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Arrest affidavits say the suitcases had a "strong odor of air freshener" and had "vacuum sealed bags" sticking out of them.
With the highest participation rate on record, 3,800 new students are eligible for more than $61 million in scholarships.
A Tennessee teacher who was on the run for weeks with a 15-year-old student was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison. A statement from the victim called 52-year-old Tad Cummins "disgusting" and said the effects of his actions on her were "devastating and permanent."
Last summer, the Lee County School Board unanimously approved arming selected employees because the county cannot afford more school resource officers to be placed in all the schools. The move sent tremors across the state to Richmond, and the Virginia attorney general eventually declared the action out of compliance with state laws.
Rowell replaces Jeff McCord, who is joining Tennessee Gov.-elect Bill Lee's cabinet, and Marshall is the interim to replace Rowell.
Gas prices in Tennessee increased 3 cents over the last four days, AAA reported. Monday's state average of $1.997 was just fractions of a cent from reaching $2 per gallon for the first time since Jan. 1.
That was the main message from a 2019 Regional Legislative Breakfast held Friday morning at the MeadowView Marriott and hosted by Tri-Cities chambers of commerce and the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Bethany Flora started her job as Northeast State Community College preisdent Jan. 2 and held a campuswide convocation Jan. 7.
Do you know what road-related distinction Nashville shares with only three other U.S. cities?
Tennessee motorists are paying an average price of $1.98 per gallon, the lowest daily average since December 2016, according to AAA. Compared to last Memorial Day, when the state average peaked at around $2.73 per gallon, Tennessee motorists are now saving more than $11 on a full 15-gallon tank of gasoline.
The fear that babies would die during transport to Niswonger Children's Hospital has been a major point of contention regarding Ballad Health's proposed consolidation of Holston Valley Medical Center's Level III NICU.
Former Kingpsport Superintendent Lyle Ailshie joined the department 18 months ago as a deputy commissioner, and outgoing Republican Gov. Bill Haslam swore him in Wednesday as interim commissioner to replace the departing Candice McQueen.
More than 600 inmates and sheriff's employees were vaccinated after an outbreak of the virus at the Sullivan County Jail several weeks ago. Free testing and vaccinations are available at the Sullivan County Regional Health Department.
Jeff McCord currently serves as vice president for Economic and Workforce Development at Northeast State Community College. He leads Workforce Solutions, a workforce development program that includes the development of registered apprenticeship programs and the Regional Center for Advanced Manufacturing.
In their 2019 legislative wish list, the Tri-Cities again pointed out that Tennessee cities of all sizes provide the fuel driving the economic engine of the state. "Yet cities continue to struggle to provide the fuel for the economic engine," the document stressed. "Cities face a number of threats: erosion of revenue sources; changes in annexation and de-annexation laws; and loss of control over municipal concerns. Cities need the help of our legislators to make Tennessee thrive."


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If you've read my blog at all, you know I have strong feelings and offer plenty of argument for abstract art and plenty to say against any idea of its illegitimacy.
Recently, I realized that most of my readers (or even collectors or writers who advocate abstract art), actually fail to understand the full implication of what I'm saying about abstract art.
In reality, what I say in most of my blog posts, defending and "pushing" abstract art; those things are not only for the benefit of abstract art or to promote it. The impetus behind abstract art, encompasses all that we are and all that we have accomplished or will accomplish as human beings. Continue reading »

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Without much insight into the design of Eating Objects by Ahmad Fakhry, one can still gather some ideas that the project wishes to explore.
The ceramic tableware set incorporates some reinterpreted items one may be accustomed to seeing within the kitchen cupboards, and some others that look curiously unidentifiable. Besides cups, a pitcher, a vase and a tray, the arrangement includes couple of square dishes with perforated lids. A syringe and a baster allow for sauces to be sucked in and applied in various ways and patterns through the holes in the plate tops.
The entire setup is a peculiar one, exploring the concepts of molecular gastronomy and the experience of eating food. Eating Objects by Ahmad Fakhry looks to be an even more powerful project when several place settings are laid out down the length of a dining room table.
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We've all heard that outsourcing is a great way to find the expert help that you need, working the hours that you want, whenever you need them. It's also a great way for any business to expand and contract as needed during busy and lean times. But, as you can imagine there are some common outsourcing mistakes that you will definitely want to avoid.
Focusing on Cost
While cost is an important factor in hiring anyone to help you, it should not be your only consideration. If you want expert help, you'll need to realize that you must pay expert prices. It's important to realize that when you hire a contractor, you're not hiring full-time help. So the initial hourly cost might seem high, but it will still be less than hiring that same expert on a full time basis.
Outsourcing Abroad Only
Whenever anyone mentions outsourcing people automatically think this means outsourcing overseas at drastically reduced costs. That's fine if that is what you want, however certain projects can also be outsourced locally or to other developed countries, it all comes down to hiring the best expert that you can afford for the job that can meet your deliverables.
Expecting a One-Stop-Shop
No contractor is going to be able to do everything for you expertly. Most contractors focus on one specific niche; therefore, you should hire more than one person to handle the different requirements of each project. The simple truth is; you'll end up with better results if more than one person is working on any one project.
Not Getting Prepared First
Before you pass work to anyone to do, you need to have developed systems and procedures so that they understand your requirements, include such things as examples of deliverables, and understand how you'll communicate with your contractor in a fast and easy manner during the project.
Not Knowing What You Want
If you have no idea what you want a contractor to do, then you won't be able to write a request for proposal that will get a good answer. Know exactly what you need done, before you even start advertising for anyone to help you.
Outsourcing the Wrong Things
When you start outsourcing, you should never have anyone do the main things that you're considered the go to expert for. Nor should you, except in the case of customer service and lead generation, have anyone but you and highly trained employees dealing directly with your customers.
Not Communicating Clearly
The key to successful outsourcing is good communication. Set up a project management system like Basecamp.com and/or Dropbox.com to communicate with the people you outsource work to.
Not Evaluating Outsourcers Well Enough
When you start working with someone new, start with a small project with a beginning and end first. That way you can determine how well you work with the contractor and how they work with you, you can also work out any kinks before signing a long-term contract or before giving them a larger project.
Not Focusing On Deliverables
When you hire a contractor to do something for you, the focus should be on what they deliver to you, not how they do it or even when they do it as long as they meet your deadlines that you set. Contractors should focus on results, and not your process.
Outsourcing can be a great boost for your business, but not if you don't plan properly, know what you want first, and communicate clearly with anyone you outsource to. If you really want outsourcing to work, don't skip any of these points.


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:: What went down on days 1 - 13::
--Played in Austin
--Stayed at our Tour Manager's brothers house, and I am pretty sure he is a drug dealer
--Left Austin and went up to Dallas and played a big festival
--Left Dallas, played shows in Louisiana and Jacksonville, Florida
--Chilled in Orlando for a few days, stayed with another one of our TM's brothers
watched a lot of Star Wars and Back to the Future.
--Went to Tennessee and stayed at a Tattoo Shop, our TM and Drummer got some tattoos done
--Went from Tennessee to North Carolina Stayed at this 3 story mansion for a few days and did some
interviews for that girl interviews
Now that brings us to the present. At the moment currently getting packed up to go to New York City. We have a decent showcase set up there so it should be pretty interesting. The last half of the tour kinda stinks because we no longer have any days until we get home. Hopefully New York will treat us well, and hopefully we will find a place to stay while we are there. Off to my 9 hour drive!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tour log day 14 of 25
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"Beans are good food. They have no cholesterol and almost no fat. They are loaded with Proteins, calcium and iron. They have soluble fibre, which many people associate only with oat bran and they have omega-3 fatty acids which we tend to think of in fish oils. About the only thing that beans do not have is a good lobbying group to promote their advantages."
– Neal Barnard, M.D. Foods that fight pain.
Surprising for a vegetarian I have never been a big fan of beans. Not until I started growing my own. After reading The Resilient Gardener by Carol Deppe I changed up my garden planting scheme to follow her formula for growing lots of calories and protein. I was already familiar with an array of bean choices from some presentations that Krista Rome of the Backyard Bean and Grain Project had made to our Gardener's Network. Krista has reintroduced some old bean varieties in Whatcom County and sells them on her website.
Three years ago I had a good crop of shell beans (a couple of quarts) and was surprised at how satisfying they were compared to beans I had previously eaten. My guess is that the beans you buy in the store have been around so long they've lost their flavor and, more importantly, their texture as every bean I had every eaten was mealy or crunchy even with long soak times. The beans we're eating now are smooth and flavorful.
Last year I had a good bean crop going. They made it to the bloom stage when, apparently, a few hundred rabbits showed up one night and ate them to the ground. Last year—no beans. And, if I can digress, I'm starting to understand why sheep herders shoot coyotes, wolves and mountain lions. After deer rampage through your orchard, the rabbits eat all your beans and orc-like swarms of yellow jackets decimate your beehives it is probable that one will begin to feel illiberal and develop an us-against-them mentality.
This year I put poultry fencing around the bean patch and now we have a cat. We call him Little Buddy but could have named him Dexter because he is the sweetest little serial killer you've ever scratched. Buddy has kept the rabbits on the run. The poultry fence kept him from using the bean patch as a cat box.
This year we got two gallons of beans in four varieties: Ely, Saxon, Jacob's Cattle and Ireland Creek Annie. (Two gallons represents 32 entres for the two of us). Jacob's Cattle and Ireland Creek Annie are bush beans. The others are pole beans. All are quite delicious spiced up with a bit of onion, green pepper, salt and touch of Tabasco. So far I like the Saxon the best. Because beans are such an important food for the non meat eater I think I will expand the bean patch next year.
But these were not the only beans for 2013. Gary P. and I decided that we wanted to experiment with growing food for the island. We were allowed to use a 1500 sq ft plot on some other people's property. The experiment was to try and grow food with a minimal amount of work and no irrigation other than normal rain water. Interesting that we decided to do this in one of the driest years on record. Gary plowed, disked and tilled the plot with his tractor. We planted soybeans. I hoed it once a week and we were amazed that we got about 100 lbs of beans off the plot. These were the edamame variety which you steam or boil and eat from the pod. They are quite addictive and I've got about 25 lbs blanched and vacuum packed in the freezer.
"A 1/2-cup serving of shelled edamame contains only 100 calories, with 3 g of unsaturated fat and 8 g of protein. It also provides 4 g of fiber and is a good source of calcium, copper, folate, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, thiamin, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin K. Edamame doesn't contain any cholesterol and has very little sodium."
Many people complain that beans cause "digestive upset." Carol Deppe points out that if you eat beans regularly your body will adapt.
Eat enough beans and you might write a poem.
Red Beans
Next to white rice
it looks like coral
sitting next to snow
Hills of starch
The burnt sienna
of irony
Azusenas being chased by
the terra cotta feathers
of a rooster
There is a lava flow
through the smoking
white mounds
India red
spills on ivory
Ochre cannon balls
next to blanc pebbles
Red beans and milk
make burgundy wine
Violet pouring
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Many people are interested in depicting Sleipnir, in two dimensional images or in three-dimensional models. There are Viking-age images in stones.
(This is from the Tjängvide image stone, from Gotland, Sweden; image is from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ardre_Odin_Sleipnir.jpg)
There are also later Icelandic manuscript images, such as this one from 1760 or so.
(From Ólafur Brynjúlfsson's manuscript in the Danish Royal Library, http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/manus/738/dan/97+verso/?var=)
Since the time of the Norse, though, we have learned a lot about genetics. Would it be possible to have an actual, breathing, eight-legged horse? If so, what would be the biology of such a marvel? Here are some possibilities.
1. Grafting. Take two horse embryos, slice them together as segments, to give two segments each with front legs and rear legs. This would give you a horse with the look of the Tjängvide image.
Such experiments have actually been performed for planaria (flatworms), and for animals as complex as insects. In the 1890's, a biologist named Henry Crompton sliced together segments of silkmoth pupa which developed into intersex moths and moths with multiple wings.The segments were glued together with paraffin wax. Some of his experimental results are shown in this page from the San Francisco Call (Volume 83, Number 66, 6 February 1898):
(from the California Digital Newspaper Collection, http://cbsrimage.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18980184.108.40.206#)
In model horses, Leah Koerper of Shoestring Stables has made a lovely Sleipnir this way. See her webpages, http://shoestringstable.wordpress.com/tag/fantasy/ and http://shoestringstable.wordpress.com/tag/sleipnir/http://shoestringstable.wordpress.com/tag/sleipnir/; I will not reproduce her art here; please visit her site.
So what are the problems with this approach? In real life, this technique works on insects, but not fish, birds, mammals, etc. The hard structure of insects are on the outside, and especially during metamorphosis (when the insects in this study were sliced and stacked like sandwich ingredients) the interior is mainly disorganized. Nevertheless, many internal organs of the insects did not fuse across segment boundaries.(See the article on Regeneration in The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. 19, 1918; which is available as on Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=O28NAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA654&lpg=PA654#v=onepage&q&f=false).
Getting internal features to match-up for horses would be even more difficult. With two chest sections, a Sleipnir-horse built this way would have two hearts for extra power; but how would the circulatory systems hook up? Even worse, it would have two colons, but only one anus; the dead-end gut would lead to colic, or worse. One would need far more tinkering than section-slicing for this approach to be successful in real life.
Next: genetic repurposing.


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Greets Green and Lyng Demographics (Sandwell, England)
Greets Green and Lyng is a ward in Sandwell of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Cygnus Business Park, Black Lake, Balls Hill, Carters Green, Guns Village, Park Street, Lyng, Ireland Green, The Cronehills, Lambert's End, Cordley, Great Bridge, Swan Village, Old Forge, Hill Top, Golds Hill, Harvills Hawthorne and Harvills Hawthorn.
In the 2011 census the population of Greets Green and Lyng was 11,769 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.
The average age of people in Greets Green and Lyng is 36, while the median age is lower at 34.
74.9% of people living in Greets Green and Lyng were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.6% India, 3.2% Bangladesh, 2.1% Pakistan, 1.8% Jamaica, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% Kenya, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Scotland, 0.2% Zimbabwe.
77.8% of people living in Greets Green and Lyng speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% Panjabi, 4.3% Polish, 3.9% Bengali, 1.7% Urdu, 1.0% Gujarati, 0.8% Arabic, 0.5% Kurdish, 0.5% Pakistani Pahari, 0.4% Slovak.
The religious make up of Greets Green and Lyng is 48.9% Christian, 16.2% Muslim, 14.3% No religion, 8.9% Sikh, 3.6% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist. 775 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.
40.5% of people are married, 8.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.0% are separated or divorced. There are 549 widowed people living in Greets Green and Lyng.
The top occupations listed by people in Greets Green and Lyng are Elementary 21.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 16.9%, Elementary administration and service 15.5%, Skilled trades 13.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.3%, Sales and customer service 10.2%, Administrative and secretarial 9.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.1%, Sales 8.1%, Caring personal service 7.9%.
- Great Bridge, Greets Green and Lyng, Hateley Heath, Langley, Oldbury, Smethwick, St Pauls, Tividale, Wednesbury South, West Bromwich Central
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Monetary Policy StatementRef No : 04/09/12 29 Apr 2009 Embargo : Not for publication or broadcast before 1830 hours on Wednesday 29 April 2009
The global economic conditions deteriorated further in the first quarter of 2009, while conditions in the international financial system have yet to normalise. Although there are tentative signs of a slower pace of decline in a number of economic indicators in recent months, major advanced economies are still experiencing a deepening economic contraction. Regional economies have also recorded a sharp economic slowdown in the first quarter. While the near-term economic outlook will continue to remain weak, the implementation of large stimulus measures by several countries has increased the prospects for economic conditions to improve in the second half of the year. Further progress in the financial sector resolution has also been made in several advanced economies, the success of which is a key precondition for the stabilisation of economic and financial conditions.
The sharply adverse global developments have resulted in steep declines in Malaysia's exports and industrial production, which have in turn affected private sector activity and labour market conditions. The economy, therefore, is expected to record a marked contraction in the first quarter of 2009. These conditions are expected to prevail until the second quarter of the year. Nevertheless, some signs of moderation in the pace of decline in economic activity have emerged. The current assessment is that the domestic economy is expected to improve in the second half of 2009, supported by stabilisation in global economic conditions and the larger impetus from the implementation of the fiscal stimulus measures.
Meanwhile, inflation decelerated to 3.5 percent in March, and is expected to moderate further amid subdued demand conditions and lower external price pressures.
Going forward, the implementation of the fiscal stimulus measures, and the accommodative monetary environment following the previous reductions in the OPR, will provide support to domestic economic activity. The Malaysian financial system remains strong and the monetary transmission process is functioning to deliver the impact of the policy stimulus to the economy. An acceleration of the implementation of the fiscal measures would raise the prospects for an earlier resumption of positive growth in the Malaysian economy. The current assessment is that the accumulated monetary policy measures are sufficient to provide support to domestic demand. Continued attention will be given to ensure an adequate flow of credit to all segments of the economy. In addition, access to the bond market by the private sector will be further enhanced by the establishment of the Financial Guarantee Institution. Liquidity in the financial system remains sufficient to support the demand for financing from both the private and public sectors.
Bank Negara Malaysia will monitor closely and assess the evolving developments in setting future monetary and financial policies.
Bank Negara Malaysia
29 Apr 2009
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We invest in and partner with like-minded organizations that create cutting edge technologies, methods, practices, or products which advance the front lines of combat against the mental and/or physical challenges faced by military heroes and their families.
The return on investment we seek is not financial, but societal, benefiting Service Members of all branches, Veterans and their families dealing with service-related mental and physical injuries.
We provide the seed money and support for big ideas, for a limited time.
While these projects can be enormously beneficial to the heroes who participate in them, IHF does not fund service dogs, equine therapy, special events, camps or excursions.
However, we might fund part of a project designed to develop a scalable model and/or expand out an effective intervention that has proven, measurable results for service-related mental or physical injuries.
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Below is taken from the blog of Bo Sanchez of the Truly Rich Club.
Hope you will be inspired to invest in stocks after you read this.
Congratulations, TrulyRichClub Members—You'll Get 30%+ Profit In One Stock!
My members are happy.
Last February 2013, I recommended to our TrulyRichClub members to buy the stock of a relatively unknown but great company that produces food ingredients. My simple advice was, "Buy small amounts each month."
Since a lot of people didn't know the company, they asked, "Jeepers Bo, I've never heard of them before. Why will I invest there?"
I explained, "Yes, you don't know this company, per se, but you know the clients of this company. They're the country's biggest food ingredients provider, serving companies like Universal Robina and Jollibee."
When we recommended this very profitable company last February 2013, its stock price was P6.45. After 15 months, it's now P9.25. That's a whopping 43% growth. (Note: To compare, your money in the bank grows at less then 1% a year.)
Some analysts believe that this amazing company will still go up, because it's got a fantastic future; BUT because we're very conservative, last week, I already asked TrulyRichClub members to get ready to SELL very soon if it reaches (or almost reaches) our Target Price. And I asked them to transfer their money to our other recommended companies that we believe still have lower prices, especially one specific company that's into power-generation.
Oh yes, in the past 15 months of buying this great company, there were "terrible" months when the stock went down, and some asked me, "Bo, I'm freaking out. Gosh, I'm actually losing money!"
I smiled and said, "You may be losing on paper, but if you don't sell, you're not losing. Just close your eyes and keep buying small amounts each month!"
Today, my TrulyRichClub Members are a happy bunch. Because now, they see their nice profits and understand how this entire thing works.
They realize that investing in the Stock Market isn't a quick-rich scheme. They realize that there will be terrible months when the Stock Market is really down and they'll be terrified—but they also now know that it's during those terrible months when they earn the most terrific profits IF they buy during those terrible months. And all they have to do is "close their eyes and keep buying small amounts each month"—and they'll come out as big winners in the end.
My message? You have to invest every month for YEARS, and in due time, you'll earn your MILLIONS.
Friend, do you want to change your financial future?
If you have not yet joined my TrulyRichClub, I'd like to personally invite you to join now.
Here's why: Moving forward to 2015, I see incredible double-digit growth for MOST of our recommended companies. Oh yes, there will be the usual "terrible" dips along the way, where you'll be scared and want to strangle my neck for getting you into this, but in due time, you'll realize that these dips are when you make the biggest profits if you buy during that time.
Are you ready to make a huge change in your financial future?


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Without the encouragement, the love, the sacrifice and the prayers of my wife, Dorothy, this book would not have been written. As Paul said of Phoebe, so I say of her:… She herself has also been a helper of many…and of myself as well.
I heartily recommend this book, Your Quest for God, for two reasons. The first is that I know the author! He is a son in the faith, and I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth (3 John 4 KJV.)
The second reason is more objective. Dr. Richard Bennett has done a superb job in spelling out clearly, concisely and convincingly the essentials of man's relationship with God.
The Bible informs us that God has set eternity in the hearts of men… (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV). It follows, therefore, that since men were made for eternity the things of time can never fully and permanently satisfy. There is an endless emptiness which only God can fill. St. Augustine stated it perfectly when he declared, "O God, Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our souls are restless till they rest in Thee." This book helps us to follow that quest until we find rest in a living and personal relationship with the Eternal God.
It is my earnest prayer that multitudes will read the pages that follow and heed the message that unfolds to the glory of God and their eternal good.
Dr. Stephen F. Olford
Memphis, Tennessee
In our extensive travels, my wife, Dorothy, and I have met many friends on the highways and byways of life. They have come from many different cultures, economic backgrounds and educational levels.
We do not believe it was by accident that we met these individuals. Neither do we believe it is accidental that this little book is in your hands.
Over the years, the most important conversations we have had with our many friends have centered around our quest for God. Some of the thoughts we have shared together are contained in this book.
The first edition of Your Quest for God, from which the subsequent revisions were made, was a personal project of thanksgiving. As Dorothy and I approached our 25th wedding anniversary, we pondered what would be the most vital way we could express our thanks to God for His goodness to us.
What better way, we thought, than by writing, printing and giving to 25,000 people a message that would bring them hope and peace. That would be one thousand for each year of our married life.
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The first two chapters will not be equally relevant to every reader. Chapter one was written for those people who may question the existence of God. Although chapter two will be of particular interest to those who have learned to question everything, it is actually vital to all readers, for it encourages each of you to evaluate your own beliefs and attitudes.
These preparatory chapters, however, are essential to the overall theme, for they help establish the trustworthiness of the remaining information. Chapters three to ten contain basic truths that will help you in your quest for God. So, we gladly place this new edition in the hands of God to bless as He deems best.
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Hello folks - thought I'd share some nail art with you from recently. I'm still getting the hang of it, painting details on the right hand is rather my weak point!
Top to bottom: Weather Symbols, Rock and Roll, Minty Leopard (on my sister!) and Slightly Studded.
I've really been enjoying playing with nail art again at the minute, going to be trying lots more WAH! inspired designs over the next few weeks so I'll post more pictures of my attempts. Has anyone tried the Model's Own nail art pens? Are they any good?
I've had a super hectic weekend in London celebrating a friend's birthday and then catching up with another friend on my way home. It was lovely - but I really don't like going into London, I hate the tube, and the sheer volume of people, oh and the fact everything is so bloody expensive! So back at home now and substantially poorer. What had everyone else done with their weekends?
Keep your eyes peeled - something fun will be on the blog later this week...


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6.2.6 Pharmacological Interventions
According to ABIKUS Recommendations (2007)49:
Medication for Management of Memory
Donepezil (5-10 mg/day) is recommended to enhance aspects of memory function for patients with moderate to severe TBI in subacute and chronic periods of recovery (ABIKUS B, adapted from GPT, 1, p. 1482) (G39-p.22)
Methylphenidate in a dose of 0.30 mg/kg bid may be considered as an option to enhance learning and memory in persons who are within a few months of brain injury onset when other strategies are ineffective (ABIKUS B, adapted from GPT, I, p.1483) (G40-p.22)
184.108.40.206 Amantadine
- There is Level 4 evidence that amantadine does not help to improve learning and memory deficits based on the conclusions of a single group intervention study.
Amantadine is anon-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist and is currently used as an antiviral agent used as a prophylaxis for influenza A, for the treatment of neurological diseases such as Parkinson's Disease and in the treatment of neuroleptic side-effects such as dystonia, akinthesia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome 47. It is also thought to work pre- and post-synaptically by increasing the amount of dopamine 5.
One study was identified that investigated the effectiveness of amantadine as a treatment for the remediation of learning and memory deficits. Kraus et al. 48demonstrated that the administration of amantadine over a 12-week treatment period does not improve measures of memory deficits or attention.
184.108.40.206 Donezepil
1. There is level 1 evidence, based on a single RCT, that donepezil improves attention and short-term memory.
Zhang et al. (2004)conducted a randomized placebo controlled double-blind cross-over trial of 18 post acute TBI patients which demonstrated that donezpil significantly increased scores on tasks of sustained attention and short-term memory when compared to placebo and that these improved results were sustained after the wash-out period, suggesting a carry over affect of the medication.
Zhang L, Plotkin RC, Want G, Sandel E, Lee S. Cholinergic augmentation with donepezil enhances recovery in short-term memory and sustained attention after traumatic brain injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85:1050-1055.
- 18 patients who had sustained a traumatic brain injury and were 2 to 24 months post injury participated in this randomized control cross over study
- Participants were given either donezpil or placebo for 10 weeks then following a 4 week washout period, they began the second phase of the study.
- Intragroup comparisons indicate while on the donezpil participants showed significant improvement on the Auditory Immediate Index (AII), the Visual Immediate Index (VII) and the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT).
- Intergroup comparison results of the AII, VII and the PASAT showed the donepezil group improved significantly compared to the placebo group.
6.2.7 Summary of Learning and Memory Post ABI
Not all patients respond equally to all intervention strategies and no study in the current review indicated whether severity of memory impairment (or memory profile) interacts with a particular external memory aid. Technology has increased the availability of external aids, although some seem more feasible to use than others (e.g., cell phones or hand-held recorders). Unfortunately, the studies reviewed did not specify the length of time subjects required to master compensatory strategies nor the nature of the long-term effects, if any.
Most studies examined only tasks of word list recall and paired-associate learning suggesting that the mnemonic strategies reviewed may not generalize to other types of information(particularly real-world or functional information outside the laboratory). Errorless learning appears to be one procedure that can be used to enhance learning conditions. One study highlighted the difference between severity of impairment and ability to benefit from internal strategies.
Frequency of intervention has an impact on learning and retention, although the exact parameters of this are unclear at the present time. The optimal duration of a program is also open for speculation. No studies reviewed examined the number of sessions required for memory groups to be effective and only one study evaluated a difference in effectiveness between mild and severely impaired individuals after sessions.
Pharmacologic interventions do not appear to be overly effective in improving learning and memory deficits, with perhaps the exception of anti-cholinergic esterase inhibitors.


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Happy Sunday! I decided to do an updated post on my Morning Arrival Tubs. My students have used them since September and it's truly been a lifesaver this year!
I currently have September-April completed in the growing bundle. I do have all the months for sale individually as well, if your interested!
Here are some of March Morning Tubs in action!
This game is called 'Pot o' Coins Collection' and there are two versions available. This picture shows a version where you match the coins to the correct value. The other version they will have a value and an empty pot where students can use coins to make the amount.
This game is called Leprechaun Leaping Addends. This game students are finding the missing addend.
This game is Weather Words where students practice stretching out CVC words and using the raindrops to make the word. This is great word work practice.
Here's another activity Sill Cat in Hat Patterns. This is where students will use pattern blocks to create patterns in the Cat's Hat.
These activities are only just a few of the ones that come in March Morning Tubs. Each morning tub pack includes 4 math and 4 literacy activities.
If you are curious how I organize these I print the game covers 2 per page, cut and glue them onto 6×9 manila envelopes and laminate them.
I have the kids use these envelopes to put the games back in for easy clean-up and to keep things organized. If you want a cheaper way, you could always use plastic baggies and keep activities in them.
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So the mysteryish knit is now in the post. It's been photographed buuuuuuuut I can't share those yet.
Instead, can I entice you with a photo of today's yarn acquisition? It's another pre-planned gift knit (so unlike me, I know!), and I am just in crazy love with the slate blue colour - I think it matches someone's eyes quite well. More info on the particular project at a future date.
Cheers lovely peoples.


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There is no single unifying theory to adequately explain the pathogenesis of sexual impulse disorders. In the interest of clarity the author attempts to outline some of the features of podophilia as it relates to paraphilia and paraphilia related disorders. The purpose is to inform professionals working within related clinical areas, including foot care. The material contained within is of an adult nature and there are links to related sites which might offend some readers. Please be warned.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
According to a recent Canadian study undertaken by researchers from The Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal and Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal, affiliated with University of Montreal,the nature of sexual fantasies varies among the general population but only a few can be considered statistically rare, unusual, or typical. The team of researchers attempted to scientifically define "sexual deviation," by inviting just over 1,500 adults in Quebec (a 50/50 split of men and women)to complete a questionnaire describing their sexual fantasies. The study was undertaken to help specify norms in sexual fantasies in order to define abnormal behaviours. Findings indicate men have more fantasies and describe them more vividly than women. The majority of men would love their fantasies to come true. Men are more likely to think about watching their partner being with someone else or being with someone of the same sex themselves Unlike men, women in general clearly distinguish between fantasy and desire. Women tend to fantasise about their partner, while men generally fantasise more about extramarital relationships. Between 30 and 60 per cent of women - think of themes associated with submission (e.g. being tied up). Researchers concluded the wide range of sexual fantasies varies among the general population in such a way few can be considered statistically rare, unusual, or typical. Pathological sexual fantasies involved inducing pain and non-consenting partners and these were absolutely necessary in deriving satisfaction. The study is published recently in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
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Day 3: Weekend Chores - Flowers, Floors, Green Cleaners & Outbox
Day 3: Friday, January 4...and the Weekend of January 5 & 6
Assignment: Buy Flowers, Vacuum, Mop, Gather Earth Friendly Cleaners & Use Your Outbox
Welcome to the first weekend of the January Cure. With a few days ahead of us to get things done, let's take advantage of the extra time and tackle a compact list of tasks by Sunday night. Schedule yourself however you like (and definitely fit in some relaxation and fun), but do try to complete all of your "chores" before Monday rolls around. Good luck and happy cure-ing!
This Weekend's Assignments:
- Buy Flowers. This might seem "skippable" but is a very important part of the Cure. Think of the purchase as a gift to your home. We'll be doing this weekly throughout the month. It is an enjoyable, (affordable!) luxury but it goes far beyond just that. The flowers are a visual symbol of your commitment to caring for your home. In the Eight Step Home Cure, Maxwell wrote: As simple as it sounds, the act of buying flowers for your apartment holds great significance and will heal your home on many levels. They are beautiful, they add life to the space, they help to humidify and cleanse the air. Try and find time to pick up flowers (see "Helpful Links" below for suggestions and info) on your way home on Friday if at all possible so you can enjoy them all weekend!
- Vacuum the Rugs and Mop/Dry Mop the Floors. Take your time and do this job right; move things out of the way as you go and pretend you have to pass "inspection" when you are through - really do your best. As stated in the book, When you embark on renewing your home, it is important that you break the ice and get to know it intimately. The best way to do this is to clean it.
This floor cleaning task will have you connect with each room you are curing and will help you to spot problems with flow and clutter that needs clearing in the coming weeks. Completing this task well will take a while but trust us, it will make a huge difference in how clean your home feels and actually IS. Turn on some music (see reader recommendations in the "Helpful Links" below) and get it done!
- Stock Up on Good Green Cleaners. You'll be doing plenty of good old-fashioned cleaning this month, so gathering healthy supplies now is a must. As Maxwell explains: We use cleaning products in our homes every day and many of these common products are harmful to the environment and to our own health as well. However, there are now many natural cleaning products that do these jobs extremely well. Earth-friendly products help give your home a healthier feel because they don't leave artificial lingering strong or chemical smells.
Choose your own tried and true products to stock up your cleaning kit or check out the "Helpful Links" section below for some good posts full of reader intelligence on favorites. You'll need (at least) the basics: dish soap, laundry detergent, general floor cleaner, surface powder, bathroom cleaner and a vinegar and water window cleaner (which you can make yourself - see Helpful Links again).
- Use Your Outbox as You Go. We'll be scheduling time to work on decluttering by room as we move through the Cure, but there is no reason to hold back if you come across items as you are doing your chores this weekend that you want to put in the outbox. There is no time like the present - if you are inspired to clear it out and move it to the outbox, go for it!
All of your enthusiasm for the January Cure has been fantastic - this is an amazing group! Let's use this comment thread over the weekend to help each other out with questions, answers, feedback, a place to take a break and chat and maybe even a bit of moral support (in case the mopping is getting you down!). Be sure to share your successes here as you complete your assignments - the positive energy helps pull us all through.
Helpful Links:
• Frugal Flowers: How To Choose Flowers at the Supermarket
• Unsung Heroes of the Supermarket Cooler
• Keep It Simple: Single Flower Arrangements
• Do You Clean to an Embarrassing Soundtrack?
• What's Your Music While You Clean?
• Reader Roundup: Add Your Picks for the BEST Natural Cleaner
• How to Shop for Green Cleaners
• Best Window Cleaner is a Non-Toxic DIY
• 10 Ways to Clean with Vinegar
• How to Make Your Own Kitchen Cleaners
Liveblogging the January Cure:
• Day 3: Treating My Home to Flowers & Green Cleaners
Go to January Cure Main Page for links to all the posts so far.
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This is is what the kitchen sent out, and a waiter delivered without question...
Cut up fried eggs; a terrible attempt at disguising the mistake of the staff. I understand that the kitchen would not be happy throwing out perfectly good fried eggs, but the menu specifies that the eggs are served however we like and good wait staff should remember to ask.
I found it quite offensive that the kitchen thought I was stupid enough not to notice, or that my standards were so low that I wouldn't care. I can just imagine the conversation between the chefs before our meals were sent out, them assuming that I wouldn't mind and deciding that the food was "good enough". I also was amazed that the wait staff let this go out without question; as a waitress myself, if I saw that coming out of my kitchen I would ask why the eggs looked so strange.
The rest of the big breakfast was quite good; the beverages we had - a latte and a mango smoothie - were great, but the poor service and lack of respect to customers means I won't be coming back.
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I have always loved to cook. I was influenced early on by my Mother and Grandmother. My first exposure to cooking (and eating) was a blend of traditional Midwestern meets southern comfort. Throw in the influences of my Father's southern Georgia 'swamp style', add the ever-fresh meats, eggs, dairy, and vegetables from my Grandfather's farm, and it's easy to understand how some of my earliest memories of childhood revolve around meals.
Although I have some natural artistic talents my career has been in banking and credit risk consulting. Not much opportunity in banking for artistic expression. Over the years I have bought the occasional sketch pad and pencils or paints thinking I would find inspiration once again and an outlet for my creativity, but it never seems to stick. What has been a constant though throughout my life is cooking. It has been an outlet for creativity and art all these years that I have only recently come to realize. And although I've tried many types of cooking, it is Italian where I finally found my culinary home and my creative expression.
I discovered Italian cooking a couple of years ago when I ran across a well used cookbook during a visit to a used book store that I frequent locally. What first got my attention was that it was well used. I could picture it opened, thumbed through, and splayed open on a counter countless times as its previous owner followed its instructions within. 'Well used' has to be the best review of a good cookbook. It was obvious that the previous owner had found it useful enough to return to many times for help and inspiration. Faded spatters of their work can be found throughout. We all probably have those cookbooks on a shelf somewhere that we purchased by the enticing cover or searched out after seeing the author chef whip up a seemingly simple but evocative meal, only to try one recipe or two before abandoning it. No, this book had obvious signs of a rich history with its previous owner.
The cookbook is Italian, The Classic Italian Cook Book by Marcella Hazan. I have to admit, embarrassingly so now, that I had never heard of Marcella Hazan. I had only recently discovered Italian cooking, ok, serious Italian cooking. I've always thrown together some sausage and noodle, adding a handful or a pinch of something 'Italian' or tried out a new lasagna recipe torn from the pages of a magazine and considered it Italian cooking.
It's not too often that I actually read a cookbook. As I thumbed through the book on that first day to find a recipe to try and, after reading through an enticing one, I found myself turning to the beginning of the cookbook and reading straight through, cover to cover. Through those pages I learned that true Italian food is not just about the cooking, no it's about the eating. Through her writing you learn not just how to prepare truly authentic Italian dishes with truly authentic ingredients, but how to eat them as well. How to share in the celebration of the dish and how to share in the passion that is the Italian meal. And it is with that I give a nod to Marcella Hazan as I begin this latest endeavor by naming my blog On The Art of Eating. Mrs. Hazan is widely known to have introduced authentic Italian cooking to the United States through her first published cookbooks and is well-known throughout the world as one of the foremost experts on authentic Italian cuisine. As she writes in the opening pages of her book The Classic Italian Cook Book, "Nothing significant exists under Italy's sun that is not touched by art. Its food is twice blessed because it is the product of two arts, the art of cooking and the art of eating."
Although I've added additional Hazan cookbooks and other Italian cookbooks to my library this original continues to be my favorite. Even though I may find inspiration for a dish elsewhere I always find myself returning to this book to see "What Would Marcella Do?" I hope to add to its already rich history of useful wear as it is always there open and on the counter.
Lasciati andare in cucina!


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StL County Police Officer in Critical Condition After Shooting …Update: Officer Is Dead
UPDATE: The officer died.
With a heavy heart, we confirm that on today's date one of our officers
died in the line of duty. He was a 4 yr veteran. #stlcountystrong pic.twitter.com/JHAq8mTeTm
— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) October 6, 2016
A St. Louis County police officer was shot and is in critical condition after he was sent to check on a disturbance in Green Park.
The officer was shot when he stepped out of his car.
KMOV reported:
A St. Louis County Police Officer and a suspect are in critical condition following a shooting in south St. Louis County.
The officer was called to the 10700 block of Arno in Green Park, which is located south of Affton, around 5:05 a.m. Thursday for a disturbance.
According to Officer Benjamin Granda, the suspect fired at the officer, striking him, almost immediately when he arrived the scene. The officer's partner returned fire, striking the suspect.
Officer Granda said the officer and suspect were taken to the hospital for "life-saving treatment."
The officer was outside his vehicle when he was shot.
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Twenty Second Annual Darwin College Lecture Series 2007
Lecture 8 : 9 March
Peter Crane
University of Chicago
In 2007 we celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Linnaeus, the eighteenth century Swedish physician best known for developing a pragmatic approach to naming the basic units of biological diversity. Linnaeus leaned heavily on the work of earlier scientists, but he was relentless in applying his new binomial approach across the whole of biology, and to material brought back from all over the world. This great work of synthesis, and its near comprehensive systematisation of the diversity of life as it was known at the time, established Linnaeus as one of the great scientists of his day. It also set new standards and was of great practical value. It became an essential tool in organising the explosion of knowledge that resulted from rapid exploration of the natural world through the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In this sense, Linnaeus made possible the insights of Darwin and Wallace. Linnaeus' approach to recognizing and circumscribing the basic units of diversity, which he then named, was comparative. It was also based on examination of reference specimens. But it was nevertheless largely intuitive and resulted in a concept of species identity that was fixed. It is remarkable that despite current knowledge of how species develop through the processes of evolution, despite ever deeper insights gleaned from genetics, and despite advances in the theory of systematics, the approach employed by Linnaeus and other naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries persists and remains central to much of our modern understanding of biological diversity. In part this is because their work has stood the test of time: we now know that many of the species that they recognized do have a meaningful biological identity. But the seemingly sparse application of more sophisticated techniques to circumscribing species in Nature also undoubtedly reflects the daunting practicalities: outside the most conspicuous groups of animals the variety of life is vast, poorly sampled and very imperfectly understood. For the specialist the unevenness in our current concepts of species identity represents a challenge, and fertile ground for developing deeper understanding. But in other areas such unevenness is inconvenient. For example, we depend on reliable notions of species identity to help set policy for the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Instability can be uncomfortable and can have political and economic ramifications. Legislation designed to regulate the conservation and use of species, for example the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or similar efforts at the national level, all rest on the presumption that the relevant species can be reliably and unambiguously identified. Beyond these practical issues the fundamental nature of species remains controversial. Many of these lively arguments revolve around matters relating to different notions of species identity, including how species recognize each other, and how they are recognized by us. Another controversy is over the rules by which species are named: an area of debate confounded by an unfortunate weakness inherent in Linnaean binomial nomenclature. Uniform application of the binomial approach requires uniform concepts of both genus and species identity. The binomial system, rather unfortunately, intertwines the delivery of straightforward species labels, with the much trickier issue of how similarities and differences translate into hypotheses of evolutionary relatedness at the generic level. The focus of this lecture will be on concepts of species identity in plants. The examples will illustrate the heterogeneous state of current knowledge. Many economically important or biologically interesting plants have been well studied and provide insights into the identity of some plant species in genetic and evolutionary terms. But at the other end of the spectrum many plant species (perhaps the majority) are not well understood. Their identity rests on a preliminary interpretation of similarities and differences in plant form, that remain to be understood in terms of the biological processes that created them.
Sir Peter Crane is The John and Marion Sullivan University Professor at The University of Chicago and holds his appointment in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences. He is known internationally for his work on the diversity of plant life - its origin and fossil history, its current status, and its conservation and use. He received his BSc and PhD degrees in botany from the University of Reading, UK. He also served on the faculty of the University of Reading from 1978 to 1981. In 1981 he to Indiana University and he joined the Field Museum in Chicago in 1982. From 1992 to 1999 he served as Director of the Field Museum with overall responsibility for the Museum's scientific programmes, during this time he also established the Field Museum Office of Environmental Programs and the Center for Cultural Understanding and Change. From 1999 to 2006 Peter Crane was Director of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the UK, one of the largest, most prestigious and influential botanical gardens in the world. His tenure at Kew saw strengthening and expansion of the gardens' scientific, conservation and public programmes focused on the variety of plant life. In 2002 Kew was inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Peter Crane's directorship was also marked by major improvements to the infrastructure at Kew for the collections, for science, for the public and for staff. Professor Crane was elected to the Royal Society - the UK academy of sciences in 1998. He is a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and a Member of the German Academy Leopoldina. He was knighted in the UK for services to horticulture and conservation in 2004. Peter Crane currently serves on the Board of WWF-UK. He is active in the support of a variety of conservation projects around the world, including the Millennium Seed Bank Project of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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As per Buddhist belief, from tomorrow i.e. 6th May 2016 till 6th June is consider as one of the most precious and important holly duration. It is normally we call Sa-ga-Da-wa, where by on these days Lord Buddha was born, got enlightenment and mahaparnivana. According to our belief, it is said that when one does even a small good deeds, it will in turn accomplish into million more good merits. Therefore, it is my humble request to every one around the world who does believe in Buddhist to avoid unwholesome action on these particular month and focus on developing some wholesome behavior and actions.
"May all Sentient beings be liberated from the suffering and attain the path to enlightenment by lending helping hand to others in a non-violence way"


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Award winning surface coal mining operation for over 30 years. Average quality of coal rates at 10,325 average Btu subbituminous thermal coal. Permitted to mine 9 millions tons of coal per year.
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Twenty Mile Mine produces coal for the generation of electricity through utilities located in Kansas, Mississippi, Wyoming, Iowa, Kentucky, Illinois, Texas, New Mexico, and Piedras Negras, Mexico.
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Triple Link is a new dementia support service bringing together people with dementia, carers and community. It is based at the Brunswick Healthy Living Centre. Its run every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 11am to 1pm.
Click the links below for further details:
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Location: Olgino, St. Petersburg
Installed power generation capacity: 900 MW
Nominal heat output: 700 Gcal/h
Main and backup fuel: natural gas
Emergency fuel: diesel
Start of operation: December, 2000
Director: Petr Petrovich Gumenyuk
Severo-Zapadnaya TPP is the first next-generation power plant in Russia relying binary steam-gas cycle—a cost-saving and environmentally friendly electricity and heat production technology. It is one of the most advanced power plants in Russia and Europe. With efficiency of 51.5%, steam-gas cycle significantly outperforms conventional generation units with efficiency under 40%. It is the only power plant of its kind in Russia in terms of technologies and environmental performance, and it is used as a model for new and overhauled generation facilities.
Construction of this power plant started in early 90s. In 1992, Russian Government issued a resolution "On Construction of Severo-Zapadnaya TPP in St. Petersburg and Production of Steam-Gas Generation Units." The first concrete was poured in October, 1994.
The first 450 MW unit was launched in test mode in December, 2000. Construction continued, and the second 450 MW unit was launched in November, 2006. Also in November, 2006, Severo-Zapadnaya TPP delivered its first heat in addition to electricity.
The station provides heat to Primorsky District of St. Petersburg and is connected to energy systems of Russia and Finland.
St. Petersburg is a city, a federal subject and the administrative center of Northwestern Federal District. It is located in the northwestern part of the Russian Federation, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. It is the second largest city in the country, with population reaching the 5-million mark in 2012. St. Petersburg is an important economic, research and cultural center, a large transport hub and a major tourist destination. It is the 5th largest city in Russia by Gross Regional Product. It has more than 700 large and medium businesses, and more than 20 thousand small businesses. Heavy industries including shipbuilding, metallurgy and chemical industry are the basis of city economy. Geographical location and moderate continental to moderate maritime climate promote the development of heat and power generation industries. Heat and electricity infrastructure of St. Petersburg includes 11 combined heating and power plants, more than 6 thousand kilometers of heat pipelines, and approximately 60 thousand kilometers of overhead and underground electricity lines.


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Going Negative on Yourself
Usually communications professionals want to tamp down negative information and kill bad stories. Why would you ever want to put out potentially damaging information on your own organization or clients?
If the negative information is likely to get out anyway, releasing it yourself can give you a better chance of shaping the story. Of course, you should have a concrete plan in place that addresses the concerns raised by the potentially harmful story. For instance, when a state agency I worked for discovered that an employee had been taking home patients' private health records -- and had left them behind when she moved -- we notified the public, let them know what we were doing to secure the records and prevent a similar incident in the future, and recommended that former patients keep an eye on their credit reports. By putting the information out ourselves, the story became mostly about our planned response and we gained a measure of credibility with the media. If the bad news had come out independently, we would probably have said the exact same thing, except we would have been responding to more hostile questions and lost what small control we had over the narrative.
Going negative on yourself also allows you to have some control over the timing of the story. The news cycle is a more amorphous thing today than it has been in the past, but it still exists for many forms of traditional media. The goal isn't to have the story go uncovered: it's to position the story in the cycle such that it get covered with a minimum of research outside of that which you yourself provide. Done right, we're talking about a brief blurb on the local news as opposed to an investigative report; something on the newspaper's web site that afternoon rather than on the front page the next day.
The vehicle you use to get the information out may or may not literally be a press release, but it should follow the same good practices: answer as much of the who, what, where, and when questions as you can in the lede, use a quote to add values-language, and try to anticipate questions in the text that follows.
Choosing to put out negative information on yourself carries risks, but it can allow you to better control the story instead of being controlled by it.


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Many people who claim to see ghosts are usually dubbed weirdoes by non-believers. I have never visited a fortune teller (though I have had my tarot cards read), and I don't follow my daily horoscope (though I do know all the signs of the zodiac). I have, however, always believed in the possibility of a spirit world. I am not so narrow-minded to believe that living beings are the only energy source in the universe. But until last night, I had never claimed to have seen a ghost.
First, a bit of back story:
In 2008, my cat, Pluto, died from a sudden onset of diabetes that ravaged his organs in one month's time. He was only four years old. His sister, Isabel – a black-and-white like her brother but with longer hair and a whiter face – was left behind and eventually had to learn to tolerate a new sibling kitty. Although it took me a long time to get over losing Pluto (those of you who are owned by cats will understand perfectly), I've moved on.
Then came last night.
I was in the home office organizing things when I pulled out one of the computer chairs and discovered a shocking sight. There, lying beneath the desk was Pluto.
For what seemed a full second, we locked eyes; Pluto was that kind of cat who would look right into your soul. I saw his full form and remember hearing myself say aloud, "Oh!" as I thought, There you are. I was wondering where you'd gone. I distinctly remember seeing his short black hair and full black face.
But in that same frozen second in time, my brain processed reality and thought, But he's dead. A well of tears filled my throat and I felt the pressure rise to my sinuses until the tears poured out my eyes.
I forced myself to blink, and then I saw Isabel. I saw her long hair and asymmetrical white mustache.
I backed up, disbelieving what I knew to be true; Pluto had been there. For one second last night, Pluto came to me. And then he was gone.
As I sat on the other computer chair and cried, Isabel came out from under the desk and tried to make nice to me, purring and begging to be petted. But I didn't want to touch her. I wanted to figure out what had happened, what exactly I'd seen, why my brain had played tricks on me. But I had no answers.
I can't tell you that I suddenly believe I can see dead spirits, but I can tell you that what I saw last night was real. The image was vivid and the energy intense. So intense that it took me over half an hour to calm down. (Isabel, on the other hand, seemed undaunted at the notion of having momentarily been possessed by her brother.)
You may think I'm nuts, but I'm a writer…artists are supposed to be a bit insane, right? That kind of eccentricity is supposed to be charming, I hear. But I'm not sharing this story to be charming. I just feel it's a story I need to get out.
Anyone else out there ever crossed paths with spirits? I, for one, will never say never when it comes to ghosts and the reality of what we cannot see.


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SEMA and hype go together hand in hand. More so than any other gondola gathering in the world, it's a appearance to the purposes of putting on a appearance. So it merely stimulates sense to pair vehicle hype with a different realm of hype: cinema advertising. Lexus paired up with Marvel Studios to make a tailor-made LC5 00 coupe inspired by the upcoming cinema Black Panther . There's even a new graphic romance to go along with it.
Lexus actually saw two cars for its Black Panther partnership--one that will be available to buy and one "thats really not". The one you see above with Chadwick Boseman's mask on the punk is the one-off. It has a wide-body equipment, a practice blue whirl colour place, monstrous 10 -spoke rotations, claw graphic factors, and blue neon underglow ( SEMA, bro ).
The second gondola is the first of what Lexus is announcing its Inspiration Series, a new string of signature editions for its flagship simulations. It features Structural Blue paint, which Lexus says took 15 times to develop and makes eight months to shape. The respite of the package includes 21 -inch forged-aluminum rotations, a model-specific carbon-fiber doorsill illustration, and a bespoke white interior. It too comes with a Barneys collection of barware specially made to match the LC. Lexus is offering merely 100 examples of the LC Inspiration Series, which has no price yet but will be available in springtime of next year.
The final fragment of the Lexus SEMA parade is a new graphic romance, Black Panther: Feeling of a Machine . Like in the movie, the LC makes an appearance in the legend that was written by Marvel comics writer Fabian Nicieza. Exclusively the first four assemblies have been exhausted, with the final four establish for liberation on November 12.
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NCB profit spikes 36 per cent - Shareholders to get $2.4b dividend payout in December
National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) grew annual net profit by 36 per cent to $11.6 billion at year end September, reclaiming ground lost last year when its bottom line shrank by 15 per cent.
The out-turn this year was more in line with performance four years ago in 2010 when the bank first passed the $11 billion mark.
It is still tracking below-record results in 2011 when net profit surged above $13 billion.
For the group, total assets in 2014 grew by 12 per cent, or $53 billion, to $499 billion.
Return on average total assets increased to 2.5 per cent, from 2.1 per cent, while return on average stockholders' equity of 15.3 per cent increased from 12.4 per cent.
NCB Group Managing Director Patrick Hylton said at Friday's investor briefing that the bank's results represented "strong performance in a difficult environment".
The bank announced dividend 96 cents per share, which will see profit share of $2.36 billion going to shareholders on December 11.
The bank now holds $202 billion of customer deposits, up 13 per cent, while its loan portfolio grew by 12 per cent to $158 billion.
Hylton mentioned as a highlight of the year the finalisation of the acquisition of merchant bank AIC Finance Limited in Trinidad through wealth subsidiary NCB Capital Markets. The business was rebranded NCB Global Finance Limited.
"We have global aspirations," said Hylton, noting that the name was deliberate as NCB intends to expand its presence regionally and is aiming for a place among the five largest banks in both the Spanish and English-speaking Caribbean.
The new financial year, he said, would see progress along this line.
He said the new year would feature expanding access to credit and epayment initiatives, noting that the bank was awaiting the regulatory authorities to move ahead with mobile money services. He later clarified that the move would contribute more to efficiency and less to the bank's bottom line.
For the year ended, NCB grossed more than $10 billion in fees, a gain of more than $800 million over the course of a year.
Dennis Cohen, the head of group finance and deputy managing director, noted that increased fee income for the bank was driven by higher levels of late payments, overlimit fees and transaction volumes.
Nadeen Mathews, senior assistant general manager, noted that NCB has completed the roll-out of intelligent ABMs in branches islandwide and is now piloting a lodgement system under which up to 10 cheques can be lodged at the same time by iABM. NCB cheques will clear in 24 hours under the system.
NCB Group Managing Director Patrick Hylton. - File


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Tri-Stat Cyberpunk Genre
From the back cover:
Out of the Machine . . .
Covering a range from classic cyberpunk to post cyberpunk, Ex Machina is a comprehensive core rulebook for this intense role-playing genre. In addition to an insightful retrospect on the literary and cinematic genre, Ex Machina features four distinct cyberpunk settings by some of the most creative minds in the industry: Bruce Baugh, Christian Gossett and Brad Kayl, Michelle Lyons, and Rebecca R. Borgstrom.
Ex Machina also details new rules for cyberware, bioware, and cyberspace, written by Tri-Stat guru David L. Pulver. With dozens of occupational and species templates, vehicles, weapons, and character enhancements, you can create your character and be ready to play in minutes.
Lavishly illustrated by the talented artists of Udon, Ex Machina is the final word in cyberpunk role-playing.


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Want to be more involved with Serendipity? Come to the funny farm this weekend in March and get your hearts and hands into it! This training and work weekend weekend will entail training for Gate, Greeters, Rangers, Leave No Trace, First Aid, Lamp Lighters, Parking, DPW. Leads for these positions will be meeting up Fri 3/21/14 at 7pm.
We will also need hands to prep the site and campsites for the burn.
We will camp on the property over the weekend, so bring your essentials.
EVERYONE planning to come will need to RSVP, so that essentials such as port potties, materials, and other needs can be provided ahead of time.
Please visit our Facebook Event to RSVP and get directions to The Funny Farm.


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- Baccarat
- Bingo
- Blackjack
- Craps
- Keno
- Poker
- Roulette
- Sic-Bo
- Slot Machines
- Video Poker
Online poker has been the greatest thing since sliced bread for all those poker players out there who have a connection to the internet. Poker players are becoming wiser faster and have developed their skills with incredible speed.
The top players in the world today honed their skills on the net and are competing for huge money in Las Vegas at the real tables with real face to face action.
The World Series of Poker started off this month with the November nine and is proving to be a challenge for even the best of the best. The marathon of card playing ended in the early morning hours with Jonathan Duhamel winning against Joseph Cheong to advance to heads up play with John Racener. Duhamel and Racener will play heads up for the WSOP Main Event championship and a $8,944,310 first-place pool November 8, 2010.
The session ended abruptly with Cheong as the chip leader with 95.05 million when he and Duhamel launched in a betting frenzy as never witnessed before at a WSOP. In three-handed play, Cheong and Duhamel exchanged five bets to bring the pot to a total of 22.75 million. With a little time for reflection Cheong decided to push all in for 95.05 million, and Duhamel made a quick call. Cheong had Duhamel covered by about four million, creating the largest pot in the history of the WSOP. Cheong won a cool $4,130,049 for finishing third.
The younger 23-year-old Duhamel will enter heads up play with 188.95 million in chips. And the only one year older Racener will have 30.75 million in chips.
The supporters of all the players were keeping the excitement up with chanting and cheering and as players were eliminated things became emotional for some.
The entertainment is amazing to watch these gladiators of poker battle it out on the green felt for stunning amounts of cash. Monday night will be a thriller for sure.


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Welcome to Psychology Undergraduate Advising!
The Psychology Advisors are happy to help you with major/minor course planning, psychology honors program, research information and other Psychology-related questions (for career-related questions, please consider making an appointment with the Career Center). For in-person advising, please visit us during our normal advising hours. A majority of student advising is done on a walk-in basis. Appointments may be made for students with extenuating circumstances.
Advising Hours:
- Monday - Thursday: 9:00-11:00 am & 1:00-3:00 pm (Closed Fridays)
Contact Information:
- 1533 Mandler Hall, Phone: 858-534-3001, Fax: 858-534-2324
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- An advisor will respond to you within 1-3 business days (advisors do not answer VAC messages on weekends, evenings, or University holidays).
Prospective students:
- Check out the New and Prospective Students section of our website for basic information and prospective transfer FAQ.
Have more questions? Please e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please note, the Psychology Department only advises through the VAC. We will not answer questions from current students via e-mail.
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Graduation Cords:
The Psychology Department will be selling graduation cords for graduating seniors to wear with their cap and gown.
- Cords are gray and blue in color (see picture).
- Cords cost $5.00 and will be charged to your student account.
- Students need to be graduating with one of the Psychology Majors to purchase the cords.
- Cords will be for sale at our Psychology Senior Send-off event on Wed. May 16,
2018at Sun God Lawn.
- The Psychology Advising Office, 1533 Mandler Hall, will sell the cords during normal walk-in advising hours after the Psychology Senior Send-off.
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Since the Supreme Court's decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank in 2014, there has been an increasing trend in district courts granting pretrial dispositive motions to effect early dismissal of patent infringement cases under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Last month, however, the Federal Circuit issued two patent-friendly decisions that preclude such early dismissal when there are factual disputes that underlie the ultimate legal conclusion of patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
In a case that has received significant attention over the past several months, a United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) panel recently concluded that the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's claim of tribal immunity did not prevent the PTAB from reviewing patents held by the Tribe. As an alternative basis for proceeding with the review, the panel found that, despite the assignment to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the Tribe was not essential to the proceedings because the original patent owner, Allergan, effectively still owned the patents.
The word "brand" has come to be used broadly as a business buzzword, and with good reason. A brand often is comprised of a company name or a product name - but it is much more than that. It is a projection and reflection of goodwill. It is a promise, a feeling, an ethos, a lifestyle statement. It acts as a reassuring signpost for consumers in a busy marketplace, signaling a trusted source and a consistent level of quality.
Successful brands are not attention-grabbing gimmicks. A product or service name, however clever, merely is a shell, and hopefully that shell is filled with and overflows with positive consumer sentiment that results from a consistently good user experience – whether that experience is eating a taco, using a travel booking website or interacting with an accounting professional.
This blog post is an introduction to a series of posts that address legal brand protection. Legal measures cannot provide the most fundamental underpinnings for a successful brand, such as quality, consistency, authenticity and good timing in terms of meeting a market demand. Legal measures can, however, position businesses to stake out, defend and protect their brands. Legal brand protection measures include pre-filing and pre-use diligence, registration and policing, and each of these categories involves an array of nuanced considerations that this blog series will address.
The District of Massachusetts is poised to overhaul its local patent rules with the objective of making the Commonwealth a more attractive venue for patent litigation. The new proposed rules aim to streamline patent cases by focusing on efficiency, reaching outcomes more quickly, and achieving consistency across the entire bench. The prior version of Local Rule 16.6 acted more like a guide, suggesting issues that the parties should consider and offering a template for a schedule. That template, however, was not mandatory and resulted in a case-by-case approach by both the bench and the bar. In contrast, the proposed local patent rules require a schedule that, absent extraordinary circumstances, will apply. In addition, the proposed rules bring this district in line with several other courts around the country that have adopted patent-specific rules.
Key Takeaway: Key business considerations relevant for choosing between patents and trade secrets include: (1) Need for transfer of IP rights; (2) Life cycle of the product or service; (3) Cost of IP protection; and (4) Other business considerations.
Akin to the hype that surrounded the Internet during its early years in the 1990s, blockchain technologies and their associated cryptocurrencies have dominated the news cycle recently. Cryptocurrencies are a form of digital currency that use cryptography to enable financial transfers between two parties without an intermediary. By touting a new technology that could reshape the way transactions are performed, cryptocurrencies grew exponentially, attracting investors searching for "the next big thing." The demand for cryptocurrencies has reached such a fever pitch in the past two years that cryptocurrency trading platforms have struggled to keep up with the demand for new accounts and trading services. Driven by media coverage of extravagant returns for investors in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple, among others, some of which have exhibited 100,000 percent or more annual growth in the last year alone, the cryptocurrency market, and the blockchain technologies by association, have received a tremendous amount of exposure for an industry that is still in its infancy. While the prevalence of the Internet and social media have greatly contributed to the explosive growth and popularity of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies, such growth so early in the lifecycle of a fledgling technology can have negative consequences, such as significantly impairing development despite an overwhelming number of new adopters entering the space daily.
In a stinging decision that will impact its patent portfolio, Arthrex recently suffered a setback in a patent dispute over suture anchors with Smith & Nephew. The Federal Circuit upheld a PTAB judgment entering adverse judgment against claims 1-9 of Arthrex's U.S. Pat. No. 8,821,541, which S&N challenged in a 2016 IPR. This decision will affect the related patent portfolio because of the estoppel provisions of 37 CFR 42.73.
The U.S. software industry continues to be an essential part of the national economy, often valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars. By all estimates, steady growth in the value and impact of the software industry will not slow down in 2018, aided by the continued evolution of software sectors and trends, such as augmented reality, artificial intelligence, machine learning, enterprise, cybersecurity, blockchain, and IoT, among others. It therefore remains essential that software development companies take all reasonable measures to protect their software.
Website or information "service providers" who in the past have made hard-copy filings to designate agents to take advantage of the "safe harbor" liability shield provision under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) must re-register electronically by December 31, 2017 to maintain their status.
Rory P. Pheiffer, a partner in Nutter's Intellectual Property (IP) Department, has begun his term as President of the Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA), one of the oldest, continuously active IP-based law associations in the country. Founded in 1924, the BPLA is a nonprofit association that includes more than one thousand IP professionals across New England. The BPLA is dedicated to provide educational programs and a forum for the interchange of ideas and information concerning patent, trademark, and copyright laws. Rory has served on the BPLA Board of Governors for the past six years, including in the roles of Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and President-Elect. He has also served as co-chair of both the BPLA's New Lawyers and Law Students Committee and the BPLA's Invented Here! Committee.
Maximizing the protection and value of intellectual property assets is often the cornerstone of a business's success and even survival. In this blog, Nutter's Intellectual Property attorneys provide news updates and practical tips in patent portfolio development, IP litigation, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and licensing.