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Just what we do. It's powerful enough to do the job & a 3 week holiday hardly made a dent in the charge on a 5 AH battery. I suspect that other makes of cordless 18V tools will also do a small vacuum cleaner for a similar price.
We have a Challenger 530 - having moved on from a smaller 2 berth. The side diner is really useful & the extra acres of space around the kitchen makes it really comfortable to live in. Most importantly, SWMBO is really happy with it. We've spent a calendar month away in it, & any worries we might have had about choosing this layout vanished very quickly.
Chances of someone, who tows a boat on a trailer, reading a forum called "Caravan Talk"? Not too high.
On re-reading, I think you're right about that. Low down in the middle of the car is a good place to stow weighty items, even though I'm not too sure what would happen to it in the event of a crash.
If the van's spare wheel lives in the "empty spare footwell of the car" Where does the car's spare wheel live?
Toddler! Date of Birth: 1st April 1900.
Thanks for that. There's a list of questions which _must_ be answered, & I do dislike being forced to hand over personal details - especially when it looks like it's marketing who want to know everything about you.
We've put down a deposit on a new Challenger & I thought it would be a good idea to join Swift Talk. I wanted to read what owners of Swift vans liked and disliked about their vans, where snags can be found & if there are any common defects or problems. (Yes I can & do read what's posted here, but a dedicated forum might also be useful) Only, I can't. If you try to join Swift Talk there's a question you must answer before you're allowed to open an account. Caravan VIN - I don't have one & probably won't for a couple of months. I would like to raise this as a question on Swift Talk - but, obviously, I can't do that because. .. Can anyone on here, who is also in Swift Talk, take this up with them?
The OP didn't say they _had_ to find a new insurer. The only time you will find out how good your insurance is, is when you need to make a claim. Clearly they made a claim & were pretty unhappy with the result.
Different answers for different people in different situations. As our van is kept a few miles away, I bring the battery home & store it over the winter.
I had a Kojak a few years back. One month after the warranty ended, the hydraulic seals started to leak a bit - & then failed altogether. Purpleline didn't offer any repair, replacement or even advice on the problem. | 2019-04-24T23:50:42Z | https://www.caravantalk.co.uk/community/profile/88684-willpen/ |
For as far as I knew, only a handful of adults would bother to greet him and made efforts to talk to him. At which point, Old Man Red would reply abruptly and gruffly, before turning away as if he didn’t welcome the attention or courtesy.
I did wonder though, how he came to be called ‘Red’ since nothing about the old man came remotely close to being anything of bright color, or any color for that matter.
Everything about him was dark and somber. A ‘gothic relic’, one of my friends once called him when she was visiting with me.
“What do you know about being a gothic? You’re ten! Come to think of it, what do you know of relics?!” my older brother sassed with the smug look of a know-it-all.
Yes, I have a brother. Lots of male cousins too, for that matter. They were nuisances, and still are. I say that fondly. My sisters were alright. Anyway, I digress as I am wont to do.
My brother would have said something back, probably totally inappropriate, but my mom overheard us and interjected. She told us not to call anyone ‘creepy’, then she chased us out of the house to go be underfoot elsewhere.
My friend was right about one thing though, Old Man Red was strange.
If anything, my curiosity burnt within me to know the story of this man. I found myself asking questions, such as, What is his real name? How old is he? Is he as alone in this world as he seemed to be? Is there no wife? Does he have children or relatives somewhere?
And for as long as he had practically been a familiar albeit unfriendly hermit to the people in my hometown, I wondered, Who took care of his needs, and how did he survive?
Ten years old, and I already possessed a very curious mind. It would be to my advantage when I am older and wanted to write about drama and life, but back then it just gave me headaches and wild imaginations.
The questions of Old Man Red’s survival and continued existence was of paramount concern to me, admittedly not because I cared about him all that much since I didn’t know him, but more because I was naturally curious and mysteries had always attracted me.
Alone, but is he lonely? Did he know what people were saying about him behind his back? Did he know of the persistent whispers around him when he made his rare visits to town and when people he encountered quite obviously made a wide detour around him, but stayed near enough to stare and gawk, not to mention gossip? How did he feel, knowing children were quite certainly afraid of him, and most adults stayed out of his way?
I admit that as a child, I had this fear, when all I heard told of this man was the same tale other children heard from adults around them, that Old Man Red was so called and looked the way he did, because he was actually a monster in disguise. | 2019-04-18T15:24:42Z | https://myreadingpoet.com/2018/10/26/story-his-name-is-red-part-2/ |
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The camera lens is a seemingly infinite architectural space capable of miniaturizing a world into a rectangular box and, when controlled correctly, that space offers a corresponding infinitum of texture and detail to its chosen subject. Recognized as a technical master of this medium, Candida Höfer rhymes the vastness of “real” architectural spaces with those provided by the mechanical apparatus itself to create stark portraits of (mostly uninhabited) spaces generally devoid of any vestige of the personal or anecdotal. Höfer’s "Colored Wood", 2017, is no exception in its technical virtuosity – the artist having framed the background and foreground in such claustrophobic proximity as to have effectively collapsed the distinction between the two. And yet this is a rare piece in Höfer’s oeuvre as it captures not a sweeping interior view, but rather an intimate detail thereof. The “colored wood” that is the work’s putative referent appears vertically across the plane of the print, building a syntax of painterly strokes: light blues, crimsons, a pea green, and finally, 70s-era glossy burnt umber wood. Between these vertical bands, a hazy reticulation unites the visual field. And here, the light seems to emerge from within the flat pictorial space rather than from somewhere outside the frame. At further remove, there is the faint outline of a window, and beside it, perhaps a table or graphic emblem, though it is impossible to say for sure. This is because all of Höfer’s usual grammar of spatial recession has been inverted in this work, giving us a penetrating exploration of the infinite layers of real and illusory depth that comprise the inscrutable photographic surface.
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My father in law Charlie was prescribed Clopidogrel on May 2, 2014.
He was in turn taken to Pittsburgh hospital in July 30, 2014 with bleeding on the brain, as diagnosed by a neurosurgeon. The doctor placed him in hospice because he could not fix the issue. Charlie died on February 13, 2015. The cause of death listed on his death certificate is subdural hemorrhage.
The only lawsuits I have seen relating to this issue are for Plavix, not Clopidogrel which is the generic brand. Are there any lawyers taking Clopidogrel lawsuits? What would I have to do to bring a case for this? Thank you.
Clopidogrel bisulfate, or its generic brand name Plavix, is manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb. The drug was approved in 1997 for prevention of blood clots and to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
While the manufacturer claimed Plavix worked better than aspirin, recent studies have shown that Plavix carries no significant benefit over the much cheaper aspirin.
There are currently several class actions in litigation. It appears they are not accepting victims in class actions against Bristol-Myers Squibb regarding the side effects of Clopidogrel bisulfate.
Go online and search on class actions for Clopidogrel bisulfate. You will find a good number of law firms representing victims of the side effects of Clopidogrel bisulfate in class actions and product liability claims. Feel free to contact those firms for further information.
My father passed away June 2016. A TIA incident brought us to our nearest hospital. There, the nurse recommended Plavix. Not even three months later he had a massive brain hemorrhage. He died from plavix being in his system before he passed away a week later.
I read that if he took aspirin with it, which I believe he did for the headache, it increases the chance of bleeding even further. They never went over that, at least not with me in the room.
This stuff really shouldn’t be on the market, it does not help anyone no mater how great the thought is. It’s only a great way to kill your family. Hospitals have Total lack of understanding of the use of this drug. Do not take this stuff lightly.
I don’t know if I can sue them and the hospital since its been two/three years, but if its possible I will. Even if it doesn’t bring back my dad. I want to fight them so at least he wouldn’t have died in vain, for my family and for others.
I had a heart attack in April 2017 and was put on a generic of Plavix. I was supposed to take it for a whole year but 2 months ago I got a letter in the mail stating the generic for Plavix (the pill I was taking) was on recall. Now I am looking for a lawyer to tell me what I should do because the whole time I was taking this medicine it wasn’t helping me. I’m still having trouble breathing and I have this rash all over my body. I don’t know what to do but I’m about to contact a lawyer.
I am so sorry about your husband’s death. Thank you very much for giving out this very important information about ‘the court ruling’. Only after I read your write up I understood why, not a single law firm is willing to go after these drug manufactures, and why they are dropping the cases.
With all the death and side effect incidents with this drug, FDA is claiming that ‘enough’ victims or doctors are not reporting the adverse effect to FDA so they could not recall it! The ‘number of victims’ report is their base for recall! Did you get a chance to report it to FDA? You could do it online FDA.GOV. Or call 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332) and speak to a person.
My husband was bruising all over his body, cardiologists said that is the side effect of clopidogrel and got a bleeding stroke in April of 2016, followed by seizures and complications from that. Fortunately, he is still alive, could not drive, quality of life completely changed, 72 year old need to be taken care of like a seven year old. Now that FDA has the authority over this drug, there is something we could do, thus our loss will not be in vein.
We need to write to the FDA administrator, with cc to the white house, the justice department who did the ruling, the house appropriation committee chair who is funding the FDA, the senators and the congressmen/women of our states. There are a lot of victims not able to do anything about it legally, however, collectively we could do a lot about it. If I could save one family from going through the suffering, I will be happy. Please communicate with me if you could.
My husband died as a result of taking Plavix following a TIA he had in January of 2012. For 6 months he took Plavix and when it came off patent in May, 2012 he was given the generic called Clopidogrel for 3 more years.
Many of the side effects of Plavix, or the generic drug, presented in my husband, but were attributed to his existing disease, NASH – nonalcoholic cirrhosis of the liver.
During the time he was on this medication he had nose bleeds, bleeding in his mouth, and constant bruising. When he had a cerebral hemorrhage and a gastro-intestinal bleed, doctors could not figure out what was happening.
After his death in December of 2015, I proceeded to do some research on my own. Major side effects from these drugs are cerebral hemorrhages, gastro-intestinal bleeds, nose bleeds, gum bleeds, blood bruising and bone marrow disorder.
It was this last side effect that ultimately killed my husband. He developed a bone marrow disorder which led to AML leukemia. He died from this leukemia.
In my research I have read so many accounts of people who had been prescribed Plavix and were later diagnosed with AML leukemia. Obviously, not a coincidence. It would appear to be a direct result of taking these drugs.
Due to the ruling by the Supreme Court Justices which stated that all generic drugs and their manufacturers, some 80% of all drugs consumed in the United States, are exempt from liability for side effects, mislabeling, or virtually any other negative reactions caused by their drugs.
In short, the Court ruled that the FDA has ultimate authority over pharmaceuticals in the US, and if the FDA says a drug is safe, that takes precedent over actual facts, real victims and any and all adverse reactions.
In other words, if the FDA says something is safe, it does not matter if that decision is wrong or the result of misrepresentation, fraud or deception on the part of the world’s pharmaceutical companies.
There is no way to sue the FDA for being wrong and costing millions of unsuspecting Americans their lives. That result leaves millions of Americans unprotected from an industry responsible for innumerable preventable deaths in the US from use of these drugs and their side effects.
My husband died and there is no recourse. However, if he was holding a hot cup of coffee from McDonald’s, we could have litigated this!
Pharmaceutical companies and our government, in the eyes of the Supreme Court, are putting profits before people. This decision has to be reversed. | 2019-04-19T06:43:54Z | https://www.injuryclaimcoach.com/questions/lawsuit-for-the-generic-clopidogrel.html |
Toiling to resolve their populist tendencies with artiness, ‘Resistance Is Futile’ might be the most emotionally honest Manic Street Preachers album yet.
It’s perhaps fitting for a band as multi-faceted in their identity and approach as the Manic Street Preachers that the title of their 13th album, Resistance Is Futile, should have such an ambiguous meaning. In the context of the political upheaval of the last few years, is it a call to arms to confront changing times, or is it an acceptance of defeat in the face of it? There hasn’t even been any hard clues as to the band’s intentions going forwards, with songwriter and chief spokesperson / propagandist Nicky Wire describing Resistance Is Futile as “either a new era or the end”.
Of course, the Manics have been in this kind of sentimental territory before with 2010’s Postcards From A Young Man, which was billed by Wire as “one last shot at mass communication”, but this is a band that’s always reserved the right to contradict itself. The It’s possible to see Resistance Is Futile as the third creative re-grouping of the Manics’ career, after the disappearance of their talismanic songwriter Richey Edwards forged the defiant Everything Must Go and the prospect of irrelevance sparked the glorious re-birth of 2007’s Send Away The Tigers.
But where those two triumphs were born out of tragedy and necessity, Resistance Is Futile comes off the back of a very successful and creatively fertile period for the Manics. After the consecutive glories of 2013’s pastoral, folk-influenced Rewind The Film and the fearless, European artiness of 2014’s Futurology, two very different records, there doesn’t seem to be any external compulsion for Wire’s existential attitude this time around, other than the long-term future the Manics see for themselves. Perhaps it’s the 20th anniversary The Holy Bible and Everything Must Go tours (not to mention the pretty hilarious Wales Euro 2016 anthem…) that’s brought this on, but it now seems to be a question of what the Manics want from themselves, all now a year away from their fifties, as opposed to what others might expect of them.
Both musically and thematically, Resistance Is Futile seems to be attempting to reconcile two contradictory versions of the Manics that they’ve flitted between in various stages of their long career: the one looking optimistically towards the future, of rousing anthems and fearless rhetoric, which brought us Everything Must Go and Send Away The Tigers, and the pensive and melancholic Manics, the regret-filled and self-doubting Manics that recorded This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours and Rewind The Film. It wrestles to resolve their populist tendencies with their artful ones, to address the turmoil of the outside world and their place within it, and does so pretty successfully, barring a handful of ideas that don’t really work.
As such, Resistance Is Futile is arguably the most honest Manics album, though far from being their best. The album’s mood is set immediately with the lush, string-swept ‘People Give In’. Beset with worry, insecurity and a sense of all things being transitory, James Dean Bradfield exuding empathy with simple truths like “people get tired / people get old”, it’s the Manics at their most humanistic – downcast, yet defiant and stoic.
Exceptional lead single ‘International Blue’, dedicated to post-war French artist Yves Klein, is a precision-targeted exocet missile of FM rock, anthemic in the same way as ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’ and peacocking with autumnal joy. It’s a bit of an outlier for the record in general, as it’s by far the most radio-friendly moment, but there’s other moments of panorama too. The reflective ‘Distant Colours’ is a sullen beauty, bemoaning the loss of ideology and certainties in the modern world and blown up to the “widescreen melancholia” that Wire feels encapsulates the album as a whole. The Manics, who’ve always been switched-on, have seen an awful lot of social, political and pop music change in their time, find themselves in a great position to critique the state of the world in 2018, even though we’re dimensions away from the punk and nihilist attitude of Generation Terrorists.
The same sentiment is echoed later in the glorious ‘Hold Me Like A Heaven’, with Bradfield sounding bewildered and pained when he looks at atomised, alienated Britain in 2018 beset with cultural nostalgia (“all the ties that bind have come undone… what is the future of the future?”). Nicky Wire delivers a very personal moment on ‘Liverpool Revisited’, echoing the sentiments of 1998 song ‘S.Y.M.M.’ regarding the Hillsborough disaster, only this time applauding the courage and stamina of the victims’ families. Wire takes the microphone himself on muted album closer ‘The Left Behind’, taking a phrase popularised during the Brexit referendum and turning it into a rumination on the Manics’ current state.
The musical polarisation between classicism and futurism is perhaps illustrated best by comparing two of Resistance Is Futile’s best tracks. The machine throb underpinning ‘Sequels Of Forgotten Wars’ is a continuation of Futurology’s pan-European outlook, while the orchestrated, detailed pop of ‘Dylan & Caitlin’, a duet sung with Welsh chanteuse The Anchoress, tells the story of the Thomases’ alcohol-fuelled romance. It fits into a great lineage of Manics duets (‘Little Baby Nothing’ and ‘Your Love Alone Is Not Enough’ being the very best, obvs) and is the kind of thing that only they can do and make it work.
However, there are a small handful of moments on Resistance Is Futile that aren’t as resonant as the majority of the tracks. The low-key ‘Vivian’, concerning photographer Vivian Maier, is intelligent but lacks the musical heft to register proper impact with the listener. The back-to-back ‘In Eternity’, which turns potentially interesting European art-rock influences into a bit of a slog, and the clumsy rocker ‘Broken Algorithms’ threaten to derail the album entirely near the end, before the expansive ‘A Song For The Sadness’ picks things up just as they’re petering out. But they’re minor complaints in the context of an album that stands up wonderfully to repeated listens, just like its immediate predecessor Futurology.
Listen to Resistance Is Futile by Manic Street Preachers here via Spotify, and tell us what you think below! | 2019-04-23T14:07:14Z | https://www.thestudentplaylist.com/review-manic-street-preachers-resistance-is-futile/ |
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LightSquared and former FCC chief engineer Edmond Thomas on Wednesday said the GPS test devices that were used by the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Executive Committee (PNT EXCOM) to test its new network were rigged by “manufacturers of GPS receivers and government end users to produce bogus results.” The company said that devices from GPS manufacturers, which have claimed LightSquared’s network interferes with GPS communications, were “cherry picked” in secret and that independent authorities were not allowed to partake or oversee the tests or test results. In addition, LightSquared said the tests focused on obsolete technology that is only used in “niche market devices” and that are “least able to withstand potential interference” from wireless networks. Read on for more.
After a list of the test devices was released to LightSquared, the company found that the only mass market device that reportedly failed the government’s tests actually “performed flawlessly during Technical Working Group” testing. The government also reportedly tested LightSquared’s network at a power level that is 32-times greater than the level at which it will actually operate.
LightSquared is relying on FCC approval to solidify a contract with Sprint to help build out the carrier’s 4G LTE network. Sprint most recently gave LightSquared an additional 30 days to gain FCC approval, but the government has said none of LightSquared’s proposed fixes will help it gain approval.
“Transparency is the only way taxpayers can be assured that the testing process is not manipulated to benefit one particular set of self interests,” the company said in a statement on Wednesday. “LightSquared is confident that a fair process will allow the company to move forward with its plan to deliver wireless broadband to hundreds of millions of consumers.” LightSquared’s full press release follows below.
RESTON, Va., January 18, 2012 – LightSquared said today that the process used to test GPS devices by Air Force Space Command on behalf of the Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Committee (PNT EXCOM) was rigged by manufacturers of GPS receivers and government end users to produce bogus results, and revealed details of the testing to document its accusations.
PNT EXCOM advises and coordinates among U.S. government agencies on GPS matters and is comprised of representatives from those agencies with GPS expertise. LightSquared has called on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to objectively re-evaluate this initial round of testing and also to evaluate mitigation proposals the company has proposed. Additionally, the company has called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the NTIA to conduct the second round of tests on high-precision devices at an independent laboratory to ensure objectivity and transparency.
In a call with reporters, Jeff Carlisle, LightSquared’s Executive Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy; and Geoff Stearn, LightSquared’s Vice President for Spectrum Development; outlined how GPS industry insiders and government end users manipulated the latest round of tests to generate biased results. Also on the call was Edmond Thomas, former chief engineer at the FCC who explained how fair and accurate testing should be conducted.
1. Testing was shrouded in secrecy, no transparency. The GPS manufacturers cherry-picked the devices in secret without any independent oversight authority in place or input from LightSquared. The GPS manufacturers and the government end users put non-disclosure agreements in place for the PNT EXCOM’s tests, preventing any input by an independent authority or from LightSquared before the tests began. This secrecy made it impossible for independent experts to properly oversee or challenge the process and results, thereby leaving taxpayers who paid for the testing no option but to take the PNT EXCOM’s word for it.
2. The testing protocol deliberately focused on obsolete and niche market devices that were least able to withstand potential interference. When LightSquared finally obtained a list of the devices tested, after all testing in this first phase of tests had been completed, it was able to determine that the testing included many discontinued or niche market devices with poor filters or no filters. The units tested represent less than one percent of the contemporary universe of GPS devices. In fact, the only mass market device alleged to “fail” during this round of testing performed flawlessly during the Technical Working Group testing, which used best practice protocols agreed to by all parties, thus raising doubts about the integrity of PNT EXCOM’s process.
3. The testing standard does not reflect reality. To guarantee favorable results, the PNT EXCOM selected an extremely conservative definition of failure – one dB of interference. Independent experts agree that a one dB threshold can only be detected in laboratory settings and has no impact on GPS positional accuracy or user experience. In fact, GPS devices are designed with the ability to withstand eight dB or more of loss of sensitivity due to man-caused and natural interference. By setting the definition of interference at one dB, the testing was rigged to ensure that most receivers would fail. It should be noted that PNT EXCOM and others have justified the one dB threshold by citing an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) standard. However, that standard explicitly states that it does not apply to general purpose GPS receivers.
GPS and government end users should have opened the process for transparent review, chosen a representative sample of devices that reflect the scope of general purpose GPS receivers in the marketplace today, applied best practice standards to the testing protocol, and – most importantly, the tests should have been conducted by an independent laboratory rather than by the GPS manufacturers themselves, since they had a large incentive to ensure that the tested receivers would not pass the testing.
Why did the government choose to ignore LightSquared’s proposed power levels?
Why did the government choose a power level 32 times greater than the level at which LightSquared will operate?
Why did the test protocol select the 1dB degradation to noise as the interference standard, since it does not apply to general purpose GPS receivers and GPS units are typically designed with an 8dB level of tolerance?
Who determined what acceptable interference is for the current round of testing?
Why was the testing conducted using outdated/discontinued devices rather than a representative sample of what is currently in the market?
Isn’t it a violation of conflict of interest laws for representatives of GPS manufacturers to sit on the PNT advisory board and play a central role in its consideration of LightSquared when those companies are actively lobbying on the same issue?
Is it fair that taxpayers funded a testing regime they cannot review?
LightSquared has agreed to meet every technical guideline requested by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), FCC and NTIA and will continue to work in collaboration with the federal government to resolve the GPS interference issues. The secretive behavior of the PNT EXCOM indicates a co-opted process. The inappropriate influence of the private sector on their decision-making has been brought to the attention of NASA’s Inspector General in a separate conflict of interest complaint filed by LightSquared.
LightSquared is asking for fair and transparent oversight of the testing process by the FCC and NTIA, much like the agencies provided in the first round of testing that was openly agreed to by all parties. Transparency is the only way taxpayers can be assured that the testing process is not manipulated to benefit one particular set of self interests. LightSquared is confident that a fair process will allow the company to move forward with its plan to deliver wireless broadband to hundreds of millions of consumers. | 2019-04-23T16:04:40Z | https://bgr.com/2012/01/18/lightsquared-and-former-fcc-chief-engineer-say-gps-tests-were-rigged/ |
What does Oxypoda grandipennis mean as a name of something?
Oxypoda grandipennis is a species of Oxypoda, described by Casey in 1911.
Go to the thesaurus of Oxypoda grandipennis to find many related words and phrases! | 2019-04-23T20:50:19Z | http://omnilexica.com/?q=Oxypoda+grandipennis |
It’s been a big year for MGS distribution. Having been bought out from holding group Steerwell by Movado Group International (MGI) it has become part of a globally networked power player.
It has meant a change in job title for him – he was previously sales and marketing director – and it means he now reports to the US via Switzerland, making him something of an international figure in the watch world.
It’s all great news for a man who started out on the road as a Boss rep and it shows how far he has come in his 14 years in the trade, now heading up one of “the big four or five” groups.
Steve credits his team for the successful running of the brands, saying that his favourite part of the job is the satisfaction he gets from watching staff develop – so far four reps have progressed to brand manager level and are making real careers for themselves.
But of course he is the steadying hand and MGI haven’t altered the way he runs things. After all, Steve has seen turnover lift by an impressive 166% in MGS’s five-year existence as a joint venture between Steerwell and Movado. MGI obviously got to see what was a very effective operation, so they bought it and Steve continues to run it.
Running the UK operation doesn’t mean less influence on the end product. He instigated the idea for Boss to trial a watch and cufflink set in the UK. It’s now a global success. He’s extended the line of thought and also trialled watch and fragrance sets. They too have been hugely successful and will get a wider roll out.
Steve Brydon of MGS was selected as a London Watch Show Power Player in the WatchPro Hot 100 2013 in association with The Company of Master Jewellers. To read a digital version of the book in full online, click here. | 2019-04-21T15:07:21Z | https://usa.watchpro.com/hot-100-2013-steve-brydon-mgs/ |
From the makers of Starbound, Wargroove by Chucklefish arrives on PC, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One on February 1st, 2019. Coming soon to PlayStation 4.
London, England – January 23, 2019. Chucklefish LTD. – Chucklefish is proud to announce that the wait for Wargroove is finally over with a launch date of February 1st on PC, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One, priced at £15.99 / $19.99 / 16.99€, and available to play in 10 languages. Don’t worry PlayStation 4 fans, Wargroove will also be making its way to the platform soon!
The news was announced via Nintendo Europe’s Indie Highlights Showcase, where it also revealed the Wargroove announcement trailer featuring an incredible animation from the London-based animation studio, The Line. Wargroove is available to pre-purchase and pre-download on Nintendo Switch now, and open to wishlisting on Steam. | 2019-04-18T22:45:32Z | http://www.myplay.it/2019/01/23/wargroove-sara-disponibile-dal-1-febbraio-per-switch-ps4-xbox-one-e-pc/ |
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Indialantic, FL -- PLAD, INC. recently showcased its revolutionary Portable Lift Assist Device at this year’s EMS World Expo in Nashville, TN.
“We recently launched our new Portable Lift Assist Device at EMLRC's ClinCon 2014 with overwhelming support and positive feedback,” stated Bobby Clark, Chief Executive Officer of PLAD, Inc. “We were excited to demonstrate the PLAD again at the EMS World Expo to key decision makers in our industry."
“The product speaks for itself and will be showcased at an amazing event," stated Matthew Nicoletti, Managing Partner of PLAD, Inc.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported that approximately 81,000 firefighters in the United States were injured during 2002 at a cost of $3–8 billion. Most injuries to firefighters occur on the fireground, and many of these injuries are musculoskeletal-related. The musculoskeletal system’s primary functions include supporting the body, allowing motion and protecting vital organs. Sprains and strains, including those of the low back and abdominal regions, account for most of the musculoskeletal injuries in firefighters. And back injuries represent the vast majority of these injuries. Further, low back injury is the most common injury related to early retirement from the fire service.
The high rate of low back injuries can be attributed to the high-risk activities that firefighters are expected to perform, such lift assists. These tasks are often accomplished while the body’s posture is ergonomically unsound or on unstable ground.
To purchase a Portable Lift Assist Device (P.L.A.D), please visit: www.pladinc.com. To view the P.L.A.D. in action, visit http://youtu.be/QxrqmwW_Vzs and http://youtu.be/AHX3sXqtGrA.
In professions such as firefighting, nursing, and first responders back injuries are a common problem when performing lift assists on individuals while on the job. Statistics show that in these professions, especially within the field of Emergency Medical Services, the rate of back injuries is very high with an increasing percentage of those back injuries being career ending. These back injures not only impact these individuals’ lives, but there is a large resource and monetary impact from Workman’s compensation claims that can cripple municipalities. Prior to the PLAD, there has not been a solution to lift assists that takes the possibility of back injuries out of the equation.
Firefighter Mike Pannucci was finishing up medic school when he was tasked with a final project that required him to provide a solution to a current problem the industry faces and present that solution to the class. From his experience as a firefighter, he knew exactly what he wanted to base his project around and that would be the growing number of back injuries associated with lift assists. From this class, this assignment, the PLAD was conceived.
Looking for assistance to help design and fabricate a device that could safely lift an individual, Mike turned to longtime friend and designer, Bobby Clark. Together, the two worked successfully on finding the right balance between a device that was extremely portable and could easily be deployed to safely and comfortably lift a person to a seated position. They went through several iterations of the PLAD until the final product that is available today got their final stamp of approval.
PLAD's main mission is to eliminate the possibility of back injuries from performing lift assists. By creating a lifting device that is light weight and extremely portable, countless other benefits were also created in the process. In the case of firefighters, multiple teams of two no longer are required to assist in a lift where the individual weights over a certain amount. A team of two can easily deploy the PLAD and safely lift an extremely heavy individual without compromising themselves thus freeing up additional resources, which otherwise would be needed for a team lift. Commonly, when performing lift assists, it can be time consuming just trying to figure out the approach to lift the individual. With the PLAD, that guess work is a non-factor because the PLAD can be deployed within a couple of minutes, which greatly shortens the time the fallen individual is in a compromising position.
Now that you are aware of the PLAD, the most portable lift assist device available, can you afford to send your team out in the field to perform a lift assist with the possibility of one of them injuring their backs? Would you perform that lift assist yourself? | 2019-04-22T16:01:56Z | http://pladinc.com/blog/plad-inc-showcases-portable-lift-assist-device-at-ems-world-expo/ |
A vicious crime against humanity was once again wrought yesterday, the first of its magnitude on American soil. Our fear and rage are both inevitable and understandable; and it is indeed vitally important that those who prepared and executed the crime be brought to justice as soon as possible in an international court of law.
But it is incumbent on every peace-loving American citizen to stand up against the strident calls for massive retaliation, even when they come from elected officials and even after the perpetrators have been identified beyond question. Ideologically inspired terrorism cannot be suppressed by conventional military means, and in particular not by raining fire on the civilian populations of countries whose governments are thought to harbor or sponsor terrorists.
The cause of terrorist acts such as these is not a collective madness, religious fanaticism or "cowardice", but cold rational reflection by small numbers of exceptionally aggrieved and alienated people who are driven to desperation by perceived chronic injustices to which they can see no peaceable solution.
To really put an end to such acts, in addition to finding, arresting, prosecuting and incarcerating such people, we have got to tighten our belts and open our minds and hearts.
We need to pay a whole lot more attention to the terrible things that are happening day by day to people around the world than we have been in the habit of doing up to now; and we must join more wholeheartedly in the world-wide effort to eliminate human suffering and inequity, and broaden the realm of justice.
That is the work of spiritually centered thinkers, social activists and statesmen. It is not the work of soldiers. | 2019-04-20T15:05:13Z | http://mbeaw.org/writings/toeditors/terroristattacks.html |
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8 Oct. 2015: I have moved debtox.info to another web hoster due to problems with the services from KPN. There might still be some glitches; if you run into unexpected behaviour, please let me know.
13 August 2015: the site has a new look and feel! I moved everything from a php-based web-builder application to plain html. This makes it easier for me to maintain, and to move to another webhoster, if needed. The important old php links should redirect automatically to the new html pages. Some glitches may occur .... so please contact me if you hit an unexpected result.
7 August 2015: moved my DEBtox Research activities to a dedicated website: www.debtox.nl. This info site will remain the place with information on models, sorftware, e-books, publications and courses.
March 2015: the hits counter at the bottom of the page has now exceeded 100,000 hits!
21 June 2012. Check out Roman Ashauer advertising TKTD modelling in SETACs newsletter over here.
5 May 2012. On the discussion board, I started a forum on "Ecotox Essays".This forum will present short opinions and critical comments on an ecotoxicological topic. I will try to regulary write a contribution, but I also highly welcome contributions from others! See the board for further details.
Also at the 2019 SETAC conference in Helsinki, there will be the spectacular “GUTS to the Max”: Mechanistic Effect Models Hackathon, organised by Roman Ashauer. More information.
For 2019, a new round of the DEB telecourse is planned, and also a classroom part (1-6 April), followed by workshops (8-9 April), and the international DEB symposium (10-12 April). This time, the location will be Brest, France. More information is provided on the symposium website. Application to the DEB2019 school is open and the deadline is extended to February 15, 2019.
If you are a young environmental scientist, make sure to check out the YES meeting in Ghent, 5-10 February 2019. I will be teaching a short course on DEBkiss there. Registration deadline is 18 December 2018.
Dedicated 2-day GUTS course, geared towards professionals in risk assessment of pesticides. 16-18 October, Wageningen, the Netherlands. More information.
As part of the 2019 SETAC conference in Helsinki, Sandrine Charles is organising a 1-day short course on GUTS (on 26 May 2019). Download the flyer.
Sandrine is also organising a more extensive winter school 6-10 January 2020 (in Lyon, France) focussing on ecotox effect models.
27 August 2018: the EFSA opinion on TKTD models is now available over here. This opinion will be pivotal for the application of GUTS and DEBtox in environmental risk assessment (in particular for pesticides).
26 March 2018: the 2018 round of the TKTD modelling summer course DynModTox has been cancelled.
24 August 2016. We just finished the third round of the DynModTox summerschool in Denmark. Some impressions from the 2016 course over here.
Wednesday 13 January, at the VU University, Carlos Teixeira defended his thesis entitled "Application of Dynamic Energy Budget theory for conservation relevant modelling of bird life histories." Announcement (in Dutch).
On 2 June 2015, James Maino successfully defended his thesis entitled "The Importance of Body Size: Scaling of Physiological Traits in Insects" at the VU in Amsterdam. Announcement over here.
On 8 May, Bas Kooijman will deliver his farewell speech at the VU University, which also marks the end of the Dept. of Theoretical Biology at this university. See the announcement (in Dutch). The trilogy booklet with Bas' inaugaral and farewell speeches can be downloaded over here.
On 28-30 April 2015, there will be the fourth international DEB symposium in Marseille, France. Abstract submission is closed.
As of 1 March 2015, Tjalling Jager has left the VU University to continue as a self-employed researcher under the name DEBtox Research. I will remain associated with the VU as a guest of the department of Animal Ecology. February-April 2015, there will be a new round of the DEB course. Part in tele-mode, and part hands-on in Marseille, France. More info. This will be the last course organised by Bas Kooijman, so don't miss it!
14 January, we had the succesful defense of Alpar Barsi, who's CREAM project was supervised by Virginie Ducrot and myself. His thesis can be found here.
In August 2014, we provided the second summercourse on dynamic modelling in ecotoxicology. Impressions.
18 June 2013. Elke Zimmer and Ben Martin successfully defended their PhD theses! Congratulations! More info on Elke's thesis and Ben's thesis.
Cancelled: the 2013 PhD summer course "Dynamic modelling of toxic effects". More details about the course over here.
Mike Newman offers his course on quantitative methods in ecotoxicology (in the US) from 17-21 June 2013. See brochure.
Webcast minicourse on DEB principles by Roger Nisbet 31 January till 21 February, see course description. An excellent starting point for people doing the DEB telecourse.
On 24-26 April 2013, the third international DEB symposium was held on the island of Texel in the Netherlands. Details over here.
In 2012, the first PhD summer course "Dynamic modelling of toxic effects" was held on 11-18th of August in Denmark, which focussed on TKTD modelling in general, and on GUTS and DEBtox in particular. Impressions from the 2012 course can be found over here. More details about the course over here.
8 December 2018: a new version of the GUTS e-book has been released at Leanpub. Most important change is in the statistical treatment. See version log at the support page for more details.
15 November 2018: a new version of the DEBkiss e-book has been released at Leanpub.
15 August 2018: update to the ring test results for BYOM. See the guts e-book page.
18 January 2018: The long-awaited GUTS e-book is released in Version 1.0! More information.
24 July 2017: Update of the "Making sense of chemical stress" e-book. Improved readability and update with new developments.
6 December 2016: New version of the DEBkiss book published. More information.
14 August 2015: small update to the technical document, adding a section on joint confidence regions.
11-12 August 2015: the e-books "Making sense of chemical stress" and "DEBkiss" have both been moved to the Leanpub publishing framework, and can be downloaded here and here, respectively. You can still get them for free, but also have the possibility to pay me (which will support future development of this and other books).
4 April 2015: small update of the DEBkiss book.
11 February 2015: New version of the DEBkiss book.
11 February 2015: Small update of the technical background document.
15 October 2014: New version 1.1 of the e-book "Making sense of chemical stress" over here. Added a chapter with two case studies.
15 June 2014. Version 1.1 of the e-book on DEBkiss is now available over here. Some minor changes.
18 May 2014. Version 1.0 of the e-book on DEBkiss is now available over here. Basically an embellished version of our JTB paper.
14 June 2013. Version 1.0 of the e-book now available for download over here. Small changes relative to Beta 1 version.
20 Sept. 2012. The first Beta 1 version of the technical document for the e-book over here.
9 April 2012. The first Beta 1 version of the free e-book "Making Sense of Chemical Stress" is available for download over here.
7 September 2018: small update of BYOM to v. 4.2c and updated GUTS package v. 2.3. More details on the BYOM page.
13 August 2018: a quick update of BYOM to v. 4.2b. This was needed as I found some errors in conjunction with GUTS package. See BYOM page for details.
9 August 2018: updates of packages 'dose-response', 'acute Calanus', and 'support marecotox'. The dose-response package also has a nicer walkthrough. See BYOM page.
7 August 2018: new version of BYOM and the GUTS package, fixing the issue with the likelihood-region method. More details on the BYOM page.
28 June 2018: running simulations for GUTS, I am getting confirmation that the likelihood-region method (as implemented in BYOM) is yielding exaggerated confidence intervals on model predictions. More details on the BYOM page.
In 2018/2019 we will be producing a user-friendly software for GUTS. More information.
1 February 2018: New versions of BYOM and the GUTS package. See the BYOM page.
12 May 2017: Spotted a small error in BYOM when calculatin the intervals on LC50s with the likelihood-region method. This corrected in a small update to version 4.01.
27-28 April 2017: Release of BYOM 4.0 on the BYOM page. This is a major update, with many new features, but old scripts and packages will not work anymore! All packages have been updated; the two GUTS packages have been combined, and some have been renamed for clarity.
6 April 2017: Added the Beta 3 test version of BYOM 4.0 on the BYOM page. Also a new version of the GUTS package is included.
15 February 2017: Added a Beta test version of BYOM 4.0 on the BYOM page. This is still under testing, but feel free to play with it. Also, I added some warnings for users of profiling and slice sampling with BYOM.
5 January 2017: New version of the BYOM platform available for download.
7 April 2016. Small update of the BYOM modelling framework in Matlab.
25 and 27 August: another update of BYOM (sorry, found some small errors again). Additionally, an updated version of the DEBtox1 package (also demonstrating the improved population growth rate calculation). Updates of GUTS1 and DEBkiss1 packages. And ... a totally new package: DEBkiss_tox1, which is DEBkiss turned into a TKTD model. 29 August: update of the GUTS2 and DEBkiss2 package as well. All packages now have a walk through.
21 August: update of BYOM. Corrected a few errors and added some new functionality that will be demonstrated in future packages.
30 June 2015: update of BYOM. Corrected some errors and included a few extra options.
17 April 2015: update of DEBtoxM flavours Surv, GUTS and DEBtox. The DEB3 flavour is no longer offered.
3 April 2015: major update of BYOM. Some alternative optimisation methods are included, plus the possibility to fit parameters on log-scale. And ... the possibility to publish the code in Matlab (see the walkthrough of the BYOM code). Also a new version of the manual is provided.
18 February 2015: update of BYOM and the GUTS2 package. Main change is to avoid warnings with newer versions on Matlab (due to different way of dealing with interpolations), and the option to plot in black-and-white with different symbols (as in the DEBtoxM flavours).
2 January 2015: tiny 2.02 update for BYOM, and extended the BYOM manual, and gave a seperate entry on the BYOM download page.
17 December 2014: New version of the BYOM files to version 2.0. Major change is the possibility to have more than one data set per stage, and a brand new simulation engine. As of version 1.5, cleaner and simpler BYOM scripts. New packages for GUTS, DEBtox and some nice examples for the simulator! (Version 2.01 also has a small update to the manual).
29 November 2014: New version of the BYOM files. Major change is the removal of the calculation and plotting from the basic script into an engine script, which takes away a lot of complexity from the user.
1 May 2014. New version 1.5 of BYOM files posted over here. Also, a new package general package for DEBkiss.
29 Jan. 2013. New version 1.4 of the BYOM package, and the GUTS and DEBkiss packages over here.
29 Aug. 2012. New version 1.3 of the BYOM package over here.
30 June 2012. The flexible modelling platform BYOM is available over here.
19 May 2012. New versions of all flavours posted over here. New versions were needed because of an error in the calculation of the likelihood function for replicated graded data (with different number of individuals per replicate). Further, changes are made to increase flexibility and ease of operation.
9 January 2019: new paper on automated high-throughput measurements of body size (which could really facilitate DEB(tox) application in the future). Open access. Note that this is my 100th (co-)authored paper ;-).
8 August 2018: new paper out on modelling bioenergetics in early life stages of cod: 50-day free download link.
1 January 2017: Our GUTS paper has just hit 100 citations in Web of Science! DOI 10.1021/es103092a.
October 2016: The book "Marine Ecotoxicology: current Knowledge and Future Issues" has just come out. I wrote a chapter "Dynamic modelling for uptake and effects of chemicals" in there. The book can obtained from Elsevier or your favourite bookstore, or via ScienceDirect. The support page for my chapter can be found over here.
Jager T, Ravagnan E (2015). Parameterising a generic model for the dynamic energy budget of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 519:115-128 DOI 10.3354/meps11098.
Just appeared: the 2014 special issue on DEB research in the Journal of Sea Research. Find it here. | 2019-04-18T13:23:53Z | http://debtox.info/news.html |
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Educational travel is an opportunity for teachers and community leaders to use the world as their classroom. As group leaders, educators lead their students abroad on tours that range in duration from a few days to several weeks. During that time, students can experience many of the things they have read about in textbooks or learned to say in language classes, placing classroom lessons into a real world context.
Who travels on an educational tour?
Typically, educational tours are led by teachers who want to engage their students by taking learning outside the classroom. Group leaders are often high school teachers who teach foreign languages, social studies, art, English and science courses. But anyone who wants to enrich young people’s lives can lead such a tour. Student travelers are typically in high school but can also be in middle school or college. Anyone who wants to learn about the world by experiencing it firsthand can find a place on an educational tour.
What are the benefits for teachers who take students on a tour?
For teachers, the biggest benefit is that they are changing their students’ lives. Many teachers credit their experiences on tour with making them better teachers, and travel can benefit schools as a whole as well. Students who travel often return more confident with a new understanding of the world around them, and their experiences help promote cultural understanding among students and teachers.
What are the benefits for students who go on a tour?
In addition to the life-changing benefits of seeing the world, students who travel on an educational tour can earn credit by completing coursework associated with some of the tours. As more and more colleges expect students to have had international experiences, educational travel enhances students’ college applications and prepares them for a more international higher education experience. Many students have also credited traveling on an educational tour with inspiring them to study abroad and even influencing their career direction.
Rome: Pizza-making – students learn how to make a classic Italian favorite from expert chefs!
Madrid: Flamenco or Fado lessons – students learn the age-old art of the Fado song or the rhythmic steps of flamenco.
London: Globe Theatre Workshop – students practice the dramatic art by reciting the works of Shakespeare and learning about stagecraft.
China: Cultural immersion – students get a glimpse of Chinese culture by visiting a local family for dinner, visiting a school and learning about traditional and modern Chinese medicine with a visit to a local hospital.
Africa: Young Rangers activities – students partake in hands-on activities designed to give them a feel for what life is like in the wilderness.
SPECIALIZED OR MORE GENERAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS OF TOURISM? | 2019-04-21T07:05:44Z | https://www.tourism-review.com/travel-tourism-magazine-way-for-knowledge-educational-tours-article1005 |
I am mostly recovered from my marathon month of January finishing Little Shop of Murders. I think it's going to be a fun read.I can't wait for my publisher's feedback on revision suggestions.
We've kicked around some cover art ideas for the new book, and it's exciting to picture it as real.
And BrigaDOOM! About three weeks until we see it in the stores! I am beside myself with excitement.
Meanwhile, I have turned my hat around, and I'm on my way for the promotional part of the process. This will be a real learning curve, but then everything about writing and publishing seems to be that way.
Plus I'm percolating on the next book, my fingers are getting itchy to start. | 2019-04-22T08:03:40Z | http://susangoodwill.blogspot.com/2007_02_07_archive.html |
Washington – The Republican leaders in Congress are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump’s invitation for Vladimir Putin to visit Washington in the fall, saying the Russian president is not welcome on Capitol Hill.
Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have shown no interest in holding meetings with Putin if he accepts Trump’s invitation to the White House to follow up on last week’s summit in Helsinki.
“The speaker and I have made it clear that Putin will not be welcome up here at the Capitol,” McConnell told reporters Tuesday.
But it may not matter anyway. Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov threw cold water on the prospect of Putin accepting Trump’s invitation to visit the White House.
Ushakov told journalists in Moscow on Tuesday that no preparations were underway for a meeting in Washington and there were “other options that our leaders could consider,” such as the late November meeting of the Group of 20 in Argentina or another international event that both would attend.
Lawmakers from both parties have raised concerns about Trump’s approach to the Russian leader. They strongly rebuked Trump’s comments during a joint press conference in Helsinki when he stood beside Putin and denied U.S. intelligence findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Trump has since clarified his remarks to side with the intelligence community.
“The Russians better quit messing around in our elections,” McConnell said. | 2019-04-19T22:21:59Z | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/24/putin-congress-trump-capitol-hill/37098833/ |
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When and why did you first join SMART?
I went to the first SMART Summit in 2005 in Marlborough. I was very interested in what they had to say so I joined right then and there. I was always interested in helping animals in any way I can and thought this was a perfect way. I have been volunteering ever since — with just about all the teams in SMART.
I am a Certified Veterinary Technician and also the Veterinary Services Coordinator (in simple terms hospital manager) in the vet hospital at Zoo New England, based at the Franklin Park Zoo.
What is your most heartwarming memory about deploying with SMART?
I have many great memories of my deployments with SMART but I would probably say the most heartwarming was Munson, MA after the tornado in 2011. We were brought a baby rabbit (I would say just a week or so old) and it was very cold and lethargic. We really didn’t think it would survive but I still got up every couple of hours to change the hot water bottles and see how it was doing. Finally in the middle of the night it started to come around and became more aware. I offered it a small amount of formula and it finally ate. The next morning it was taken to a rabbit rehab place and she nursed it back until it could be released. It is the “little” things that make this job great. If you go to the SMART website the first picture that pops up is me holding the bunny the morning after we received it just before it went to the rabbit rehab.
Is there anything unusual that you keep in your Go Kit???
I don’t think there is anything unusual, but some important things that I have found out about by being deployed are definitely kept in there. One item is a set of kneepads for kneeling on the cement floors while cleaning cages. Another is a pair of shoe inserts that give extra comfort for my feet when I am standing 12 hours or more on a cement floor. The third most helpful thing that I have is my Leatherman (pocket tool kit) — it has come in handy many times. And above all — I do not go anywhere with out my Aleve and several snacks!!
What’s the first thing you do after a deployment to take care of yourself?
I guess the first thing I do is go home and take a long hot shower. Then I play with my cats that are usually unhappy that I have not been home. I usually have to go back to work the next day but sometimes just telling friends and family about my experiences help me to forget about some of the bad times and just relive the happy times and the good that I have helped with.
What would you tell other people about joining SMART?
I would encourage anyone to join. I would tell anyone that the board and the operational team leaders are great people and work very hard to keep this organization working in an organized fashion. The volunteers are a huge help and without them we could not help in as many places as we have been able to. If you love and care for animals and want to help them, then joining SMART is definitely a good start! The trainings are very helpful and even though I have been working in the animal world for 25 plus years I always learn something new in the trainings and deployments. I have met many people by joining SMART that have become great friends and I know when I work and train with them I can count on them to help me learn and stay safe.
SMART would like to thank Sharon for all of her efforts on behalf of animals, both as a volunteer and in her work as a Veterinary Technician. | 2019-04-20T05:04:01Z | http://smartma.org/smart-volunteer-spotlight-sharon-okeefe/ |
The Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) is a national volunteer organization dedicated to saving lives through rescue and mountain safety education. The California Region of the Mountain Rescue Association consists of over 20 rescue teams from thoughout the state of California. Majority of the members are unpaid volunteers who are highly trained. Accredited teams must meet the high standards of the MRA and must be re-evaluated every five years in each of the three search and rescue skills: Search and Tracking, Technical Rock, and Snow and Ice. California MRA teams not only respond to search and rescue operations in the unit's area of responsibility, but will also respond to mutual aid calls anywhere in the state to assist other agencies.
March 1st, 2019 - 1700 to 2400, Friday Night, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, In the Graceland A conference room.
March 2nd, 2019 – Team Leaders and Evaluators Only Briefing @ 0600 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Graceland A conference room, Teams must be ready to deploy from staging.
Snow & Ice Reaccreditation hosted by Douglas County Search and Rescue. | 2019-04-20T21:14:32Z | http://www.crmra.org/ |
[Effect of lycopene on proliferation and cell cycle of hormone refractory prostate cancer PC-3 cell line].
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of lycopene on proliferation of human prostate cancer cell line PC-3 and explore its effecting mechanism. METHODS: The proliferation of PC-3 cells were analyzed by MTT and H3-TdR incorporation. The effects of cell cycle and apoptosis of synchronized cells were observed through flow cytometry. RT-PCR methods were used to explore the mRNA expression level of cyclin D1, bcl-2, bax. RESULTS: The growth and DNA synthesis of PC-3 cell were inhibited with the lycopene concentration increased, and lycopene also could change the cell cycle distribution, i. e. increasing the proportion of G0/G1 phase and descending the proportion of S and G2/M phase, and induce the apoptosis. RT-PCR analysis showed that the mRNA expression level of cyclin D1 and bcl-2 were down regulated, while the level of bax was up regulated. CONCLUSION: Lycopene can induce apoptosis of PC-3, change the cell cycle distribution and downregulate the expression of cyclin D1 and bcl-2 and upregulate the expression of bax and then restrain cell proliferation. | 2019-04-21T16:30:39Z | http://m.greenmedinfo.com/article/lycopen-can-induce-programmed-cell-death-and-cell-cycle-arrest-hormone-refract |
here are some very nice perks to the holiday season that don’t have anything to do with gifts or shaving your legs less. One of them is the opportunity to get bold with your makeup. Really bold. After all, summertime is when you want to look dewy, fresh, and minimal….with the searing heat, you don’t want piles of carefully applied makeup on your face. Winter, however, is a time to experiment and go as big and brash as you want. The holidays by nature call for a little more glitter, glam, and shine. You want to look your best under the mistletoe!
This eye color look is pure decadence and drama, and calls for little more than a steady hand and a great eye shadow palette. (Oh, and loads of mascara or some lush falsies.) Try this look with a flirty holiday dress and you’ll look as fashionable on the outside as you feel on the inside.
I like the POP Beauty Pretty Punk Eyeshadow Palette ($10)…all the pretty colors in one place.
Begin by prepping the entire lid with a light Highlighter shade. I like to use a pale cream or muted white color with a little sparkle.
Move towards the brow bone with a darker plum shade, blending in well with the purple and black as you go. Top the plum shadow with a lighter magenta shade, but without going over the brow bone. Only highlighter should be on the brow bone.
Blend all the colors lightly and seamlessly so they appear to flow into one another, but you should still be able to see each color. Add a rim of teal eyeliner or shadow to the inner corner/rim of the eye, as well as the bottom lash line.
Top it all off with several heavy sweeps of mascara or false lashes. | 2019-04-25T08:24:47Z | http://www.youplusstyle.com/2011/11/bold-eye-color-this-holiday-season/ |
I, Han Kim, was given the task of updating the design of our APSU GIS website. From first glance, the website looks great, and looks like something any business owner may be proud of, but the goal is to make a simple, clean, user-friendly experience. This is where I had the opportunity to transfer the WordPress skills I’ve learned from school and my freelance work to optimize a site with UX design as a priority. That was the goal, but how do we go about achieving this goal?
First is to identify who your target market is and what is the main purpose of the website. Our target market is our past GIS clients, and new business clients looking for GIS solutions. The main purpose of the site is to educate, bring awareness to our projects and students, while developing a future client.
The process of having a great UX (user-experience) is being able to keep the user’s attention, while helping them navigate to the resources that they are looking for. While having our website open, I made a complete list of what needs to be removed and what needs to be added. Small things that may be overlooked such as, which icon should accompany a button, may have significant implications when trying to create a user friendly design.
After you’ve made the list of actions you’re ready to make changes as long as your previous website is backed up. We were able to have a testing server to run our changes, which I would recommend. Make each change and preview it to make sure the design didn’t disrupt any other element of the page.
Once you’re finished, review the website again top to bottom in every page in case something was overlooked. | 2019-04-20T08:15:54Z | http://www.apsugis.org/website-redesign/ |
Romanian Diplomatic mission in India. On this page you will find info on specific details such as consulate contact information, web presence, consular office hours and directions to the consulate. The consulate in Kolkata is not the only diplomatic representation of Romania in India. On this page you can also find all other Romanian consulates located in India.
The consulate of Romania in Kolkata can inform you about the scope of services they offer.
When you need to find a place to stay close to the Romanian consulate we provide a handy hotel search box for accommodation in a hotel or guesthouse in Kolkata, India.
Consulate-Info.com: Please note that Consulate-Info.com is not the official website of the consulate of Romania in Kolkata - India. Consulate-Info.com also does not have any affiliation with the visa department of the consulate in Kolkata. | 2019-04-20T16:35:55Z | https://www.consulate-info.com/consulate/24928/Romania-in-Kolkata |
America’s Best Colleges – Every single college in our country aspires to be in this list released every year by the US News and World Report. This ranking is by far one of the most authentic. What does the recently released college rankings show us about our education system?
If you first look at the drawbacks of this particular measuring system, you can see that the rankings are based more on the type and number of students admitted by the colleges rather than on the quality of education they impart.
Over the past few years, there is a complete change of algorithm. All said and done, even today, these rankings are all about selectivity and prestige. So, what are the measures taken to compile the ranking?
For one, the magazine takes a faculty survey to determine academic reputation of colleges. Next, based on applicant percentage admitted into the college and their SAT scores, the magazine then determines the level of the institution’s admissions selectivity. Other factors taken into account include graduation rates, admission and retention rates and financial resources.
Logically it follows that if institutions want to climb the ranks, they must reject more applicants, increase SAT benchmarks and attract better students. In the process, most of them are forced to increase tuition too.
Playing the numbers game perfectly, many institutions recently have gained the status of high risers. For instance, the George Washington University, through the 2000s, was successful in lowering admission rates from 49 to 33 per cent, built posh dorms and jacked its tuition. These measures led the college to be ranked 54 this year from being unranked.
Today, the University of Richmond is ranked 30 from being unranked in the national liberal arts ranking. This feat was achieved by the institution by lowering its admit rate to 31% from previous 48% and by increasing tuition rate by 31% in 2004-2005.
As compared to any other area where competition naturally benefits customers with companies vying with each other to offer many benefits and to attract more. In the field of higher education, sadly, competition means maximizing market share by serving only customers who can pay.
Colleges continue to build more amenities for students. This in turn leads to a situation where they restrict access based on choosing students who can pay for the said amenities. Colleges continue to remain selective especially after they start rising in rankings as naturally, they are in demand.
In the long run, families and students are the ones who lose. This is a game where colleges definitely prosper and many of them are also able to achieve their goal which by far is nothing more than rising in the US News rankings.
Some of the smaller liberal arts colleges feature on top of the list which also ranked Harvard at 6th place. A depressing fact is that the 75 per cent bench mark was met only by 98 out of 3,100 four-year colleges in our country.
One of the biggest blunders we continue to commit here is to define best colleges based not on the quality of education they impart to students but solely on those that enrol the best students who can assure return-on-investment. The focus for good colleges should be not on rankings but on giving opportunities for 96% of our students who go elsewhere. | 2019-04-25T14:43:45Z | http://www.higheredspace.com/index.php/blog/blogdetail?bid=12347 |
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If you are interested in a workshop for your institute or would like further information on taking part in one of PostdocTraining's 'open' workshops, please contact us by clicking on the button below. | 2019-04-22T15:02:18Z | https://postdoctraining.com/workshops/ |
Today I will be reviewing Organic Harvest Anti Pigmentation Cream. I’ve tested this product for good 2 months. Since I tested this Anti Pigmentation Cream fro Jan end, I can tell you how it fares in both seasons – summer and winter. Be ready for a detailed review of this product!
First, a little background on my skin – I’ve dry combination skin. My t-zone is super oily especially my nose and my cheeks & forehead usually run dry. My skin is super sensitive and acne & blemish prone. I am prone to cystic acne as well (will talk about how I conquered cystic acne in another post).
P.S. Always keep in mind even if you & I have similar skin, what worked for me might not work for you.
The pure ingredients like organic daisy flowers extract have been integrated efficaciously to provide an even pigmentation and prevent melanin synthesis so effectively that you will have your skin turning visibly softer and glowing. A natural remedy for pigmented skin, age spot, blemishes, sunburn and tanned skin, this anti-pigmentation cream possesses the benefit of a full-fledged treatment, which clarifies the skin while averting the appearance of any future discoloration, thus, leaving the skin fresh and youthful.
Aqua, Organic Daisy Flower Extract, White Mulberry Extract and Vitamin – C in Cream base.
I usually apply a moisturizer first on my cleansed face then apply this cream in night. Topped it with facial oil during winters. I don’t apply it in day time (along with night time) as mentioned by brand cos’ the product contains Vitamin C in it. Vitamin C makes skin sensitive to sun, even though I apply sunscreen I wanted to be on a safer side. The sun is anyway too harsh in India.
My first impression of this cream was that it felt dry & stretchy on my skin. It felt too stretchy in applying the cream as it finish in matte. Keep in mind it was during the Jan end, peak winter, when I tried it for the first time. So I started to apply facial oil after applying this cream. But during application it still felt stretchy so I started to apply a moisturizer before slathering this cream on. Since it was winter, I could get away with so much layering. No I didn’t face any acne breakout.
After a month’s use, I did observe that my fresh acne scars (I had an acne breakout as a reaction to stage makeup) were fading very lightly. The appearance of lil’ pores on my upper cheeks seemed to even out after applying the cream. But didn’t see any effect of any sort on my previous acne spots and the discoloration. I know for a fact that anti pigmentation creams take time working on old scars and discoloration. So I was ready to be patient with it.
After two month’s of use of Organic Harvest Anti Pigmentation Cream, the fresh scars faded a lot. I noticed an overall brightening on face. But nothing on the discoloration around mouth areas (if it lessened, it’s like barely noticeable). Old acne scars were still there with very very slight fading (it can also be cos’ I started being somewhat consistent with my skincare). However, overall appearance of pores seemed to be better even in tropical hot March in India.
Fades new acne scars significantly in two month’s time.
Pores seemed to look evened out.
Does give an overall brightening effect.
No to very very slight fading on old acne scars.
No effect on slight discoloration/pigmentation around mouth.
Dry skinned beauties might need a moisturizer along with it.
Good for oily skinned beauties as it is mattifying.
Doesn’t clog pores nor does cause any acne breakout.
Decent cream to use in night time.
Disclaimer – The product was sent to me by PR for review purposes but the review is 100% honest. Real Girl Talks will always keep it real with you, there’s no place for bs here!
That stuff sounds so good. I want to use it now.
Thanks for sharing babe! I suffer from pigmentation issues after acne scarring and definitely want to try this product out!
Great post, thanks for sharing. Sounds like a cool product!
OMG this stuff sounds amazing! Need to try it!
I’m glad it worked partially for you – although it didn’t work on older marks it’s nice it worked on the newer ones. Definitely something you’d have to consistently use to get the benefits from!
Good to know it works in dealing with new acne scars. Thanks for sharing your review dear!
That is a not-so-bad rating at all. Lots of positive things said. Thanks for your honest review. Helps a lot.
Happy Easter and Sunday to you beautiful.
Omg this sounds sooo amazing!! I have terrible hyper-pigmentation, so this would be super handy!
i need to try this! got so many red marks on my skin, and i love that it’s organic!
It seems like it takes awhile, but with consistent use you will get results. Thanks for the honest review.
I didn’t even know there was anything like this out there!! Sounds wonderful!!
Thanks for the review. I never used anything like this before.
Thanks for your thoughts on this, babe! I love hearing about new products!
I wish this scar lightener is available in the Philippines.
I adore natural, paraben free cosmetics. This sounds really good!
It sounds like a great product, I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for sharing!
Sounds like something my oily skin would like. I have had the same experience with Vitamin C products, they work much better on fresh scars than on older ones. No clue why.
I haven’t heard of this brand before but this product sounds really nice, glad it helped with the overall brightening!
Maybe I should try this product as I have some discolouration too. Thanks for the honest review!
Sounds like a great product hun! Thanks for the review.
Sounds like a decent cream and with a reasonable price tag too. Good that you saw some differences albeit small ones. | 2019-04-19T00:59:15Z | http://realgirltalks.com/2018/03/30/organic-harvest-anti-pigmentation-cream-review/ |
Hello! My name is Irina. I live in the city of Minsk, Belarus. I love my family. My main muse is my Shih Tzu dog named Sophie. Dolls firmly entered my life. All my knowledge and skills, hobbies, everything helps in the work on the creation of each doll. | 2019-04-20T22:11:29Z | https://www.dollycustom.com/lelioartdolls/ |
Vogue just put out an article that said that wedding photographers are no longer needed in the world today. It was listed in their Top 10 Rules to Break for weddings. Do you need a wedding photographer? We are wedding photographers and we should be telling you yes, but it really is up to you and what you want to invest in for the future.
If you are just thinking about facebook and social media, you will get a ton of photos from your friends taking photos off of their phone. The photos could be good or they could be a terrible mess. Even the casual hobby photographer can come away with a terrible mess on a wedding day with their camera.
A wedding photographer is skilled at their position and they know what to expect going into a wedding. They are prepared for any situation and will be able to capture it with their gear. If the lighting is not right for a cell phone to take the photo, the photographer will have the proper gear to capture the moment.
When you book a photographer, they are their to piece together the whole event as an art form. It won't be a couple of snap shots off of a phone, but it will be beautiful work put together from throughout the day.
Your wedding is only going to happen once and it goes by so fast that you will want someone to be able to capture every single piece of it. All the planning that has been done for that day and it is over in an instant. | 2019-04-19T08:33:03Z | http://ernieandfiona.com/be-still-blog/do-you-need-a-wedding-photographer |
Raised by his aunt Mimi (Kristin Scott Thomas) since he was a young boy, charismatic 15-year-old John Lennon (Aaron Johnson) is suddenly reunited with his mother, Julia (Anne-Marie Duff), which ignites a bitter battle between the two sisters for John's affections. Along the way, John inherits his mother's love of music and befriends fellow Liverpool lad Paul McCartney (Thomas Sangster) in this biopic of the music icon's formative years.
An entertaining coming of age drama that would touch you even if it were not about John Lennon. Compelling portrayal of his development,the influence of his mother and aunt,and life in Liverpool in the 50's and 60's. | 2019-04-26T04:47:12Z | http://shortreviews.net/review/116349-nowhere-boy/ |
Arkansas State University - Newport Campus DOES use SAT or ACT scores for admitting a substantial number of students into Bachelor Degree programs.
Ashland Community & Technical College DOES use SAT or ACT scores for admitting a substantial number of students into Bachelor Degree programs.
Austin Community College DOES NOT use SAT or ACT scores for admitting a substantial number of students into Bachelor Degree programs. | 2019-04-19T08:25:56Z | https://www.mycollegeoptions.org/search-results-college-search-by-major/36/0/Environmental-Studies.aspx |
Independent of the application, whether in satellite optics, video lenses or endoscopes – aspheres have already become indispensable in a wide range of highly versatile technical fields of application. Regardless of the system’s size, they all have to meet one requirement: to be precise. To meet quality requirements, continued development of aspheric production and the trend towards miniaturization demand for faster and more accurate measuring methods. Measurement of the complex surfaces of aspheres is still challenging. Different measuring methods are used depending on measuring task and speed as well as surface structure. Among others, a distinction is made between non-contact and tactile measurement. The basic principle of measuring aspheric components during production based on tactile measuring methods is presented in the following.
Why do we need measurement technology?
Measurement technology plays a significant role in the production of precision optics. asphericon manufactures aspheric optics by means of CNC-controlled technologies from almost all available glass types, but also from plastics, metal and crystals (for example, CaF2, germanium, silicon). Accurate knowledge of shape and surface form deviation of the lens is necessary in each processing step to optimize the production process. With a growing demand on optics (not only for asphericon), there is also an increasing demand for production-oriented measurement technology.
The surface geometry of an asphere deviates from a sphere, but it is still rotationally symmetric. Through the rotation of the lens during machining (Fig.1), grinding tools leave rotationally symmetric structures on unfinished lenses. For the grinding process, it usually is sufficient in sense of the measuring technique to monitor the surface contour to optimize the next working step. The advantage of this simple measurement is, among other things, a short measuring time, which contributes to the optimization of the entire processing time.
In addition to measurement tasks and process steps, as already mentioned, a distinction is made between different measurement methods. In the following, we will only discuss the tactile measurement methods by means of an exemplary presentation of various devices. This type of measurement technique is based on scanning of object surfaces, for example with ruby contact points.
The simplest way to determine the shape of a rotationally symmetric object is to determine the surface contour. A so-called profilometer (Fig. 2) is used for this purpose. With aid of a ruby tip, which probes the measuring object in a straight line across the zenit and records the deflection of the contact point in z-direction perpendicular to its track.
Fig. 3 shows a sample protocol of a tactile measurement. To determine this deflection, a constant measuring force is required, pressing the probe onto the lens as well a stiff probe system. Profilometers are used between two steps of the grinding process, since possible damage caused by the ruby tip can be removed in further manufacturing steps.
A more complex form of tactile measuring devices are 3D coordinate measuring systems (Fig. 4). These can also be used for measuring aspheres. The measuring object is traced with a probe tip whose position is determined via 3 measuring axes in Cartesian coordinates. The measurement of rotationally symmetric test objects done with a form tester uses cylinder coordinates, therefore the form tester is equipped with a highly precise axis of rotation, the so-called C-axis.
Fig 5. shows an exemplary measuring curve of a form tester MarForm MFU 200 Aspheric 3D. After initializing the measurement, to determine the zenith of the measuring object, a straight measurement is performed along the largest radius. This measurement is executed in tracking mode. Therefore, a constant pressure is used to guide the tip along the profile and record the change of the z coordinate.
Besides profile measurements, form tester can be used for diverse applications such as determination of roundness, cylindricity and run.
The use of tactile measuring methods within the polishing process allows a relatively rapid knowledge of the surface contour of lenses. On the other hand, a decisive disadvantage is the possible damage of the lens surface by the probe. Any damage that may occur, however, could possibly be removed in later work steps. The resolution capability depends directly on the radius of the probe tip, which acts as a low-pass filter. Structures which are significantly smaller than the probe tip cannot be detected correctly (see detailed view in Fig. 2). Highly curved lenses can also lead to limitations of the measuring accuracy due to the steep slope.
If the advantages of tactile metrology methods are not sufficient, it is worth looking at optical measuring devices. Regardless of what should be measured, measuring task and measuring instrument have to be coordinated well in each case. The selection of the measuring method, tactile or optical, is therefore never either one or the other. The different procedures can and should be used complementary. We are going to discuss optical measurement methods with their advantages and disadvantages in a separate article. | 2019-04-23T15:53:52Z | https://www.asphericon.com/en/measurement/noncircular-in-perfection-part-1-tactile-measurement/ |
The Kearny Mesa Swimming Pool is now much more inviting for disabled visitors.
Crews striped extra-wide parking spots to accommodate vans for the disabled, and a ramp was added for those who can’t climb the stairs.
Locker rooms have been gutted to widen restroom, shower and dressing stalls for wheelchair users. The outdoor shower area has been rebuilt to eliminate a step, and easy-to-turn handles will be installed on doors.
Throughout San Diego, a growing number of public buildings and streets are getting retrofitted as the city steps up spending to tackle a backlog of projects to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
San Diego used to spend about $1.5 million a year on such projects. Now it’s spending $10 million more per year on curb cuts, ramps, audible signals and detectable warning tiles at street intersections, among other improvements to remove barriers to access.
Mayor Jerry Sanders has committed to spending the additional $50 million over five years to improve access, in part by allocating proceeds from the sales of surplus city properties.
“Before the mayor came into the office, we were just doing a trickle of projects. We are doing a lot of projects now,” said David Jarrell, deputy chief operating officer for public works.
Advocates for the disabled said the improvements would help cut down the city’s liability. Cities across the country have been sued for failure to improve access. San Diego was sued in 1997 by disabled residents who claimed they had been denied equal access to Qualcomm Stadium. The lawsuit was settled after the city agreed to spend $5.25 million to equip the stadium with new elevators, ramps, parking spaces and seating.
Bill Harris, a Sanders’ spokesman, said the desire to do the right thing – not legal exposure – drove the mayor’s commitment to ADA compliance. “It’s not about avoiding litigation. It’s about ensuring equal access,” Harris said.
According to the city, more than 500 curb ramps were installed in the past two years. About $19 million of projects are in design stages and an additional $4 million in jobs are under construction.
Facilities being retrofitted range from police stations and recreation centers to branch libraries and teen centers.
Cindi Jones, director of the Center for an Accessible Society in San Diego, said improvements have been made, but the city still has a long way to go. She uses a scooter and her husband uses a wheelchair.
In South Park, where she and her husband have lived for 30 years, a curb cut was installed on their block about a year ago, Jones noted. She’s looking forward to more curb cuts in her neighborhood.
The city’s former disability services coordinator, Linda Woodbury, had said the city needed to spend $500 million on ADA compliance, but the mayor’s office has disputed that figure. Woodbury was fired in 2006, a day after Sanders first proposed spending $50 million more on access projects. The city later settled a wrongful termination suit.
Louis Frick, executive director of Access to Independence in San Diego, said the access features benefit society as a whole.
“You see people all the time with baby strollers, delivery truck drivers, where they are using the curb cuts to get up and down the sidewalks,” he said. | 2019-04-22T06:27:18Z | https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-1m27ada235845-city-taking-disabled-access-projects-2009feb27-story.html |
Wilkinson WE, Cauble LA, Patel VL. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:213-223.
This study found that expert nurses with more than 10 years of dialysis experience were more effective at detecting and correcting errors compared with non-experts, particularly for procedurally based errors.
Barletta JF, Barletta GM, Brophy PD, Maxvold NJ, Hackbarth RM, Bunchman TE. Pediatr Nephrol. 2006;21:842-845.
The authors identified errors associated with continuous renal replacement therapy and found that use of industry-prepared, rather than manually compounded, solutions minimized errors.
Kliger AS. Blood Purif. 2006;24:19-21.
The author offers a 5-point plan to help recognize and prevent errors in dialysis facilities.
The investigators analyzed electronic records and found that dosing errors were common in ambulatory care settings for patients with renal insufficiency. They conclude that computerized decision support systems should be implemented in ambulatory care.
Treatments delivered in the home carry the potential for certain risks. This commentary examines the literature on dialysis-related incidents occurring in the home setting and presents a framework to help address avoidable adverse events in home hemodialysis.
Patients with chronic kidney failure are at high risk for adverse events from treatment errors. This publication raises awareness of safety in end-stage renal disease care, explores factors specific to this setting that contribute to failure, and describes techniques for clinicians to reduce risk of errors.
Kliger AS. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015;10:688-695.
Failure to consider human factors and poor communication can contribute to dialysis treatment errors. This commentary discusses safety concerns in dialysis facilities, including medication errors, patient falls, and health care–associated infections. The authors recommend human factors engineering, patient engagement, and simulation as promising strategies to enhance safety in this setting.
Ulrich B, Kear T. Nephrol Nurs J. 2014;41:459-476.
This study utilized AHRQ patient safety culture surveys to assess nephrology nursing practices across the country. The survey revealed an overall interest in patient safety and teamwork, but also identified numerous areas for improvements, including handoffs, infection control, and medication errors.
This commentary relates how bullying and other disruptive behaviors remain a pervasive issue in health care. The authors describe its impact on safety culture and highlight six standards to help address behaviors that hinder communication and transparency.
Reilly JB, Marcotte LM, Berns JS, Shea JA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:70-76.
In this study, communication between inpatient and outpatient dialysis units at discharge was highly variable.
An elderly man presented to an emergency department (ED) with new onset chest pain. In reviewing the patient's electronic medical record (EMR), the ED physician noted a history of "PE," but the patient denied ever having a pulmonary embolus. Further investigation in the EMR revealed that, many years earlier, the abbreviation was intended to stand for "physical examination." Someone had mistakenly copied and pasted PE under past medical history, and the error was carried forward for years.
A woman with end-stage renal disease, who often skipped dialysis sessions, was admitted to the hospital with fever and given intravenous opiates for pain. Because her permanent arteriovenous graft was clotted, she had been receiving dialysis via a temporary femoral catheter, increasing her risk for infection. Blood cultures grew yeast; the patient was diagnosed with fungal endocarditis, likely caused by injections of opiates through her catheter. | 2019-04-24T04:13:03Z | https://psnet.ahrq.gov/search?topic=Nephrology&f_topicIDs=326 |
Coláiste Chiaráin are delighted to announce their forthcoming production of ‘The Addams Family- The Musical’.
Over the years Coláiste Chiaráin has been renowned for its remarkable performances of musical theatre. Some past productions are; Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors, We Will Rock U, Oliver!, All Shook Up and many, many more.
This production will be one to remember as it will once again showcase the immense musical talent which Coláiste Chiárain has to offer. We are thrilled to welcome back Des Henn (Director) Noel Lennon (Musical Director) and Barbara Meany (Choreographer) to the production team along with an incredible cast and crew, all of which make for an unmissable performance of “The Addams Family”.
Show Producer, Mr. Fergal Moore along with choral director, Ms. Mary-Kate Hanley are determined to provide another amazing show to their audience.
The show will run in the Lime Tree theatre on Friday 25th January and Saturday 26th January at 8pm. Tickets available from the school office and the Lime Tree box office. | 2019-04-23T08:26:01Z | https://www.limetreetheatre.ie/show/the-addams-family-a-new-musical-colaiste-chiarain/ |
Elvis Costello played a two-hour, 25-song show that touched on phases throughout his career, both deep cuts and hits, as well as nine of the new disc’s 12 songs. And to the delight of the nearly sold-out crowd, Costello did them all them well.
Over a career of more than 40 years, singer Elvis Costello has been a punk provocateur, a seminal new wave voice, a contemporary pop singer and even a classic crooner. And there have been fans of each of Costello’s career ventures.
So how to satisfy everyone coming to see Costello kick off the North American leg of his latest tour at Sands Bethlehem Event Center to support yet another venture – his very strong new disc “Look Now”?
On Friday, Costello did his best to do just that, playing a two-hour, 25-song show that touched on phases throughout his career, both deep cuts and hits, as well as nine of the new disc’s 12 songs.
And to the delight of the nearly sold-out crowd, Costello did them all well – not afraid to revisit not only the songs of his earlier career, but also carrying the spirit of them into the newer songs.
Perhaps after surviving cancer surgery that canceled the end of his European leg, the 64-year-old Costello was emboldened, or re-invigorated.
Either way, his performance, and voice, was stronger than when he played the Sands in 2016.
Backed by a crack three-man band and two female singers, Costello opened the show with “This Year’s Girl” from his 1978 sophomore disc, “This Year’s Model,” with its swirling synth reviving that new wave sound.
He followed that with two 1980s deeper cuts: a forceful “Honey, Are You Straight or Are You Blind,” and “Clubland,” with Costello’s ‘70s rocking edge. On the latter, Costello even held a finger to his nose to hush the crowd as he played a scrubbing lead and sang with a “Watching the Detectives” affect.
Later offerings from the new disc were even better. The disc’s new single “Under Lime” had very much that 1977 vibe that ushered in new wave. “Why Won’t Heaven Help Me” was pretty rocking. The slow guitar-and-piano “Stripping Paper” was a clear reminder or the Elvis of old, and the slow, sensitive “Suspect My Tears” had some of his best vocals of the night, as he reached for a falsetto.
Early in the show, the older songs Costello played were nearly all deeper cuts: “New Lace Sleeves” from 1981’s “Trust”; a rocking, new-wavey “(I Don’t Want to Go To) Chelsea,” with good lead guitar.
So that when he did play a hit – his 1977 U.S. breakthrough “Watching the Detectives,” (in the same darkened-stage presentation as the last time he was at the Sands) it got a huge crowd reaction – and deservedly so.
Costello later did the same with later songs: A largely voice-and-acoustic guitar version of 1986’s “Indoor Fireworks” to a big cheer from the crowd, and closed the main set with a faster, more rocking “Can You Hear Me” from his last disc, 2013’s “Wise Up Ghost” that segued right into the hit “Pump It Up,” thumping, urgent and rocking.
Costello’s encore stretched eight songs and 40 minutes.
It opened with one of the night’s best: a barely instrumented, mostly a cappella “Allison,” with his two female backup singers. It got a huge cheer. Then a stark and spare, piano-and-voice “Accidents Will Happen,” on which he reached for a high and powerful end note.
He used that same vocal approach on “I Still Have That Other Girl,” which he also wrote with Bacharach, – really singing it --and paired that with a new Bacharach co-write, “He’s Given Me Things,” from the new disc.
Costello flubbed the start of that song slightly, and after saying “this is the first night,” re-started it dramatically better. He followed that with another early deeper cut, “Green Shirt,” which started stripped, then built as the crowd clapped along.
And then a six-minute version of his 1979 hit “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding,” with a wonderful chorus coda.
That completed Costello’s journey of giving everyone what they wanted. The fact that he could do that, and do it as well as he did, shows how important Costello’s music has been, and how much he still has left. | 2019-04-20T11:22:29Z | https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/lehigh-valley-music/mc-ent-elvis-costello-review-sands-bethlehem-event-center-20181103-story.html |
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Our team's FAVOURITE ultimate pretty-in-pink cake is the BEST. So pretty it hurts just a little bit to think someone will be having to cut into it!
The Pink Sweetheart cake is a triple decker layer cake made with three layers of soft pink velvet vanilla sponges, smooth and silky pink and natural Swiss meringue buttercream frosting in a stripey finish, glazed in out signature Belgian chocolate drip cake style, and decorated with macarons, glazed baked doughnuts, candied popcorn and piped buttercream flowers. We think this cake will make all the ladies, young and mature, swoon.
Frosted in on-trend watercolour style with various tones of pink, glazed in white chocolate drip and decorated with macarons, candied popcorn and delicate white chocolate feathers, this cake is a gorgeous addition to any girly celebration - be it birthdays or baby showers!
The reigning queen of all girly birthday cakes, this pretty thing quickly shot up our best-seller list as soon as it was launched! Vanilla bean sponges, pink ombre buttercream, peanut butter cups, pink chocolate glazed baked buttermilk doughnuts, and gold accents this baby will not be ignored.
Pastel rainbow buttercream decorated sponge layers with chocolate covered biscuits, pastel macarons and colourful chocolate shards, this cake is for super fun girls (the kind I wanna be bezzies with!). View all rainbow cakes.
For a birthday lady who is a vulture for culture, the Matcha-Sakura cake is a firm favourite, and also stocked in Selfridges Food Hall bakery. Rich chocolate sponge layers sandwiched with Japanese matcha green tea Swiss meringue buttercream, and decorated with our signature Belgian chocolate glaze, raspberry macarons and pink candied salted popcorn - oh so delicious and PRETTY to boot. Part of the Matcha Cake Collection.
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ESG integration is gaining more traction in private equity. Robeco’s latest Private Equity Engagement Report concludes that fund managers in the company’s private equity ESG Program have taken further steps to embrace ESG factors and integrate them into their investment processes.
“If we look at the activities of PE fund managers in the last year, we can conclude that ESG factors have become further integrated into their investment process.”, states the report in its introduction. Recommendations by the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures, the adoption of the European Commission’s Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth and the publication of a guidance document on ESG Monitoring, Reporting and Dialogue in Private Equity by PRI suggest that this positive trend will continue.
In the twelfth edition of the ESG Engagement Report1 Robeco Private Equity documents the activities of PE managers that are part of its ESG Engagement Program.
2017 was a year in which General partners (GPs) continued to strengthen their ESG integration in investment, monitoring and reporting practices which has translated into stable overall ESG scores.
The average ESG score for the 63 fund managers that participated in last year’s survey was 69%, compared to 66% in 2016 and 59% in 2015. Meanwhile, the median ESG score stands at 69%, versus 69% in 2016 and 64% in 2015. These figures indicate that most fund managers now have functioning ESG frameworks in place.
The results are based on an annual assessment by Robeco Private Equity that uses a reporting and assessment tool developed by the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). A growing number of investors in the private equity world are now signing up to the PRI and its goals.
The reputational risk of private equity portfolio companies monitored by Robeco Private Equity remains relatively low. The analysis of ESG-related news stories and alerts by RepRisk2 shows that the majority were not involved in any ESG-related incidents. Those that received negative media attention experienced relatively low impact and coverage. To increase awareness of ESG issues and encourage better communication, Robeco Private Equity continuously engages with fund managers whose portfolio companies have had to deal with incidents.
In their role of active owner of portfolio companies and the extended control this entails (compared to public companies), the PE managers are in a good position to promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs3).
In 2017 the number of PE fund managers that committed to contributing to these SDGs increased further. In terms of the contribution to specific goals, most portfolio companies contributed to SDG 7 and SDG 12, which relate to sustainable energy and sustainable consumption and production.
Despite the increasing focus on SDGs, the report also recognizes that SDG-related and impact reporting is still in its infancy and most of the managers first need to develop consistent ESG reporting frameworks.
An analysis of how PE managers currently manage climate-related risks and opportunities also indicated that half of the respondents have already incorporated climate-related risks and opportunities into their investment strategy and process in some way. In addition, 38% of the fund managers have integrated their process for climate-related risks into their overall risk management.
However, only 24% of managers currently engage with their portfolio companies to encourage better disclosure and practices relating to climate-related risks. The survey results also showed that only about one-fifth of managers currently use emission data or analysis in investment decision-making. These percentages show clear potential for improvement.
Robeco Private Equity’s ESG Engagement program, introduced in 2014, aims to encourage private equity fund managers to implement ESG best practices in their investment process. Through its ESG activities, which have been recognized by the PRI with an A+ rating, Robeco Private Equity aims to draw the attention of PE managers to ESG issues and assist them in their efforts.
As part of the program, private equity fund managers undergo an annual ESG assessment which serves as input for dialogue on potential improvements. Robeco Private Equity’s ESG engagement program strives to contribute to improving the risk-reward characteristics of client portfolios and enhance the added value of private equity fund managers.
1 Please note that we have changed the year referencing in the title of our annual ESG engagement report. The data that fund managers reported to us relate to the end of calendar year 2017, but the report was written and published in 2018. Henceforth the year of publication will therefore be recorded in the title of our annual ESG reports.
2 RepRisk, a leading business intelligence provider specialized in environmental, social and governance risk analytics to monitor the reputational risk of portfolio investments.
3 SDGs represent the global sustainability agenda for 2030 and provide a systematic framework for dealing with the most pressing social and environmental challenges globally. | 2019-04-25T18:31:41Z | https://www.robeco.com/uk/insights/2018/08/robeco-private-equity-publishes-2018-esg-engagement-report.html |
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The Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids is a worldwide group dedicated to practising, teaching, and developing Druidry as a valuable and inspiring spirituality. The Order was founded in Britain over 50 years ago by the historian and poet Ross Nichols, aided by the writer and founder of the Tolkien Society Vera Chapman, and fellow members of the Ancient Druid Order, which developed during the early years of the last century out of the Druid Revival which began about three hundred years ago.
Membership of the Order is open to followers of all faiths and none, regardless of gender, sexual orientation or ethnic origin, and there are currently over seventeen thousand members in fifty countries. The Order offers comprehensive training in Druidry in seven languages through its distance learning course, which includes a personal mentorship programme, camps and gatherings in many countries, a monthly magazine, and members' internet forums. as well as training in celebrancy.
The purpose of IDN is to provide a directory of druids, druid organisations and druid events in Ireland. This is to facilitate better communication within the Irish druid community; it is a free service with no affiliations and will remain completely impartial.
The Irish Druid Network was set up in 2006 by Luke Eastwood and Wil Kinghan, both practising their faith in Ireland. Both are members of OBOD but also pursue their own individual and group work within an Irish context.
The Contemporary Druids are a small grove located in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. They grew up together in Christian and secular homes but found as young adults they wanted more out of their spiritual lives than they were finding on their previous paths. They wanted to explore a spiritual connection to nature, find a higher kinship with the living breathing world and honor their ancestral roots. Soon they began exploring Pagan belief systems and the tenets of Druidism resounded so strongly they knew they had found their way home.
Looking to tie their newfound spiritual journey into their modern American lives they reached out to likeminded individuals to share their journey with and found a supportive, loving and kind community.
Cead míle fáilte! Stair na hÉireann will take you on an enchanting journey through Ireland's culture, language, history, ancient secrets, archaeology, arts & music, literature and thousands of places that link us to our past and the present.
Isla is a writer, poet, singer, wife and mother. She has loved and felt drawn to nature, her ancestors and the Druids for as long as she can remember. In her spare time, she enjoys steam punk novels, going to local festivals, as well as working with her show dogs. She wrote and contributed our official guide book.
Rik is an author, teacher, druid witch and member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. He lives in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania with his husband Matthew. He's taught public classes for several years on a number of topics related to Magic and Witchcraft, but these days he only teaches privately. He is the founder of the House of Blackthorn, a private, formal training that blends Druidry and Celtic Paganism with Old World Witchcraft. He has been on the magic path for 30 years, and offers services such as celtic tarot/oracle readings, numerology, Reiki treatments, hand-made spell candles, witch bottles, essential oil blends, soaps and other items for magical use. He currently has two books available on Amazon, "Walking a Magic Path" and "The Noble Art of Divination" (a tarot/oracle journal). Visit his website for more information.
Richard Price is a bagpiper / musician and dance master who was born in Beddgelert in North Wales, very close to Taliesin's birthplace of "Llyn Tegid." The intention of all his endeavors is to bring to modern audiences some of the myth and magic of the great Bard Taliesin, using newly written material and traditional songs from Britain/Wales.
He has spent a lifetime creating music, dance, art, photography, film and storytelling which is driven by the striving to be an 'Awenydd' or a innovative being inspired by the creative muse 'Awen.' He is a well respected expert in the performance of the music and circle dances of Brittany. Richard has traveled extensively and has lived in many parts of the world. He currently makes his home in San Diego, California with his wife Sorcha Sinclair who is a Gnostic Witch and jewelry designer.
Julie Brett is the author of the book Pagan Portals - Australian Druidry. She is passionate about reawakening the magic of the Australian landscape for all Australians. She is also passionate about Druidry and creating new forms of it that recognize the integral aspects of both ancestor-based tradition and nature-based tradition, bringing these together to create a form of Druidry that is truly Australian. She is the founder of the Druids Down Under network on Facebook and also a jewelry artist for her label Forest Spirit Jewelry. She is based now in The Blue Mountains, NSW Australia.
George has always been drawn to the magic and mystical elements of nature, and intuitively was fascinated by the interconnection and balance of all things therein. This has been the deep inspiration behind his poetry and song writing, leading to his very own unique sound and style that reminds us of our own hunger to be connected fully with the sacredness of life and that we live in a great story that is taking us on an ever unfolding journey.In just a few years the music of Cernunnos Rising is accumulating a loyal, global following and these unique songs of man, myth and magic, seasons and soul, and powerful ecological reminders have the seeds of a deep truth that resonates within all of us. Now on his 5th album of totally original songs George will continue to grow and evolve on his creative journey and remain prolific in his endeavour to “create” within the world of music, art and the realms of the imagination.
George’s career has been varied over the years, from display artist, sign-writer, sculpturist, cartoonist and publisher, inventor, actor, singer songwriter, security boss, American fire-fighter and paramedic (In Georgia USA), community arts champion, and founder of the Art For Their Sake charity.
Despite his very busy and productive life, George has ran and organized the Art For Their Sake charity creating a vast array of large scale, vibrant mural projects in special needs schools, hospices, and hospitals etc throughout the UK for nearly 40 years. He also designs and builds special, unique, interactive, tactile, and fibre-optic illuminated murals within these institutions. He still is to this day engaged fully in this charity work that greatly improves environments for the sick, disabled, disadvantaged, and terminally ill.
Síthearan NicLeòid (S. P. MacLeod) is a Canadian author and teacher, Gaelic singer and professional musician, ban-druí and ban-fili, and Harvard trained Celticist. She has studied Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic, modern Irish, Welsh, Cornish and Breton, and sings in these languages as well. Her areas of special training include Pagan Celtic religion and mythology, Old Irish poetry and wisdom texts, Celtic deities, and Gaelic folklore.
She has taught Celtic mythology, poetry, literature and culture at the university level, and has given honorarium lectures at Harvard University and University College Cork (with upcoming lectures at Trinity College Dublin and other venues in Ireland and Scotland). She has published numerous academic articles on Celtic myth and religion in the Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium (Harvard University Press) and Cosmos: Journal of the Society for Traditional Cosmology (University of Edinburgh), and has a chapter appearing in an upcoming academic book: "Thinking about Celtic Mythology in the 21st Century" (University of Wales Press).
She is currently working on a grant funded research project (Eólas ar Senchais) to study and restore authentic Celtic music and ritual from the pagan era, and is working with scholars and tradition bearers in the Celtic countries. Her most recent book, "Celtic Myth and Religion: A Study of Traditional Belief" is being used in college courses, and copies are held in numerous libraries and universities around the world, including the Royal Irish Academy. She is the founder of Túatha Imbais, and runs training programs and advanced courses.
Cara recently returned to the Bay Area after four years on a deep transformational soul journey in the west of Ireland where she was immersed in the mystical realm of the devas and Celtic Ancestors. During her 4 years she studied shamanism, ecotherapy and psychotherapy and was awakened to her true purpose as a healer and seer reconnecting with my ancestral memory in the land and sacred sites. She was called by her ancestors to heal her lineage and reawaken the sacred memory as a Druid creating a rainbow bridge of interconnection from the past to the future, east to west and from indigenous to modern.
Her passion and work now is to guide people back into interconnection with Nature through shamanic Druid practices, classes, healings, soul readings and journeys - to find the sacred in every day, healing ourselves and healing the planet.
She is also a professional photographer specializing in portraits and wedding photojournalism and has advanced degrees in counseling psychotherapy and Irish archaeology. She also offers sacred journeys to Ireland to share the magic, beauty and mystery she experienced on the land with others. The journeys will have a spiritual shamanic focus.
Jeremy Taylor, also known as Aiwendil Sylvanus, was born in 1975 and raised on a family farm in upstate New York. Jeremy has a strong interest in and connection to nature, that goes back to his childhood. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental biology, and an MBA in sustainable business. He has worked as a zookeeper, wildlife biologist, and pet care manager for a retail pet company in the past, and currently works as a state environmental educator, with his main duty being the editing of a nature magazine for children.
Jeremy began exploring different paths around the year 2000, and has settled on what he describes as animistic Celtic polytheism, with a tendency towards Druidry. Very much still learning, he is a member of several druid orders and other pagan groups, as well as multiple environmental organizations. Outside of nature and environmental issues, some of his hobbies and interests include history, genealogy, gardening, photography, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and the Lord of the Rings. Jeremy shares his home with a multitude of animal companions and houseplants, and his property, Quertarmagh Grove, has been designated a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.
Nimue Brown is the author of assorted Druid and Pagan titles and blogs most days at www.druidlife.wordpress.com. She's OBOD trained but has gone somewhat feral, and at the moment is working primarily with Bardic traditions. She was very much involved in the Contemplative Druid movement, is a Woodland Trust volunteer, a keen walker and a steampunk womble.
Yuri is a pedagogue, yoga teacher, speaker and spiritualist writer. He has published five books on spirituality in Portuguese and is currently working on a sixth about Druidry. He has been studying Druidism since a young teenager. He also has an inspirational and spiritual YouTube channel in Portuguese called Atma Vidya, the "science of the self" and encourages attaining the highest wisdom and enlightenment we can reach in our lifetime.
Hannah Crenshaw, also known as Astoriel, is an aspiring novelist and college student hailing from the Southeastern United States. Raised in a non-denominational Judeo-Christian household, Hannah was not content to let go of her personal relationship with Yeshua when she found Druidry, and so she did not. Blending together traditional Christian beliefs with Druidry at first seemed impossible, but now practicing Druidry seems like God's plan for Hannah all along. With a blend of ancestors from Africa, England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Americas, her diverse background has definitely made the Druid goal of attaining deeper knowledge and wisdom very interesting indeed. You'll most often find Hannah with her head buried in a book, typing away at her latest story, or worshiping God in His first church: Nature.
Nick O'Connor is the regional co-ordinator for Surrey and North Hampshire for the Pagan Federation. He has been a witch for over 16 years and has experience with and knowledge of many various crystals and herbs. He is a member of the Society for Storytelling and gives talks on English and Native American folklore at pagan events and schools. To date, Nick has numerous articles published on folklore, the history of paganism, practical magic and poetry in a variety of pagan publications.
Desiree is a teacher, web mistress for Discover Druidry, blogger, photographer, wife and mother. She plays the Bodhran and enjoys camping, hiking and spending time with her family. | 2019-04-24T18:16:34Z | https://discoverdruidry.org/about-us |
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We used plans for an 8x8 saltbox. Egg collecting can be accessed from outside as well as inside. Feeder and waterer are on slideable boards (my husband's idea) so that we don't have to actually go inside coop. Coop can be accessed by wire door attached with hooks for easy cleaning.
We let our roosters free range and then at night they jump up on roost right inside door for safety but cannot get to hens. Electric box and light switch are mounted above the doors inside. We have 6 Buff Orphingtons and 6 Golden Comets with 2 Buff Roosters named Tony and Jeff after our favorite Nascar drivers!
Plan to add small 4x8 deck onto the front of coop as well as a flower box under south widow for added decoration. Hens are very happy and producing 8-10 eggs a day now!
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Would like to see more details about the coop and how you built it. And more photos.
I guess I don't understand this sight, do we not get materials list? | 2019-04-23T18:30:08Z | https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ron-roxies-coop.47949/ |
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In order to meet the needs our diverse student population, educators must possess the mindset and skills needed to foster a positive learning environment for all students as it is critical to their academic success. Culturally responsive instructional practices honor and support this diversity, connecting learning to students' cultural and linguistic background while building on prior experiences. As a result, educators create an inclusive environment that is accessible and relatable to all students. In this seminar, participants will learn how to build on their current practices to create a culturally responsive classroom for their students. The goal of culturally responsive teaching is to instruct in a way that ensures engage in cognitively demanding tasks that foster independent learning by increasing student engagement and strengths-based mindset.
This seminar can be used to meet CTLE hours and C.R. Part 154 requirements.
This is an online seminar. Participants have thirty (30) days from the day access is granted to complete and upload all the assignments. An experienced instructor will provide feedback and coaching. At the end of the thirty days, participants who successfully complete the requirements will receive a grade of Pass and a certificate of completion. If not, a grade of Fail will be entered.
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Registration is on a rolling admission basis. New registrations will be added every Monday. You will receive information on how to access the online seminar via email by 5:00 pm.There is no refund once the access information has been sent to the participant. | 2019-04-19T16:26:07Z | https://www.mylearningplan.com/webreg/catalog.asp?D=15191&M=&Term=Online+Seminar+-+Culturally+Re&btn_View=Search&StartDate=09/01/2017&EndDate=08/31/2020&Instructor=&Page=1 |
Coral Tinted Perceptions: Spring Has Sprung!
Spring cleaning is a real thing, people and I've been in the process of doing it for a while however today I'm away from home so I figured I may as well get into some of my mental spring cleaning that is needed. I love the idea of it being a new season and me taking a. New mentality into a new season because let's be honest, I need to check myself out of the "keep warm zone" and push myself into the warmth of the sun!
The flowers are out and so is my optimism. I'm my going to lie, I've been in a weird mind set of late but I've decided to mentally attack it which intimately means.... I'm in planning mode!!!
How do you feel about the change in seasons?
Also, one of the most exciting things that last brought, mine was easily my niece!
Ps: sorry about the crap layout and picture quality I'm blogging from my blogger app while my internet is down!
So interesting to see a different perspective on the new season since like 99% of my feed (myself included) is like yay fall!!! ;) I love when the season changes. I love feeling like I have a clean slate to start fresh.
My sis lives in australia and its spring for her starting up as well. SO cool!
oh spring is such a fun season -- my favorite is all of the pretty flowers!
yay for spring! we're gearing up for the cold weather as fall is approaching in toronto (canada) fast.
I am not ready for fall yet- summer went by too quickly!
I love the change in seasons also Nat! Time for anew. We're going into Fall, so I'm prepping for colder weather. | 2019-04-23T02:39:32Z | http://coraltintedperceptions.blogspot.com/2014/09/spring-has-sprung.html |
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Fighting in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City killed 23 Iraqis yesterday, hospital officials said, and the U.S. military reported five troop deaths, as April showed signs of becoming the worst month for U.S. forces in Iraq since September.
At least 11 of the Iraqi deaths occurred when mortar shells landed in residential neighborhoods. Men rushed wounded children to overcrowded emergency rooms in Sadr City hospitals, on foot because of a ban on all vehicular traffic. In some parts of Sadr City, masked militiamen bearing machine guns and grenade launchers remained on the streets.
Officials at local hospitals have put the death toll in the neighborhood at more than 70 since Sunday, but it was not clear if those figures included militia fighters.
Thousands of Sadr City residents have fled for other neighborhoods. Prices in local markets were soaring as supplies dwindled, a result of suppliers' inability to bring in goods. Iraqi and U.S. forces appeared to be penetrating deeper into the neighborhood, one local journalist said.
There were no signs that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was pulling back on his offensive against Shiite militias, which has sparked fighting between Iraqi and U.S. forces and militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Al-Maliki's deadline for fighters to hand in heavy weapons expired Tuesday, but the latest clashes showed that rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, and rockets remained in militia hands.
Baghdad had spent part of yesterday quieter than in recent days, because of a curfew imposed to prevent clashes and protests marking the anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein on April 9, 2003.
Al-Sadr had called for a huge march in Baghdad to mark the anniversary of Hussein's ouster and to protest the U.S. presence and al-Maliki's offensive. The cleric says the offensive, which began March 25 in the southern city of Basra, is targeting his Mahdi Army and is a ploy to cripple his political movement in advance of provincial elections planned for October.
His fighters have risen up against Iraqi and U.S. forces, virtually collapsing a cease-fire that al-Sadr announced last August and that was credited with bringing a sharp drop in violence nationwide.
Although U.S. and Iraqi officials maintain that they are targeting criminal elements or "special groups" that did not abide by al-Sadr's truce, U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker acknowledged yesterday that the Basra offensive had drawn in others.
"A dangerous development in the immediate wake of the Basra operation was what appeared to be a reunification between special groups and JAM," he told lawmakers in Washington, using the acronym for al-Sadr's militia.
Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, gave lawmakers their assessments of the war during two days of hearings in Washington that ended yesterday.
The surge in troop deaths since the Basra offensive has underscored their contention that security gains witnessed in recent months easily could be reversed. At least 30 U.S. troops have died in Iraq since the Basra operation began, most in Baghdad; at least 19 have died in Iraq so far this month, representing the highest daily average since last September.
The deaths announced yesterday brought to at least 4,031 the number of U.S. troops to die in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. Brief military statements said three of the soldiers died in roadside bomb blasts: two in northeastern Baghdad and one east of the city. Two others died of "non-combat" injuries, statements said, giving no other details. | 2019-04-21T15:06:36Z | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2008-04-10-0804100267-story.html |
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London-based artist Sam Smith presents Notes (2014), a live video essay performance in which a constellation of poor images are brought together into a stream of collaged audio-visual vignettes. Fragmented scenes draw together key reference points from Smith's practice including the mediation of object via the camera eye's flattening gaze; the cinematic framing of landscape; and, through architecture, an audience's complicity in the projection image.
For KW's *Chora*, Smith incorporates targeted satellite imagery, text overlays, and subtle software interventions to open up new connections inside his shifting archive of sampled material. From a central computer, the combination of data is beamed onto a site-specific architectural screen, where layered surfaces push rectilinear footage into three-dimensional relationships. By deploying the windowed environment of the Mac operating system, and re-purposing the functionality for which it was created, the artist constitutes a post-cinema, hyperlinked apparatus.
Sam Smith currently lives and works between London and Sydney. From 2013 to 2014 he was part of the International Studio Programme at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. Recent solo projects include **Notes on the Apparatus** selected by Vdrome for the Artists' Film Biennial, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2014); **Frames of Reference**, a solo exhibtion at The Royal Standard as part of their Liverpool Biennial 2014 program (2014); and **Form Variations** at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2014).
The event is kindly supported by the Australian Embassy, Berlin. | 2019-04-22T18:56:37Z | https://www.kw-berlin.de/en/sam-smith-notes/ |
I have been busy baking Christmas cookies for the last couple of days. This is one of the first ones I did. It is a butter sugar cookie that you can flavor anyway you like and color anyway you like. I had intended to make these redder than they are but after about 10 drops of food coloring in them I decided that was enough. When I make these again I will use paste food coloring to get a deeper more intense color like a Christmas red. I like pink and green together so it worked for me. Store these in an airtight container and they should last for days.
Confused as to what type of butter, shortening or margarine to use and does it make a difference? You bet it does. Vegetable shortening, margarine and butter in some recipes are interchangeable. Ask most experienced bakers, though, and they will tell you that one of their secret weapons is plain, pure butter. Butter serves several purposes in cookie baking, it tenderizes and conveys the flavor of the cookie.
Compare the difference between a shortbread cookie and that of biscotti. Shortbread cookies seem to almost melt in your mouth, where as biscotti has a much lower butter content and are hard and crunchy. If a cookie recipe calls for butter, I’d use the butter, especially in cookies where butter is the flavor of the cookie. On the other hand cookies such as Molasses or gingerbread, I wouldn’t hesitate to use shortening. Do not use “reduced fat” or whipped butter products when you bake cookies, they can contain up to 58% water.
You want the cookies to spread more: Use all butter or add 1 to 2 tablespoons liquid (water, milk or cream) or use a low-protein flour such as bleached all-purpose (but not one that is chlorinated) or add 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar.
You want the cookies to spread less: Cut the sugar by a few tablespoons or add 1/4-1/2 cup additional flour.
You want the cookies to have a chewy quality: Melt the butter instead of simply using it at room temperature.
Brightly colored Christmas Pinwheel Cookies are perfect on the holiday cookie tray.
In your mixer bowl combine butter and powdered sugar. When combined add the egg and flavoring.
Add the flour, baking soda and salt. Mix well. Divide dough in half.
Add food coloring of choice to each half. Fold the dough over and over until it is mixed in.
Take a tablespoon of each dough and put together to form a ball. Roll the dough into a long snake about 6 inches long. Starting at one end roll the dough into a cylinder. Dip the edges into the sprinkles and place on a greased baking sheet.
Bake for about 8 minutes. Do not overbake. Let set on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes when the cookies come out of the oven. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
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With its eye on Western next-gen gamers, the Japanese publisher pays $15 million for Secret Level.
Sega Holdings of USA announced on Monday that it has purchased independent game studio Secret Level for $15 million.
Last July, Sega announced a next-generation development deal with Secret Level, an arrangement that asked the San Francisco-based shop to "re-create a classic Sega franchise" on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Though the unnamed game in question isn't "Sonic the Hedgehog"--which is being shepherded into the next generation internally--the prospect of a next-gen "Altered Beast" or "Golden Axe" has many players excited.
Prior to its next-gen project, Secret Level was best-known for developing "Karaoke Revolution," "Magic the Gathering: Battlegrounds" and console versions of the military title "America's Army: Rise of a Soldier."
Sega Holdings, the U.S.-based arm of Japan's Sega Sammy Holdings, said the acquisition of Secret Level was part of its push to concentrate on the U.S. and European video game markets.
"We looked long and hard at building an internal studio from scratch but were so impressed with the team at Secret Level and their next-gen technology that we decided to create our internal development infrastructure through a direct acquisition," said Simon Jeffery, Sega of America's president and COO.
The deal comes just more than a year after Sega acquired The Creative Assembly, makers of the highly acclaimed "Total War PC" strategy series and the not-so-highly acclaimed "Spartan: Total Warrior" for consoles. It also comes two weeks after Sega said it will "collaboratively develop" an all-new role-playing game with "NeverWinter Nights 2" developer Obsidian Entertainment for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Tor Thorsen reported for GameSpot. | 2019-04-24T06:59:20Z | https://www.cnet.com/news/sega-buys-s-f-based-indie-game-developer/ |
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‘I’m getting the 46,’ said the stranger looking into my eyes.
‘There’s my bus, must go’ he hesitated still looking at me longingly.
True I could have got the 46 but so as not to listen to his poppycock, I decided the 49 was a safer option. | 2019-04-22T01:17:48Z | https://autobiograpy-memoir.webs.com/snapshots3 |
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Tulsa race riot survivor: "Learn how to forgive, but never forget"
SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- A 100-inch, high definition screen projects an intense college basketball game. Massage therapists rub the nervous tensions of men and women away. Scissors skillfully cut men's hair. Two chandeliers adorn the main room, complimented by brick walls and a glass bar that doubles as a retail counter.
Sean Heywood, right, and Kumi Walker own MR., a barbershop and wine bar in San Francisco, California.
This is not your typical barbershop.
And that has always been the vision of owners Kumi Walker and Sean Heywood.
"We are literally trying to create a new version of the country club golf experience. But we're replacing golf with haircuts, and we're putting it in urban environments," says Heywood.
MR. (for mister) is their first business venture. It's an upscale barbershop, wine bar and lounge in the financial district of San Francisco where memberships cost $65 to $250 a month. In addition to the basic services, those who become members benefit from exclusive services like golf putting clinics and human resource workshops.
"We're trying to thrive, not just survive," Heywood said.
MR. takes the cultural aspect of the black barbershop experience and modernizes it, making it a place where businesspeople of all races can network.
The two entrepreneurs are bridging a cultural divide, and also giving back to the community. They offer free lifetime memberships to MR. to those in good standing with a re-entry program called Back on Track.
Among other things, Back on Track offers first-time, low-level criminal offenders GED preparation, tutoring, money-management instruction and job training and placement. And that's where MR. steps in. The membership provides them with one free haircut, trim, and shoeshine monthly.
"We'll take care of their grooming so that they don't have to. And they're ready for all the different jobs that they pursue going forward," Walker says.
Giving back is paramount for the entrepreneurs. And the story of one black business district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, inspires them. It was known as Black Wall Street, and it was destroyed in a race riot and fire 88 years ago.
"All of the businesses that we wanted to create, we wanted to encompass the culture of, if that community still existed today, what it would look like," says Walker, who says he read about the riot six years ago.
Imagine a credit union, a barbershop, a library, and men in freshly pressed suits with top hats sauntering on sidewalks. The melodic sounds of jazz flow into the streets from several nightclubs. A thriving community of black-owned businesses serve their clientele across a 42-block area.
That was the community that existed in the segregated neighborhood of Greenwood from 1830 to 1921.
But on the evening of May 31, 1921, white mobs entered Greenwood with torches and guns. Black residents gathered to protect a young man accused of assaulting a white woman. When the smoke from fires cleared on June 1, more than 1,000 homes, businesses and other institutions were burned or destroyed, according to the report of the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.
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"People came and said, 'Run, they are shooting people,' " says Wess Young, who was 4 then. "We evacuated. They were destroying everything."
The death toll has been debated for years, because many victims were dumped in mass graves. An American Red Cross estimate puts the total at 300, much higher than the 36 reported by local officials.
The riot devastated the social underpinnings of the Greenwood community and leveled a black economic force. Greenwood was rebuilt, but it never recovered.
"It was a really tragic end to thriving businesses. I think we'd be a lot further ahead had that area been able to continue to thrive," says Walker.
Wess Young and his family rebuilt their lives in Tulsa. When asked what he thought America would be like if the Tulsa race riot had not happened, he answers without hesitation, "We would have had a black president before now. ... He has done a good job, but we [blacks are] still in a box."
His advice to people is to let go of the past once they've learned from it.
"Hate will destroy your whole universe -- got to learn how to forgive, but never forget," Young says.
Walker says these stories of black struggle and survival motivate him.
"I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors," he says. "I just want to be as successful as possible so I can turn around and be mentors and sponsors to other people who come after me." | 2019-04-22T10:46:09Z | http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/24/bia.black.entrepreneurs/index.html |
Finally I get to feature The Kandy Devil !
Tech infos via Kustom Life Magazine, Dec 2017.
PS: The KD has suffered a bit of an incident and it's back at Tristan's for a few touch ups. Vincent is looking for sponsors to get the kustom at GNRS 2019. If you can, please help out ! | 2019-04-25T21:54:22Z | http://www.dwrenched.com/2018/03/hot-hot-hot_16.html |
I will clean the coils on my refrigerator at least twice this year.
I will leave the door on my washer open after use to prevent mildew and odors.
I will check and refill my dishwashers rinse aid dispenser every three months for better drying.
I will have my dryer vent line cleaned this year to provide better airflow.
I will change the water filter in my refrigerator to keep the water flowing properly and so it will be pure and clean.
I will clean out the old food from my freezer to provide for better airflow.
I will clean or replace the grease filters in my range hood to prevent fires.
I will clean the inside of my microwave oven to prevent damage.
I will clean spills inside my oven and on the cooktop as they happen.
I will not slam the doors or lids on any of my appliances so they don’t break.
I will use the proper amount of detergent in my washer and dishwasher to get the job done.
I will replace the water hoses on my washer to prevent water damage from a leak.
I will hope these tips help all my appliances to work better and longer but if they don’t, I will call Maslyn & Sons Appliance if I have any appliance repair needs!
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R S!!!!!
Happy birthday to the mom of the Maslyn Sons (and daughter)… we are grateful for you providing our work force! Thanks for all you do. We love you!
A very Merry Christmas from our house to yours.
The Maslyn Mrs. is not know for her love of cooking or cleaning, but one recipe she thinks every cook should know is this brunch family favorite. She though you might like to have it for Christmas morning! It is not low-fat, but hey, it’s a holiday.
Cut up bread in cubes & spread in 1/2 in greased casserole dish.
Mix the rest of the ingredients together & pour over bread.
Use a flat spatula to press down bread so it is fully saturated.
Cover with plastic wrap & let it sit in the fridge over night.
Cook all ingredients except the butter for 2 minutes in a small saucepan on the stove until it is bubbly.
Remove from stove & stir in butter.
Pour over baked strata right before you serve it.
We wish for you a working oven all holiday season long, but if you do happen to need an oven repair, call Maslyn & Sons Appliance and we will be there to help so you can make this tasty recipe for your family. (And remember not to clean your oven right before a big holiday as that is the #1 time ovens tend to go out.
To keep the oven, garbage disposal and kitchen sink drain in good working condition this holiday season, take some precautions. Oven problems usually go unnoticed until the big meal is already inside the oven, so a few minutes spent checking your kitchen appliances could save your holiday season.
Also, as we mentioned at Thanksgiving, avoid running the self-cleaning cycle RIGHT before a big holiday dinner (because this might cause something to go wrong with your oven… do it WELL in advance so if something breaks, you have plenty of time to call Maslyn & Sons Appliance out).
Replace gaskets at the first sign of a leak or if moisture appears on outside of oven.
Avoid pouring grease down your drain into your garbage disposal.
Throw leftovers in the trash or compost pile instead of putting down the garbage disposal.
Ensure there is enough space around appliances to allow heat to escape.
So pleased to welcome a new “daughter-in-love” to our family!
*Replace charcoal filter on your VENT HOOD (1x every 12 months).
*Swap out rubber drain hoses for braided stainless steel on your WASHER to prevent floods and leaks.
Maslyn & Sons Appliance repair does appliance maintenance as well as appliance repair!
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, mix together mustard, syrup, and vinegar. Place chicken breasts into 9×13 baking dish. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour mustard mixture over chicken. No need to marinate.
Bake for about 30-40 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 165 degrees. Season with rosemary. Prepare for people to ask you to make it again.
“Thanksgiving. It’s like we didn’t even TRY to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat.
Get your microwave squeaky clean before you have guests for the holiday. It will work better AND be less embarrassing!
Fill a microwave-safe glass or bowl half full of water. Add a tablespoon of white vinegar.
Turn on for 5 minutes. You may need less time in a high-powered microwave oven; keep an eye on it the first time you try this. This will steam up the walls of the microwave and loosen the dried-on gunk.
Remove the glass container (with hot pads). Wipe down the inside of the microwave with a clean rag or paper towel while it is still steamy and the gunk is still softened.
The loose gunk should come off easily now.
Take out the glass tray or turntable and wash it like a dish. You could even run it through the dishwasher if you have time.
We hope your appliances stay in tip-top working order as you enter this busy holiday season, but if they don’t, call Maslyn and Sons Appliance and we will come out and do your microwave repair in a jiffy! | 2019-04-21T18:28:55Z | http://www.maslynandsons.com/author/admin/page/3/ |
Iced Woofin - a cupcake for dogs!
Made from light and fluffy sponge, topped wth a large tail swishing swril of our famous yoghurt icing and decorated with an assortment of bone themed biscuits and doggy choc drops.
Pain Vanilla sponge, lavishly topped with our famous Pink, Carob or Vanilla yoghurt icing and decorated with biscuit shaped bones and doggy choco drops.
Carob (doggy chocolate) sponge, lavishly topped with our famous Pink, Carob or Vanilla yoghurt icing and decorated with biscuit shaped bones and doggy choco drops.
Also low calorie too - only 98 cals per iced Woofin! | 2019-04-19T05:06:22Z | https://dixiedoodles.co.uk/products/the-barking-bakery-iced-woofin |
Presented by Workplace Safety and Prevention Services (WSPS), this relevant and informative session will provide an overview of the new cannabis legislation. Employers will gain a better understanding of the implications and risks involved with the new regulations and will discuss next steps to consider as they navigate the changes. This session is being held in partnership with the Skills@Work program at Georgian College Career & Employment Community Services. Light refreshments will be provided. | 2019-04-21T17:11:26Z | https://dufferinbot.ca/event/cannabis-and-the-workplace-what-employers-need-to-know/ |
Two recently published reports shed damning light on the high cost of low wages in the fast food industry – an industry dominated by the restaurant giant McDonald’s, which raked-in over $5.4 billion in profits last year.
The reports – Super Sizing Public Costs: How Low Wages at Top Fast-Food Chains Leave Taxpayers Footing the Bill and Fast Food, Poverty Wages: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the Fast-Food Industry – argue that low-wages in the fast-food industry cost taxpayers nearly $7 billion annually.
Medicaid and CHIP (the Children’s Health Insurance Program) account for more than half of the $7 billion, at an average of $3.9 billion annually. Additionally, due to low earnings, fast food workers’ families also receive an annual average of $1.04 billion in food stamp benefits and $1.91 billion in Earned Income Tax Credit payments.
The ten largest fast-food companies alone made more than $7.4 billion in profits in 2012 and paid their top executives more than $53 million in compensation.
Low-wage fast-food jobs cost tax-payers the most in California ($717 million), New York ($708 million), Texas ($556 million), Illinois ($368 million), and Florida ($348 million).
According to Super Sizing Public Costs, “McDonald’s represents the most costly fast-food company for tax-payers.” Low wages and lack of benefits at McDonald’s cost tax-payers “$1.2 billion every year in public assistance programs,” according to the report.
YUM! Brands (Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC), Subway, Burger King and Wendy’s round-out the top five fast-food companies with workers who rely on public assistance.
The median average wage for fast-food workers is $8.69; an estimated 87 percent of fast-food workers do not receive health benefits. Furthermore, 67 percent of front-line fast-food workers are adults 20 and older; 68 percent are the main earners in their families and more than one-quarter are raising children.
“This business model puts tax-payers on the hook, while rewarding corporate CEO’s,” Jack Temple, a policy analyst for the National Employment Law Project and co-author of Super Sizing Public Costs, said during a conference call with the press on October 15.
The reports come on the heels of a nation-wide wave of fast-food worker strikes; most recently strikes took place in over 60 cities across the nation with thousands of fast-food workers walking off their jobs.
“The CEO of McDonald’s makes more in a day than I make in a year,” Yates added.
Fast-food workers nationally are calling for $15 an-hour in pay and the right to form or join a union without retaliation.
Jacobs also addressed the wave of non-traditional worker organizing taking place in fast-food, retail and other low-wage service sector jobs.
Super Sizing Public Costs: How Low Wages at Top Fast-Food Chains Leave Taxpayers Footing the Bill was published by the National Employment Law Project and Fast Food, Poverty Wages: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the Fast-Food Industry was published by the University of California Labor Center. | 2019-04-23T06:11:53Z | https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/fast-food-giants-cost-america-7-bil-in-mctaxes/ |
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- On Tuesday, hundreds of soldiers returned home from a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.
"It's excitement (and) nervousness because you never know how the children are going to react, but overall just a lot of excitement," said Lindsay Dunne.
Lindsay Dunne, and her two boys were waiting for their soldier to get off the plane and march into the hangar, "The boys were yelling and screaming and I was looking for him."
Gail Mintz was there to find her little cousin Keandre Corizine, "It feels amazing. We are just glad they all made it back safely."
This was Corizine's first deployment. He says although he got used to being away, there is no feeling like coming home, "New experience being away from family, but I was adapting and adjusting to most things. Dealing with the heat and the workouts was pretty tough some days but, you know just brush it off."
For fifteen minutes, before leaving briefly to return their gear, these soldiers were holding their loved ones tight. Kevin O'Malley spent those minutes meeting his son for the first time, "Its been a long nine months or so but I'm just happy to be home."
After a 12-hour flight and an emotional reunion soldiers like Joseph Dunne are ready to head home, "I was excited to see them. I was ready to get all this over with so we can go home and see each other."
During this deployment, the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade provided aviation support to U.S. coalition and Afghan forces.
In February, 700 soldiers will return home to Fort Campbell. | 2019-04-20T04:46:56Z | http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39912522/soldiers-return-home-to-fort-campbell |
When Cait and I found out how easy it is to make ravioli–and with such completely impressive and delicious results!–we just had to share this fabulous harvest recipe with you.
This dish is a poem to autumn, filled with sweet, tender butternut squash combined with a touch of honey, fresh thyme, rosemary, sage, and Parmesan, and topped with chopped hazelnuts (or you could substitute walnuts) and brown butter. This would work beautifully for any family feast or romantic, intimate dinner.
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly oil a baking sheet. Cut the squash in half through the stem and lay the halves cut side down on the oiled baking sheet. Bake 50-60 minutes, until easily pierced with a knife. Remove from oven and set aside to cool. Scoop out seeds and fibers and discard, then spoon the flesh into a mixing bowl. Mash squash with a potato-masher until smooth, then add breadcrumbs, 2 tablespoons Parmesan, honey, thyme, rosemary, chopped sage, and orange zest. Mix thoroughly and season with salt and pepper.
2. Warm the olive oil and nut oil over medium heat in a small frying pan and add hazelnuts or walnuts. Cook, stirring often, about 3 minutes, or until nuts are golden. Transfer nuts to a plate and set aside.
3. Melt butter in a medium saucepan until it turns brown and begins to smoke, 3-4 minutes. Remove immediately from heat, add nutmeg, and set aside.
4. Place a pasta sheet on a lightly floured work surface. Spoon mounds of filling on the sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart (the number of mounds you make will depend on the size of the pasta sheets you use). Lightly mist the mounds with a spray mister filled with water, then place a second pasta sheet over the first, covering the filling mounds, and pressing firmly around the edges and between the mounds to seal. Using a fluted cutting wheel or knife, cut between the rows of ravioli. Repeat with remaining sheets of pasta and filling.
5. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add ravioli and cook until tender, 2-3 minutes. To serve, reheat the browned butter. Drain ravioli and place in warmed serving bowl. Toss with butter, sprinkle with hazelnuts and 1/4 cup Parmesan. Garnish with sage leaves and serve immediately.
Inspired by Williams-Sonoma Seasonal Celebration: Autumn, by Joanne Weir (Time-Life Books, 1997). | 2019-04-21T16:23:53Z | https://www.care2.com/greenliving/butternut-ravioli-parmesan-hazelnuts.html |
How Do You Remove Calcium From Your Swimming Pool?
If you have a swimming pool in the Las Vegas area you are going to have to remove calcium from it. Even though calcium is great for strong bones and teeth, the same can’t be said about your swimming pool. If you live in our area you should be familiar with the fact that our fill water is loaded with calcium and other hardness minerals which can destroy numerous different things in your household. Over time, calcium scales your decorative faucets, plugs up shower heads and causes stains/water spots on the sinks and surfaces of your house. It can be extremely difficult to get rid of and ultimately extremely expensive when you need to replace them around your house. But, with all that said, have you thought about what this calcium will do to your swimming pool?
In the southwest, our water comes from the Colorado River which winds its way through the Grand Canyon. This area is loaded with calcium, magnesium and any other hardness minerals (limestone) you can think of which means that over time you will have to deal with hard water in your swimming pool too. As you fill your swimming pool with this hard water (typically 400 parts per million and higher) it will build up in concentration. Please note, as water evaporates the hardness minerals remain in solution and increase in concentration. When this happens, the scale will come visible on the tile, interior finish of the pool and filtration equipment. As the calcium continues to plate itself on the surfaces of the swimming pool it will inevitably cause more and more damages, not to mention, destroys the lifespan of your investment. That’s why at Clark County Pool & Lawn we recommend changing out the water in your swimming pool every two years!
By using our filtration it is a service that can be performed 365 days a year because the interior finish of the swimming pool isn’t exposed. In fact, you can even swim in the pool during filtration. What you and your family are left with is drinking quality water which is extremely safe to swim in. With all the issues of water quality in the news wouldn’t you prefer to swim in a pool that won’t make your eyes red or your skin itch? If you’re interested in learning more, please contact us today! | 2019-04-22T10:12:55Z | http://clarkcountypoolandlawn.com/2017/07/11/remove-calcium-swimming-pool/ |
Coin recognition and simple adding are important skills -- without them, how will your smart first grader know how much money he has?
Does your child need practice with his math skills? This printable worksheet, which will help him count up to 100, will give him practice counting by 2's.
Learn to see patterns in numbers with this handy chart. Kids will be prompted to skip count and color as they go.
Reinforce math concepts with your students! Use this practice quiz to review number patterns.
The backs of coins are as important as the front. Does your first grader know how to recognize a nickel from its back?
Keep students engaged and help them practice their counting fluency with this fun, game-based lesson. Students count and work with each other to create the classroom’s longest number snake. Who will be the winner?
There's a face on the front of a dime, but what's on the back? Teach your first grader how to recognizes dimes from the back with this count and add worksheet.
Searching for a worksheet that practices counting skills? This printable asks your child to determine which series of numbers is counting by twos.
his worksheet is a great way to get used to place value, and to see how it can factor in to simple addition.
Monkey around with math practice, and help your first grader start skip counting by identifying even numbers.
This cute little hermit crab is missing his sea shell. Connect the dots to give him a new home, and learn about odd numbers as you go!
Help draw this fruit bat's wings by connecting the dots. Your child will learn about odd numbers with this fun exercise! | 2019-04-26T16:11:05Z | https://www.education.com/resources/first-grade/skip-counting-and-three-digit-numbers/?page=2 |
The RAW is a generic photography term that relates to one of two file types that is output from your camera, the other being JPEG. It’s always written in capitals, although it doesn’t actually stand for anything. Canon’s RAW file format is known as CR2.
So why would you shoot in RAW, as opposed to JPEG?
With JPEG images, your camera takes the shot, applies certain settings, compresses it, then saves it. With RAW images, the photo retains almost all of the original data from the sensor. This gives the photographer the flexibility to finely tweak settings such as noise reduction, sharpness, white balance etc., before saving the final image as a JPEG. Most commonly, this is done on a computer using a program such as Adobe Lightroom, or Canon Digital Photo Professional.
While it does provide the perfect platform for post production, shooting in RAW means that you will fill up your card quicker, because the file sizes are generally 5 times larger. It also requires you to spend time ‘developing’ the images before they can be shared.
See JPEG for more information. | 2019-04-23T22:00:17Z | https://www.canon.com.au/explore/glossary/raw |
He hopes you’ll buy his latest CD and tickets to his show Jan.15 at Anthology. But at the same time, bluesman Otis Taylor saysthat if he’s honest with himself, he’d have to admit he probablydoesn’t care as much about the money end of things as heshould.
“I just don’t care if I sell records ---- I must not care,because I do the things the way I do,” Taylor said recently byphone. He explained that he views each album as a chance to explorea new concept ---- and thus keeps moving into new territory, ratherthan finding something that sells well and then turning out thesame style of record over and over.
“When I first started, I didn’t care; now, I can say I carebecause I’m making a little money. I care about money; I just don’tcareenoughabout money.
One thing he’s not doing the same is touring with daughterCassie Taylor, his longtime bassist and co-vocalist.
When asked if this surprised him, Taylor said his daughter hadmet someone and was tired of being away all the time. So for thistour, he’s bringing a different bass player and a drummer as well,"which is unusual,” he said.
He’s still touring in support of “Pentatonic Wars and LoveSongs,” released last June on Telarc. That album’s core concept waslove, while the album before that, “Reclaiming the Banjo,” wasabout exploring the black roots of the banjo.
His next album, set for release this June, is already finished.Taylor said he produces his own albums and then delivers a finishedproduct to Telarc.
Taylor said that he likes the playing on his recordings to soundfresh, so he will only go to two takes on a song ---- and only totwo takes because the other musicians playing with him may beplaying one of his songs for the first time on take No. 1. But ifthey don’t get it right the second time?
“Three takes makes me nervous, and I don’t get to four takes---- there’s no emotion left.
Although Telarc Records, his home since 2003’s “Truth Is NotFiction,” has been bought by the Concord Group, Taylor said thechanges haven’t filtered down to the musicians.
“They don’t send anyone out there to watch you. Some things aredone differently; a little more corporate, but not artistically.... There’s just more paperwork for everything.
While he admitted that his brand of “trance blues” is farremoved from the mainstream, Taylor said it is possible to beinfluential without being famous.
“I figure it’s better to have a niche than just be part of thepack. I have a lot of young filmmakers wanting to use my music.There’s a whole younger set that’s hearing about me, which iscool.
“Who’s more important in the world, Miles Davis or Mick Jagger?A hundred years from now, it will be Miles. Who’s sold morerecords? The Rolling Stones. But who’s hipper? Miles Davis.
“That’s a legacy I’d like to leave ---- but we’ll see. | 2019-04-25T04:34:39Z | https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-bluesman-taylor-cares-just-not-about-business-2010jan13-story.html |
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I have it for more than half a year..simply can't live without it. Can't even imagine flying without it now. Drivers are getting better, does more fluent job. Now it remembers staying in absolute mode and I can safely shutdown Windows (XP SP1) without getting the trackir drivers stuck. Simply amazing!!!
I've used it for 3 years now in sims. Still works as new.
Software has been constantly improved and it gets better and better all the time.
The longer you have it the more you like it, I hated it at first but now I wont fly without it.
You just have to learn to use it,for example always sit the same distance from the Tir unit or the responce will vary greatly.And use lots of deadzone at first then slowly reduce it as your skills improve.
Brought the 3D into flightsimming, that's for sure. Now I can look at my instruments, out the window, through my body by turning my head.
It's not like in real life, but it gets closer..
I still use it from time to time.
I find it of less value/use on non-full real.
When I have the 'pit off or external views I find it disorienting, but that may be down to practice!
And as I am having a major problem adjusting to the new FM's I don't have the time or patience to put into TIR in these circumstances!
And the orientation is automatic because you always have feedback where you look, because you move your head in that direction. But if you're not used to it, it may take a bit of practice. It's not hard though.
So when i fly pit off, i only fly with just the gunsight as visual reference and never lose orientation. TrackIR is handy with all settings, medium easy or hard. It's just like using a joystick to fly when for years you've been using the arrow keys to fly. TrackIR is also the HOTAS (= hands OFF throttle and stick) to look around.
Sometimes i watch trk's in external view and recreate external padlock with the trackIR. Focusing on 1 plane while tracking the other(s) with it. You can do that all without pressing buttons. It's great. So people who think trackIR is only usefull in full real games haven't yet discovered the full capability of trackIR yet./i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif Because it's even better in medium or easy games.
It's getting better and better! No flying without it as far as I'm concerned.
New software (2.11) supports it in FS2004 as well. Go get it!
I better stop being lazy and negotiate with my wife for some extra 'stick time'!
You can also look at the map while looking around the countryside to orient yourself looking for landmarks, rivers towns etc. And if you want, you can steer the view independantly of the gun if you want to play reargunner. In short, it was already good back then, it's great now, and it's getting better all the time.
New software/drivers is good too!
Can't wait to fire it up again when I get home tonight!
"Sorry kids, Daddy is busy"
What is the price for TrackIr?
Is it available in skandinavia?
DNMY made a comment about the map and he(she?) was dead on. It's nice to be able to look around when the map is open. I can finally give up on the map navigation lines being on, padlock on, etc and now can fly effectively with 100% realism options on. I paid $119 usd with $19 shipping. I was especially glad to know you can use reflective tape and not have to depend on the manufacturer for those dots.
- What is the price for TrackIr?
- Is it available in skandinavia?
They have a European sales office, they sell TrackIR as well as 3D Glasses. | 2019-04-18T10:56:36Z | https://forums.ubi.com/archive/index.php/t-19912.html?s=9d2462ea46c7fc70471c618b65624220 |
Scand J Work Environ Health. 39(4):361-368.
Our previous work has suggested that the incidence of any occurrence of injury leave among police officers is higher on night shifts. In this study, we extended our inquiry to determine whether the incidence of long-term injury leave varies across shifts.
Police officers (N=419) from an urban department were included in the analysis. Daily payroll work history data from 1994–2010 was collected. Injury leave duration was examined ranging from ≥1–≥90 days. Poisson regression models were used to compute incidence rates (IR) and incidence rate ratios (IRR) of long-term injury.
Cumulative incidence of injury for different durations of leave defined as ≥1, ≥5, ≥10, ≥15, ≥30, and ≥90 days were 61.3%, 45.4%, 39.9%, 33.9%, 26.5%, and 9.6% respectively. Age-and gender adjusted IRR of long-term injury (≥90 days) for night versus day shifts was IRR 3.12, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.35–7.21 and IRR 2.21, 95% CI 1.04–4.68, for night versus afternoon shifts. Among all durations examined, the largest IRR was for injury ≥90 days, night versus day shifts (IRR 3.12, 95% CI 1.35–7.21).
Night shift work was significantly associated with long-term injury among police officers after adjustment for age and gender. Although type of injury was not available, it is possible that variation in injury type across shifts might account for some of this association.
J Occup Environ Med. 59(11):1084-1088.
J Occup Environ Med. 58(3):e66-e71. | 2019-04-26T04:32:08Z | https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32051 |
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see my previous post on the topic, #1.
My last post ended up more as a how-to than what-to. This time, I’ll say why you should have local copies of the documentation for most of the tools you use. I’ll also tell you the sort of things I always have handy as well.
Getting a local copy of php.net – and getting installed as an apache vhost and updated (probably weekly) is some effort, but well worth it. I’ve said it before, but PHP.net is the best language reference site that I’ve seen. It’s kept up to date (sometimes ahead of the code releases in fact) and while the notes that are added to it can sometimes confuse, as much as help, when they do help, they will really make the difference.
I don’t tend to buy many PHP books, because what can they do besides re-iterate what is is already there?
The most important thing to bear in mind though is not to just have the documentation there to read – you have to know what is available. Projects like PHP, the Zend Framework and PHPUnit have a lot of parts – and knowing that they have things – even if you don’t know how they work right now, can save you days or weeks of effort.
It’s for that reason that you need to at least scan over all the the docs you have – and indeed for all the libraries and tools that you use. Even I don’t read everything and expect to remember it all – but I remember enough to recognise that a paticular tool might have something to help – maybe PHP has something to search the values in an array (http://php.net/array-search), or can use Oracle, or Ldap, or Memcached, or that Zend Framework can let you easily loop over maildirs (or an mbox) to get each mail from within it. If you don’t read the manual – at least skimming over it, you would never know that functionality exists, and you inevitably end up reimplementing other people’s already debugged code. That’s a waste of your time.
So, take an hour now, and assemble a directory to put these docs into, and read through them – not everything, but at least look at headers of every section, just to get an idea of what is available and maybe go back and read up some more on things that may be useful to you. If something isn’t so interesting to you now, do bear in mind, your next project, or job, might change that.
Above all, keep learning. Never stop.
I generally just download the latest many-HTML-page tar.bz2 file from http://pear.php.net/manual/ and drop it into my docs directory.
For ZF, there’s two sets of documentation – the main docs, and the generated API. Also, since they are released as versions, with the code, rather than continually upgraded. Downloading and unpacking both styles of documentation is easy, and then I’ll just add a quick index.html file in the base to quickly bounce into either the manual, or API.
Simpletest is easy, copy the documentation from the source tar-ball. While the team that develops it is getting quickly obsoleted by PHP Unit, they are still ahead on mocking and web-form testing. There are also some ideas somewhat buried in the online docs for upcoming features.
For updating the phpunit docs, I’ve taken to checking out a copy of the docs and running the build script to get the HTML, and then like ZF, having a redirect [in this case, a header(‘Location: …’)] to bounce the browser into the right place to start reading. An Apache alias or just an easy link from the top level into the generated docs are other trivial ways to do that.
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ and of course, they have the book sources in subversion Probably as easy to just download the multi-file tarball occasionally.
Although TortoiseSvn, and other tools like it make the every day check-ins and updates easy, I know I’ll still hit the manual for branching for a while yet.
You thought you were going to get away without a reminder to write your own documentation? Wrong!
phpXref – A bit of an old-timer, it’s actually written in perl, but it will link parts of your code around a large number of HTML pages – useful for code exploration.
The Pear PHP_DocBlockGenerator is also useful to generate the place-holders in a newly written file that might be a little light on function docblocks, though it does tend to go a little overboard with variables. If there are docblocks – even empty ones, it won’t change them, but it will add function parameter names for you to go back and explain what they are, and why they are there.
One little optimisation I’ve done with a project I’m working on is that since the site is some 45MB – most of that pure PHP (library) code, I don’t bother running the document generation unless a PHP file has changed.
I hope those help, but remember – you have to know where to look for help – so read! | 2019-04-25T14:58:48Z | https://phpscaling.com/2008/03/24/always-have-up-to-date-documentation-part-2/ |
Phew! Do you feel like an emotional husk after yesterday's big wave carnage and confounded trying to keep up with a blast of events happening at the same time? Spike summarises for us.
What a crazy day of surfing, and its been and will be happening today, again, at the business end of the surfing and SUP season. Stephanie Gilmore just won the women's WSL Championship Tour after surfing in one heat but the clincher for her was when main challenger Lakey Peterson was eliminated from the Beachwaver Maui Pro in cranking 8 foot surf.
Then, Keana Kennelly won the women's BWT last night by trying to commit hara kiri on waves already bordering on tow only. The same went for the men afterwards. Even they were in way over their heads, so to speak. Did you know they called off the men's event not because they thought it too dangerous (at first) but because they literally 'lost' Russel Bierke at Jaws last night? For me, the red light was already flashing like a strobe light watching the women's suicidal commitment.
Gut wrenching stuff! Then we had to watch the same trait to end life as we know it by the men. Was that barrel that Twiggy planed into - a hair's breath away from another flotation vest-ripping, bone-snapping over the falls death dance - the biggest barrel paddled into in the history of .... like everything?
It was insane. Well, we have more of the same tonight. Tighten your britches bru, stomach in, chest out! Try stock up on adrenaline after it was sucked dry last night.
Today is a busy day in the water world of waves and SUP. The Vans World Cup is on at Sunset beach and Jordy Smith joins six other Saffas in the lineup (and seven if you count Benji Brand), with Jordy winning his Round 1 heat and leapfrogging Round 2 direct to Round 3. Dylan Lightfoot, Mikey February, Adin Masencamp, Matthew McGillivray, Beyrick De Vries, and David van Zyl are all through to four-man Round 2 heats with the top two joining the top two who went direct to Round 3. Oh, and Sunset is fire ing.
The ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Champs just wound down the day in China, with the SUP Surfing done after Riyue Bay was fed by waves from a typhoon. Sadly, despite a good show, Thomas King dropped out in Repecharge Heat 7, two heats from the final. But he's into the Men's technical race repercharge, as is Kimon dos Santos, which is one heat from the final. Tarryn King has made the women's final main event of Technical Racing, with Tamsyn Foster into the repecharge.
Then there's the Taiwan Open World Longboarding Champs running in a parallel time zone in Taiwan. Four Saffas are there. Steezy Sawyer (24) of Jeffreys Bay, Sam Christianson (20) Alfonzo Pieters (29) and Chrystal Hulett (22). Matthew Moir had a wildcard entry, but apparently has too much work going on, and couldn't attend.
Even without Mouse, this is the most experienced group to attend a WSL Longboard Championships. Steezy Sawyer, despite breaking his board and taking a sip of piss in a bizarre bit of miscommunication, is through to Round 3 and is a big favourite. Muizenberg local Pieters was knocked out in Round 2, but Christianson prevailed in the last heat of the day a short while ago (11am SA time). Hulett is up early tomorrow.
Jinsun Harbour has had lank swell, and the longboarders are ripping. In a first for the WSL, world champions from two separate disciplines will be crowned at the same venue when the WSL Junior Surfing Championships follow the longboarding from 1-9 December.
"Round 2" of the big wave surfing at Jaws (and conditions look just as hairy, though hopefully a little more benign) will be called at around 7pm this evening SA time.
You'll be spoiled for choice, with the Vans Triple Crown event at Sunset also set to kickstart this evening around the same time, or a bit later. PLUS we have the women's Beachwaver Maui Pro continuing too, and the surf as you know is GOING OFF in Hawaii.
By the way, amidst the women's CT world title excitement, spare a thought for Ventura native Sage Erickson, who was on the opposite end of the spectrum shored up by Gilmore's elation. Like Lakey, she was eliminated in Round 2 by Nikki Van Dijk, which means she fails to requalify for 2019. She also narrowly misses requalifying via the QS by one heat at the Port Stephens Toyota Pro earlier this month.
Anyway, get the AV going, and get ready to bounce around to different events like a crazy person. | 2019-04-19T22:34:21Z | https://www.wavescape.co.za/surf-news/breaking-news/surfing-world-explodes.html |
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My best friend from college was married 18 years ago this week. As her maid of honor, I felt like a princess. We has our hair and nails done, rode in a limousine to the reception while New Orleans police officers stopped traffic just for the wedding party, and then we all danced under twinkling Christmas lights. The other bridesmaids and I wore gorgeous emerald green dresses with a long satin bow in the back. Maybe because it was a Christmastime wedding, the dress was packed away with my Christmas decorations. It no longer fits, but I look at it every year as my children and I unpack ornaments. This year my daughter asked to try it on. The girls are both still teenagers and smaller than I was in my 20s, and it was too long for both of them still.
They have both been in a wedding, and part of the excitement was helping them to find just the right dresses. If I had known of DressFirst.com then, finding them may have been easier. DressFirst.com is an online site selling wedding dresses, prom dresses, evening dresses, holiday dresses, homecoming dresses, etc. They have a large selection of both jr bridesmaid dresses and bridesmaid dresses.
Actually, almost everything needed for a wedding can be ordered from this one website. From lovely floral bouquets to napkins and serving sets for the wedding cake and even invitations. Arranging a wedding with online conveniences is so much different than when I went to multiple businesses as I planned my own wedding. The lovely Romantic Round Satin Wedding Bouquet is the same soft peach color my own wedding roses were.
In addition to everything needed for weddings, DressFirst.com also offers dresses for other special occasions as well as shoes for any dressy occasion. The ballroom selection may have just what we need for the next time we go English Country Dancing.
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I enjoyed reading your memories. What a special time to remember a friend, a wedding, a change, and sharing that with your family.
Thanks for the info - always looking for good dress sources!
Cannot wait to check this site out!
Looks like a great site, thank you so much!
I definitely need to check this one out for a dress for the Azalea Ball. Thanks for sharing. | 2019-04-22T02:01:50Z | https://www.glimpseofourlife.com/2013/12/dressing-up.html?showComment=1387746202595 |
Once, you have converted your yellow teeth into white ones, you should take utmost care to not to get them yellow again. Whitening the teeth, again and again, may lead them to become translucent or even blue. So preserve your teeth so that you may smile with confidence at every time! Here are some proven and very effective home remedies to whiten your yellow teeth. Take help of these remedies... Hi. I would say that it is possible to get 'Hollywood' white teeth, but naturally may be a bit stretched. But again, this depends on the current condition of your teeth.
How To Whiten Yellow Teeth At Home (And Keep Them That Way) How it works: It will whiten your teeth by absorbing plaque, stains, and bacteria, revealing a white and clean surface. How to use it:Use it once per day three days in a row when you notice your teeth are becoming yellow. You can either brush or rinse with it. If you have sensitivity, it’s best to avoid brushing and stick to... Your natural teeth have their own colour, which the dentists will use as reference so the dental restorations do not look out of place in the mouth. For certain cosmetic procedures, dentists will ask for your input on which shades you want. Some patients prefer to have the shade match their natural tone, while others go for pearly white shades for Hollywood smile-type makeovers.
Now they can whiten your teeth in about a week, and you'll start to notice results in about 3 days. Hydrogen Peroxide Gels. Hydrogen peroxide also works, but here's why I hate it. I don't like sitting around for hours with a tray in my mouth while I could be doing better things with my time. Sure, it works well, but it makes my teeth sensitive and I always gag on the mouth piece. Whitening... The perfect Hollywood smile is something we all want, perfectly white teeth, aligned to perfection making your smile even prettier. There are a number of dental procedures which can help you get your teeth pearly white, but they can be quite costly and not everyone can afford them.
There are many different methods you can use to whiten your teeth, and which one you choose can be influenced by how much you want to spend. Here is a breakdown of some of the most popular methods of teeth whitening, and how much they typically cost.
29/08/2007 · And your teeth will be as white as snow,and your smile will be beautiful. I did this three time a week. Just put a little baking soda on a paper towel or a saucer,wet tooth brush dab bristle in soda then brush,rinse and your good to go. Good Luck and happy smiling. | 2019-04-25T22:27:25Z | http://elipskitap.com/northern-territory/how-to-get-your-teeth-hollywood-white.php |
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Every morning on The Style Blog, we celebrate the best footwear weve come across. Now, for your benefit, its all in one place.
Every morning on The Style Blog, we celebrate the best footwear we've come across. Now, for your benefit, it's all in one place.
Walk in these down the boardwalk.
Walk in these when you're feeling sick of summer.
Walk in these to your crucial mid-week meeting.
Walk in these... no, actually, bike in these to work.
Walk in these no matter what you're wearing.
Walk in these before summer's over.
Walk in these to... your car?
Walk in these to get noticed.
Walk in these to the grocery store.
Walk in these to work this morning.
Walk in these the next time you take her out — tonight?
Walk in these wherever you go, because espadrilles are this summer's solution to another scorcher.
Walk in these to your computer, then explore sidmashburn.com, the just-launched online home of the storied Atlanta store.
Walk in these the next time you ditch the office for the mountains. | 2019-04-25T06:10:26Z | https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/advice/g871/best-mens-shoes-of-summer-2011/ |
Songwriter and guitarist for The Outfield, John Spinks has passed away at age 60 from liver cancer. The British pop rock band, The Outfeild had eight Billboard 100 hits from 1986 – 1992 which includes of course it’s Number 6 big hit, Your Love which was written by John. Their debut album, Play Deep spent 66 weeks on the chart and went Platinum.
Oddly, The Outfield had great commercial success in the US much more than their homeland. I think I still have my Outfield cassettes. I wore them out and loved them. Their songs still bring me back to my youth as soon as I play them. I thank them for the great music which became the soundtrack of my youth.
We would like to thank you for ‘Your Love’ and the continued support you have given John throughout his career. He loved making music and playing his guitar. He found pleasure knowing that his music made people happy and bought them fond memories. He worked hard with many days in pain to finish the Replay album. There were times when he could barely pick up his guitar, but he refused to give up knowing he would disappoint fans. The hardest day for John was when he put his guitar in its case announcing his hands could no longer play.
During the last months of his life, John, Tony and Alan wrote new material. What the future holds for this is unclear at the time of this writing.
I will leave you with one of my favorite songs from The Outfield, Your Love.
Adelita’s Way gearing up for their album release with another instant download for pre-orders! | 2019-04-25T18:52:17Z | https://musicjunkiepress.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/the-outfield-guitarist-and-songwriter-john-spinks-dies-from-liver-cancer/ |
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Every researcher or diagnostician working with reptiles has faced the challenge of identifying reptile hemoparasites and then determining whether they are of importance or merely incidental. Another challenge is how to easily find the information required to make the proper identification. A distillation of knowledge from world-renowned expert Sam R. Telford, Jr, Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text provides a comprehensive compilation of information on how to differentiate between the myriad species of reptile hemoparasites.
The atlas provides diagnoses for 262 species of plasmodiids, hemogregarines, hemococcidians, trypansosomes, and leishmanias, including descriptions of eight new species or new taxonomic designations. It also discusses lesser known groups, such as piroplasms, rickettsiae, chlamydia, and erythrocytic viruses. Each genus and many species are represented among the 166 taxa illustrated in color. The species accounts contain host and geographic distribution, with precise localities when possible, prevalence, life cycles and vectors when known, effects upon the host, and ecology of the host-parasite relationship, morphological variation, and an exhaustive bibliography. The book also includes an illustrated key showing diagnostic characters.
Telford draws on his 45 years of experience and his personal collection, considered the world’s most complete, to provide information on the morphology of the unicellular parasites of reptilian blood. He includes information from hard-to-find original papers and articles from sources throughout the world. The illustrated key and photomicrographs from Telford’s collection make identifying species quicker and easier.
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Last edited by Motoko; 12th October 2018 at 08:19 PM. Reason: UPDATE. | 2019-04-24T16:34:36Z | http://www.vetelib.com/threads/832-Hemoparasites-of-the-Reptilia-Color-Atlas-and-Text |
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You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland. | 2019-04-19T14:42:05Z | https://www.redcross.org.uk/terms-and-conditions |
This Giraffe canvas print growth chart would be the perfect addition to any child's room! Shown are 3 different backgrounds to choose from(green watercolor, white and grey chevron, or light yellow with grey silhouetted giraffe). You can also choose custom colors if you would prefer something different than what is shown in the listing example. If you choose custom colors from the drop down menu, please leave your color preferences in the note to seller section of your invoice. We will send you a proof to approve before printing. You can choose to have a name added horizontally near the top using the drop down menu. If you choose to have a name added, please leave the name in the note to seller section. Our growth charts have a dowel on the top and bottom. The dowel rod at the top has twine attached for hanging. Watermarks will not appear on your actual print. | 2019-04-22T10:44:32Z | https://www.frogsandfairytales.com/listing/514338554/giraffe-safari-jungle-yellow-grey |
The bandh seems to have been successful in the hinterland, with daily life coming to a standstill in districts such as Godda, Sahebganj, Chatra and Jamtara. In Deoghar, workers of JVM, JMM, Congress, RJD and CPM held a protest at Tower Chowk.
Joining of all Opposition parties in the bandh could be seen as the unity among the non-BJP parties in view of the upcoming general elections next year.
Over 5,000 people in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, battling against the acquisition of land by a state power utility, have written letters to authorities seeking permission to die, a farmers' body leader on Tuesday claimed.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned that if judicial discipline and propriety were not maintained, then the institution will "go forever".
In order to create more affordable housing in the state, Maharashtra has cleared the conversion of industrial zones into residential and commercial ones.
Around 10,000 hectares of land, most if it homestead and farms, is being acquired for the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway, to bring "prosperity" to the poorer regions of eastern Maharashtra. But the agitating farmers in Nashik are sceptical about the promised prosperity.
The CBI on Monday questioned former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in connection with Manesar land deal scam. | 2019-04-19T20:43:56Z | https://www.firstpost.com/tag/land-acquisition-act |
Terrorism Index in Latvia increased to 0.46 in 2017 from 0 in 2016. Terrorism Index in Latvia averaged 0.09 from 2002 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 0.66 in 2002 and a record low of 0 in 2005.
The Global Terrorism Index measures the direct and indirect impact of terrorism, including its effects on lives lost, injuries, property damage and the psychological aftereffects. It is a composite score that ranks countries according to the impact of terrorism from 0 (no impact) to 10 (highest impact). Latvia Terrorism Index - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019. | 2019-04-22T00:22:23Z | https://tradingeconomics.com/latvia/terrorism-index |
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Now let's learn how to modify fields in database tables.
Let's modify the address field.
Make the changes you want, then click Save.
That's it! We've successfully changed the name of the address field to city.
This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to modify fields in a table using phpMyAdmin. | 2019-04-21T20:38:00Z | https://kb.iweb.com/hc/en-us/articles/230246608-Modifying-fields-in-database-tables-with-phpMyAdmin |
I-95 Exit 6 , Martin Luther King Blvd., RR station. At the foot of the ramp take a right onto Maryland Avenue to the traffic light and make a right onto Martin Luther King Blvd. Stay in the 2nd from right lane and go past the train station (look for the clock tower) crossing Walnut Street. Martin Luther King Blvd. becomes Front St. at the train station. 1½ blocks past the train station you go under the railroad and turn into the boathouse parking area on your right.
WYRA began as part of the Wilmington Rowing Club in 1989. It incorporated as the Wilmington Youth Rowing Association in 1994. WYRA (pronounced Y-RA) is a not for profit organization that offers a variety of recreational and competitive rowing programs to youngsters from Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania . The 17,000 sq. ft. boathouse is also home to the University of Delaware crew. The WYRA boathouse is located a block and a half from the Wilmington Train Station.
WYRA uses the sport of rowing as a vehicle to raise self esteem and teach responsibility, self-discipline, sportsmanship, pursuit of excellence and teamwork. Rowing is the ultimate team sport. No one is a bench warmer. Everyone rows and everyone races. WYRA crews compete in fall “head” races, long 2.5-3.5 races against the clock, winter indoor ergometer races, and traditional sprint, 1500m-2000m races in the spring. WYRA crew teams have competed in races all over the United States including Boston MA , Cape Cod MA, Princeton NJ, Pittsburg PA , Lake Lanier GA, Connecticut, Cincinnati OH and across the Atlantic in England. | 2019-04-26T06:11:07Z | https://riverfrontwilm.com/directory/wilmington-youth-rowing-association/ |
Google launched its annual developer conference I/O in 2015, the latest version of Android, many features of the Android M lifted the curtain. Google has many features as outlined in the conference which will appear in the latest version Android M.
According to Google’s Vice President (Engineering), Dave Burke core theme will Improve the User Experience in the new version of Android M.
1. Android M will open the way to improve communication between applications. When users open a link in an app, then they have to choose between Chrome browser and any other app. Android M app in the software itself will decide what is good for opening the link.
2. Android M now has a new feature will be called “Dose” that. “Dose” of your smartphone and tablet battery time will increase. If you forget to turn off the app or the app will be running in the background so it will stop making your own passive application and your battery will increase battery standby time will more than ever.
3. Android M Devices for charging USB type C as well as adopt the new standard. So now you have your smartphone or tablet’s battery USB Type-C cable with a two-way, you will quickly be able to charge the battery from your friend’s smartphone or tablet. The two devices will be necessary in the Android M.
4. Your smartphone and tablet Android M, fingerprints scanner will support another native feature. Like the iPhone, Android M users will be able to unlock the phone from his Fingerprints and applications can verify your payment.
5. Now for Mobile Payments, Google will use a new platform Android pay. The platform will run on standard NFC and payment in retail stores and applications will be able to use, but the company operated its first Google Wallet was no mention about.
6. Standalone Chrome browser will work best with a weak Internet connection. It will check the Internet connection and the connection of the devices themselves, such as weakening the image heavy content will be removed. The page will load quickly. As Apple’s Safari browser is also Instapeper.
7. Now you will be able to control Android M an app permission. For example, if you want an app to blocks access to the Internet, you will be able to disable it. As such, if you want to Use Whatsapp offline, you will be able to turn off its Internet access permission.
In addition, some minor changes have been made Android M Forms Selection feature has improved. Additionally, when a user Android M shares, so the software will remember the most frequent contacts and apps which will allow data are shared and Suggest. Similarly, the volume of individual streams such as Android M alarm, notification, ringtones etc. will return controls that were hidden in lollipops. Android M’s developer preview will be available in right now, for all users, while the rest will be launched in the third quarter of 2015. | 2019-04-24T14:33:06Z | https://www.pcmobitech.com/whats-new-features-coming-in-android-m/ |
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The giant 700 MW project in Dubai will combine tower and trough technologies and use scale and local infrastructure synergies to set a new benchmark price of $73/MWh for CSP with storage, Andrea Lovato, ACWA Power’s Executive Director of Business Development, told New Energy Update.
ACWA Power will use learnings from its Noor CSP project in Morocco which also uses tower and trough technology.
On September 16, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) awarded Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power a 700 MW CSP project following a highly competitive tender launched earlier this year.
ACWA Power’s plant is expected to cost AED14.2 billion ($3.9 billion) and ACWA Power is to commit $750 million equity to the project. Consortium partners will include China’s Shanghai Electric and DEWA has also said it plans to invest in the plant.
The project represents the world’s largest single-site CSP plant based on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model and will use a combination of central tower and parabolic trough technologies.
ACWA Power’s 700 MW project is far larger than the 200 MW requirement set out in DEWA’s tender criteria and establishes new cost benchmarks for the growing Middle East CSP market.
“Opex [Operational expenditure] savings can also be achieved using common infrastructure and operations and maintenance personnel in the UAE,” he said.
ACWA Power’s tower system will provide fifteen hours of storage while the trough section will provide eleven hours. The combination of technologies will help to reduce the total cost of energy, Lovato said.
“Parabolic troughs are a more mature and low-risk technology while tower technology and energy storage help reduce costs,” he said.
“Use of this [combination of] technology has allowed for increased storage capacity,” Lovato noted.
DEWA’s tender criteria did not enforce local content requirements and Shanghai Electric’s involvement in the engineering, procurement and construction of the project will help drive down costs.
Shanghai Electric is currently building CSP capacity in China as part of the country’s ambitious targets to complete 20 CSP projects of total capacity 1.3 GW by 2018. This first batch of Chinese projects is expected to accelerate deployment efficiencies and build out China’s CSP supply chain.
“In order to deliver reliable power at the lowest possible cost, ACWA Power looks to incorporate local content where possible, as well as work with our existing network of suppliers in the markets where we operate to achieve economies of scale and reduce cost,” Lovato said.
ACWA Power also expects savings in financing costs due to DEWA’s strong credit rating, the political stability of UAE, and the current low interest rate environment.
In 2016, Dubai set the world’s lowest PV price of $29.9/MWh for the 800 MW MBR phase 2 project, demonstrating the significant banking interest and cost reduction potential of Dubai’s solar program.
ACWA Power’s equity investment in the 700 MW project represents the company’s largest ever capital commitment.
The power purchase agreement (PPA) and financial closure of the project are expected to be finished “shortly,” DEWA said in a statement.
Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia’s newly-created Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) said it plans to build 1 GW of CSP capacity by 2023. | 2019-04-20T20:43:56Z | http://www.solarpaces.org/acwa-bid-record-low-cost-csp-dubai/ |
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