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For awhile now, I've been trying to come up with an easier take-with-me-everywhere method of plein air sketching. I have full plein air kits for pastels, oil and watercolor, but often I find that even though I keep one of these kits in the trunk of my car, I usually don't feel inclined to bring it all in to a restaurant, coffee shop or on an afternoon trip downtown. I wanted something MUCH more lightweight and accessible - and the iPad has been it.
Here is a sketch from a recent day trip to the ferry building in San Francisco, a busy tourist-heavy area of the city.
Here is a sketch from a recent day trip to the ferry building in San Francisco, a busy tourist-heavy area of the city.
My main objective with iPad sketching is to mimic plein air oil paint using the alla prima technique, direct painting, as opposed to more labor intense methods. The idea is to work quickly on site and get it all down in about an hour or so of working. That means everything from gesture, composition, hue, value relationships and light relationships.
About the hardware: I have yet to find a stylus I am completely comfortable with; I am currently using the Wacom Creative Stylus 1. I am not keen on recommending it, however, because it feels like painting with a giant crayon. I unfortunately purchased the Wacom Creative Stylus 2 and found afterwards that it is not compatible with many painting apps, including Procreate. A few friends have given good reviews of the Jot Adonit Stylus, which is far cheaper and compatible with a lot of apps.
In the Procreate app, I created a set of swatches in the color picker that are the standard colors of my basic oil painting palette, plus a few white convenience colors so that I don't have to constantly mix the same color over and over. Using these swatches helped me in getting a similar look to traditional paintings, although I think I could still fine tune the set.
In addition to that, I am still trying to refine my brushes to find a working method that mimics traditional brushes. Procreate provides a set of brushes that you can then customize, but I have yet to find some that are to my liking.
I recently purchased a refurbished Samsung Slate series 7 because it can run Photoshop, Painter, Zbrush and other programs that you usually run on a full machine but on a tablet.
I plan to merge over to that in the coming weeks.
I plan to merge over to that in the coming weeks.
Also, I have some really exciting projects I am currently working on that I can't post about. Soon! Please stay tuned for more stuff!


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In the grandest traditions of journalism, I was offered the opportunity to try out a new product by an old school friend who is now in marketing. Awooga Awooga! Yes I got it for free. Yes I am blogging about it. And I liked it. Otherwise I would have quietly 'forgotten' to post about it. Unlike Cindy and Michael, who put on their scientists' hats and devised some fiendish experiments to compare various cous cousses (cous cousi?), I am not so gifted, and so I merely present my cookering. Deal.
The blu Gourmet Peal Cous Cous, with a picture of the dashing Gabriel Gate on the packet, is, somewhat oddly, subtitled, direct quote, "A unique Mediterranean toasted pasta Specialty". Uncooked, the grains are much larger than the standard cous cous, and quite pale. Cooked, they're creamier and yellowier.
Not being much of a cous cous cook myself - mine always turns out a bit gluggy and stodgy, never fluffy and light like when Lisa makes cous cous, parsley and cucumber salad - I was a bit apprehensive about my ability to cook the pearls. Thankfully, it was extremely easy - I poured boiling water on (the packet recommends 1 cup of pearls to 1 1/4 cup of water, but there's about 1 1/3 cup of pearls per packet so I used a bit more) and let it simmer. Ta dah - gave it a stir and done.
We cooked it in some Massel stock, which I'd go easier on next time. I think it'd be fine on its own or with just a little salt. The pearls expanded by about a 1/4 to a 1/3 in cooking, so the one packet made a quite substantial serve for me and Buzz. We served it with a red cabbage and various veggie fry. Pretty eh?
Freebies aside, I really enjoyed this. The mouthfeel is soft and round, quite different to normal cous cous, and softly smooth like well-cooked pasta. It didn't feel too filling like an equivalent amount of pasta or normal cous cous, although I note that the servings per package is meant to be 5: well not in this house!

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Chrysler wants to eliminate 789 of its US 3,200 dealerships, saying in a bankruptcy court filing Thursday that the network is antiquated and has too many stores competing with each other.
Chrysler notified all US dealers about its plans to eliminate 25 percent of its retail showrooms and is seeking permission to terminate franchise agreements.
The company, in a motion filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, said many of the dealers' sales are too low. Just over 50 percent of the dealers account for about 90 percent of the company's U.S. sales, the motion said.
Chrysler said it would not repurchase any new vehicles, tools or parts inventory from terminated dealers but will assist in finding buyers for stock, according to a memo to dealers that was obtained by Reuters.


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From the very first verse of The Story: "I'm the girl outside your window painted blue/who holds the shadows, waves goodbye, and shelters you…" to that of Into the World "He spoke you into the world on the edge of his tongue…," Blue Transmissions: Vol 1 wraps you into a lovely cocoon of eclectic sound not easily pressed into any genre while bearing the mark of this special collaboration of vocals, cello, bass, acoustic guitar, and drums.
Blue Transmissions: Vol 1 is a new EP (dropped December 8th) from a new group, Halie and the Moon. They hit my radar because of my love for Halie Loren's velvet voice. Along with Ms. Loren (vocals & piano), they consist of Katherine Dudney (cello & background vocals) – to get a sense of Ms. Dudney's talent, check out her original composition, River, Bobby Stevens (bass & background vocals), Daniel Gallo (acoustic guitar) and Beau Eastlund (drums). Both Messrs. Gallo and Eastlund previously collaborated with Ms. Loren on Butterfly Blue (one of my favorite albums) and were members together in Concrete Loveseat (it seems that the Eugene music scene is close knit). While, along with Ms. Loren's voice, it is Ms. Dudney's cello that colors the unique sound they produce, the band melds so well that you would think they've been together for years. This is evident from how well they play very different types of songs in the jazz/pop of The Story to the ethereal ballad of Winter, the jazz/funk of Breathe and the folk/pop of Into the World. Listening to them fuse together the musical backdrop of the story given in Into the World is particularly mesmerizing.
Like a butterfly leaving its cocoon (OK, I couldn't resist), Halie and the Moon is a new creation unlike any of the individual artists in it but making them, together, greater than the sum of their parts. That being said, The Story is more reminiscent of Ms. Loren's sound on previous records, including Butterfly Blue, than the other songs here. The bouncy beat, turn of phrase and lit of voice all harken back to previous work (which is lovely), yet there is this undercurrent of bass beat, strings, and guitar that are the hallmark of the new collaborative sound they bring together. That bounce meshes well with the upbeat lyrics: "Well it's high time that we stumbled to the city/don't need a dime if we shine up all our pennies/A highwire and an umbrella make a new day/somersaulting to the faces on the subway…"
The band has emphasized their offering of Winter in a music video:
They've done so for good reason. Ms. Loren's honied-voice combines perfectly the dream-like quality of the song with its poetic lyrics:
Love, won't you sing a lullaby?
White, naked as the winter snow…
Hey, can we give another try?
It's time to make our way home.
It's time to be alone, time to hide away now
Time to keep a love alight inside – every love alight… Love, can we find the other side
of this night, woven with a silver hope?
I love the drum and bass beat intro into Breathe, the slide of the cello throughout and the interesting word-images it employs: "Don't you feel like a homeless balloon/In someone else's song?/And you play along" They delightfully frame the piece with their musical phrasing in a slight piano/cello interlude before it breaks back into: "Breathe now, baby/Let the constellations take you/And all and all the everything/Is hanging on an ether swing…"
In some ways, Into the World is my favorite song in an EP filled with delights. I love portraiture in words and this builds its pictorial narrative perfectly through music and verse. The vignette of their relationship opens with an acapella line: "He spoke you into the world/On the edge of his tongue…" It later fuses together voice, piano and string on the simple world of "You." The theme is wonderfully repeated while transmuting into something new: "He wrote you into the blue/On the edges of the sky," much like the relationship and person described. Finally, it ends, full circle, acapella, with that same line: "He spoke you into the world."
My only complaint about Blue Transmission is that it is a four song EP and not a 12 (or more!) song full album. I clearly appreciate the effort it takes to produce something like this but do look forward to hearing more from this group. It is a delightful collaboration. So, if you're looking for something new to play on that new smartphone, those new headphones or other musical accouterment from Christmas, look no further than Blue Transmissions. I highly commend it to you for your listening pleasure.


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USY (United Synagogue Youth) is the youth organization for Conservative Jewish high school students. Programming occurs at the chapter, zonal, regional, and international levels to offer teens the opportunity to immerse themselves in social, religious, and social-action oriented activities while forming friendships that will last a lifetime. Our synagogue is part of the Hagalil Region of New Jersey. There are chapter events each month as well as monthly regional events. EBUSY (East Brunswick USY) elects its own Board of Officers to develop programming and run the activities. Leadership skills are developed under the guidance and support of our USY Advisor, Erin Kaplan. Membership is open to members and non-members of EBJC. Click here for the membership application. For more information, contact Julie Schwarzwald, Education and Youth Director, or Erin Kaplan, EBUSY Advisor. 2017 -2018 EBUSY Board
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- VP Religious Education – Ari Alter
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It is not a coincidence that a year and 10 days ago, I posted this Letter to the Sun.
Life here in Nicaragua is once again a hot and sticky mess. It is that awkward time between dry season and rainy season.
We are experiencing the time of the year that locals compare to a pressure cooker – the pressure builds and builds until it explodes into a thunderstorm.
Unfortunately it has been 8 days since the last thunderstorm and the pressure continues to build daily.
1. A daily "heat escape" plan
Our favorite escapes include McDonalds, a fresh juice place, Pizza Hut, the mall, the grocery store, the movie theater, etc…
2. At least 2 showers a day
This is an ironic necessity because this is also the time of the year with the most water shortages.
3. Carrying a hanky with you to mop the sweat off of your forehead
The hanky doubles as a fan!
4. Ice
Ice water, iced coffee, ice cold coke…
5. Hourly cloud analysis
Are those huge white clouds going to turn into thunderheads?!
What keeps us going?
The hope that comes with the 10 degree drop in the temperatures right before it rains
The fun Russian roulette of: will I get soaking wet on my way home or not? Should I take my umbrella or not? Should I bring the laundry in from outside?


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Honoring the complaints of a small group of beekeepers in the state of Yucatán, who complained that Monsanto's planned planting of thousands of hectares of GM soybeans made to withstand RoundUp would demolish their honey industry by decimating bees – a judge in Mexico has removed Monsanto's planting permit. Monsanto can install Clarence Thomas on the U.S.00 Federal Judge circuit after working for their corporation, an obvious conflict of interest, but it looks like a Mexican judge won't be bought off by biotech.
Though Monsanto will surely appeal the ruling, it will at least stall the growing season and give the bee-keepers time to gather additional support for their cause.
A district has overturned a permit issued to Monsanto by Mexico's agriculture ministry, Sagarpa, and environmental protection agency, Semarnat, back in June 2012 that allowed commercial planting of RoundUp-ready soybeans.
If the permit had been honored, Monsanto would have been able to plant seeds in seven states, covering more than 253,000 hectares of land. (This amounts to almost a million acres.) Mayan farmers, beekeepers, and activist groups like Greenpeace, the Mexican National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity, the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas, and the National Institute of Ecology have been vocally protesting this action.
The judge was apparently convinced that the scientific data showing a link between RoundUp, GMOs, and lowered honey production is very real. The Yucatán peninsula grows vasts amounts of honey, and in fact is the third largest exporter of honey to the world. The area includes Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán states. More than 25,000 families build their livelihoods on honey production. Almost all of the honey grown there is exported to the EU and amounts to over $54 million in Mexican money annually.
The judge ruled that honey production and GM soybeans could not co-exist.
In addition to known health risks posed by GMO crops and the herbicides used to grow them, there is also environmental damage to soil, water, and bee colonies which are dwindling fast. There are also long term changes to the ecosystems where GMOs are grown.
For the rest of the story: http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/10/18/victory-judge-deprives-monsanto-gm-planting-permit-mexico-protects-bees/


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The Facebook HTML5 mobile platform was missing at Facebook F8. Now it is supposed to launch early next week according to report.
Facebook is supposed to launch a HTML5 platform for mobile devices dubbed Project Spartan. Many assumed Facebook would unveil it at the Facebook F8 conference last week, but that did not happen. Now TechCrunch reports, after some Spartan screens leaked, that Facebook is launching Project Spartan and iPad apps early next week.
According to reports Facebook and Apple are still discussing if Facebook is unveiling their iPad app on Tuesday in the Apple event or on Monday on their own. TechCrunch calls Apple and Facebook "Frenemies.", which hits it on the head. Apple has already let Twitter into their world. They need to actually do the same with Facebook unless Apple is doing their own social network, which the likely will not.
Brace yourself for a big Apple announcement week. We are of course most excited about the iPhone 5, but Apple will launch much more than that. The iCloud has many aspects and iOS 5 as well. There sure are more 3rd parties like Facebook that will unveil new solutions based on iCloud and iOS 5. Apple also will at some point need to make clear statement on how HTML5 apps and native iOS apps will co-exist going forward.
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Pop into your local health food store these days and you're likely to see products ranging from supplements to tea, crackers and salad dressings infused with turmeric, the Indian spice best known for its distinctive yellow-gold color. According to a report, annual sales of turmeric supplements alone in the United States exceed $20 million.
It's no wonder: The use of turmeric for medicinal and other purposes dates back nearly 4000 years. Recently, this ancient spice has been touted as a superfood to help a variety of conditions like arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, gastrointestinal disorders, skin and autoimmune diseases and even cancer. But is this golden-hued spice really a panacea of health or is it more marketing hype?
A 2017 comprehensive scientific review of curcumin, the active component of turmeric, has put a damper on its health halo. Published in the Review of Medicinal Chemistry, the report revealed that despite thousands of studies, there were no double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials (the gold-standard of medical research) to support its wide range of health claims. And recent clinical trials and epidemiological studies on curcumin had inconsistent findings or errors in reporting, as well as conflicts of interest.
According to researchers, one of the problems with turmeric for medicinal use is its limited ability to be absorbed by the body. Some experts recommend using black pepper to help boost turmeric's absorption from the digestive system into the bloodstream. You'll find many supplement formulations that include black pepper to help increase the bioavailability of turmeric compounds. Still, it we do not yet have enough research to back turmeric's purported health benefits.
However, there is some promising news: Researchers at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health say that although we have few studies in humans confirm its medical benefits, there also isn't enough data to refute them. And the authors of the review study concede that further studies should be conducted to see if this ancient spice does have some medicinal uses.
The bottom line: Don't look to turmeric and products made with turmeric to alleviate your health conditions, and always check with your doctor before taking supplements. But while the jury is still out on this delicious golden spice, you should enjoy it in your food. Try this Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken to add a little turmeric spice to your life.


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LEAD's commitment to training has been the requisite to success. Simply allocating capital to poverty-stricken, uneducated, people can result in
poor repayment rates, frustration for the clients, and ultimately a failure to improve the regional economy.
All of our clients are required to attend business training before they are eligible for capital. Our PEI, NEI, and AEI loan programs each have specific programs ranging from 2-days to 12-weeks. Prospective clients are instructed in a range of subjects, including basic record-keeping, business ethics, marketing and pricing. Classes are held in all county offices, and each is equipped with a proficient local instructor, to function as the education coordinator.
An additional component of our loan program requires each prospective client to save a certain amount of money as loan collateral. Saving also instills good money management practices and allows the client to participate in his investment. Savings are returned to the client, when his loan is disbursed.
Due to the high demand for agriculture loans, LEAD created the Agriculture Empowerment Initiative for small farmers, in 2010. From the perspective of a lending entity, agriculture loans are high-risk, because of the chance of default from crop failures and market demand. To mitigate risk for the new program, LEAD hired an agriculturalist specialized in training micro-farmers.
Our technician ensures that each farmer has received training in disease and pest control methods, high-yield techniques, and marketing concepts. Each farmer
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One of LEAD's more unique program components is mentoring. International affiliates, Partners Worldwide and LEAD Grand Rapids, act as mentors or
consultants in LEAD's daily operations. The constant communication between institutions provides accountability and continual learning opportunities for each party.
LEAD also offers clients the opportunity to participate in a tiered mentoring program. As business owners go through training, some skills may need further development through a mentor. Through profile matching, international, regional, and local mentors are arranged for interested clients. Mentoring provides extra accountability for each business owner, and allows each participant to learn "best practices" from the other's business. Sharing ideas and information are important steps to improving business skills and operations.
International mentors from partners and affiliates for some of LEAD's larger clients are being established. The opportunity to glean ideas and understanding from North American professionals, will give Liberian businessmen a competitive advantage.


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This limited edition Acrylic Glass Print, designed by Paul Pinzarrone, comes with a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity. Printed on archival-quality photo paper mounted on the back of a 1/8" thick, clear acrylic substrate, this artwork comes ready to hang on a wire attached to a wooden frame fixed on the back.
SEATED VENUS OUTSIDE is a 2016 high resolution digital construction by Paul Pinzarrone. It is a celebration of symmetry, mandalas, the figure and meditation. The original is built and produced on high gloss aluminum from digital photographs, fractal and painting software.
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The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry took place in Grant county, Arkansas on April 30, 1864 as Confederate forces attempted to Union General Frederick Steele's forces retreated across the Saline River. While Confederates attacked several times, they could not stop Steele's men from crossing the river with their supplies. Andrew F. Sperry, who served with the 33rd Iowa Infantry Regiment, described the battle after the war:
"The conflict was terrible to experience, but brief to tell. Seven mortal hours, with such fierce vigor and determination that the fire of musketry became one undistinguishable and unbroken roar. Charge after charge was made by the yelling rebels, only to be broken upon our line, or if possibly succeeding for a moment, to give way at last to a charge of still deeper and more deadly determination from our own brave men."
Confederates "forgot…the valor of Steele's soldiers," as another Union veteran explained.
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Discussion in 'Tesla for Sale' started by pgwoosley, Oct 18, 2011.
Auction 110760074957
Asking $99k, but inviting offers
$144k MSRP
San Diego
What's up with those mirrors?! (Trying to emulate the Tag Heuer Odyssey of Pioneers Roadster ?)
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It's missing the little rubber piece that sits behind the smartphone dock.
Since the car is Red maybe they are trying to emulate a stoplight? :tongue: I don't live in California but is it really necessary to have three HOV Access stickers on the car?!
I'm not in the market (for now) but I wonder what offer they'll take. So far they've declined five offers (on eBay). Anyone want to guess what they are hoping to get for it?
Yes, it is required to have the 3. But the exact mounting location is subject to some interpretation. I am not too keen on their choice.
Usually the left and right are at least symmetrical.
Arrrgh. It kills me when I see these stickers put on in such a sloppy way. Seriously, how much effort does it take to get them straight??
I was told that he turned down flatly an offer for 85K
I test drove the car about a week ago. The interior has taken some abuse, but the exterior is in great condition. The interior has wear (on the door sills especially, the paint armor is peeling up near the door sills, the rubber piece behind the iPod port...), but I didn't find the wear that surprising for a car with 14K miles in a year. It has obviously been a driver. Also, as TEG mentioned to me, the CarFax shows that delivery on the car was taken with over 2K miles, so it looks to have possibly been a demo. It was originally registered/bought in August of 2010.
I called them yesterday to talk about an offer (I was thinking $90K), but they told me they have a sale pending on the car. The buyer "has his financing in place." Of course, it isn't sold until it's sold, but that's the status, Gladys.
Oh - one other thing. I was planning to pick up some Sector 111 carbon mirrors to get rid of the rastafarian look. So if they buyer is reading this, you might want to check into those.
- Chris
It turns out the buyer from Florida fell through, and I agreed Friday to buy the car. I am getting it tomorrow. $94K, all in (no added shipping, though I do pay California tax). I am looking into repainting the mirrors or putting the Sector 111s on it. I've read (on this forum) and heard from Sector 111 that they aren't an easy fit, but we'll see. I'm also looking into 2.25 conversion pricing and some other upgrades.
- Chris
Congratulations. Now the only time you will look back is to see the cars in your rearview mirror. :biggrin:
I found out on my Twilight Blue that the paint store had to find the European color charts. Apparently the cars are painted in the UK in the Lotus factory.
Congratulations, Chris!
Congratulations! I talked to sales person right after first deal fell through and he turned down $90K and was firm at $95K. Really nicely equipped. And I agree with you. My first priority would be to change those mirrors!


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Thora Birch Fired from Off-Broadway's 'Dracula' After Back Rub Flap
Actress is dismissed four days before first performance following disagreement between her father and another actor.
The producers of an Off-Broadway production of Dracula fired their star actress Thora Birch just four days before opening night, according to The New York Times.
Birch's dismissal from her New York stage debut seems to stem from problems over a back rub given to her by an unnamed actor in the production -- a rub which the actor claimed was part of the stage direction.
According to the play's director, Paul Alexander, this back rubbing caused Jack Birch, Thora's father who was on hand for the rehearsal, to react with perceived menace towards the actor.
"I can't have one of my actors in a situation where he is physically threatened by the father of anyone," Alexander told the Times. He was told of the incident afterwards by the actor in question.
Jack Birch denied making any threat, though he said that his daughter had been "a little uncomfortable on stage because an actor kept rubbing her back."
"I was trying to convey Thora's discomfort," he told the Times. "In no way was I making a threat."
Thora Birch, best known for her role in American Beauty, said she was "blindsided" by the firing and "in a state of shock."


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Village Pines Garden Club will be having its first-ever off-site garden-club meeting.
Casa Verde Garden Center and Landscape Design on Rte. 7 North will be hosting this event Tuesday, Oct. 1. Valet parking and seating will be provided by Casa Verde.
The meeting will start with Grass Roots at 11 a.m. Casa Verde owner Dale Kastner,will be introducing the new black crepe myrtle. Kastner will also demonstrate how to properly prune crepe myrtles.
After a short break for lunch, (members/guests bringing their own sack lunch) Bob Byers, landscape architect for of Garvin Woodland Gardens, will be showing the attendees how to use many of the plants that are available at Casa Verde, in landscape designs.
After a business meeting, members and guests will go to Village Yogurt for a free yogurt dessert, plus a members-only door-prize drawing for a Village day spa package.
This promises to be an exceptional meeting for Village Pines Garden Club members and guests, leaders say.
Village Pines Garden Club is a member of the National Garden Clubs Inc., the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs and the Hot Springs Council of Garden Clubs.


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Its objectives are to promote sustainable tourism and sustainable food products and crafts of the bear mountains
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The UK's data protection watchdog has fined an abortion provider £200,000 for not securing a website that hosted data that, if exposed, could have led to its clients being harmed or killed.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), the largest abortion service in the UK, will appeal what could be an expensive lesson in security for websites that handle contextually sensitive client data.
The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on Friday announced the fine on BPAS for essentially botching a website feature that allowed people to make a request for a call back to discuss pregnancy issues.
A hacker who had used an automated website vulnerability scanner to find a security flaw in the site defaced it on March 8 2012 with an anti-abortion message and a logo of Anonymous. Shortly after he threatened to publish details he'd accessed in the breach.
The hacker never published the call back data, however the ICO believed that BPAS' security practices nonetheless could have put some clients' lives in danger.
"Some of the call back details were from individuals whose ethnicity and social background could have led to physical harm or even death if the information had been disclosed by the attacker," the ICO said in explanatory notes to the fine.
BPAS reported the incident to police on March 9 and gained a High Court injunction on the hacker preventing him from publishing the details. On March 10 the London Met's e-crimes unit arrested the hacker who has since been sentenced to a 32-month prison term.
The ICO found that BPAS wasn't aware its website had retained a copy of the call back details of around 9,900 people, consisting of names, addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers. BPAS was also unaware the website, outsourced to a contractor at the time it was hacked, contained security vulnerabilities.
"But ignorance is no excuse. It is especially unforgivable when the organisation is handing information as sensitive as that held by the BPAS. Data controllers must take active steps to ensure that the personal data they are responsible for is kept safe," said David Smith, the ICO's deputy commissioner and director of data protection.
BPAS breached the Data Protection Act by failing to keep personal information secure and for keeping data five years longer than was necessary for its purposes, according to the ICO, whici also noted it had never had its site tested for security flaws.
BPAS said it will appeal the fine, which it believed was disproportionately high for a victim of a crime.
"We accept that no hacker should have been able to steal our data but we are horrified by the scale of the fine, which does not reflect the fact that BPAS was a victim of a serious crime by someone opposed to what we do," said Ann Furedi, CEO of BPAS.
"This fine seems out of proportion when compared with those levelled against other organisations who were not themselves the victims of a crime."
Far from helping its case, BPAS' response to the attack, such as not notifying affected individuals and requesting an injunction, signified it knew the compromised information would likely cause substantial distress to victims — distress being one of the factors it can considering determining a fine.
"Fortunately, given the motivation of the attacker, an injunction was obtained by BPAS and the call back details were recovered by the police before the attacker contacted the media or otherwise sought to exploit the information for his own ends. This confirms that the contravention was of a kind likely to cause substantial distress even if it can be argued that substantial distress was not actually caused in this case.
"If the data was to be misused by those who had access to it or if it was in fact disclosed to other untrustworthy third parties then it is likely that the contravention would cause further distress and also substantial damage to the users of the website such as physical harm or even death in extremis," the ICO said in its report.
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With 3 kids now (and one who is only 9 weeks old) I am waaaayyyy behind on reading. I seem to get through cookbooks to review for my other blog, but lets face it – I don't have a lot of free reading time. So when I have a chance this is what I am perusing of late:
Let Them Paddle: Coming of Age on the Water – You might recognize Alan S. Kesselheim – he has written a couple of well known outdoor cookbooks as well! This is a fascinating book.
Hill Fit is an e-book aimed at those wanting to get into great shape for well…hill walking (or as we in the US call it, hiking!).
A book I need to say the least. My skills lie in recipe development, not photographing. Maybe I will pick up more skills….


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Myth Blended Family
Myth: Blended Family Equals Instant Family.
Blended family: Stepparents remember: Your new blended family will not happen overnight.
Blended Family
Myth: Blended Family Equals Instant Family
Jan Wilson
Blended family: Stepparents must move slowly and be sensitive to the feelings of all members of the blended family.
It is a fact of life: If you decide to marry a parent with children, there are some things you have to accept as a reality.
Myth: When we get married, we will be an instant family.
Reality: No marriage ceremony or wishful thinking makes a new family. Indeed, it is the beginning of a long journey which may or may not end in a feeling of family.
Why is this?
There is no sense of belonging here, no shared history, no shared identities, no shared memories, not even a shared photo or two. You merely start as a bunch of people sharing the same abode with an adult couple sharing some chemistry and a bed.
The longer your new family existed as a single family, the more secure it has become as a family. This could make your presence even less welcome for the children involved.
Rather, what you have is two distinct families hoping to blend or merge. Or one family and you–pretty much a total stranger who is sharing a bed with mom or dad and hoping to get a foot in the door of family life.
Don't expect to set any rules when you move into your new family. Your stepchildren come from a very different world and probably have different values. If you, a new stepparent, plan to rebuild the family structure and values system, you are on shaky ground with both your stepchildren and new your spouse.
Rules and expectations about each family member's responsibilities must be discussed and negotiated. Stepparents must move slowly and be sensitive to everyone's feelings.
Your family will not happen overnight.
Love in not instantaneous either. It takes two to three years for best friends to form. It takes that long for affection to blossom into love.
Sometimes when this does not happen, stepparents feel they are doing something wrong. That is not true. You just can't rush love, affection, bonding, and a feeling of family.
Also remember that bonds are rarely as strong in stepfamilies as they are in nuclear families. And in some cases, love and affection never reach a stepfamily at all.
If you are prepared for the realities rather than expecting the myths, you can allow a stepfamily to build slowly without undue disappointment on your part.
Portions of the above article came from the following books. They are recommended for additional information. Although Leman's book is out-of-print, you can find it through libraries and may be able to buy it used through Amazon.
Genevieve Clapp, Ph.D. Divorce and New Beginnings
This is an excellent book for singles, those soon to be divorced, or even those just considering divorce. This easy-to-read guide takes readers step-by-step through each stage of divorce starting with selecting an attorney.
For single parents, the book covers dealing with children and divorce, cementing the single family, starting to date again, then sensitive issues such as sleeping over. It even offers insights into starting a new stepfamily.
This all-inclusive book is a great place to start putting your life together again..
Kevin Leman, Ph.D. Living in a StepFamily Without Getting Stepped On
Kevin Leman is a big believer that your birth order in a family greatly determines your personality and even your life. Now he carries that theory one step further into an excellent book for stepfamilies where children's previous birth orders get turned topsy-turvy. The only child finds herself a middle child in a blended family while the baby in a family for years is promoted to middle child by the birth of his new sibling. Good reading for stepparents determined to learn everything possible to make their new families work.
Leman has written many books on birth order, child rearing, discipline, and relationships. His vast knowledge about children, families and relationships carries over into all of his writings.
Book Review: Copyright © 1999 CyberParent. All rights reserved.
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|Myth: Blended Family Equals Instant Famil
|Introducing Blended Families
|Second Marriages with Children
|Discipline for Blended Families.
|Blended Family
|Blended or Blender?
|New Stepparent: Now What?
|Stages in Blended Family
|Family Rules and Dynamics
|Building Kinship
|Six Common Blended Family Conflicts
|Stepfathers: A fact of life in America today.
|Stepparents Feel Isolated in Blended Family
|Book Review: The Blended Family Sourcebook
|Book Review: Blending Families
|Book Review: The Courage to Be a Stepmom
|Book Review: Divorce and New Beginnings
|Book Review: Stepcoupling
|Book Review: Step Wars
|Book Review: Step Wise
|Book Review: Surviving Your Adolescents.
|Book Review: 1-2-3 Magic
|Book Review: Boundaries
|Book Review: The Combined Family
|Book Review: Living in a StepFamily
|CD Review: Pick Me Up
|DVD Review: The Happiest Baby on Block
|VHS Review: Baby See 'n Sign
|VHS Review: Sign with Your Baby
|VHS Review: The Wiggles-20 Videos
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Two Men Break Into a Benbow Home, Push Aside the Lone Woman Occupant, and Steal 18 Pounds of Marijuana
Around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 1, two white male adults driving a dark sedan cut the lock on a gate and entered an unlocked home in the Benbow area, according to the renter of the property and confirmed by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.
When the woman housesitting confronted them, she was pushed out of the way. According to the renter, "They had a kitchen knife." She also said that one man "had on a sweatshirt which had a pocket which looked like it had a pointy object in it which looked like a weapon."
The renter also said that one of them said to her housesitter about the other, "He can't pay rent this month, and now he will have Christmas presents for his kids."
The renter confirmed that the suspects fled with 18 pounds of marijuana–14 pounds of the Cheese strain, one pound of Gelato, and three of Amethyst. "For me as a small farmer that is devastating," she said.
The housesitter called law enforcement and the woman who was renting said the deputies were very professional and helpful. "They were thorough," she said.
The renter said that some of her friends told her that they shouldn't have brought in law enforcement, but, she asked, "What are two single women supposed to do? I don't want these guys to show back up at my house to try and hurt me."
She pointed out, "Our community is divided between reaching out to authority and just taking a loss." But she is glad she did ask for help. Law enforcement "are our allies," she said. "Deputy J. Prior Really was really helpful and respectful. I commend him…We really have some genuine people in our law enforcement."
She said that the men told her housesitter, "Don't call the cops or it is only going to get worse. And they are right it is only going to get worse …for them."
She added, "[Law enforcement] is more concerned with the victims being exposed to violence, then them growing."
The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office confirmed they have a person of interest and they are following up leads. If you have any information, please call them at (707) 445-7251.


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Frank doesn't like seeing Bob sad. (WARNING: F-bombs and fluffiness:))
Hear Me Now By The Reverend Jessica Plague -
Frank Iero has lost everything; his mother, his youth, and his hope. But when he's sent to a special place across the country for teens who need a reason to live, will he find love, or something else ready totake his life for him? Updated: 2/3! (OMG, TWO MONTHS!!!) "Hear Me Now"-Framing Hanley
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The song "Sleep" by My Chemical Romance: The fictional story of how that song came to be, and the true love meant behind it.
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A strangely written story. Read and Review please?
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After a long European tour the guys all deserve some quiet time to relax and live normal lives, but will that really happen?
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Waycest. Gerard/Mikey. Smut. Don't like it don't read it. Gerard loves Mikey. Mikey finds out after reading a note written in Gerard's sketchbook. Mikey questions his feelings. What next? Read and find out. Please Review! I enjoy criticism! Enjoy.
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Libya's Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) is calling for sanctions against 46 individuals and entities seeking to run four oil ports that are now closed after the latest unrest took nearly all of Libya's oil production offline on Monday. Source: Oil Price
GEFIRA provides in-depth and comprehensive analysis of and valuable insight into current events that investors, financial planners and politicians need to know to anticipate the world of tomorrow; it is intended for professional and non-professional readers.
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The Gefira bulletin is available in ENGLISH, GERMAN and SPANISH.
he International Monetary Fund said Monday that Italy's financial situation was among the main risk factors for the global economy. "In Europe the Brexit cliffhanger continues, and the costly spillovers between sovereign and financial risk in Italy remain a threat," the IMF said in an update of its World Economic Outlook. Source: Ansa
Talks held near the Swedish capital Stockholm on Monday that included representatives from North and South Korea and the United States were constructive, Sweden's foreign ministry said.
Source: Channel NewsAsia
The bankruptcy of Yukos Oil in Russia will not be recognized in the Netherlands, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled on Friday, upholding a decision in 2017 by a lower appeals court. Source: The Moscow Times


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Lunch: The same as yesterday, I made enough for 2 days (servings) worth
Snacks: I know that this looks like a meal in itself but I do graze between meals to keep myself full and workout daily. You can adjust the amount of "snacks" or "small meals" you eat to fit your lifestyle better.
- walnut
- raisins, almonds, and granola cluster mixed together to make a 'trail mix'
- a banana
- an entire mango
- ham and cheese roll ups (I was going to make sandwich but did not feel like eating more grainy carbohydrates.
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Test Dates for 2019 entry in regions using 11+ tests from Durham University's CEM Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring®
Why pay £60 for a mock when you can use the Warwickshire 11+ as a free mock exam this year for CEM Centre tests. Tuition Centres can hire coaches to coordinate travel. It does not matter where you live, you can apply to take the Warwickshire 11+. It is free, you just need to pay to get there! Use it as an excuse to take your own test late. Let your child experience a real 11+ test.
The Office for the School Adjudicator ruled the school cannot refuse testing just because a child lives outside the catchment area.
Henrietta Barnet
Register from April 2018 to Monday 16th July, 2018 5pm
Invitations for testing 28 Aug 18
South West Herts Consortium
Register 30th April 2018 to
22nd June 2018
Results Wedesday 17th October 2018
Dame Alice Owen's School
Register 16th May to 19th June 2018
Sat 8th Sept 2018: Test D
(Music test: Thurs 13 Sep 2018
wnd round 24th Sep 2018)
(Sports test: Friday 14th Sep and Tues 13th Sep 2018)
Same test also held on
Sat 1st Sept 2018 at Dame Alice Owen's School
so the test will be compromised
(VR/English only is from CEM, Centre Durham)
Maths Monday 3rd Sep 2018
Music: 1st round Tuesday 4th Sept 2018.
4th Sep 2018 (girls)
The Henrietta Barnet School
8th Sept 2018 Warwickshire 11+
Birmingham Consortium &
Warwickshire 11+ (shared test)
Register: 8th May 2018 to Friday 29th June 2018 (4pm)
Birmingham 11+
Results: 15 October 2018
Warwickshire 11+
Register: 8th May 2018 to Friday 29th June 2018 (4pm)
Ashlawn Aptitude Test for Modern Foreign Languages.
A `back door` route to be taught along side the selective stream.
High KS2 SATs scores are also a back door route in to the selective stream.
Note: once in the grammar stream, you can be removed from the stream in some
subjects so there is no
guarantee of a grammar education.
Birmingham Schools
Bishop Vesey's Grammar
Handsworth Grammar
Sutton Coldfield Girls'
King Edward VI:
Camp Hill Girls' School
Camp Hill Boys' School
Five Ways School
Handsworth School
Warwickshire Schools
Alcester Grammar School
Ashlawn Selective School
King Edward VI Grammar
Lawrence Sheriff School
Rugby High School
Stratford-Upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls
Tourists: apply for Warwickshire 11+ You do not need to inform them you will not turn up
Use the test result as evidence of ability in case of a need to appeal in your own area.
Test A
Saturday 8th September, 2018
(Sunday 9th Sep 2018 for followers of the Jewish & Seven Heavens faiths who object to Saturday testing)
Supplementary dates 10th Sept and 18th Sep 2018
Warwickshire: late tests
week commencing 7th Jan 2019 and 4th March 2019.
Ashlawn School Aptitude Test:
15th September, 2018
Alternative Date 22nd September, 2018. This is not an official route
to the selective stream, but children are usually in the same sets as the 11+ stream.
1st & 3rd Sep 2018
Dame Alice Owen's School
4th Sep 2018 (girls)
The Henrietta Barnet School
8th Sep 2018
Kent Grammar School (Shepway Test)
Take Warwickshire 11+ one day later on 9th Sept, 2018, unless out of area for Southern Warwickshire Schools, in which case take in January, 2019 (as you will not get a first round offer anyway) by which time tutors will know the content as WCC now admit children remember content and the test can be compromised.
WCC and Durham deliberately run a test that can be compromised knowing
the risks.
Gloucestershire 11+
1st June 2018 to noon
on 30th June 2018
The Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools
Registration: Slough
30th April 2018 to
4pm 18th June 2018
The London Borough of Redbridge
Register 1st May 2018 to
5pm Wed 28th June 2018
Boys Girls
Individual Schools
Register 1st May to midnight
Tuesday 19th June 2018
Kendrick (Girls)
Reading (Girls)
BHP Consortium
Register by noon 25th Jun 2018
Trafford CEM Consortium
Register from 21st May 2018 to noon Friday 29th June 2018.
High School for Girls
Marling School
Pate's Grammar School
Ribston Hall High School
Sir Thomas Rich's School
Stroud High School
The Crypt School
Herschel Grammar
Langley Grammar
St Bernard's Convent
Upton Court Grammar
Ilford County High
Woodford County High
Kendrick School
Reading School
Chelmsford County High School for Girls (CCHS)
Heckmondwike Grammar
Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith
Altrinham Grammar School
Sale Grammar School
Stetford Grammar School
Urmston Grammar School
Test C
Sat 15th Sept, 2018
Sat 15th Sept, 2018
Alternative date:
Mon 24th Sep 2018
Sat 15th Sept, 2018
Sat 15th Sept, 2018
Late test: Jan 2019
Sat 15th Sept 2018
Friday 14th Sept, 2018
Sat 15th Sept 2018
Mon 17th Sept, 2018
1st & 3rd Sep 2018
Dame Alice Owen's School
4th Sep 2018 (girls)
The Henrietta Barnet School
8th Sep 2018
Kent Grammar School (Shepway Test)
8th or 9th Sept 2018
Warwickshire 11+
11th/12th Sep 2018
London Borough of Bexley 11+
13th Sep 2018 (NOT C.E.M.)
Buckinghamshire 11+
14th Sep 2018 Heckmondwike Grammar
Dover Grammar School
Folkstone Grammar
Highsted Grammar School
Harvey Grammar School
Mayfield Grammar
Test E
4th Sep 2018 (girls)
The Henrietta Barnet School
8th Sep 2018 Warwickshire
11+ transfer test:
GL Assemement (not C.E.M.)
3pm, 1st May 2018 - 3pm, 2nd June 2018
This test is from
GL Assessment (not C.E.M.)
13th September 2018
Torbay and Devon Consortium
Register by
Noon Friday 7th Sep 2018
Results: Wed 17th Oct 2018
Individual school Register
The Consortium of Grammar Schools in Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton
Register: 26th March 2018
to 4pm 6th July 2018
Walsall Boys Girls
Wirral Borough Council
Churston Ferrers Grammar
Torquay Boys' Grammar
Torquay Girls' Grammar
Colyton Grammar School
Bishop Wordsworth's
Haberdashers' Adams Grammar
Newport Girls' High
Queen Mary's Grammar (Boys)
Queen Marys High School
Wolverhampton Girls'
Calday Grange Grammar
West Kirby Grammar
Wirral Grammar (Boys)
Wirral Grammar (Girls)
Test B
Saturday 15 September 2018
Monday 17 September 2018
Monday 17 September 2018
Monday 17 September 2018
Beths Grammar School
Bexley Grammar School
Chislehurst and Sidcup
Townley Grammar
1st & 3rd Sep 2018
Dame Alice Owen's School
4th Sep 2018 (girls)
The Henrietta Barnet School
8th Sep 2018
Kent Grammar School (Shepway Test)
8th or 9th Sept 2018
Warwickshire 11+
Medway 11+
Register between
9am, 4th June 2018 to
5pm, 2nd Juy 2018.
Results by first class post on Monday 8 October 2018 or
via email after 4pm if registered online.
CEM Centre tests are for
Mathematics & Verbal Reasoning (both multiple choice)
NVR is not tested.
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"Are you a good laundress?" asked Aunt Alice.
"Yas'm, I am! Ef I do say it dat shouldn't, you jes' ought to see de clothes I sends up! Dey's jes' like druvven snow. Oh, dey won't be no trouble about de laundry work!"
"And can you sweep?" said Patty.
"Can I sweep? Law, chile, co'se I kin sweep! What yo' s'pose I want to hire out for, ef I can't do all dem things? Oh, dey won't be no trouble about sweepin'!"
"Well, where will the trouble be, Mancy?" said Patty.
"Dey moughtn't be any trouble, miss," said the black woman earnestly; "but if dey is, it'll be 'count o' my bein' spoke cross to. I jes' nachelly can't stand bein' spoke cross to. It riles me all up."
"I don't believe there will be any trouble on that score," said Patty, laughing. "My father and I are the best-natured people in the world."
"I believe yo', missy; an' dat's why I wants to come."
"There will be another servant, Mancy," said Aunt Alice; "a young girl who will be a waitress. She is ignorant and inexperienced, but Very willing to learn. Do you think you could get along with her?"
"Is she good-natured?" asked Mancy.
"I don't know her very well," said Patty; "but I think she is. I'm sure she will be, if we are."
"Den dat's all right," said Mancy. "I kin look after you two chilluns, I 'spect, and get my work done, too. When shall I come?"
"The house isn't quite ready yet," said Patty; "but I hope to go there to live on New Year's day."
"I think we'd be glad of Mancy's help a few days before that," said Aunt Alice.
And so, subject to Mr. Fairfield's final sanction, Mancy was engaged. And now Patty's whole establishment, including Pudgy the cat, was made up.
A few days before the close of the old year, Patty sat at her desk in the library of Boxley Hall.
She was making lists of good things to be ordered for the feast on New Year's day; and, as it was her first unaided experience with such memoranda, she wore an air of great importance and a deeply puckered brow.
Mancy, with her arms comfortably akimbo, stood before her young mistress ready to suggest, but tactfully chary of advice.
They were not yet living in the new home, but all the furniture was in place, the furnace fire had been started, and the palms arranged in the little conservatory.
So Patty spent most of her time there, and some of the Elliotts were usually there with her.
But this morning she was alone with Mancy, struggling with the all-important lists.
"I'll make the salad myself," she remarked, as she wrote "olive oil" on her slip of paper.
"Yas'm," answered Mancy, rolling her eyes with an expression of dubious approval. "Does yo' know how, missy?"


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Malignant Mesothelioma: Diagnosis
Malignant Mesothelioma: Diagnosis
If your healthcare provider thinks you might have malingant mesothelioma, you'll need certain exams and tests to be sure. Diagnosing mesothelioma starts with your healthcare provider asking you questions. He or she will ask you about your health history, your symptoms, risk factors, and family history of disease. Your healthcare provider will also give you a physical exam.
What tests might I need?
You may have one or more of the following tests:
Imaging tests
Blood tests
Imaging tests
If you have symptoms of mesothelioma, you may have imaging tests. While these tests might strongly suggest you have the cancer, you'll still need a biopsy to be sure.
Chest X-rays are often the first test done when a person has certain symptoms. These can include a cough that doesn't go away or shortness of breath. X-rays of your chest, especially when you're positioned in different ways, can help your healthcare provider see certain things. These can include fluid or other signs of cancer in the spaces around your lungs. X-rays of your abdomen can help your healthcare provider see if your abdomen has areas of cancer. If something abnormal is seen on an X-ray, your healthcare provider may do other imaging tests.
Computed tomography (CT scan)
A CT scan uses X-rays. They're taken from many angles to make detailed pictures of your body. It can show areas of your chest or abdomen in much more detail than an X-ray.
Positron emission tomography (PET scan)
A PET scan can sometimes help your healthcare provider know if fluid in your chest or other issues are due to cancer. For this test, you're injected with a form of sugar (glucose) that carries a radioactive substance. Cancer cells are more active than normal cells, so they tend to take up more glucose. A special camera then takes pictures of where this glucose is being used in your body.
If an imaging test shows something that looks like it might be cancer, your healthcare provider may take fluid or small tissue samples of the area. This is called a biopsy. Your healthcare provider sends the samples to a lab. There, a specialized doctor, called a pathologist, looks at them under a microscope and checks for cancer cells. There are several different biopsy tests.
Your healthcare provider takes a small sample from a tumor in your chest cavity. He or she puts a small lighted tube with a tiny camera (thoracoscope) through a cut in the skin of your chest to look at the tumor. He or she looks carefully at the lining of the inner part of your chest and your lung. Then he or she removes pieces of tissue from the tumor for the biopsy.
Your healthcare provider takes a small sample from a tumor in your abdomen. He or she puts a small lighted tube with a tiny camera (laparoscope) through a cut in the skin of your belly to look at the tumor. He or she looks carefully at the lining of the inner part of your belly and on your intestines and other organs. Your healthcare provider takes biopsies from suspicious looking areas.
Your healthcare provider puts a thin tube (bronchoscope) into your mouth, down your windpipe, and into the main air passages of your lungs. This tube lets him or her see if there are any tumors in your airways. He or she can also take a biopsy while doing this test.
In this surgery, your healthcare provider makes a larger incision in your chest. This is done to remove a larger piece of tissue from the tumor or the entire tumor. This is often the best way to make a diagnosis of mesothelioma.
In this surgery, your healthcare provider makes a larger incision in your abdomen. This is done to remove a larger piece of tissue from the tumor or the entire tumor.
Thoracentesis, pericardiocentesis, and paracentesis
In this procedure, your healthcare provider uses a long, hollow needle. He or she puts it through your skin to remove fluid from your chest, sac around your heart, or from your abdomen.
It can be hard to diagnose mesothelioma by looking at fluid or tissue samples. This is because this cancer can look like other kinds of cancer. You may need more tests.
Blood tests
You may have blood tests to help diagnose mesothelioma. However, not all healthcare providers agree that these tests are useful. Your healthcare provider may look for these substances in your blood:
Soluble mesothelin-related peptides (SMRPs)
These blood tests alone cannot diagnose mesothelioma. But high levels of these substances can make the diagnosis more likely.
Getting your test results
When your healthcare provider has the results of your tests, he or she will contact you with the results. Your provider will talk with you about other tests you may need if mesothelioma is found. Make sure you understand the results and what follow-up you need.
March 21, 2017
Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Staging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. UpToDate.
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Revision as of 06:30, 13 June 2007
I moved this page because it seems to be about Tokyo the city, not the greater Tokyo region. It's also quite a stub! I've only been to Tokyo once or twice, so I don't have a good idea of districts there. But we need to copy over the huge city article template and get this puppy hoppin'! -- Evan 08:03, 8 Nov 2003 (PST)
Tokyo Q
Nice quick whip-around. Consider linking with Tokyo Q at www.tokyoq.com for up-to-the-minute chatter. Rick Kennedy long-time resident
What does "Get your bags in before you do" mean? Before you do what? This was translated literally into French as something even more incomprehensible, then changed to something completely different. -phma 12:12, 3 Mar 2004 (EST)
Shouldn't understand:language go into a "Talk" section and understand/expenses into a "buy" section? Not trying to be a nitpicker. -- Nils 06:02, 16 Apr 2004 (EDT)
Lost in Translation
I'm a little apprehensive about introducing the visitor to Tokyo through Bill Murray. I think this is kind of unnecessary and I've replaced it with something else. Hope this is alright.
Free map
Here's a public domain (CIA) map of Tokyo that could be usable with a bit of cleanup: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_cities/tokyo.jpg Jpatokal 04:14, 11 Oct 2004 (EDT)
Map: classifications of wards
What's the basis for the "district" classification of wards on Image:Map_tokyo_districts.png? Is "Downtown" Shitamachi? If so I'm not sure Toshima-ku or Bunkyo-ku would count, though I think Koto and Sumida would. If it's "downtown" in an American sense, I don't think that concept can be applied to Tokyo. "Suburb" is a somewhat misleading, it gives the impression if low-density leafy residential areas which merge into open countryside once you cross the border to Saitama or Kanazawa ;-)
Description of Shinagawa
"Shinagawa, a major train hub" - Shinagawa Station locates in Minato Ward but Shinagawa Ward.
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Eating: Splurge
The "very expensive" sushi resturant with the best in town is quoted as being 3000 yen for a set dinner. Is this correct? 3000 yen is roughly US$25.00, which would be considered a downright steal in most American & European cities. -- Poodlemcmuffin 12:23, 17 Feb 2006 (EST)
City vs prefecture split
In line with the Japanese version of the Tokyo article, I will hereby proceed to split off all 'peripheral' Tokyo (outside the 23 wards) into its own article. Jpatokal 00:41, 11 July 2006 (EDT)
District split
The updated Tokyo district map's central/shitamachi/suburb split no longer corresponds to that in the listing, and I'm not sure it makes much sense to have a separate article for every single Tokyo ward.
So I'd propose that we...
Opinions? Here's a handy (if ugly) reference map. Jpatokal 00:23, 13 June 2007 (EDT)
My opinion, based on having lived in Tokyo for a year and visited many more times on business, is that reducing the number of articles on suburbs is a good idea. My personal classification for Tokyo is by major stations on the Yamanote-sen: Shinjuku area, Ikebukuro area, Ueno area, etc. On and inside the Yamanote-sen there is a lot to describe and it probably justifies most of the articles already there. Also, I know from personal experience on another WT region that it can be a pain to move content from one article to another. Thus I suggest in the suburbs that you only consolidate existing district articles which have very little content. Hope these thoughts are helpful. JimDeLaHunt 02:26, 13 June 2007 (EDT)


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MARK GRANT G1000HD… Are these cables as good as some say they are ?
When the opportunity arose to formally review the Mark Grant G1000HD (High Definition) interconnect cables, I jumped at the chance but I was also keenly aware of a great deal of the opinion that surrounds these cables both on-line and recently in print.
Now a good audio reviewer should have both an open mind and ears but being human means that I had formed some slight bias towards these cables despite never hearing them and being honest I must say that I was overall somewhat sceptical of the claims being made for them but also equally sceptical of a recent in print review. I felt that the truth about the G1000HD probably lay to the middle ground, rather than at the two extremes being presented. So when the opportunity arose to try them for myself I firmly decided to throw any and all previous thoughts/opinions out and approach them with a fresh open mind, something I do for all reviews I do. You may well ask why then mention your negative bias ?…well read on for the answer to your question.
Mark Grant the company is Mark and his wife Tracey Grant and they have been trading since 2004, 6 years to date. They pride themselves on all products only being made with the highest quality materials and construction techniques.
The G1000HD cable is a relatively new item in the Mark Grant cables portfolio that took a year to develop. The G1000HD is a coaxial cable made with a high quality copper core and two layers of copper braided shielding and every part of the cable's construction is chosen for high quality, rather than low manufacturing price.
Here are a few more details about the G1000HD cables taken from his website…..
"This is a high purity copper cable, not silver or silver plated copper. The cable has been produced to my own design to an extremely high tolerance.
The central conductor is a single solid core of high purity copper, this is surrounded by low density gas injected dielectric insulation and a dual layer shielding system consisting of two layers of dense coverage high purity copper and a very flexible clear sheathing.
The connectors are Canare phono RCA (Canare part number RCAP-C53). They are crimped so no solder is used. This is one of the reasons the cable performs so well."
Mark Grant does not suggest any particular burn in period for his cables. So after a period of about 30 hours or so of use I was still concerned that this might not be enough. As it turns out this will get you part of the way but ultimately based on my experience during this review I feel that an additional 30 hours is required. After 60 hours use I could hear no more major changes in sound so after satisfying my self that burn in was no longer a factor I began to consider which items I have in my equipment arsenal to use for the review.
Now you may feel that this should be your normal reference system and indeed for the most part the system I used in this review was but after listening casually to my normal reference system with the G1000 HD cables hooked up I felt it wise and prudent to see if the cables had any kind of sonic signature. So during the running in period but towards the end of that period, I started trying them with a number of different items and it became clear that these cables do indeed have a very slight sound of their own. These cables lean ever so slightly to the warmer side of neutral. This slight characteristic was consistent across all the system configurations that I tried.
My normal reference set up of Moon Andromeda CD player, Meridian G02 pre-amplifier and Music Reference RM200 mk1 power-amplifier (see above), all of which are normally connect via their balanced ins and outs proved to be not totally suitable.
The cables in for review are fitted with RCA connectors so I was able to use high quality Neutrick RCA to XLR adaptors for connection to the RM 200 amplifier as it does not have RCA inputs but only XLR. While I was aware that there might cause a drop in performance switching to this form of hook up, I was not quite prepared for how much of a factor this almost became, but more about that a bit later on.
The system I settled down to listen to the cables with was an all solid state affair. I decided to change the Music Reference power amplifier to a Meridian G56 (after a bit of reviewing was done) as I wanted to remove the quality loss factor XLR adaptors might bring to the review. The Meridian G56 power amplifier (thanks to Kevin for the loan once again) matches the Meridian G02 pre-amplifier very well (as you might expect) and as it has RCA and XLR inputs the issue of XLR adaptors was banished.
I also tried a valve output equipped CD player (in for review too and being run in during the G1000HD review) which turned out not to be a good match, as it's sound characteristic and that of the G1000HD led to an overly warm presentation.
So the final review system comprised a Moon Andromeda CD player, Meridian G02 pre-amplifier, G56 powrer amplifier and Anthony Gallo Ref3.1s as this offered me the best balanced system in which to conduct the review.
The components were all housed on Clear light Audio Aspekt racks with String Concept isolation platforms beneath the Meridian items and power supplied via Audience AU 24 mains cables, with the exception of the Moon Andromeda which was feed power via an Analysis Plus Power Oval 2. Signal transfer cabling used as both comparison and reference through out the review period was my normal Atlas Mavros RCA to RCA, XLR to XLR interconnect cables and matching Mavros speaker cable.
I used a lot of music through out this review period, including the new Katie Melua album The House, Afterlife-Afterlife Lounge, numerous Cafe del Mar CDs but the main music used for comparisons were my usual references, Nitin Sawhney-Beyond Skin and the Dali Demo CD. I feel it is vitally important to use the same music during a review, in order to make hearing differences easy and what better way than to use music you know exceptionally well.
Before discussing my main findings, I hinted earlier at an issue regarding balanced connection and this is worth mentioning at this point of the review. After spending some time casually listening to the Mark Grant cables I decided to do a quick comparison with my normal Atlas Mavros cables, in the main to see how much of a difference there might be tonally so I reconnected them to the Moon Andromeda CD player and sat back to listen to the same track I had just been listening to via the G1000HD's, which had been Tides by Nitin Sawhney; off his best album in my opinion Beyond Skin.
The difference I heard was gob smacking and very much in favour of the Atlas Mavros. Any questions of tonality were swept aside by the large difference in sound quality but the question that immediately came to mind was what exactly was I hearing ? Was it the difference between the two cables or the difference between single ended connection and balanced connection. More importantly was the true nature of these balanced designs being used, being compromised via RCA hook up ?
The only way to resolve these questions was to hook up an RCA to RCA version of the Atlas Marvos interconnect cable, which I did tout sweet. The result showed me that the equipment I had chosen to use for the review sounded much better hooked up via XLR cables rather than via RCA cables. So the massive difference I had heard was down to technology and not an actual difference between the cables; I had suspected as much but I had try to be certain. For those who own true balanced designs, you really need to hook all the components up via XLR cabling, otherwise I fear you are not going to hear exactly what the system is capable of.
At this stage Mark Grant does not have an XLR version of the G1000HD cable in his product portfolio but he hopes to launch one in the not to distant future and I hope to be able to review it for Adventures in High Fidelity Audio when it is available.
Now aware of the differences that hook up via RCA compared to XLR made in the sound of the system you might think I would change the components round in favour of components not quite so critical of how they are hooked up and I would have, except that the level of performance with the cables I was using was still very good; so I stuck with them and I am glad I did.
I began the review proper with listening to Nitin Sawhney's-Beyond Skin album with the Atlas Mavros RCA cable hooked up between the Moon Andromeda CD player and the Meridian pre-amplifier and a Mark Grant cable between the pre-amplifier and power-amplifier (I would have used a second Atlas cable but I do not own another one with RCA connectors) and the sound was as I knew it would be open, detailed with excellent soundstaging and bass. All the elements of the recording was present and reproduced as I had heard it many times before. I listened to the tracks The Pilgrim and Tides several times before replacing the Atlas cable with a Mark Grant G1000 HD cable, all volume levels were kept the same at this stage.
The first most obvious differences were with the size of the soundstage and the loudness of the music. With the G1000HD's the soundstage was slightly wider than with the Atlas and the sound was very slightly louder. After a few swaps back and forth between the two cables a drop of 1 on the pre-amplifier's volume control allowed equalization between the two.
The overall sound of the system with the G1000HD was ever so slightly warmer than with the Atlas Mavros but the surprising thing was that the G1000HD cable made the Mavros sound slightly harmonically lean. Another area where the Mark Grant's were slightly better, was in the bass. The lower frequencies through to the upper bass was ever so slightly more articulate and textured than with the Atlas cable.
Using the track Tides by Nitin Sawhney illustrates the above points well. The music comprises double bass, piano and percussion and these instruments sit on top of swirling sea sounds, as waves break and crash on some eastern shoreline. First up was the Atlas cable and the sound was well focused with articulate bass and beautifully delicate percussion work, every strike and shimmer of cymbals decaying into the back ground sea scape was reproduce excellently; with the double bass playing underpinning the piano. Everything sounded as I remembered it from many listening sessions before, both for pleasure and during reviews. Replacing the Mavros cable for Mark Grant's G1000HD cable painted a similar picture but the bass gained a bit more weight, without sacrificing any detail, in fact if anything it had now gained some body and the instrument now sounded more real and better defined in the soundscape; which due to the sea sounds is a bit cluttered. The Piano had also gained both harmonically, by being slightly richer and the handling of the underlying decay after key strikes was also better than with the Atlas interconnect cable.
After comparing the tracks again the only area where the Mavros was better was in reproducing the air around percussion strikes and the trailing decay after them. Soundstaging was similar except for the aforementioned slightly larger one the Mark Grant cable had in terms of side to side width. The soundstages painted by both cables hanging just in front of the speakers. Both cables sounded coherent from bass to mid to treble, none of the frequencies were overly obvious. The Atlas cable was slightly leaner from top to bottom and the Mark Grant's slightly richer bottom to top. Neither cable pushed the soundstage out to be too forward or in-your-lap.
I then listened to Hugh Masakela's magical track Stimela (The Coal Train) and this stunning live recording showed up exactly the same differences between the two cables, as the Nintin Sawhney track Tides had. With the Atlas Mavros Hugh's vocals just lacked a bit of the weight, texture and richness that you would expect from an African, which the G1000HD's gave with ease. The percussion and the bite of brass instruments on this track had a bit more openness with the Atlas but in every other part of the musical frequencies the Mark Grant cable was just ever so slightly more natural.
Now I have used the words "ever so slightly" a lot during this review and some might see this as damning with faint praise. In many ways the two cables had a similar sound to each other, except in the areas of openness and air where the Atlas Mavros cable had the edge over the G1000 HD cable but only by a slim margin (there I go again). However I am not damning with faint praise by using these words because there is a significant difference in retail price between these two cables. For the Mark Grant cable to perform in the context of my system in a similar and in some ways better way to an Atlas Mavros cable is an achievement indeed; even if it sold for similar money but it doesn't ! The Atlas Mavros cable is 10 times the price of the Mark Grant G1000 HD interconnect cable.
Even if you put the Mark Grant cable in a fancy box, it comes in a plain plastic bag or if it was sold via dealers rather than directly from Mark Grant; you would still have an interconnect that offers amazingly good performance for more money but still less than what an Atlas Mavros or similar cable costs.
Now its important here to take stock a bit. I am not saying that the G1000HD cable will be the best cable ever for the least amount of money. I can't because I have not tried every cable available on the market, either in my system or your system but on its showing here (in the context of the review system) it has managed to do that I feel. As system synergy is always a factor in all things audio you will have to try these cables in your set up to see if they do for your system what they have done for mine.
As Mark Grant gives a 30 day money back offer if you don't like the cables he will take them back with just the extra cost of returning them to him, so there is nothing to loose and potentially much to gain. However please burn them in fully, before judging it to be a negative and sending them back prematurely. Cable burn in does make a difference in my experience.
Talking of synergy I have read of some very odd experiences users have had with the G1000HD on line, it has been called bright, thin and in your face by some. Now how it could be like that I can't really imagine, as it has always added a wee touch of warmth or richness to what I used it with and trust me here, the Meridian gear I was using can sound a bit forward and thin if used with a bright sounding cable but it didn't during this review. So as with all things audio there are no absolute absolutes. So trying the G1000HD will be required for you to be sure of synergy with your system but what is there to lose ? bar the cost of posting it back….nothing.
So overall what do we have here ? Well what we have is, with the caveat of "if it suits your system", is a rare thing in audio, an item that punches so far above its price point as to be a genuine stone cold bargain. It has been a long time since I have come across such a thing and it has been both a pleasure and a revelation to do so during this review.
I therefore award the very first AIHFA Amazing Value Award to the Mark Grant G1000 HD 1m interconnect cable.
Source of Review Product Loan…… Mark Grant Cables (Manufacturer)
Mark Grant G1000HD precision audio cable – Stereo Pair. Retail price for a 1m stereo pair is £75 http://markgrantcables.co.uk/
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