong for decades. It comes through the metal detectors, waits hours, and then presents itself to us. Our entire professional existence is built on it. Everything that we know as doctors, from physiologic principle to flow diagram and treatment algorithm, everything that makes our minds marketable, everything that goes into the two letters after our name, every bit of it comes from one place: suffering. Harbor is built on the particularly extreme suffering that other humans have to endure. People from surrounding Los Angeles County, sicker than any I have seen elsewhere in the developed world. From their broken bodies and ailing hearts comes our entire hospital system, shaping our minds, and bringing purpose to our careers. Every accomplishment and accolade we receive is borne on the backs and bones of our less fortunate brothers and sisters. Not just HUMC. The principle extends beyond one hospital, of course. It is everywhere in every place and in every one of us. It is the entire basis of the field of medicine. All clinical knowledge in any text in any specialty throughout the history of Western medicine was drawn from the dark experiences and grim hopelessness of someone's mother, father, child, or sibling. A person who had to suffer and die for a particular truth about the human body to be known by all. A family that had to live through a horrible and life-altering experience for us to recognize some distinct fact about how things move under the skin. To chronicle humanity's suffering on paper is to write a medical text. To be granted the privilege of reading and understanding that pain and see it in motion is called a medical education. It is a lifelong pursuit. Colleagues, we are in debt. On the surface it seems that a patient owes something to the doctor standing over him, something for her time and knowledge, something for her care. Thank you, doctor. But I say, step back from the scenario, and it is clear. The situation is entirely the opposite. Our patients, whether ill or worried-well, owe us nothing. We are indebted to them. The body of souls throughout history who have hurt for us to have careers, who have agonized for us to have a job and a degree that still carries with it some nobility, who die for us to have paychecks, to put food on our table, to send our children to college. Do they know it? Do they feel our gratitude? Do we cherish and revere medical knowledge for what it is? For the human price it costs to produce? Just how can we repay the people to whom we owe everything? That extra CT scan I know will be negative, those additional labs for bookkeeping's sake; they do not repay. Those are just for me, my gifts to myself so I can feel good, sleep well at night, not have to worry. Another day done and another lawsuit dodged. Our patients don't feel that. The brief blurb of medical jargon just before I discharge patients telling them that they don't have an emergent condition; they didn't understand that garble. They did not feel that. Only a minority of us will be part of landmark research that alters the lives of thousands and repays in bulk. Repayment comes for the majority of us then at the bedside. A hand on the shoulder. A hand in their hand. Eye to eye. Simple words, basic instruction. Slow movements and deliberate interactions. We are rushed, but they should not know it. They deserve not to know it. A smile and sometimes a frown to connect. Ice chips to wet their lips. Help with a bedpan. I admit that I don't repay as well as I'd like, but I am working on it. Palpate deeply and listen carefully across the chest. Remember you are in debt. Take socks off and examine toes. Look closely and look everywhere. The clues you find may change the life of someone to whom you owe your career. Put those socks back on and tuck the blanket in snugly around their feet. It gets cold in your department. Life itself is a terminal illness, but these things they will remember. Click and Connect!Access the links in EMN by reading this issue on our website or in our iPad app, both available onwww.EM-News.com. FastLinks Read all of Dr. Morchi's past columns at http://bit.ly/MorchiCollection. Comments about this article? Write to EMN at [email protected]. © 2014 by Lippincott Williams & WilkinsView full article text


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Sand filters clarify water by removing sediment, turbidity, iron, unpleasant tastes and odors, suspended particles, and unwanted color, all of which are commonly found in surface water. Sand is the most common filter media. Generally, fine mesh sand is coupled with a course grain support bed. Anthracite is used in applications where silica pick-up from sand media is undesirable. Gravel has a highly spherical shape that promotes good flow and even distribution in support beds. Filter AG is non-hydrous silicon dioxide with many advantages for the reduction of suspended matter.
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ACF system can be a used as direct water filtration to deal with offensive odor, taste and excessive chlorine from the supply for potable water applications or it can be used as a pre-treatment for equipment or process that needs lower levels of the mentioned water contaminants such as Reverse Osmosis systems. This system are normally used in Industrial plants, Municipal treatment facilities or Commercial establishments who needs better quality of water coming from the city supply. They can also be used into the waste water treatment and handle high Total Organic Compounds (TOC) from the water being treated.
Softener filter
Water Softener is designed specifically to remove high levels of dissolved solids that create "hard water" conditions, principally Calcium and Magnesium.Water softeners treat the water by removing hardness using resin. The resin replaces the hardness in the water with salt, which is regenerated periodically. The softened water can then pass through an RO system to remove the salt without the risk of scaling. Softeners can be used in a variety of services including: industrial, municipal, and institutional applications.
Brim Filter
Birm is an effi cient and economical media for the reduction of dissolved iron and manganese compounds from raw water supplies. It may be used in either gravity fed or pressurized water treatment systems. Birm acts as an insoluble catalyst to enhance the reaction between dissolved oxygen (D.O.) and the iron com pounds. In ground waters the dissolved iron is usually in the ferrous bicarbonate state due to the excess of free carbon dioxide and is not fi lterable.
Birm acting as a catalyst between the oxygen and the soluble iron com pounds, enhances the oxidation reaction of Fe++ to Fe+++and produces ferric hydroxide which precipitates and may be easily fi ltered. The physical characteristics of Birm provide an excellent fi lter media which is easily cleaned by backwashing to remove the precipitant. Birmis not con sumed in the iron removal operation and therefore offers a tremendous economic advantage over many other iron removal methods.Other advantages of Birminclude; long material life with relatively low attrition loss, a wide temperature performance range and extremely high removal ef fi cien cy. Negligible labor costs are involved because Birm does not require chemicals for regeneration, only periodic backwashing is required.
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Calcite is a naturally occurring calcium carbonate media. One of the advantages of Calcite is its self-limiting property. When properly applied, it corrects pH only enough to reach a non-corrosive equilibrium. It does not overcorrect under normal conditions. Upon contact with Calcite, acidic waters slowly dissolve the calcium carbonate to raise the pH which reduces the potential leaching of copper, lead and other metals found in typical plumbing systems. Periodic backwashing will prevent packing, reclassify the bed and maintain high service rates. Depending on pH, water chemistry and service flow, the Calcite bed will have to be periodically replenished as the Calcite is depleted.As the Calcite's calcium carbonate neutralizes the water, it will increase hardness and a softener may become necessary after the neutralizing filter.Calcite can be effectively combined with Clack Corosex to combine the high flow neutralization properties of Corosex, along with the slower reacting low flow properties of Calcite, increasing the ability to correct low pH.


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You know the "what."
The Atlantic League and MLB have done a great job with the "what."
Here's "what" we know so far that's going to be different coming into the 2019 season.
Home plate umpire assisted in calling balls and strikes by a TrackMan radar tracking system.
No mound visits permitted by players or coaches other than for pitching changes or medical issues.
Pitchers must face a minimum of three batters, or reach the end of an inning before they exit the game, unless the pitcher becomes injured.
Increase size of 1st, 2nd and 3rd base from 15 inches square to 18 inches square.
Require two infielders to be on each side of second base when a pitch is released (if not, the ball is dead and the umpire shall call a ball).
Time between innings and pitching changes reduced from 2:05 to 1:45.
Distance from pitching rubber to home plate extended 24 inches, in the second half of the season only; with no change to mound height or slope.
What you might not know is the "why." Why are these changes being made? How will some of them be implemented? It's fair to argue that a lot of that hasn't necessarily been communicated quite as well, which has perhaps led to some of the negative reactions seen on social media.
Let's get right to the pitching-related changes…
"I'm hugely empathetic to players and specifically pitchers," White said. "They have been doing this 15-20 years of their life, they have, by any barometer, been very successful with their careers and the way they've done things. They have a tradesman's point of view because their life has been built on routine and on a lot of hard work. They're all this close to Major League Baseball, or this far away, depending on how you view it. The prospect of a change is very daunting, and I think anybody you talk to today is going to, at the very least, say they're concerned. How could they not be? In my case, you have to be very empathetic to that. What I hope is that in the coming weeks, they begin to take a more considered approach to where this is headed and make a decision that is in their best career interest. This is a player's league, and it was one founded on the principle that players deserve a second chance to pursue their dream. We still think — and we've always thought — that our league does that better than any other professional baseball league, including the prospect of a pitching rubber change, and we hope that they'll see that."
But why? Why make this change? Why play with what's worked for so very, very long?
"It's slightly more subtle than people give it, but Major League Baseball pitchers have advanced at a faster rate over the last decade or two than have hitters," White said.
"Because of that, game action has changed dramatically. They presented to our board something that most people never think about, and they unveiled for us a term they use called 'true outcomes.' The true outcomes that they use are bases on balls, strikeouts and home runs. With very little exception, if one of those incidents occurs, there's no recourse. Base on balls, you go to first base. Strikeout, with one exception, you go back to the bench. Home run, you circle the bases. But, what you're not seeing in any of those true outcomes is what they define as game action; ground balls where an infielder has to catch and throw and another infielder has to catch the ball, singles where a guy gets on first base, a double where the guy has the excitement of running into second with a potential play. The incidents of true outcomes has exploded in baseball, where over the course of the last 15 years, it's increased by something like 25 percent. Their contention is people go to games — and they aren't directing this at millennials, they're directing this at fans — want to see baserunners, catching, throwing, hitting, all of that dynamic stuff that occurs in a game. They're concerned that's coming out of the game. If one looks at just about every one of these initiatives, and our league has looked at 30 potential initiatives that they have very carefully presented to us, just about all of them deal with the idea of increased action in a game. And they want to maintain player safety and make sure the game is moving along at a proper pace.
"But their contention specifically about the pitching mound distance is very interesting. It isn't about hitters necessarily getting more hits or more runs or more home runs. It's about more balls that are currently foul balls getting put into play. They've said that when a ball goes in play, the chances are 70 percent — and frankly, it's higher than that — that it's going to result in an out. But that's more interesting to people than foul balls, and at least rhetorically, they have a point. I've come a long way, the board has come a long way and I think our pitchers are going to come a long way when they begin to contemplate 24 extra inches and what that truly means for them. There is a growing body of thought, and this is very nascent stuff, that says this may actually turn out to be more positive for pitchers than they're thinking, specifically those who throw breaking pitches. The idea that you have 24 more inches with which to have a curve or a slider approach a batter is a pretty daunting thing for a hitter when you consider it. For a guy like Rich Hill, he can start a curveball way outside the strike zone. For a left-handed hitter, this would be terrifying. That ball looks as if it's headed toward the batter, only to have it break and become a strike. You've seen where guys are falling out of the box, and guess what, it's a strike. That's something nobody's thinking about. But, the horizontal movement, or the diagonal movement on a breaking pitch, is going to be enhanced by 24 more inches, not decreased."
Why start the mound distance change in the second half? So that MLB can have a set line in the sand with their data; they can compare the first half information to the second half information and see what, if anything has changed.
The MLB point of view on this, which comes from speaking to various officials at that level, is that there's a perceived a "lack of action" in today's game, and that these rules are an attempt to study what the effects might be of neutralizing velocity that might get the game back closer to what the historical parameters of it typically have been.
MLB doesn't want velocity being the only thing that gets a pitcher noticed — that a Greg Maddux and a Jamie Moyer have just as much of a place in the game as say an Aroldis Chapman or Jordan Hicks — and the thought process on their end is that these changes will actually help the more stereotypical pitcher that you see in the Atlantic League, the 88-92 guy who maybe doesn't light up the radar gun anymore but can still show above average or better command of all of his pitches.
What's the feedback been at Rick White's level to all of this so far?
"There's a huge amount of curiosity on the part of pitchers," he said.
"Most of it has been voicing concern and displeasure. In the case of managers, they are having to take great care and explain what's happening. One of the reasons as to how our announcement was delivered this past week was that we wanted to be absolutely transparent with pitchers who were dealing with rumor and innuendo as opposed to fact. Once we were able to get that done, we now can have forthright conversations with players as opposed to speculative conversations. I should add, universally, all of our players other than pitchers like the idea of these rules."
There is a publicity element to this. Unquestionably so. Over the past few weeks, the Atlantic League has received a level of attention previously unseen in both my 17 years of covering the league and, most likely, the full 22 years of its existence.
As an example, I walked into my hotel room on Friday night after work, turned on the TV, and was both startled and amazed to see the Atlantic League logo on my screen, with some of the changes being discussed on "Pardon The Interruption."
"Well, it truly has been a tsunami," White said. "Over the past two weeks, we've truly received more attention than I think, in aggregate, we've received over the past couple of years. We are now part of a national discussion that we anticipated. It doesn't surprise us. But it's testimony to the reach of Major League Baseball and the enduring popularity of the sport."
It's a sport that, evidently, is willing to experiment with some significant changes. Among them is perhaps one of the things that got overlooked, a slight increase in the size of the bases used. As it turns out, the height of the base will be changed as well, which has not been previously reported.
In understanding the process, White first needed to make sure he comprehensively knew how the distances are measured on the diamond. The distance from the plate to first base, for example, is measured from the point of the plate to the back of the bag.
There is, of course, a safety element here as well. I'm looking at you, Manny Machado.
"A larger base benefits a first baseman in terms of safety, and allows more room for a runner coming down the line to safely land on the base and help the first baseman avoid injury to his foot or his ankle as he pushes off the base," White said.
"An interesting part of the bases as well is they have a lower edge on the perimeter than what we're used to seeing. And by increasing the size of the base by three inches, we're also making the distance from home to first shorter, which will result in the elimination of some bang-bang plays at first. Those would now result on a runner being safe versus the runner being out. That should result in more runners. Baserunning itself, with the way distances are measured, the net effect of the placement of the bag at second base will be another one and a half inch benefit to runners. Now, the distance between first and second has been reduced by a four and a half inches. That, again, should result in a little bit more offense, a little bit more risk-taking on the bases. When runners are moving on doubles, triples or trying to score and taking multiple bases, they veer out on their line to the base and then they cut off the corner and step on the inside corner of a bag. We've given them a lower, broader landing space. And, baseball has become more and more vigorous in taking away the phantom double play. The bigger base now also gives a larger spot for the pivot player on a double play and it makes that easier for them and makes it easier for umpires to see, so it starts to move away from the phantom double play."
There will be a far more noticeable change to the way the field looks than just slightly larger bases, however. With the usage of the shift being modified now, expect to see the league experiment with a painted line on the grass. The catcher's box will also be a thing of the past.
"We don't do a lot of shifting in our league," White said. "It's grown a little bit in the last couple years, but not as much as we're seeing in Major League Baseball. The only way you can effectively enforce the two infielders on one side of the bag or not is to have to a visual marker, because it has to be called by the home plate umpire in the majority of cases. We're currently contemplating the idea of a line that would be applied to the infield…I don't know that it's going to be a line that goes from second base to the edge of the outfield, but I do think it is something we'll take a look at where we take a chalk line and put it there as a visual cue for the home plate umpire.
"With the catcher's box, around the league we've all chuckled over the past couple years. We've now gone three and a half years with our intentional base on ball rule, and the only reason for the catcher's box is for the prospect of a catcher's balk. It's a visual cue for an umpire during the delivery of four pitches on an intentional walk to make sure that the catcher stays inside the box to make sure he doesn't move too quickly to field the ball. Now, the prospect of that is virtually non-existent, so why put a catcher's box in? It's a simple change. We'll experiment with that. Major League Baseball hasn't asked us to do anything there…if one day this takes hold in Major League Baseball, we might have a lasting legacy beyond a rule change."
(32:52) Mike Ashmore, mashmore98 AT gmail.com


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Images of the Savior (15 – His Healing of a Paralytic)
The next miracle that our Savior performed is especially notable in that it is coupled with the clearest expression of the ultimate purpose that Jesus had in his many merciful acts of healing. In other accounts, we may certainly suppose that Christ's mighty works demonstrated his divine power and vindicated his claims to be the Messiah. But in this story alone do we find Christ saying so clearly that such a healing was so that, "You may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins.†We will do well to learn from this saying. Christ's authority over the effect necessitates that he also have authority over the cause. His power in the sign demonstrates his power in the thing signified. His ability to heal the dreadful disease of paralysis ought to have instructed all who saw him, that he was likewise able to heal that terrible ultimate source of paralysis and every other unhappy affliction of mankind: the sinful nature that Adam passed down to all of his descendants. And if it were so mighty and blessed a circumstance to be delivered from the effect, how blessed must it be to be delivered from the ultimate source?
So we must learn from this story. And to that end, let us consider the priority that Christ himself gave to the problem of sin and guiltiness, over and above the problem of sickness and disease. For, first of all, we see that Christ, having been surrounded by a great multitude who had heard of his wonderful works, was preaching to them the gospel. Surely he knew the hearts of the crowd, that the great majority of them were only following him because they had seen his miracles, and wished to behold more for their own petty amusement (as King Herod, Luke 23:8); or else they wished some physical boon (see John 6:26). If he had been mindful to keep their attention or secure himself in their good graces, he had but to perform more miracles, and provide more free bread. But instead, he was pleased to give them true meat and drink, which is the preaching of the gospel. It is not by bread, but by the word of the Father that man may live (Luke 4:4); and so Christ, recognizing the far vaster import of the gospel than the temporal benefit of physical healing, was pleased to preach the gospel of the Kingdom to all who had come to observe him.
And second, we must observe that, when Christ saw this pitiable man, he was moved by his compassion, first and foremost, to address his deepest need, and provide for his most necessary wants. Here was a paralyzed man, who had gone to great lengths to be here in the presence of Jesus – surely, the most careless observer would recognize at once that this man's need was to be healed of his disease. But Christ, looking deeper than the mere external and obvious, immediately addressed the source, not only of his paralysis, but every trouble that ever had or ever should beset him, in this life and the next: his sinful nature. And so, he immediately heals him of his root problem; and in so doing, ensures that he will eventually be healed of all that flood of attendant evils that still plagued him. He first addressed the problem of guilt; and only later overturned the manifold effects of that guilt. Which is a circumstance we all ought to remember. How often we cry out over our remaining thorns in the flesh, and wonder if God truly loves us when he leaves us still sore-afflicted: but let us be assured that, as he has begun a good work in us, he will complete it (Philippians 1:6); as he has delivered us from our guilt and sin, he will surely lead us in victory until we finally overcome all the troubles to which sin has given rise in this world! If God delivered up his own Son so that we might be forgiven, then what good thing will he finally withhold from us (Romans 8:32)? So then, let us remember our priorities, what is truly important; and let us hope certainly in the ultimate overthrow of every evil thing which plagues us in this lifetime: for so we will honor him who alone is able to reverse the devastating loss of our first Adam, and change every evil thing to good (Romans 5:19-21)!
Let us now take note of how Christ responds to the various heart-conditions of the men whom he encountered. First we see that, to all men, he freely proclaims the gospel. Although the crowd around him was variously composed, containing both the Pharisees, in their pride and hardness of heart; and seekers of entertainment, with no true spiritual discernment; and even a few hearts of genuine faith, as his own disciples, and the five men who sought him out; yet we see that Christ was willing to proclaim the gospel to all, those whose hearts the Father would not enlighten (which Jesus knew from the beginning), as well as those who, by the hearing of his word, would be awakened to eternal life. Let us be very sure that, if Christ, who always knew what was in the heart of man (John 2:23-25), was pleased to proclaim the gospel to all the world; so also should we, who do not know whether God will call out this man or that, likewise proclaim the gospel in all the world, from the most willing of listeners to the most seeming-hopeless cases.
And next, we see that, to the hearts which possess genuine faith, he immediately forgives, and washes away the guilt; and then, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, he removes all other various trials and evils which in this life we must bear. And let us make sure we note that, the good effects of faith in this paralyzed man, first in forgiveness, and then in physical healing, were strengthened and made effective in community. Christ sees "their†faith, that is, the faith of all five of them, which, by such a reciprocal buttressing each of the others, was fully formed and made strong and vibrant. O brothers, let us not forsake the assembling of ourselves together (Hebrews 10:25)! For God has so designed the spiritual body of Christ that, if one were to be cut out of it, how soon his faith must whither away! Let us support each other in prayers and exhortations, let us pray for the sick and afflicted among us (James 5:13-16), and let us be careful not to be so presumptuous as to think that we may live the Christian life alone. Remember, "a threefold cord is not quickly broken†(Ecclesiastes 4:12).
Finally, we see our Savior's response to the heart of proud self-sufficiency. For first, he exposes the evil thoughts of such hearts, and makes their prideful and unbelieving reasonings apparent to all. Be certain, that whatever evil thought you may treasure up in your inmost being, Jesus already knows it, and will one day call you to account for it (see Matthew 12:36)! And second, he refutes their evil reasonings, and openly proves the truth of what he has proclaimed in the gospel. They had thought it easy to say, "Your sins be forgiven you,†as there was no ready proof that such had indeed occurred, and that Jesus was, therefore, God (for they were correct in this much, that God alone can forgive sins). But to say, "Arise and walk†must be much more difficult, for whether or not such a command had been effective could be seen at once. When Jesus said, "Take up your bed and walk,†and when the paralytic did in fact do so, then he demonstrated with certainty that his was the authority to forgive sin and to heal its manifold effects. And so he utterly overturned the specious arguments of false religion, and left all who would still cling to its delusion of hope cut off from every excuse of ignorance.
And what was the result of this mighty miracle and authoritative teaching of Christ our Savior? We see, once again, that every heart was filled with wonder, and every mouth glorified God. We may be certain that this will be the final result of Christ's ultimately being revealed in all his glory, before every inhabitant of earth. One day, every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9-11). How many of those present, who confessed to God's glory, were yet unregenerate, and finally fell under the eternal wrath of the Almighty God? And so we may be certain that, we will indeed glorify God in our lives and eternal destinies – but oh, let us turn in faith to Christ, and so glorify him as an object of his unfathomable grace and everlasting mercy, and not as a vessel of wrath (see Romans 9:22-24)! This the paralytic did, and you may be assured that he is now more blessed and eternally at ease than all that multitude of Pharisees who trusted in their own impressive lists of righteous deeds performed.


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Börsipäev 5. august
Kommentaari jätmiseks loo konto või logi sisse
Minut tagasi tulid BIDU orderid välja. Müügi poolel vilksatas esimese hooga $100 :))
Eile tuli drugstore.com (DSCM) huvilistele taas üks huvitav uudis - Melinda Gates teatas taas 100k aktsia ostust. Huvitav, kas algas uus ostude seeria. Tavaliselt ta ainult ühe päevaga ei piirdu.
Eile tulemused avaldanud TKLC'i hakkab katma Morgan Joseph reitinguga "Buy"
TKLC TEKELEC started with a Buy at Morgan Joseph; tgt $27.50
Morgan Joseph initiates TKLC with a Buy and $27.50 tgt. Firm expects solid signaling rev growth driven by growth in wireless traffic, int'l expansion, and share gains combined with accelerating VoIP switching growth. Also, firm notes that on Aug 3, the co announced it will exercise its call option to buy the remaining 48% of its Santera subsidiary, which will provide improved transparency into the momentum of the business.
Cody Willard:
Looking for More Near-Term Weakness
Ah, the pullback that everybody seemingly wanted finally arrived this week. That all three major indices pulled back around 1% yesterday is a good start to shaking out some weak-handed longs and bringing in some new short-sellers.
But it was only a start. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to look at a daily chart of either the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq and determine that we're still very much extended. Of course, that same surgeon would have been diagnosing overextension since the middle of May as this rally has hardly taken a breath, much less a breather, since it launched on May 1. So, yeah, we're still overextended. Has that interpretation of market action helped anyone make a dollar this summer? No. Is it likely to start?
At some point this market really will pull back and relieve itself of this long-time overextension, and then we'll all be able to pat each other on the back and talk about how we knew it was only a matter of time. In the meantime, the few longs who have ignored the overextension have likely generated some nice returns.
This discussion underscores why technical analysis can be so controversial. Overextension is purely a technical analysis term. And it hasn't mattered. But it will at some point. To be sure though, the same can be said of fundamental analysis. Earnings power and growth and valuation sometimes don't matter. Until they do.
All that said, the action earlier this week -- when Microsoft (MSFT:Nasdaq) ran more than 3% two days in a row, and the Nasdaq rallied more than 1% to new multiyear highs Tuesday -- certainly looked and felt like a blowoff top. There was a good bit of short capitulation, and also many a long-only money manager who finally embraced the rally by buying into the strength. Regardless of the sentiment measurements such as the II indicating that sentiment is not overly bullish, I do think sentiment did make a bit of a turn with that blow off top. And I think we're in for more near-term weakness.
Payrolls and other macroeconomic numbers look mostly market friendly, but the Treasuries are selling off on the jobs news and the higher rates that such a selloff brings has made the folks trading futures take them down just a little bit. Oil's above $62 a barrel and gold's recent action has put it back on many a trader's radar. It might be a quiet summer Friday for most of the world, but Wall Street's rocking. Let's get it started.
BIDU ost 40. +50%. Nagu arvata võis.
Gapping Up
Gapping up on strong earnings/guidance: HOMS +29% (also Deutsche upgrade), ASEI +20%, PDLI +7.4%, END +11%, GT +6.3%, ACS +3.8%, MEDX +3.5%, ASYT +3.3% (also upgrades from Piper and BofA), CHK +2.9%... Other News: TRFDF +19%, NYER +14%, MSON +12% (BWeek profile), ALVR +3.8% (bounces after recent weakness), SPN +3.8%... Under $3: NPLA +51% (reports Q2), NEXM +16% (started with a Strong Buy at Brean Murray; tgt $4), MDII +9%, GEPT +7% (announces video surveillance contract).
Gapping Down
Gapping down on disappointing earnings/guidance: ADBL -9.4% (also Kaufman Bros downgrade), DWRI -19%, OPWV -7.2%, TUTR -26%, PWEI -9%, HDSN -9%, TACT -7%, UVN -7% (also Legg Mason downgrade), NTAP -4.1% (also Merrill and Piper downgrades), CTRP -4% (also Merrill downgrade), HLTH -3.2%, DRI -2.9%.... Other News: NWRE -20%, IPXLE -13% (receives delisting notice), DPH -11% (in talks about restructuring), PLUG -4.4% (stock offering), KOSN -4.2% (announces share offering), TOL -2.4% (Wachovia downgrade on valuation).
Kas tõesti on BIDU-l hinnaokk, aga kauplemist ma ei näe. Ilmselt on kaubeldavate aktsiate arv liiga väike ja hind ei ole veel ka 100. Just praegu tahtis keegi osta 45-ga, aga müügiäär kergitati kohe kõrgemale. Osta 50-ga kui tahad...
IPOd avanevad tavaliselt 10:45 ET,
Kas seda BIDU-t kuidagi shortida ka saaks?
Kas veerandtunniga tehakse 4 milj. aktsiat käivet?
3 mil tehtud, hind 69...
Omasin esimest korda aktsiaid 11 aastat tagasi, börsil olen kaubelnud 8 aastat, aga midagi sellist pole minu silmad veel näinud.
Suure ringi küsimus: Kas sulgume üle 100 taala?
Ei maleta, et varem oleks nii heldelt raha jagatud, kui tana BIDU seda teeb:)
Muua ei lubata ja ukskoik kust ostes saad 1 min hiljem selle kallimalt maha muudud:)
$97.5 siis hetkel hind...
USA-s ostetakse BIDUt vist oksjoni korras suveniirideks.
Möne minutigas mingi 96-97 pealt alla80.Tsirkust ja ameerikamägesid.


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Do swine eat pearls? Of course, I am asking the metaphysical question. If you want solid proof, please don't feed your own pearls to real pigs. Rather search the internet – if someone has ever tried it, Dr Google will have a record of it.
Sometimes one must ask questions such as these, just to get some sanity and a reality check on a situation.
I have over the past year had to reassess quite a few close relationships in my life. I will give you a brief outline, but you will have to believe me when I say that these events shook my world and made me reassess many things that I had taken for granted all my life.
The first event related to an online friendship that turned real and then into a disappointment – I in fact became an online mistress, and then realised that I had been exactly that for at least five years while I was telling myself that I was simply nurturing a beautiful friendship. The only way for me to put an end to it, was to walk away and no longer respond. I still cherish some of the most beautiful memories you can imagine, but the experience made me question my own judgement.
Of course, when it comes to friends and lovers, we all at times question our own judgement and we all at times are very wrong about people. Why do we have these experiences – especially when we are good people? I will get to that later.
The second event related to my best friend finally succumbing to a self-destroying addiction and the unbearable heartache of watching this happen over years and being totally powerless to do anything about it. My mother was not a joy to behold at the best of times – she made it clear that she hated me from my first memories. With this woman I had a second mother and best friend, and it was one of the most meaningful relationships I ever had – and she became family from the moment she married into my family.
Her daughter also became a very good and valued friend, but then committed fraud. All this came to light after the death of my friend, and the poor woman was vilified by people who should know not to judge, and who had seen her true nature for years but still judged her when she could no longer defend herself.
For me, family is very important, and I had to walk away from an entire family that I took on as my own over many years. I trusted people that were not worthy of my trust, and I loved people who turned out not to care about me at all.
But still, I chose to let these people into my heart and into my life, because I saw the good in them. I was wrong with some of them, but I chose to walk away from all of them. Why leave the opportunity to have your nose rubbed into what was immensely hurtful by remaining friends with some while avoiding others? It was not pleasant.
As if all this was not enough, an inheritance was involved. There is an old saying that an inheritance brings your background to the foreground. Believe me, that is true.
So – you can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family, they say. I am afraid I now have to disagree.
When you reach out to a friend for years with regular contact, simply asking how they are and remembering their birthdays, and you get nothing in return, something is wrong. If that friend does not even reciprocate by asking once in twenty years out of their own how you are, something is wrong. If that friend makes it clear in many ways that you are not relevant in their world, and even ask you why you keep contact with them, something is wrong. Why would you even try and nurture a friendship in such circumstances? You would have to be very needy and emotionally disturbed to keep trying to remain in contact.
But for family, you would do it – or at least I did. Then, suddenly, when an inheritance was involved, I was the source of communication, the peacemaker, the middleman who had to fight fires on all sides, and the one who got blamed for what was not of my doing. I continued to reach out, because this was family, and family look after each other, no matter what.
Then a major family event – which required a gift from me – was communicated to me by text, because the value of the expected gift was obviously less than the value of the inheritance which warranted more phone calls to me in six months than in the previous thirty years. That finally opened my eyes.
Swine can and do eat pearls.
It is right and good to love and cherish relationships – both with friends, lovers and family – and it is good to give people the benefit of the doubt. However, when they finally chew you up and spit you out, then you walk away, do introspection and take the wisdom from the experience. You don't hang around and delude yourself into believing that things will get better.
For me the wisdom from these experiences is that even unconditional kindness is not always reciprocated. The human experience is conditional. Over the years friends have become family, and family have distanced themselves because even having a simple friendship was asking too much. Some people live according to their beliefs and values, and others have never heard of the universal law of "say what you do and do what you say". Some people will grow and become inclusive, and other will remain judgmental and petty until the day they die.
I cannot change people. I cannot change the way they view their world. It does not matter whether these people are family or friends. That is how it is. Where a situation becomes unbearably painful because what you believe and what the world – and the players on the stage of the world – show you are in such conflict, for me the only solution is to walk away with love.
Will I now stop loving people and stop giving them the benefit of the doubt? Probably not – I don't believe my nature will change overnight – just like the nature of the people I leave behind will not change. That is how it is. Will I allow the people who abused my kindness and treated me like dirt to enter my world again? Of course. I have no desire to wish ill on anyone. However, I will not reach out and look for more hurt and trouble. If I encounter them in the street or on social occasions, I will treat them with the courtesy that most people deserve. I will not try to change them. I will simply move on and continue to live my life according to what I value and what makes sense to me.
You cannot fix a broken plate, and I will no longer pretend that it is possible to ignore the cracks in the plate. I can choose my friends, and on the same basis I can choose my family. I will not burn in hell, but I will rather continue with my eternal journey – just like they will, and I am grateful to all of them for being powerful teachers of powerful truths to me.
We are all here to fulfil contracts with our loved ones – contracts that we entered before we reincarnated. I have fulfilled my contracts with more people than I care to be reminded of over the past year, and it is time to take that wisdom and start a new cycle in my life, making space for new energy, new friends, new experiences. Namaste.


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From 5th until 15th April, the 3rd annual edition of the London Games Festival will take place in various locations across the capital.
The festival is for game lovers and game creators.
During those 10 days, there will be many events to choose from.
For example, on Saturday 7th April, Trafalgar Square will be transformed in a one-day-only game spot covering augmented reality games, esports, hands-on games and workshops. There, you will be able to play against pro gamers but also other players. The Trafalgar Square Games Festival will be free to attend.
However, there other events taking place during those 10 days, such as:
- Ensemble: which celebrates the work done in the Gaming industry by developers from BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) backgrounds
- VR Show: which will host the AR & VR Gaming Arcade so you can play some immersive games
- Games Character Parade: which will give you the occasion to display your favourite game characters and design while parading in the streets of the capital
- And others…
Some events are free but some require a fee so check the website before you go. Also, the events that are part of this Festival will be held at various locations across London so again make sure you check the website to know where they are.
Once the checks are done, go to the Games Festival, let your inner child out and have fun playing!


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ECDO has distributed education materials among the Manipuri, Patro and tea labor students through organizing four different programs. The programs were held at Alaibahar and Lackatoorah tea estate for Education Support Centre (ESC) students in Sylhet district and the program for Manipuri Language Centre (MLC) students' held at Bhanubil Majhergaon and Mongalpur under Moulvibazar district. On 10th July in Sylhet Md. Abdul Muntakim, Assistant District Primary Education Officer (ADPEO) was present as chief guest. Mr. Dilwar Hussain, chairman of Khadimnagar Union Parishad (UP), Sylhet, Mr. Lakshmikanta Singh, Executive Director of ECDO, Raju Goala, President, Bangladesh Tea labor Union Sylhet valley were present as special guest in the program. The above education materials were provided to sixty indigenous students. And the program was held on 3rd August 2018.
And the last two Education materials distribution program were held for Manipuri Language Centre (MLC) students on 3rd August 2018 at Bhanubil Majhergaon & Mangalpur Manipuri Language Centre (MLC) in Moulvibazar district. Mr. Monindra Singha, Member of Adampur Union Parishad, Kamalgonj Upozila was present as chief guest in the program. Mr. Indrajit Singha, Manipuri poet and President of ECDO, Mr. Rajkumar Singha President of Bhanubil Majhergaon MLC management committee, Ms. Nongpoklai Sinha project coordinator of ECDO were present in the program.
It should be mentioned that among the ESC students ECDO provides School bag, note book, pen, wood pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener etc. And for the MLC students ECDO provides Umbrella, note book, pen, wood pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener etc. ECDO provides education materials to its one hundred fifty students. All students were very happy after getting these education materials and they have committed us to be more attentive in education.
ECDO provides this education materials under the project of `Promoting Education and Mother Tongue of Indigenous Children' with support from HEI VERDEN Norway. ECDO is implementing the second phase of the project. We already finished our first phase of the project very successfully.


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Find Out What It Is And How To Prevent It
When you think of patients who are diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver or fatty liver disease, you may be picturing an alcoholic who has been drinking heavily for years. But, that's not the case anymore.
There's a disturbing new trend in liver disease and it's called Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
Scott & White Chief of Hepatology, (gastroenterologist) Dawn Sears, MD, said that this type of liver disease will be the leading cause of liver cancer and liver transplants in the next 10 to 15 years.
What is NASH?
"It is caused by having extra fat in the body," Dr. Sears said. "It's usually from diabetes, high cholesterol, being overweight or eating a high-fat diet."
NAFLD or NASH is found in over 80 percent of patients who are obese and over 50 percent of patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
Why is this type of liver disease becoming so prevalent?
"It's because of our lifestyles," she said. "We're not getting exercise, we're drinking a tremendous amount of soda, eating a large amount of fast food and a large portion of the population has diabetes, high cholesterol or is obese."
"We're not getting exercise, we're drinking a tremendous amount of soda, eating a large amount of fast food and a large portion of the population has diabetes, high cholesterol or is obese."
What are the symptoms?
Most patients don't feel any sort of difference. Dr. Sears said they may feel some fatigue, but there are no symptoms that will alert a patient to have their liver checked.
"The most common way it shows up is when someone is getting a checking liver test," she said. "Whether they're being put on a cholesterol-lowering medication and they're monitoring the liver or when they're doing a pre-op physical."
The other way NASH is detected is when the patient gets a picture of their body—either an ultrasound of the gallbladder or kidneys or a CAT scan for another reason.
But the disease can only be seen in imaging if 30 percent of the liver is already taken over by fat.
What is the prognosis?
The good news about this type of liver disease is that it is 100 percent reversible, Dr. Sears said.
"If a patient decides to make dramatic lifestyle changes by not eating a high-fat diet, exercising 20 to 40 minutes a day, eating five to seven fruits and vegetables a day and making healthy choices, they can reverse this within a year," she said.
But if they continue down the same path, ten percent of them will go on to have cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer or liver failure.
"If patients have liver disease, I just want them to be inspired to be proactive and know that they can have (complete) control of their destiny," Dr. Sears said. "And if they make good choices, the benefits can last for decades."
For more information about NASH or other types of fatty liver disease, click here.