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Latest NHS and Healthcare News
Here is the latest NHS and Healthcare News from the last week that our Team focused upon at Medical Solicitors!
ALL ABOUT THE NHS:Frail, elderly people 'left to struggle alone'
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable older people struggle to get by with little or no care because of cuts to care in England, a charity says. The Age UK review said some people could not even wash, dress or feed themselves and yet were being left to fend for themselves by councils. And the charity warned that the whole system was close to collapse in some areas with services closing.
16 February 2017
- One in three devices used in NHS valve surgery is contaminated with 'blood-eating' infection… how many more will fall victim to heart op machine's killer bug?
The full shocking extent of the outbreak of a 'blood-eating' bacterial infection that may have affected thousands of British heart patients can be revealed by The Mail on Sunday today. And the first survivor of the disease to speak out has told of her anguish after being warned that it may still kill her.
18 February 2017
- Smokers trying to quit hit by postcode lottery as GPs ration help
Smokers in England wanting to quit face a postcode lottery as cash-strapped councils and GPs restrict access to services that can help them. The revelation has alarmed health experts and charities who claim that lives are being put at risk as a result of the fragmented provision.
19 February 2017
- NHS at breaking point, according to British Medical Association
The NHS is at "breaking point" with a decline in the number of hospital beds leading to delays and cancelled operations, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned. Analysis by the BMA found the number of overnight beds in English hospitals fell by a fifth between 2006-07 and 2015-16. The report found that in the first week of January this year, almost three-quarters of trusts had a bed occupancy rate of 95% on at least one day.
20 February 2017
- Football headers 'linked to brain damage'
Repeated headers during a footballer's professional career may be linked to long-term brain damage, according to tentative evidence from UK scientists. The research follows anecdotal reports that players who head balls may be more prone to developing dementia later in life. The Football Association says it will look at this area more closely.
15 February 2017
- Shigellosis symptoms: Warning issued over contagious bug which causes severe diarrhoea
Health bosses have issued a warning after students at three schools in Stoke-On-Trent were struck by the bug. So far, there have been five confirmed cases of the condition. However, dozens more are displaying symptoms of diarrhoea – which Public Health England said are not confirmed cases of the bug. Shigellosis infection is a highly contagious diarrhoea caused by Shigella bacteria.
15 February 2017
- Woman died after three hospitals refused to admit her for surgery
A woman died from a brain haemorrhage after at least three hospitals refused to admit her for surgery because they had no intensive care beds. In a case that brings the deepening NHS bed crisis into sharp relief, a coroner said it was likely that Mary Muldowney, 57, would have survived if she had been given immediate surgery to stem the bleeding. Muldowney was admitted to East Surrey hospital in Redhill on 20 July last year and immediately diagnosed with a suspected bleed on the brain.
15 February 2017
- Vitamin D pills 'could stop colds or flu'
Vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from colds or flu in the UK each year, researchers claim. The sunshine vitamin is vital for healthy bones, but also has a role in the immune system.
16 February 2017
- Shangri-La is in Surrey! Moving to a retirement village 'adds years to a women's life expectancy'
Retirement villages can boost women's life expectancy by several years, research suggested yesterday. This is because communal living helps combat the negative effects on health and social wellbeing of low economic means and isolation in later life. And economically deprived women who did move into such a village lived as long as women from the wealthiest section of society who remained more remote, the findings showed.
19 February 2017
- Cardiff Uni's new way of making compounds for drugs
Researchers in Cardiff have developed a new "highly-efficient" method of making disease-fighting compounds, including for an anti-malaria drug. Sesquiterpenes can be found in spicy foods, plants and beer, and are used to battle colds, cancer and malaria.
17 February 2017
- El Salvador pardons woman sent to jail for 30 years after suffering a miscarriage
A woman from El Salvador who was jailed for 30 years after suffering a miscarriage in a field, has been pardoned by the courts – the latest sign of change in a nation known as the worst place in the world for women's reproductive rights. Sonia Tábora was just 20 when she went into premature labour at seven months and gave birth alone in a coffee plantation.
16 February 2017
- Richard Branson to boost autism-awareness among Virgin package holidays staff
Virgin is working with parents and campaigners to develop "autism-friendly" holiday packages, The Independent can reveal. Jo-Ann D'Costa-Manuel, founder and director of charity Autism Parent Empower, said she was in talks with Virgin Holidays about a number of new initiatives to make holidays easier for families with autistic children.
16 February 2017
- Deaf Couple Hear Each Other For First Time In 12-Year Marriage Thanks To Cochlear Implants
A deaf couple who have been married for 12 years have just heard each other for the first time. Neil and Helen Robinson, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, were both deaf from birth and have spent their lives communicating with sign language. But now, thanks to cochlear implants, they have been able to say 'I love you' for the first time.
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By Lynne Adkins
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — International experts meeting in Philadelphia have just written a set of guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infections encountered during joint replacement surgery.
Infections resulting from joint replacement are rare but do happen, according to Dr. Javad Parvizi of the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
So he gathered hundreds of people from around the world to formulate one set of standards for dealing with the threat of infections, because until now there was no universal agreement.
"One surgeon may wash their hands five minutes with one agent, another may wash for one minute with another agent," Dr. Parvizi explains, "so that's why we had the world's experts sit here and decide which of those practices were the right thing to do for the patients."
More than 300 people agreed on the document that contains 246 different items. The guidelines are already being sent around the world to become the standard of care for avoiding infection in joint replacement surgeries.
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"Personal projects are so important in photography," says Cybele Malinowski. "They inform and inspire your commercial work. As so many people say in the game, create personal work that you want to get hired for." Malinowski, an Australian photographer – who has been published in Yen, Frankie and Marie Claire – recently launched her own creative personal project to sit alongside her dynamic portfolio. It's called Model Maison.
The idea behind the website is to represent models in their homes in an honest way. Featuring a wide variety of models shot in their own homes, from Elizabeth Bay to Shoreditch, Shanghai to Laurel Canyon. Each post is a bewitching balance between undone glamour and raw, untouched beauty. Each model styles themselves, and Malinowski works closely with them and a hair and makeup artist to create a series of shots that captures their individual allure.
"I walk into a model's house, sometimes great, sometimes shit, and it is my challenge to represent the house and model in an unsentimental and yet stylised way," says Malinowski. "I focus on the unique elements of the space, the personality of the model, the suburbs they live in… and [we] work together in creating an editorial that represents the model." Part sneak peek into a diverse range of living spaces, part high-gloss editorial, the blog is, as Malinowski says, "a fusion between fashion and reality."
Since the website's January launch, Malinowski has been shooting one or two editorials a week. "This is my baby!" she exclaims. The editorial freedom that comes from being your own creative director is something that she craves. "I can take it wherever I want, whenever I want," she says. "It's a project that I hope will grow and evolve as I do. I really hope to still be working on it in 20 years."


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As I go through my images … often looking for something else, I often come across things which I like to share.
Here are a few examples taken in recent weeks. Hope you enjoy them!
Cooking up a galactic storm with 'Galaxy Egg: cosmic bubblestream machine'
'New feathers'
'Beneath stormy clouds'
'The rough with the smooth'


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Achieving Mathematical Power is based upon two reform initiatives in Massachusetts, the Education Reform Act of 1993 and Partnerships Advancing the Learning of Mathematics and Science (PALMS). PALMS is the Statewide Systemic Initiative, a collaborative effort jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which began in 1992. Of the seven initial goals for this initiative, the first was to develop, disseminate, and implement curriculum frameworks in Mathematics and Science and Technology. In January 1993, a set of recommendations for PreK-8 frameworks was produced by consultants from TERC, a research and development corporation based in Cambridge. Their work was reviewed by the PALMS Curriculum Framework Advisory Committee, and formed the basis for the later drafts of the mathematics and the science and technology frameworks. With the passage of the Massachusetts Education Reform Act in June 1993 and additional funding from the U.S. Department of Education, development of the curriculum frameworks was extended to include grades 9-12 and Adult Basic Education.
The creation of the mathematics framework was a collaborative endeavor among members of the Framework Development Committee--teachers, school and district administrators, mathematicians, college faculty, parents, and representatives of business and community organizations across the state. A majority of the members are currently classroom teachers who have extensive experience teaching mathematics at elementary, middle, and high school levels. Committee meetings were convened to consider each draft framework from the standpoints of clarity, accessibility, consistency, pedagogy, mathematical correctness, and alignment with the Massachusetts Common Core of Learning and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Curriculum and Evaluation Standards.
The core concept of Achieving Mathematical Power is that students develop mathematical power through problem solving, communication, reasoning and connections. The mathematics framework is more than a collection of concepts and skills. For each individual it involves methods of investigating and reasoning, means of communication, notions of context, and development of personal self-confidence. The framework provides quality and equity for all learners. The Guiding Principles and Habits of Mind of this framework outline ways in which this can become a reality.
The Mathematics Content section presents an outline upon which district and school curricula, instruction, and assessment can be developed. This section is organized into four strands, within which learning standards are articulated. Examples of student learning, vignettes, models, diagrams, and graphics contextualize and enhance the standards. It is a curricula for all that includes a broad range of content, a variety of contexts, and deliberate connections. The goals for all learners in the Massachusetts mathematics framework are that they value mathematics, become confident in their ability to know and to do mathematics, become mathematical problem solvers, and learn to reason and communicate mathematically.
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It's 2AM. The other night I was up until 3 watching American Masters on Jonestown--fascinating, but not good to sleep after. There's nothing on tonight; I've been watching Jill Scott videos and reading about Blurb.com.
Now I'm listening to the Metatalk podcast. Matt and cortex talk over and ignore jessamyn, to my ear. She sounds exasperated & I totally relate. It aint right.
It was a pretty beautiful day, though, an afternoon of warmth in the midst of a cold, wet thud of a weather pattern.
The Musician and I woke up early enough to catch all of Wait Wait, and then we went to Sweetness7Cafe at Grant and Lafayette, my first visit, though it has been open a few months. They have food now, and a full coffee menu, wood cabinets, tin ceiling, good volume (meaning, quiet in music and vibe) and the feel of a Seattle coffee room. I liked it very much.
I started seeds: Turkish eggplant, cilantro, green onion, broccoli. Wish I had some spinach seeds! I am really looking forward to gardening this summer. My sweet potatoes are going gangbusters, too.
TM went off to see his fanily for an early Easter celebration. I took a hot bath in the hour remaining, read some of the Dylan book, packed an orange and beef stew and the last bit of brownie and some tea and went to work for 6 hours. Tears on the laptop, the girl who saved her paper on the desktop before the thing shut down. It's really not the time to learn what "deep freeze" is and why you should read the message on the screen about saving to the college server right away. (Save early and often, dear ones!)
I am finding it a sad truth that part-time work at several jobs is often more exhausting and less well-paying than one full time job. Which I have long avoided. (I have my reasons, all of them poetic and personal.) I am opening it up the Universe, though. How shall I make a living, a real living; how shall I live?
Yes, yes they do.
I got to play the word "quim" today, too. Hee!


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Incredible! That is the only way to describe the day that was the Dingle Harvest Picnic. We had sunshine, kids on bikes, chilled out parents, workshops, talks, and SUNSHINE!! Its amazing what a sunny day does to Irish people these days. It was almost overwhelming, to be able to organise something outdoors, and not have it cancelled or moved because of bad weather...We had an escorted cycle around the marina and town before heading up to the town park for a day of fun and frolics. Talks, workshops, music, and even the match (Del-boy style, a TV on top of a van!)
So here's a few pics of the day
Bike Maintenance Talk with Paddy's Bike Shop
We even had penguins and dragons show up!
Bike Art and some seriously cool bikes...
Mairead and I had great fun all day with the kids during the Bike Bling Workshop. Thought it was more of a self service blinging session.
Some serious blinging going on...
I made a few things to display around the park. Bike Wheel Arty things, dont know what to call them. Variants of one I made for last years festival. These 2 are now on their way to decorate the walls of a bike shop in Dublin.
You know me for taking things too literally, so I made a bicycle chain. Made from rusty florist wire I have kept for years (knowing one day it would come in handy). I made a load of these little rusty bicycles, and they were hanging out of the trees around the park. Impossible to photograph! They were like spiders, and were catching on peoples hair, now that's interactive art!
Another piece of interactive bike art were my embroidered wheels. You had to pick up the wheels to read them. Though I don't think many people noticed, they prob just thought they were left over from the maintenance talk...Again, impossible to photograph! I think I'll have to put them on a bike and film them going round so you can read them properly. I have become a little obsessed with embroidery from doing the Embroidered Digital Commons Project, and I couldn't decide what to make from these wheels, so I just embroidered them. I'll admit, a little tough on the hands, not your average gentle needle arts.
Here's my embroidered wheels with famous bike quotes:
And finally, something I've wanted to do for ages - a yarnbombed blinged up high-nelly! Its not finished, it needs a skirt guard to complete it. I'm just wondering if its owner will be amused when I give it back...
The Kerry Bicycle Festival is fast becoming one of my favourite festivals. If you havent been to it, you have to, and if you have, you'll come back each year. I hope next year, we'll have some more bicycle shenanigans and high-jinks going on in Dingle again.


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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Why IT monitoring is costing the industry money
And then it occurred to me: The entire IT monitoring and reporting sector (those guys who write software that pages you when something goes wrong in your data center) is perpetuating waste.
The software assumes that there's a problem only when service level agreements (SLAs) are too low -- but never when they are too high. This implies that alert storms get triggered when you're under-provisioned. But when you're over-provisioned, it's bad too... too much capital being wasted delivering an SLA that's better than needed. This scenario is probably replayed during every off-peak hour a data center operates.
What you don't measure, you can't manage. And therein lies the waste being perpetuated by IT: it's been implicitly assumed that too much infrastructure is OK.
Actually, what we need is a monitoring and control system that maintains an optimal service level -- not too high, not too low. And, when demand changes, automatically adjusts resources to re-optimize the SLAs. That adjustment might include re-allocating or de-allocating hardware, or re-provisioning servers on-the-fly.
Just once, I'd like one of my IT friends to get an alarm delivered to his pager that reads "system critically over-provisioned: wasting power"
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- James Urquhart said...
Beautiful. I love both the simplicity and the exactness of your argument. "Always on" alone is a waste, but "Always on at peak capacity" is many times worse. There is nothing more green than optimal data center management.
Looking forward to more insights like this one.
- June 5, 2008 at 9:27 PM
- Berkay said...
can't think of a better example of "if you have a hammer all you see is nails" phenomena.
IT monitoring is the cause of energy waste? what else, rising food prices perhaps? I'm sure there is some way we can tie that to IT monitoring. give me a frigging break!
How wrong can you get? let see:
- "the "entire" it monitoring sector reports only when SLAs are too low and not when there are too high"
No. many monitoring tools report what the availability level is etc often as a function of time. The alarms mentioned are only tiny piece of what monitoring tools do, to take corrective action. Weekly, monthly reports show much more detailed information. May be you should ask a monitoring guy what IT monitoring tools do before putting the blame for the next world war on them.
- SLAs too high? you know anybody who has one? IT monitoring tools do not determine what the SLA level should be. The business (customers/users) decide that. You think their service is "too available" take it up with them. Lets see they agree with you. By the way, which service you use have too much availability? better tell them so they can take it down once a while or make it slower for you? In any case, monitoring tools just "report" what the availability and performance is, don't make judgment on what they should be. They are the messenger.
- further. it monitoring tools actually "enable" energy savings by reporting the utilization of various resources and making it possible to take action to turn on/off systems.
May be all you're trying to say is we should turn off systems that are not in use (as Cassatt does?). Fine suggestion. Going from there to "IT monitoring is costing the industry money" is annoying (removed several other stronger terms) to say the least. IT monitoring may be costing money to the industry in some ways, this ain't it.
- June 6, 2008 at 2:42 AM
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The South African Under-20 side blew a 2-0 halftime lead to lose 4-3 to Senegal
Posted: 2 March 2017 Time: 19:53
South Africa let a 2-0 halftime lead slip as they succumbed to a 4-3 defeat at the hands of Senegal in their 2017 African Under-20 Championships Group B clash in Ndola, Zambia on Thursday.
Amajita still have their destiny in their own hands as they will qualify for the semifinals, and the 2017 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, if they defeat Sudan in their final pool match on Sunday.
The Sudanese slipped to a 4-1 loss against Cameroon earlier on Thursday, but did hold Senegal 1-1 in their opener.
Amajita led on 38 seconds when Luther Singh picked out Liam Jordan in the six-yard box and the Sporting Lisbon youngster headed home.
It was the perfect start for the South Africans in an open beginning and Senegal nearly found the equaliser when Aliou Badji blasted the ball against the crossbar minutes later.
But it was the free-flowing Amajita who got the next goal and the excellent Singh broke on the left-hand side and his square ball was easily steered home by captain Tercious Malepe.
Senegal pulled a goal back three minutes into the second half when Ibrahima Ndiaye blasted home a free-kick from the edge of the box, though the Amajita wall should have done better to keep the shot out.
And it was 2-2 on 54 minutes as South Africa goalkeeper Mondli Mpoto flapped at a corner kick, allowing Ousseynou Diagne to head home.
But now Senegal were well on top and Diagne got his second with a superb long-range effort, before Krépin Diatta added the fourth as he headed home when Katlego Mohamme's attempted clearance came back off the crossbar and into his path.
Shell-shocked Amajita brought themselves back into the contest with 10 minutes remaining when Singh turned his marker and slid the ball into the back of the net from a tight angle.
Mokoena struck the crossbar late on for Amajita, but in the end their poor defending cost them dear.


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CHELMSFORD -- The first-place Billerica Shamrocks finished the Suburban Pony League 13-year-old Division regular season with a 15-1 record after defeating Chelmsford, 8-1, on Friday evening.
The bats came alive in the fifth inning as Jeff Goguen and Kyler MacDonald hit back-to-back home runs.
Just three batters later, Cam Lewitzky hit his first homer of the summer, giving Billerica a seven-run lead.
Outstanding defense by Billerica, including great catches by outfielders Tommy Santos and Chris Roberts, an unassisted double play by Michael Sibert, and solid first base play from Harrison Tucker combined with a complete-game pitching effort from MacDonald never gave Chelmsford a chance in this meeting.
After starting the season off with a loss against Andover, the Shamrocks have won 15 straight heading into the playoffs starting Wednesday.


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QUESTION: Why does Jews for Jesus still refer to non-Jewish believers as Gentiles? Does not the term Gentile" come from the word "Goyim," meaning "pagan?" How could a believer, regardless of his or her background, be a pagan? Are not all believers of non-Jewish origin grafted into the family tree of Abraham? Are they not then Jewish—whether they started out that way or not?
ANSWER: According to Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary, Gentile is a Middle English term derived from the late Latin gentilis, and earlier Latin gens, meaning nation. The plural Old Testament Hebrew counterpart is goyim, referring to all the other nations at that time. Webster's primary definition of Gentile is "a person of a non-Jewish nation or of non-Jewish faith." While there is a secondary definition of heathen or pagan, we use the term purely in its primary sense to designate anyone of non-Jewish origin.
Your question involves a mixed metaphor. Gentile believers (the wild olive branches of Romans 11:16-24) are grafted into the natural olive tree, meaning Israel. However, this does not make them part of Abraham's "family tree," as you put it. Family tree refers to physical genealogies.
One becomes a Christian (follower of Christ) by choice, not by birth. The title applies to both Jewish and Gentile believers. Both are Abraham's spiritual seed, but only Jews by birth are Abraham's physical descendants. Being a child of Abraham by faith is not the same as being Jewish. A physical, ancestral relationship to Abraham involves physical circumcision, while a relationship to Abraham by faith involves circumcision of the heart as provided by the New Covenant. Even those who are Abraham's physical progeny need the new birth in order to be called Abraham's seed. Romans 4:9-12 explains the faith which makes Gentiles children of Abraham. It is the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised (i.e., before he fulfilled the covenant requirement that made him the father of the Jewish people through Isaac).
Also, Romans 4:17 reminds us that God said to Abraham, "…I have made thee a father of many nations." The Greek for nations, ethnown, parallels the Hebrew goyim. The distinctives remain. There are Jews for Jesus, and there are Goyim or Gentiles for Jesus, and God loves us all alike. The importance lies not in who we are, but for whom we stand and to whom we are committed.


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My writing task was to image I have stumbled across an image of one of the abandoned places our teacher sent to us. In the description of our writing that we wrote about the image we have to use a variety of conjunctions to create an image in the audience's mind.
This is the photo I choose out of three photos
I have highlighted the conjunctions I have used
There is an old concrete door in the middle of the dark, sandy path. There are lots of pilled rocks on the left of the door. The door looks like it used to belong to an old house because there are what look like walls circling around the door. You cannot see what is behind the door because it is pitch black in there. A very old tree stump lies on the top of the door in the right way so that it doesn't fall down. There is moss on the concrete walls.


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Taking Showers in Air Force Basic Training
Surviving Air Force Basic Training
You will shower every night (including the first night ) at Air Force Basic Military Training (AFBMT). For the first couple of weeks, your shower will be very short (about two minutes). You'll learn to wash quickly, and not waste time.
An amusing story (amusing to me, anyway). Before basic training, it would take my twin daughters a minimum of two hours to get ready to go anywhere. They used to get up two hours before they had to leave for school, each and every morning. If we traveled on the road, I would always have to wake them up in the motel a full two hours before I wanted to get on the road again.
Christina was the first one to come home on her first leave (vacation) after basic training and technical school. The next morning, I wanted to take her out to breakfast. She woke up (on her own) at 0600 (6:00 AM), and was ready to go 30 minutes later. When Jeanie returned home three weeks later, it was the same thing. I never thought I would see the day where they could prepare for the day in less than 30 minutes.
(P.S. Their beds were also made before we went out the door -- something else I never thought I'd see).
A word about showers, as the idea of this "lack of privacy" issue tends to bother many young folks. I found this surprising, as -- at the time I attended basic training -- group showers were no big deal, as we did it all the time in the high school locker room, following PE, or sports. Apparently, that's not true in many of today's high schools.
In Air Force basic training, there is no privacy for the showers. The shower is one large room, with several shower-heads. Everyone showers together. Don't let this worry you, however. Most recruits I've talked to worried about this *before* basic training, but they all tell me *after* basic training, that it turned out not to be such a big deal. For the first couple of weeks, you're being yelled at, even in the shower, so you don't worry about anything other than getting the shower finished as fast as you can.
After the first couple of weeks, when you get more time and less yelling, it's no longer a big deal.
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Hautlence HLQ
A high-prestige Swiss brand, Hautlence, continuously reinvents its concepts in matters of contemporary design-line and technique. The Hautlence HLQ line epitomizes this trend in Hautlence' style innovation, it offers a new approach to form and substance by playing with geometric symbolism.
The HLQ collection embodies the expectancies of Hautlence' clientele and preserves the HL and HLs' characteristics. This brand new collection does not lose the genetic code which forms the roots of its foundation. The conceptual essence of this collection is reflected in Hautlence' logo (the symbol which represents Möbius' infinity) and it reflects an almost metaphysical level in the watch-makers creative aspiration.
Designed to fulfill the aesthetic desires of its very exclusive target market, the timepieces of the HLQ series are more than luxurious accessories, they offer not only class to the wearer but a plus of elegance and glamour. The watches prove a unique personality, achieved by merging almost obsessive attention to detail with opulence.
The concept makes a statement about the perfection of geometric shapes and the metaphysical aspect of time-perception, the use of space is also highlighted in the minutes-reading devoted sector, the HL patented mechanism governs the retrograding minutes and jumping hour.
In the HLQ, Hautlence uses the same time display principle used in its first model, but rebuilds it placing the date in a disc peripheral to retrograding minute and jumping hour assembles. The round HLQ uses different kinematics for time reading but its core retains the old visual impact, its manual winding-uses – the peripheral date disc configuration – the sectional gear combined with calibrated micrometric toot-head pinion, directly linked to the minute hand axis.
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The Ballad of Big Henry Sproule
The story we were told was that Henry had been in a serious fight with another man in Clady, and because of this, he had left Tyrone and went to live in Dublin. The fight was famous in the neighbourhood, even giving rise to a song, 'The Ballad of Big Henry Sproule'. I hunted for this ballad for a long time without success. Thanks to a kind lady who saw this blog, I now have the elusive ballad, and the story of the infamous uncle who was known here by the more familiar, 'Big Harry Sproule'.
Bye the way, there was a view in the family that Henry had actually killed his opponent, though my father said that this was not true. If it was true, can I apologise to the nice lady who showed me the ballad, as she is a relative of Mr McKinney!
Bye the way, there was a view in the family that Henry had actually killed his opponent, though my father said that this was not true. If it was true, can I apologise to the nice lady who showed me the ballad, as she is a relative of Mr McKinney!
The Sproule & McKinney Fight by Johnny Burns
It was on a winter's night somewhere on Clady street
That two of Ireland's champions in a great contest did meet
These Irishmen were drinking for some time at the bar
When after some hot argument they agreed to have a spar
McKinney went out like a policeman on patrol
To decide the fate of him so great, I mean Big Harry Sproule
Harry he went out with one great tiger spring
For Irishmen were always first and foremost in the ring
Before the fight began Sproule said, "remember John"
"I never was the man to run when fighting must be done"
"Well", said John "Now Harry I may now tell you straight
There never came from Tullymoan a man I couldn't beat"
At this the battle started and for awhile they fenced
When after some manoevuring a brutal fight commenced
McKinney he went rushing in and tried a left hand clinch
But Harry stood determined not staggering half an inch
Harry somewhat lost his head and putting out his foot
He landed in poor McKinney a brutal uppercut
McKinney he fell senseless upon the frozen ground
And the look on Sproule did terrify the lads who stood around
Harry fought so quickly he did his hands control
I thought it was Jack Johnston and not big Harry Sproule
Though McKinney was knocked out he fought with skill and pluck
He was active as Jim Corbett till the fatal blow was struck
So Irishmen be careful wherever that you be
Never say you can fight until you try and see
Always keep your temper and don't lose self control
For in a simple contest you might meet a Harry Sproule
Strabane & West Ulster In The 1800s: History From The Broadsheets: Selections from The Strabane Morning Post 1812-1837 [Paperback]
Thanks to Maeve Rogan for finding this ballad.


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It feels a little early to be thinking about Christmas, but in all reality, it is not that far away. With Thanksgiving being so late this year, Christmas is going to really sneak up on us. Which makes me very happy, because Christmas Eve dinner is my absolute favorite meal of the entire year.
My family is primarily Polish, and ever since my dad was a small child, it has been family tradition to celebrate the traditional Polish Christmas Eve meal, wigilia. The meal is a meatless menu, consisting of fish, shrimp, baked macaroni and cheese, sauerkraut with mushrooms and peas, potato salad, pickled herring, stewed prunes, and buckwheat. Before dinner, we do a tradition where we all break pieces off of Holy Bread, called oplatek, wishing each other good things in the new year, followed by a toast with homemade wine.
This is a tradition that my grandparents started years ago, and all three of their children continued it with their children, and grandchildren. This is what Christmas is for us. There is something special about the feeling of that day, something that has nothing to do with commercialism, or religious difference, dietary constraints, or weather forecasts. That feeling is tradition. That feeling is family.
We have been fortunate for the last few years that we have been all able to get together on this special day. It gets a little more complicated each year, with work schedules and such. But this really is a very special gift that our grandparents gave us all, and I love so much that we have, and will continue to carry it on.
Geesh, not I am even more excited for Christmas. Perhaps tomorrow I will put up one of our trees, and start practicing how to say Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia. (That is Merry Christmas in Polish.).
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Green Hills, Blue Cities: An Ecosystems Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities. A Rapid Response Assessment
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). March 2011
- This report shows that there is a way forward for a more sustainable future where restoration of ecosystems, often in the green hills and watersheds surrounding cities, can provide cheaper, efficient and resilient water supply systems in a changing world. The case studies provided in this report present urban water challenges in African cities, and highlight approaches adopted to reduce the impacts of urbanisation on water and ecosystems. Seven case studies discuss urbanisation characteristics of their respective cities, state and trends of water withdrawals and demand, environmental impacts of bulk water supply and wastewater discharge, and lessons for policy.
- Geographical coverage: Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda
- Main themes: Ecosystem services, Ecosystems, Food security, Informal settlements, Pollution, Poverty reduction, Sanitation, Sustainable development, Urban areas, Urbanization, Wastewater, Water demand, Water management, Water quality, Water security, Water supply, Water treatment
- Main target audience: Community, Decision makers, Governments, Local governments, Wetland managers
- Main purpose: Advocacy, Awareness raising
- Type of resource: Assessment report, Case studies, Lessons learned, Recommendations
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While many Canadians continue to vent their spleen over the compensation awarded to Omar Khadr, something really important is taking place but is being given little media coverage. It is something that, if enacted, may have irreversible consequences.
Justin Trudeau and his sunny band of men and women like to portray themselves as progressives with a deep commitment to the environment. Thanks to the work of leadnow.ca and The Globe and Mail, it is evident that commitment does not extend to protecting our oceans:
The Liberal government is proposing to allow oil and gas exploration in a new marine protected area that it plans to establish where the Gulf of St. Lawrence meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Ottawa released an impact statement Friday on its Laurentian Channel protected area, a 11,619-square-kilometre stretch of ocean in which commercial activity would be limited in order to protect vulnerable marine life. The establishment of the marine protected area (MPA) is part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to set aside 10 per cent of Canada's coastal waters by 2020.
But some environmental groups and ocean scientists argue Ottawa is undermining the effort by allowing future oil and gas exploration in the zone. A study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, released last week, concluded that intense acoustic signals used in oil and gas exploration cause significant damage to zooplankton populations that are critical elements of the marine food chain.Says David Miller, president of World Wildlife Fund Canada:
"Protected area should mean exactly that – protected," Sabine Jessen, oceans director for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, said in an interview. "These are the places [where] we're trying to protect intact ecosystems for the long term. It's ridiculous to continue to allow oil and gas activity in this area."
"Our view is marine protected areas should not have extractive industries in them, particularly oil and gas because of the ecological impacts," Mr. Miller said. "If you allow industry in, it's not really protected; it's just a line on a map."Fortunately, activist group leadnow.ca has set up a page that those who are actually concerned about the environment might want to visit:
The good news is that plan isn't final and together we can stop it. LeBlanc set up a special email inbox for the public to comment on his plan. He's barely advertised it because he knows a huge public outcry will force him to backpedal. We're counting on you to help blow the whistle —and we've got a simple tool that lets thousands of us flood the inbox with messages.You can send a prewritten letter to LeBlanc. Click here to go to the relevant page.
Don't let Minister LeBlanc sell out our oceans to help out his friends in Big Oil. Will you send a message to LeBlanc calling on him to ban oil exploration in the Laurentian Channel MPA ? The inbox closes next week, so we have to act fast.
LeBlanc's inbox closes next week, so there is no time to lose.


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Vaught Cemetery is located 34 miles from Fayetteville, AR, on old Hwy. 71 South, on the left. Approximately 2 miles from the Chester, AR, turnoff. The sign is not clearly visible from the highway.
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VideoGame Very easy, but tons of depth makes it a lot of fun
(Note: this was written in 2011, before other Kirby games were made that copied some of this game's best features)
Kirby games have a simple formula: Kirby can suck up his enemies or spit them out as projectiles, or he can swallow them to gain special powers in many cases (i.e. eat an enemy with a sword, Kirby now has a sword). He can also fly, infinitely in most of the games. There have been changes to the formula from game to game, but it's pretty much consistent.
Kirby Super Star refines the formula to a perfection that, in my strongly held opinion, has never been reached since.
Some of the tweaks are subtle, such as giving Kirby a life meter that loses different amounts depending on the strength of what damaged him, rather than a simple 6-unit bar that decreases by one no matter what.
But the other tweaks are so ingenious that it really makes me wonder why there hasn't been another Kirby game like this one.
The biggest change is the abilities. In most Kirby games, each special ability has only one attack. For example, fire power might make Kirby shoot a fireball, and do nothing else. Sword power might make him swing his sword, and that's it.
Here, however, each ability has many uses, with a lot more depth. Take fire power for instance. Kirby can breathe fire, aim the fire up or down, suck it backwards into himself to set himself on fire, jump and turn into a fireball in midair, or charge forwards suddenly in a burst of flame, all based on different mixes of the attack button, jump button, and/or movement. Most of the abilities have at least 8 moves that can be performed with them. It's a shame that almost no other Kirby games work this way, as the sheer versatility of the abilities is a lot of fun.
The Drop-In-Drop-Out Multiplayer is a great addition, and has made its way into other games. A second player can become a "helper", swap abilities with other characters, and quit at any time. It can also be AI-controlled (a feature that does not exist in other Kirby games).
Finally, the way the game is divided. Instead of one long quest, you get multiple quests ranging from bite-sized to fairly long. All of them have the same play mechanics, but different "rules". You can just jump into one quest or another for a slightly different experience.
Kirby Super Star is the perfect refinement of the Kirby franchise, and it's a shame to see almost nothing out there like it.


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So you think you know everything there is to know about George Lucas? Well, let's see if you do.
1) George Lucas was awarded the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Academy Award in 1991 for his body of work but how many Academy Awards has George Lucas won for his individual films?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
2) George Lucas had a concerned bystander role in which Eddie Murphy movie?
a) Howard the Duck
b) Holy Man
c) Beverly Hills Cop III
3) A short-lived television show was based upon one of George Lucas' famous movie series - which one?
a) Star Wars
b) Indiana Jones
c) American Graffiti
4) George Lucas took a page out of good friend Steven Spielberg's playbook and produced a dinosaur movie of his own ... what was it called?
a) Dinosaur
b) The Land Before Time
c) The Land That Time Forgot
5) George Lucas created and supervised the construction of a Disneyland ride - which one?
a) Splash Mountain
b) Roger Rabbit ride
c) Star Tours
6) What was George Lucas' chose profession before he decided to become a filmmaker?
a) Doctor
b) Lawyer
c) Race Car Driver
7) Known primarily for his action movies, George was the producer of only one thriller - what was the name of this steamy movie?
a) The Postman Always Rings Twice
b) A Perfect Murder
c) Body Heat
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Why Waste Perfectly Good Picturesčetrtek, april 18, 2013
I take a lot of pictures and some never make it into a post. Because it takes a lot of time to edit them, I don't want them to go to waste, so here they are.
The first is a nail polish by Catrice from the Neonaturals LE and it's called Mrs. Brightside. It's one of my favourite colours, but I always forget to take a picture of it when it's on my nails. It's kind of pointless anyway because it was LE, but it's a bright pink with some coral and just stunning in person.
Essence Colour & Go 109 Off to Miami is an orange-coral shade, which I wore only once. I don't really like how orange it looks on me, I expected something more coral. I'm wearing it here in the first picture where I'm holding the lipsticks. I'm looking for a colour that would look exactly like this on me, but most corals turn out to be too orange on me. Any recommendations, apart from Essie Cute as a Button, which is on the picture?here.
I got Catrice Prime and Fine Smoothing Refiner a while ago, but I really don't like it. It's feels too greasy and doesn't leave a smooth enough finish. As far as primers go, my favourite so far was Clinique's Pore Minimizer Instant Perfector, which works great on oily/combination skin.
Dove Hair Therapy Oil Care Nährpflege 1 Minute Kur-Spűllung or Nourishing Oil Care Express Treatment Conditioner, it depends on the country how it's called, is my favourite drugstore hair treatment and I've used up at least a dozen tubes of it (review here and here). However, I bought the version that comes in a pot a couple of months ago and it's not as good. I'm almost done with the pot and I won't repurchase it, the tube version is much more moisturising.
I already talked about my experience with Mavala Double-Lash here, but here are more pictures of it that I was keeping for a review. Since I wasn't impressed by it, I won't review it in detail. The applicator is a mascara wand, which isn't particularly handy when you're trying to get the product to the root of the lashes, so I used an eyeliner brush.
I got the Cherry Culture lip balm in Chocolate for free as a gift with purchase. You can pick your own scent/flavour at the checkout. It smells like coffee and I really dislike anything that smells like coffee, so I gave it to someone else.
Thanks for looking.
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Awww India has been on my wishlist since foreveer <3 I dont buy it because i have Hippie Chic from the matte line and i'm afraid it'll be too similar. :/ Have you tried any other (good) Cartrice products? xxOdgovoriIzbrišiOdgovori
I love the eyeshadows (both powder and cream) and lipsticks from Catrice, but I wasn't too impressed by their mascara Lashes to Kill. The nail polishes are ok. Currently, I'm loving the new Ultimate Colour lipstick called Matte About Pink, I've been wearing it every day since I got it :)Izbriši


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Graduate School Bubbles Bursting Across all Professions?
One of my colleagues forwarded this story appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine. The story provides an answer to the following question: "Are we in a medical education bubble market?"
The authors answer that question in the last paragraph of the story and suggest a difficult future for other professional schools.
Although it seems unlikely that we're in a bubble market for medical education, we may already be in one for veterinary medicine. That bubble will burst when potential students recognize that the costs of training aren't matched by later returns. Then the optometry bubble may burst, followed by the pharmacy and dentistry bubbles. At the extreme, we will march down the debt-to-income-ratio ladder, through psychiatrists to cardiologists to orthopedists . . . until no one is left but the MBAs.It explains:
In medicine, students buy their education from medical schools and residency programs . . . . This education is transformed into skills and credentials that are then sold to patients in the form of services. So long as it is believed that patients, or whoever purchases health care on their behalf, will keep paying more and more for physicians' services, students and trainees should be willing to pay more and more for the education that enables them to sell those services.
A simple measure of this market economy is the ratio of the average debt of a graduatingIt concludes that graduates can still expect to pass on debt costs to patients, except in two fields of medicine: primary care and psychiatry. It then suggests:
[A]s high as the debt-to-income ratios may be for primary care and psychiatry, they are even higher for some other fields — notably, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and dentistry. [Chart omitted.] For veterinarians, incomes have risen slowly even as student debt has exploded. [Citation omitted.]In short, the adjustments law schools are now making to respond to the decreasing volume of law school applicants predict adjustments other professional schools will likely face.
So, where are the stories about why professional school got so expensive across the board? What role did the U.S. News ranking system play in the run-up in costs? Did the professional school accreditation process contribute to the escalation of costs?
At the MAPLA conference, Washington University School of Law Dean Kent Syverud noted that legal education "has never been better." We saw a period of extraordinary demand for a legal education that attracted domestic and foreign students. The academy offered "terrific" teaching and research. The best scholars in the world migrated to US law schools from abroad because U.S. law schools offered opportunity and stature. Very qualified students entered law school with aspirations to change the world. Law schools built "amazing" buildings with broad professional functionality. Law schools offered "stunning" services to students.
He suggested that dozen of current law schools now offer an education equal to the education offered only by the top 10 schools 25 years ago. I believe that.
thought as much.) It came during an era of abundance with readily available student loan money, low default rates, and plenty of jobs for graduates. He said (as closely paraphrased as I can get): "That world is gone. We face dramatic change."
Nov. 23, 2013 Update: For more on the dental school analogy, see http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2013/11/the-dental-school-analogy.html.
Nov. 1, 2014 Update: More on the dental school analogy.


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Little Body, Big Heart
Posted on February 12, 2018
In my new school, I was lucky to stumble upon a D&D group, who invited me out of the kindness of their hearts because I still had no friends. We went to the game shop, and they helped me make a 5e character. The outcome was Erkin the Skald, a Bard already level six so that I was of equal level to the rest of the party.
We were in the city of Odysseus (it was the Dungeon Master's world) which was currently under attack by Minotaurs. They found me running from a group of the beast-men, which we all managed to take down while barely suffering a scratch.
We traveled on and spotted some more of the marauders killing people. Being of all good alignment (except the Warlock, he was just a jerk) we jumped in. I had the highest initiative, so I went first.
Now, let me explain why Erkin was so amazing. Being a runt, he wasn't even two feet tall. He wore a red v-neck so low it exposed his belly button, black leather pants held up by a loose belt, and a wide-brimmed hat that covered his charming eyes. As a Bard, he had an 18 charisma (lucky roll).
I turned the corner and tried to charm one of the Minotaurs. I rolled a one. It actually made him even more angry.
was a bit duped, and decided to hang back with the Warlock while the Paladin and Rogue took care of the beasties. Then I saw the largest Minotaur in a house nearby. It was huge! So I thought, "Hey, I'm gonna cast a spell on it so that it runs away, making this fight easier!"
I rolled a three.
The beast-man took it as a challenge. It moved and suddenly towered over everything, even it's teammates! Without a second of hesitation, it charged at me. End of turn.
I was freaking out, and had to wait while all the turns went through. The Rogue did his dodging stabs, the Paladin bashed stuff with a hammer, and the Warlock cast eldritch spells. Then it was my turn. I used the only thing I could think of and used the Suggest spell and told it to sleep. Natural 20.
The whole group was quiet. Had the massive Minotaur actually reached us, we would've been finished. Everyone was nearly dead except me, and I only had a lute and a dagger. Everyone teamed up on it and stabbed, bashed, poked, and slammed their weapons into it. It did a lot of damage. I could see the DM slightly freaking out.
When it was the Minotaur's turn, it stood and one-shotted the Rogue, the heaviest hitting character. My turn. I used the Sleep spell. Natural 20 again!
Once more everyone went at it, and we managed to kill the Minotaur. Turns out the thing had seventy-something hit points! Apparently it was supposed to capture us and bring us to the main ship. I still wonder what would have happened if I'd successfully Charmed that Minotaur.


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Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Urban Trawl: West Midlands Metropolitan Area
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I wouldn't say Birmingham is the undisputed second city. Both grater Manchester and the west midlands conurbation have a population of around 2.5 million and economically the cities are close GDP wise with 90bn for Birmingham and Manchester on 85bn.ReplyDelete
Having lived in both Manchester has something called a culture, which seems to be alien here in Brum. It's some like everywhere else in England it feels invisible even the much vaunted jewellery quarter feels just like how someone would design a template for an interesting and unique area of a city. Everything feels so standard it has none of the cockiness of Manchester's buildings or the charming shite but good approach that seems to make Sheffield so uniquely appealing it even feels more soulless than Leeds, the city Adeas ruined.
Birmingham needs to build upon a unique characteristic that the city has. The one that springs to mind is the utter vulgarity of some of its Victorian buildings and the lack or restraint or good taste. Birmingham would be better if it became the most vulgar city on the planet at least then it would be interesting.


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Can we put a 2004 Facelift front end on a 2003 model car???
I've seen guys on the net use the Kits from Autodelta to turn their normal factory GTAs with the
facelift front end. I wanted to know that if I didn't want an Autodelta kit, was it possible to add the
facelift front end of a normal 2004 156 onto mine.
Is yes, what parts do I need??
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Basiclly Dude you are going to have to rebuild the whole front end. I wanted to put the facelift headlamps into myne..... Would have to change the whole front end. Check out alfaowner.com you'll get all the info you need. Remember " Live like you drive, drive like you stole it!!! "
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Aylan, the pope and Pittsburgh
One of the most important images connected to Pope Francis' trip to the United States last week actually happened, from my view, several weeks before his arrival. It was the profoundly tragic and heartwrenching picture of a lifeless 3-year-old boy, Aylan Kurdi, his tiny body dressed in a red T-shirt and long shorts washed up on a beach resort in northeastern Turkey.
The issues that played into his death and the issues that the pope spoke about at every opportunity in his three-city American tour are immigration and the growing refugee crisis. Millions of Syrians and other Middle East groups are fleeing their war-torn countries only to confront closed borders, unscrupulous human smugglers and denied claims for asylum in Europe and North America.
That was the situation with Aylan, his parents and his brother, who were among 23 Syrians in two boats launched from Turkey's Bodrum peninsula and headed to the Greek island of Kos, a way stop on their ultimate destination, Vancouver, Canada. As is the case with many refugees' attempts to reach other countries, the Kurdi family's water crossing ended badly. Aylan's father was the only member of the family to survive when the boat they were in capsized.
As the father of two sons and as the president of a foundation dedicated to improving the human condition in local communities, I am focused on the image of Aylan and how the refugee issue affects all of us in Pittsburgh.
Anyone who spends more than a few days here knows that Pittsburgh was built on the backs of immigrants and refugees who fled poverty and acts of inhumanity over the past two centuries. Based on history alone, I believe we have a moral duty to support the federal government in going beyond the current commitment to accept 100,000 Syrian refugees into the United States through next year. This is a paltry number in comparison to the four million Syrians who have fled to other countries.
And we need to offer Pittsburgh as a welcoming resettlement city.
I know that there is a perfectly logical and cautious argument against Pittsburgh getting involved: the struggles of millions of foreigners, while pitiable, should not be our problem. After all, it is happening an ocean's distance away and we have more than enough problems to solve in our own back yard.
But it is rich irony that the "Not-in-our-back-yard" argument is playing out in many of the same Eastern European countries that saw citizens flee generations ago to Pittsburgh to find freedom and better lives.
The policy of encouraging immigrants to settle here has been central to Mayor Bill Peduto's plan to bring 20,000 new residents to the city over the next decade. He also has joined 17 other mayors across the country – from Allentown to Los Angeles – as signatories on a letter to President Obama promising to welcome and support Syrian refugees in their cities and urging him to raise the number accepted for resettlement. With proper screening and coordination with federal authorities, there is no reason why Pittsburgh couldn't become one of the new hometowns for refugees from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries.
In Pittsburgh, a wide range of organizations have experience in refugee resettlement – from faith-based organizations such as Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh and Jewish Family and Children's Services to the Squirrel Hill Health Center to Allegheny County's Department of Human Services, which was instrumental in temporary resettlement of many New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Once federal and local governments have specific plans to accommodate some of the refugees coming through Europe, we at The Pittsburgh Foundation stand ready to help with the program, as we have in the past. In this case, we will rely on our colleagues in government and the nonprofit sector to advise us on how to be part of what we hope will be an outpouring of support across this region to meet the needs of refugees who resettle here.
The pope has done all of us in this country a service by focusing on the immigrant and refugee experience. He reminds those of us in local philanthropy and government that as our cultural and historical roots have sustained us, now we must sustain others. "We, the people of this continent cannot be fearful of foreigners," he told Congress, "because most of us once were foreigners."
Maxwell King is president and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation


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It's hard to believe that we are nearing our 100th challenge! Check out the sketch for this week at CAS(E) this Sketch by Leigh Penner...
I have a funny feeling that I am eventually going to get sick of the colors of cardstock left on my work table, but I am determined to use it all up! Here is my simple card using cardstock and a stamp.
We would love to have you play along this week at CAS(E) this Sketch, so come on over and join in on the fun!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!


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Newport Bridge in HDRI
Anne M. Young 9/19/2009 10:51:01 PMCongratulations on this great finalist! #1182370
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London gets dog restaurant
We did an April Fool article about a cafe in Shoreditch where you could act like a baby (congrats to those that thought it was real), but sadly, our joke was based on the fact that things like this are all too real.
Now, London is a getting a dog restaurant. And yes, it is in Shoreditch.
Of course, there's some of you who will have applied your own 'serving up dog meat eh? I've been to a few places like that!' joke already, but the Curious Canine Kitchen is an eaterie for hounds, described as a 'Holistic private dining event for four-legged friends'.
Jesus Christ.
Mutts can look forward to a five-course 'The Nature Way Tasting Menu', which has drinks paired with each meal. Your pooch could find itself chowing down on Textures of Tripe with seaweed and kale puree. No really. Or it could wolf down crispy Paddywack with reishi mushroom flaxseed cream and coconut and blueberry chia pudding with gluten-free cinnamon quinoa dog biscuits.
The dribbling humans will get a treat too, being served up a 'Rawsome tasting menu', which is an array of raw whole food amuse-bouche and whatnot, all based around the things your dog's being scarfing down.
Of course, you'll be able to take any leftovers home in a doggie bag. £20 a ticket to you and your farting friend. Find out more here.
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- Georgina B.What a wonderful and creative idea especially as the money will be going to a great cause, helping the street dogs and cats at Amazon Cares in Iquitos, Peru. I hope there will be more like this in the future.
- Squirty B.Amazon Cares? Why don't they pay their fair share of taxes then?


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Publication Date: May 6, 2014
Publisher: HarperTeen
Series: The Selection #3
Pages: 323
Genre: Dystopian
Synopsis: The time has come for one winner to be crowned.
When she was chosen to compete in the Selection, America never dreamed she would find herself anywhere close to the crown—or to Prince Maxon's heart. But as the end of the competition approaches, and the threats outside the palace walls grow more vicious, America realizes just how much she stands to lose—and how hard she'll have to fight for the future she wants.
Review: This is one of the most frustrating series I have ever read. It is ridiculous and shallow and more of a romance than a dystopian...but it is insanely addictive. Seriously, the entertainment value is high. Every time I read one of these books, I was completely enamored. Of course, when I actually look back and notice the many, many flaws, it doesn't seem to great, but I stand by the fact of how fun these books are to read.
As a series finale, The One is pretty satisfying. The series isn't too deep, it focuses more on the romance between Maxon and America than the rebels and dystopian society, and that becomes even more apparent in The One. Thankfully, in this last book, the fate of the government and castes becomes a larger issue. More is revealed about the Northern and Southern rebels in this book, though it did sort of feel like too little too late. I wish there were more background on the fall of the USA and he rise of the new monarchy. The world isn't fleshed out too much, and that doesn't change drastically here. The conflicts are glossed over with parties and drama, as per usual, only the dilemmas in The One have a grander affect, it being the last in the series and all. The Selection ends and the love triangle loses a side. If a bit too neatly and perfectly, this book ties up nicely.
I have never been blown away by the writing, and this series has never been one known for the in-depth word building or characterization. It's a lot of telling, not showing. The characters lack subtlety and depth, as does the society they live in. One of the main issues is a lack of driven plot or certain antagonist. It is a little wishy-washy, and has even been related to The Bachelor. I cannot say I disagree. It is certainly as amusing as a decent reality TV show.
America Singer is one of the most exasperating characters I have ever read about. She is president of the procrastination club and constantly makes rash decisions, because she also happens to be queen of bad ideas. She seems to be quite smug, though she makes so called 'selfless' choices, which makes me feel like she does it to make herself feel better about herself. Maxon is okay, I suppose, if a little too perfect. And as for Aspen, I don't have too many strong feelings toward him either. Actually, none of the characters really stand out to me. Even the King, made out to previously be sadistic and powerful ruler, but turns out to be more of a disagreeable child who gets everything he wants. However, I enjoy Celeste much more in this book than the previous two. She stops acting so...bitchy (and no, I couldn't think of a better word) and more like an actual person with actual human feelings.
How the love triangle resolves seems a little shaky, but I always expected America to end up with who she did end up with (no spoilers, I swear). Like Twilight, really, because though there was Team Edward and Team Jacob, did you ever really expect Bella to end up with Jacob? Not really. The same in The One, it is predictable, but not in any way displeasing.
Over all, The One is exactly as it is expected to be, fast-paced, gripping, and totally entertaining. I like the series in general, but if you want a fantastic, beautifully written, complex dystopian, look elsewhere.
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Roland Aeschlimann's production is a mystical mishmash of colour symbolism and Christian, Buddhist and Pagan imagery which doesn't tell us what to think but is too much of a jumble to stimulate reflection.
The set is pared down to a collection of abstract shapes: Venetian blinds in the background for Monsalvat, a suspended disc for the Grail hall which doubles up as the backdrop for Klingsor's castle in Act II, and rows of painted Buddha figures for Kundry to unwrap in Act III. A register of the Grail knights is printed on the raked stage apron, but apart from Kundry briefly trying to scrub off the name of Amfortas it plays no part in the action.
Parsifal's entrance and scolding got things moving after a static start to Act I, but the Personenregie could have gone much further and still not have strayed far beyond the letter of the text. In Scene II the Grail Knights enter cloaked in vast tubes and leave us with no doubt as to how rigidly they are set in their ways when they park them on the stage with thudding firmness. An alphabet soup graphic is projected onto the suspended disc, which shifts when Amfortas raises a mirror, revealing a Stargate portal with something indistinct glittering at its finite point. Adding to the puzzling accumulation of all things symbolically loaded is that the mirror projects an image of the Turin Shroud.
Musically things were excellent (who knew Ulf Schirmer had it in him?), so do click through to Bachtrack to read the rest. The production wasn't all that bad and I thought the ending was strong, but the Konzept was lacking in what one might describe in German as 'klare Vorstellungen' (which absolutely doesn't mean spelling things out, far from it). The entire opera also took place behind a full-stage scrim, which soon got annoying as Aeschlimann's use of colour isn't that sophisticated and the stage is so dimly lit it was less like watching a live show than something which transferred poorly to video sometime around the mid-1970s.
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mPhase Advances Superhydrophobic Coatings
|(Nanowerk News) mPhase/AlwaysReady, Inc. announced today that it has advanced the art of coating nanostructured surfaces leading to improvements in the mPhase/AlwaysReady Smart NanoBattery technology. By chemically treating the surface of its nanostructured membrane to make it repel water or other organic liquids, the company is able to match electrolyte and electrode chemistry and improve performance of its Smart NanoBattery.
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|If you would like to attend the demonstration in NYC this Thursday please contact Gerard Adams, Managing Director of Investor Relations. (973-256-3737 x105 or via email at [email protected]).
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|mPhase Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL), through its wholly owned subsidiary AlwaysReady, Inc., is focused on developing and commercializing a new battery technology based on a well-patented phenomenon known as electrowetting, which provides a unique way to store energy and manage power that will revolutionize the battery industry. For more information please visit our website at www.mPhaseTech.com.
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BEAVERCREEK, Ohio – The Beavercreek Township firefighters beat the police by 19 votes in the fourth annual "Battle of the Badges Blood Drive" Monday, Aug. 28 at Peace Lutheran Church. But when it came down to the joy of helping others, one vote proved more valuable than the rest.
An anonymous donor added a simple message to her ballot. She voted for the firefighters and wrote, "Thank you BFD for saving my son's life."
"There were tears involved when we saw this," said Pat Cochran, who organized the Battle of the Badges with BTFD Auxiliary volunteers and Peace Lutheran Church blood drive coordinator Dan Jessup. She said it was also gratifying to hear donors talk about their blood donations to Community Blood Center being sent to Texas to help with the Hurricane Harvey relief effort.
"We got it back!" said Pat. "This is so worth the effort. Some of the blood collected today will be processed and sent to Texas. What good timing this is. This is the America I know. The one where we have one another's back."
The Battle of the Badges totaled 101 donors, including 13 first-time donors and 88 blood donations for 110 percent of the collection goal. "I'm very pleased," said Dan Jessup. "More than 100 donors is not a bad day!"
The firefighters revenged last year's loss by a 52-33 vote count. After making his donation Monday Chief David Vandenbos predicted the outcome. "You can quote me, the fire department won! That's how confident I am."
"I do this every year," said Beavercreek donor Deniece Chin. "Last year I voted for the fire department, so this year I'll voter for the police. I'm just a happy resident of Beavercreek, so happy they have this."
"I think about the people (flood victims) in Houston, they're going to need blood," said donor Teresa Zubeck. "It's so easy to do, it doesn't hurt. We have a great fire department and police department. If I could I'd vote for two of them."
Chief Vandenbos' wife Toni is an auxiliary member and also donated Monday. She joined the volunteers in serving chili made by Beavercreek Township Chili Contest winner Jan Shultz to the donors. Donor Sue Kirby sat beside police and fire supporters at the Donor Café and said, "It's hard to decide, I've got one on either side!"
Beavercreek Police Officer Joel Diaz was able to take time from his patrol schedule to donate. His vote was one of the last of the day. It wasn't enough to help the police defend the "Battle of Badges" title, but he had no regrets about the outcome.
"They're good guys," he said of his friendly rivals at BTFD. "We go at each other, but at the end of the day we love each other, whether they admit it or not!"


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Monday, August 19, 2013
Happy Birthday 3D Box
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