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A Feasibility Study of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Silicone Breast Implants in Finland
Ilona Kulmala
Tampere School of Public Health, Tampere, Fınland
John D. Boice
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland; and Department of Medicine and VanderbiltIngram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Joseph K. McLaughlin
International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland; and Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, VanderbiltIngram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Lisbet R. Holmich
Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society; and Department of Plastic Surgery, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Matti Pakkanen
Hospital Siluetti, Suomen Kirurgipalvelu Oy; and Clinic of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Helsinki, Finland
Kai Lassila
Hospital Siluetti, Suomen Kirurgipalvelu Oy, Helsinki Finland
Jussi-Pekka Usenius
Keski-Suomen Magneettikuvaus Oy,Jyvaskyla, Finland
Lyly Teppo
Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
Kim Kjoller
Department of Plastic Surgery, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Riitta Luoto
Tampere School of Public Health, Tampere, Fınland
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I've just spent a week on Kauai and in Waikiki with my teen. Although we do share mealtimes at home, being with him 24/7 really raised my awareness of just how few vegetables my teen is eating and just how much sugar he's drinking. It's tough to make dietary shifts on a holiday, particularly when the majority of meals are being eaten at restaurants, but given that this was a learning/vacation, I realized why increasingly my son's teachers aren't seeing him at the start of the school day.
For a few days of our holiday I observed, but didn't comment, as he drank up to six sugary drinks in a day; gatorades, pops, juice 'nectars'. I've guessed for awhile that his sugary drink intake might be impacting his bad sleep patterns, but as he's either at school, or often with his friends, it's nearly impossible for me to gauge just how many of these drinks he consumes when we're at home. Noticing how he was really struggling with sleep on our holiday I finally bribed him. He loves new clothes, so I made him a deal: drink nothing but water today and I'll get you that funky T-shirt and those boarding shorts you want.
He agreed. He slept SO well that night and was significantly more prepared to greet the morning while it was still morning the following day.
Now, the trick is, how do I get him to do this at home?
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If you do not have any diving experience and want to give it a try, it's fine too as we will have beginners with us. You'll do discovery diving then. However, in case you like it, you may top these 4 dives with a 6 hr theory course (offered in English, Russian or Turkish language) in our office in Besiktas, take a test and actually receive an internationally recognized diver certificate from Turkish Underwater Sports Federation.
Departure from Istanbul: Friday, 27 at 8pm
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Do you guys recommend a DDNS service that will update your own private domain name whenever your ip address changes?
Namecheap seems good. It doesn't appear to make you use one of their domain names or charge you for using your own domain name. Registration seems to be reasonable - about $14 with privacy guard.
And there seems to be free opensource DNS update client updaters that will report IP address changes to NameCheap.
Google also seems to be fair as well.
But I haven't used either NameCheap or Google so I was wondering what you guys are using to update your hostnames when using dynamic DNS.
NameCheap or Google? Or something better?
I liked using OpenDNS but I can't seem to figure out how to update the IP address when using their free DNSomatic service.


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Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by TEG, Jan 20, 2011.
Yes, but Larry will still drive his Roadster every day and plug in, I'm pretty sure, so that won't change ;-).
Off topic: there was a J1772 charger on the wall next to one of the HPCs this morning. But since both HPCs were in use, I just drove on and parked in my building. I'll investigate on my next plug-in day.


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Today, Naptime Huddle welcomes back guest writer Gary Hailey, creator of the wildly popular "2 or 3 lines" music blog. Gary grew up in Joplin, Missouri, which was devastated by a tornado in May 2011. Since the tornado, Gary (who, like me, resides in the Washington, D.C. area) has made many trips to Joplin and his hometown has inspired several "2 or 3 lines" posts including, most recently, Edwin Starr – "25 Miles" and Quicksilver Messenger Service – "Prideof Man."
During his latest trip to visit his parents and see how rebuilding efforts were coming along, he got dragged to a local barbecue restaurant named after the famed University of Oklahoma and Detroit Lions running back, Billy Sims. Gary grew up loyal to the University of Missouri and St. Louis Cardinals football teams, and while his interest in both teams has waned over the years -- largely because the Cardinals moved to Arizona and Missouri moved to the SEC -- he maintains his loathing of their traditional rivals . . . especially the Oklahoma Sooners.
You can't miss the Billy Sims BBQ restaurant in Joplin, Missouri. It's painted a particular shade of red that exactly matches the color of the jerseys worn by University of Oklahoma football players.
That's not surprising given that Billy Sims was a star running back for the Sooners. In fact, he may have been the best of the many great Oklahoma tailbacks over the years. (He still holds the career OU rushing record.)
Ordinarily, I never would have set foot inside such an Oklahoma-glorifying place. (I hope my sister doesn't read this post -- she would be so disappointed in me. Like me, she is a Mizzou fan.) But my mother ate at Billy Sims BBQ once and loved it, so she suggested we have lunch there during my recent visit to Joplin.
Billy Sims grew up in the projects in St. Louis, but was sent to Hooks, Texas (population 2973) when he was an 8th-grader to live with his grandmother. In high school, he gained a remarkable 7738 yards in three years as a running back for the Hooks Hornets, which got the attention of Oklahoma Sooners coach Barry Switzer.
Sims missed much of his first two seasons at the University of Oklahoma due to injuries, but scored 22 touchdowns and rushed for 1896 yards on 256 carries as a junior (a spectacular average of 7.4 yards per carry) and won the Heisman Trophy, given every year to the most outstanding player in college football.
Here are a few highlights from Sims's college career:
He did almost as well his senior year, finishing second in the Heisman voting to USC running back Charles White.* But the Detroit Lions showed who they thought was the better player by drafting Sims with the very first pick of the 1980 NFL draft.
Sims put up much better numbers in the NFL than White did. And he certainly had a better Afro:
The only professional athlete I remember who had a clearly superior 'fro to Sims was baseball player Oscar Gamble:
The Lions had the #1 overall pick in 1980 because they had finished a woeful 2-14 in the previous season. But with Sims rushing for over 1300 yards, catching 51 passes, and scoring a league-leading 16 TDs, the Lions tied for first place in the NFC's Central Division with a 9-7 record. Sims was named Offensive Rookie of the Year and went to the Pro Bowl.
Sims' 1981 numbers were about the same, and he was selected to go to the Pro Bowl again. He was voted to the NFC Pro Bowl squad a third time based on his performance in the strike-shortened 1982 season.
Jerry Argovitz, who was Sims's agent, demanded that the Lions give his client a new contract in 1983. Argovitz, who was a dentist before he was a sports agent, later wrote a book. (That's Argovitz with Herschel Walker, Marcus Allen, and Sims on the cover.)**
When Detroit dragged its feet, Sims signed with the Houston Gamblers of the fledgling United States Football League. But it was later revealed that Argovitz owned 29% of the Houston franchise, and that he had failed to give the Lions a chance to match Houston's offer to Sims.
Sims then sued Argovitz in federal court for breach of fiduciary duty and won. The court rescinded the star running back's contract with the Houston team and Sims returned to the Lions for the 1983 season. Click here if you'd like to read the Sixth Circuit's decision in that case.
The ex-Sooner star led the Lions to a division title that year. When they faced off against the mighty Joe Montana-Roger Craig-Dwight Clark-Ronnie Lott 49ers in the playoffs, Sims rushed for 114 yards on 20 carries. He scored two fourth-quarter TDs, turning a 17-9 deficit into a 23-17 lead. But the Niners scored a late TD and the Lions' placekicker missed a field goal attempt on the last play of the game.
This is the 1983 play that earned Sims the nickname "Kung Fu Billy Sims" from ESPN's Chris Berman:
Well ain't that a kick in the head? Tune in tomorrow to learn how the career of Billy Sims ended, what he did with himself after he hung up his cleats, and how it came to be that a music writer would nosh on ribs at a Sims-inspired BBQ joint.
*Charles White played in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams.
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Not surprisingly, the firm looking to construct a wind farm atop Dans Mountain has filed a Circuit Court Appeal of a ruling issued on Monday. On Monday, the Allegany County Board of Zoning Appeals adopted adopted a formal opinion on the denial of an application for variances and a special exception for the $110 million project. The board voted to adopt the opinions and findings of fact for both Dans Mountain Windforce LLC's application for a special exception to construct the wind farm and its application for a variance to setback and separation distance requirements. Dans Mountain Wind Force filed the appeal immediately after Monday's ruling.
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COMMERCIAL TWP. — An unidentified man was killed after being shot on Main Street in Port Norris on Saturday afternoon, police say.
Police said a possible suspect related to the incident is in custody.
Police would not release details on the incident, however, Glenn Catlett, who lives next to the home where the incident occurred, said he heard the gunshot and witnessed a physical altercation moments before the man was shot.
Catlett said he heard a "ruckus" from inside his home on Main street. He came out of his front door, where he saw two girls on the ground fighting next door. Catlett said two men then arrived and began fighting with each other. He did not see a weapon, but said he heard a shot fired. He also said one of the men then got into a vehicle and drove off.
Authorities said the incident remains an "active investigation."
State Police at the Port Norris Barracks responded to the scene at about 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
Police said the gunshot victim was transported to the hospital, however was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Millville Police Department and Vineland Police Department assisted at the scene.
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Smartphone maker Xiaomi has become somewhat of a phenomenon. Despite being founded just four years ago, the upstart handset manufacturer has risen to the dominate the Chinese market, surpassing global giants like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung (NASDAQOTH:SSNLF) in the process.
The company has often been called the "Apple of China" but that's somewhat disingenuous. Although it appears to borrow heavily from Apple's designs, the company's strategy is equal parts Samsung and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN).
One more thing
The similarities between Xiaomi and Apple are extensive, but largely center around its image and branding. Many of Xiaomi's products bare an uncanny resemblance to Apple's equivalent devices -- not only does its tablet, the Mi Pad, look like an iPad, but its name is only one letter removed.
Xiaomi uses a heavily modified version of the Android operating system -- called MIUI -- that replaces many of the traditional Android services with its own. Its most recent update to MIUI includes a major visual overhaul -- one that leaves it looking like Apple's iOS 7.
Xiaomi's CEO has a tendency to wear a black shirt and blue jeans -- Steve Jobs' iconic look -- and, in a recent presentation, borrowed the phrase, "One more thing ... ." Notably, it was the only slide in the presentation written in English.
Affordable devices
While it seems to take its design cues from Apple, the company uses a sales strategy that's much closer to Samsung's.
Rather than offer strictly high-end handsets and tablets, Xiaomi's products appeal to everyone. Its flagship handset, the Mi4, retails for around $320, while its 7.9-inch Mi Pad starts at under $250. Xiaomi's willingness to target the low end appears to have taken a toll on Samsung's business. When the Korean tech giant turned in disappointing earnings earlier this summer, it blamed low-end competition, particularly in China.
For now, Xiaomi remains largely contained to China. But by offering smartphones at affordable prices, it could eventually overtake Samsung in other emerging markets, such as India and Brazil.
The Kindle Fire strategy
Yet the most salient of comparisons may be to Amazon -- its digital goods and tablet business, specifically.
The use of MIUI is instrumental in Xiaomi's business model -- the only way to profit from high-end hardware sold at bargain prices is with the sale of digital goods and services. By stripping Android of Google's services, and replacing it with its own, Xiaomi can use its hardware to generate long-term revenue from its users.
This is the strategy Amazon has long relied on for its Kindles and Kindle Fire tablets. Over the years, Amazon has worked aggressively to reduce the price of its Kindle e-readers, hoping that more buyers would consider purchasing its digital books.
Its Kindle Fire tablets are likewise priced aggressively. They also run a version of Android -- Fire OS -- that strips out Google's services in place of Amazon's. Owners of Amazon's Fire tablets must (without significant tinkering) purchase apps, movies, and music through Amazon's respective digital storefronts, rather than Google's.
The best ideas
Xiaomi's success is hardly surprising -- it as an amalgamation of some of the best ideas in tech. Apple's image, combined with Samsung's bulk sales and Amazon's approach to software has proven to be a winning formula.
Will it last? That remains to be seen -- but it's worked quite spectacularly thus far.
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Ginnifer Goodwin Weighs Almost What She Did at Age 9
Ginnifer Goodwin gave an interview to Kneepads to try and clarify all those Weight Watchers comments she made last month.
You know, the ones where she said she has been on the program since she was 9. In her comments, she says she weighs within 10 pounds of what she did when she was 9. Really? That is crazy. She says she has never been on a diet before. Isn't Weight Watchers a diet?
I guess it could be considered a lifestyle rather than a diet, but I think of it as a diet.
She says because of the program, she turned her life around, and that she was a fat child. She also says that she was huge during the first season of "Big Love."
Has anyone seen the first season? She weighs like as much as a pixie stick. She did crack me up with one thing she said about the Hollywood diets.
"I pulled an actress friend aside and I said, 'I get it. I get what it is that you're trying to do, but there's being healthfully skinny and then there's starting to look like a scary alien cat. I call it the 'Cocaine and Cigarettes Diet' in Hollywood. I also see girls who haven't had a carbohydrate in three years.
The second you go back to eating right, you're going to put that weight on. You eat one piece of bread and you are screwed, lady!"


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It is the fourth time that Ainslie has been named ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, following titles gained in 1998, 2002 and 2008. Ainslie is the most successful Olympic sailor of all time. The 35-year old's achievement at London 2012 elevated him to five Olympic medals (four gold, one silver), surpassing Rolex Testimonee Paul Elvstrøm (DEN), winner of four gold medals between 1948 and 1960.
Lijia Xu, Laser Radial Gold Medallist at London 2012, expressed her delight at becoming only the second Asian athlete to be crowned ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year and spoke of her passion for the sport: 'Sailing has given me the chance to chase my dreams and the stage to show my potential. It has provided me with the opportunity to see, feel and explore the world. Sailing leads me to a path of a better life, a life full of vitality, excitement and joyful experiences.'
In August, Xu became the first Chinese, and indeed Asian, sailor to win an Olympic Gold medal in a dinghy sailing boat.
Here Lija Xu talks about her nomination and the final race.
Ben Ainslie, Britain's 'best ever sailor' gives an interview in Weymouth after winning his fourth Olympic gold medal at London 2012.


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Govt fails to show a single colony where trees not choking on cement
During a hearing before the National Green Tribunal on Friday, all land-owning agencies and departments of the Union and Delhi governments were not able to cite even a single colony in the Capital where they have cleared all trees of concrete. Darpan Singh reports.delhi Updated: Jul 13, 2013 02:18 IST
During a hearing before the National Green Tribunal on Friday, all land-owning agencies and departments of the Union and Delhi governments were not able to cite even a single colony in the Capital where they have cleared all trees of concrete.
And this comes about two months of the tribunal setting a July 12 deadline for freeing all trees of concrete. The government agencies couldn't cite a single colony in the Capital where the task had been completed.
The tribunal has asked all department heads (commissioners, secretaries or vice-chairmen) to file an affidavit and name three colonies each in their jurisdiction and report on complete de-choking of all trees before August 8, when the matter would be heard next. After this, an inspection will be carried out by a court commissioner and stern action will be taken in case of laxity.
During the hearing, the tribunal termed the official inaction "very sad, unfortunate and frustrating" and said in apparent dejection, "These are public issues. You have done nothing. You should do it yourself."
At times the judges lost cool. "Don't take it lightly. We can appoint a commissioner right away to verify your claims. You will either get credit from us or go to jail," it said.
The judges said they travel 10km every day from the tribunal building in RK Puram to Ring Road and they have not found a single tree that has been de-choked. The tribunal also issued a notice of contempt to the forest department and the PWD for a recent concretisation of trees in Rohini.
A government paper submitted said the pace of the work was slow because of heavy traffic. "Are you trying to say cars are parked on trees?" the tribunal asked. The south municipal corporation even submitted pictures of electricity and telephone poles instead of trees from which hoardings, advertisements and signboards were removed.
The New Delhi Municipal Council submitted more or less the same data it had submitted before the Delhi High Court twice, in 2007 and 2010. It was conceded before the tribunal that same trees are choked, de-choked and again choked in Delhi to make money. "It's a serious threat to environment and undue waste of public money," the tribunal said.
Stay on cutting trees to remain
The national green tribunal said the stay on felling of trees to build elevated corridor on the outer ring road would continue till the next date of hearing (July 23). The public works department said it did not cut trees. But the tribunal questioned them on the basis of pictures of cut and damaged trees submitted by the applicant.
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This is the start of a series of blogs which have been formulating within the grey matter for a number of months. While I and other family members have taken photos across hundreds of NSW locations over the past five decades, perhaps the most thematically interesting has been the series taken in our own backyard – so to speak.
I speak of a location just south of North Wollongong station, where the South Coast railway line rolled past my paternal grandparents' home. From a gate in the back fence one could step out onto the Railway's land to watch trains pass. Often there was insufficient time to unbolt the gate so it was necessary to just hang over the fence.
For a child, a four foot high paling fence was fairly impregnable so one had to rely on assistance. Taller kids could stand on the upturned buffer which had been planted adjacent to the gate. Slightly shorter kids used the buffer as a step up into a soil-filled 'dunny can' which was growing mint. Or one could rely on adult assistance, which I did from the youngest age. As can be seen from the next photograph, this blogger was made pretty comfortable at this location from fairly early on – thank you uncles!
The lack of warning about trains from the north was counterbalanced by trains headed to Sydney. From several steps out onto the railway property it was possible to see the mile or so south to Wollongong Station.
For many years, seasoned train hunters at this location had their best warning about approaching trains by just looking southwards about 400 yards or so. There, until its demise in the mid-1980s, the Gipps Street level crossing stood – making it a relatively simple task to see whether the boom gates were positioned at the vertical or had been lowered.
Now, before we launch into a few of this collection, there is nothing particularly stunning about the location or many of the photographic compositions. They are prosaic scenes, made less so by the passage of time. The sun rose in the morning – meaning that morning photographs were usually backlit, and many photos were very hurriedly composed using both a manual focus and light meter. And then time has deteriorated the colours and sharpness of the details in many photographs.
However, taken together the photos encapsulate a pretty good experience of workings across four decades from 1960 onwards. I am grateful to those who snapped away when photography was a relatively expensive hobby. Coming into the backyard there was always a heightened expectation that something was going to come by, just if the back gate was open. Often the family camera could be seen hanging off a fence paling and more than once I recall seeing the camera hooked around the neck of a family member mowing lawns or gardening.
Enough reminiscing! Lets start with the very ordinary (in the nice sense). It is a 30 class tank headed north with the morning pick-up in the early 1960s. The S wagons at the head of the train are likely to be for Thirroul, but may have been shunted off before then.
On another day, 3093 does the honours with the same train.
Books on the subject note the affinity 32 class locomotives had with Illawarra workings. They were ideally suited for the role, with good acceleration and the ability to climb with decent loads. In the next photograph, 3227 heads to Sydney with a consist typical for the early 1960s.
In the afternoon, the schoolies' train ran with whatever loco was available at Thirroul depot. On this day, thought to be in 1964, 5273 heads the schoolies' south to Kiama. There are few items of interest to note with this photo, including the 'tuscan and russet' livery on the first carriage.
Also notable is the sizeable passionfruit vine over the wood shed and the use of railway sleepers as fence posts. Keen eyed viewers will note a juvenile eucalyptus tree growing in the railway corridor. This tree is absent in later photographs, for which the official line is to express appreciation to the authorities for its removal. I am sure that that is precisely what happened!
And to finish up on this post, its time for a doubleheader. I do not have immediate access to my learned counsel on this one, so I am making an informed guess that 3034 is light attached in order for it to work the Moss Vale 'squirt' out of Wollongong after the P class heads further south. The thing I find most interesting about this photograph is the laconic manner of the two firemen on the locos, seemingly having a chat down the length of the P class.
Plenty more to come so please stay tuned!


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M.A.D. Skates & Rec Center's "Skate & Rec Night" is restarting on Monday, September 15th. We are extremely excited about some of the upcoming plans.
Dinner and dessert have already been signed up for on September 15th! We are looking to get a few more of you involved in the dinners by providing the main course, side dish, or dessert for 20-25 hungry people on one Monday night this fall. Please contact me: 206-423-0813 or email@example.com to sign up.
Below is a list of the current guest speakers for Monday nights. If you are interested in speaking or know of someone who might be interested, please contact me: 206-423-0813 or email@example.com.
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Saturday, July 9 2011
The Moral Law
by Wayne Blank
See also 1 Year Holy Bible Reading Plan
The English word "moral" originated from a Latin word which means manners, as in behavior. The prefix im is from the Latin meaning not i.e. immoral means not behaving in a good way (although immorality is today used to refer to bad sexual behavior, the literal meaning meant bad manners in general, which includes bad sexual behavior).
The English word "mortal" originated from the Latin word for death, mortis. It now is used to refer to the state of being subject to eventual death; hence immortal means not being subject to death.
The Word of God is very clear that the immoral will not become immortal:
"6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 KJV)
"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God?"
While God's Law of morality existed right from the time of Creation (see The Ten Commandments Before Sinai?), the Israelites were first given the Law in written form at Mount Sinai (see also The Mount Sinai Prophecy). Leviticus chapter 18 summarizes what is moral and what is not, in the eyes of God - the God who decides who will be granted salvation, based upon how they have chosen to behave.
"18:1 And the LORD [see 'Before Abraham Was, I AM'] spake unto Moses, saying, 18:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. 18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. 18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
Fact Finder: How does the violation of any one of God's Commandments lead to the violation of them all?
This Day In History, July 9
118: Hadrian, Rome's new emperor, made his entry into the city (see also Whatever Happened To Those Romans?).
455: Avitus, the Roman military commander in Gaul, became Emperor of the West.
1228: Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, died. It was Langton who formulated the original division of the Bible into chapters - the original Scriptures had no "chapters and verses."
1386: In the Swiss-Swabian wars, Leopold III and his 6,000-strong Austrian army were defeated by a force of 1,600 Swiss pikemen at the battle of Sempach in a display of superior tactics.
1540: The marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife, was annulled by an Anglican convocation (with Henry as the self-appointed head of the Church of England, his annulment request was sure to be "granted").
1686: The League of Augsburg was formed with the alliance of the Holy Roman Emperor (see The Holy Roman Empire), Spain, Sweden and Saxony against the French King Louis XIV.
1790: The Swedish navy captured one third of the Russian fleet at the naval battle of Svensksund in the Baltic Sea.
1810: Holland was annexed by Napoleon after Louis Napoleon, his brother, abdicated from the throne.
1816: Argentina's independence from Spain was declared at the Congress of Tucuman.
1900: The Commonwealth of Australia was established, uniting the separate colonies under a federal government.
1944: After a month-long battle (that began with the D-Day invasion on June 6), British and Canadian forces captured most of the town of Cain in France.
1947: The engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) to Lt. Philip Mountbatten was announced.
1958: Lituya Bay, Alaska was hit by the highest tsunami in recorded history: 524 meters (over 1,700 feet) high.
1959: The uprising at Wadi Salib, a slum in the formerly Arab section of Haifa, Israel. Oriental Jews, mostly Moroccans, rioted in protest against their poor situation in Israeli society, in which they claimed that European Jews were favored.
1960: 7 year old Roger Woodward became the first person to survive an accidental fall over Niagara Falls.
1962: The "Starfish Prime" high-altitude nuclear test. A nuclear bomb was detonated 250 miles above the earth, over the Pacific Ocean. It was one of five U.S. nuclear bombings of space.
1979: Voyager 2 encountered the Jupiter system after nearly 2 years of sailing through interplanetary space.
2002: The African Union was established.


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Innosanitation - The Wave Of The Future, Part 12
There are virtually countless numbers of different types of carpeting, ranging from extremely expensive and delicate Persian rugs to astroturf type of floor coverings which can cost as little as a couple of dollars per square yard. Many of our household and commercial structures are fitted with various areas boasting wall to wall carpeting which is solidly installed right to the floors and the baseboards to ensure that it doesn't slip or fold causing a tripping hazard. The specific requirements of these different types of fabric floor coverings (from the cheapest commercial carpet to the most precious silk wall hanging rug) vary considerably in conventional cleaning, thus they can be expected to be similarly varied in the various Innosanitation cleaning processes engineered to clean them properly.
The hardier types of carpeting such as the indoor / outdoor forms and the synthetic lawn materials can be essentially treated in a similar manner to the hard floor coverings such as tile. Although it is not recommended to clean these carpeting types with janitorial scrubbers, there are elements of Innosanitation cleaning technology which can be readily applied to these sturdier forms of fabric floor coverings. The preferred form of cleaning for these resistant synthetic carpets is dry steam vapor as that technique has been proven to loosen stubborn ground in dirt and grime and just power it away. The synthetic carpets have a tendency of drying quickly, so the small bit of residual water that is left over at the end of the steam cleaning process swiftly evaporates, leaving the surface clean, dry, and ready for traffic within minutes.
The more fragile and delicate types of carpets may be damaged by utilizing the improper form of Innosanitation cleaning. The less resistant forms of carpeting such as wool, silk, rayon, and cotton should be carefully evaluated prior to any cleaning. It is advised that the carpet manufacturer be consulted in order to implement their recommended form of Innosanitation cleaning. It is further advised that expensive hand-knotted rugs only be cleaned by certified specialists as they can easily be damaged by any form of cleaning process.
Wooden Floor
Wooden floors can refer to a wide variety of flooring types and materials which include but are not limited to:
- Amendoim
- Birch
- Cherry
- Distressed
- Domestic
- Exotic
- Hand Scraped
- Hickory
- Laminated
- Mahogany
- Oak
- Pecan
- Red Maple
- Red Oak
- Smooth
- Timboran
- Walnut
- Wire Brush
Many of these types of wood and wooden-derived flooring materials have incorporated an elevated level of water and moisture resistance. Therefore, these are safe to use with any Innosanitation cleaning process. Dry steam vapor removes grime, grease, dirt, food particles, and microscopic allergens and pathogens from wood material flooring with greater efficiency than traditional non Innosanitation cleaning methods.
Most sealed wood flooring is best suited to dry steam vapor and there are some specific procedures which should be followed when utilizing this Innosanitation cleaning process on these types of organic floor materials.
Continued In: Innosanitation - The Wave Of The Future, Part 13
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