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Over the course of Fall semester, Honors courses asked their students to reflect on their experience with the COVID-19 Pandemic. During winter break, we compiled all these responses into a short book, 'Light at the end of COVID'. It is available for free on Scribd:
The book collects Honors students' experiences in a variety of forms, from reflections to rants, powerpoint presentations to poetry, and from memes to the moving. Each is an authentic expression of the experience of our students during the COVID pandemic.

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text: June 7, 2010 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamIndoor RowingRowing & RegattaPartners#YourStoriesArchive Henley Royal Regatta and Marlow Regatta Rowing Community Marlow Regatta Entries for Marlow Regatta, which takes place on Dorney Lake on 19th & 20th June, will close at 20:00 on Wednesday 9th June.ADVERT The full list of accepted entries will be published on Friday 11th June and the draw will take place on the evening of Monday 14th. Also please note that Novice 8+ and 4+ for open and women's crews are being offered for the first time on the Sunday. Henley Royal RegattaThe official Close of Entries will be 20 hours earlier this year. The Close of Entries will be 6.00 p.m. on Monday 14th June 2010. General Rule 15 on Substitution allowed 50% of the crew and the cox to be changed for a further eight days after the Close of Entries. This Rule has been amended to extend this period to nine days after the Close of Entries so that there will be no change to the moment in time when the composition of the crew has to be finalised. For full event details visit the Henley Royal Regatta website ADVERT Share: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ Mail


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A true icon left us this week. Basketball legend Elgin Baylor passed away at age 86, and perhaps the living connection to the origins of the modern game has been cruelly severed.
Baylor's playing career speaks for itself. "The Rabbit," as he was known, is recognized as the greatest athlete to ever come out of Washington, D.C., a product of Phelps Vocational and then Spingarn High School. This was a time of racial segregation in the D.C. school system, and Baylor's genius with the basketball was so undeniable that in 1954, he was the first Black player to ever be named to the Washington All-Metropolitan first-team.
In high school, at the University in Seattle, and in a professional career of near-unparalleled dominance, Baylor put up numbers more at home in a video game than a box score. He averaged 27 points per game in his NBA career, third-highest in history. One year, he averaged 38 points. In another, 20 rebounds. But his legacy goes beyond statistics. Baylor changed the way the game was played. Today, we take for granted the image of an NBA wing playing above the rim, gliding effortlessly to the hoop, hanging in the air to create space in an act that takes sports into the realm of art. That's the legacy of Baylor, who at just 6'5″ changed the game like few others. In the moves of everyone from Dr. J to Michael Jordan to LeBron James, you can witness the faded imprint of Elgin Baylor. Or as longtime Washington Post columnist Thomas Boswell wrote succinctly, Baylor "plays every night in every gym in the world."
Baylor's legacy goes well beyond the basketball court. He changed history in 1959 when as a mere rookie he went on a one-man strike, refusing to play in a neutral-site game for the Lakers in segregated Charleston, W.Va., when he learned that he and his Black teammates could not stay at the all-white hotel with the rest of the team. "I love basketball. I like playing in the league very much," he said, "but not at the expense of my dignity." There are no words for the firestorm this caused. His Lakers boss, Bob Short, and the NBA commissioner at the time, Maurice Podoloff, were aghast. The city of Charleston was set to lose a ton of money by not having the star rookie of basketball play there. Eventually, his two Black teammates took the court, but Baylor would not be moved. As he said to his white teammate "Hot Rod" Hundley, who was from Charleston, "Rod, I'm a human being, I'm not an animal put in a cage and let out for the show." Baylor's stance may have led to a great deal of criticism, but that didn't come from all corners. The Black press offered unequivocal support.
As Professor Lou Moore wrote,
because Baylor fought back, the Black press hailed him as a civil rights hero. Black sportswriters understood the implications of Baylor's move. For the first time since the mass Civil Rights Movement in the South, a star Black athlete in the prime of his career joined the fight…. The Black press was waiting for an athlete like Baylor to take a stand. In short, the Black press believed they had finally found their next Jackie Robinson. For them, Robinson represented the model for Black athletes; a fighter on and off the field who never backed down to Jim Crow. And with Baylor in the prime of his career, the Black press hoped that this activism would be the new model for Black athletes. In many ways, Baylor's boycott was the bolt other Black athletes needed to get involved. The next decade would see a number of boycotts, or proposed boycotts, at the college and pro levels from Black athletes. Like Baylor before them, all of these athletes were willing to risk their careers to improve society.
Baylor's stance, the financial muscle it demonstrated, and the media support he received, led Podoloff—who overcame his initial shock to support Baylor—and the NBA in quick order to announce that they would no longer schedule games in places that held segregated accommodations. It was the first time the league had ever stepped out politically to say that it needed to be more than a profit-machine and to actually stand with the Black players who were starting to be central to the league's popularity. Last year, when the NBA had Black Lives Matter imprinted onto the court, or when LeBron James said that he refused to shut up and dribble, that traces back directly to the legacy of Baylor. When the Milwaukee Bucks went on strike and withdrew their labor after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, that also traces directly back to Baylor.
It's remarkable to me that an athlete who was so ahead of his time, on the court and off, is as forgotten as Baylor. One reason was that he was humble to a fault. As his old friend Jerry West said, "He never, never called attention to himself. He was just infectious, quiet and stately off the court."
If nothing else, his death should be a reminder that he belongs in the firmament of the all-time icons, both on and off the court. In a world bereft of heroes, Elgin Baylor built a pedestal of solid granite, and a legacy that stands as an example for all of us, whether or not we've ever picked up a basketball.


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THE client is 50 years old and has two grandchildren living with her who are still teenagers in high school. She is married but separated. She is not divorced from her husband. They still live in the same house but they no longer treat each other as husband and wife. She takes care of her two grandchildren because her daughter cannot take care of them.
The girl has her own problems and lives alone and is unable to take care of her two children let alone herself. So the client took on the responsibility of raising her daughter's son and daughter. She shares the rent with her husband and they cover their own expenses. Pretty much, they have separate lives.
She works in the health sector as a certified practical nurse and earns $3,500 per month. This is not enough for a family of three with two teenagers. She has a 2014 Camry that she bought used and is still paying $260 a month with three years to go. When she came to see me, she told me she owed $60,000 in credit cards and was thinking of consolidating them. I said why? Obviously, she can't afford to pay $1,900 a month in minimum payments every month to keep $60,000 worth of cards up to date. Maybe the consolidator might be able to reduce that a bit to $1,500 with lower interest and a negotiated payment plan with their creditors. If she was making $12,000 a month, she might be able to set aside $1,500 a month, but that's the real world, not a fantasy world.
Now, with $3,500 gross per month, his net take home pay is around $3,000. That's really not much and barely enough to pay rent, food and other living expenses for a household of three.
So, I advised him to file for Chapter 7 and wipe out the entire $60,000 in credit cards. "Start over debt-free," I told him. It's the right decision. She was nervous. I told him not to worry because it was the right thing to do. We went through his phone hearing last week with the Chapter 7 trustee. He asked for more documents at the hearing, but said if those documents were submitted before the next hearing scheduled for next week, he would withdraw just the matter of the calendar next week if he had no questions about the documents.
Today I informed her that the trustee called to inform her that he had no more questions and that the hearing was over and there was no need to appear next week because he took that off the schedule. She then informed me that her hours had been reduced by the hospital and her salary had gone down and that she felt really lucky that she had not opted for consolidation and instead got instant relief with l Chapter 7 case. She had nothing to pay on the $60,000 credit cards and she kept all of her assets. With her reduced income, consolidating $1,500 was a very, very big burden for her and her family.
She said she also felt lucky to have been tasked with providing home care to patients instead of caring for patients in hospital, as there were many cases of COVID-19 in her hospital. and she was afraid of getting sick. If anything happened to her, her grandchildren would have no one to turn to and they still wouldn't be able to take care of themselves. Her eldest grandson at 15 worked part-time after school at a local restaurant, but was made redundant when the restaurant had to close due to almost no business due to the lockdown.
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It was a cold night in the city of the Chicago but a full house came out to see the advanced screening of THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. On its face you knew this was something special from the trailers and itsstars Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt.
This movie is a must for an Oscar nomination and if you are like me, and like to see those nominated films come Oscar night this is a must see. I would not surprised to also see many nominations for those starring and appearing in supporting roles.
It is interesting to me that someone selected this story for the big screen, it is definitely a bit unusual. The result was a beautiful movie, with a mesmorizing soundtrack but with a very slow pace. There are no surprises which contributes to the long feel but is was lovingly crafted and certainly one of the best films this year. We will all have to go back and pick up a copy of the short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald to see how this was adapted for the big screen.
24/8 would love to hear from you if you were present at the screening. If you did not have the chance to see a trailer or the movie, you can visit the office website, www.bejaminbutton.com.
We are so thankful to be part of this experience and look forward to the next one.
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Mojca Vilfan: Artificial Life at Low Reynolds Number
Artificial Life at Low Reynolds Number
Mojca Vilfan
J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
Motion of microorganisms in water is governed by the hydrodynamics of low Reynolds numbers. In this regime, viscosity prevails over inertia and time-reversible motion does not generate net displacement. In order to move, microorganisms must break the symmetry by performing non-reciprocal motion. Inspired by living microorganisms, in the past decade several artificial microswimmers have been either proposed theoretically or demonstrated experimentally. I will discuss some of the mechanisms that enable swimming at low Reynolds numbers and present experimental realisations of two types of magnetically actuated microswimmers. Their swimming mechanisms will be explained and the characteristic parameters compared to the predictions of numerical simulations.
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Imagine a life where you are tied to a short chain, and your shelter is a dog house that is too small to stand up. A neglected dog lived this life for six years before being rescued.
Takis operates an animal rescue in Crete, Greece, and he got a call from a woman concerning a deathly thin dog who was chained up and needed his help. He started Takis Shelter when he noticed how many malnourished animals there were in his area. Takis refused to ignore what was happening to the animals, and he devoted his life to rescue and care for the animals. As of now, he is caring for more than 300 dogs, six goats, 50 cats, and two sheep.
Takis went to the dog's home and convinced her owner to hand her over. He approached the dog slowly since she was afraid and was barking at him. After all, no human has ever shown her kindness before.
She shrank back to her small dog house, still scared. Takis noted the dog's long nails and thin body.
He softly told her that they would be friends. The dog finally realized that Takis was there to help.
After the dog went out of the dog house, Takis saw that her back legs weren't right. He initially thought she was born this way, but he found out that the dog had been chained up since she was 2-months-old.
He removed the dog, now named Libby, from her chain and took her to a carrier. Libby was now free and never to be chained up again.
Libby realized she was free and began running around the shelter.
A little while after getting to the shelter, she began wagging her tail play with the other dogs. Her eyes began shining again, and she found a purpose when she saw and interacted with the abandoned pups.
Libby became a mom to the pups, and they still play with each other even after growing up. She is now living happily and healthily and will be free in the shelter.
The dogs at the Takis Shelter can be adopted, but only if the adopters will come to the shelter. Takis won't ship an animal because he wants to assure that they won't be hurt again.
Dog Chained Up For 6 Years Is Free For The Very First Time
Dog chained up for 6 years is free for the very first time 🙏
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Admit it or not, once we have gotten some cash from our hardwork, we wanted to spend it into something that satisfies our wants. Yes, wants. Even though we don't need those things, the thought of working hard to have money always makes us want to savor the privillege that it brings.
Just like now, I have a few dollars in my Paypal and I just can't seem to decide on how to spend it. Considering that it amounts to about 600 pesos only, I still want to enjoy the fruit of my hardwork and so I searched for online shops in Tumblr –because my money is still in Paypal and I don't have the means to withdraw it yet– and saw a couple of intersting sites that offer the products that I am actually looking for. Accessories, notebooks, bags, costumized thingies and this Super Junior bracelet here. Ugh!
BUT as I was about to choose and fill up the order forms, an invisible force keeps me from doing so. I guess I am not that ready just to spend and spend the money that I saved for I am just starting and there's still a part of me that gives importance to needs rather than the wants.
Well, maybe if I am earning big already, I'll be able to buy the stuff that I want. Like my blogger friends out there who seem to own all the cute stuff in the world. They are my inspiration actually.
I'll just work even harder! 🙂


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Focus: Beauty, Peace, Gentleness
We join our voices with Rumi and Nicholas Black Elk.
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Two Bioregion Reparation Fund grants were awarded this year to the Thumb Land Conservancy and to the Friends of the St. Clair River.
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May 17, 2022: Dan Rhein and Sr. Concepcion Gonzalez enjoy a spring visit to the Bidwell Sanctuary in Burtchville Township, Michigan.
- The Earth Community is an interconnected web of life.
- Life within the web is sustained by diversity.
- Every creature in the web deserves respect.
- Justice and peace are integral to the life of the web.
- Compassion toward all leads to healing and reconciliation.
- Creation tends toward communion whose ultimate expression is love.
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This time of year our garden is always bursting with blooms, but this year has been a little different. Due to a very mild winter, everything bloomed much earlier than usual. Plants that normally cover themselves with blooms in June began blooming in May. Oakleaf Hydrangeas are particularly beautiful this year. I believe they all have a bloom cluster at the end of each and every stem.
I have never seen the species Hydrangea quercifolia in my garden so beautiful as they are now. I dug these from my brother's property in Beulah, Alabama.
Snowflake Hydrangea is gorgeous with its pure white double bloom clusters. This plant always reminds me of my good friend Laura who was with me when I purchased it. Laura suffered from cancer that was overtaking her body. Time spent with her was precious. We spent the day touring Wilkerson Mill Gardens in the little town of Chattahoochee Mills, Georgia. The kids loved it, as did we. We bought several plants that day, which have thrived in our garden. So if you get a chance to see the garden and nursery there, I highly recommend it.
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice' has sprawled all over the place and will have to be cut back for rejuvenation. However, her blooms are large and fragrant. The fragrance was a surprise to me, but now I understand why the bees love Alice Hydrangea so much.


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Joe Wiles: Personal fitness trainer
John Penney
Poughkeepsie Journal
Joe Wiles, 44, Marlboro
Personal fitness trainer, Wiles Fitness
"It's more than just one-on-one; I want to have a bigger impact on health in our area."
Wiles also serves as chairperson of the Town of Marlborough Recreation Department and runs boot camps and started a fitness club.
"People are becoming more proactive when it comes to taking care of their own health. The economy is not affecting health care; it's affecting sick care."
Health care involves modifying your diet, staying physically fit and getting the proper sleep, he says. "If you live the lifestyle in the proactive manner, then the sick care isn't quite as significant."


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The Economics of Online Crime
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The Economics of Online Crime
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Tyler Moore, Richard Clayton and Ross Anderson, The Economics of Online Crime, 23 J. Econ. Persp. 3 (2009). Web
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This paper will focus on online crime, which has taken off as a serious industry since about 2004. Until then, much of the online nuisance came from amateur hackers who defaced websites and wrote malicious software in pursuit of bragging rights. But now criminal networks have emerged -- online black markets in which the bad guys trade with each other, with criminals taking on specialized roles. Just as in Adam Smith's pin factory, specialization has led to impressive productivity gains, even though the subject is now bank card PINs rather than metal ones. Someone who can collect bank card and PIN data, electronic banking passwords, and the information needed to apply for credit in someone else's name can sell these data online to anonymous brokers. The brokers in turn sell the credentials to specialist cashiers who steal and then launder the money. We will examine the data on online crime; discuss the collective-action aspects of the problem; demonstrate how agile attackers shift across national borders as earlier targets wise up to their tactics; describe ways to improve law-enforcement coordination; and we explore how defenders' incentives affect the outcomes.


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Once upon a time in another decade called the '90s a little girl got a gift called a Caboodle. This could only mean one thing: Her mom was going to let her wear make-up. Her face lit up at the possibilities, and she went to work on filling that Caboodle to the brim with lip gloss, eye shadow, and mascara. She also threw in some hair ties and hair products to boot. That girl was me. If you need a visual, watch Jennifer Garner in one of my favorite movies, 13 Going On 30.
Oh, if this Caboodle could talk. It got me through boyfriend breakups, high school band competitions, four proms, college dorm room living, and even my wedding day.
According to their website, Caboodles were created after seeing Vanna White, hostess of the popular game show, Wheel of Fortune, carrying her beauty supplies around in a tackle box. This just could not be. Thus a cute, hip, and fashionable storage container was born.
Fast forward to 2017, and I am proud (and perhaps astonished but never embarrassed!) that my Caboodle has held up and continues to be used to store things today, although not my Dr. Pepper Lip Smacker and bright blue eye shadow (what was I thinking?). Nope.
Now that I have children and am a stay-at-home mom who is never at home, I have found five other uses for my Caboodle.
To be honest, this is what I use my Caboodle for 95% of the time. It is a lifesaver when traveling. I am able to stuff it full of OTCs, prescriptions, and bandages. When I went away to college, my mom stuffed it up as a First Aid Kit, complete with gauze and medical tape.
Snacks/Travel Kit
I've tried sturdy buckets and cute little cloth baskets, labeled with each of my children's names, but when it comes down to it, they all had the same problem: Stuff would eventually fall out. The items were not enclosed. A Caboodle is perfect for packing art supplies, snacks, and books for road trips.
Miniature Toys
Our two foster littles are obsessed with Shopkins. To be honest, my own daughter was never into them, so I had no idea how much they would take over our home. Everywhere I look there's a Shopkin. A Caboodle provides a quick fix for those miniature rubber whatevers or even other little toys or figures.
Arts and Crafts
Does your home ever start to look like a crayon factory? Like Crayola just set up shop right in the middle of your dining room? A Caboodle is the perfect place to store crayons, markers, and other art supplies like glue, paint, and stamps.
We have a puzzle and game closet in our basement that has gotten a little out of control. Our family loves board games and piecing together puzzles, so we have quite a few. A Caboodle can serve as a great storage container for random timers, dice, or game pieces as well as card games, which tend to get thrown all over the place or lost.


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Scientists have developed an automated tool for mapping the movement of particles inside cells that may accelerate research in many fields, a new study in eLife reports.
The movements of tiny molecules, proteins and cellular components throughout the body play an important role in health and disease. For example, they contribute to brain development and the progression of some diseases. The new tool, built with cutting-edge machine learning technology, will make tracking these movements faster, easier and less prone to bias.
Currently, scientists may use images called kymographs, which represent the movement of particles in time and space, for their analyses of particle movements. These kymographs are extracted from time-lapse videos of particle movements recorded using microscopes. The analysis needs to be done manually, which is both slow and vulnerable to unconscious biases of the researcher.


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2015 Research Highlights
At one of the world's leading research hospitals for children, Johns Hopkins clinicians and researchers continue to break new ground in the study of childhood disease and injury, developing tomorrow's best hopes for healing and cures. A few research highlights from 2015:
Re-Growing Gut Lining
A new study in dogs brings researchers closer to creating an implantable intestine as replacement therapy for a range of devastating disorders in humans - including infections, cancer and trauma - that result in loss or death of gut tissue.
Successful Treatment of Drug-Resistant TB in a Child
Specialists successfully treat and put in remission a child with a highly virulent form of tuberculosis known as XDR TB, or extensively drug-resistant TB. The case, researcher Sanjay Jain says, provides the first detailed account of a young child in the U.S. diagnosed and treated for this form of TB.
Center for Intestinal Rehabilitation and Cure Using Science (CIRCUS)
A new center opens for the care of children with short bowel syndrome/intestinal failure, and research continues to improve existing bowel function and develop artificial intestines.
Lithium Safe, Effective for Children with Bipolar Disease
This multicenter study of young patients with bipolar disorder provides what may be the most scientifically rigorous demonstration to date that lithium — a drug used successfully for decades to treat adults with the condition — can also be safe and effective for children.
Rethinking the Epidemic of Asthma
Urban living may be overrated as a risk factor for asthma, researchers find. A study of more than 23,000 U.S. children reveals that income, race and ethnic origin may play far more potent roles in asthma risk than children's physical surroundings.
Key Target Revealed for Therapy of Aggressive Pediatric Brain Cancer
Working with cells taken from children with a very rare but ferocious form of brain cancer, scientists have identified a genetic pathway that acts as a master regulator of thousands of other genes and may spur cancer cell growth and resistance to anticancer treatment.
Ending Health Barriers to Academic Success
A new research endeavor – the Ruth and Norman Rales Center for the Integration of Health and Education – is designed to help Baltimore City schoolchildren from economically disadvantaged communities achieve their full academic potential, with a boost in their overall health.


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There are multiple ways of how you can remodel your room to give it a modern look.
Below, we've compiled a list of how you can redesign your bedroom into a better one.
Here's How You Can Remodel Your Room into a Modern One
Choose Subtle Colors
If there are no colors in your room, you need to consider choosing one and paint your walls with that color. However, it is advisable to choose subtle colors to make your room look brighter and modern. For example, you can select colors like light pink, light blue, or beige.
Add More Cushions
You can consider adding more cushions and display them on your bed. This will provide a modern and cozier look to your bedroom.
Use Light-Colored Bed Sheet Cover
You can consider purchasing a four-piece set of bed cover sheets. This will make your room look cozier. However, it's advisable to opt for a light-colored bed sheet cover.
Add Wall Paintings
You need not forget about adding some wall paintings to give your room a more esthetic look.
Remove Unnecessary Furniture and Items: Get More Space
It does not matter if your bedroom is big or small; there is always room to make it look more spacious. Therefore, you need to consider removing unnecessary furniture and items from your room to give it more space.
Add More Warm Lights
You need to add more warm lights to make your bedroom look cozier. You can easily purchase them on websites like Amazon or eBay. Hanging and LED lights are incredibly trending these days.
Keep Clean and Unmessy
After having done all the mentioned above things to your bedroom, you need to ensure that at all times your bedroom is clean and unmessy. A messy and unclean room always gives the feeling of having an antique room instead of a modern one.


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Thank you for participating in Novartis' and Upgraded's Call for Solutions to improve patient journeys!
Thank you for participating in Novartis' and Upgraded's Call for Solutions to improve patient journeys!
Big thank you for all companies that participated in Call for Solutions to improve patient journeys during June 2020!
In early June, Novartis, in collaboration with Upgraded, opened a call for solutions to Upgraded community members to help improve patient journeys. We received multiple interesting proposals to co-create a solution that could help the patients, thank you for everyone who participated! Novartis will now evaluate the proposals further, contact the participating companies and agree on the next steps. Potential collaborations and best solutions will be published and presented at the Health100 event on October 7th 2020.
With this initiative, Novartis aims to increase the collaboration with health and wellbeing startups to support the patients, offering a possibility to collaborate with the treating healthcare unit and professionals. Novartis looks forward to fruitful partnerships and is open for patient benefitting innovation proposals!


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Perhaps you're a more left-sided brain type of person. You can't help but wonder if there are scientific benefits to massages. You're not alone.
Today, I'll present a list of benefits that come from receiving a massage.
According to American Massage Therapy Association(AMTA), 72 percent of people claimed to receive a massage because of medical or stress related reason. These include:
- Pain relief
- soreness
- stiffness or spasms
- injury
- migraines
- general well-being
72 percent is a pretty convincing amount of massage recipients who believe in the benefits of a massage. So yes, there are a ton of benefits to getting a massage.
Let's dive deeper into the benefits one by one.
Relieve Stress
Stress is our body's way of handling change. Through evolutionary measures, our bodies realized we need to react to this sudden change by either confronting or running away also known as fight-or-flight response. During this state, our bodies release chemicals into our blood. It's not necessarily a bad thing but for our case we'll only refer to the negative effects continuous stress has on our bodies.
So how does a massage relief stress?
Decreases Heart Rate
While stress increases heart rate to ready the body for action, massages do the exact opposite. Clinical research has shown that both your systolic and diastolic blood pressure is reduced in a mere 1 and 1/2 hour massage.
When your body is tense and your muscles are contracted, it's hard for the blood in your veins to flow properly to your heart. When a masseuse or a masseur is kneading your body, tensions dissolve leaving you in a relaxed state of being.
Decreases Cortisol
Cortisol is your body's main stress hormone; it's like an alarm for your body.
You know that feeling when your alarm wakes you up in the morning? Now imagine being woken up twenty times a day. It sounds stressful doesn't it?
So, in order to decrease stress, you need to decrease cortisol. Massages does just that.
A research done by the International Journal of Neuroscience(IJN) indicates 31% of reduction in cortisol level for depressed patients after massage therapy.
Increases Serotonin and Dopamine
Serotonin is a hormone and neurotransmitter often associated with well-being and happiness.
Dopamines are neurotransmitters that are responsible for sending signals from nerve cells to other nerve cells. The death of neurons that produce Dopamine are associated with Parkinsons disease.
In the same research published by the IJN, it reports an average of 28% increase in serotonin and an average 31% increase in levels of dopamine.
Sleep Better
If you or your loved one suffers from insomnia, you know it can take a huge toll on the quality of your life.
Not getting enough sleep is linked to chronic diseases such as heart disease, obesity and depression according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to a study done by AMTA, the group of adults with low back pain that were given massage therapy, as opposed to relaxation therapy, reported significant less pain, depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance.
The National Institute of Health(NIH) conducted a similar experiment with patients who underwent cardiopulmonary artery bypass graft surgery. These are patients that suffered from the narrowing of the coronary arteries–blood vessels that carry essential nutrients to the heart.
In this study, the group given massage therapy reported much less fatigue. The probability(p) or significance level was an astounding 2%! This means that there is a 98% chance that the premise of massages helping one sleep better is true.
It should come as no surprise that many people fall asleep while getting a massage either by a professional or a chair.
Increase range of motion
Range of motion(ROM) is important because a sedentary life– meaning you are not physically active — is not healthy for your body. In fact research has shown that in order to relieve arthritis, one must become more active.
Muscle tightness and restricted ROM is associated with sports injuries. There's a reason why your track coach always stretched before practicing!
In many ways a massage is very similar to stretching but better.
Improves Blood Circulation
Your circulatory system transport nutrients and waste throughout the body. When it isn't working properly, your heart needs to work harder. It's very important to make the job easier for the heart; it is the leading cause of death for men and women.
So how do massage help blood circulation?
In the most simple explanation possible, think of a tube of lotion. The more you press on the end, the more comes out from the opening. A massage has similar effect on the body's blood circulation.
A study done by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago supports this claim. They measured the brachial artery flow mediated dilation(FMD) – a way to measure vascular health – in test subjects. The control group consisted of subjects who just exercised and subjects who just received massages, while the experiment group consisted of exercise and massage.
The result:
- The only exercise group showed reduction in blood flow measured in 90 minutes, 24, 48, and 72 hours
- The exercise and massage- group showed improvement in blood flow based on FMD
- The group that just received a massage showed just as much improvement in blood flow as the exercise-and massage-group
Those are some conclusive results.
Better blood circulation means more vital nutrients for your joints and muscles. In turn, this means better flexibility, mobility, and range of motion.
Relieve Fibromyalgia pain
Fibromyalgia is a disorder that causes muscle pain and fatigue; it is often associated with:
- Sleep problems
- Fatigue
- Tender points
- Migraine
It is estimated that fibromyalgia affects 5 million Americans reported by the National Institutes of Health(NIH).
Based on a study done by NIH, massage therapy lowered disease, pain ratings, and rated fewer tender points.
What types of massages can specifically be used to relieve Fibromyalgia pain?
According to Sharon Muzion, a Registered Nurse at the National Fibromyalgia Chronis Pain Association(NFMCPA) it is an eclectic massage:
[Eclectic massage] combines trigger point therapy and myofascial release technique with relaxation techniques—in other words, long soothing strokes with mild rocking; then when the muscles are warm, a deeper pressure with deeper friction strokes over the knots to break down the fibers, release the toxins, and reduce the pain they create.
The overwhelming choice at zeel.com – the leading massage app – is a Swedish massage. A Swedish massage incorporates more of the western philosophy which heavily takes in consideration anatomy and physiology. The technique includes kneading, long strokes that follow the blood returning to the heart, and circular movements. Overall the goal for a Swedish massage is whole body relaxation and tend to be softer then a deep tissue massage.
A popular vote according to the /fibromyalgia subreddit on reddit is deep tissue massage:
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The Sahara Project
In the old days, the satellite pictures of North Africa were golden yellow all the way across the continent, from the Atlantic to the Gulf. It was the only place on Earth that looked like that. Well, it doesn't look like that any more. Its transformation has been a big job and it isn't finished … More The Sahara Project


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The Launceston Leisure and Aquatic Centre offers Swim and Survive classes endorsed by the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia. Offered to everyone aged from six months, the classes aim to help participants feel comfortable and confident in a range of aquatic environments.
To accommodate ages and experience, there are three levels of Swim School:
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All of our Swim Instructors are qualified and are trained to teach a variety of different levels. All instructors also hold a current CPR certificate, and trained lifeguards are on pool deck during all lessons.
Classes are $18.50 per lesson and payment is made via direct debit fortnightly. Direct Debits run every second Thursday. Our Swim School runs two weeks in advance, therefore you will need to pay a one or two week pro-rata payment to secure your booking. Launceston Leisure & Aquatic does not charge dishonour fees, but please be aware that your individual financial institution may charge a fee if this payment is dishonoured. Leisure and Aquatic reserves the right to refuse entry if fees have not been paid.
We want your child to be able to practice their skills as much as possible, so all current Swim School Students are welcome to visit the Centre at any time for FREE! This free entry applies to the enrolled student only, the appropriate entry fee must be paid for siblings and friends who are not enrolled. Parents must also pay the appropriate entry fee unless your child is under the age of 6.
Classes start from Saturday, 29 January, 2022 and are held every week until Friday, 16 December, 2022.
Classes run as normal during School Holidays, but not on the following Public Holidays:
Wednesday, 23 February - Launceston Cup Day
Monday 14 March - Eight Hours Day
Friday, 15 April - Tuesday, 19 April - Easter Holidays
Monday, 25 April - ANZAC Day
Monday 13 June - Queens Birthday
Thursday 6 October - Launceston Show Day
Monday, 7 November - Recreation Day
If your class falls on one of these days you will not be charged for that class.
It is a condition of entry that all children must be accompanied and actively supervised by a parent or guardian over the age of sixteen while at the Launceston Leisure & Aquatic Centre. Children will not be accepted into lessons if a parent or guardian is absent. Children under 6 years old must have a responsible person within arms reach at all times. If your child is under 3 years we require a parent or guardian over the age of 16 years to be in the water with them during their class. This is for your child's safety and confidence.
All children learn at a different pace and it is important that children are continually challenged in their lessons. Therefore Swim School students will be assessed weekly and will be given the option to progress to the next class level. Sometimes this means changing the time, day or instructor, but this will be discussed on an individual basis. We aim to have all children in classes that suit their abilities.
All students are to wear appropriate swimwear. We suggest students have their own set of goggles and a swimming cap. T-shirts, wetsuits and other street wear is not permitted. We also recommend against wearing board shorts or rash vests, so your child can move freely in the water. All children that normally wear a nappy are required to wear some form of aqua nappy if swimming in a public facility (Public Health Act 1997). Please ensure that your children are suitably attired for the comfort and safety of all patrons. Our swim school students are also entitled to a 10% discount in our swim shop!
Throughout the calendar year students are entitled to four lessons worth of suspensions. Suspensions can be used for holidays, sickness or for any other circumstance that may arise. We encourage you to use these suspensions if your child is sick. You will not be charged for missed lessons relating to long term medical conditions if you are able to supply us with a medical certificate. You must request a lesson suspension using our Online Suspension Form.
Swim School Direct Debit Payments are ongoing until an Online Cancellation Form is submitted to the Centre.
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A review of e-health interventions for maternal and child health (MCH) to explore their influence on MCH practices in sub-Sahara Africa found a total of 18 relevant articles. Findings suggest that there is a need to move the application of ICT for MCH care from pilot initiatives to interventions involving all stakeholders on a sub-regional scale. These interventions should also adopt an integrated approach that takes care of the information needs at every stage along the continuum of care. It is anticipated that the study would be useful in the evolution and implementation of future ICT-based programmes for MCH in the region.
- Lemaire, J., Thouvenot, V. I., Toure, C., & Pons, J. S. (2015). Zero Mothers Die: A Global Project to Reduce Maternal and Newborn Mortality through the Systematic Application of Mobile Health and ICTs. Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 3, e8-1.
- Mackert, M., Guadagno, M., Donovan, E., & Whitten, P. (2014). Including Men in Prenatal Health: The Potential of e-Health to Improve Birth Outcomes. Telemedicine and e-Health.
- Thouvenot, V. I., & Holmes, K. (2015). Women and eHealth 2010–2015: From the Study to the Women Observatory for eHealth. Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 3, e7-1.


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Microsoft Azure Launches Open Sourced Tool For Verifying Ethereum Based Solidity Smart Contracts
Microsoft Azure Launches Open Sourced Tool For Auditing Smart Contracts
A Smart Contract audit is fundamentally the same as a regular code audit – which is meticulously investigating code to find security flaws and vulnerabilities before the code is publicly deployed. It's like testing a bridge before it's opened to the public. In both cases, the builders have a responsibility for the security and safety of their products.
Azure is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. The blog that announced the product says:
"With a vision of fortifying smart contracts in Azure Blockchain, the team found a partner in researchers at Microsoft Research working on advanced techniques for ensuring the correctness of software programs. The collaboration has resulted in VeriSol, a brand-new open-source formal verification tool being developed by the researchers. With VeriSol—short for Verifier for Solidity—developers can begin to express the desirable behaviors of smart contracts written in a subset of the popular Solidity language and then use mathematical logic machinery to rigorously check those specifications against the implementation."
With VeriSol developers can begin to specify and prove the security of their work in ways not feasible before. More traditional testing relies on developers' ability to foresee exactly how a product will be used, an exercise that involves some corner cases being overlooked, as humans can only think of so many different logical test cases. But formal verification automatically identifies the different ways the code could potentially violate a given invariant, including those cases developers can't predict.
Microsoft Principal Researcher Shuvendu Lahiri says:
"We envision empowering not just Azure Blockchain developers and customers, but contributing to a full blockchain ecosystem that is safer and helping people realize the full potential of the technology without being plagued by the costly mistakes in smart contracts."


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We have put together a list of the resources we find most helpful.
Department of Education WA – Support for children and young people
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Codec Error trying to insert an .flv file into PP slide
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First, I used Articulate Encoder to publish an .mp4 file to an .flv file.
Then I opened my .pptx file and tried to insert (Insert/Video) the .flv file onto the slide.
I received the error, "Powerpoint cannot insert a video from the selected file. Verify that the necessary codec for this media format is installed and try again."
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Hi Diane. Welcome to E-Learning Heroes!
Sorry to hear about the trouble you're having with this. Are you inserting the video from the Presenter ribbon, or from PowerPoint, itself? First, make sure you're inserting with Presenter.
Second, make sure that the video is located on your local hard drive. Try not to work with files that are located on any external sources (network drive, USB drive, etc.). Storing the files on external sources is fine if you wish to share content, but when you edit, publish or test files, it's best to work with files located on your hard drive.
Third, make sure you have the correct codecs installed.
1. Please try closing Video Encoder and installing the following codec packs:
K-Lite Codec Pack Full (accept all default installation options)
Media Player Codec Pack (deselect toolbar options during installation)
After downloading these codec packs, kindly restart your machine, then try importing the video in Articulate Video Encoder again.
2 Please make sure this file does not reside on a drive that is heavily fragmented (WinXP/Vista/7) or short on disk space.
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Michigan high school football: Son of Swami tells us who'll win in Week 6
For the most part, the Son of Swami enjoys driving.
His frequent trips to Chicago to see the grandkids are enjoyable, especially with satellite radio.
It is even better when SOS listens to a few episodes of the Tony Kornheiser podcast because Mrs. SOS would prefer jamming knitting needles into her ears than listening to that. She often describes the experience of listening to the podcast as torture.
Hey, after 44 years of marriage, SOS is an expert on torture.
The drive is fine until SOS reaches Chicago's city limits and traffic screeches to a sudden halt, no matter the time of day. On one trip in the early afternoon the light towers at Guaranteed Rate Field, where the White Sox play, were in SOS's side mirror for 45 minutes.
Well, SOS had another Chicago-like driving experience last week when he drove to Lake Orion — again — to see if he was the jinx.
More:MHSAA investigating whether Southfield A&T football used player from Detroit
A couple of weeks prior to that SOS fought horrid traffic conditions to attend a Lake Orion game, but it was postponed because the school lost power.
Expecting a tough ride again, SOS left lovely Allen Park at 4:05 p.m. and headed up Southfield, which was typically slow. SOS switched to the Lodge, which was fine, but Telegraph was even slower than usual.
Then it was on to Square Lake Rd. and the short jaunt to I-75.
Well, I-75 was quite an experience. Exactly when did I-75 become a parking lot?
With I-75 down to two lanes because of construction by invisible construction workers, it took SOS almost an hour to travel 5.8 miles to reach M-24, which was no picnic, either.
SOS finally arrived at his reserved parking space — good parking is everything — at 6:08. That was two hours and three minutes! SOS could have been in Kalamazoo by then.
More:Mick McCabe's Michigan high school football rankings: Week 5
And wouldn't you know it, six plays into the third quarter someone spotted lightning and everyone headed for the hills. After a few more lightning strikes, the remainder of the game was postponed until Saturday night.
But it was finished without SOS, who learned his lesson about driving to Lake Orion.
But at least one good thing came of the trip — SOS received Mrs. Bell's chocolate chip cookies, which are to die for. Almost like a Kornheiser podcast and LaCheeserie.
At least this week SOS won't need to call Waze to find out how long it will take to get to Dearborn Fordson.
Belleville (5-0) at Fordson (5-0), 7, Friday. With all due respect to unbeaten Livonia Franklin, this game should decide the KLAA East title. Belleville pulled out a narrow 29-26 win last season and both teams look even better this season. Once again Fordson will be at a size disadvantage up front and then there is the problem of handling the passing of Tigers QB Christian Dhue-Reid, who has been so impressive. Belle Tire 33, Ford's Son 30.
Midland (5-0) at Mt. Pleasant (5-0), 7, Friday. This is for the Saginaw Valley League Red title. SOS doesn't want to say that these teams are similar, but Midland has outscored its opponents 203-39 while Mt. Pleasant has a 200-38 advantage. SOS has a tip for Mt. Pleasant: Don't kickoff anywhere near Tommy Johnstone, who is a threat to take it to the house every time he touches the ball. Mt. Dismal 24, Chemical Spills 21.
Schoolcraft (5-0) at Constantine (4-1), 7, Friday. Schoolcraft is averaging an amazing 58.2 points a game and there is a lot more to this team than just sensational running back Kobe Clark, who has run for 879 yards on a mere 51 carries. He has also scored 27 touchdowns. Constantine will be the Eagles' biggest test and it has three shutouts so far. SOS makes the over/under line on Clark's touchdowns this week at four. SOS is taking the over. School's Out 47, Constantinople 32.
Iron Mountain (5-0) at Calumet (5-0), 7, Friday. This game is the biggest thing to hit Calumet since . . . well, since the Red Wings played an exhibition game in the Colosseum last week. The only thing that would have made it better was had Free Press legendary hockey writer Helene St. James made an appearance. Unfortunately federal authorities don't permit our Queen of the Ice to travel to the U.P., which makes perfect sense. Izzo's Mountain 34, Calamine Lotion 26.
Hudsonville (4-1) at Grandville (5-0), 7, Friday. The OK Red may be the toughest league in the state this season and Hudsonville will find that out over the next three weeks when it faces Grandville, Rockford and East Kentwood. Both teams are coming off come-from-behind wins and it is difficult for opponents to determine exactly who has the ball for Grandville. Hudsonville has a pair of capable quarterbacks in Brennan Hayes and Ike Irish. Grande Villa 25, Ice Cream 22.
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College Recruiting — Hypocrisy Reigns at Hapsburg State
Some years ago, at a clinic in Santa Barbara, the great football coach, Bear Bryant, was holding forth on the arts and mysteries of recruiting. The hour was late and the bourbon flowing, and Bear was moved to drawl:
"Well, if you got some boys who are good students and have some ability, you send them to Cal or Stanford. But if you have some whiskey-drinking, women-chasing, pool-playing studs who are ath-a-letes, why, you just send them down to ol' Bear to win a championship with!"
Never was the coach's credo more succinctly put. The message was clear: College football is not monastic. It's not even academic. Football players were the mercenaries of our society. They were at the university but not of it.
They led lives as backward as race horses. Their every need was taken care of. They were told when to go to bed, when to get up, what to eat, how to think. Then, they were led out onto the field and expected to perform like the robots they had become.
It was exploitive in the extreme. In ol' Bear's case, he even housed them in separatist dormitories. As if contact with the scholastic community of the school would contaminate them.
In a way, their lifestyles always reminded me of that of cavalry officers in the old Hapsburg Empire. They were spoiled, catered to, revered. They had these fancy uniforms and looked beautiful in their plumed hats and epaulets. They were indulged in their alcoholic or sexual peccadilloes.
They were Europe's loafer class. They were held in reserve for wars. What they did between them was tolerated, winked at.
What is different in today's replay is that our society is shocked when the modern version of these cadets prove to be less than vicar-like in their behavior. College presidents who want victorious teams are less likely to be like the emperors of old and say, "Boys will be boys," than they are to cluck reprovingly when their modern warrior class blows off steam in an antisocial, the law-be-damned way.
Tracy Dodds, of this paper's staff, traced the primrose path trod by one university, Nevada Las Vegas, in its quest of the big time in football, when it set out on the road-to-beating-Wisconsin.
This road led, as is so often the case, through a police blotter. Some of the best varsity runs were not with a football but with stolen stereos or snatched purses.
The University of Miami football team, No. 1 in your hearts and No. 1 in all the polls, has been alluded to in the public prints as the real "Miami Vice" by more than one chronicler.
This is a team of whom a colleague, Edwin Pope of the Miami Herald, once wrote:
Q. What is the first thing a Miami player hears when he gets into a three-piece suit?
A. Will the defendant please rise?
Of whom Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly wrote: "Miami may be the only squad in America that has its team picture taken from the front and from the side."
This is our national champion team in more than one sense.
It is mystifying why college presidents should be so aghast at what they have wrought. They give a coach a contract for a quarter of a million, or income in that bracket, charge him with producing a winning team-and then are shocked when he picks up that team in pool halls or longshore shape-ups instead of seminaries.
Not all coaches are of the Bear Bryant school of recruiting-and not all players are second-story men at heart.
But whose is the hypocrisy? The coach, who knows that his charter is to win or else-else being to lose a millionaire's style of living if he loses to State; the football player, who is taught to play the game at the homicidal level since grade school, or the academician, who wants a winning team at all costs-all costs being the enrolment of even a small percentage of semi-thugs to represent the university?
College professors are charged with inflicting a moral code of ethics on their classrooms and are expected to turn out not only learned, but also upright members of society. But college professors are tenured. And their effectiveness is not measured each Saturday afternoon.
If one of the school's football coaches knew that his job was safe for a lifetime, no matter how many passes his receivers dropped or how many tackles the secondary missed, he might not be so tempted to suit up a guy whose last job was biting the heads off chickens or busting heads in a dance hall brawl.
Frank Merriwell is dead, the way the game is played today. You get football players the same places Jesse James got his gang.
The question is, are the nation's best teams the nation's best teams because they are scofflaws and hell-raisers? Or are the scofflaws and hell-raisers in the spotlight simply because they are on the nation's best teams?
Either way, until they start getting teams from the student body again, we won't know. Until football coaches can be assured they're not more than one blocked punt from going into selling insurance, they will not shrink at suiting up quasi-sociopaths or the Abominable Snowman if he can blitz.
The defendants who should rise are the institutions themselves. The late Bear Bryant did not invent his attitude. The Bear was always good at reading defences. And figuring what the university really wanted from him. He knew he wasn't going to get it recruiting a backfield of Rover Boys but one of Broadway Joes.
Reprinted with the permission of the Los Angeles Times
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Our mission is to empower women of all ages to succeed and prosper — in and out of sports — while entertaining the reader with Jim Murray's wit and hyperbole. An excellent teaching tool for Women's Studies.
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Israelis under fire have found a creative way to contend with a decade of Palestinian terrorism.
Hamas last Monday night and Tuesday unleashed a barrage of some 500 rockets from Gaza aimed at civilian targets, killing one man and wounding 80 Israelis at various locations throughout the south.
Some 150 rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. However, around 25 structures inside Israeli communities were hit by the rockets. Israelis were forced to run for cover while sirens repeatedly blared.
While Israelis remain hopeful that one day the terror will end, they are using psychodrama to overcome the stress of living with the ongoing threat.


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Report: Long Island Has Most Contaminated Drinking Water In New York
According to a New York Public Interest Research Group analysis of EPA data, Long Island has the most contaminted drinking water in the state.
NYPIRG's Environmental Policy Director Liz Moran says Long Island's drinking water contains high levels of harmful contaminants like 1,4-dioxane, PFOS and PFOA. Almost 16 million people drink from the contaminated water.
"The most systems with detections were located on Long Island, and Long Island also had more detections of these contaminants overall compared to the rest of the state."
She says New York State needs to set strict drinking water standards.
"Exposure to 1,4-dioxane, for example, has been linked with liver cancer and chronic kidney and liver impacts – and that's just 1,4 dioxane. PFOA and PFOS have been linked to six different diseases."
Federal law only requires testing in communities of 10,000 residents or more.
NYPIRG found that New York City drinking water is the least contaminated.


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Protecting your home from water damage – whether it is caused by storms, frozen pipes, appliance or HVAC failure or black mold – can be tricky. In some cases, insurance won't cover certain expenses, and with the average claim hovering between $7,000-$10,000, taking precautions is a sound investment.
An affordable, expandable and simple way to add a smart home leak detection system is now available. LeakSmart's Wi-Fi Sensor connects to your smart phone via our free app to send notifications for leak detection, temperature and humidity changes and sensor movement – with no hub required.
Set-up is a simple 3-step process:
- Download the free LeakSmart app and create your account
- Add each sensor to the app by pressing the pairing button and scanning a QR code on each sensor.
- Place the sensors in sensitive areas: basements, kitchens, and other leak-prone areas
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Carpentry equipment
What equipment do carpenters use?
The list could go on and on because all carpenters will need a set of circular saws , grinders, drills, block plane, nail punch set, trimming or utility knife , and so on. It is always important to have the right tool at the right moment.
What Every carpenter needs?
Hammers . Hammers are the most common tools that almost everyone has in their home. Tape measure . Another essential tool to add to your carpenter's kit is a good tape measure . Squares. Bubble Levels . Utility Knife . Marking Tools. Screwdrivers. Circular Saw .
What are the tools in carpentry and their uses?
Hand Tools Claw Hammer . One of the most basic tools of the carpentry trade, a claw hammer will allow you to drive nails with one end and remove them with the other. Tape Measure . Measuring Squares. Chisels. Mallets. Handsaw. Backsaw. Curve Cutting Saw.
What are the basic tools for woodworking?
There are five classes of basic woodworking tools . Those are tools to cut, finish, assemble, measure and hold wooden parts while transforming raw materials into completed projects. In short, the must-have tools for woodworking include the following: Power saws . Hand saws . Planes. Sanders. Files. Hammer. Mallet. Drill.
What is basic carpentry?
Here are some core carpentry skills: General framing — Construct the wooden structure for a building (walls, floors, and doorframes) Build staircases. Concrete formwork — Molds for pouring concrete. Install windows, doors and siding. Install interior finish and trim.
What is the most useful woodworking tool?
Table saw
What is the best carpenter tool belt?
The Best Tool Belt Occidental Leather LG Commercial Electrician's Set. Carhartt Legacy Tool Belt. Gatorback B145 Carpenter's Triple Comob Belt. TradeGear Electrician's Belt. CLC Custom Leathercraft Heavy Duty Suede Construction Apron. Task Tools Carpenter's Apron. TR Industrial Multi-Function Tool Belt.
Is Carpenter a good trade?
Requirements. Anyone who is physically able can be an unskilled construction laborer, but not everyone has what it takes to be a carpenter . If you have the time to put in the work, carpentry can be a good trade for you but it's not the right choice if you can't wait.
What is the meaning of carpentry tools?
Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenters are usually the first tradesmen on a job and the last to leave.
What are different carpentry operations?
Carpentry involves cutting, shaping and fastening wood and other materials together to produce a finished product. Preparation of joints is one of the important operations in wood work. Joinery denotes connecting the wooden parts using different points such as lap joints, mortise and T- joints, bridle joints, etc.
How do I become a carpenter?
Here are the paths you can take: The first route you can take is completing an apprenticeship program. The other way to become a carpenter is to find work as a laborer or as a carpenter assistant and then climb your way up as you gain the skills and experience. You can also take carpentry training by attending classes.
What is the use of carpentry?
Carpenters construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures made from wood and other materials. Carpenters are involved in many different kinds of construction , from the building of highways and bridges to the installation of kitchen cabinets.
Which saw to buy first?
A jigsaw is great for cutting curves and shapes, and it can also be used with a guide to make straight cuts, which is why this is the first power saw you should own. Unless you plan to rip long sheets of plywood, a jigsaw is preferable over a circular saw.
What is the most versatile tool?
Toolbox: Chefs' Most Versatile Tools Chinese Cleaver. Charles Phan, chef and owner of San Francisco's The Slanted Door, loves his Chinese cleaver for its obvious chopping and cutting capabilities. Santoku Knife. Vitamix Blender. Spoon. Tongs. Microplane Rasp.
Can I make a living woodworking?
Salary. Many people engage in woodworking as a hobby or to create a supplemental income, but it is possible to make a full-time living from woodworking . It is important to remember that a full-time living is one that pays the bills, feeds the family, and educates the children.


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The apocalyptic animal of late capitalism / by Laura Elaine Hudson.
Our society suffers from a moral schizophrenia regarding animals. Our moral schizophrenia regarding animals is a reflection of the increasingly schizophrenic society in which we live. The growing power of the animal rights movement in the political realm and the emergence of new theoretical work concerning the role of animals in human society are both responses to this moral schizophrenia that affects not merely animals, but human beings as well. The debate over the place of animals in modern society, and what duties we owe them is played out against increasingly abstract concepts of humanness. Animals appear as representatives of the concrete natural world that is being consumed by the abstraction of human systems of value. Though the debate appears to be about animals, it reproduces the categories of capital that structure our understanding of both ourselves and the natural world. This relationship is overdetermined by the split between concrete use value and abstract exchange value. The separation between the human and the animal that forms the basis of the concept of humanness is mirrored in the constitutive separation between the historical and the natural. If we seem increasingly aware of the need to reevaluate our ideas and our relationships with animals and the natural world, this reevaluation necessitates a simultaneous reevaluation of the social and historical world as well. Animal rights and poststructural theories of the animal both reify animals by either regarding animals as innocent subjects that are fundamentally the same as human beings in those features that initiate moral responsibility, or by regarding animals as representations of the absolutely other that bound any conception of the human. This dissertation is divided into four chapters. The first addresses the issue of animal rights in relation to poststructuralism. The second focuses on the Holocaust and Nazi animal welfare reforms. The third analyzes the children's film Babe to demonstrate how these ideas circulate. The fourth engages with the popular Matrix trilogy as the prime example of the emptiness of the categories of the human and the animal, and the growing sense that history has already ended.
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Autumn is the season of harvest, bright fall colors, sweaters, and pumpkin spice lattes. It is also a reminder that winter is right around the corner. As the amount of sunlight continues to decrease, one might notice her or his energy decreasing as well. This noticeable drop in energy is not uncommon for us living north of the equator. Many also report an increase in sadness, carbohydrate and sweet cravings, as well as withdrawing from physical and social activities.
If you have noticed a few of these changes, you are not alone. Some may refer to the changes in mood that align with the seasons, seasonal affective disorder (SAD). It is hard to know the prevalence of SAD due to unreported cases, undiagnosed SAD, or the co-occurrence of SAD symptoms with other health conditions; however, an article in 2015 written by Sherri Melrose estimated that 9% of Alaskan residents have a SAD diagnosis compared to 1% of Florida residents. The data reported by this article supports the theory that regions in the northern latitude have a higher prevalence of SAD, and sadly, that includes us Minnesotans. Continue reading "Decrease in daylight can cause anxiety about seasonal changes"


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Organize your cards according to those you need most often.
- Measurements W 10 x H 7,5 cm
- Made in Italy
Available leathers
A colored finishing gives this quality a unified appearance, hiding small defects and protecting the leather. This treatment makes leather pleasing to look at and to touch. Beautiful in bright colors.
Closest Pantone reference: 7450 C
Alfa is a finely structured leather, with a silky and smooth touch.
Closest Pantone reference: 5467 C
This quality is vegetable tanned, creating leather with warmth and character. It reveals the unique grain on each hide, showing small marks and insect bites. It will develop a beautiful patina over time.
Closest Pantone reference: Black C


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i see bots
In the future, you won't think this is so weird
Internet of Things (list)
The "Internet of Things" is a big enough topic to deserve its own list of interesting blogs, sites, and a list of "to do" items that I intended to get to. See also the more general list of sites, blots, and vendors in the 'bot space, maintained elsewhere on this blog: https://iseebots.com/lists. This list is a complement to my posts on this topic: October 9, 2010.
News and Analyst sites
- ReadWriteWeb: have a dedicated IoT "channel"
- http://zachshelby.org: "On the Internet of Things: Zach Shelby is a co-founder and Head of Research of Sensinode, a leading IP-based WSN company based in Finland. His vision is that the physcial Internet - The Internet of Things, is the next big frontier in telecommunications." Includes a list of other blogs…
- http://florian-michahelles.blogspot.com: "Mobile Internet of Things Blog"
- http://www.webofthings.com: "It is an alternative vision to what the Web of tomorrow will look like. It's about taking the Web as we know it and extending it so that anyone can plug devices to it. It's basically about giving eyes, ears, and all kinds of sensory appendixes located worldwide to it. It's about seamlessly connecting the physical world with the virtual."
- ReadWriteWeb's list of 10 IoT Blogs to keep an eye on:
Miscellaneous articles
- New York Times: "You Too Can Join the Internet Of Things" (September 20, 2010)
- Trucks at Work: "The Internet of Things" (April 6, 2010)
Sites I intend to spend some time on at some point (but maybe you'll get to them first?) and other to-do items
- What is "6LoWPAN"? "Wireless Embedded Internet"… "Helping the next billion nodes onto the Internet". http://6lowpan.net/
- http://www.webofthings.com/2010/09/11/mashing-up-homes: Looked like an interesting post: "Mashing up our Web-Enabled Homes"
- Watch O'Reilly's keynote on this topic.
- Get some of my own devices to show up on pachube.


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Arctic Convoys, Atomic Age, HMS Belfast, Imperial War Museum, Korean War, London, map, Royal Navy, Ships, Souvenirs, Ticket, World War Two
If you visit H.M.S Belfast keep your complimentary map handy; I managed to get lost more than once! You start off in the salmon pink Life On Board section, before making your way down into the yellow How It Works section and somehow you end up on top of the superstructure in the green Where It All Happens section; simple! Perhaps if I'd followed my audio guide…
Navigational issues aside; H.M.S Belfast is a very interesting ship and worth remembering. Before my visit I always thought of "London's Floating Naval Museum" as being synonymous with the World War Two, but almost as soon as you board you realise the ship was extensively refitted in 1956 to equip the ship for the "atomic age". The ship's laundry, galley, bakery and quite a few other parts of the ship date from this period and offer an interesting insight into life in the Royal Navy of the late 1950s – early 1960s.
I also remember the statistics relating to the ship's service in the Korean War coming as a complete surprise to me, for example, H.M.S Belfast travelled "97,035 miles " during the conflict, it's gunners fired "7,816 rounds of 6-inch ammunition" and got through "625 tons of potatoes".
If I had to mention only one more thing these souvenirs bring to mind, it would have to be H.M.S Belfast's service with the "Arctic Convoys", taking supplies to the Soviet Union during World War Two, because the white beret of The Russian Convoy Club isn't an uncommon sight in my home town on Remembrance Sunday. It was good to see that the Convoys are remembered right in the heart of London, on board a ship that once ploughed the same Arctic waters between 1942 and 1943.


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A rapidly growing innovative company with a wining team bringing you enhanced customer experience by means of knowledge.
KMS Lighthouse delivers state-of-the-art knowledge solutions, where enterprise knowledge and customer experience are the heart of the business. Customers, just like company agents can access consistent and accurate knowledge at the click of a button, in mere seconds
Sagi Eliyahu
Sagi has been acting as a VP International business of the Aman group, the mother company of KMS, started acting as KMS Managing Director a year ago. Sagi has a more than 20 years of managing experience in the international business arena achieving phenomenal success. There is nothing impossible for Sagi. He holds an MBA of Technological Operations from the College of Management.
Ilay Renert
Vice President Sales
Ilay manages KMS Lighthouse's global sales and business development activities. He brings over 10 years of experience leading global sales, driving revenue, managing operations and building channel program and OEMs. Prior to KMS Lighthouse, Ilay served in various sales leadership positions in cyber security companies where he successfully built and scaled SaaS business in new markets in EMEA & APAC. Ilay is an avid world traveler and a sports enthusiastic.
Lev Garkavy
Vice President R&D
Lev is VP R&D at KMS lighthouse with more than 11 years of technical experience, 7 of them as manager (team leader, R&D manager and VP R&D). He uses his great motivation and fast adoption to new technologies in short time to enhance our products. Lev is a great team players and a fun person to work with. Lev has tremendous experience with Java based applications.
Moshe Recanati
Chief Technical Officer
Moshe has more than 15 years of experience in leading large development teams across the globe for near-real-time and enterprise products in the telecommunications and financial services domains. He has wide understanding in NLP, language processing and cutting edge machine learning techniques. Moshe holds an MBA and B.SC from the Bar Ilan University
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Managing Director for North America
Ben serves as the Managing Director for North America, responsible for revenue, business and corporate development along with product development since January of 2017. Prior to Lighthouse, Ben spent six years at Marchex, where he was responsible for developing the technology and integration partner program to drive partner revenue and support Marchex's sales and product teams. Ben lives in Seattle with his wife and three daughters
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Chief Solution Architect
Doron has many years of experience in the field of customer experience serving our clients and global partners as our Chief Solution Architect. In this role he has visited large international enterprises around the world from Manila to Arizona, sharing insights, training, presentations and product demonstrations. Doron holds an MA in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge.


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Funny story, the civilian ship was sunk by the russians. I fired a moss in that direction and some of the russian ships sent torpedoes to intercept it. It happened that the timing was bad for the civilian ship.. it was just in range of one of the torpedoes when the moss died.. so it aquired them and bam. But don't feel too sorry for them, they had a russian flag so who knows it could have been transporting war effort stuff under cover as it often happened in wars.lol you quite wasted them, I feel sorry for that civilian ship, but obviously it wasn't right the place to be at this momMent
ASW planes are very dangerous, they drop a sonobuoy then a torpedo right above your head, then deep charges clusters for good measure. In shallow waters there is very little to do...
I 100% agree, the shallow water fight sucks big time especially when you don't have wire guided torpedoes.
In epic mod it's slightly better against helis and planes because they modeled the manpads that the subs have onboard so if you are in an emergency and the enemy ships are far away or dead you can surface and deal with them (hopefully) before they deal with you.


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make your list and check it twice. we have great gifts for every home cook. from top-of-the-line cookware and bakeware to tools & gadgets and tableware.
Sugarplum Cookies
This recipe was graciously shared with us by Erin McKenna of BabyCakesNYC bakery which is vegan and has a variety of gluten-free foods, such as these cookies. From Erin:
"I grew up in California just inches from the Mexican border, so I've always had an affinity for that country's culture-in particular the lightly spiced cookies rolled in powdered sugar and served at weddings, ingeniously referred to stateside as Mexican Wedding Cookies. My homage to this perennial favorite has more crunch and some newfangled flavors, but I am sure you'll agree it, too, is piñata-worthy.
-from BabyCakes, the cookbook, available at amazon.com
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 1/4 cups evaporated cane juice
1/2 cup homeade applesauce or store-bought unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
2 cups brown rice flour
1/4 cup flax meal
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
plum jam (I like St. Dalfour brand)
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, mix the oil, evaporated cane juice, applesauce, salt and vanilla until fully combined. Add the flour, flax meal, baking soda, xanthan gum, cinnamon and nutmeg directly to the wet ingredients, and combine until a dough is formed. If ti crumbles, add cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough comes together in a ball.
Using a melon baller, scoop the dough into the prepared baking sheets, spacing the portions 1 inch apart. Press your thumb into the center of each ball to make an indentation. Bake the cookies on the center rack for 16 minutes, rotating the sheets 180 degrees after 8 minutes. The finished cookies will be golden and firm to the touch.
Let the cookies stand on the sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack and cool completely. Pour the confectioner's sugar into a shallow bowl and roll the cookies through it until completely coated. Spoon 1 teaspoon plum jam into each indentation. Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.


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As parents, we often think that we don't need a parents guide, that we should instinctively know how to discipline our kids, end tantrums, etc. The reality is that the great majority of parents do need a parents guide because parenting has to be learned!
In this short but hopefully helpful parents guide, I'm going to give simple but essential dos and don'ts that any parent should know and apply. These guidelines will not only help you strengthen the bond with your child but will also help you teach respect and discipline in order for your child to obey the rules and understand them. The dos and don'ts of this parents guide are the basics of a good parenting style.
Do talk in a quiet voice. Raising your voice is never effective and pushes your child to yell back. It also shows your child that you have no real control over the situation.
Do tell your child you love him as often as possible, especially when you punish his bad behavior as children tend to think we love them less when we punish them. Make clear it's his behavior that isn't acceptable, not him. This is a very important point of this parents guide. Apply it!
Do explain things very clearly. What's obvious to you isn't to your child. Tell him what he's going to do today, repeat if necessary. Children can be upset by a sudden change of program!
Do prevent a bad behavior from happening by telling your child how you expect him to behave prior to going somewhere with him for instance. Parents who don't think they need a parents guide rarely apply this easy yet effective parenting advice!
Do justify the rules. Children


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Design District is a collection of 16 buildings designed by eight architects, set in the heart of Greenwich Peninsula. The new one-hectare district will offer purpose-built and permanent space for London's creatives across a range of affordable workspaces at the centre of the riverside site.
Design District is a part of Greenwich Peninsula, home to a new residential community, the Now Gallery, Ravensbourne University and The O2.


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JB's Whiskey Creek opens in Springfield
The restaurant features a diverse mix of distilled beverages and a menu stacked with burgers, sandwiches, tacos and salads.
SPRINGFIELD -- There's a faint sound of '70s disco music humming in the background, a motorcycle parked in the dining room and rows upon rows of whiskey bottles stacked behind the bar top. It's a completely different feel than the same space had just 13 months ago.
Of course, that was the plan for Jim Bloomfield, who opened his most recent enterprise, JB's Whiskey Creek Old Style Grill, this week in Springfield. The bar-restaurant combo at 3905 W. Dickman Road, the site of the former Palermo's Ristorante, features hundreds of brands of distilled beverages, many of which are crafted in Michigan. It also has a menu stacked with barbecue favorites as well as sandwiches, burgers, tacos and salads.
Bloomfield said JB's Whiskey Creek fills a gap in the market, especially given the lack of dining options near the Fort Custer Industrial Park. He said there's also an element of catering to a burgeoning generation of whiskey aficionados and craft beer drinkers.
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"Right now, micro-brewed beers are super popular — I've got two of my own here — but what I think is happening, if you look, in our industry, the trend right now is micro-brew (distilleries)," he said. "If you look, everybody is starting to make whiskeys and vodkas and a lot of distilleries are opening in Michigan right now. My personal opinion is that that's the next big trend is people are going to switch from the beer to the whiskeys.
"Everybody I've talked to in this business says they see that. Is it going to be next year or five years from now? We don't know, but I think that's probably going to be the next thing to go out and talk about how one whiskey is over another."
Bloomfield purchased the property last year, working quickly to accommodate a tenant, Cereal City Vapes, which opened in November 2015.
He began renovations of the restaurant side of the property in hopes to locate a restaurant management company that wanted to operate there. Despite locating at least four potential operators, Bloomfield said he didn't feel any were equipped to run it "correctly," so he and his wife, Sandy, took on the project.
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For JB's, Bloomfield added thick wooden shelves behind a marble bar top complete with decorations by Jack Daniel's — including two wooden barrels to pour whiskey shots — and other national and Michigan-based brands. The restaurant seats 225 people around the restaurant's tables and along the bar.
Plans already are in the works to incorporate outdoor seating for warmer months and an indoor community room to accommodate special events.
While he admits it is a significant undertaking to launch a new business, it's far from the first rodeo for Bloomfield. He also owns and operates Heartbeats Gentleman's Club in Springfield and Julianna's Restaurant in Kalamazoo.
"I work seven days a week from 8 o'clock in the morning until 11 o'clock at night and most of the time on the weekends, it's 3 a.m.," he said. "It's what I've done my whole life. I take a couple of vacations a year. Am I stretched? I'm stretched. But I've got very, very good people here and as soon as we get people here to run it the way it's supposed to, it shouldn't be too bad."
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It's a fresh start in the Springfield dining scene, which saw The Ale House close this fall as its building owners seek out buyers for the property.
Springfield City Manager Nathan Henne said the city has had an "excellent relationship" with Bloomfield, even prior to his involvement at the former Palermo's property. Henne said he and Mayor Harry Burdett have stressed more "personal contact" between businesses, residents and city officials in recent years, particularly given Springfield's ability to do so given its relative size to surrounding communities.
The opening of a new restaurant on one of the area's busiest strips is positive, he said.
"It's great," he said. "Every year, we have goals and I can tell you the three years I've been here, it's always to increase our fine dining options. Jim is filling that need and I'm happy to see it."
JB's Whiskey Creek Old Style Grill is open from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays. More information about the restaurant is available by calling the restaurant at 965-4511 or visiting it online at facebook.com/JBsWhiskeyCreek.
Contact Dillon Davis at 269-966-0698 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @DillonDavis


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The Shayne Oliver x Colmar A.G.E. collection
The collaboration between the designer and the Italian brand unveils its latest capsule
The collaboration between Shayne Oliver and Colmar A.G.E has come to its final chapter. For this third capsule, the New York designer and founder of Hood by Air chooses to reinterpret the Italian brand's archive with his own style. The result is a genderless collection that mixes sportswear and urban hints.
Among the 14 pieces that form the offer, outerwear is the most important: the oversize quilted parka with hood; the bomber with stretch knit collar, belt and sleeves in; the down jacket with the seams exposed. Also interesting are the overalls pants with a small pocket on the front, sweatshirts in soft fleece and T-shirts with applied patch symbol of the partnership. Like the previous Oliver x Colmar A.G.E. collections, all garments feature rubber patches and are available in white, black, fiery red and electric blue.
The advertising campaign of the line is the work of photographer Jordan Hemingway who immortalized a street cast of models wearing the most iconic pieces created by Oliver for the Italian brand.
The latest Shayne Oliver x Colmar A.G.E. capsule is available from September 2019 in 11 of the world's leading stores, including Ssense, Luisaviaroma, Jofre and Block 60.