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I hope you're all having a fantastic week!
Tomorrow, Thursday, we have a tabletop game being run by Ethan. Frostgrave! It sounds like an incredibly interesting, slightly smaller-scale version of wargaming. We'll explain it further at the meeting, but it's definitely something you should consider checking out if you've ever been interested in getting into wargaming. My understanding is that it should be relatively easy to teach, so don't feel intimidated!
On Saturday, David T. and company will be running some Rocket League. I don't really know much about it, but I did watch a couple of YouTube videos about it and it looks super crazy. Definitely plan on joining in. It should some nice, fast-paced weekend fun!
I totally didn't forget what's happening next Thursday! (I'm pretty sure it's retro gaming night with Stel and/or Shane, but don't quote me on that.) Either way, we'll cover during business tomorrow!
In the near future we will be holding nominations for chair positions. Probably one week from tomorrow. Elections shortly thereafter.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I really need to eat a sandwich or something.
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I've been trying to drive a LUXEON REBEL WHITE LED with Power PSoC CY8CLED04D01 without success.
Every time I use more than 2 channels one randonly or 2 .. or 3 or 4. channes of the mosfet get short circuited.
I mean the leds turns ON even though the driver circuit is off.
I checked with a multimeter and it's Drain pin is short circuited with Source pin.
I made my own PCB layout following the AN rules for PCB and I'm using the same schematics as one of the reference designs.
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There a number of reasons for this of course, not the least of which the number of distractions now presenting themselves these days. Teenagers now have computers, laptops, tablets, cell phones, cable TV, Netflix, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Tumbler, and the grand daddy of all social media Facebook. With all of these entertainment options and distractions now available is it any wonder that teenagers today have a hard time wanting to stay focused on music and continue learning their instrument.
I can think of several ways to try and rekindle the interest of your teen (or perhaps yourself) in music lessons and music in general. Not in any particular order, here are a few:
- Try learning a new instrument you haven't played before - Sometimes we get stuck in a rut playing the same instrument for years, and if we just try learning how to play something new maybe an instrument you've always wanted to play this would do the trick.
- Consider learning songs in a different genre - If you've been taking classical piano lessons for years and perhaps you're tired of it, try beginning to learn how to play popular songs from the radio and YouTube. This is a whole different experience and playing songs that are more familiar to you may help recharge your musical batteries.
- Try learning from a new teacher - It can be difficult to tell a teacher you've had for a while that you want to move on and try something different but sometimes that what you need to do. Get a new and different perspective from someone else who will undoubtedly have a different style of teaching. In fact don't be afraid to take lessons from several different teachers over time as you'll be amazed what different techniques and tips you'll learn from each one.
- Start learning how to write your own songs or instrumental compositions - If pop, country or R&B music is your favorite style then try your hand at writing some original songs; if jazz or classical is your specialty then write a few instrumental musical pieces in those genres. Learning the process of how to write your own music will open up your eyes and musical hearts to so many different possibilities.
That's all the ideas I can think of for now, but I'm sure we will add to this list over time. I got this idea for today's post from an article in the Irish Times about how to keep teenagers interested in music. One major theme they discuss is to share with your music students the social importance and impact of playing an instrument. Playing music with others either in a band, an ensemble or any type of musical group can be one of the most satisfying experiences you will ever have. To learn more about what Music Generations and Limerick Voices are doing over in Ireland to help teens stay interested please read Irish Times - How to Stop Teenagers from Tuning Out of Music Lessons
That's all for today boys and girls - Stop back in a few days for our next post. In the meantime go find a quiet spot and play some music, or better yet call some bands and do a jam session.
Music, Love & Laughter,
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I thought it was time for another Upside Down Cat photo.
It's Abbey, the same darling pictured in my header. Here she is lying under a chair in what we call her "carport". She loves to find a sunny spot to work on her tan...I can't convince her that it will cause her to wrinkle prematurely!
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It may be recalled on earlier reports about the unsatisfied customers who couldn't find a suitable memory card along with the Playstation Vita, and that was way too expensive for them to buy a memory card extra after spending much on the device itself. Any way now things will be much better with the manufacturers finally being generous in providing a free 8 GB memory card along with the device. This means the entire PS Vita set included with the 8 GB memory card for a reduced price of around Rs 15, 000.
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Altaf lashes out at Geo over 'confrontation' policy
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"Some elements within the Geo have preferred the policy of "fight and let's see" rather than making an apology," the MQM chief said in statement.
He said Geo TV did not portray high-ups of sensitive state institutions as per proper journalistic values.
The MQM chief appealed people to keep their protest peaceful against Geo TV.
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Mobile steam crane in use for excavation, in 1910., 1910
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Mobile steam crane being used for excavation against a hill. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1910.
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As mentioned in a previous thread, I may be staying in Anderson, South Carolina, in the next few months, in order to attend a national checker tournament which is to be held in the town of Honea Path.
During my online research of restaurants to try in Anderson, one of them has struck my eye as a possibility.
It is called "1109 South Main Street." It is described as having continental cuisine with a sushi bar. Average price of entree is listed as in the $20 to $30 range.
From all of the restaurant listings that I have read so far of Anderson, SC, it does sound like the most upscale of all of them. So far, two of the guest critics have raved about it.
It has also earned an award called the "DiRoNA Award" for excellence in dining. I'm not familiar with this award. Perhaps, I should be.
In any event, I am wondering if anybody here has ever dined at this restaurant and can pesonally vouch for it.
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The band Arzachel was a pseudonym of the band Uriel, a short-lived English psychedelic rock band during the 1960s, composed of Steve Hillage (guitar/vocals), Dave Stewart (organ), Clive Brooks (drums) and Mont Campbell (bass/vocals). Uriel were formed in London, in 1967. They initially played covers of Cream, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Nice. After Hillage left in 1968 to attend university, the remaining trio began playing original material written by Campbell and Stewart and in early 1969 changed their name to Egg, the Canterbury scene progressive rock band. Read more here.
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Everybody needs goals
Wait, let me be clear. I have a soft spot for reading and reporting statistics - not the statistics that tormented me my sophomore year of college.
So, when you have access to the code of a website you can get install Google Analytics code on the website to see info on the traffic coming to your website. I have become moderately addicted to checking the stats on my website (hopelesslytechie.com).
As I've been blogging more, its been exciting to see visitors pop up in different states and to see the patterns of returning users. (Don't worry, I can't see who specifically returns or when... just the frequency of traffic). The picture below shows the states that visited the site (the darker color signifies increased traffic)
So my goal is to have a visitor from each state by September 1st - with the hopes of having more than that of course. It'd be great to have some international traffic too ... but perhaps my interest in videotaping broken elevators, dogs, and talking about my afternoon snack only interests Americans. There's also the potential that not even Americans find me entertaining ... and all of this traffic is a fluke :)


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In his new book, Hawking, the celebrated author of A Brief History of Time (Bantam, 1988), declares on the first page that "philosophy is dead" because it "has not kept up" with science, which alone can explain the universe. "It is not necessary to invoke God," the authors write, "to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going." Hawking sound-bited the hard stuff for interviewers: "Science makes God unnecessary," he told Good Morning America. Something simply came out of nothing.
If you've followed the science-religion debate in recent times, there's nothing new about such claims. Many scientists take Hawking's side, some do not. Almost everyone agrees that, as Hawking told ABC News, "One can't prove that God doesn't exist." The Templeton Foundation, which specializes in prodding believers and nonbelievers to discuss such things in civilized ways, has published all sorts of booklets, like "Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?," in which some eminent scientists answer "Yes" and others answer "No."
Why, then, the uproar? Largely because Hawking has been anointed by the media as possibly "the smartest man in the world" (ABC News) and the "most revered scientist since Einstein" (The New York Times)—a genius, and so on. A genius, presumably, must be right about everything. Especially if he managed to sell nine million copies of a book.
Hawking's latest claims also sparked attention because A Brief History of Time ended with his observation that, if we could achieve a unified theory in physics, we would "know the mind of God." While Hawking's fellow atheists took that coda as a play on Einstein's earlier use of the phrase, many believers chose to read it as open-mindedness toward a possible creator, making this new book a sharp U-turn.
The ironic part of the current media tizzy is that philosophical Cambridge—that lesser-known slice of the university historically eclipsed by the Nobel accomplishments of its physicists—long ago showed why Hawking's orotund pronouncements about God are, to be charitable, simplistic. In fact, it is Cambridge's greatest contributors to 20th-century philosophy—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) and his most trenchant disciple, the Cambridge-trained physicist and philosopher of science Stephen Toulmin (1922-2009)—who inoculated us against the naïve view that science shows God does not exist and is irrelevant to cosmology.
Before one gets edgy over Hawking's latest ex cathedra squawk, then, consider a thumbnail version of what Wittgenstein and Toulmin taught us about religion, science, and cosmology. Their message to Hawking? Scientists eager to delete God exceed their job description. . . .
Read the rest here: http://chronicle.com/article/Cosmology-Cambridge-Style-/124568.


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The Devil is using apparently innocent videogames to insinuate his ideas into the minds of the young. This is the dramatic warning of Italian Catholic researcher Carlo Climati, who has mounted a study of the most popular electronic games produced between 1994 and 1996.
Climati, who is the author of a book on purportedly Satanic rock music, warns in a new study that the games could have a brain-washing effect with potentially disastrous consequences for the young. And his warnings have been picked up by the local press in this predominantly Catholic country.
"Certain videogames represent a kind of initiation for children into the world of the occult, with frequent use of monstrous and demonic images," Climati was quoted as saying in a press report this week. The success of games such as "Doom 2" and "Heretic" helps to popularise esoteric themes and there is a tendency to resort to subliminal messages in some games, he says.
Game players subjected to a bombardment of demonic symbols become familiar with the trappings of black magic, he says. "The games stimulate an interest in the occult and represent an extraordinary vehicle for the spread of Satanism among the young," the researcher says.


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'We get our family involved': Massachusetts transplant plants North Dakotan roots
BEACH, N.D. — It's a boy's life for 4-year-old Dusty Burman as he goes about his chores on the Sentinel Butte Ranch, feeding the chickens, checking the coop for eggs, tending to the pygmy goats and helping momma 'round the ranch. There's plenty to keep a lad busy.
Few other lifestyles afford an opportunity for mother and son to work side by side, yet that was just one of the many appealing qualities that drew Jen Burman from Massachusetts to North Dakota."Fortunately I grew up next to two neighbors who had horses and that was when my love started," Burman recalled. "I was on the back of a horse before I could walk. I always had a love for horses."
It was that love of horses that drew her to come west, participating in a cowboy adventure with High, Wild & Lonesome, a company in Wyoming. There she roughed it outdoors, sleeping in a teepee and driving cattle. It cemented her dream of making a life out here, but it was love of a different sort that made the decision final.
"I knew I wanted to be out here, so I started networking," Burman said. "I was actually a vet tech back home. ... I worked in an emergency clinic and a research clinic with monkeys, and I wasn't sure how I was gonna do that out here. I was going to go into horse dentistry, but what ended up happening was that I met my husband online."
They spoke at a distance for six month, and then she came out for a 10-day visit.
"By day two, I called my mom and told her 'I'm moving,' " Burman said Wednesday, Aug. 16. Thirty-one hours later, she was packed and driving out from the East Coast to the Midwest. Today, in fact, marks the nine-year anniversary of that move.
"We get our family involved, my kids, both of them have been in it since day one," Burman said. "This is hopefully what (Dusty) wants to do eventually. We get to ride horses, we get to run our cows and I get to have my kids with me, I don't have to send them to day care."
Burman works for Byron Richard, who owns the land, and he's given them 21 head of cattle of their own, the start of what may be their own multi-generation North Dakota ranching legacy.
"I think it obviously gives him a bit of work ethic," she said. "This kid will sit for hours in a tractor with me. That's what we gotta do, we gotta go hay, we gotta do any number of things in a tractor. It teaches him patience."
Dusty seems to have embraced the part, marching around the ranch in cowboy boots, pointing out the various animals and equipment he's already a thorough expert on—he's the first to suggest they check the coop for eggs, and he doesn't flinch at pouring out a dead mouse who took an ill-advised swim in the goats' water bucket."Responsibility, I mean he's got chores he needs to do, there're the animals who need to be fed and taken care of and those are definitely two major things (he's learning), the hard work and the patience that goes with it," Burman said.
It's been a winding trail through destiny's Badlands for Burman, but one thing remains true: She still loves to ride.
"Being on horseback, that's the number one," Burman said. "When we get to do stuff with our cattle on horseback, that's the dream, I guess."
North Dakota inspires strong feelings; some take to it immediately, some are just as immediately repulsed.
"If you come from Massachusetts, it is congested," Burman said. "Tons of people, you come out here and it's wide open. I love it for that fact. You don't have somebody staring at you all the time. There's space here. People either love the wide open and majestic (landscape) or ... I got a brother who came out to visit and he said 'Jen there's nothing here. There's nothing to do. What the heck do you do to keep busy or entertained?' "
Compared to the East Coast, though, North Dakota seems to be a leader in being neighborly.
"Y'know, what I love about this area in particular is that everyone is willing to help another person," Burman said. "Your neighbor, whatever it may be, whatever help you may need, you don't even need to ask, it is right there. Compared to back home, where people just keep to themselves, they just walk straight ahead ... that's what I think I love about the neighborhood is having that help, without even asking."


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Payday For GlycoMimetics From Pfizer; For Adamas Pharmaceuticals From Forest Laboratories
GlycoMimetics, Inc. (GLYC) reported that Pfizer has made a $15 million payment to the companys under the terms of the parties' collaboration for the development of rivipansel (GMI-1070).
Under the collaboration, Pfizer plans to initiate a Phase 3 clinical trial of rivipansel, which will trigger an additional $20 million milestone payment to GLYC upon the dosing of the first patient in the trial.
The companies are currently developing rivipansel as a potential treatment for vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) of sickle cell, one of the most prevalent genetic disorders in the U.S., affecting over 90,000 people.
The main clinical feature of sickle cell disease is periodic painful VOC episodes, known as VOC or pain crises, which result in significant clinical complications. Rivipansel is intended to treat VOC by inhibiting the cell activation and enhanced cell adhesion which causes the ischemia and pain.
GLYC is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel glycomimetic drugs to address unmet medical needs resulting from diseases in which carbohydrate biology plays a key role.
More about GlycoMimetics, Inc. (GLYC) at www.glycomimetics.com
Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE) is currently developing its CRWE Network (CRWE-PR), a social networking service which business model is based on selling advertising to local businesses.
The CRWE Network has reached the 576th community website in the U.S., associated with 2143 ZIP Codes, and includes coverage of the greater state of California, Northern and Southern Nevada, Wellington in Florida and 10 provinces in Canada
The CRWE-PR Finance website (www.finance.crwe-pr.com), in development stage and currently online, allows CRWE the instant distribution of information to the entire CRWE Network community of websites in the U.S. and Canada
CRWE provides marketing solutions that boost customer awareness and merchant visibility on the Internet.
More about Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE) at www.crownequityholdings.com
After closing bell on Tuesday, China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (MY) reported a strong performance on its unaudited financial results.
For the first quarter 2014, MY posted revenue of RMB1,224.0 million (US$196.9 million), a 52.0% increase year over year, gross profit of RMB192.0 million (US$30.9 million), compared to RMB89.7 million in the same period the prior year, total comprehensive income of RMB185.8 million (US$29.9 million), compared to RMB4.5 million in the corresponding period a year ago, and basic EPS and diluted EPS of RMB1.54 (US$0.25) and RMB1.51 (US$0.24), respectively, versus basic and diluted EPS of RMB0.19 and RMB0.19 for the first quarter 2013.
According to MY, it has signed new orders of 671.5MW during the quarter, and its signed orderbook continues to grow strongly and has now reached a historic high of 3.3GW.
MY is a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, focusing on designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing megawatt-class wind turbines.
More about China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (MY) at ir.mywind.com.cn
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ADMS) reported that it has received a $25 million milestone payment from Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited related to the development of MDX-8704.
MDX-8704, a fixed-dosed combination of memantine HCl extended release capsules and donepezil HCl, is being developed as a once daily therapy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe dementia of the Alzheimer's type in the United States.
The $25 million milestone payment was paid to ADMS as a result of the FDA acceptance of the New Drug Application for MDX-8704. There is up to a $30 million milestone payable upon FDA approval. Also under the terms of the license agreement, ADMS will receive royalties on US net sales of Namenda XR(R) and MDX-8704 beginning five years after their launches.
Forest has exclusive US commercialization rights and is also responsible for all US regulatory-related activities. ADMS retains exclusive commercialization rights outside the US. MDX-8704 is covered by a Forest patent and multiple ADMS patents that extend up to 2029.
ADMS is a specialty pharmaceutical company driven to improve the lives of those affected by chronic disorders of the central nervous system
More about Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ADMS) at www.adamaspharma.com.
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I do not know how to write an algorithm that outputs the maximal value of
the difference (s[k] - s[k-2]) for arbitrary sequence of integers
s[1],ˇK., s[n], where 2<n, 2<k<=n.
thanks your help!
Just go through all the elements of the array and calculate the
differences. When you start s[3]-s[1] is the start value and this is the
biggest so far. Store it in a variable. Then go on and if you find a
bigger store than one in the max variable.
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During his 30 years in the hotel industry, Diogo has led more than 500 projects globally. He has worked as Director of Development in companies such as Caesar Park and Choice Atlantica Hotels. Diogo brought HVS to Brazil in 1999 and since 2013 represents the company in South America. In 2007 he structured and implemented the Hotel Maxinvest REIT. In addition to his role with HVS, he taught for 8 years at the main Brazilian business school – the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. He lectures extensively on hotel trends, being a frequent lecturer at major hotel schools and conferences in South America and is a member of numerous hotel industry committees such as HAMA - Hospitality Asset Managers Association. Diogo owns the FRICS title from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), world leader entity in real state professionals qualification, an Engineering degree from the Polytechnic University of Sao Paulo (POLI-USP) and a post-graduate degree in Business Administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV). Canteras brought HVS to Brazil in 1999. In 2007, he structured and implemented the Maxinvest Hotel Fund, currently managed by Banco BTG-Pactual and HotelInvest, which has become Brazil's most profitable Real Estate Investment Trust. In addition to his role with HVS, he presently coordinates the Advisory Board of the Best Practices Handbook for Development of Hospitality Properties for Private Real Estate Investors from SECOVI. For more information contact Diogo at
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I'm Clarity. My sisters thought they were confused by their identity, they couldn't hold a me. Let's face it I've known for years that my sisters were werewolves but I didn't give it much thought. Being completely human, with the exception of the psychic stuff of course, I just led my life. I certainly couldn't understand why they thought sex was such a big thing. I mean I got into the sex thing in college and really loved it, in every way if you get my drift
When Debi Wilder first told me she thought we should do a series about werewolves my reaction was "YOU WANT TO DO WHAT?" After reading Debi & Honey's books, I knew Clarity had to tell her story. As the third child of a werewolf and a human, she is purely human but also psychic. It's those charactaristics that set her apart from her sisters and make her completely unique.
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19 is the day she turns every year.
she has turned since 82.
what's 9 - 82?
My sister is turning again.
Though it comes is no surprise,
her spin prooves new everytime
What a blessing it is
that she continues to turn.
Her favorite turning used to be all night long.
with giggles and laughter among turns of a different number than mine...
now, which I get to enjoy with her as well,
she turns over a meal of a delicious matter
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I love my sister who is turning yet again.
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I have been reading Dr. Robert D. Hare's most compelling book: Without Conscience; The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us. Without a doubt these are the son's of Kegare. You will do well to know them. Thoroughly. Let them suck your vital essence's. Let them steal your joy in life. Let them teach you all about the joys of pain and suffering. Or, you may know them from Dr. Hare's book and avoid them completely.
Remember, Psychopaths don't make people victims, Victims make psychopaths! At least that's the way a psychopath sees it.
Here is a cute story over at Braindent.com about one of these folks. Very impressive guy. But evidently didn't have the real killer, go for the throat, kick the victim when he's down spirit. He only did a little bragging. This guy could easily be a friend from college, the guy down the street, your boss, your co-worker.
My advice: lay down and let these guys trample you. Or not. We report, you decide…..


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The Prevent programme is the government's main strategy for combating terrorism. Since its launch in 2006, it has been heavily criticised. This criticism has been fairly wide ranging, coming from, for instance, the parents of children referred to social services for innocently wearing a T-shirt saying: 'I want to be like Abu Bakr al-Siddique' (Abu Bakr al- Siddique was a key figure in the first years after the death of Mohamed, and not the same as ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - just like Harold Wilson and Harold Shipman are not the same person). Community groups that oppose Prevent, like CAGE and MEND, have been joined by the NUT and even by the former head of MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller, and Dal Babu, a previous superintendent of the Metropolitan Police.
There are two key problems with the Prevent strategy that critics of the programme have repeatedly brought to?the attention of the UK government. First, the programme has a very simplistic understanding of the radicalisation process, based on the discredited theory of radicalisation that holds that exposure to an extremist ideology or ideas cause people to become terrorists. To that end, anybody exposed to such ideas falls under suspicion and even the discussion of extremist ideas, necessary to counter them, is legislated against. The UN's special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, has noted that this "creates unease and uncertainty around what can be legitimately discussed in public"? and risks "promoting extremism, rather than countering it"?.
The second major problem with the Prevent programme, however, is its narrow focus. Aside from dangerous eco- terrorists like Caroline Lucas (who was labelled an extremist by police during a Prevent training session for teachers in 2015), the strategy is mainly focused on Islamic terrorism. In the UK, terrorist threats also exist from right-wing extremism, for example. The Prevent programme did nothing to prevent the killing of Jo Cox, and currently does nothing to scrutinise the vocal hate groups like the EDF and similar organisations.
By continuing with the Prevent programme in its current form, the government is like a doctor trying to treat a bacterial infection in a community by applying leeches haphazardly to a handful of random people in the street, inevitably using an inappropriate approach on the wrong people.


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While the focus was on fun and socializing over a delicious meal, we took advantage of having a special guest to talk about the importance of our Jenin playground project. Sol Kelley-Jones had just recently returned from 3 months in Palestine doing theater work with children, including those of Jenin. Her passion, anger and hope conveyed powerfully why we are doing wheat we are to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people. I am sure I was not the only one whose heart leapt when she said that the children know exactly where the playground will be and are anxiously awaiting it. There was a sense of immediacy for me that made me want to do everything I could to raise the funds as soon as possible. We also got to hear a historical perspective from Jennifer Loewenstein, who was sent to Jenin just days after the 2002 massacre to witness the destruction.
Thanks to everyone that came to the benefit. If you have not yet had a chance to donate to the project, please take a moment NOW and either write a check or use Paypal (use the link at the left). Thank you!
I also want to share a P.S. from the evening, because the most amazing thing happened after the event. My family and I came home, and I was watering my garden before going inside when my phone rang in my pocket. I didn't recognize the number at first, but then realized it was the owner of King of Falafel. I figured we must have forgotten something and answered it. He told me that a man was there who had heard the event announced on WORT as he drove into town, but he had to go to a friend's daughter's graduation party. So he went to the party, but left a little early, telling the host about our benefit and that he wanted to try and make it. The host gave the man $200 to give to us as a donation! I hopped right back into the car and met him at King of Falafel, where sure enough, he had 2 $100 bills from his friend. It warmed my heart.
We should never doubt that there are kindhearted people in the world.


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When you suggested that money is thrown at poor black people who managed to recover from the worst disease, because as you said, they're poor, so money would be what they are after, right? People who managed not to die, and then lock them up in compound and have them do dangerous work caring for those dying because they 'may' be immune to that strain, what do you think that was? You didn't understand why when I said it was offensive?
Your argument is steeped in bigotry and the way in which you simply dismiss the risk involved to those few survivors with the argument of just pay them lots. And you are still defending it. You are still demanding that they do laundry, when it's been shown to you, multiple times now, that laundry from those centers are burned, you're still trying to find ways to make them do the dirty work.
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Thousands of West Australians have joined a worldwide protest ahead of United Nations climate change negotiations in Paris, calling for action on global warming.
Doctors, firefighters, Aboriginal elders, politicians, religious leaders and young families were among the crowd, calling for governments to keep temperatures from rising by more than two degrees Celsius.
Some of the signs read "There is no Planet B" and "Climate change is poverty".
Among the speakers in Perth was United Firefighters Union of Australia WA branch president Kevin Jolly, who said bushfire seasons were starting earlier and there were not enough resources to match the risks.
"The issues we have faced in WA are global issues," he said.
Mr Jolly said firefighter numbers needed to double.
"There is a saying in our industry, `there are no sceptics on the end of a fire hose'," he said.


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Animal Genetic Resources Information Network
Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture
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112 Farm Road Hsinhua, Tainan 71210 Taiwan
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|Genetic Resources Information of Native Livestock and Poultry Breeds in Taiwan
|Germplasm Utilization Series:Animal Fire
|Locations of Conservation in Taiwan
|Link to Related Web Sites
Conservation and utilization of genetic resource of local breeds is one of researchmissions in animal sciences as part of continued agriculture. There are four major tasks in the establishment of animal germplasm conservations; collection, maintenance, evaluation,and utilization. Germplasm may be defined as the total genetic diversity of a species. Continued increases in animal production require improved varieties, and animal improvement is certainly dependent upon genetic diversity. Germplasm preservations maintain portions of this diversity to meet the needs of the animal breeders and producers, sometimes even to serve out society from a culture aspect.
The local breeds usually has a smaller body size, slower growth rate and less lean meat content but had one or more adapting characteristics to their living environment in the past, such as prolificacy of Taoyuan pig, heat tolerance of yellow cattle, disease-resistance of water buffalo, twinning of black goat, prolific laying ability of Tsaiya duck, roughage tolerance of Chinese goose, meat flavor of country chicken, and early maturity of miniature pig. They have lived on the same piece of earth with us for many years but they need to face the fate of elimination from the market-place due to less production values and interbred with other exotic varieties frequently. Taiwan Livestock Research Institute, included her animal propagation stations snd research ststions together with universities' Animal Science Department under financial support in part from the Council of Agriculture, Republic of China, have conducted the nation-wise project of animal germplasm conservation program to save these native animals since 1987.
Due to the limitation of raising facilities and finance support, cryopreservation of semen and embryo from native breeds are essential to maintain the variance of genetic resources. Thus the freezing techniques for semen of yellow cattle, black goat, pigs, country chinken, Tsaiya ducks and Chinese geese were developed and applied currently in field test to check the survivability of thawed sperm. Embryos of yellow cattle, black goat and Taoyuan pig were frozen in the liquid nitrogen condition and had been examined their mortalities after thawing and transfer into surrogate mothers, Although the transfer of forzen embryo was not success in several trails, but with direct transfer of fresh embryos into surrogates several Lanyu miniature pig lets and one black goat lamb were born alive in 1991.
Animal resources of Taiwan are bounteous and are preserving for the improvement of exotic breeds in term of production performance and efficiency. Conservation and integration of germplasm for new variants should be a major mission of governmemtal research institutes in order to utilize gene pool adequately.
We would like to acknowlege the scholarly efforts of our contributors, who have made the germplasm program stimulating and rewarding by providing timely collections and beautiful pictures. Our appreciation also go to the Animal Industry Department, Council of Agriculture, and Taiwan Provincial Government's Department of Agriculture and Forestry for their supports.


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The idea and realisation are great: Roller Coaster Train. We did a some and fast prototype with the pieces we found, and indeed it works in this simple environment….
The CatBrick 2018 will taken place in Pallejà near Barcelona. On the 14th and 15th of abril you can enjoy a lot of LEGO creations and activities. Details…
On the 8th and 9th of December an exposition will be taken place in the museum of technology in Terrassa. More information can be found here: HispaBrick.
There is currently running a Kickstarter campaign which would like to produce T-shirts. Kickstarter Campaign
En noviembre habrá una exposición de LEGO en Barcelona en el mercado de los Encants. Las fechas son: lunes 13, miércoles 15, viernes 17 y sábado 18 de…
This weekend the village Montblanc is celebrating the third time The festival de LEGO. A remodelled church offers space for dioramas and a lot of activities for children….
My dinosaur park. My town build with some old sets of my dad. Technic collection organised by dad. …
The exhibition of HispaLUG in Cataluña in 2017 will be held in Reus on the 22nd and 23th of April. Details are on the poster. Poster
The Spanish LEGO User Group celebrates on the 5th and 6th of November the national exhibition. It is near to Barcelona. See details on the poster.
We visited today the LEGO exposition CatBrick 2016. Lovely and impressive works and nice contacts. Some impressions:
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I keep getting a error whenever I search for a card.
#1 Type in Card name, in quick search
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This happens every time I search for a card.
I even tried just typing in the name of the card without pressing enter, but when i do so, nothing happens...
And then other times it will not even find the card, or has 2x of that error box pop up after each other..
Another odd glitch is after typing in the name and pressing enter, the search box will go back to the name of the previous searched card..
Is there no way to just do a simple search for a card!?!?


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Sarah Palin was on Glenn Beck's premiere show on the Fox News Channel on Monday.
I only have two things to say after watching that interview. First, Sarah Palin Rocks. Second, I have little doubt that she will be President — if not in 2012, then 2016 or 2020 .
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text: Did I tell you that we managed to squeeze in a quick visit to Belgrade in the beginning of last week on our way back from Skopje as well? No? Well, guess what. I visited Belgrade for the second time of my life. Lovely, lovely city. I want to go there again, in all its grayness, that city has a wonderful atmosphere. I want to go there, sip on coffee in a coffee place and just write. And people watch. And listen to that inspiring language that is Serbian.


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Everybody went surfing, and to Woodstock. R&B morphed into Motown, gaining power all the way. America fell to an invasion of Britons in beautifully cut suits. Overexcited musicians bashed their instruments to kindling. Vietnam could get kids killed in America, too, but could also inspire great music.
Music is a key to memory, and with this entertaining Q&A deck you can exercise your memory and revisit the music that defined the 1960s. Each of its 48 'cards' has a question on the front and the concise answer on the back. Some are relatively easy, with the answer more likely to be hesitating at the tip of your tongue than actually unknown. Others will challenge people who are minimally attuned to sixties music and its milieu. This quiz deck can lead to raucous multiplayer fun, but it's also a satisfying read that will send a lot of great music drifting through the reader's head.


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3 Referral Myths and How They Limit Your Growth
Referrals are a funny business. Despite high levels of client satisfaction, we're universally frustrated by how difficult it is to translate that goodwill into referrals. I believe there are three, deeply held, beliefs about referrals that get in the way of our success. And until you tackle those myths, it will be hard to generate the referrals you actually deserve.


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With GPS, AT&T cellular connectivity, and Bluetooth Smart capability, Nuzzle make's sure that you always know exactly where your loved pet is. We can track your pet's location down to 10 feet.
Which enables users to be able to track your pet's location, in real-time, via the Nuzzle GPS collar.
Set daily, weekly and monthly goals for your pet and track it through the Nuzzle App's activity log.
You can see how your pet's activity increases or decreases hourly, daily, or weekly in Nuzzle's Activity section.
Monitor high or low spikes in your pet's activity level over time. Compare your pet's activity levels to the activity of other pets.
Track your pet's activity by seeing when, where and what types of exercise and activity they are logging in the Nuzzle App.
Nuzzle enables you to use your app to choose a virtual GPS boundary around your property or any home location.
Nuzzle allows you to select specific geofence perimeters within the app. If your pet leaves the designated area the Nuzzle app sends an immediate notification to your phone that your pet has left the geofence.
Want to be immediately alerted if their dog escapes their home or yard
Want to be notified when their pet goes for a walk and can monitor them closely
Needs to set-up multiple geofening coverage areas so they can always feel like their dog is safe and secure.
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Four different methods for estimating hospital-wide mortality from the same set of data yielded discrepant results, suggesting the need for caution when using such a metric as an indicator of quality-of-care, researchers found.
The study, comparing the methods using identical information on more than 2.5 million discharges from acute care hospitals in Massachusetts over a three-year period, found two metrics provided estimates of hospital-wide mortality -- 2% and 2.4% -- that were similar to the actual rate among the discharges (2.1%), according to David Shahian, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard, and colleagues.
The other two methods, however, estimated the mortality rate to be 4% and 5.9% respectively, the researchers reported in the Dec. 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The discrepancies between the four methods largely resulted from differences in the numbers of patients, diagnoses, and hospitals considered by each one.
Also contributing to the differences were inadequacies of the administrative claims data, which could not distinguish between illnesses that existed at the time of admission and those that arose during hospitalization.
But, Shahian and his colleagues wrote, "notwithstanding differences in eligibility and exclusion criteria and in statistical methods, the substantially different results we observed among methods may reflect flaws in the fundamental hypothesis that hospital-wide mortality is a valid metric for the quality of hospital care."
Several countries use hospital-wide mortality rates -- measured using various methods -- to evaluate the quality of hospital care, but some have questioned use of the metric.
Massachusetts policymakers requested an assessment of different methods to measure mortality from the state's Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (DHCFP).
So the DHCFP provided four vendors of commercial products marketed to hospitals as a way to measure hospital-wide mortality with information on 2,528,624 discharges from 83 acute care hospitals in the state. The data covered three fiscal years from Oct. 1, 2004, to Sept. 30, 2007.
The vendors, each with a different method for computing mortality, were 3M Health Information Systems, the Dr. Foster Unit at Imperial College London, Thomson Reuters, and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC)-Premier.
The proportion of discharges included in each vendor's algorithm varied widely, from 28% for UHC-Premier to 95% for 3M. Only 22% of discharges were included in all four models. Included diagnoses varied substantially as well.
UHC-Premier and the Dr. Foster Unit estimated hospital-wide mortality to be much higher than the actual rate (5.9% and 4% versus 2.1%), likely because of their inclusion of higher proportions of patients with respiratory or cardiovascular diagnoses, according to Shahian and his colleagues.
There was generally poor agreement between the methods on which hospitals had higher-than-expected mortality and which had lower-than-expected mortality.
For example, in fiscal year 2006, there were 28 hospitals that had higher-than-expected hospital-wide mortality when classified by one method, and 12 of them were deemed to have lower-than-expected mortality when classified by one or more of the other methods.
"Differences in categorizing performance on the basis of hospital-wide mortality rates raise the inevitable question of which method best identifies potential quality problems," the researchers wrote. "Our study could not address that question, since an observable benchmark for overall hospital quality does not exist."
"Our results suggest that efforts to use hospital-wide mortality rates to evaluate the quality of care must proceed cautiously," they concluded.
The study was supported by the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.
Shahian reported being involved in the development and implementation of procedure-specific outcomes at the state and national level.
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If we think we can be everywhere, meet every child's need, and take care of every situation, we will grow more ragged by the hour, or even by the minute. We will only dig ourselves into desperation.
But wait! Have we forgotten the Almighty God Who has created the immeasurable universe? The all-knowing, everywhere-present God Who watches over all? He knows each of us by name, and He doesn't want us to be self-sufficient and independent. He wants us to lay all our cares at His feet and trust His immeasurable power and love.
In fact, out of nearly 7 billion people, He loves each one of us as if you are or I am the only person on earth. We may be merely statistics to a census bureau, but our Creator counts each one of us worthy of His consideration 24-7.
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you."


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More LS 11 Notes
1. Resources that are not replaced as they are used, such as natural gas, coal and oil (petroleum) are _________________________ resources.
2. Burning coal can cause a harmful change to the environment known as _________________________.
3. Trees are an example of a(n) _________________________because they can be naturally replaced as they are used. (Biomass = trees, crops, methane)
4. Individual differences among the genes of the organisms in a population make up the gene________________________ of the species.
5. A good environmental proposal's short-term costs should be outweighed by its long-term _________________________ both economically and environmentally.
6. To help balance different viewpoints on an issue, decision makers weigh the _____________________________and benefits of a proposal.
7. A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem is called a(n) _________________________ species.
8. A diverse pool of _________________________helps ensure that individuals in a species will pass a variety of traits to their offspring.
9. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is an example of a(n) _________________________approach to protecting individual species.
10. The process of __________________ _______________________can result in extinction by breaking habitats into smaller, isolated pieces.
11. A ____________________ _______________ is a regular amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested without reducing the future supply.
12. An area with a large population of ocean organisms is called a(n) _________________________.
13. One way fishing can be managed is through ________________________, the practice of raising fish for food.
14. The factor that probably accounts for the great biodiversity in coral reefs is their diversity of _________________________.
15. Earth's most diverse land ecosystems are tropical _________________________and the most biodiverse aquatic ecosystems are ___________ ________________.
16. Wildlife tourism, or "ecotourism", is an example of the _________________________ value of biodiversity. Biodiversity has environmental value as well.
18. Setting aside a marsh as a wildlife refuge is an example of the ______________ __________________ approach to protecting biodiversity.
19. The illegal hunting or removal of wildlife species is called _________________________.
20. _____________________________breeding programs protect biodiversity by mating animals in zoos or wildlife preserves.
21. _______________________ issues must be addressed at the personal, local, national and global levels.
22. A species in danger of becoming ___________________ in the near future is referred to as an endangered species.
23. ____________ ________________ usually leads to greater changes in the forest ecosystem than selective cutting. This removes all trees from the area.
24. Fish are renewable resources as long as the fish breed at a __________________ rate than they are caught.
25. In general, warmer climates contain a _______________________number of different species than cooler climates.
26. The major cause of extinction is _______________________ ___________________________.
27. Within an ecosystem, biodiversity __________________________ as the size of the area increases.
28. Hatching baby green turtles in a laboratory is an example of the __________________ _____________method of protecting endangered species.
29. In Guam, snakes can be considered a(n) __________________ species because they were accidentally introduced into the ecosystem. Sometimes these invasive species are introduced on purpose (such as kudzu).
30. The three main _________________________ concerns are: resource use, pollution and habitat destruction.


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This is a stunning appetizer dish that will be the star of the show at any event. The Piquillo pepper's bright red color complemented by the golden yellow butternut squash creates an attractive artistic statement. The flavors are balanced, yet complex and every bite reveals the depth of this multi layered dish.
10 Piquillo Peppers (La Tienda's is our favorite)
1 Medium Butternut Squash
1 medium onion sliced into 1/8" thick rings
2-3 TBSP soft goat cheese
2 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp pink Himalayan sea salt
Spices - black pepper, cumin, cinnamon, baharat.
Step 1
Cut butternut squash in half, discard seeds and brush with olive oil
Bake open-face at 425 degrees for 45 minutes
Step 2
Meanwhile, heat 2 TBSP olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the sliced onion, salt, spices and honey and cook for 15-30 minutes, stirring occasionally until the onion has turned soft and golden brown. Make sure that it is not burnt. Transfer to a cutting board and chop to small pieces.
Step 3
Let butternut squash cool, peal off skin and mash with a fork
Add chopped caramelized onions, 2-3 TBSP goat cheese and mix
Add spices per taste
Gently stuff piquillo peppers with a small spoon
Arrange on a serving plate
Add 1 TBSP water to 3 TBS Sesame Kingdom Pomegranate Spread
Stir until creamy and drizzle over the stuffed peppers
Serve at room temperature
This recipe was inspired by La Jolla's Brockton Villa fabulous French Toast recipe:
Serves 6
1 Apple
1 Peach
1 Banana
1/4 cup strawberries halved
1 Celery stalk chopped
1 TBSP Raisins
12 Chopped Almonds (optional)
7 chopped mint leaves
2 TBSP Sesame Kingdom Pomegranate Tahini Spread (see recipe below)
Chop fruits and mix in a bowl with celery, raisins, almonds and meant leaves. Drizzle Beet Spread sauce on top (see recipe below)
Pomegranate Spread Tahini Sauce recipe
1/4 cup Sesame kingdom Pomegranate Mediterranean Spread
1-2 TBSP fresh lemon juice
1-2 TBSP water
Mix ingredients in a bowl until creamy. Enjoy!
Sesame Kingdom Beet spread is the ultimate nutritious addition to a healthy veggie tray. Scoop 1/4 cup of the spread out of the jar, add 1 TBSP water and 1 TBS fresh squeezed lemon juice and stir until gets creamy. Add more water or lemon juice if you wish it to be more liquid. Double up on quantities if you have a larger party. Enjoy!
Treat yourself to a light appetizer of Manchego cheese, freshly baked bread and Sesame Kingdom spread. Our spreads are also kids' favorite; they are vegan, paleo and free of preservatives, gluten, dairy, nuts and refined sugar.
This recipe was inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi's hummus recipe in Jerusalem cook book, and the endless hummus plates that I devoured in Israel
250 dried chickpeas (can be substituted with canned chickpeas, however not as tasty)
1.5 teaspoon baking soda
160g/9 TBSP Sesame Kingdom Fresh Tahini
3 TBS freshly squeezed lemon juice
2-3 cloves pealed garlic crushed and roughly chopped
5-7 TBS ice cold reserved water
3/4 flat tsp sea salt
2 tsp olive oil for topping
Caramelized onions (optional)
1 large onion, halved and sliced against grain 1/8" thin (not too thin, as it will burn)
2 TBS olive oil
1 tsp honey
1/2 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground fresh pepper
The night before put chickpeas in a large bowl and cover with double the volume of cold water. Stir in 1 flat teaspoon baking soda
Next day drain chickpeas and wash thoroughly with cold water. Place a medium size pot over high heat, add drained chickpeas + 7 cups of cold water and stir in an additional 1/2 tsp baking soda.
Bring to boil. Remove white foaming, reduce heat and simmer on low heat for 1 hour, simmering off any foam or skins that float to surface. Chickpeas should be very tender, nearly falling apart but not mushy, breaking up easily when pressed between thumb and finger. Set aside 2 spoonful of chickpeas for garnish.
Meanwhile caramelize onions. Heat up 1 TBS olive oil over medium heat, add thinly sliced onion. Stir to coat onions with oil and cook for 10 minutes. Add 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/4 tsp fine sea-salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Drizzle honey into the mix and stir. Cook for about 15-30 minutes stirring constantly. Do not burn onions.
Drain Chickpeas, save about 1 cup of cooking liquid in a small bowl. Add Ice cubes to saved cooking liquid.
Place cooked chickpeas in food processor and process for about a minute until stiff paste (if too dry add a bit of tap water)
With machine still running slowly add Sesame Kingdom Fresh Tahini, lemon juice, garlic, 1/2 flat tsp salt, 2 TBSP caramelized onions, and gradually drizzle 5-7 TBSP of ice cold reserved liquids.
Continue mixing in blender for 5 straight min until smooth and creamy
Transfer to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap for 30 min.
Spread hummus on a serving plate and create a wavy pattern with the back of a spoon. Spread a handful of caramelized onions and cooked chickpeas. Drizzle olive oil, sprinkle paprika and serve.
Enjoy with fresh pita bread.
Store in a refrigerator for up to 3 days.
1 five ounce can of tuna (drain water if not using tuna with olive oil can)
3 TBS Sesame Kingdom Marrakesh tahini sauce
1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
1 celery stalk finely chopped
1 TBS capers
1 TBS lemon juice
2 TBS minced flat-leaf parsley
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon cumin
Pinch of ground pepper
Pinch of salt
Optional - mix in 2 seeded chopped plum tomatoes and Romain lattice. Add more tahini sauce if desired.
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Serve on a toast, either open face, or in a sandwich. For a low carb option, serve as lattice wraps.