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Name: Jasmine Mary Joesph
NickName: Meera Jasmine
Meera Jasmine was born on February 15th, 1982 to father Joseph Phillip and mother Aleyamma. Meera was born in Thiruvella, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala. She has one brother - George.
Meera Jasmine started her life in the small town of Kuttapuzha and completed her schooling in Mar Thoma Residential School in Tiruvalla. It was destiny that brought Jasmine Mary Joseph to the world of cinema.
Acting was far from her aspirations, she just wanted to study and become a doctor. She was totally unaware of her beauty and talent. It was purely by chance that Jasmine Mary Joseph went to see the filming of a movie along with her classmates.
While she was busy gaping at the actors and the shooting process, the director Lohitadas noticed her and felt that she was rather out of the ordinary. He offered her the role of the heroine in his next venture, and to her credit she was quite stunned at the offer.
Her conservative family background forbade her becoming part of the film industry. Nevertheless she agreed Lohitadas, and Jasmine Mary Joseph became Meera Jasmine, the heroine of Soothradharan, opposite Dileep.
Meera Jasmine made her debut in the malayalam film Soothradharan which fared well at the box office. It was not long before she got offers for films in other languages.
Meera's next film was Tamil film Run and Bala (2002), and won her the Best Debut Female Actress award for Run.
Meera Jasmine always stayed close to the Malayalam sphere and her second malayalam film was Kasthooriman, followed by Gramaphone.
It was Meera Jasmine's fourth malayalam film -Swapnakoodu - that really made a mark at the box office. The songs in the film were also a commercial success, and this film led her onto greater heights in the film Kasthooriman.
Kasthooriman was a success at the box office and ran for 100 days. This was also the film that won Meera Jasmine her first film fare award.
Meera Jasmine has also acted in the Tamil film industry with huge success in the film
Meera Jasmine has also acted in Telegu films, her first appearance to Telegu audiences in a dubbed version of the Tamil film Run.
Her biggest Telegu hit was Bhadra with Ravi Teja cast as the male lead.
Meera Jasmine has had many speculations and rumours flying around about her marriage and with whom she was dating.
Of her many rumoured suiters were:
- Director Logi Dass with whom Meera worked with on the Tamil film 'Kasturi Mann'
- Her co-star Prithviraj in the film Swapnakoodu,
- Another co-star of Meera's - SJ Surya, who was director turned actor - in the film 'Thiru Mangan'
-And Meera Jasmine has been paired with mandolin player U Rajesh.
Meera Jasmine sparked off controversy when she entered and offered prayers at Raja Rajeshwara temple in Taliparamba, Kerala, where the entry of non-hindus is prohibited.
This act led to a protest by hindu devotees, and in an aid to pacify matters Meera Jasmine paid 10,000Rupees as a penalty to the temple authorities so that they could conduct the purification rituals.
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I've posted here before about dark matter, the mysterious substance which -- if current models are even close to correct -- makes up 27% of the matter/energy density of the universe. Even more mysterious is dark energy, which is thought to be responsible for the acceleration of the universe's expansion; that's another 68% percent.
Yes, the implication is what it sounds like. Ordinary matter -- like you, me, the Earth, all the planets and stars and galaxies -- accounts for a measly 5% of the matter/energy in the universe.
Most frustrating of all is how little we know for sure about dark matter and dark energy. To date, every experiment to detect a particle of either one has failed. In fact, we don't even know if either one is made of particles. (If not, what it might be made of is an open question.) Some scientists have compared it to the luminiferous aether, which according to nineteenth century physicists was the substance through which light waves allegedly propagated. Every wave they knew about traveled in some sort of medium; water waves, sound waves in the air, vibrations in a fiddle string. That light might travel in a vacuum -- that it might not need a medium -- was incomprehensible.
In the words of one of my college physics professors: "If light waves don't need a medium, then what, exactly, is waving?"
It took Einstein to come up with the answer to this, and in the process proved that the luminiferous aether didn't exist. The result revolutionized physics. I've heard physicists say that dark matter and dark energy are this century's aether -- artifacts of measurement created by a fundamental piece of our model being misunderstood, missing, or flat-out wrong.
Be that as it may, if dark matter is an error, it's a pretty persistent one. We haven't been able to detect it other than by its gravitational signature, but that signature is a bold flourish. The discovery of it, by astronomer Vera Rubin and others, came about because measurements of the spin rate of galaxies indicated there had to be some extra mass holding them together; at the measured rotation rates, they should fly apart. That extra mass turned out to be huge. The best estimates were that there had to be over five times as much of this invisible matter as there was ordinary matter -- and that estimate held for every galaxy studied, so it wasn't a local phenomenon.
A paper last week in The Astrophysical Journal adds a new layer to dark matter not being local. Astrophysicists Sungwook Hong, Donghui Jeong, Ho Seong Hwang, and Juhan Kim, of Pennsylvania State University, have created the most detailed map yet of the dark matter in the universe, using the known motion of seventeen thousand galaxies. Strangest of all is that whatever this weird, invisible -- but extremely common -- substance is, it's not distributed uniformly.
Not only are there lumps of it within galaxies, holding them together, there are long filaments of dark matter between them -- threading the galaxies together like dewdrops clinging to an enormous spiderweb.
Another feature that makes the spiderweb analogy even more apt is that there are huge voids, nearly devoid of... just about everything, including dark matter. One of them, the Boötes Void, is 330 million light years across.
To put that number in some perspective, if you took the Sun and the rest of the Solar System and put it in the middle of the Boötes Void, the night sky would be completely dark. No stars at all. In fact, it wouldn't have been until the 1960s that we would have had telescopes powerful enough to see the nearest galaxies; until that time, we would have thought the Sun was the only star in the entire universe.
So whatever dark matter is, we're gradually closing in on it. We know how it affects ordinary matter gravitationally, and now we have a map of how it's distributed in the universe. Maybe soon we'll have an idea of what it actually is.
Of course, then we still have dark energy to tackle, and there's over twice as much of that stuff as there is dark matter. So, as is usual in science, we're not going to run out of mysteries to investigate any time soon.
Astronomer Michio Kaku has a new book out, and he's tackled a doozy of a topic.
One of the thorniest problems in physics over the last hundred years, one which has stymied some of the greatest minds humanity has ever produced, is the quest for finding a Grand Unified Theory. There are four fundamental forces in nature that we know about; the strong and weak nuclear forces, electromagnetism, and gravity. The first three can now be modeled by a single set of equations -- called the electroweak theory -- but gravity has staunchly resisted incorporation.
The problem is, the other three forces can be explained by quantum effects, while gravity seems to have little to no effect on the realm of the very small -- and likewise, quantum effects have virtually no impact on the large scales where gravity rules. Trying to combine the two results in self-contradictions and impossibilities, and even models that seem to eliminate some of the problems -- such as the highly-publicized string theory -- face their own sent of deep issues, such as generating so many possible solutions that an experimental test is practically impossible.
Kaku's new book, The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything describes the history and current status of this seemingly intractable problem, and does so with his characteristic flair and humor. If you're interesting in finding out about the cutting edge of physic lies, in terms that an intelligent layperson can understand, you'll really enjoy Kaku's book -- and come away with a deeper appreciation for how weird the universe actually is.
[Note: if you purchase this book using the image/link below, part of the proceeds goes to support Skeptophilia!]
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Fiction by Michael A. Kiggins
It’s late, and you’re tired and he’s tired, but you’re putting as much into this as you can, hoping he’ll do the same.
You get on top, playing dominant for a few. Then you descend, lingering for a few moments before continuing…
Last night, the blue-gold streaks in his eyes held your attention. They always do. The reflection of your face curved right in a semi-arc. A fun house mirror quality. His off-kilter smile, a tell. He was about to say something terrible.
“It’s really one of those forks in the road. You know this, right?”
You saw the background dissolve from apartment to playground; the circle he was tracing with his left foot wasn’t on cheap carpet but dusty earth.
“I’m not limiting my job hunt based on where you’re applying to grad school,” he explained, as rational as a recent law school graduate should be. “You shouldn’t, either. I’d hate to think you’d go somewhere you didn’t really want to go, for some program you didn’t really want to study, all because you wanted us to be together.”
“I was doing—am doing that,” you said, “because I want to.”
“I guess that’s sweet, but you need to subtract us from that equation. Do what’s best for you. That’s why I was shocked, the other night,” his foot was circling slower, “we hadn’t even talked about it, and just the…I mean, I couldn’t—”
“Again,” you interrupted calmly, “I did that because I wanted to. Don’t beat yourself up over something I chose to do. Not to mention something that’s moot, right?
….He lifts your face to his, kisses you, then playfully slaps his hips. You smile and balance on the balls of your feet. You gyrate your hips; he matches you with his pelvis. When you feel the slick of his pre-come, your spine shivers. An undulation you wish you could graph.
“It isn’t working,” you mumble, looking at the shadows the blinds have stippled across the plastered ceiling. You close your eyes.
“Got some lube,” he suggests, “the nightstand.”
Before you nod, you hear him rifling through the drawer. Next, you hear the squishy sound of the lube shooting into his palm, then you feel its ever-cold ease.
Even with less friction, the stretching still burns. “Don’t know,” you whisper.
“Just move up and down,” he smiles, gripping your thighs. “Like a bike.”
“That’s not how you ride a bike,” your laughter is caught between annoyance and anger. But you breathe. Your body remembers….
Always, your mind goes first to what you feel will be the inevitable dissolution. So clearly can you see him telling you that this is what he needs. That your lives aren’t traveling along parallel paths anymore. That this is what’s necessary. That this is what’s best.
But you still can’t imagine your response. Could you walk away with his apparent ease? Could you write off so much history for the potential of your future? Odds are you couldn’t. And that riles you beyond words.
This is the point in the extrapolation of an ending, which will more than likely be reached through an as-of-yet envisioned plot, when your mind freezes.
….He likes to think that he’s taking you by surprise, that he’s overwhelming you. He withdraws just before friction’s grip would fail, then thrusts, vainly attempting to pin your shoulders to the ceiling. You’re glad that this moment, like his eyes, follows the well-established pattern. This is what you want: to know that you should stop but keep going.
He synchronizes you with his right hand, speeds up. His pace is always too fast.
When you waste yourself across his chest, he begins jackhammering. Your eyes close. Your body buckles. You lay your head upon his chest. As his pace peaks, you hug him around the neck and bite his right shoulder. Your mark for his. Even if we, your thoughts are winded like your body, yet they find strength enough as you quit biting him, “least I’ll have––”
His body spasms, then freezes in place, his pelvis raised high above the bed. Several long moments pass before he lowers to the mattress with the physical equivalent of a stutter. Tensed and empty, he’s connected to you, tenuously, by a bridge and moat. All that’s left now is a moment that—because of anatomy, because of gravity––cannot last, a moment that, no matter how long you stay still, is already gone.
Between his breathing and yours, you remember seventh grade science class, peering through the microscope at what, paramecia? Yes, but no, you correct yourself. Not those. Listening to his arrhythmic heartbeat, you remember: Those move with cilia. Little-whips. Then what? The ones that reminded you of the blob, that move with pseudopodia. Fake-feet, for sure, but what’s their actual name?
You sit up. He makes an expression: What’d we just do? He gnaws on a thumb. He turns his head toward the nightstand, then the door, but you can’t see if his eyes are open.
“At least you’ll have what?” he asks, looking at you, finishing his question with his eyebrows.
You’re still catching your breath.
“You’re alright, right?” he pushes himself up on his palms, his ropy arms angled behind him. He falls out of you, the slip a swift retreat. He touches the deep and damp bite mark.
You raise your right knee and pivot on your left. When you do, what’s left drips onto his thighs, the sheets. The bridge’s gone, you think, no foothold to be had. Not even the moat’s left.
Why does that word still escape you?
He’s done examining your bite, apparently still waiting for your answer.
You say, “Sure,” as you lie back and close your eyes. ◊
Michael A. Kiggins teaches English at Nashville State Community College. Before earning an MFA in Creative Writing, he worked at an HIV/AIDS agency in
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AMC Entertainment and GameStop have gotten a ton of attention over the past couple of months, as speculators looking for quick profits piled into these Reddit stocks. Even faster than they went up, they can come crashing down, leaving market participants right where they started…
Not only is trading extremely difficult to do, but even if you do score a quick gain, you’re left trying to find the next play. It’s stressful and highly competitive, and the odds for sustainable success are not in your favor.
Here at The Motley Fool, we take a long-term approach to investing. Owning shares in wonderful businesses with competitive advantages can produce fantastic results for the patient investor. Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) is one of these companies, and here’s why the stock could compound and potentially double your money over time.
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Most investors are familiar with the big streaming services, such as Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, and HBO Max. These services spend billions of dollars on content every year in order to drive subscriber growth. Netflix, as the leader, can spread its costs over 204 million members. However, this raises the question of when, or if, the huge expenditures will end.
And with the recent launches of Discovery‘s discovery+ and ViacomCBS‘s Paramount+, it’s clear that the streaming wars are intensifying. So, for the growing number of services, the only way to gain new subscribers is to keep spending on content in the hopes that viewers continue being entertained.
Roku, on the other hand, doesn’t care which services ultimately win because it benefits from the cord-cutting trend itself. The company connects viewers, streaming services, and advertisers on its platform, so the more users it gets, the better the value proposition becomes for all parties. This is a classic network effect, the strongest competitive advantage any company can have.
The previously mentioned streaming services want to be on Roku’s platform, too. According to Netflix, 70% of its streams are viewed on a connected TV, and this is likely the case for the other services as well. Roku’s pre-installed operating system is now on 38% of all smart TVs sold in the U.S., putting it in the prime position.
Even if prospective customers sign up for HBO Max or Disney+ or any other service from a smartphone or laptop, chances are they are going to be spending most of their viewing hours on a TV. Roku’s market-leading streaming players will continue absorbing this demand, giving consumers a one-stop shop to aggregate the many services they will likely be using.
Roku’s results in the most recent quarter were superb. Net revenue and gross profit soared 58% and 89%, respectively, compared to the prior-year period. The business added 14.3 million new accounts in 2020, bringing its total to 51.2 million as of Dec. 31. And the average revenue per user (ARPU) increased to $28.76.
It’s obvious that Roku is thriving, but what’s remarkable is the scalability of the business model. As a greater portion of sales come from the platform business (money from advertising and distribution services), Roku’s profitability will rise. That’s because this revenue is extremely high-margin, and with more users on the platform, companies will increasingly allocate advertising dollars to Roku.
At the mid-point of management’s guidance, revenue is expected to be…
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Federal Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation Attorneys
Ivlis Mantilla is an attorney and member of The Florida Bar. She is a native of South Florida and has been with Barzee Flores for the past four years. Ms. Mantilla is fluent in Spanish….
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Recently I was asked how I thought being a football fan could be more aspirational. I was momentarily silenced, then replied about the growing number of football-fan-influencers or something like that, but it made me think about how and why we first become fans. Not in respect of who takes us to our first match, but what captures our imagination; what motivates us.
Growing up in Liverpool, it wasn’t what happened on the pitch that enticed me into football fandom, though eventually it would be. My very earliest memory is of me standing in a swaying crowd, not being able to see anything but other people’s legs and hearing Joey Jones’ name being sung over and over again. I was either in town or at St George’s Hall welcoming the team home with the cup. I’d never actually been inside Anfield at that point. Born and raised in South Liverpool (a Smithdown Red), I was just far enough away from the ground to think that North Liverpool was an entirely different city. As my Dad wasn’t really into football, my introduction to the game came from my Mum who used to take me to watch Liverpool’s serial parades, of which there were many in the 70s and 80s. As well as the noise and songs (“LIVERPOOL ARE MAGIC, EVERTON ARE TRAGIC”), I was completely entranced by this communal visual display; the home-made flags and torn Echo pages stuck to shop windows, the rosettes and spiral-cut paper hats (Google them).
Even though football is now commercially driven and some aspects of the game are seen as aspirational, it was partly those early, exciting memories, when I was on the fringe of football fandom, that inspired me to document modern fan culture for Girlfans. Each supporter, though part of a collective identity, builds and displays an individual culture of their own formed by a lifetime of experiences; the little girl in the My Little Pony dress and Man City scarf, or the young Everton supporter in shirt, tiara and pink Uggs. The mother and daughter at Anfield who posed with a “THIS BIRD IS GETTING BACK ON ITS PERCH” banner (we haven’t, yet) or two little Toffees outside Wembley waving a “ROSS IS BOSS” flag (he’s not anymore).
Jacqui McAssey takes part in the Soccerama discussion From Outside The Box at Liverpool Central Library on 13th July.
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It progress-update time and it’s a mixed picture this month.
On the one hand, there has been no formal progress: last week’s European Council failed to move things on and May’s domestic situation continues to cause endless woe.
On the other, it’s evident that negotiations have dealt with a lot of the remaining Article 50 issues, including some progress on the Irish dimension. The view from commentators appears to be that while there might be bits of text floating about, London is not in a position to accept them just yet, probably because it needs to line up a strategy for selling this to MPs.
The upshot (here, at least) is that not much appears to have changed in the graphics below, since things are putative rather than final.
I’d stress this particular on the issue of barriers: the failure to conclude last week, plus the non-decision on a November special summit, mechanically raises the chances of a no-deal, but I feel that’s offset by the intensification of warm words on both sides, suggesting that these developments aren’t particularly problematic.
To which I’ll add my usual comment – that the coming month will be crucial – together with the thought that often the coming month turns out to be another one where we appear to move no closer to agreement than before.
Not many months left now, though.
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Parking for drop off and pick up is located in the alley behind the school off of Heffron Street. Parking is limited; we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Please do not block the driveways and garages of our neighbors.
When you plan to visit the school for a while, please park on Hollywood Way or a nearby street to make room for the Quick Drop Offs and Pick Ups.
Parents are most welcome to have birthday parties for their children at the school. A party can be held at snack time or lunchtime. At least one parent or guardian must be present for a lunch party.
You are responsible for:
Cake only party at snack time (10 am or 3:30 pm):
- Mini Cupcakes/Fruit popsicles
- Carrots, cucumbers, and/or celery sticks w/dip
- Cut Fruit
Lunch party (11:30-12:00 pm):
- Table cloths 3 (optional)
- Plates (for lunch and or cake)
- Pizza/homemade pasta or another homemade dish
- Cake and candles
- Serving the food and drinks with the teachers' help
NO GOODY BAGS PLEASE!
Parents are responsible for cleaning up. Please make sure all trash from the party is thrown in the dumpster in the parking lot. We will provide trash bags.
Please understand that the teachers have to supervise the children at all times and may not be able to help you cut the cake, take photographs, open gifts, or clean up.
Children are not allowed to bring toys to school. The smaller children who nap may have their cuddling toys. Those are reserved for nap-time.
If there is a wet day forecast, children are allowed to bring educational toys to play with during recess.
We have sharing days on Fridays when children are encouraged to bring their educational toys to school. We suggest books, puzzles, coloring books, electronic toys (phonics) and music tapes.
The school is not responsible for any lost items.
Please schedule classroom observations with teachers from November through May.
Written evaluations are completed and handed out in January and June for children over four years.
Annual enrollment begins July 1st and September 1st of each year. If you are interested in starting at another time, please give us a call to check availability.
If you have any concerns regarding your child’s progress, please feel free to schedule a meeting with your child’s teacher.
We feel a scheduled conference will allow both you, as a concerned parent, and the teacher to focus on the progress of your child and concerns that you or your child may have.
Please do not take the teacher away from the classroom or her students during class time.
Donations are always welcome. We can put the following to good use:
- scrap paper
- used/new books
- daycare toys
- interesting shoes and clothes for dress up
- toys for the yard (buckets, shovels, paddles, etc.)
Tuition prices vary based on the number of days your child will attend, if they are part-time (9:00 am - 12:30 pm) or full-time (9:00 am - 2:30 pm), if you need morning care (7:00 am - 9:00 am), and if you need extended care (2:30 pm - 6:00 pm).
Please give us a call for current rates.
All payments are due on or before the first day of the calendar month. If payments fail to reach the school within five calendar days after the due date, a late charge of $30 will be charged to your account.
Those wishing to pay online may do so through their banks’ online payment system. Please add Burbank Montessori Academy as a Payee and allow 5-7 days for delivery.
Any checks returned by the bank will be charged the $30 service charge plus the $30 late fee. For any parent whose checks are returned more than twice, you will be asked to pay by cashiers check, money order or cash.
Children in diapers are welcome to attend. Our staff will assist with potty training as a child indicates readiness or a parent notifies us that the process has begun at home.
The following immunizations (shots) are needed before starting school:
- 3 Polio
- 4 DTaP
- 3 Hep B
- 1 Varicella
- 1 Hib
- 1 MMR
Parents must show their child's Immunization Record as proof.
For more information on the required immunizations visit Shots for School.
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ELECTION - 1999 - Tracy Flick became a synonym for a female overachiever with boundless ambitions
Here's an abnormally twisted introduction of a film released in '99 - Election. Its heroin Tracy Flick became a synonym for a female overachiever with boundless ambitions.
This is a twenty year anniversary screening of ELECTION, Alexander Payne’s prescient satire of student electoral politics. Reese Witherspoon transitioned from promising newcomer to bona fide star with her fiercely funny comic turn as Tracy Flick, an overachieving high school senior whose plans for an unopposed cakewalk to the student council presidency are thwarted when her hostile social studies teacher (Matthew Broderick) props up his own populist candidate in the form of a sweet but intellectually lightweight jock (Chris Klein).
While “Tracy Flick” has since become a shorthand for female politicians deemed unlikable and uncanny due to their supposedly boundless ambition, Tracy is only a villain in the eyes of her teacher, whose bland nice guy exterior belies his toxic male entitlement. Unlike a lot of political comedies, ELECTION has help up pretty well in the #metoo era. That’s thanks in part to Witherspoon’s indomitable performance and Broderick’s wormy take on a square, aging Ferris Bueller, as well as its smart commentary on the lengths to which mediocre men will go to vilify the exceptional young women who both intrigue and frighten them.
Content warning: The first few minutes of the film make detailed reference to a high school teacher’s statutory rape of a teenaged student, and may be upsetting to some viewers.
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Having double eyelids is a highly desirable quality in determining attractiveness in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Korea, and others. Many people, particularly Koreans, are born with monolids, which is why the majority of them desire double eyelids; they can’t modify nature’s cause. So, for the treatment of monolids, inventors produced an eyelid tape like the Contours RX Lids by Design product as an alternative to “double eyelid surgery,” also known as “blepharoplasty” 1.
Although there are a variety of reasons why someone might want to use eyelid tape, it isn’t simply for people who have monolids. Many people desire to improve their natural beauty for forthcoming events or to appear nice for the opposite gender while maintaining core contentment, which is an important aspect of healthy living.
Others, who are fast aging, may never want to appear their age. For the sake of self-gratification, they pimp themselves to appear 10 times younger than they are. Yes, it’s fun to look good all day. And it’s for this reason that you’ve come across these contoured RX Lids reviews.
So, in this article, we’ll go over the Contours RX lids by design reviews, including its characteristics, benefits, cons, and pros, as well as a manual on how to use and apply the contours Rx lids, available nations to buy from, consumer reports, and manufacturing business information. Let’s get started.
Just a moment…
If you’re new to eyelid tapes and seeing this for the first time, I understand you might be a little perplexed. So, before we get into the meat of this article – Contours Rx Lids By Design Reviews – let me take a moment to describe “eyelid tape” for you.
What is an Eyelid tape?
An eyelid tape (also known as crease tape) is a clear, thin strip that is applied to the eyes to create a temporary crease or fold for aesthetic purposes. Every lady who cares about her appearance can benefit from an eyelid tape. Whether you have monolids or not, eyelid tape will make you look better than ever. There are several types of eyelid tapes, but the Contours Rx Lids by Design are the most recent and popular. The goods (contours RX Lids) are quite popular in Canada, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Korea, where having “double eyelids” is greatly desired.
What are Contours RX Lids by Design?
LIDS BY DESIGN, also known as Contours Rx Lids by Design, is a medical-grade eyelid tape and a non-surgical cosmetic designed to rapidly correct droopy or hooded eyelids. Contours Rx, LLC in St. Petersburg, Europe, makes the eyelid tape that goes with the Neck Rescue products. They are ideal eye cosmetic products that are currently popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries.
11 Features of Lids by Design Reviews
Here are some of the outstanding characteristics that have made Lids by Design so popular:
- NON-SURGICAL SOLUTION: In the past, patients with monolids had to undergo surgery to have double eyelids implanted. This is a high-risk strategy, as not everyone who tried it had the best outcomes. The beauty of contours Rx Lids by Design is that it re-contours your eyelids and provides you the total confidence you want without the use of surgery.
- DO IT YOURSELF (DIY): Lids by Design is an eyelid tape that you may apply yourself. By staring in the mirror, you can correct it on your own. You’ve saved money on surgery as well as money on paying a cosmetic artist for a quick fix by doing so.
- CORRECT ASYMMETRY (Uneven Eyelids): This feature was not met by the majority of eyelids on the market. Your un-even eyelids will be fully repaired with the Lids by Design or contoured RX lids by Design.
- IMMEDIATE RESULTS: Unlike surgery or fillers, you won’t have to wait several minutes to hours for your eyelids to settle. The contoured RX Lids provide you with an immediate response once you’ve applied them appropriately. Because the strips are translucent, they blend in readily when they come into touch with your eyes.
- DEFINE YOUR EYELIDS: By defining the appearance of your eyelids, you can achieve the ideal age. If you’re becoming older and losing your lids, the contouring RX Lids by Design might help you look younger and happier. These Lids by Design can be blended into any chosen facial tone to give you a younger look.
- MEDICAL GRADE (SAFE TO WEAR): The lids by Design are produced to medical-grade standards by medical professionals, so you shouldn’t have any allergic reactions while wearing them. As a result, I can confidently state that the contours RX lids by Design are perfectly safe to wear 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- LATEX-FREE: The Lids by Design are latex-free, hypoallergenic, and completely safe for any lady to wear, especially our elderly parents.
- Translucent IN APPEARANCE: The lids by Design have a transparent appearance, which allows them to adapt to any skin tone and allow other cosmetics to be applied without flaws.
- MULTIPLE STRIPS IN ONE PACK: For the lowest price, the contours RX lids by Design come with over 80 strips in one PACK.
- AFFORDABLE: Depending on the procedure, eyelid surgery might cost anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000. But why jeopardize your appearance by undergoing surgery at such a high cost when you can spend less than $50 on the contours RX lids by Design for an even better result?
- MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: 100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: Lids by Design has a lot of trustworthiness in its characteristics. That is why Contours RX, LLC is required to provide a 100% money-back guarantee to customers who acquire their lids and are dissatisfied with them within 30 days of purchase. “When they can’t assure it, it shouldn’t be trusted,” as the phrase goes. So you have nothing to lose by purchasing contours RX LIDS by DESIGN TODAY, which comes with a 30-day REFUND POLICY.
Benefits of using Contours Rx Lids by Design Review
As we mentioned in the opening, there are numerous advantages to having RX Lid by Design contours in one’s cosmetics arsenal. Here are a few examples:
- Contours RX Lids by Design are simple to install.
- They are transparent and suitable for all skin tones, and when used on top of other cosmetics, they mix seamlessly.
- Excess skin that conceals the natural fold of the Lid and drooping skin over the eyelashes are corrected with the Lid by Design.
- The contours Rx lids by design reviews are Dermatologically tested by medical experts.
- Lids by Design are latex-free, hypoallergenic, and fully safe to wear all day.
- Organic substances were utilized in the creation of Design’s lids, making them seem natural to wear.
- You may rapidly lift hooded, drooping, and sagging eyelids with the lids by Design.
- Asymmetry is improved with Lid by Design’s contours.
- The Contours RX is a patented design. Wearing patent-made eyelids for beauty pageants or pageants makes you feel like a star.
- When you use Contours RX Lids By Design, you obtain long-term results. This allows you to spend less time in front of the computer and boosts your self-esteem to new heights.
- By Design, using the lids is risk-free. It is not the case with surgeries and fillers.
- The use of eyelid tapes is getting more common by the day, resulting in a plethora of phony eyelid tapes on the market. You don’t want to be disappointed with your purchase, so consider the contours RX Lids by design company’s 30-day money-back guarantee before making your decision. For that lower price, a trial will not be tainted.
- Adding the contours RX lids by Design to your cosmetic kit and regimen will provide you with a slew of extra advantages.
PROS AND CONS OF CONTOURS RX LIDS BY DESIGN REVIEWS
- EASY TO APPLY: The Design lids are simple to use. It’s a do-it-yourself product that instantly adds glitz to your appearance.
- NO MORE HOODING, DROOPING, OR SAGGING EYELIDS: The lids aid to prevent drooping, hooding, and sagging eyelids by design.
- NO-SURGICAL APPLICATION: Those ladies who are afraid of surgery will rejoice to learn that they can now improve their facial expression without piercing the skin surface.
- CONTOURS RX LIDS COME IN A Range OF STRIP SIZES: The contours RX lids are available in a variety of strip sizes. As a result, it is the greatest option for all types of human demand.
- VERY AFFORDABLE: Yes, the LIDS by Design is extremely cost-effective and provides even higher levels of customer satisfaction than most of its competitors.
- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FOR ALL CUSTOMERS: You’ve never bought RX Lids by Design contours before? Don’t waste any more time because the organization guarantees complete customer happiness. However, you can still read some consumer reports under the topics below.
- MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: The lids by Design come with a 30-day money-back guarantee and a complete refund policy.
- BATCH PRODUCTION: Lids by Design are made in batches by the firm, curves RX lids, LLC. When there is a significant volume of demand from a specific set, this results in product unavailability.
- LIMITED Merchandise: Each batch has a certain amount of stock to sell.
- RETAILERS’ HIGH SELLING COSTS: The majority of retailers profiteer on the sale price. They buy in bulk from the company’s official web store at a low cost and resell at a higher rate offline. And you might not even notice an offline merchant for the shapes RX lids by Design in most places.
- THE COMPANY DOES NOT HAVE AN OFFLINE STORE: If you want to buy a product directly from the contours Rx firm, you must do so through the contours RX Lids online store, which the company provides and manages. Many people would have wanted to shop online, but they aren’t as tech-savvy and wouldn’t know how to use their debit card to make an online purchase.
- RETURN BEFORE REFUND: This is not a requirement, but we included it because of a few online complaints from consumers who were unable to return the contoured RX lids by Design and desired a refund. The majority of their justifications for the return are that they bought the same goods somewhere else before the one they ordered online arrived.
Specifications of Contours Rx Lids by Design Reviews
The Contours LIDS BY DESIGN Assortment Pack includes the following items:
- To achieve your optimal lift, choose a 5mm size. This can give you a mild lift that you can wear to work every day or when you want to dress up your look for nights out or special occasions. There are other sizes as well; we’ll go over them later in this review.
- One box contains 80 correction strips. This is more than a month’s worth of strips, plus some extras to practise with.
- A set of plastic tweezers and a travel case The purpose of the journey is to protect your lids from dust and other contaminants. The pair of tweezers included will assist you in applying the strips to your eyelids.
How to apply contours Rx Lids by Design (Contours RX Lids by Design reviews)
So you’ve ordered and received your lids by design; now you’re stumped and wonder, “How do you apply lids by design?” Even if it’s basic, we still need to walk you through the steps.
After you’ve received your item, look inside the carton for the contouring Rx Lids by design manual. It’s simple to use RX Lids by Design to create curves. Lids by Design can be applied in the same manner as other eyelid tapes 2 with the plastic tweezers included in the package (popularly known as an eyelid prong). Procedures are listed below:
Clean your face thoroughly: Before using the contours RX eyelid tape, you’ll want to make sure your face is as clean as possible. You can use an eye makeup remover to remove all prior makeup from your eyes, and then thoroughly cleanse your face. After washing your face, pat it dry with a dry towel and allow it to air for 5 minutes. This first step will ensure that the contoured RX Lid tape sticks nicely to the skin when applied and stays put throughout the day.
Peel off the strip with the plastic tweezers and trim as needed: Peel the lids by Design strips away from the backing with a pair of tweezers or your fingertips. You’ll also need to remove the piece of plastic that covers the contoured lid strip. The strips may be the perfect size for your eyelids, or they may need to be trimmed to fit. The contoured RX lids by Design, on the other hand, come in a variety of sizes, allowing you to simply select the ideal fit for you.
Determine the best location for the contoured RX Lids: You should gently insert the strip along the new crease that you want to make with your eyelid fork. When using the eyelid prong on your eyes, be very careful.
Apply the eyelid tape (Contours RX Lids by Design) to your crease while closing your eyes: So now that you’ve discovered the crease you want to construct, you can insert the RXLids by Design contours in the exact spot where you want to make the new crease. Then gently press inwards with your eyelid prong. Open your eyes and hold them wide for a few seconds as you press with the prong, then withdraw it while keeping your eyes open.
If your eyelid tape did not firmly hold your new crease after step 4, apply the eyelid adhesive to the contours Rx lids, and you should be fine.
BEFORE AND AFTER: Lids by Design (Contours RX Lids by Design Reviews)
Here are before and after photos of RX Lids by Design contouring.
Where to buy Lids by Design (Contours RX Lids by Design Reviews)
Lids by Design can be purchased directly from the company’s website. Many vendors, however, sell contours RX Lids by Design on Amazon and eBay, and some even buy wholesale online and resell at a higher price offline.
If you buy Lids by Design from a merchant other than contours RX Lids, LLC, you may only request returns and refunds through your seller since contours RX Lids, LLC will not recognize you because you didn’t buy straight from the official store. This does not imply that you will not receive a refund; rather, you should receive your refund from your seller while your seller returns the items to the corporation and receives his reimbursement.
Let me share a short tale about Lids by Design from a 55-year-old MUM (An extract from Contours RX Lid by Design official store)
“I turned 50 a few months ago,” says the author.
“I was on the verge of having a nervous breakdown as I prepared for my opulent birthday supper. I was looking through my closet and realized I didn’t have anything to wear. I looked in the mirror and noticed that my face was wrinkled, my eyes were sleepy, and I didn’t recognize myself.”
“I summoned my buddy Mariah to provide moral support. She is 55 years old, recently retired, and always looks stunning. She exudes confidence and wears her age nicely.”
“I’m not sure what’s wrong with me, Mariah!” says the narrator. On the floor of my walk-in closet, I was sobbing.”
“If we’re going to book reservations for your birthday, you have to get off the floor!” She laughed and pushed me up from the floor. I suppose it was amusing to witness a grown woman crying about her outfit.”
“When I turned 50, I went through the same thing.” Heck, I had a nervous breakdown when I hit 30! I know it doesn’t appear so, but I’ve struggled to accept my aging body, particularly my face. This caught me completely off guard. She’s usually so self-assured!”
“Would you like to learn a small secret?” I have a morning routine that makes me feel young, beautiful, and confident before I begin my day… After a morning workout and a wonderfully healthy smoothie, I apply correction strips to my eyes and take a good hot shower. That’s all there is to it! I’m all set to walk out the door. There isn’t any eyeshadow or cosmetics on her face. “It’s just my natural face plus an eyelift!” Maria’s advice is invaluable!
How to Remove Lids by Design from the eyes (Contours RX Lids by Design Reviews)
Lids by Design eyelid tapes can be removed in a variety of ways.
- Splash water on your face, making sure it gets into your open eyes. Rep until you’ve successfully removed the lashes or eyelid tapes on all of them.
- Rinse your eyelids by lowering them into a bowl of water and then washing them until the eyelid tapes are totally removed.
- You can also remove lids by Design and eyelashes with your fingers by holding your thumb on the upper eyelid while attempting to remove the eyelid tape and eyelashes.
It’s taken you a long time to go through these lids by design reviews, and I know you’re more interested in our final judgments on the product; but, we’ve covered all you need to know about the contours RX Lid product review in great depth. So now it’s up to you to decide whether to buy or not. When you acquire something, you should be grateful at the end of it, and if you don’t like what you get, you can request a refund within the first 30 days.
The current contours Lids By Design Product review promo is only available to first-time buyers, and it won’t last long. You can take advantage of this chance right now and make a purchase.
FAQs on Lids by Design reviews
Do lids by design really work?
Yes, Lids by Design is effective, as evidenced by the before and after photos and videos displayed above. You can also read customer reviews to discover what other people think of the curves rx lids by design.
Are lids by design safe?
Yes, the lids are safe to use because of their design. The lids by Design are developed to medical-grade standards by medical specialists, so you shouldn’t have any adverse reactions when wearing them. As a result, I can confidently state that the contours RX lids by Design are perfectly safe to wear 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
How long can you wear lids by design? (Lids by Design review)
The Design lids can be worn all day and then washed off in the evening bath. It’s formulated with medical-grade ingredients that keep your skin looking natural for as long as it’s on your face.
Is it possible to purchase Lids by Design on Amazon, eBay, or Etsy?
Lids by Design is sold by retailers on Amazon, eBay, Etsy, and other online buying sites. However, we recommend purchasing directly from the company’s own website at www.shopcontoursrx.com.
Which of the Lids by Design Assortment Pack should I buy?
The contours RX Lids review is available in a variety of pack sizes. We have the following:
- 3mm Lids by Design
- 4mm Lids by Design
- 5mm Lids by Design
- 6mm Lids by Design
- 7mm Lids by Design
- 8mm Lids by Design
Also available in several assortment pack sizes. A beauty makeup professional can help you determine the exact size that matches your eyelids and brings forth your finest facial expression.
Which country should I buy the Lids by Design from?
This Contours RX Lids by Design Review is applicable to whatever country from which you are purchasing. You are highly qualified to buy from the company’s official sales store here www.shopcontoursrx.com whether you are buying the Lids by Design from Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Ireland, South Africa, or anywhere else.
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The problem of lead in candies imported from Latin America is an important health disparities issue as it particularly affects the health of children living in Latino Diasporas in the United States. Our research team at the University of Nevada Las Vegas was the first to employ the X-ray florescence (XRF) machine in the screening of candies for lead. The XRF is a novel instrument that can quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively test for lead contamination. Once contaminated candies were identified, an exhaustive review of applicable laws and polices that can be utilized in the regulation of imported toxic candies was performed and, working in partnership with the Southern Nevada Health District, a Cease and Desist Order was issued based on our XRF findings. This paper traces the trajectory of the laboratory work performed and the legal research conducted that eventually lead to the issuance of the Cease and Desist Order. A thorough review of the laboratory-to-community translational research we achieved provides an important resource for both researchers and public health officials collaborating in the effort to remove contaminated candies from the shelves of stores and markets to ensure the health and safety of children.
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Fels, Heather R, "Lead contamination in candies imported from Latin America" (2006). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 2013.
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What accidents qualify as job related accidents?
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By Laura Reynolds
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that causes damage to the small intestine as a result of ingesting gluten. Approximately 1% of the U.S population has it, but individuals have a higher chance of getting the disease if they have the DQ2 gene or certain health problems. The ingestion of gluten or being on a gluten free diet can also cause additional health problems in the individual because they do not get enough vitamins and nutrients. Since a gluten free diet is not always effective, other treatments options are currently being researched including immunotherapy and modified wheat. This review will focus on genetic and health susceptibility factors in order to diagnose individuals sooner and to find more effective treatments. The implication of this new data can increase the quality of life in those affected by the disease.
KEYWORDS: celiac disease, DQ2 gene, gluten, health issues, immune response
Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by an immune response to gluten in the small intestine.(1) CD is prevalent in 0.5-1% of the population.(1) It is associated with an individual’s genetic makeup(1) and specific health problems they may have.(2) Certain individuals are more likely to develop celiac disease due to genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region.(3) However, this known genetic influence is not enough to explain disease development.(3-5) Individuals with celiac disease have an increased risk of reproductive abnormalities, impaired bone health, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, and lymphoproliferative disorders even if they follow a strict gluten free diet (GFD), the only known effective treatment for CD.(2)
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barely, and rye which are most often found in bread, pasta, baked goods and certain alcohols such as beer. In addition, it can be found in toothpastes, lip balms, hair and skin products, medicines, and supplements. Therefore, following a GFD can be challenging, but it allows recovery of the small intestine, specifically the villi, which absorbs nutrients. Because of this recovery, a GFD also helps lessen the severity of health problems present at diagnoses. This review will focus on the genetic influence on the disease, health issues related to both the disease and its treatment, and current research on alternative treatment methods.
Celiac disease is a genetically susceptible disease. There are several known genes and gene combinations that increase an individual’s likelihood of getting the disease. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex, a version of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), is a group of proteins that help the immune system differentiate between the body’s proteins and foreign proteins.(6) The MHC class II genes are HLA-DPA1, HLA-DPB1, HLA-DQA1, HLA-DQB1, HLA-DRA, and HLA-DRB1.(6) Thus far the HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DQB1 genes have been found to have the strongest effect within the MHC region on the development of the disease.(3) Individuals with CD have a 95% probability of having a DQA1 gene and a 98% probability of having a DQB1 gene(4). These account for about 23% of the heritability risk.(3)
Each MHC class II gene can have different allele variations and each variation is given a specific number.(6) The variants HLA-DQA1*05:01 or HLA-DQA1*05:05 bind to HLA-DQB1*02:01 or HLA-DQB1*02:02 to form HLA-DQ2, and the variants HLA-DQA1*03:01 or HLA-DQA1*03:02 bind to HLA-DQB1*03:02 to form HLA-DQ8.(6) Individuals with CD have a 93% probability of having a DQ2 gene.(4) In addition, individuals with the HLA molecule DQ2.5, an isoform of DQ2, are at a high risk of getting CD(7) and those who are homozygous for the haplotype DQ2 are diagnosed at a younger age.(8) Five independent variants in the MHC region (not in the HLA-DQ genes) and 57 independent single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) outside the MHC region are associated with celiac disease risk.(3)
Specifically, the SNP’s rs11100722 and rs4956400 from the interleukin (IL)- 15 gene were found to be associated to CD.(9) There is also a connection between the IL15RA genotype and if an individual is diagnosed as a child or an adult.(9) Not only do genes play a role in the susceptibility of an individual to CD, they also play a role in when the individuals will get the disease. Thus, understanding the genetic background of the disease can allow for an earlier diagnosis.
All CD Individuals
Since gluten exposure in CD damages the villi in their small intestine, they do not always get the amount of nutrients they need. Because of this, these individuals compared to the general population have an increase in mortality rate with malignancies, vascular disease and respiratory disease being the most common cause of death.(10, 11) This difference in mortality rate lessens as time from CD diagnosis increases.(10) In addition, individuals with CD are generally at a higher risk of getting any lymphoproliferative disease and small-intestinal lymphomas.(12) Furthermore, they are at an increased risk of myocardial infection, angina pectoris, and stroke even though they do not have the typical cardiovascular risk factors.(13) Since they do not have these typical risk factors the diagnosis and treatment of these other health problems may prove to be more difficult to determine and thus more damage to the body will happen.
Presence vs Absence of Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Individuals with CD are typically placed into two groups: those with gastrointestinal symptoms or those without gastrointestinal symptoms. It is important to study both groups as there is a delay in diagnosis between them. Individuals without gastrointestinal symptoms have a delay of 42 months from their first doctors visit to their diagnosis from biopsy compared to those who have the symptoms who usually have a delay of 2.3 months.(14) Individuals with thyroid abnormalities, other autoimmune diseases, anemia, bone mineral density loss and lower ferritin and cholesterol levels have a higher chance of having undiagnosed celiac disease and should be screened for the disease.(14, 15) These are not symptoms of CD, but they can be associated with the disease. Thus, a simple blood analysis for antibodies and/or genetic factors may give an early diagnosis. The prolonged exposure to gluten before diagnosis will cause more damage to the body than if they had been diagnosed sooner. Thus, individuals who do not have the typical gastrointestinal symptoms are more likely to have anemia (69.4% compared to 21.2%), low bone mineral density (68% compared to 41%) and abnormal thyroid-stimulating hormone (43.2% compared to 15.5%) with hypothyroidism being more common than hyperthyroidism.(14)
Gluten Free Diet
A gluten free diet is the only current treatment for CD, yet 30% of affected individuals still have symptoms(16) which can be limiting to the person’s life. A study done in Italy on 13-18 year old’s found 30.8% avoided restaurants most or all of the time and 7.9% avoided traveling most or all of the time.(17) Either gluten free foods and items need to be more prominent and accessible so people do not feel limited or an alternative treatment must be created that allowed CD individuals to consume gluten without harming themselves. 92.1% brought gluten-free food while traveling(17) because gluten free food can be hard to find in some locations. Having this unnecessary stress of where and what they can eat and feelings of isolation from missing out can be harmful to the individual. In fact, a GFD may cause mental or emotional problems in addition to physical problems. A study found that all CD individuals with mucosal healing had a higher risk of getting anxiety compared to CD individuals with continuous villous atrophy, and CD women with mucosal healing had a higher risk of getting depression compared to CD women who had continuous villous atrophy.(18) Their small intestine and therefore digestion was improving but avoiding the items with gluten and their vigilance to the GFD was mentally harmful.
While a gluten free diet is the only current treatment for celiac disease, it is not always the most effective. Certain situations can make it hard for an individual to have access to gluten free food, certain foods labeled gluten free may be contaminated,(19) and individuals who do not get enough nutrients and minerals from their GFD are at a higher risk of health problems.(2) Because of this, many studies are investigating alternative treatments. A peptide-based, epitope-specific immunotherapy called Nexvax2 was used in a phase 1 study that investigated the effect of varying starting dosages and maximum dosages on villus recovery.(20) A starting dose of 3 μg and a maintenance dose of 300 μg had the least amount of drug related adverse events with only 20% of those events being graded at least moderate to severe(20) (Table 1). This drug is supposed to increase an individual’s tolerance of gluten which will eventually allow them to consume gluten again without the damage it originally caused. Therefore, it will also lessen health issues associated with CD providing better quality of life to affected individuals. Participants were separated into two cohorts which may explain differences in effectiveness: cohort 1 were those who are homozygous for HLA-DQ2.5 and cohort 2 were those who are non-homozygous.(20)
Studying the immune system, specifically the characteristics that the body is having an immune response, is important in celiac disease treatments because it proves whether the treatment is effective. For instance, the presence of the antibodies anti-transglutaminase (anti-tTG) and endomysium (EMA) after ingesting gluten means the body is having an immune response. A study found individuals getting microbial transglutaminase (mTG) -modified wheat flour are less likely to have positive serum anti-tTG and EMA antibodies results and less likely to have intestinal villous atrophy because there is less or no immune response to gluten.(21) Individuals ingesting the unmodified flour had more severe bloating, nausea and abdominal pain and swelling.(21) Therefore, the modified flour seems safer than the unmodified, but approximately 25% of the individuals consuming modified flour still had disease activity following the trial(21) (Table 1). Larger and longer studies with more palatable food should be done to get a better understanding on the affect mTG modified wheat flour has on CD individuals.(21) Another study is investigating the affect oligofructose-enriched inulin, a type of prebiotic referred to as Synergy 1, on intestinal microbiota in children with CD.(22) There were only a few episodes of side effects where were fairly equal between the treatment and placebo groups.(22) The kids getting Synergy 1 had normal stools more often than the children getting the placebo (Table 1) and one child even had alleviation of CD symptoms that were present before the trial while taking Synergy 1.(22)
Celiac disease affects 0.5%-1% of the global population putting them at risk for other health issues and the only treatment is to avoid the consumption of gluten.(1) This treatment is not the most effective as it may be hard for individuals to follow this in certain situations, they may ingest contaminated food, they may continue to have symptoms, or they may feel isolated.(16, 17, 19) In addition, not everyone has the same symptoms,(14) so some people continue eating gluten even though it is damaging their intestine. It is important to study this disease because misdiagnoses, no diagnoses, or the lack of other treatments can increase chances of certain health problems and mortality. In addition, understanding the influence of specific genes on the disease can help find better treatments and allow for earlier diagnosis.(9) Additionally, broader studies should be done to find specific immunotherapy drugs that improve gluten tolerance without causing any adverse events for all individuals with celiac disease. An improved tolerance would allow individuals with CD to have more freedom in where and what they eat and where they travel which would improve the affected individual’s quality of life.
Table 1: The side effects and effectiveness of potential treatments for celiac disease
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- Hunt KA, Zhernakova A, Turner G, Heap GA, Franke L, Bruinenberg M, et al. Newly identified genetic risk variants for celiac disease related to the immune response. Nat Genet. 2008;40(4):395-402.
- Medicine NUSNLo. Genes 2018 [updated October 30, 2018. Explore the normal functions of human genes and the health implications of genetic changes.]. Available from: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene.
- Sollid LM. The roles of MHC class II genes and post-translational modification in celiac disease. Immunogenetics. 2017;69(8-9):605-16.
- Liu E, Lee HS, Aronsson CA, Hagopian WA, Koletzko S, Rewers MJ, et al. Risk of pediatric celiac disease according to HLA haplotype and country. N Engl J Med. 2014;371(1):42-9.
- Escudero-Hernandez C, Plaza-Izurieta L, Garrote JA, Bilbao JR, Cegec, Arranz E. Association of the IL-15 and IL-15Ralpha genes with celiac disease. Cytokine. 2017;99:73-9.
- Ludvigsson JF, Montgomery SM, Ekbom A, Brandt L, Granath F. Small-intestinal histopathology and mortality risk in celiac disease. JAMA. 2009;302(11):1171-8.
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- Altobelli E, Paduano R, Gentile T, Caloisi C, Marziliano C, Necozione S, et al. Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with celiac disease: survey of a population from central Italy. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2013;11(1):204.
- Ludvigsson JF, Lebwohl B, Chen Q, Broms G, Wolf RL, Green PHR, et al. Anxiety after coeliac disease diagnosis predicts mucosal healing: a population-based study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018.
- Bascunan KA, Vespa MC, Araya M. Celiac disease: understanding the gluten-free diet. Eur J Nutr. 2017;56(2):449-59.
- Daveson AJM, Ee HC, Andrews JM, King T, Goldstein KE, Dzuris JL, et al. Epitope-Specific Immunotherapy Targeting CD4-Positive T Cells in Celiac Disease: Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Effects on Intestinal Histology and Plasma Cytokines with Escalating Dose Regimens of Nexvax2 in a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 1 Study. EBioMedicine. 2017;26:78-90.
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- Drabinska N, Jarocka-Cyrta E, Markiewicz LH, Krupa-Kozak U. The Effect of Oligofructose-Enriched Inulin on Faecal Bacterial Counts and Microbiota-Associated Characteristics in Celiac Disease Children Following a Gluten-Free Diet: Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Nutrients. 2018;10(2).
Cite this article:
Reynolds, L. (2019). Genetic and Health Influence on Celiac Disease and Future Treatment Options. D.U. Quark, 3(2). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/duquark/vol3/iss2/2
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Henry Lee (February 4, 1782 – February 6, 1867) was a merchant, political economist and politician from Massachusetts whose writings were popular in England. He was a candidate for Vice-President of the United States in 1832 and came in 3rd place.
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Henry Lee established himself as a merchant in Boston as one of the owners of the firm H & J Lee & Company. After the economic collapse in 1811, the firm folded and Lee traveled to Calcutta, India for four years. He returned to Boston and became an importer of Indian goods, a business in which he had to pay a 30% tariff and compete with the local Boston Manufacturing Company (of which he later became a shareholder). When the textile business dried up, he began importing indigo, iron and sugar and sold salt to the Du Pont Company for the manufacture of munitions. He dedicated himself to the study of political economy and to the collection of financial and commercial statistics and exchanged correspondences with contemporary British economists such as McCulloch, Tooke, Villiers, Cobden who considered him an authority. He assisted Albert Gallatin in preparing an analysis of the impact of the tariff on free trade in 1831 and became an advocate of free trade. He was a frequent contributor to the "Free Trade Advocate" and other periodicals and author of the book "Boston Reports" in 1827.
As a free trade proponent, Lee became an ardent Federalist and in 1830 ran a spirited, but losing campaign, against tariff proponent Nathan Appleton for a United States House seat. Appleton would go on to help write the Tariff of 1832 and the Tariff of 1842.
Though his 1830 race was unsuccessful, it gained him further notoriety as a free trade supporter and so when the new Independent Democrat Party, which strongly opposed tariffs, met in a National Convention on November 20, 1832, in Charleston, South Carolina, Lee was well-known voice for the cause. Henry Lee was thus nominated as the party's candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 1832 election. Lee and his running-mate John Floyd received 11 electoral votes in the Election, coming in third place. The ticket won only one state, South Carolina, in the midst of the Nullification Crisis, and though he was on the ticket, Henry Lee was not a supporter of nullification. At the time, South Carolina was the only state which did not select its presidential electors via popular vote and so it was the legislature that awarded the electors to Floyd and Lee.
Following the 1832 election, Lee returned to his life as a merchant. He and his wife Mary Jackson Lee had six children. His two sons became prominent members of Boston society, both serving as colonels in the Civil War.
Lee died in Boston on February 6, 1867.
- Francis Rollins Morse (1926). Henry and Mary Lee, letters and journals: with other family letters, 1802-1860. Privately printed.
- Henry Lee (1828). Report of a Committee of the Citizens of Boston and Vicinity Opposed to a Further Increase of Duties on Importations. Clayton & Van Norden.
- Henry Lee (1832). Report of a Committee of the Citizens of Boston and Vicinity Opposed to a Further Increase of Duties on Importations. From the Press of Nathan Hale. pp. 3–.
- Hambden (anonymous) (1832). Strictures on Mr. Lee's exposition of evidence on the Sugar Duty, in behalf of the Committee appointed by the Free-Trade Convention. pp. 1–.
- Hambden (anonymous) (1831). First reflections on reading the President's message to Congress of Dec. 7, 1830. Published originally in the National Intelligencer.
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On October 23, 2017, OSHA began full enforcement of the respirable crystalline silica (RCS) standard for construction (29 CFR 1926.1153). To comply with this standard we should make sure to:
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New Drywall applications are exempt from this new standard because current gypsum panels and joint compounds now contain little or no RCS. Although we still need to keep an eye on the SDS on all products we use to ensure silica exposure will not reach the action level. Keep in mind if employees are disturbing old drywall, old plaster, or any other material other than new drywall panels or new joint compound, there will be an elevated risk. So pre-job existing material sampling and/or personal breathing zone sample may need to be taken.
Even though Drywall work is exempt, that doesn’t mean that there won’t be health threat from ingredients other than RCS. We should set strict companies policies that set rules for required PPE and Engineering Controls for every task employees might be doing. Some examples may be: Closing off and limiting access to areas where drywall is being sanded, require 100% use of respiratory protection when any worker is in an area being sanded, and running air handlers/scrubbers in an area being sanded.
When it comes to glazing and glass work, remember, silica is a key ingredient in the manufacturing of glass. The most severe exposures to crystalline silica result from abrasive blasting. This process is used to etch or frost glass. Additionally, crystalline silica exposure can occur in the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the linings of refractory brick furnaces, such as those used to manufacture glass. Most aspects of the glass trades will fall under Table 1 activities. Be mindful when cutting, chipping, grinding, or drilling into concrete, brick, or mortar.
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Welcome to NECS Works website – a trading name of North East Counselling Services CIC (The Company)
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Jeudi 4 février à 14h, Christian Colot de l’UNamur nous présentera un exposé intitulé “Essence Random Forest : a methodology for classifying highly redundant fine-grained data” dont voici un résumé:
The rise of unstructured data leads not only to unprecedented opportunities for marketing applications but also to new methodological challenges to leverage it. In particular, redundancy among extracted features from this data deserves special attention as it might prevent current methods to benefit from it. In this study, we propose an adaptation of the Random Forest algorithm called Essence Random Forest to solve this issue. Analysing fine-grained data of a telephone company for churn detection, we establish that Essence Random Forest better leverages the value of unstructured data on two dimensions: besides a better classification performance, it also converges quicker to stable results. In addition, from a managerial perspective, we highlight that geo-spatial mobility data might be a good alternative to the classical communication network from which the data quality might decrease due to the emergence of alternative communications applications. Finally, an Essence Random Forest model that includes all fined-grained data sources is able to outperform any individual model, which validates the quest of many companies for alternative data sources.
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As the world reels over the death of Prince Phillip and Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the royal family is under more scrutiny than ever. And if, like me, seeing Prince Harry’s warm smile plastered all over TV — and his unmistakable crop of red hair — got you wondering why he looks nothing like the rest of the House of Windsor then get ready for this totally believable love child–conspiracy theory: Harry’s real father could be James Hewitt, Princess Diana’s (handsome) riding instructor. The two had a confirmed affair throughout the early ’90s… and the resemblance between James and Harry is uncanny.
First of all, just look at Prince Harry: that coloring, that easygoing charm. The reformed party boy was always the roguish royal and as he’s grown older, differences between him and golden child Prince William are even more apparent. (I don’t even remember what Will looks like with hair.) And now, the apparent feud between Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle only confirms that distance. But what if the brothers were, in fact, only half-siblings? It doesn’t take a detective to see that Harry does not resemble Prince Charles in the slightest.
“Whatever ‘in love’ means”
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, was born on September 15, 1984. At the time his brother was two years old. Their mother Diana, Princess of Wales, had been married to Charles, Prince of Wales, for three years. During that time, Diana was the subject of intense press coverage. And while she was extraordinarily popular — celebrated for her style and grace — she also suffered privately from mental health issues and extreme stress. It was not long before her royal marriage was crumbling.
Diana was just 20 years old when she married Charles — who was 12 years her senior. Both parties engaged in extramarital affairs. Charles, famously rekindled a romance with his married ex, Camilla Parker Bowles, while still married to Diana. And while this affair dominated the news — who could forget that awfully cringey tampon audio — Diana also had a lover: cavalry officer James Hewitt.
Princess Diana and James Hewitt
James Hewitt’s confirmed affair with Princess Diana began in 1986 when he was in the Household Cavalry and instructed to give the princess riding lessons. They carried on for years, often sneaking Hewitt into Kensington Palace or spending time at Hewitt’s mother’s cottage.
Anna Pasternak’s book Princess in Love, published in 1994, became the predominant source of information on the matter. Pasternak — with on-the-record testimony from Hewitt — alleges that the affair went on for five years. Pasternak shared with Daily Mail that Princess Diana once wrote to Hewitt:
“I have lain awake at night loving you desperately and thanking God for bringing you into my life?my darling one, you are the most magical and special person I?ve ever met, and how extraordinarily lucky I am to have been loved by you.”
The relationship was also acknowledged by Diana in her historic Panorama interview with Martin Bashir.
“There were three of us in this marriage…”
An Ongoing Controversy
James Hewitt has continuously denied that he is Prince Harry’s father, insisting that he and Princess Diana’s affair began two years after Harry’s birth; Diana’s bodyguard Ken Wharfe corroborates this. And as for the shared trait of red hair, Diana recognized this as Spencer characteristic, even calling Harry “Little Spencer”
But regardless of those claims, speculation continues as to who is Harry’s biological father. And with the Prince now formally distancing himself from Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, and the rest of the Windsor gang, questioning Harry’s parentage is a seriously enticing idea. After all, how could Harry’s real dad have truly made his son, his bride, and little Archie feel so unwelcome within their own family?
Charles and Diana Fight on ‘The Crown’
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Meet the team of fourteen real estate professionals with a combined 42 years of experience in the Richmond market. We are proud and humbled that our brand has become a household name in Richmond!
Excellent client experiences while achieving the best financial results for our clients is our priority. Beyond client relationships, we also prize our alliances with Richmond’s brightest historic restoration companies, developers, and small businesses. We have learned over the years that the stronger our roots in this city, the better we are at serving the unique needs of our clients. Ruckart Real Estate looks forward to meeting with you to learn about your specific real estate needs. Whether you need to create a plan to sell your home quickly for top dollar or assistance through the process of buying your dream home, we’re here to help!
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If you believe your child will attend college, it is a good idea to start saving now to help pay for skyrocketing tuition costs. Although opening a savings account in your child’s name is probably the least complicated way to start saving, it can have some drawbacks. A student with a large savings account in his/her name can miss out on financial aid and grants since financial aid is based on income and assets. Additionally, a savings account does not have any tax benefits.
There are, however, a variety of options that have tax benefits and do not greatly impact a child’s ability to receive financial aid. Two of the most popular plans are 529 college plans and Education Savings Accounts. With both plans, the account does not have tax penalties, qualified withdrawals are tax-free, and they have little impact on financial aid. There are limits on how much and for how long you can contribute to the plan as well as restrictions on how the money can be used. Other options for long-term savings are: U.S. Treasury Bonds and custodial accounts. Both have some tax advantages but there are restrictions on how the money can be used and they can impact financial aid. With any savings vehicle, it helps to start saving as early as possible.
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School Of Fish Swimming Lessons
School Of Fish
Join us for swimming lessons!
We offer something for all ages, and skill levels. Join us for group or private lessons, including children and adults with special needs.
Proudly Serving Sarasota and Manatee County Clients for 18 Years!
Give Your Child the School Of Fish Advantage
Pre-register anytime. There are NO deadlines, and NO Registration fees.
All ages are welcomed starting at 6 months
and above, including adults, seniors,
and children with special needs.
We offer group and private lessons
John H. Marble Aquatics Center
SR 70 & 37th Street
3675 53rd Avenue
East Bradenton, FL 34203
Just past Lockwood Ridge on SR 70
Or in the privacy of your own home or community pool.
Group Lessons: Package of 4-thirty min. lessons $60.00 per student within our service area.
Private Lessons: $35.00 per student for each 30 min. lesson within our service area.
[Rates outside of our service area: Group lessons are $70.00 per student for a package of 4-thirty min. lessons, and private lessons are $45 per student for each 30 min. lesson. [Out of service area locations, Longboat Key, Siesta Key, Anna Maria Island, Parrish, Palmetto, Saddle Creek, Panther Ridge,]
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Red Cross Certified Swimming Instructor
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©2021 ~ Maria Barringhaus ~ Family Fitness, LLC
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Smexy is happy to have Molly Maddox, author of Alpha here today!
Nerd love is always one of those things portrayed with extreme stereotype in mainstream media. Two bespectacled labrats smirk over brown paper bags and Star Trek lunchboxes in the company breakroom. Two awkward kids slump at movie festivals until, gently, gingerly, they touch hands in the popcorn bucket. Libraries and computer labs fairly crackle with silence and unrequited lust. Sighs, lingering looks, and daydreams abound. As a nerd, myself, I have to say that these romances, while blatantly inaccurate, have their unseemly, simmering, and delightful qualities to them.
“Nerd” isn’t the pejorative term it once was. Compare with the Japanese slang word otaku, which roughly translates as “superfan”: while a badge of honor for those it describes, in mainstream Japanese culture it’s still considered an insult. “Nerd” or “geek” have been similarly reclaimed by Westerners, and, while the dislike of the connotations aren’t as stringent as in Japan, western culture views nerdery as a largely introverted, and thus unproductive, label.
Not true, to any of us who know better. Being a nerd is about community, it’s only natural one would seek out a mate from the inside. That’s true of my wolfman Seamus, an alpha male with some very otaku interests. He’s one of those strapping, feral types, but instead of a Babe-arella she-wolf he lusts and loves after a nerdy human woman who’s fought for years at his side in the struggle against the undead. His love-object, Janey, is a brainy little firecracker who thinks more about movies and killing zombies than about hitching herself to a man, but she has the type of vivid wet dreams that nerds probably invented. Comics, classic cinema, and sci-fi tropes mash up in their bondage-laced romance.
I learned from firsthand experience that nerd-love is the sweetest, it encompasses interest, fantasy, and life all at once. It’s great to not have to mute yourself when you’re with your nerd lover. Like watching hentai? Nothing beats your lover picking it out with you. Like dressing up as a sexy Cylon? It’s fun when your lover can help you get canon-correct costuming.
I’m sure you all know that, though. I know I do.
Alpha by Molly Maddox is available now through Circlet Press.
“Alpha tells the tale of the tempestuous alliance between humans and werewolves fighting to survive after the zombie apocalypse has come to Manhattan. Romance is no fun without some obstacles to overcome, and Janey and Seamus–the leaders of the human resistance and the werewolf pack–have plenty of them in their way, including their groups’ mutual distrust, not to mention zombie attacks.” (Taken from Patricia’s Vampire Notes)
Molly is offering to give away an E-Book of Alpha to one commenter. To enter, just tell us your take on nerd love. Contest open through March 20th and I will announce the winner on Sunday. Thanks Molly!
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Frost and Freeze
According to the forecast, we’re supposed to get our first frost/freeze in the Wichita area tonight. I’m seeing 30 degrees as the projected low. Of course, I’m always skeptical of that first freeze until it actually happens. However, we have to assume it will happen. So, what do you do about your garden vegetables?
Here are my thoughts:
- Given the projected highs and lows for the next couple weeks, I don’t really see any point in trying to keep warm season vegetables/herbs going. My choice would be to pick whatever I can and let the rest go. It isn’t going to be warm enough in the next week to push many more of those tomatoes and peppers to mature and ripen.
- If you really want to try to keep warm weather loving plants alive, you will want to cover them. You might also consider pulling back any organic mulch (straw, grass, leaves) from around the plants so that the sun can keep that soil as warm as possible going into the cold nights.
- Cool weather loving vegetables and herbs (lettuce, spinach, root vegetables, thyme, sage, strawberries, broccoli, etc) shouldn’t need to be covered with this projected low temperature. They may sustain very minimal damage on the edges of older leaves, but they won’t be killed, and you will have little loss in edible value. Many of these vegetables get sweeter after a couple freezes. If you cover these vegetables tonight, be aware that they will need to be uncovered, because they will get too warm under a row cover most days yet.
This is some of the lettuce we had last year that was under a row cover when it got much colder outside. The inside temperature when this picture was taken was probably between 28 and 32 degrees, exactly the range we’re expected to be in tonight. You can see there is some obvious wilting and you might think that this lettuce is damaged and done for. It isn’t! This picture was taken when the temperature was still below freezing. As it warms up and the lettuce thaws, the water starts flowing again and all will be well. a
Because this is our first freeze and the weather that some of our cool season veggies have been exposed to was pretty hot yet, I would expect that some of the older leaves may be more damaged by the cold. More recent growth and any new growth after tonight will be much thicker and more cold tolerant as the plants adjust to fall weather.
In my mind, a freeze tonight is the END of what was an atrocious summer growing season, and I for one am more than ready to move on!
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So…. I love food! I enjoy the chemistry behind the sweet smell of a German Chocolate cake made from scratch, and the tart fishy smell of Tom Yum Kung soup that takes over the air through the vapors from the boiling water. Home cooked food is the food for me! In Tanzania, even when you go to most local restaurants and to Mama Ntilie locations, the food tastes like it was made at home; and it’s delicious!!!
(Mama Ntilie is how the ladies who own small food joints are called. Nitilie in this context means ‘put some on my plate’)
These pictures are from my visit in 2010. Some are from Dar es Salaam, some from Arusha, and Akaria village.
We often tease that the chipsi mayai bought on the street cannot be replicated at home, as its final taste is a blend of potatoes cooking in a lot of oil that was heated on charcoal, by a dusty road. Lol! These things are superb! Chipsi Mayai…. [On the left you can see her pouring scrambled mayai (eggs) on the chips].
You pour some Dabaga Chili sauce on those chipsi mayai and you are good to go! If you get the kachumbari salad that goes with it, make sure the water used whilst making it, was clean. No need to risk it!
Next up? …. The most delicious tuna sandwich I have EVER tasted, and a really good bacon cheese burger from AfriCafe’ in Arusha.
The following food items were found at a place in Arusha… I wish I remembered its name to share with you all. Cheap price, clean place, scrumptious food! Cutlets, bajia, egg & meat chops, biryani, chapati, and a series of natural juices! Passion fruit and mango juice were a top choice!
These are the seeds I mentioned in the Arusha National Park blog. They are from the baobab tree and we call these prepared seeds Ubuyu. We use a food dye to make them red, and sugar to sweeten them up. The seeds are often processed into powder and it is known to possess great nutritional properties.
Breakfast at Masai Camp in Arusha in Kijenge ya Chini. Very tasty, and the chef was really nice!
This plate shows a few things that make me miss Tanzania. Rice, beans, a beef stew, sautéed spinach, & bitter aubergine. Couldn’t I make all this here? Sure, I could. I have! It really does not taste the same! The food was from a lunch buffet at the Movenpik Royal Palm Hotel in Dar es Salaam, which is now a Serena Hotel.
Many Tanzanians use this method of cooking at home, and at the Mama Ntilie joints. The charcoal is put on top to cook the food more evenly as it still sits on the kerosene or charcoal stove or on charcoal on the ground.
The picture above also shows the reason why my clothes drying on the line would smell like smoke! Hahahaha! I wouldn’t change that experience for anything!
Please continue this food journey with me as we have a little taste of pilau, breadfruit, senene, and more delicious foods!
If you are interested in traveling to Tanzania, you may contact me for agency information. True Tanzania Safari is my top choice, then Tanzania Private Select Safaris, and Zara Tours. They are all great companies and trustworthy!
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The Eurasian Economic Union is the largest Eurasian economic integration hub, which aspires to compete or be compared with such major integration projects as the European Union.
Despite the claims made by the EAEU ideologists that the Eurasian economic integration can have serious ambitions, another concept is adopted in the EAEU by which its member countries aspire to be a “bridge” between the EAEU and the rest of the world. The idea of the “bridge” is often used as a propaganda tool in order to “spice” various meetings and roundtables with a serious geopolitical accent. It is interesting that all EAEU member countries without exception try to be such a bridge between the EAEU and other parties.
Armenia, for instance… The process of “choosing” the Eurasian integration path was accompanied by active propaganda according to which Yerevan could become an important bridge between the EU and the EAEU by implementing the “both…and” policy. Moreover, according to this so called “bridge theory”, Armenia must also connect the EAEU with Iran. Note that these statements have been made by the RA Prime Minister and RA President.
However, the problem consists in that Armenia does not make any progress in acting as a bridge and, moreover, it has serious rivals.
Belarus is the most western country in the EAEU. It borders with EU member country Poland on the west, and Latvia and Lithuania on the north. Naturally, Minsk also considers itself a bridge between the EU and the EAEU. Such an idea is actively endorsed by active Belorussian politician Oleg Gaydukevich, leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party and supporter of closer cooperation with Russia.
The idea of being a geopolitical bridge is really appealing and can have various manifestations.
The Middle Eastern Kazakhstan, as reported by its first deputy prime minister, wants to be a bridge in a wider format by using the EAEU. According to this concept, the EAEU should connect Europe and Asia, and Kazakhstan should assume an important role to reach that end.
Kyrgyzstan’s “bridging” expectations are probably the most realistic ones. This EAEU country borders with China and used to have quite active economic relations with that country thanks to the free trade area before it joined the Eurasian economic integration. Currently, the situation in Kyrgyzstan has changed, and Bishkek claims that it can become a bridge between China and the EAEU countries.
Nevertheless, it is interesting that the idea of the “bridge” has even been addressed in Russia, the largest EAEU country, the key undertaker of this integration project.
In particular, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov thinks that some regions of Russia can become bridges between the EAEU and the “Silk Road” through their transport infrastructures. In Lavrov’s words, Russia sees no conflict between the EAEU and the “Silk Road”. On the contrary, it wants bridges to be built between those two projects.
Thus, it results that the EAEU is a structure where the member states constantly express the willingness to act as bridges but the developments show that even the integration processes between the member countries are extremely slow. For instance, the miserable figures depicting trade between Armenia and Kyrgyzstan show that even EAEU member countries lack interconnecting bridges.
Moreover, note that the “bridge” is just a road between the large industrial producer and a rich consumer.
“Union of Informed Citizens”
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UPMC Rises to Meet COVID-19 Challenge for Patients Covered by Ireland’s Public Health System
27 May 2020 – Fighting COVID-19 in Ireland is a team effort that UPMC joined early on, conducting more than 10,000 patient visits during the pandemic.
On 30 March 2020, a countrywide agreement with the Health Services Executive, the government organization that oversees publicly funded health care in Ireland, temporarily united public hospitals and private facilities, like those operated by UPMC, into one health system to combat COVID-19.
Two weeks ahead of that collaboration, UPMC Whitfield, in Waterford had already opened its doors to oncology patients who would normally seek treatment at the local public hospital to keep them safe from COVID-19.
“Prior to the pandemic, UPMC Whitfield opened its doors to all patients from the cath lab at University Hospital Waterford as its facility underwent renovations, and it was that experience of moving an entire service line from one hospital to another that prepared us for COVID-19,” said Tara Grant, director of quality and patient safety at UPMC Whitfield. “As our new reality set in, we knew we could do more to help, starting with oncology patients.”
Since then, access to UPMC Whitfield and UPMC Kildare, UPMC’s newest facility in Ireland, located in Clane, has continued to expand across numerous specialties under the HSE agreement. It is no small feat to merge public and private health systems in a matter of days, but UPMC rose to the occasion.
“We implemented structural and procedural changes in a matter of days to ready our private facilities to care for an increased number of public patients,” said Gwen Daniels, chief nursing officer, UPMC in Ireland. “We reallocated staff and space to meet the community’s needs in a time of crisis while ensuring a smooth transition for patients and staff alike.”
To avoid disruptions in care, technology infrastructure connecting the public and private facilities that normally would take months to install was completed in just days, facilitating a seamless process for staff to check records, lab results and scans. Additionally, the facilities team worked tirelessly to reconfigure physical space, creating a safer and welcoming environment for patients, and staff took on alternate roles to accommodate the hospitals’ changing environment.
“We are proud of the strong relationships and the dedication of our team that allowed us to support the public health system in the ways we have over the last several months,” said Grant. “As people seek treatment at different facilities than they may be used to, UPMC has been working tirelessly to ensure that all patients in the communities we serve, public or private, can receive the care they need.”
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If you want to know about something that has diverse effects on marketing then it has to be brochures. You must be thinking that what are these? These are advertising papers/flyers that can be folded into various forms like a template or a pamphlet. Unlike postcards, these are more detailed. If you want to introduce your business and tell details about your services and marketing tactics then these paper flyers are the best way to do that. These are also referred to as pamphlets or flyers. They can be either of a single page or multi-pages. Furthermore, in this article, we will discuss brochure printing techniques that will leave you stunned.
The Paper Type
Firstly, you have to make sure that you choose the right paper material. People don’t take this step seriously and hence, end up messing with the final product. Paper quality matters a lot. If you don’t choose the right paper then it will mess up the printing, the design, and the colors as well. Consequently, you will not achieve the required results according to what you expected. You must be wondering that what type of paper is the best one? We will answer this question for you.
Robust paper is a profess paper used for brochures. It is a strong and durable paper. Not only durable but enhances the colors as well. If you want to go with something lighter, then the best option is either soft 70-pound matte text or 100-pound gloss text paper. Each type has its specialty. The matte ones are strong and are best for elegant designs. The gloss ones are best if you want the colors to pop up. You have to choose the type that suits you best in brochures printing, is also in demand these days. It saves you from the hustle of getting out of home and wasting your time.
Attract the Readers
Attracting the readers is the toughest thing but it is essential as well so that the readers engage in the message that you are trying to convey. You must be wondering that how can we do that? There are various tactics that you can use to engage your readers but we will tell you the easiest and the most effective one which is oversized brochures. People underestimate the power of oversized brochures but they do make a difference. They are not only visually attractive but they give more space to express your message in bigger fonts. However, online brochures printing might be the best choice for you.
The most common mistake that people make in brochure printing is that they try to compose a lot of information together in a small space which ends up looking like a mess and it makes it difficult for the readers to read and understand what is written. So, the accurate way is to choose an oversized brochure which is of course bigger than the regular sizing. This will allow you to express your message in bigger fonts. It will make it easier for the readers to read and make it visually attractive.
Don’t forget to Order Proof
Mostly, when people order brochures they forget to ask for hardcopy proofs. They think that an electronic copy would be enough but then when they see the final product, they get disappointed because there are always few differences in the hard copy. The colors can be different, the whole look can be different, the fonts might appear different. In order to be on the safe side, it is essential that you ask your manufacturers to provide a hard copy proof. So that if anything is left in the original copy, you can always ask for changes so that no errors are left in the final product. To conclude, we can say that stated above were the essential brochure printing techniques that you must consider to avoid any mistakes and achieve perfection. Brochure printing is best for business marketing and promotions.
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Mold can be very harmful. Seriously.
Wikipedia claims if not a killer, mold can cause serious health issues to anyone who is around it for a length of time.
Mold grows spores that are released into the air and then breathed in. Often people notice a musty scent before they ever see the mold actually growing.
The Mayo Clinic describes symptoms as generally presenting in the form of respiratory issues, coughing, stuffy nose, that sort of thing. It is important to remember that it may not affect you, but if you are concerned, check for signs from your kids or pets.
Alright, so you know mold is bad for your health, now where do you go from here?
Start by determining where the mold is and then read about the technique and tools you will need to remove it.
To begin with, you should have the basic personal protection equipment; Eye protection, a breathing mask, and gloves.
All the techniques we are about to discuss are Do-It-Yourself, although if you feel the mold has infested your house to an extent that you are not capable of handling mold and mildew on your own, professionals are always nearby and can do a thorough inspection.
Having said that, you can do it! Many of the tools and solutions you will need can easily be found at your local retail store, if you do not already have them at home! Tools like a scrub brush, sponge, empty spray bottle, eye protection, breathing mask, and gloves can all be purchased at a low cost!
Most people first realize they have mold or mildew due to their sight as it is pretty easy to recognize. Generally white, green, or black, and at times, fuzzy.
However, you may have also noticed a musty or sour smell that many people associate with old houses. Although some may find this an endearing scent, it is not a good thing!
The most intense mold infestations usually get to be that way because they cannot be seen, either in an unused house, basement, or hidden in the HVAC unit or under a sink.
It is important that you always be aware that mold and mildew can be present in your home and be vigilant about keeping an eye out for it.
How To Kill Mold – Summary
- The best materials to use to rid your walls of the mold
- The tools to get your wood free of mold
- How to save your carpet from mold and mildew
- Clean and prevent mold from growing in the basement
- How easy it is to clean moldy clothes
- Options on how to get mold out of the shower
How to Get Rid of Mold on Walls
Mold on walls may be the most easily recognized form of mold and also the most concerning as the walls are generally inside your home. Not only does this create a dirty look, it is also very unhealthy for you and your family.
The good news is, it is relatively easy to get rid of!
First, we are going to assume that your drywall is still in good standing. In other words, it hasn’t been damaged to the extent that it needs to be fully replaced. This will be easy to recognize as it will essentially crumble when you touch it.
Next, you should get your tools together, an old sponge, gloves, bleach, and a bucket. Additional materials you may want to have on hand would be eye protection and a breathing mask as you do not want to inhale any more fumes than you need to.
Bleach is going to be the go-to on this one as it is potent and will not cause further harm to your walls.
Remember to protect your floors! Regardless if they are hardwood, laminate, or carpet bleach can be harmful. We suggest laying down an old tarp or taping down a large piece of plastic for extra protection. You can also keep a piece of damp cloth nearby in case you need to quickly clean up a spill.
Keep in mind that even though the bleach will be diluted, 3 parts water to 1 part bleach, the scent will still be strong and you should work in a well-ventilated area.
Once everything is gathered, just get to scrubbing!
To prevent the re-appearance of mold, you will want to keep the room dryer. We suggest looking into purchasing an air purifier that will not only help to better circulate the air, but clean the air as it circulates!
How to Get Rid of Mold on Wood
Wood can be tricky when it comes to mold, due to its porous nature. While there are many chemicals that can be used, you may want to avoid harsh chemicals soaking into your wood and try something a bit more natural.
Vinegar can be very effective while not producing potentially harmful toxins like bleach, although both are known to work well.
In addition to vinegar, concrobium can also be used as it is environmentally friendly. This is particularly nice if you are cleaning wood that is outside!
Although you may not have concrobium on-hand, next time you visit the store, it may be a good product to keep at home!
If you are still thinking about vinegar vs bleach, keep in mind that bleach does not always dry as fast, so if you decide to use bleach, work extra hard to make sure it dries thoroughly.
Start by putting pure vinegar into a spray bottle. If the mold has grown particularly thick, you can mix the vinegar with baking soda, borax, or hydrogen peroxide.
Do NOT mix them all together, just choose vinegar and 1 option.
Using the spray bottle, thoroughly spray the molded area and let it sit for an hour.
When the hour is up, fill a bucket with warm water, put on gloves, and dip a scrub brush into the warm water. Now it’s time to get to scrubbing!
As you scrub, be sure to occasionally rinse the brush in the warm water so that you do not spread the mold.
You may smell a hint of vinegar once you have finished, but the smell will leave within a few hours!
In order to help prevent the mold from returning, you may want to consider painting the wood. No, we do not mean with a fresh coat of regular paint, but perhaps you could try a primer.
Wood can be very absorbent, which is why mold can really get between the wood grains and flourish. To better protect the wood, you can paint it with a primer to seal and protect it from excess moisture which in turn will inhibit mold growth. Thinking long term, this may be the best way to protect it.
How to Get Rid of Mold on Carpet
Mold in carpet can quickly spread to other areas of the house as you walk on it and release mold spores. If you’ve noticed mold in your carpet, you need to get to work fast!
As always, make sure you have proper protection like eye goggles and a breathing mask.
Take a quick trip down to your local hardware store and rent a carpet cleaning machine (or buy one to keep at home), and buy an empty spray bottle if you don’t already have one.
Fill the empty spray bottle with a cup of Lysol and water. Make sure the room you are working in is well ventilated!
Thoroughly spray the carpet with the mixed solution, let it sit for about 20 minutes, then start vacuuming the carpet with the cleaning machine.
Try to get as much moisture out of the carpet as possible to reduce the chances of the mold returning!
How to Get Rid of Mold in Basement
The basement is a location that mold loves! Generally dark and damp, mold tends to flourish in these conditions! The CDC says so!
The first step will be to remove the mold currently growing in the basement, then you will need to take preventative measures so that it doesn’t return!
One of the easiest ways to rid your basement of mold is to use a mold bomb fogger as it will not only get rid of the visible mold, but it will also treat any other items within the basement that may have mold on them too!
There are many brands of mold bomb foggers, and many can be purchased from Amazon or your local hardware store.
Once you’ve made your purchase, you can sit the can in the middle of the room, hold down the button until it clicks, then leave the room to let it do its job for around 2 hours (the can will tell you exactly how long).
You should not have to worry about rust around tools or piping as this will produce an actual fog instead of mist.
Although this method will kill all mold and mold spores, you may still notice some discoloration.
Grapefruit Seed Extract is a great, all natural preventative for mold. Simply mix some with water, spray on the discoloration, and wipe off!
This technique may also be necessary in your attic. Have you thought about checking?
Mold is not as common in attics as it is in basements, but due to this fact many homeowners forget to check their attics and it can grow at an incredibly fast rate if left unchecked.
Occasionally, in unchecked rooms like the basement and attic mold can spread quickly out of control. You may decide that you want to use a chemical spray to thoroughly remove and prevent the return of the fungus.
If this is your feeling, look into RMR-86 as it is both strong and effective. Due to its strong nature, many people decide to only use it in the attic or basement since those spaces can be vacated for long periods of time to let the potent scent dissipate after use.
How to Get Rid of Mold on Clothes
Sometimes, washing your clothes with just detergent isn’t enough to remove mold!
Luckily, there is an easy solution when it comes to good old white distilled vinegar.
There are a couple of ways to go about it…
- Go to wash the clothes as you would normally, with detergent. Once the washing machine has filled with water, add a cup of white distilled vinegar and let the machine do the rest!
- Work the white distilled vinegar directly onto the stain and let it sit for a few minutes, then toss in the washing machine.
- Pre-soak the clothes in warm water and a cup of vinegar, then wash as usual.
If you are worried about fabric, something that cannot be tossed in the washing machine like furniture…
Test the vinegar mixture on an area of the fabric that cannot be easily seen to make sure that it doesn’t affect the color. Once you are sure that the vinegar mixture is safe to use on that material, dip a sponge in the mixture and rub on the molded spot.
Wait approximately 15 minutes, then rinse or rub with warm water. Repeat.
To help prevent the mold from returning, use a dry towel to soak up as much leftover moisture as possible and place a fan blowing directly on the fabric. You will want as little moisture left on the fabric as possible!
If the vinegar does stain, or you are too worried about it staining to attempt a test, check out concrobium! This product is EPA registered as safe to use on fabric and you use it just as you would vinegar.
Note, even though it is registered as safe for fabric, always test it first!
How to Get Rid of Mold From Shower
The shower, and or bathtub, can be a tricky place when it comes to mold. As we know, bathrooms are often warm, damp, and sometimes not well ventilated, which are the exact type of conditions mold loves!
Unfortunately, it is hard to keep the shower dry all the time, which makes cleaning mold sometimes a difficult task.
When it comes to the shower, you may need to always keep an eye out for small signs of mold so that it never gets out of hand. If you regularly clean your shower with a bathroom cleaner, this may not be a hard habit to get into!
You have a couple of options to choose from, all of which are low-cost.
Tilex is a shower cleaner that is used to specifically clean the grout between the tiles in your bathroom. Depending on where the mold is growing, this may be the simplest solution for you!
Perhaps you do not have tiles in your shower or the mold is growing elsewhere….
Since you spent an intimate amount of time in the shower, you can use a bit more natural solution of (1 cup) baking soda, (1 tsp) liquid Dawn soap, water enough to form a paste, and a couple drops of essential oils for scent.
Dip a damp sponge in the paste and scrub the mold until it disappears.
Remember to wear your gloves, goggles, and a breathing mask for your safety!
If you are having trouble removing the mold from the grout or caulk, you may need to replace it.
While we are discussing the shower, do not forget to check other areas within the bathroom like under the sink and around the toilet. The toilet especially can be tricky, as mold will sometimes grow within the tank on the back of it.
Easy and quick solution to this, is a Clorox bleach tablet. If you are feeling adventurous, they also make these in blue.
I can’t tell you why blue specifically, but it is colored so that you know when the bleach has run out. This will also help keep the toilet bowl clean as well.
How to Get Rid of Black Mold in Shower
Black mold, as described by the CDC, is usually not just seen but can also be smelled, if you have a large infestation. Although not necessarily deadly, it can cause respiratory issues in otherwise healthy kids and adults.
As previously stated, mold within showers is quite common due to the conditions of your average shower, warm and moist.
Ventilation is also a common issue, so everything stays damp for prolonged periods of time.
When it comes to black mold, you may not want to try the easy way out, but be more thorough to identify the underlying issue.
This is particularly true, when black mold is growing on the caulking or mold within your shower. Not only is it hard to clean, but often it can mean that the mold is deep down in that porous material.
The most efficient way to remove the black mold, in this case, is to replace the molding and/or caulking that the mold is clinging to. However, this may not be an option for you.
If it isn’t, there are ways of effectively cleaning it.
Please remember to wear protective clothing and personal equipment like gloves, eye goggles, and a mask with sufficient ventilation. Additionally, try to make the room as well-vented as possible by opening a nearby window, turning on a fan, etc.
Fill a bowl with warm water and add some bleach, approximately one-sixth bleach to water portions. Dip cotton balls in the solution and place directly on the mold.
Leave the cotton balls on the mold for 2 to 4 hours, until the mold is not visible anymore. Feel free to spot check it occasionally and if the mold is still visible, re-soak the cotton ball and replace it for an hour.
Close the door while it is soaking to prevent the smell from filling up your house.
Once the mold is completely gone, it will be unnecessary to rinse the area, but many do so to help make the scent dissipate quicker.
Once all the mold has been removed, you will want to keep it from coming back. Remember that mold requires moisture to grow.
You can check out Arm & Hammer’s FGAH14 Moisture Absorber & Max Odor Eliminator Tub on Amazon. Once purchased, you can place it in high-moisture areas like in the bathroom, basement or under the sink in the kitchen.
Another preventative measure is to invest in a good air purifier with a UV light that will help to clean the air as it passes through as sometimes just circulating air is not enough.
In addition to keeping one in a room that is known to have issues with mold and mildew, it may also be a good idea to keep one in your bedroom for safe measure!
Always remember to protect yourself when working with mold as what is visible is not toxic, but the airborne spores it is producing! Also remember that it may not (only) be affecting you, but your kids and pets too!
Don’t forget about your work environment! AIHA, protecting worker health, wants you to remember that you spend a lot of time where ever you work and you should be vigilant about protecting yourself and workers from mold there too!
It’s also okay to call in the experts if necessary. Professionals can be expensive, but if you have experienced a covered ocurrance, cleanup may be covered by your homeowners insurance. Such occurrences may include flooding or a natural disaster.
Mold can occur practically anywhere, although it is more likely to appear in certain areas rather than others.
Can you believe it can even grow on the outside of your house, like on brick or concrete?
The good news is that it is pretty easy to get rid of and prevent, due to mother nature helping out. If you have a handy spray pump, just fill that with about 1 part bleach to 10 parts of water, spray, wait 15 minutes, then rinse down with a power washer like the Sun Joe SPX3000.
The Sun Joe SPX3000, in particular, has a detergent tank that you can actually mix the bleach and water in together and save yourself a step!
Generally speaking, once you notice you have mold the first time, you will remember to check that area on a regular basis so that if it does return, you will catch it early.
Also ,remember that prevention is key. Do your best to keep an area dry and ventilated and you shouldn’t have issues!
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What does it mean to be commissioned? The simple Webster definition is “an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people.” But what is the instruction, what is the duty? Who gives the command and to whom is the command given? And is their one great commission that we all should follow?
I started thinking about this on May 24, the day when as a Catholic, I celebrate Jesus’s Ascension and the Great Commission. Here is the first reading that occurred on that day from Acts 1:
He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasonsActs 1
that the Father has established by his own authority.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth.”
And what was the power that was bestowed by the Holy Spirit? The power to know that you are loved and to bestow that love on others. To live out the commandment in courage and strength that Jesus gave on the last supper
This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.John 15:12
This was the Great Commission and commandment that we are meant to follow. What happened on May 25th , 2020, the very next day after this celebration, was the opposite of the Great Commission. Call it the Great Betrayal. An officer who was commissioned: “TO PROTECT WITH COURAGE, TO SERVE WITH COMPASSION” did the exact opposite. There was no compassion shown to George Floyd nor courage displayed by the officers that renounced their commission.
Now as the nation struggles with this betrayal and the many that have occurred before it, we need to cling to the hope and love set forth in the Great Commission. We need to practice the three P’s: Protest Injustice, Protect Your Neighbor and Heart, and Pray for Love and Understanding. We have seen many doing just this but unfortunately there are others who tear down instead of build-up.
In search of hope, I look back and forward to two other commissioning’s – one recent and one happening this week. On Saturday May 30th, Nasa and Space-X went on a successful co-mission as they launched the first commercial manned rocket to the space station. The private and public sector blended their unique talents on a co-mission to space and allowed us to hope that we could boldly go were no man has gone before – a world were differences are celebrated. As Gene Rodenberry, creator of Star Trek puts it:
“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life’s exciting variety, not something to fear.”Gene Rodenberry
I also look forward to the graduation and commissioning of the West Point Class of 2020 on June 13th. I look forward to the cadets to taking the oath to serve. In the words of LTG Darryl A. Williams, our first black West Point Superintendent (you can read the full letter here https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/about/Public%20Affairs/homepage/pdfs/superindendent_sends_06.04.2020.PDF):
“The oath to support and defend the Constitution binds us together as one team, dedicated to defending our Nation and upholding its values. We strive to embody these ideals and aspire to live by our core values of duty, honor, and country. Every word, every action, and every attitude should uphold those values so that we may live and lead honorably. The Nation looks to West Point as an example of what is possible when people from diverse backgrounds unite and aspire to honorable living.
Consider how your words, actions, and attitudes impact other people. Are you building up others and making them feel valued? Are you strengthening trust within the team? Are you extending forgiveness, and actively listening to other points of view? Are you inspiring others to greatness? If so, encourage others to do the same. If not, then choose to improve—immediately. Muster the moral courage necessary to confront and solve problems with effective, honest, and empathetic dialogue that seeks solutions rather than sowing seeds of division and disunity.”LTG Darryl A. Williams
Let’s build up instead of tearing down. Let’s celebrate the differences. Let’s love one another and protect each other’s heart. Let’s live out the great commission!
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Today the WRD blog moves into its 10th year. It is hard to believe it has been anywhere near that long. My layout is into its second redo in that time and the Bellows Falls yard has been finished. When I first started this blog the WRD was loop trackage with hidden staging and has grown into a point to point layout...a loop addition might be in the long range future.
I have to thank both Peter Mumby and Don Janes for their help with many interesting posts over the years which gives the blog variety of topics, not just a look at the WRD. There is a lot more to come so please check back regularly. Oh one more thing, this coming year will see the blog hit the one million page view...maybe that one might be you...leave a comment if it is.
Happy Halloween from the WRD...George Dutka
|Here is a STRANGE looking car in the Palmer, Ma. yard on June 2, 2019. Don and I stopped by during the spring 2019 NERPM get together. |
|Bruce Douglas would measure the prototype for future use while modeling...this is one of his drawings.|
|Here we have the CN family versions of the heritage units that will be seen shortly.|
|I have the small structure in this kit and was wondering which manufacturer it was from...now I know.|
|I purchased and posted about this structure a year ago. I found it at an area train show. This is my version of the Rail Scale Models kit.|
|My desk is a mess at the moment with a lot of projects just beginning or about done. Thats a FOS kit of the month in the middle that will be in my Bellows Falls scene shortly.|
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|I found this new offering on Dave's site. Kind of a neat way to make fun at some of the big boys.|
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Day 34, Saturday, August 18, 2018
The National Museum of the Air Force is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio. It is the oldest and largest military in the world, and it has 360 aircraft and missiles on display. The museum was first created in 1923, with technical artifacts being collected for preservation. In 1954, the museum first opened to the public.
The museum has many rare aircraft and other memorabilia. They have the only surviving North American XB-70 Valkryie, as well as the Bockscar, the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki in 1945.
They have a huge collection of planes with interesting and beautiful nose art, which I have long been fascinated with.
One of the artifacts that I love are the goblets and bottle of Cognac given by the City of Tucson, Arizona to the Doolittle’s Raiders. The brave men who participated in the raid each had a goblet with their name engraved on it. When each man died, their goblet is turned over in the case; some men’s goblets were always overturned, as they were killed after they crash landed in China and were captured by the Japanese. The intent was that the last living survivor of the raid was to open the bottle of Cognac and toast the other raiders. The bottle was from 1896, the year their Commanding Officer, Doolittle, was born.
Several years ago, there were 4 remaining raiders and they decided they wanted to complete the toast before they were down to one; three of them were able to travel to the museum and participate. The museum live-streamed the ceremony and the toast and I had the opportunity to watch. It was powerful to see, and impacted me greatly. The last Doolittle Raider, Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, died on April 9, 2018. What a brave group of men they were!
The museum also had a special exhibit on the Holocaust; artifacts and information related to the concentration camps. The exhibit had information both on civilians and the airmen who were captured and held at the camps. It was hard to walk through the exhibit and see the faces of those who died or whose lives were destroyed.
There are uplifting exhibits at the museum as well. According to the Museum’s website, John Silver was a homing pigeon “used in World War I to deliver messages when other means such as telephones, telegraph, radio or dispatch riders were unavailable. They proved their value carrying messages from front line outposts to pigeon lofts at command centers, which they returned to by instinct and training. John Silver was hatched in January 1918 in a dugout just behind the lines in France. During the Meuse-Argonne offensive, he was one of the most active pigeons in the Army, and his barrage-dodging skill was apparent in many exciting flights from the front line trenches to divisional pigeon lofts.
On Oct. 21, 1918, at 2:35 p.m., this pigeon was released at Grandpre from a front line dugout in the Meuse-Argonne drive with an important message for headquarters at Rampont, 25 miles away. The enemy had laid down a furious bombardment prior to an attack. Through this fire, the pigeon circled, gained his bearings and flew toward Rampont. Men in the trenches saw a shell explode near the pigeon. The concussion tossed him upward and then plunged him downward. Struggling, he regained his altitude and continued on his course. Arriving at Rampont 25 minutes later, the bird was a terrible sight. A bullet had ripped his breast, bits of shrapnel ripped his tiny body, and his right leg was missing. The message tube, intact, was hanging by the ligaments of the torn leg. Weeks of nursing restored his health but could not give back the leg he lost on the battlefield. The pigeon became a war hero and earned the name “John Silver,” after the one-legged pirate in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. He was retired from active service and in 1921 was assigned as a mascot to the 11th Signal Company, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Hawaii. John Silver died Dec. 6, 1935, at the age of 17 years and 11 months.” He was a hero! You can read more about him here.
John Silver, the homing pigeon
Outside, they have monuments and sculptures dedicated to various units of the Air Force.
I was there for a few hours in the afternoon, but you could easily spend a couple of days here. After two visits, I’m still nowhere near seeing it all, I’m sure!
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How are families both places of comfort, security, and nurture and at the same time places of domination, conflict, and violence? Discuss examples of power in the family and explain how power is organized by gender and other systems of inequality and privilege. Discuss the 3 models, which are the “head-complement” model, the “junior partner/senior partner” model, and the “equal partner” model, for structuring marriages or domestic partnerships. Why does the equal partner/equal partner model occur relatively infrequently (which can include men want power of the house and women to service them with raising children and doing housework)
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Apple Butter Scones (#1408)
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- 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 cup Butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup Seedless Raisins optional
- 1 cup Apple Butter
- 1 large Eggs slightly beaten
- 1 Nonstick Cooking Spray
- 1 Apple Butter for accompaniment
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
- In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
- Cut in butter or margarine with pastry cutter or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add raisins. In a separate bowl combine apple butter and egg.
- Add flour mixture, stirring j ust until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Spray 2 1/2 inch muffin tins with vegetable cooking spray.
- Fill almost full wi th batter. Bake at 425 degrees f for 14 to 16 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Cool slightly.
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Winter is right around the corner and now is the perfect time to get your home ready for the colder weather and keeping the heat in. Here are a few suggestions and/or maintenance tips to keep your home safe and to help save money on heating costs this winter.
- Replace the furnace filter: a dirty filter means your furnace has to work harder. Start fresh this fall with a new one and remember to replace it every three to six months, or more often if you have pets or smoke.
- Fireplace and Chimney: Before lighting up your fireplace this year, it’s a good idea to have the fireplace and chimney inspected to make sure they’re safe. Hire a professionally certified chimney sweeper to inspect the fireplace and provide cleaning services if needed. Generally chimneys need to be cleaned if there’s a 1/4″ or more of creosote buildup inside the chimney.
- Weather Proof: Check your windows and doors for worn weatherstripping and caulking, and replace as needed to keep your warm air in anc the cold air out.
- Install a Programmable Thermostat: It turns the heat on and off automatically so you won’t waste energy if you forget to turn down the heat when you leave the house for the day.
- Smoke and CO Detectors: Replace the batteries in each smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detector, then vacuum them with a soft brush attachment. Test the detectors by pressing the test button or holding a smoke source (like a blown-out candle) near the unit. If you haven’t already, install a smoke detector on every floor of your home, including the basement.
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During the season 42 finale of Saturday Night Live, Katy Perry's musical appearance became a Twitter moment. Alongside drag queens and club kids, she staged a vogue dance battle for her “Swish Swish” performance, pulling double duty as a performer and a hype woman.
At the tail end of the performance, you might’ve recognized a familiar face if you follow Rihanna on Instagram. It was Russell Horning, a 15 year old who has built a viral following for his free-flowing dancing and deadpan expression. That night, he was all social media could talk about.
Horning got his new nickname—Backpack Kid—from this appearance. He mesmerized viewers with his stiff-armed dance move that he calls The Russell. He then did a standing worm and a variation of hitting the Quan before striking one hell of a pose. The reaction online was a mix of laughter and awe. Who was this kid? Where did he come from? Why is Katy Perry friends with him now?
Since SNL, Backpack Kid has only gotten bigger. With over 730,000 followers on Instagram, the Lawrenceville, Georgia native has appeared in music videos by Usher-affiliated dance duo Ayo & Teo (“Rolex”) and Blac Youngsta (“Hip Hopper”). In his bio, he says that he can’t dance, and makes an effort to tell his fans that the majority of his dance videos are done in jest. Still, Backpack Kid is becoming a teen celebrity, and more people from different circles are coming to him to collaborate. Roy Purdy, a YouTuber, artist, and video producer, dropped a goofy video of him Milly Rocking in New York and Backpack Kid made a cameo. The video currently sits at over three million views.
Backpack Kid's clearly been winning. Complex hopped on the phone with Horning to get the backstory on how he went viral, meeting Katy Perry, and why he wrote "ending racism" in his Instagram bio.
How did you get into dancing?
I just posted a video on Instagram just for fun, only thinking about 30 or 40 people would see it, then that video just blew up.
Were you dancing with your friends when you were younger? What motivated you to put your dance videos on Instagram?
I guess at church camp a while back in summer of 2014 in front of everybody, and they all seemed to like it, so I was like, ‘You know, why not move this to Instagram and make a video?’ Then I made a video and went from there.
Are you a self-taught dancer?
Pretty much. I took a class for about a month then left because there was too much drama. And that class wasn’t very helpful anyways.
So when you posted that first video, did you promote it on social media? How did it blow up?
I had 300 followers and the video had 30 views. Then I was sitting at my friend’s house and got a notification on Instagram saying, ‘You’ve been tagged in another account.’ And I looked and a guy with 700,000 followers had reposted the video and tagged me. I was getting thousands and thousands of followers.
Did you upload your dance video on your account or were you going by a different name?
My old username was Majestic Cat Lover. I know, it was pretty iconic. After the video blew up I knew I needed a new username. I don’t know how I came up with i_got_barzz—I think it’s because I enjoyed rapping with my friends or something. I can’t really remember exactly but that’s what my username came to be.
Last time I checked your Instagram you had around 730,000 followers. How do you grow your audience?
I’m just being myself and being original ‘cause when you think about it you can’t find any other accounts that dance for a comedy kind of purpose. Everybody else tries to dance in a good form so they can get famous that way, but I made up a new kind of genre of dancing and that’s what got me big.
I think I’m making the world a better place dancing with different races.
How do you describe your relationship with your fans?
I love them all because I wouldn’t be here today without all of them and I just love them all for that. And if I see them in public I will take a picture, talk for a little bit and then we go about on our way.
Do they notice you on the street as the kid dancing on Instagram or the Backpack Kid?
It’s half and half. Rarely it’s Backpack Kid. Not many people my age watched SNL. Some people see me as Backpack Kid, some people see me as that kid dancing on Instagram or some see me as i_got_barzz.
Are you going to rebrand yourself as the Backpack Kid?
Yeah, I’m trying to do my best. In all the videos I’m trying to wear the backpack. In public I’m trying to wear the backpack.
Do you have a favorite brand of backpack now?
Yeah, I am trying to stay loyal to one brand, it’s called Sprayground. I’m trying to get more from their business.
Would you launch your own line of backpacks?
I don’t think I am. I've known Sprayground for a very long time and I’m trying to only wear their book bags.
In your bio you say that you’re ending racism, what do you mean by that?
I have a lot of black friends and I dance in videos with my black friends and just because I don't have any white friends in my videos—even though I do have white friends—people get mad at me for dancing with them, like, "Why are you dancing with black people? Where are your white friends?" I think I’m making the world a better place dancing with different races.
I noticed that a lot of your dances are to hip-hop songs. How did you get into hip-hop?
I wasn’t really into hip-hop when all of this first started but then I started looking at all of these other famous dancers and I was like, "OK, they are all into this hip-hop form and this actually seems kind of cool." So I started to get into it myself.
Who was the first artist you remember getting into?
When I first started I didn’t really look at artists, I just looked at other dancers. Like Ayo & Teo, King Imprint, Young Swag, SheLovesMeechie. And those were my first goal of people to meet. I have met all of them and now I don’t know who exactly I’ll meet next.
Ayo & Teo put you in their “Rolex” video. Have you been friends with them for a while?
Yeah, I've been friends with them since last July, when we first met in Michigan.
Did you get to meet Usher at the "Rolex" video shoot?
Yeah, I met Usher, [but] I didn’t really talk to him. Just took a picture and left.
A lot of us know about you because of Rihanna posting your video as her mood because of her eight Grammy nods. How did you find out about that?
All the comments on my recent posts and people kept DMing me the post. I was like, "OK, what is everybody saying that Rihanna reposted me?" And then I look at her page and my video was reposted on her page getting millions and millions of views.
Where were you when this was happening?
I think I was at home and then when she posted it I told my mom. She was like, "Who is that?" And then I laughed.
A couple of months later you did the Katy Perry appearance on SNL for her song “Swish Swish.” How did she discover you?
She was just looking through her explore page and I was on there. She looked at my videos and she contacted me through there.
What was meeting her like?
She’s a really nice person, actually. She's still humble, the fame hasn’t gotten to her head yet. She’s a very nice person, doesn’t think the world revolves around her. She’s probably the nicest celebrity I've ever met.
What did she say about your dance moves? Did she have any industry advice for you?
She said, it’s not like I created dancing or she created music, we are just really good at doing it. It was pretty interesting.
Recently you were in Blac Youngsta’s “Hip Hopper” video with Lil Yachty. Tell me about that.
That was a lot of fun. My agent Russell has very good connections with a lot of famous people. He got me in that video because he had connections with them. He told me being in that video was just a sample of the things he could do for me because he’s a brand new agent.
Do you think you’ll do more hip-hop video appearances? It feels like you are getting more associated with the rap circles.
I actually hope I am in more large music videos for these kinds of songs. I really like that genre of music.
Another video that went viral was the one with Roy Purdy. How’d you two link up?
He lives in Wisconsin and I live in Atlanta and we both went to New York. I went there for SNL. He went there to do something in Connecticut or something. We kind of met up and made that video. He was a really nice kid and really funny, too.
A lot people online talked about how you and Roy’s Milly Rock is sturdy. How did you learn to Milly Rock?
Um, Milly Rocking isn’t hard.
Where do you see yourself in the future? Do you want to stick with this dance-comedian lane or do you want to be an all-around creative?
I think I see myself in the future doing the exact same thing that I am doing now. I enjoy being a comedian dancer.
There are people who have called you an inspiration for doing what you do because you do things that make you happy. How do you take it all in knowing there are people that are starting to look up to you?
Well, with this many followers people expect me to be perfect ‘cause they are supposed to see me as a role model and teach kids that want to be like me in the future. So I can’t really do anything bad. And if I do, they’ll get really mad.
What do you like to do for fun outside of dancing?
I try to maintain a normal life ‘cause I think it’s what keeps famous people their sanity to where they don’t get completely cocky and think that fame is getting to their head. I play Xbox One with my friends. I have sleepovers at people’s houses. Go to the pool with friends. Pretty much what normal kids do.
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The IT industry’s vital role in the UK economy is under threat from what appears to be a desperate attempt by a Whitehall department to avoid being cut back or even scrapped in chancellor George Osborne’s forthcoming spending review.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has quietly issued a consultation on a seemingly very dry and uninteresting topic – the industrial and occupational classifications that determine what constitutes a creative profession.
This is all about SIC codes and their ilk – the standard classifications used by government and other agencies to pigeon-hole job roles and companies into the right sector for statistical analysis by the likes of the Office for National Statistics.
So far, so dull.
But in a bizarre land-grab to redefine whole sections of the economy as being “creative industries”, the consultation proposes to reclassify more than half of the IT industry as “creative”, thereby reducing the remainder of the official classification of the IT and telecoms sector to less than half its current size – and hence half its current economic contribution.
Thanks to e-Skills UK, the tech sector skills council whose briefing paper brought this issue to Computer Weekly’s attention.
According to DCMS, the proposal is justified because, “The ‘creative intensity’ approach leads to the introduction of a number of software and IT industries since the ‘digital creative’ parts of these sectors can now be better identified… Adoption of the ‘creative intensity’ approach provides a rationale for their inclusion and the current view supported by industry and partners is that these activities are vital to the Creative Industries.”
The split would produce some absurd anomalies. For example, IT directors would be reclassified as a creative occupation. But the IT managers, project managers and technical staff that work for them would remain classified under IT.
Business analysts, architects and software developers would also become creative professions, not IT jobs.
Such a move would take 445,000 people out of the official designation of the UK IT profession, reducing the size and influence of the official IT occupation, as follows:
As e-Skills points out, the DCMS proposals could also lead to some ridiculous reclassifications of IT companies.
For example, Microsoft or Oracle – as software suppliers – presumably become part of the creative industries instead. While Dell or Cisco – predominantly hardware – stay as IT.
What about IBM – a major software producer and a large hardware company. IT or creative? Or do half its employees move into creative and the rest stay in IT?
It’s a completely ludicrous situation, so why would DCMS even consider it?
It can only be an attempt at a land-grab to protect or increase the department’s budget. The bigger the “creative industries”, the more cash (and the less austerity cuts) goes to DCMS.
There are even rumours around Whitehall that the future of DCMS is in question – it may be scrapped and its functions merged into other departments as part of the spending review cuts.
Of course, if you can show that the creative industries for which you are responsible are growing so quickly and a much bigger part of the economy than you realised – thanks to those dull but lovely SIC codes – it makes it harder to justify that decision.
Does it really matter though, for people and companies in IT? Well, yes.
A much-reduced rump of workers and businesses classified as IT makes a much-reduced contribution to GDP. It becomes less strategic to UK economic recovery, receives less focus, less cash, less ministerial and political attention all round.
Meanwhile, those employees and employers now reclassified as “creative” get affected by policies that are designed to support actual creative industries, such as music, movies, arts and crafts, architects, town planners, dancers and choreographers.
It’s all very well to say that IT directors need to be more creative, it’s not the same to classify them as such. Only 3% of IT professionals actually work in the UK creative industries today. But at least in future those reclassified CIOs would benefit from any new tax breaks on ballet shoes.
Computer Weekly has pointed out the government’s ignorance of IT, technology and digital and its fundamental role in the future of how we live and work. It’s bad enough that so little is done to give strong economic and political support to the UK IT profession, but cleaving the sector in two will guarantee its dismissal to the margins of government policy.
The DCMS consultation concludes on Friday 14th June – if you agree that this proposal is the huge threat to the IT sector that it first appears, please respond to that consultation while you can.
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THERE was anxiety in business circles over a harsher US stance towards Pakistan that evoked an angry response from the people. The government’s response, however, was muted.
Senior government officials did admit that the situation was abnormal and could aggravate external-front vulnerabilities by depressing exports and foreign direct investment prospects. They did not, however, see the shock assuming a crisis proportions as the direct US economic support has already waned over the past few years.
According to the information available online, combined civilian and military aid since 2001 totals $14.7 billion. Another $14.5bn has been disbursed on account of Coalition Support Fund (CSF) between 2002 and 2015 in return for the logistic support Pakistan provided for the ‘war on terror’, according to an independent website Citizen Security Monitor. It comes to an average $1.8bn annual inflow on the two counts.
The disbursement graph, however, has been anything but linear. According to the USAID country report, the American aid to Pakistan touched its peak at $2bn in 2011 after which it dipped but trickled till 2016. In 2017, Pakistan did not receive any aid from US. The flow of monies under the CSF was comparatively more stable at about a billion dollars a year till 2015.
Senior government officials admit that the situation is not normal but do not see the shock of US-Pakistan tension assuming crisis proportions
For some economists the US announcement was “a diplomatic failure” and for others “a blessing in disguise”. The disappointed experts blamed the delusional dominant mindset that guided the country’s foreign relations for the extreme US steps. The other set of experts equated foreign aid to opium that generates a false sense of temporary relief for rulers. They argued that the US aid perpetuated a dysfunctional economic framework in Pakistan.
The current diplomatic situation landed US companies active in Pakistan in a difficult spot. Despite many odds, Pakistan has proven to be a good destination for most US companies. Their growth trajectory has been impressive and the ease of money transfer both ways in Pakistan facilitated them to deepen their footprint in one of the fastest-growing regions.
The American Business Council, a leading single-country chamber with 69 member companies, was reached for comments. It articulated its position thus: “Pakistan is a resilient country and has seen aid being stopped numerous times. We will pull through this as well.”
Understandably, executives of some US companies approached earlier declined to come on record. They wished both their countries of origin and choice to avoid impulsive actions and reactions. They hoped politicians on both sides would set sight on the future that they argued is beyond the reach of any nation in isolation.
Ghazanfar Bilour, president of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) was not accessible. Zubair Tufail, a former FPCCI president, lamented the US move that in his view was unfair.
“We can’t pretend that it will not hurt our interests. US had been the single biggest destination for our exports. The assumption that market behaves independent of politics is not true. Even if private US trade partners are not barred from dealing with Pakistani companies, hostilities if allowed to persist will eventually make business interaction difficult,” he said. He hoped for a better sense to prevail in both countries.
Majyd Aziz, president of the Employers Federation of Pakistan, was worried over the dismissive attitude towards the concerns of the sole super power. “The nation will pay the price of the incompetence of the government at commercial diplomacy. They are too busy hiding skeleton in the cupboard to pay attention to pressing national problems,” he said, mentioning inactivity of Pakistan’s caucus in the US Congress.
Miftah Ismail, a businessman turned politician who is now adviser to the prime minister on economic affairs, did not underplay the value of congenial diplomatic relations with a key trade partner. He repeated his party’s (PML-N) position for “peace within and without” for sustainable progress.
“The fact is that Pakistan is not leaning on the US. With next to nothing in aid to Pakistan has reduced the power of leverage that US enjoyed in the country in the past,” he said. Discussing the US outburst, he mentioned CPEC and the coalition’s lack of success in Afghanistan.
Dr Nadeem Javed, Chief Economist Planning Commission, expected the situation to calm down as quickly as it was erupted. “I do not foresee major interruption. Afghanistan is both a cause of the distrust and a tie that binds our two nations together.”
Dr Nadeemul Haque, planning minister under the last PPP government, hoped the shock might wake the nation from a long slumber. “What aid and FDI are we talking about? The history of aid does not invoke happy memories. According to recorded donors’ assessment, it did not serve the purpose it targeted to achieve. In most cases whatever is given by the one hand is clinched back by the other in the form of consultant fees, etc. I am firmly against raising dollar loans from the market. In my view it doesn’t suit a country with a soft currency,” he argued.
He thought it’s all about economic credentials in the end.
“Politicians are good at making noise, but the market has dynamics of its own. The US leadership can say what pleases them, but as long Pakistani suppliers beat their competitors in price and quality they will continue to find buyers in the US. As long the production in China is cheaper, US manufacturers will continue to produce there. Even under sanction US companies did business with Iran and others.”
“The right set of policies and not aid is the answer to Pakistan’s economic woes. The current US decision might force policymakers to revise decadent policies and apply innovative solutions to deal with stubborn problems,” he concluded.
Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, January 8th,2018
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – FRC Action PAC, the political action committee connected with Family Research Council Action, is endorsing Gavin Clarkson for election to Secretary of State for New Mexico.
FRC Action PAC Executive Vice President, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William G. Boykin commented:
“This is a critical hour for our country and Americans are looking for bold leaders who are willing to stand strong for faith, family, and freedom. From evaluating Gavin Clarkson’s record and speaking with others who know him, we believe he will be such a leader. He understands the fundamental importance of protecting the right to life, the central role strong families must play if our country is to thrive, and that religious liberty is the bedrock of a truly prosperous nation.
“Gavin has demonstrated a strong commitment to defending life, family, and religious freedom. Not only has he served at several pro-life organizations for the last three decades, but he has also pledged to defund Planned Parenthood in New Mexico and fight for the conscience rights of all individuals, businesses, and organizations. He has pledged to be a strong defender of the family by calling for the repeal of Obamacare, an expansion of the child tax credit, and the safety of women and children in public showers, locker rooms, and bathrooms. Furthermore, he has promised to protect the religious freedom of business owners and members of the military alike, allowing them to live out their deeply-held religious convictions without fear of government reprisal. We believe he will be a champion of these issues if elected Secretary of State of New Mexico.
“FRC Action PAC is confident that Gavin Clarkson will be a dedicated advocate for limited government, for individual liberties, and for strong family values. He is the leader that New Mexico needs, and we are pleased to offer our endorsement of his candidacy for election to be Secretary of State. Together, we will create a culture in which human life is valued, families flourish, and religious liberty thrives,” concluded Boykin.
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Rooms & Availability at Aerolithos
Description of Aerolithos
Amenities at the Aerolithos include a photocopier, a garden and family rooms.
The Aerolithos has 5 cosy rooms.
The Aerolithos is within a 10-minute walk of the Port of Adamas, and the Catacombs of Milos is only a five-minute drive away. Agia Kiriaki Beach and Apollonia Beach are less than a 20-minute drive from the hotel.
Features at Aerolithos
Map of Aerolithos
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Matt (Jake Adams) is taking out the garbage and practicing his scholarship speech when he stops in his tracks, his eyes going wide as he sees a gorgeous woman (Jill Kassidy) pulling up and going into the house next door. He can’t take his eyes off of her. She smiles at him as he, in a daze, plows right into the garbage cans, knocking them over.
Later, he paces in his room. Unable to get her out of his head, he phones his friend, telling him about the unbelievable girl that just moved in next door. As Matt chats, he turns around and realizes that he can see the girl’s room right through his window—and she’s in there CHANGING! He forgets all about his phone call as he watches the girl slip off her bra. His jaw hits the floor as she slides her pants off and reveals her beautiful ass. Matt is mesmerized, unable to tear his eyes away, so he’s still gawking at her incredible body when she turns around and catches him. Matt dives for cover underneath his window, panting hard.
The girl storms into Matt’s house angrily, coming up the stairs and throwing open his bedroom door, looking for the little pervert that was watching her change. When she confronts him, Matt is mortified and stutters a half-hearted apology. Stop being so weird, she says, adding that he’s acting like some sort of 18 year-old virgin. When Matt sits down on his bed sheepishly, his shoulders sagging, she can tell that she’s struck a nerve. Wait a minute, he actually IS an 18 year old virgin, isn’t he?! Matt softly admits that she’s right. She leans close to him, putting her hand on his crotch, asking him in a whisper if anyone’s ever sucked his dick before? He shakes his head and she kisses him, sticking her tongue into his mouth.
Before Matt can even register what’s happening, she pulls off her top and Matt’s face-to-face with her perky little tits. She tells him to lay back on the bed and crawls towards him, caressing his package. Does he want her to suck his dick? Matt nods, stunned and amazed. She unzips his fly, biting her lip as she pulls his pants off. She grabs his already-hard dick and slips her mouth onto it, running her tongue around his cock-head. Matt can’t believe how good it feels as she bobs her pretty head on his dick. She slurps on his cock, stroking it harder as she stuffs it deep into her throat, gagging on it eagerly. Soon, she tells him that it’s time for him to learn how to eat pussy and she lies down on the bed as Matt parts her legs, lowering his face to her tight little snatch. He’s a natural, and as he licks her juicy clit, she squeals, throwing her head back with pleasure.
This is the first time that this virgin’s ever eaten a pussy, but Matt’s about to experience a whole lot of other firsts with his next door crush.
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The IPS network is composed of branches, contact groups, contact persons and all those who seek to practise in all circumstances the five values to live by:
- Love of Truth as the only sure standard for a just and inclusive far-sighted society.
- Sense of Justice that embraces love and compassion, broadmindedness, understanding and readiness towards self-forgetfulness.
- Sense of Personal Responsibility towards group concerns, the community and the nation as well as a sense of self-control in personal matters.
- Co-operative Thinking that rests on active good will and the principle of right human relationships.
- Serving the Common Good through active personal effort and the readiness to share with others. Only that which serves the whole is also of value to the individual, in the sense of ‘one for all and all for one’.
If, in addition, you and others identify with the three basic objectives of the IPS, you may create an official branch according to the law of your country:
- making known the 10 seed-group structure
- networking and promoting co-operation among individuals and groups
- helping to create a University for Planetary Synthesis for the study and practice of the science of man (a scientific understanding of the human being as a microcosm in the macrocosm, based on spiritual principles and laws)
An already existing group with its own aims and activities may become an IPS contact group. This group helps to distribute IPS publications in its region, gives information on IPS when requested and helps to promote the IPS aims in any way it sees fit, compatible with its own activities.
Contact persons need only be familiar with our aims and activities, keep some IPS material for distribution upon request, and generally act as IPS contacts.
All members are autonomous and free to develop their own activities, assuming full responsibility, financially and otherwise.
The addresses and contact details for the branches, contact groups and contact persons are widely distributed. We never communicate any addresses of individual co-workers.
For the addresses of IPS branches and contacts, go to this page.
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Heavy down pour has been experienced in many parts of the Coast region throughout Wednesday and will intensify according to the meteorological department.
Mombasa County experienced heavy downpour the whole of Wednesday with its intensity expected to be high on Thursday throughout Friday.
The meteorological department said the rains will increase from 33% to a higher level of 66% over the weekend.
The region will receive over 30 mm of rains in just 24 hours.
The department has sent an alert to relevant government authorities and urged the public to be on high alert.
It has further sent a warning to fishermen along the Coastline to be very vigilant so as to avoid disasters during the heavy down pour.
“The rains may be accompanied by strong winds throughout the weekend and locals should be on high alert to avert any disaster,” read part of the statement.
[Floods experienced at Links road, Nyali on Wednesday. Photo/Ahmed Omar].
Mombasa, Kwale and Kilifi County locals were kept on high alert throughout Wednesday with disaster response teams from those counties urged to conduct inspection and close monitoring of the rains.
Lamu and southern part of Tana river counties will also experience heavy downpour over the weekend.
Taita taveta county disaster response teams have also been urged to be vigilant and monitor the rains from Thursday throughout the weekend.
Meanwhile Mombasa residents have been urged to move out from low lying areas since such areas can experience floods.
The alert occurs as heavy rains pounding Nairobi led to collapsing of Ruaka apartments parking lot with tenants ordered to vacate the building for safety purposes.
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Pouf-Multicolored Patched Embroidered Beaded
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* Every effort has been made to guarantee the prices and availability of the products contained in this website, however in the event there are discrepancies in-store information will take precedence.
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Logico Solutions AG
Contact +41 41 552 36 00
Support +41 41 552 36 11
Do you have questions about our business solutions? Would you like to know more about us? Simply fill out this contact form or give us a call.
I have read and accepted the data protection declaration. I agree that my form data will be stored for the purpose of contacting me or processing my request.
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IMO chief calls for changes in crew to prevent "Real Safety Risk"
Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization ( IMO), has reiterated his appeal to governments around the world as a matter of urgency to make secure improvements in the crew of seafarers.
In his opening speech of virtual 10th annual Capital Link Operational Excellence in Shipping Forum, Lim pointed out that industry bodies have worked together to create a set of 12 protocols to ensure safe changes to the crew. These had been endorsed by the IMO itself and was sponsored by Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres himself, he recalled last week.
"This cannot wait.“This is now a real safety issue, endangering the safe operation of ships. We cannot expect seafarers to stay at sea forever,” Lim stated.
“Governments must allow shipping to continue moving by getting seafarers to their homes, and to their ships to work,” he added.
Drawing hopeful from the pandemic, Lim continued to embrace the developments in technological uses and a clear spirit of cooperation that has been visible in recent weeks.
Maritime Business World
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She studied BSc Zoology at the University of Liverpool, and specialised in primate behaviour and conservation. Her final thesis researched the social dynamics and interactions of ring-tailed lemurs in relation to enrichment practices.
Megan has additional experience working in scientific research having spent many months volunteering around the world. Megan worked in China as a behavioural specialist for the charity, Animals Asia, which rescues and rehabilitates bears trapped in the bear bile farming market.
Using her knowledge and experience working with rescued big cats at the Isle of Wight Zoo, she analysed the behaviours of animals recently rescued from dire conditions and aided in their transition to life in a sanctuary. Additionally, she’s spent time volunteering for Africat in Namibia working on big cat conservation and teaching environmental education workshops.
Megan has an innate curiosity about the environment and the wildlife within, especially that of the apex predators and so she decided to spend five months working alongside leading scientists at Bimini Biological Field Station (Sharklab). Here, she aided in the research of different shark species looking to understand their personality traits and general ecology.
In 2020, Megan published her first book with Chris Packham – Back to Nature: How to Love Life and Save It.
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Israel has prevented cancer patients who urgently need to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment since the start of the latest military offensive on the besieged enclave. Crossings with Gaza have been closed since 10 May, especially Eretz Crossing, which is used by pedestrians rather than goods.
The Washington Post has reported that doctors, families and human rights advocates are urging the Israeli authorities to reopen the border crossings for medical cases, at least, before the most vulnerable patients become critically ill and die. Israel said last week that Gaza patients with exit permits would be allowed to cross Eretz Crossing for treatment, adding that it will also allow humanitarian teams, medical equipment, food and fuel to enter the coastal territory.
However, Israeli, Palestinian and international rights groups have reported complaints from Palestinian patients that they are not allowed to pass through the Israeli-controlled crossing.
Speaking to the Washington Post, Hussein Najjar, a fisherman from southern Gaza, said that his 61-year-old mother has grown weak and depressed since missing her regular chemotherapy treatment in East Jerusalem's Augusta Victoria Hospital. She is suffering from colorectal and lung cancer.
"Even if we get an appointment today, we don't know when the crossing will be open and she will be able to go," said Najjar. "She's looking for a way to survive, and we can't find it."
The family's situation was made more difficult after Najjar's boat was destroyed along with several others when an Israeli missile struck their harbour during the bombardment. They survive on a donation of about $50 a month from Oxfam International.
Gaza's impoverished healthcare system cannot provide many of the treatments needed by those with the most serious conditions, reported the US newspaper. There are no radiation treatment facilities in Gaza, for example, leaving cancer patients to seek that and other basic treatment in hospitals outside the enclave.
Doctors Without Borders, along with Israeli rights groups Maslak, Adalah and the Centre for the Defence of Individuals (HaMoked) said that they have addressed this issue to the Israeli authorities with regard to reopening the Eretz Crossing. They pointed out on Monday that they had received no response from the Israelis.
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This is the Linux app named Capstone Engine whose latest release can be downloaded as capstone-4.0.2-win32.zip. It can be run online in the free hosting provider OnWorks for workstations.
Download and run online this app named Capstone Engine with OnWorks for free.
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Capstone is a lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework. Our target is to make Capstone the ultimate disassembly engine for binary analysis and reversing in the security community. Arm, Arm64 (Armv8), BPF, Ethereum Virtual Machine, M68K, M680X, Mips, MOS65XX, PowerPC, RISCV, Sparc, SystemZ, TMS320C64X, Web Assembly, XCore & X86 (include X86_64). Implemented in pure C language, with bindings for D, Clojure, F#, Common Lisp, Visual Basic, PHP, PowerShell, Haskell, Perl, Python, Ruby, C#, NodeJS, Java, GO, C++, OCaml, Lua, Rust, Delphi, Free Pascal & Vala available. Native support for Windows & nix (with Mac OSX, iOS, Android, Linux, BSD & Solaris confirmed). High performance & suitable for malware analysis (capable of handling various X86 malware tricks). Distributed under the open source BSD license.
- Clean/simple/lightweight/intuitive architecture-neutral API
- Provide details on disassembled instruction (called “decomposer” by some others)
- Provide some semantics of the disassembled instruction, such as list of implicit registers read & written
- Thread-safe by design
- Special support for embedding into firmware or OS kernel
- High performance & suitable for malware analysis
This is an application that can also be fetched from https://sourceforge.net/projects/capstone-engine.mirror/. It has been hosted in OnWorks in order to be run online in an easiest way from one of our free Operative Systems.
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TREATMENT OF CATARACTS
CATARACT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Cataracts are the leading cause of visual loss in adults age 55 and older and the leading cause of blindness worldwide. By age 65, about half of the human population has a cataract, and by age 75, almost everyone has a cataract. However, cataracts are highly treatable, and through advances in both cataract surgery and intraocular lenses (IOLs), more people are experiencing full restoration of their vision than ever before.
Dr. Gerald Clarke & Dr. Eric Larson perform cataract surgery at OptiVision’s own outpatient surgery center. They specialize in laser assisted cataract surgery to obtain the best possible distance vision.
If the natural lens of the eye becomes cloudy it is typically removed and replaced with an artificial lens (intraocular lens or IOL). This procedure is called cataract surgery. It is performed with topical anesthetic (numbing eye drops) in an outpatient setting and typically does not require patching or the use sutures (or stitches). In the hands of experienced surgeons like Dr. Gerald Clarke & Dr. Eric Larson, this no needle, no stitch, no patch, NO-DROP technique makes surgery safe, effective and pain free. It’s also relatively fast, with procedure times under 10 minutes.
Below is a basic description of the procedure.
Eye drops are used to dilate the pupil and give the surgeon better access to the cataract. The eye is then numbed using local anesthetics and a micro-incision is placed in the cornea. A very small probe is then inserted into the incision to reach the affected area to allow the surgeon to access the cloudy lens (or cataract). In laser assisted cataract surgery the first part of the surgery is performed by laser.
The lens is then gently removed from the eye using a process called phacoemulsification. The inserted probe produces ultrasound waves to liquify the cataract and break it apart into smaller fragments. The pieces of the cataract are then suctioned out of the eye through the micro-incision.
The artificial lens implant, or IOL, is then folded and placed inside the eye behind the pupil in the same area that the natural lens was previously. The rear portion of the natural lens is left untouched and is used to support the new artificial lens. The incision is self-sealing without the need for sutures.
The newly implanted artificial lens requires no maintenance and will not be able to be seen or detected. It now functions as a seamless part of your eye. There are many different artificial lenses made from a variety of different materials and with many different functions. The ideal IOL for you will be selected by you and your doctor. OptiVision eye surgeons performed the first microincision no-drop cataract surgery and laser surgery for secondary cataracts in the area. Dr. Gerald Clarke & Dr. Eric Larson have more collective experience performing cataract surgery than any other practice in the Fox Valley. If you or someone you know has cataracts that are interfering with daily life, call an OptiVision office today to schedule an exam and evaluation with one of our surgeons.
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Patients Living with a Rare Disease Face Unique Challenges
What does it mean to live with a rare disease?
To understand, you need perspective. One in every 11 Americans has a form of diabetes, a common disease in which the body is unable to properly manage insulin. Doctors know how to treat diabetes, and your friends and family have a pretty good understanding of its challenges. Patients living with diabetes also have global organizations like the American Diabetes Association and their $200 million war-chest in their corner.
In contrast, one in every 5,000 people are born with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a group of inherited disorders marked by extremely loose joints, very stretchy skin that bruises easily, and easily damaged blood vessels. Patients often lose valuable years before being properly diagnosed and treated. They are supported by The Ehlers-Danlos Society, which is worth less than $1 million. You won’t even find it on Charity Navigator.
Think of the burden of having a medical condition that no one outside of your family understands, perhaps not even the doctor treating you. You begin to be defined by your rare disease. The longer it takes to explain, and the more times you have to explain it, the more it becomes part of your identity.
You become the person in the room “with that rare disease no one has ever heard of.”
Such an identity crisis can only but interfere with being a mother, a husband, a student, a member of the church choir, a doctor or whatever you would choose to be defined by. Isn’t life hard enough already?
Less Information, Fewer Resources and More Barriers to Access
A patient living with a rare disease has less information, fewer resources, and more obstacles to accessing the right treatment.
According to Drugs.com, there are 48 different drugs that treat elevated cholesterol. Likewise, if you search for “lifestyle changes for high cholesterol” you probably won’t be able to read all the results in a single day (by the way, there is good advice for high cholesterol management at the American Heart Association– FYI, they’re worth $1 billion).
Meanwhile, if you have Retinitis Pigmentosa, you’ll find there are no drugs to treat it, and the lifestyle changes to cope with it are limited to little more than “using a magnifying glass” or finding the “next best-spot” that you can see.
Scientific American estimated the cost of developing a new drug at $2.5 BILLION. Some estimates run as high as $5.5 billion. The California Biomedical Research Association states that it takes 12 years for a drug to go from research development to becoming usable by a patient. 12 years and $5.5 billion? Who is going to invest in that when a rare disease is defined as having fewer than 200,000 patients?
To spur investment in innovation, Congress approved the Orphan Drug Act in 1983 with the goal of fast-tracking approval to bypass the 12 years and $5.5 billion cost. The effectiveness of this legislation has been measurable. In 1983, only 38 orphan drugs had been approved. Since 1983, the FDA has approved more than 500.
Many insurance companies prevent patients from accessing these treatments by shifting the cost to patients. One common tactic, prior authorization, requires doctors to obtain advance approval before a necessary procedure, or medication is provided to a patient. Does your doctor know your disease well enough and have enough time to argue against a juggernaut designed to keep costs down?
After years of paying their insurance premiums, patients that fail to obtain prior authorization are left paying the full cost themselves. In 2013, two orphan drugs were approved at cost a patient $150,000 annually. Three were approved that would cost more than $300,000 annually. Who can pay that?
A 2013 survey of private insurance companies found that only 17% had any kind of strategy for addressing the high cost of orphan drugs. Of those 17%, two-thirds relied on prior authorization to control costs.
A Gap in Knowledge
Rare disease patients are treated by physicians who are taught in medical school about diseases that they are likely to encounter in their practices. In other words, not rare or relatively unheard of conditions. As a result, many rare diseases just aren’t taught in medical school. Understandable, since there are more than 7,000 rare diseases.
If you are lucky enough to have a doctor who understands the challenges of living with a rare disease, they, too, will struggle to find for the right information and resources. As a result, many patients living with a rare disease are farmed out to a specialist. But, there is no guarantee he or she will know your condition either, or know it well enough to give you the care you need. You’re like the vacation photo album that everyone keeps passing around. When will it stop?
What Can a Rare Disease Patient Do?
Get to know your advocates.
The good news is that there are organizations fighting tirelessly for the needs and rights of patients living with a rare disease. One such organization, the National Organization for Rare Disorders in February 2017 made an appeal to Congress to maintain the vital protections established by the Affordable Care Act that stopped discrimination against rare and often times expensive disorders. Here are the items they wished to see preserved:
- “Guaranteed Issue: Requires insurers to offer insurance to all patients, regardless of health status, during annual open enrollment periods, special enrollment periods, and renewal periods.
- Prohibition on Benefit Exclusions: Ensures discriminatory benefit exclusions or limitations aimed at individuals or groups of individuals with expensive pre-existing conditions are banned.
- Community Rating: Guarantees that patients are not charged higher premiums because of their health status, including if they have a gap in coverage.”
EURORDIS (Rare Diseases Europe) also represents the needs and concerns of rare disease patients. One of the authorities they appeal to is the EU National Competent Authorities for Pricing & Reimbursement. EURORDIS’ goal with them is to establish a fair-price-negotiations function, to foster early dialogue between payers and industry, and bring together the best practices throughout the EU into a new updated policy for rare disease management.
Each of these organizations brings together the support organizations for individual rare diseases into a sort of congress (the functional kind) that moves forward the needs they all share. By pooling resources and standing together they make a noticeable impact.
These organizations can also guide you on the one thing that will empower you more than anything else…education.
Do your research. Read the literature. Know your drug/device/surgical options and potential outcomes. Investigate what the latest research is in the field. Really try to understand your disease, its history and its future. Also, familiarize yourself with the terms you’ll need to know to have a smart talk with your doctor. Nothing will empower you more than knowledge.
In his first address to Congress, President Donald Trump acknowledged the existence of rare diseases! It wouldn’t raise an eyebrow if it were a comment on heart disease. Thanks to the persistence of advocates, rare diseases are on his radar.
You may have a rare disease, but that also means you may have a rare kind of strength and determination. Know your allies and stay strong friends, we at Patients Rising see you and hear you.
Samantha’s story: https://patientsrising.org/rare-disease-heard/
Jim Sliney, Jr. is a freelance writer/editor and a student at Columbia University where he majors in Creative Writing. He is a Registered Medical Assistant which he leverages to write educational and empowering articles for patients with rare and under-served diseases.
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November 12, 2013
By BARRY MEIER
Johnson & Johnson has tentatively agreed to a settlement that could reach up to $4 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed by patients injured by a flawed all-metal replacement hip, said two lawyers briefed on the plan.
The tentative plan, which must win court approval, represents one of the largest payouts for product liability claims involving a medical device.
A spokeswoman for the company’s DePuy Orthopaedics unit declined to comment on the possibility of a settlement. An announcement about the plan is expected in the coming days, the lawyers said.
The agreement will include those patients who have already been forced to have the device, known as the Articular Surface Replacement, or A.S.R., removed and replaced with another artificial hip, said the lawyers who spoke about the agreement only on the condition of anonymity.
Under the deal, each patient would receive about $350,000 on average in compensation, though that figure will vary depending on factors like a patient’s age and medical condition.
The precise value of the settlement is unclear because lawyers for patients are still trying to estimate how many of the 12,000 related lawsuits involve patients who had a replacement. Lawyers believe that number may be 7,000 to 8,000 cases.
The final cost of the deal to Johnson & Johnson could rise, depending on how many claimants who received the device undergo replacement operations in the future, the lawyers said. Under the plan, patients who have not had a replacement would not receive compensation, the lawyers said.
The A.S.R. hip was sold by DePuy until mid-2010, when the company recalled it amid sharply rising early failure rates. The device, which had a metal ball and a metal cup, sheds metallic debris as it wears, generating particles that have damaged tissue in some patients or caused crippling injuries.
DePuy officials have long insisted that they acted appropriately in recalling the device when they did. However, internal company documents disclosed during the trial of a patient lawsuit this year showed that DePuy officials were long aware that the hip had a flawed design and was failing prematurely at a high rate.
Many artificial hips last 15 years or more before they wear out and need to be replaced. But by 2008, data from orthopedic databases outside the United States also showed that the A.S.R. was failing at high rates in patients after just a few years.
Internal DePuy projections estimate that it will fail in 40 percent of those patients in five years, a rate eight times higher than for many other hip devices.
It had been long anticipated that DePuy would try to settle the case. Of the two lawsuits that have gone to trial, the company lost one lawsuit and won the other one.
However, it was facing the start of several new trials around the country with the prospect of large damage awards. The outlines of a settlement proposal were reported Tuesday by Bloomberg News.
The hip was first sold by DePuy in 2003 outside the United States for use in an alternative hip replacement procedure called resurfacing. Two years later, DePuy started selling another version for use here in standard hip replacements that used the same cup component as the resurfacing device. Only the standard version was sold in the United States; both were sold outside the country.
About 93,000 patients received an A.S.R., about one-third of them in the United States.
Problems with the design first came to light in Australia and England just a few years after its marketing began. But DePuy officials insisted for years to surgeons who complained about that device that patient problems reflected their surgical technique rather than the implant’s design.
Last year, The New York Times reported that DePuy executives decided in 2009 to phase out the A.S.R. and sell existing inventories weeks after the Food and Drug Administration asked the company for more safety data about the implant.
The agency also told the company at that time that it was rejecting its efforts to sell the resurfacing version of the device in the United States because of concerns about “high concentration of metal ions” in the blood of patients who received it.
DePuy never disclosed the F.D.A. ruling to regulators in other countries, where it was still marketing the resurfacing version of the implant.
The head of DePuy’s orthopedic unit, Andrew Ekdahl, oversaw the introduction of the hip and was warned by a company consultant in 2008 that the implant appeared to have a design flaw, according to internal DePuy documents disclosed during a trial earlier this year.
When DePuy recalled the hip in 2010, it announced a program in which it offered to pay the medical costs of a replacement procedure.
All-metal replacement hips like the A.S.R. were once highly popular with orthopedic surgeons who believed the devices would last longer than traditional replacement devices made of plastic and metal. But the metal devices are rarely used anymore because of their high early failure rates.
While the settlement, if approved, would resolve much of the litigation against DePuy involving that device, it continues to face thousands of lawsuits involving another all-metal hip that it no longer sells called the Pinnacle.
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Weekly Love: Week 129
The last two weeks for me have been all about class (by the time I post my next Weekly Love I will have made it through the final stretch to Spring Break, and I’ll have turned 20 years old, rather excited about my brunch and beach plans on the 21st!), spending a lot of time at the beach during a mini LA heatwave, and cooking/ eating. An awful lot of cooking and eating! I’ve been testing so many different recipes I really think I’m on a role, and I’m so excited about some of the food features I have coming up in the next few weeks, so keep an eye out for them and be prepared to be enticed into the kitchen, or if you live in Los Angeles out for brunch!
1. The only way to deal with Monday mornings is by frying things. | 2. To celebrate the fact that now, two months since I had my accident my nail has finally grown long enough to paint I treated myself to ‘Fracas’, a shade I have been coveting from Chanel’s Pre-Spring beauty collection. | 3. Saturday afternoons down at Venice Beach. | 4. Indulging in one of the best lunches I’ve ever had at LudoTruck when I caught up with it on Wiltshire Boulevard. | 5. Cucumber sliced as thinly as I can imagine; the starting point for my Purple Cabbage Slaw with Cucumber & Dill (look out for the recipe on Monday!). | 6. Alex’s Raspberry Chocolate Ruglash from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook about to go in the oven. (I posted the recipe for my own Nutella version yesterday!)
- Watercolours of food. Need I say more?
- The Ultimate Guide To London’s Alternative Beauty Scene.
- I know I usually don’t give a toss about celebrity and red carpet fashion, but you need to take a moment to look at Jennifer Lawrence’s Dior Haute Couture Spring 2013 Oscars gown.
- My Spring/ Summer ad campaign love affair has started with La Chateau’s Spring Campaign. Also, Reserved’s Spring campaign.
- The 9 Best Market Stalls in London.
- Behind the scenes in a professional cupcake kitchen.
- In case you don’t already know the story behing Benefit’s cult Benetint.
- Every outfit Kerry Washington has worn as Olivia Pope this season so far on Scandal. Because it is not just her oh so secret, forbidden and passionate affair with the President of the United States we watch the show for, but her killer wardrobe too.
It is that time of the month again when I have another column about my life in Los Angeles up over at The High Tea Cast. This month it was requested that I do a piece on celebrity spotting, and while that is usually not my thing I managed to put together something about my own brand of celebrity watch; celebrity chef stalking in Beverly Hills! (Obviously anything I would not normally do is made Rachel friendly by food!)
7. I fancied Italian for lunch. For a super easy and super delicious lunch roughly chop ripe heirloom tomatoes into chunks, sprinkle over torn fresh basil, torn mozzarella, torn prosciutto, drizzle over some extra virgin olive oil and season well with sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper. | 8. Palm trees on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Now that is something you don’t see on Regents Street! | 9. I tried on these Tory Burch sandals for Summer in Bloomingdale’s the other day and I’m seriously considering them. What do you guys think? | 10. Contrary to popular belief I do sometimes indulge in American junk food that has not come from In-N-Out Burger. A late night Diddy Reese ice cream sandwich is a must for any Mint Choc Chip lover! | 11. Consulting the The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook (which in case you have not noticed I have been on a real cooking kick from over the last few weeks!) before making the absolutely amazing Mustard Milanese. | 12. Smitten Kitchen Tomato Glazed Meatloaf and my purple slaw, recipe to follow on Monday!
- Rose attended a masterclass from Dinner’s head chef in making Heston’s Triple Cooked Chips. She’s also recently gone Oyster hunting in Cornwall; I learnt a lot about them from her post.
- 10 Healthy Skincare Habits You Should (Maybe) Reconsider.
- This blog post is for everyone who loves a good farmers market.
- 10 Tasty LA Desserts To Satisfy That Sweet Tooth.
- This is why you should follow Gary Pepper Vintage on Instagram.
- One of the girls I went to school with has launched a brilliant new London lifestyle blog.
- How To Style A Statement Bracelet.
- I want to live in Orla Kiely’s Spring 2013 campaign.
- For her university coursework, Daisy put together a great piece about blogging which she interviewed me for.
What have you been enjoying this week, and what do you have planned for the weekend?
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Dueling comic cons nearing deal in court trademark battle
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The organizers of Salt Lake Comic Con and San Diego Comic-Con are inching closer to settling a court battle over naming rights.
Lawyers for the two pop-culture conventions said they have been able to resolve many of their disagreements over whether the names are too similar, and are working on the remaining sticking points.
They asked a federal judge to give them more time, until March 1, to work on a possible agreement, according to court documents filed Friday in Southern California.
San Diego Comic-Con, considered the flagship of the popular convention circuit, filed a trademark violation lawsuit against the rapidly growing Salt Lake convention in August 2014.
The California organizers say they have legal ownership of the term “comic con” in all its forms, and the name of the Salt Lake event is so similar that people will think they are affiliated. Salt Lake says it’s a general term used by similar events around the country and the lawsuit has more to do with their growing popularity.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office is withholding judgment. It suspended its own ruling in November until the federal case could be resolved. In July, the office awarded Salt Lake Comic Con a trademark for its name. Officials said “comic con” was too generic to trademark but “Salt Lake Comic Con” was specific enough to qualify. While the Utah organizers called that a decisive step, San Diego disagreed.
Settlement talks have broken down before. The case appeared headed for trial last summer, but by late fall they were back on track.
The long-established San Diego Comic-Con started in 1970. Since then, it has grown into the Holy Grail of pop culture conventions, drawing self-described geeks in elaborate costumes as well as Hollywood studios and actors looking to create buzz for upcoming projects.
In comparison, the Salt Lake Comic Con debuted in September 2013 with an estimated 72,000 people turning out. More than 120,000 people attended the three-day convention the following year.
The convention scored its top celebrity appearance to date when Captain America himself, Chris Evans, attended last year’s event.
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Asmeen’s mother is drawing her strength from her belief that everything is in the hands of God. She is holding up fantastically in the hospital for so long, and we told her today that Asmeen is really blessed to have her as her mother, faithfully by her side and patiently waiting for her to improve.
The doctors have explained that due to the anatomy of her chest, and other factors, it is seeming very difficult to wean Asmeen from mechanical ventialtion, and there is no treatment to be done, except to give her time. As she must remain connected to the ventilator, it’s not possible to move her to a different area of this hospital, as they do not have the facility to accommodate this. However, there is discussion about whether Asmeen could be transferred to a specialist setting for children requiring long term mechanical ventialtion.
Please hope and pray with us for Asmeen, for the way to be open for her to be accomodated in the most suitable place, and for time to improve her condition. Thank God that it is all in His hands and His timing.
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You can now have a souvenir from the Apollo 11 moon landing in your home in the form of a life-size replica of one of the first boot prints on the lunar surface.
Ahead of the upcoming 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Master Replicas Group has commemorated one of the most iconic images taken during the lunar mission. The company, which specializes in pop culture and science fiction collectibles, molded a 3D, life-size replica of astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin's boot print on the moon's surface.
"It's definitely Buzz, not Neil [Armstrong]," Steve Dymszo, CEO of Master Replicas Group, told Space.com. "They actually have different boot sizes, and there are specific marks on the boot."
Aldrin and Armstrong landed on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, and took a 2.5-hour moonwalk outside the lunar lander together the following day.
The team at Master Replicas used the high-resolution photo of the boot print taken on the moon and created a 3D model of it through photogrammetry, a technology that produces measurements from a photograph. The model was created using a resin cast, which means it is lightweight yet durable.
A few test samples were even thrown across the Master Replicas warehouse and did not break, according to Dymszo.
The 3D replica measures at 11 by 16 inches (28 by 40 centimeters), and can be hung up or placed on display.
The bootprint replica will sell for $195 — the high price is mainly due to the quality in manufacturing. The cast was created by Smooth-On, a casting and molding company based in the U.S., which meant a higher production cost than if it had been outsourced, said Dymszo.
"This is a big piece," he added. "So we wanted to do it here because of the high quality."
You can order your own Apollo 11 bootprint online from Master Replicas here.
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Over billions of years of evolution, eukaryotic (complex) cells have developed many organelles, or subcomponents, which perform specialized tasks to increase the overall effectiveness or adaptability of the cell. The most obvious is the nucleus, within which is the nucleolus, the epicenter of the cell where the genetic material can be found. The nucleus protects the cell's genes from degeneration from various sources, such as invading viruses or energetic solar radiation. The nucleus is usually the largest of organelles in the cell, though it is sometimes second to large vacuoles.
The second most famous is probably the mitochondria. This is the only organelle that itself contains some genetic material, likely a vestige from an era when the mitochondria was an independent organism. It serves as the power plant for the cell, taking compounds like NADH and NADPH and converting them into energy in the form of ATP via oxidative phosphorylation. NADH and NADPH can be found floating around in the bloodstream, but must be converted to ATP for the cell's machinery to be able to use it. There are around 2,000 mitochondria in a typical eukaryotic cell, which take up about 20% of its total volume.
Another prominent subcomponent are the ribosomes, which are extremely important to the working of the cell. They are made up of 65% ribosomal RNA and 35% ribosomal proteins. The ribosomes, about 20 nm in diameter, are responsible for building all the proteins that make up the human body. The nucleolus of the cell sends out tiny molecules called messenger RNA to tell the ribosomes what to build. They then use transfer RNA to bring them amino acids, which they string together into the long polypeptides known as proteins. These smaller molecules floating in the intracellular medium are generally not considered organelles.
Other organelles, some only found in plants, include plastids (chroloplasts being the most famous), which conduct photosynthesis; the endoplasmic reticulum, which modifies new proteins and lipids; the Golgi apparatus, which sorts and modifies proteins; the vacuole, which mediates storage and homeostasis; and dozens more minor structures. All of these float in the soup of cytoplasm, the fluid that fills the cell. The structure of the cell is largely dictated by the cytoskeleton, which is made up of fibrous proteins.
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Jessica sat on the small kitchen table with her feet on the head chair and stared out the window, a cigarette pinched between her thumb and middle finger. Bits of ash fell onto her dark-wash skinny jeans and along the front of her black tank top. The sun went down behind the buildings, clutching to this side of the globe, leaving claw marks across the sky. They began deep, scratched into the atmosphere – yellow bleeding into orange – and surfaced into pink and purple that scattered in wild patterns like bruises on pale skin.
“It’s like the sun doesn’t want to go down,” Jessica said to Kelly when the front door opened. “Like it’s fighting the shorter days.”
Kelly set her backpack on the couch and made her way to the window. “I don’t think the sun cares about where it’s hitting Earth.” She was unusually cranky after pulling a double in the ER, but her rationality, her grounded perspective, was one reason Jessica liked her. Kelly’s mind was so much clearer than her own. She thought it was a good influence, something she should aspire to be.
A white trail cut through some of the colors from a passing jet, and while she knew Kelly saw condensed air and chemical reactions, Jessica saw a gash in skin, a tear in the atmosphere where the sun’s nails caught and dragged the clouds in its desperation. Jessica puffed her cigarette and blew the smoke through the screen, watching it disperse and fade away like the light.
“I thought you were working tonight,” Kelly said.
“I quit.” Jessica put her cigarette out in the potted fern on the window sill.
Kelly grabbed the pot and cradled it to her chest. Her left eyebrow twitched. “That’s the third job this month, Jess.”
“The manager was a creep.”
“That’s what you said about the last one. I can’t afford the rent by myself again.”
“I’ll get the money.” Jessica didn’t look at Kelly. The couple next door moaned loudly. Their bed bucked against the wall.
“Are you high?”
“Really? You wish you could go back to failing out of nursing school and spending all your money on drugs?”
“Obviously I don’t miss that part.”
Kelly sighed and went to Jessica’s room. She emerged a moment later with Jessica’s satchel and her red vest with the corner store’s logo stitched across the back. She threw them on the table. “Go down there. Tell them you’re sorry. Tell them you’re insane and didn’t mean to quit. Beg for your job back. Don’t come home without the rent.” Kelly went into her room and slammed the door.
Jess stared a while longer at the shifting colors before grabbing her army-green bomber jacket from the chair and slinging the bag over her shoulder. She shoved the vest deep inside beneath her wallet and pack of cigarettes. On her way out, she took her keys off the hook by the door and slipped on her faux leather boots with the undone laces tucked under the tongues. She took the dusty corner staircase one step at a time to the street. Buildings blocked the colorful scratches. What she could see of the sky turned into navy blue and black. Between skyscrapers, stripes of golden light caught the rock flecks in the cement. The city glistened, but no one else seemed to notice as they ducked into apartment buildings and townhomes to escape the growing darkness.
She couldn’t blame Kelly for being pissed, as much as she wanted to. Jessica was much more put together on drugs, or at least that’s what she told herself these days. She blocked out the nights slumped in the alleys, the sex in club bathrooms with strangers, the people who abandoned her. She told herself it was a fun time, free of responsibility, but she knew that wasn’t true. While she blocked out some things and didn’t remember others, she couldn’t forget Kelly sitting with her on the bathroom floor while she dry-heaved and cried, while the cocain worked its way out of her system, while her body shook and sweated and begged for relief. As much as Jessica wanted to be pissed off at Kelly, she knew she couldn’t repay her for all the pain she put her through, for all the times she stuck by her. At the very least, she could get the damn rent money.
A block away from the corner store, Jessica stopped in front of his building. She looked up towards his window with the leaky air conditioner. For three months she was able to walk by that apartment complex, never stopping, never wondering, but not tonight. Tonight she weighed the consequences of not coming home with the money against the humiliation of begging for her job back against her own impulse control.
Several minutes passed before she convinced herself to climb the splinted concrete stoop and ring his bell. The speaker cracked.
“What?” he said through the static.
“It’s me, Ken. Open up.”
The door buzzed and clicked. A familiar junkie slumped in the corner of the foyer. In his sleep, he scratched at the fresh, bleeding needle marks on his arm.
Jessica took the elevator to the fifth floor. The doors screeched as they slid apart. The same florescent light flickered halfway down the hall on the way to Ken’s apartment. One door had had its number replaced; it was a shinier brass than the rest. Ken’s neighbor’s door was fractured along the wall from where the police had kicked it in six months ago. Duct tape held together the pieces of wood.
Ken waited by the door, his scrawny face peeking between the crack. He hadn’t shaved his neck beard in at least a week. The patches of short curly reddish hairs speckled his jawline and cheeks. He smiled with yellowed teeth, a black spot between two towards the front, and opened the door wider for her to sneak through. The apartment hadn’t changed, either. He may have vacuumed recently, but the carpet was still stained in places and the fabric matted together around the couch and along the walls. Either he hadn’t cleaned the litter box in a long time or his tomcat stopped using it; the ammonia burned her nose and made the air sticky.
“Never thought I’d see you again,” Ken said, closing the door. He walked around her and slumped onto the couch with a torn back. The glass coffee table in front of him was the cleanest thing in the place. Small baggies and individually packaged syringes lined it next to a scale speckled with white powder.
Jessica focused on a crack in the plaster on the far side of the room. “I need my job back,” she told him and sighed. “I was insane for quitting.” He just stared. “Please.”
“I take it you’ll need an advance?”
“You know I’m good for it.” She looked at him, tried to read the sagging skin around his eyes.
Ken waited. He picked his teeth. Then he smiled again. “All right. Lucky for you one of my boys just dropped out. You can have his spot.”
“Where’s it at?”
“38th and Washington. Definitely a lot of people in need down there.”
“I’ll take it.”
Ken gestured to the table and wrote down the supplies Jessica shoved into her pockets, roughly twenty baggies and ten needles.
“You still using?” he said as he tallied the cost. When she didn’t answer, he added, “I got some new stuff. Real good.”
“I don’t have money,” she said.
“Tell you what, I’ll give you a taste for free – since you’re an old friend. You like it, you buy some when you come back.”
“You that confident?”
“Best shit I’ve had.” Ken pulled a dime bag out of a plastic tin next to the couch. It dangled between his fingers, half-full of white powder, a sharpied blue checkmark on the front.
“I quit,” she finally said, shoving her hands deep into her pockets, fingering the small baggies stashed there.
“Why? Cause that bitchy roommate told you to?”
“She isn’t bitchy.”
“Anybody who tells you what to do is bitchy.” He smiled. “One taste won’t kill you.”
She watched the bag swaying in his hand for a long while before snatching it, shoving it in her satchel and heading out the door. Down the hall. Down the elevator. Past the junkie. Onto the street where the lights created phantom halos around everything. Under a navy sky washed out by those lights.
Some people don’t think you can be alone in a city, but a city is the best place to be alone. So many fake people and rich people and poor people, and not one of them gives a shit about anyone but themselves. They use whoever they can to get whatever they want, and when a person’s usefulness runs out, they’re as good as dead. There’s no sorrow, no acknowledgement of the time spent together. Only silence. Jessica knew this all too well, was one of the people who used and tossed others aside, and now in these familiar back streets, she could not have been more alone if she were the only person left on Earth. Those who passed her on her stroll towards 38th Street were no more than ghosts, shifting shadows, tricks played by the dying light. The further she wandered, the less apparitions she saw, but she felt them watching her, waiting for her.
Washington and 38th met at a small alleyway between two tall buildings that always had “for lease” signs up. Both were dark except for a few dimly lit windows high above. Jessica stopped and leaned on one of the walls, dug the pepper spray out of her bag and slipped it into her back pocket, lit a cigarette and inhaled the smoke. It didn’t stop her hands from shaking or her heart from pounding. She didn’t remember it being this dark.
When the cigarette was gone, she dropped it and stomped the filter with the toe of her boot. Only then did they emerge from dark corners, behind dumpsters, and a parking lot a block over. The desperate ones came first. They flocked around Jessica like pigeons begging for crumbs. They’d take rice if they thought it would cure the pain radiating through them. They’d let the rice puff up in their bellies, let their insides burst, if it meant getting well one last time. Jessica took their rent, groceries, child’s new clothes, husband’s bonus. She shoved the crumpled bills deep in her front jean pockets.
The scared ones came slower, waiting a minute or two after the last person left to approach her. It was the singular ones that made her uncomfortable. They got right up on her, towered over her five-foot-nothing frame and shook like yippy lap dogs. One man must have only been twenty. He kept his grey hood up over his face, and in the shadow cast by it, his bloodshot eyes glowed. He rubbed his nose with his sleeve and bounced as Jessica thumbed through the dollar bills and dug in her pocket for a bag.
“I need a needle,” the guy said.
“Five bucks.” Jess shoved the bills down.
He stopped bouncing, leaned down a good six inches to get in her face. “Last guy charged two.”
“Things change,” she said as though she really believed it. She swallowed too loudly, but kept her eyebrows pressing down on the rest of her face. As much as she wanted to, she didn’t step back.
After a long moment, the bouncing began again. He scoffed and grumbled as he walked away.
As quickly as they emerged, her customers disappeared. She lit another menthol and leaned back on the cool brick. Far away sirens cried, cars sped, people slept and walked and lived, but here people dreamed, they sank, they floated. They came in uneven intervals, most not saying anything as they exchanged their livelihood for their lives.
Jess smoked two more cigarettes, thought over what she’d tell Kelly when she got home. She wouldn’t tell her the truth. She’d say the corner store manager was understanding and gave her last week’s paycheck in cash. What she didn’t know couldn’t hurt her.
Only when Jessica was certain 38th and Washington was satisfied did she wander back the way she had come, her hands deep in her pockets, hanging onto the cash and the two needles left.
A shock spread from one side of her face to the other, down her neck, through her belly, and into her feet. She was walking, then she was on the ground. Hitting the concrete sent another shock from the other side of her face, down her neck, through her belly, and into her feet. It took a moment for her to feel the blood dripping over her eyebrow and falling down the side of her nose, and even longer for the halos and black spots to leave her vision. Something clanged on the ground; she felt it vibrate under her cheek. She noticed the smell of him first: a potent mixture of weed and mold doused in Axe body spray. Jessica felt his hands next, pulling her arms away and trying to unravel the satchel from around her shoulders. Her ears rang. The world spun. She pulled away from him, found the strength to kick her foot and hit him dead in the leg. It distracted him long enough for her to pull the pepper spray from her back pocket.
Jessica pointed and shot, barely able to make out his frame in the darkness and the dizziness, but she heard him scream. She felt the tip of his sneaker crash into her stomach.
The man took off in some direction and left Jessica coughing and groaning on the concrete. The ground was cold. She rubbed the spot on her back where she fell on the satchel; it ached when she sat up. Jessica noticed the metal trash can lid lying next to her. The side was dented. It felt like her skull was, too. She put her hand up to the cut. Despite being high through most of her two years in nursing school, she remembered the basics. Blunt force trauma rarely caused deep cuts. She knew the scalp bled more than other parts of the body. She dug out the red vest, wiped the blood off her nose and cheek, and pressed it against the cut.
At least he didn’t take anything. That’s all she could think. At least he didn’t take the money.
She managed to pull herself up against a wall and lean back. The wind cooled her tears. He hadn’t taken anything, but the violation was familiar. Jessica was back in those bathrooms, back on those beds, spreading her legs for a hit, for a bit of attention, for a bit of love to put in the hole so deep drugs couldn’t fill it. The memories were scattered, surfacing like bloated corpses in a river, peeking out of the water just enough to make out the recognizable shapes. The images were fuzzy, but the feelings were clear. The rough skin of their hands, the biting, the scratching, the way this junkie pawed at her to get what he wanted like everyone else, like the whole damn world clawing at one another just to get a fix, just to make the day last a little longer, just to bring on the deep sleep, the sweet relief, the escape.
Jessica reached into her satchel for her smokes, but pulled out the small bag with the blue checkmark. She palmed it, rubbed the finely ground powder between the plastic. No matter what, she couldn’t get away from that life, not completely. She lived with Kelly, a stable, good influence, in a nice-enough apartment. Sure, she didn’t finish school, but she got away from her alcoholic mother and her abusive ex. She tried. But now she saw that it didn’t matter where she went or what she did because people were shit everywhere. They were shit in the alleys and shit in the classrooms and shit in the corner stores. And there was only one way to live in the shit without drowning in it.
The cracking of a broken seal rose goosebumps on her skin. She sucked the tip of her pointer finger and dipped it in the powder, rubbed the white stuff over her gums. She felt sixteen again, taking a shot for the first time, feeling it go straight to her head. The thumping stopped where he hit her. She pulled the vest away from the cut, no longer able to feel the blood pulling on her skin as it dried. She poured a tiny hill on her palm and dipped her nose into her hand. She breathed deeply.
Kelly lay curled on the couch in a spotted blue and gold blanket she and her mom made with ties around the border. She looked up when the door opened, watched Jessica shuffle across the kitchen and into her room. Jessica didn’t turn on the light. She kicked off her boots, nearly tripping over the satchel she’d dropped in front of her, and shugged the bomber jacket onto the floor before falling into bed. The sheets were white and cold, like an igloo. Above her, the Northern Lights waved across the ceiling.
“So?” Kelly stood in the doorway, blanket wrapped around her shoulders.
Jessica didn’t answer. Her eyes fell below her lower lids, held down by tiny fish hooks and weights. Behind them, the Northern Lights turned into the Milky Way. There were shooting stars and bright suns that burst into supernovas and collapsed into black holes. She smiled and made a wish.
Kelly turned on the small lamp by the door. “Holy shit, what happened to your head?”
Jessica felt hands on her. Clouds overtook the starry sky. She hit Kelly away. “Shh. Shh,” she said. “Stop it.”
Silence set in, and like frightened forest creatures, the stars and planets emerged from behind the clouds and danced for her again.
“Goddamnit, Jess. Are you high?”
“I got my job back,” Jessica said. She opened her eyes then, flinching against the sudden artificial light, and pointed at her satchel on the floor. “Money’s in there.”
Kelly went through the bag, pulling out the vest, examining the blood, and tossing it aside with her cigarettes and wallet. “What’s this shit?” In Kelly’s outstretched hand the dime bag waved and weaved. The check mark looked more like a question. “Three months meant nothing? Not a damn thing?”
“I got the money,” Jess said. She turned over and hugged herself against the chill.
Jessica heard Kelly’s footsteps leave and return.
“Sit up,” Kelly said.
Jessica groaned, but didn’t fight against Kelly pulling her up. She kept her eyes closed while Kelly used a damp rag to clean off the blood and a hydrogen-peroxide-soaked cotton ball to dab the cut. “Damnit, Jess,” Kelly whispered periodically. She place two butterfly closures over the cut, then laid Jess back down, undid the button of Jessica’s jeans, and pulled them off before tucking her back under the covers.
“We’ll talk in the morning,” Kelly said.
The lamp shut off. The door closed. The TV turned off in the living room. The toilet flushed. Another door shut.
Constellations were hard to find, but Jessica tried. She named the Zodiac and counted the gods. Stars leapt from her eyes and shot around the room. They burst. They collapsed. She made a wish.
Jaclyn J. Reed received her MFA in Writing from Carlow University/Trinity College, Dublin and her BA in English from the University of Pittsburgh. Her work has appeared in Prime Number Magazine, The Write Launch, and Open Minds Quarterly, among others. She lives in Hershey, Pennsylvania and works for a creative consulting firm.
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College Hoops Player of the Day for Thursday, January 23, 2014
Despite 48 points from BYU's Tyler Haws, Thomas van der Mars scored 27 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and led the Portland Pilots to a triple overtime, 114-110, win over the Cougars, Thursday night.
After battling back from an eight-point deficit in the second OT, van der Mars sparked a 7-0 run with a tip-in and two free throws as the Pilots hung on for the win, snapping the BYU's (13-8, 5-3) five-game winning streak.
Haws scored the most of any player in a single game this season, going 17-for-34, with four three pointers and 10 of 13 free throws. Van der Mars was better, however, going 9-for-14 both from the field and the free throw line for a personal single-game career scoring mark. His 18 rebounds matched his total from a 92-76 win over Portland state earlier in the season, also a career-high. Ten of van der Mars' rebounds came off the offensive glass.
A 6'11" junior from the Netherlands, van der Mars recorded his fifth double-double of the season, adding two assists, two steals and a blocked shot in 47 minutes of court time.
The Pilots improved to 12-8 overall and 4-4 in the West Coast Conference.
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In 1977 Kenner’s Star Wars toys popularized collectible action figures helping to create a second business for Hollywood and a cult following for Star Wars.
Christmas (commonly observed on Friday, December 25) is a winter holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. It likely originated from a longstanding history of winter celebrations and evolved over two millennia incorporating many pre-Christian, pagan traditions into the festivities along the way. Today Christmas is celebrated by spending time with loved ones, exchanging gifts, feasts, and festivities. For Christians it is also a celebration of the brith of Jesus Christ.
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Nintendo’s Power Glove, released in October 1989, was the first mass marketed gesture-based gaming controller.
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Newness brings excitement! Newness can also bring discomfort, especially if something is so new, it's out of your comfort zone. But that's ok, we're all about transforming and growing so we have to learn to be ok with discomfort.
Think about when you were in middle or high school. You had 1 pair shoes you may have loved but at some point they started to get uncomfortable. They started to get tighter and maybe rub against your toes or the back of your heal. Your feet were growing and the effects were uncomfortable until you acknowledged, ok it's time for new shoes, I can't fit these anymore.
Well it's the same with our mindsets and behaviors. We are so attached to our current ways but maybe some person, some transition, some situation, or literally time causes a shift in change, growth, and transformation. We must give up some old ways to make room for a better life.
We are creatures of habit, so change can be not only difficult but resisted. Sometimes we say we want change but because we only know our current realities, we don't know what it actually takes to change or get the outcome we desire.
Some people want a lean, sculpted body but most have no idea of the mental discipline it takes to follow a strict nutrition and fitness regiment. Some people want to be wealthy, but they too have no idea what level of discipline it takes to build wealth. To get from Point A to Point C, there will be change and it will be uncomfortable.
Newness can mean lots of new disciplines: Long hours, saying no to what you don't need, saying yes to what you do need, changing how you think, changing what you believe, or even changing who you hang around.
It's a new week, and in celebration of newness, I challenge you to think about how you can grow. What new perspectives can you take on? What new habits can you begin to form to become a new and better you?
Could you improve at work? In your romantic relationship? In your interpersonal relationships? In your relationship with your self?
BE Open to a new perspective. Newness births greatness. Newness births expansion and elevation. Newness stimulates you. Newness connects you to a new world, a new way of living and even new people.
By: Tiffany W.
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Sports Illustrated - July 7, 1980
Baseball – N.L. East
By Herm Weiskopf
Lee Mazzilli of the Mets (7-1), who was supposed to bring back some of the team's old magic, had been as frustrated during the early season as a sorcerer with lots of hats but no rabbits. Last week, though, Mazzilli got his act together and—presto!—pulled New York out of a slump. Maz helped beat the Cubs 4-3 by doubling and scoring from second when Centerfielder Jerry Martin got tangled in the Wrigley Field ivy while hauling down a drive by Joel Youngblood. In the same game Mazzilli bunted safely, stole second and scored on a single. Mazzilli helped defeat the Phillies' Steve Carlton by hitting the first homer off the lefty in 72 innings, an inside-the-park job on which Rightfielder Bake McBride missed a diving catch and let the ball roll to the wall. Mazzilli then had six hits and two steals as New York took a doubleheader in Philadelphia 2-1 and 5-4. Neil Allen got his fourth win in the opener and his 13th save in the second. Allen saved two earlier contests, one a 9-6 triumph in L.A. in which Claudell Washington homered three times.
Because home runs are often called taters, you might say the Phillies (2-5) defeated the Expos 2-1 with the aid of a baked tater—a homer by Bake McBride.
Lefthand-hitting Warren Cromartie of the division-leading Expos (3-3) twice had game-winning hits after Gary Carter was intentionally walked so lefty pitchers could face him. After singling in the lead run to help Steve Rogers beat San Diego 2-0, Cromartie downed Philadelphia 7-6 with a hit in the 10th. Scott Sanderson stopped the Phillies 1-0, Chris Speier scoring when he kicked the ball out of Catcher Bob Boone's mitt. The Expos stole 13 bases, five by Rodney Scott, who has 26, and four by Ron LeFlore, who has 42.
Omar Moreno of the Pirates (3-3), who leads both leagues with 44 steals, swiped second and scored on a single to help beat the Expos 4-3. The victory went to Jim Bibby (9-1), who earlier had beaten Houston 2-1.
With his relievers overworked and his starters under siege, Manager Preston Gomez of the Cubs (3-5) had to start Mike Krukow against the Cardinals even though the Mets had shelled him three days before. "Don't look to the bullpen," Gomez warned. Krukow didn't. Despite three first-inning errors by the Cubs, he won 2-1.
Helping the Cardinals (6-1) come on strong were Garry Templeton, who batted .500, Keith Hernandez (.435), George Hendrick (.433), Ted Simmons (.417) and Leon Durham, who beat the Cubs 8-6 with a two-run double in the ninth. Still, St. Louis would not have suddenly perked up had it not been for a turnabout by its pitchers. Jim Kaat, Bob Sykes and Don Hood, three lefties with one win apiece, bamboozled the Pirates 6-1, 3-2 and 4-1. All three consistently got their first pitches over for strikes, Kaat 84% of the time, Sykes and Hood 70%. But the highlight of Kaat's 266th win was his first stolen base in 15 years and third in his 21-year career.
MONT 38-29; PITT 37-33; PHIL 35-32; NY 34-36; CHI 30-38; ST.L 30-41
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
…and the second Tuesday of every month 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Upstairs at Café de la Mairie, on the corner of rue des Archives and rue de Bretagne, 3rd. Métro Lines 9, 3 et 11, stations Temple, République or Arts et Métiers Costs nothing except whatever you drink!
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Dear Parler Paris Reader,
Today is May 1st, May Day and Labor Day in France, the day we’re not supposed to be working.
LOL! Me, not work? “Pas possible.”
When my daughter was very young, about five or six years old, and was asked what her mother does, she would say, “Work.” She didn’t even know what that meant at that age, nor did she know what I worked at, but she understood that whatever it was I was doing in that office of mine, it was not playing tennis like her father.
Fortunately, with the Internet, an office no longer has to be a particular room or place of work — it can be anywhere and anytime. It can be completely “virtual.” While my desk is in the living room of my apartment, my real office IS Paris…or Nice…or the TGV…or anywhere I have a laptop and an Internet connection.
Surely, this is like “preaching to the choir” — as I’d bet that most of you do exactly what I do: carry a small laptop or iPad, iPhone or other device that connects you to the Internet so that you are never without communications. “Have Laptop, Will Travel” is the motto, never stopping us from going anywhere or doing anything. Isn’t that right?
One of the things I’ve made a point of discovering along the route to a virtual office is where it’s best to “park” and work. Cafés with good WiFi are top of the list, especially if they make plugs available along with friendly service that doesn’t mind you being there for hours on end. When all this “virtual office business” started a few years ago, cafés in France were loathe to provide WiFi for fear of their precious seats being taken by coffee drinkers who weren’t profitable customers. Fortunately all that has changed as they slowly began to realize that without WiFi they were no use to mostly anyone, particularly their customers who are more often logged in than not.
Free.fr’s Xavier Niel
The funny thing is that now when I travel to the U.S., I find that there are fewer free WiFi spots there than in France. When the French grasp an idea, they do it with real conviction, and offering free WiFi is now “de rigueur” (the norm in fashion) in most public places (airports, train stations, etc.). The Mairie of the 3rd arrondissement offered it to its residents eons ago, before any of the other districts. The company “Free,” founded by Xavier Niel in 1999, was the first company to offer what they call the “triple play” service, claiming to have invented the single box concept offering high-speed internet, telephone and digital television packages, leading Free to become the world’s number one IPTV provider. The others had no choice but to follow in their footsteps.
I used to have two France Telecom lines into my apartment: one for personal use and the other for business. Installing Free.fr on both made it less expensive than subscribing to France Telecom and therefore I now have two Internet networks, two satellite TV’s and two land lines that call almost anywhere in the world for free. The cost of each “abonnement” (subscription) is 39.99€ per month tax included.
In addition, I have two cell phones associated with the accounts. One of them costs ZERO euros per month for free calls to fixed and mobile phones in France, U.S., Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, China, and another 100+ destinations for the first two hours and then only five cents per minute after that. SMS and MMS are unlimited in France and 3G and 4G Internet for up to 50Mo. Crazy right?
For 15.99€ per month, the second phone is totally free to fixed and mobile phones in France, U.S., Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, China, and another 100+ destinations, SMS and MMS are unlimited in France, plus 4G is unlimited. From
Europe, U.S., South Africa, Australia, Canada, Israel and New Zealand SMS and MMS is unlimited plus Internet is offered up to 5G/month on a set of destinations, year-round.
No U.S. company can beat this, and their competitors here in France are making a big effort to offer the same or better. As a subscriber to Free.fr, I also have use of their FreeWifi system all over France. When you turn on your WiFi and look for networks, you’ll see one marked FreeWiFi that seems unsecured, but it is secured by virtue of a subscriber’s username and password. This affords anyone with a subscription free WiFi any time and virtually any place, as long as there are other Free subscribers in the area…and there always are, since Free Mobile is the world’s number one IPTV provider. (See free.fr/assistance for more details.)
As a traveler to Paris and France, there are a variety of ways you can get connected. Of course, you should be staying in an apartment or hotel that provides Internet. Fortunately, almost all do these days. Our own apartments all do, of course, and if their subscription is with Free.fr, then as a guest, you’d have access to free WiFi anywhere anytime with which the username and password our concierge provides. If the apartment or hotel does not provide the service, cross them off your list.
Next, a good café will become your office-away-from-office so you won’t miss a work beat. What make a café great for being a virtual office is 1) good Wifi; 2) available electical outlets; 3) good people-watching or good view on the street scene; 4) good food at a reasonable price; and 5) good service.
I have particular affection for the chain of cafés run by Thierry Bourdoncle and you can find me at one of them regularly. Look for the classic interior design that resembles a French café located in New York, more than an authentic French café. The menus of each are different, as are their names, but you can’t miss their style in black and soft whites, blending the old with the new, classic Métro tile on their walls dripping with what is made to look like who knows what and their wait staff in white shirts, black pants and suspenders. Here are just a few of my favorites:
Café la Favorite
Le Café Beaubourg
* Café Charlot on rue de Bretagne, 3rd
* La Favorite at the Métro Saint-Paul, 4th
* Le Saint-Régis on the Ile Saint-Louis
* Paris London at Place de la Madeleine
And there are others. There is no listing anywhere that connects them all, so don’t even try. But when you walk into any one of them, you’ll know immediately it’s part of the chain.
Another Paris café I frequent and love for working long periods of time is Café Beaubourg at the southern end of the Centre Pompidou. I can remember when it was a typical café with lace curtains in the windows before Gilbert et Thierry Costes took it over and rebuilt it in 1987 at the creative design hand of Christian de Portzamparc. The WiFi works well and there are outlets everywhere. From either level, you can watch everything going on outside the Centre Pompidou. They make one of the best Caesar Salads in Paris, too — and I’ve tried them all! The waiters are in suits, the napkins are cloth and the ambiance is chic.
Yesterday I ventured over to Le Rostand, just opposite the Luxembourg Gardens, to give it a try and found it to be an almost perfect respite. The dedicated WiFi there sadly limits usage to 45 minutes, but the view on the edge of the park is lovely and the food is good. Fortunately, I had my Free WiFi to fall back on when the 45 minutes ran out.
If you need absolute quiet, then don’t count on the cafés. I like the din as I cocoon into my own “head space” and focus even better on what I’m doing. After a bit of time using the WiFi at the Café Beaubourg on Saturday, I visited the Walker Evans exhibit at the Centre Pompidou and after lunch and working at Le Rostand, I visited the Pissarro in Eragny exhibit at the Musée du Luxembourg…both just steps from the cafés and well worth a visit.
A la prochaine…
Adrian Leeds Group
(at Café Charlot – photo by Erica Simone)
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Children of God Storybook Bible by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Delivery for this book may be up to 21 days
A beautiful book of illustrated Bible stories, retold by the world's best-loved cleric. Nobel prizewinner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, re-tells over fifty of his favourite Bible stories for an audience of young readers. From classics such as the stories of Noah and the calming of the storm, to less-known stories such as Naboth's Vineyard or Ruth, the Archbishop makes these time-honoured stories come to life in his own inimitable voice.
The book has a truly international flavour, with illustrators from around the world contributing their interpretations of the stories. The result is a glorious, and great value, package that will inspire a generation of children - and their carers.
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Olav spends most of his days exploring all the abandoned places Norway has to offer. But, this time around, his dangerous ‘hobby’ almost took his life.
Fortunately, Olav lived to tell the tale, and his rather perilous trip can now be enjoyed by us at home after the urban explorer uploaded the whole thing to his YouTube channel.
Here’s the video:
The trip shows him trekking through a huge Cold War bunker built inside of a Norwegian mountain. The said bunker is, among many things, haunting, with its walls littered with fungus and mold.
Mostly empty, Olav presses on towards the forsaken tunnels, with only his torch lighting the way. Then, suddenly, he spots something that could’ve easily killed him had he not notice it.
A caption reads:
“That’s the kind of fungus you don’t want to breathe.”
By the end of the video, you’ll see Olav wearing a mask to avoid breathing in the toxic fumes, which apparently was white, killer fungus.
I may be many things, but a braver man than Olav I certainly am not.
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Over two million people became dog owners during the pandemic. Many were looking for companionship during lockdown, while others were searching for ways to get out of the house and get some exercise as they adjusted to working from home for the first time. Both new and existing dogs loved the lockdown, as they suddenly had their humans at home to spend time with them and take them out for walks.
However, now that restrictions are being lifted, many of us will be returning to work and getting on with our lives. This means that we will be out of the house all day, leaving our four-legged friends bored and lonely and stuck indoors. So, what can you do to give your dog the exercise and mental stimulation they need now that you are no longer there for them yourself? Should you hire a dog walker, or is there a better solution?
The drawbacks of dog walkers
Hiring someone to come and walk your dog is a popular solution for many people. It gives you the peace of mind of knowing that your dog has had his daily exercise, and it leaves you free of an evening to relax with your pet instead of rushing round to fit in a dog walk, which isn’t always fun on a dark or wet winter’s night. However, there are drawbacks to using this kind of service.
Finding a skilled, insured, experienced dog walker, who has the capacity to take on your dog, isn’t always easy. There is no official training or registration required and so anyone can set themselves up as a dog walking service. This unfortunately means that there is no guarantee that you will find someone who is good with your dog or who knows how to stay in control in a firm but positive way. While there are many good dog walkers out there, there are also a number of people who are in it for the money, not because they know and love dogs.
The advantages of doggy daycare
Choosing Lancaster doggy day care, dog boarding or residential dog training from A&T Trained Dogs, has a number of advantages over a dog walking service. Our teams are all highly experienced dog handlers, supervised by fully trained dog trainers, who will understand your dog and socialise them with the right pack, rather than randomly adding them to their dog walking route. This will help your dog to feel more settled and enjoy the experience much more.
Doggy daycare in Lancaster also has the advantage of looking after your dog all day long, rather than just for an hour or so during walk-time. This prevents them from getting bored and lonely, which can lead to destructive behaviour and barking issues. What’s more, with The Lounge doggy daycare, you don’t have to trust a stranger with your home security. Simply drop them off at our purpose-built dog training facility near Lancaster, and they can enjoy professional care, all day long, from a highly experienced team of dog experts.
We all know how frustrating lockdown felt, stuck in the house all day, bored and restless. So now that it’s over, don’t make your dog go through the same thing. Book them into doggy daycare with A&T Trained Dogs today and let them enjoy the same freedoms we are as the restrictions ease.
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Intent The BikeTag Project aims to be the register of BikeTag Games all over the world, providing BikeTag Images for players on various platforms to enjoy through those platforms, as well as through BikeTag Project websites and applications. BikeTag is a social game that is played in real life and shared with others with theContinue reading “BikeTag Terms Of Service”
BikeTag gets featured on the GCN show!
BikeTag.Org, for it’s short time in development since 2018, has used google tag manager and google analytics to load and track user traffic on our site. These products install cookies into the browser, which was recently legislatively regulated in Eastern parts of the world to require the use of consent banners for such cookies. WhenContinue reading “BikeTagOrg is no longer in the cookiejar”
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One-year after launching, SureSmile Aligner was having difficulty penetrating an already saturated marketplace and getting their product into dental and orthodontic offices. Their business-to-business model was being overshadowed by the direct-to-consumer model of their competitors like Invisalign. We developed an omnichannel digital marketing plan, complete with multiple email drip campaigns and social media integration (with both paid and organic content) to bring awareness to the brand, educate doctors about the product and highlight leading brand ambassadors. The goal was to generate leads for new business. Over the first year, paid and organic digital advertising generated 485 new leads.
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The UAP bed castors cater specifically for the medical industry. Designed to work for specially designed beds usually found in hospitals, this range of casters commonly has a gearing system that allows a bed to be quickly and easily operated by a single person. The gearing system can change the castors from a full swivel mode (for high maneuverability) to track lock mode (easy to push in a long straight line) and also total lock mode to prevent the bed moving at all.
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THE SIZZLING, HEARTWARMING CONCLUSION TO THE WALL STREET TITAN DUET
One determined billionaire
Hedge fund titan Marcus Carelli knows how to get what he wants, and he’s never wanted anything as much as he does Emma. The cat-loving redhead may have walked out of his life, but he’s not about to let her go.
One wary cat lady
Bookstore clerk Emma Walsh has had her heart broken by the ruthless billionaire once, and she’s not about to forget it. Marcus can chase her down all he likes, but winning her back is another story.
One queen-sized bed
All is fair in love and war, and the new battlefield is a guest room with a single bed. To the winner go the spoils… Let the games begin.
I loved this book couldn't put it down. Emma Walsh went to Florida to spent Thanksgiving with her grandparents, but when she and her grandfather arrived to his home from the airport not only her grandmother was there waiting for her but she was surprise to see someone else there too. Emma was falling in love with Marcus Carelli but she didn't want to tell him because she knew that it wouldn't last. Emma decided to play along that she would move in with Marcus to keep her grandparents happy, but she had told Marcus that she will not move in with him. After time passec Emma decided to try and live together with Marcus along with her three cats. One day Marcus had decided that he would pop the question to Emma after his presentation, but when Marcus couldn't find his flash drive Emma called him to tell him that one of his cat took a flash drive. Emma offered to check it to make sure that it was ok, but when she saw what was in his lab top she felt betrayed and couldn't be with Marcus anymore.
My New Addiction
I just found my new addiction, this book blew me away. I loved it so much and I think Anna Zaires has a winner with Titan’s Addiction. It’s a wonderful conclusion to her series and I’m sorry to see it end. I think this book has all the makings of a best seller, it has an amazing storyline, wonderful characters and the best happy ever after I’ve read in awhile. This book lived up to its title, the lengths that Marcus went through to win Emma’s love was truly an addiction. I liked how madly in love Marcus was with Emma. I felt the love and happiness that they had for each other. I don’t know how Anna Zaires keep writing such amazing stories that pull you in. I’m always falling in love with her characters and I’m sad to say goodbye to them. I highly recommend this book to everyone you won’t be disappointed .
On the fence
I love their story I got lost in it for a while but I felt as though it was drawn out I also hated that the relationship between Ashton and Kendall was never clarified
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Some 57% of CIO/CISOs surveyed by the consultancy firm EY have experienced a recent significant cybersecurity incident, proving that more work is needed to strengthen the corporate shield.
Careless or unaware employees (55%), unauthorized access (54%) and outdated information security controls or architecture (48%) are the vulnerabilities that most increased risk exposure over the last 12 months, IT decision makers say. The main rising threats in 2016 are malware (52%), phishing (51%) cyber attacks to steal financial information (45%), cyber attacks to steal IP or data (42%), and internal attacks (33%).
The number of respondents who say their budgets increased over the past 12 months rose to 53% of respondents this year, from 43% in 2013. The number who say their budgets will rise over the next 12 months rose to 55% from 50% at the same time. However, organizations say more funding is needed, with 61% citing budget constraints as a challenge and 69% of respondents saying they need up to a 50% bigger budget.
Among the respondents, 75% say those responsible for information security have no seat on the board. Moreover, 89% of organizations do not evaluate the financial impact of every significant breach and, of those that have had a cyber incident in the last year, 49% have no idea what the financial damage could be.
Of the organizations surveyed, 62% would not increase their cybersecurity spending after experiencing a breach which did not appear to do any harm.
“In most cases, there is harm being done, but there was no immediate evidence found to support that,” authors of the study say. “Cyber criminals often make test attacks, lie dormant after a breach, or use a breach as a diversionary tactic to throw organizations off the trail of what they are really up to. Organizations should assume that harm has been done every time there is an attack, and if they have not found it, they should consider that they have not found it yet.”
Sixty eight percent of respondents would not increase their information security spending even if a supplier was attacked — even though a supplier gives and attacker a direct route into the organization, while 58% would not increase their spending if a major competitor was attacked — although cyber criminals like to attack organizations that are similar in infrastructure and operating frameworks, and they carry forward the learnings from one successful attack to the next.
The research was conducted between June and August 2016 and captures the responses of 1,735 C-suite leaders and Information Security and IT executives/managers, representing the largest global companies.
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IntroductionMultiple studies have demonstrated that track geometry deterioration is not a random process, but one that can be idealized and modelled [see Higgins and Liu (2018) and Soleimanmeigouni et al. (2018) for literature reviews]. Fig. 1 presents the idealized track geometry deterioration behavior of one cross section, which is always tamped at the exact same longitudinal level (LL) deviation value, and tamping always corrects the geometry to the original level. The figure demonstrates the theoretical diminishing effect of tamping due to fouling of ballast (Shenton 1985; Dahlberg 2001; Lichtberger 2011). In Phase 1 of Fig. 1, initial settlements increase deviations at an exponential pace. This is sometimes referred to as ballast memory. Following the initial settlement, Phase 2 describes a linear deterioration path that generally ends when a tamping intervention limit is reached. This is followed by a theoretical failing phase (3), which describes the track end-of-life, but in practice, this phase is avoided either by conducting maintenance or ceasing traffic.Neuhold et al. (2020) provided a foundation for modeling track geometry deterioration based on actual track geometry car measurements. This approach was based on modeling the behavior of one cross section, thus providing results for a localized point on a track section, as longer sections of track were out of scope in that research. The current study extends the work of Neuhold et al. (2020) and demonstrates how track geometry deterioration modeling of cross sections can be utilized for investigating the behavior of not only cross sections, but also of longer sections of track and even the whole rail network.Modeling track geometry deterioration based on track geometry car measurements provides highly practical information about the development of the condition of railway tracks. However, the real-world benefits of track geometry deterioration modeling can be obtained only if the modeling results are made accessible and understandable to practitioners in asset management. For this purpose, the results need to be generalized into key figures and representative visualizations that serve the heuristic nature of decision making in track asset management. Otherwise, the results achieved in academia will not have an impact in practice. The, this study also investigated indicators and visualizations created from track geometry deterioration modeling that would be beneficial to practical track asset management. The purpose was to ease the interpretation of the modeling results by providing summarized information for decision making, thus filling the gap between research and practice on track geometry deterioration modeling.Two research questions were formed based on these research gaps: 1.How to use cross-section-based track geometry deterioration modeling for longer sections of track and for the whole rail network?2.How to present track geometry deterioration modeling results in a way that practitioners can easily interpret and benefit from?The scope of this paper is limited to visualizing stochastic long-term modeling of longitudinal deviations measured periodically using a track geometry measurement car. The purpose of this paper is to adapt the best current practices of track geometry deterioration modeling and bring them closer to practical application using visualization techniques, not to create completely new modeling techniques or to validate current models.Track Geometry Deterioration ModelingThe best practices for preparing data for track geometry deterioration modeling were elaborated by Neuhold et al. (2020). This study follows these established practices as closely as possible, but some adjustments needed to be made to suit the data measured in Finland. The purpose was not to advance the methods presented by Neuhold et al. (2020), but rather to alter the methods for the available data. Table 1 summarizes the slight differences between the track geometry deterioration modeling described by Neuhold et al. (2020) and the methods used in this study. The following subsections further elaborate these differences.Table 1. Differences in track geometry deterioration modeling between Neuhold et al. (2020) and this studyTable 1. Differences in track geometry deterioration modeling between Neuhold et al. (2020) and this studyModeling principlesNeuhold et al. (2020)This studyInitial data16-year track geometry car history from 4,400 km in 5 m increments10-year track geometry car history from 60 km in 0.25 m incrementsGeometry indexLL 100 m continuous modified SDLL 200 m continuous SDAlignment correctionNoneNoneModeling methodLinear regressionRobust linear regressionOutlier handlingOutlier detection algorithm MADRobust linear regressionTamping activity identificationTamping records and negative TGDRNegative TGDR and tamping area identification algorithmPrognosis accuracy measurePrediction and real end quality comparisonPrediction intervalInitial DataThe data used for the demonstrations in this paper consists of a ten-year semi-annual track geometry car measurement history from a track section, Luumäki–Imatra, in Finland. The examined section is a 53 km long mixed traffic single line track section with a maximum speed of 140 km/h for passenger trains. The yearly gross tonnage of freight traffic is around 12 megatons. The measurements were preformed using an EM120 track recording car (Plasser & Theurer, Linz, Austria), which uses chord measurements from three bogies spaced 5 and 7 m apart. The data is recorded every 0.25 m. No major renewals were reported during this time period; only routine maintenance. Neuhold et al. (2020) used similar data, but their initial data was much more extensive, albeit measured more sparsely. Nevertheless, these differences do not matter, as the purpose of this study is to visualize the results, which does not require such a vast initial data set that statistical analyses require.Track Geometry Parameter and IndexFor long-term track geometry deterioration modeling, the LL standard deviation (SD) is commonly the chosen parameter, as most of the gradual displacements occur in the vertical direction (UIC 2008; Vale and Calçada 2014). SD provides a smooth depiction of the original deviation signal, and is defined as follows: (1) SD=∑i=iN(xi−x¯)2N−1where xi = the current value of a signal; x¯ = the mean value of a signal; and N = the number of values in a sample (Eurocode EN13848-6 2014). Neuhold et al. (2020) opted for a modified SD, in which both the left and right rail were considered simultaneously, and the result was multiplied by 1.35 to make the result comparable with a conventional SD. This approach could not be adopted for this study, because reliable data repositories were available only for the left rail. This does not affect the end results of this study, as the applied visualization techniques are applicable to examining each rail individually or simultaneously.SD can be calculated in fixed (also referred to as segmented) or rolling (also referred to as moving or continuous) windows, using any distance. Fixed SD calculation windows tend to be easier to communicate, but they misrepresent information when deviations occur in the edges of windows or if there are only local irregularities in the middle of otherwise stable track, as demonstrated by Neuhold et al. (2020). The use of rolling windows was found suitable for the data in Neuhold et al. (2020), as well as for this study.Adjusting the length of the rolling window influences the sharpness with which the SD follows the original signal (Fig. 2). The appropriate rolling SD calculation window length can be considered to be roughly between 10 and 200 m, based on the lengths used in previous research (Andrade and Teixeira 2011; Tanaka et al. 2018; Neuhold et al. 2020; Audley and Andrews 2013). A shorter window SD more sharply follows the original signal, but too short a window might result in the same problems as those encountered when using only the original signal, namely, instability in alignment and a fluctuating signal. Too long a window may cause similar problems to those faced when using fixed windows, where some irregularities may be hidden due to adjacent smooth track.This study opted for a 200 m SD window, as there were some alignment issues between sequential measurements, as presented in Fig. 2. Neuhold et al. (2020) experienced similar problems and opted for a 100 m SD window. Furthermore, this study preferred the 200 m over the 100 m SD, because the 200 m SD is recognized by the European Standard 13848-6 (2014), which gives a good basis for standardizing the modeling principles and results.Core Modeling Methods for Track Geometry DeteriorationModeling the track geometry deterioration rate (TGDR) on a large scale requires a general depiction of past behavior, for example, when analyzing the decade-long behavior of a track section. Therefore, tamping intervals are usually adopted as the minimum interval length for a deterioration period. This leads to a simplification of the TGDR by using some mathematical idealization. The core mathematical approaches to LL SD deterioration modeling are linear and exponential modeling. Linear modeling of track geometry deterioration is the most popular modeling approach, based on the literature (Caetano and Teixeira 2015; Khajehei et al. 2019; Lee et al. 2018; Li et al. 2019; Neuhold et al. 2020; Nielsen et al. 2020; Soleimanmeigouni et al. 2020). In addition, it provides the best fit for the available data in Finland. However, it has been argued that exponential models suit some data sets better than linear models (Quiroga and Schnieder 2012; Famurewa et al. 2016). The use of exponential models can be justified by their ability to take the initial settlement into account. Generally, these models are suited better for track sections with high traffic volume and frequent (e.g., daily) track geometry measurements (Tanaka et al. 2018).Real world measurements often provide outliers that need to be accounted for in modeling. Neuhold et al. (2020) used the mean absolute deviation (MAD) to identify and erase outliers. In this study, outliers could not be removed as in Finnish conditions they might indicate frost heave or other abrupt occurrences, which should be presented to asset managers. Therefore, outlier handling was considered when choosing the linear modeling method, not as a separate operation.The linear regression modeling of geometry deterioration can be conducted using either simple or robust techniques. Simple techniques include algorithms such as least squares. These algorithms provide fast calculation times but tend to be influenced by outliers. However, outlier detection and removal algorithms can be run before using simple algorithms to improve the results. Robust algorithms, such as linear programming, generally produce numerous possible estimations and choose the best-fitting one. A plot of the differences between the algorithms (Fig. 3) depicts how in the second tamping interval (measurements between 2011 and 2017) the robust algorithm better describes the long-term behavior than least squares, when the initial settlement is not regarded.The major critique of all linear models is that they fail to capture the initial settlement behavior after tamping. The initial settlement lasts only days on a track section with heavy traffic, whereas the track geometry measurements are conducted every 2–6 months. Therefore, the probability of capturing the initial settlement caused by tamping in a track geometry measurement is low. This is not to say that it does not exist, but the recorded cases are few, and the effect of initial settlement on increasing deterioration is negligible when modeling on a large scale.Fig. 3 presents a noticeable initial settlement captured by the track geometry measurements in 2011. However, the effects of the initial settlement on the linear regression can be eliminated by using a robust linear programming algorithm instead of simple techniques. Removing the effect of the initial settlement on linear regression modeling can be justified by arguing that capturing the long-term trend of the track geometry deterioration is more valuable than portraying the initial settlement. Furthermore, the initial settlement does not provide useful information about the deterioration, as the realized effect of tamping is the level of deviation after the initial settlement, as depicted in Fig. 1. Robust linear modeling ignores the initial settlement in the model, as is intended, but unlike outlier removal techniques, the outlier is left visible in the data, which is important, as these outliers can provide useful information to asset managers about the successfulness of tamping.Tamping IdentificationThere are two main causes for a decreasing TGDR, namely, measurement inaccuracy and tamping (with or without other maintenance actions). The measurement inaccuracy usually accounts for only the slightest deterioration decreases, which are most likely to occur when the TGDR is close to zero. In these cases, the fluctuation in the measurement results is mostly attributed to the measurement technique rather than an improvement of the physical track geometry. These deterioration rates should be considered as zero in deterioration modeling. The decreasing deterioration due to tamping is usually clearly noticeable, especially in cases where the TGDR is not close to zero. However, modeling the tamping, i.e., the decreasing deterioration rate due to tamping, is very difficult due to multiple and generally unknown variables related to the timing and reason for tamping.Solving the problem of what constitutes as tamping instead of measurement noise in the track geometry data is important, as tamping intervals form the basis for track geometry deterioration modeling. This problem can be overcome by systematically recording tamping data, but when the records are be incomplete or missing altogether, such as is the case in Finland, the solution must be applied in track geometry deterioration modeling.The simplest solution for revealing tamping in track geometry measurement data is to set a threshold for the decrease in the track geometry that will be considered tamping, as proposed by Neuhold et al. (2020). The threshold can be a fixed value or be dependent on time or deterioration level. A threshold value is adequate for detecting tamping that has had a significant effect on the irregularity level, which is suitable especially for segmented track geometry indices. However, when the LL SD is low before the tamping or the tamping has little effect on the LL SD, a threshold value will not consider these cases as tamping. This modeling case is common when modeling track geometry using a rolling SD. This issue is best demonstrated when the effect of tamping has roughly the same value as the limit for detecting tamping (Fig. 4). In these cases, on some of the cross sections in the tamped area a tamping is noticed, but on others, it is not. This leads to undesirable results, which are apparent when the sum of tamping times per cross section and the cross section LL SD histories are plotted (Fig. 4). These results will not be altered even with the use of a threshold dependent on the time or the irregularity level. All fixed thresholds for determining tamping will fail to separate tamping from measurement fluctuation in the cases of low irregularity levels, as the tamping effect on the irregularity is about the same amount as the measurement fluctuation. For that reason, an algorithm is required to determine these cases.The algorithm created in this study searches the data for small individual areas with corrections in track geometry and disregards them as tamping if they are not associated with an adjacent tamped area. The generic form of the code is displayed in Fig. 5. The algorithm does not consider areas to be tamped if the area is less than a minimum length, which was set at 20 m in this study. Shorter areas with negative TGDRs were considered to have been caused by measurement inaccuracy. The accuracy of the algorithm could not be numerically verified, as there are no systematic historical tamping records in Finland. Verifying and improving the tamping detection algorithm is a source of further research.Tamping Effect QuantificationThe decrease in the level of irregularity calculated from track geometry car measurements before and after tamping indicates whether the tamping has successfully provided a stable ballast layer for the trains to pass, or whether the initial settlement cancelled much of the smoothness provided in the tamping. For example, in Fig. 6, tamping has had a meaningful effect on the level of irregularities, but in Fig. 3, irregularity has returned to the original state after one measurement in the second tamping interval, albeit the irregularities have stayed at a low level throughout the history.The effects of tamping, without considering the initial settlement after tamping, can be calculated using the information obtained from a robust linear regression model. A robust model is not prone to outliers, which means that if the initial settlement is captured in the first measurement after tamping, it will not be regarded in the results. Thus, the tamping effect describes the effect the tamping has had when regarding the long-term behavior.The effect is calculated by extrapolating the regression lines before and after tamping to the time of tamping and calculating the difference in their irregularity level (Fig. 7). By doing so, the effect of tamping on the level of deterioration σt is (2) where σtb denotes the level of deterioration calculated from the line equation before tamping at the time of tamping Δσn−1(tt); and σta denotes the level of deterioration calculated from the line equation after tamping at the time of tamping Δσn(tt). If the exact time of tamping tt is not known, it can be assumed that reasonable results can be obtained by (3) where ta denotes the time of the first measurement after tamping; and tb denotes the time of the last measurement before tamping.The TGDR after tamping is another important measure for determining the effectiveness of tamping. Tamping effectiveness can be determined by examining the deterioration rates before and after tamping. Higher deterioration rates after tamping indicate that problems continue after tamping, and thus, other maintenance actions together with tamping might be required in the future. Approximately equal deterioration rates before and after tamping indicate that tamping has reset the deterioration trend to a lower level, but the deterioration continues to develop as before. Deterioration rates that are lower after tamping than before tamping indicate that the tamping has had a remedial effect on the track structure.The change in the TGDR (Δσt) can be assessed by comparing the slopes of the linear track geometry deterioration models before and after tamping. There are three approaches to comparing the deterioration rates:Absolute comparison (4) ΔσtAbsolute=Δσn−1−ΔσnRelative comparison (5) ΔσtRelative=Δσn−1/ΔσnNormalized absolute comparison (6) ΔσtNormalized=(Δσn−1−Δσn)/Δσn−1where Δσn denotes the deterioration rate of tamping interval n; and Δσn−1 denotes the deterioration in the previous tamping interval. Because deterioration rates before and after tamping can be close to zero, relative or normalized absolute comparisons can result in very large or small values, due to the divisor or the dividend being close to zero, respectively. As an alternative, the absolute comparison does not suffer from this mathematical nuisance. However, because the absolute comparison does not normalize the deterioration rate of the previous tamping interval, the results should always be presented with knowledge of the level of the deterioration rate. Otherwise, the tamping effect might seem optimistic, if the deterioration rate before tamping has been very high. If information about the level of deterioration is incorporated, the absolute comparison is the most practical comparison to use. Otherwise, relative or normalized absolute comparison yields more informative results.Evaluating past tamping effectiveness requires examining several figures simultaneously: the values of LL SD and TGDR after tamping, and the change in LL SD and TGDR due to tamping. Because simultaneous examination of four figures is not practical, an ensemble parameter representing their possible combinations is required. The ensemble parameter, named maintenance success indicator (MSI), can be assigned to represent four different outcomes of a tamping (Fig. 8): (1) beneficial, (2) delaying, (3) not meaningful, or (4) negative.The logic behind MSI is presented in Fig. 8. The evaluation begins by assessing the effect of tamping on the TGDR (Δσt). If the effect on the TGDR (Δσt) is high, it means that the deterioration rate has slowed down, and vice versa. Next, the tamping effect on the deterioration level (σt) is evaluated. A high effect is the desirable outcome. Finally, the tamping interval after tamping is evaluated by assessing either the level of deterioration after tamping (σn) or the TGDR after tamping (Δσn), where low values are the desirable outcome. The limit values separating high and low Δσt, σt, σn, and Δσn can be assessed using the allowable LL SD and limit values for TGDR. However, defining the limit values for these is out of scope and a source of future research, as the initial data for assessing the limit values should be much larger than the one available for this study.A desirable outcome for the MSI is to have as much Class 1 (beneficial effects) tamping and as little of other classes. Areas with Class 3 or 4 effects should be closely investigated. The MSI Class 1 denotes that tamping has slowed down the TGDR and significantly reduced the LL SD, thus making the track behavior better than before tamping. MSI Class 1 can also be achieved, if the effect of tamping to TGDR or LL SD has been only slight if the TGDR and LL SD after tamping have been low. This implies that these values were low before tamping, therefore, they could not have been improved any further by tamping. Class 2 MSI implies that while the tamping has restored the LL SD, the TGDR is still high, meaning the tamping has been successful, but the remediation will not last. MSI Class 2 highlights areas where tamping is successful, but other maintenance actions are also required to obtain a lasting remediation. MSI Class 3 denotes that tamping has not made a significant difference, and perhaps the planned tamping areas should be revised, if possible. MSI Class 4 suggests that errors have been made in the tamping or that the track has suffered damage after tamping, and the area should be further investigated. Special cases, where a section is tamped before and after a measurement, must be considered separately as not applicable areas (n/a), as a TGDR cannot be calculated from a single track geometry measurement. The practical use of the MSI is presented in a later section, Visualizing Track Geometry Deterioration Modeling Results.Prognosis and Prognosis Accuracy MeasuresPredicting future LL SD values using linear regression models is simple. Extrapolating the linear regression model of the newest available tamping interval usually provides reasonably good results. However, if an area has been recently tamped, the insufficient number of measurements after tamping may not accommodate linear regression. In these cases, the linear regression model can be based on the previous tamping interval.However, while the predictions of future LL SD values based on linear regression are simple to make, the predicted values themselves are not informative enough. The reliability of the predictions must be described as linear estimations have varying degrees of uncertainty. Neuhold et al. (2020) assessed prognosis accuracy by comparing the predicted and real end quality. However, this study could not adopt such a method, as the prognosis accuracy needs to be expressed for a future prediction.The best way to describe the reliability of future predictions is by using the prediction interval (PI). The PI offers a simple way to describe where future observations (LL SD values) produced by the model will occur, with a specified confidence. The PI can be described in a generic form as (7) PI=μ^±tα/2,n−ps1+x0′(XtX)−1x0where μ^ denotes the predicted timing of reaching a LL SD limit value; t is the quantile of t-distribution having df=n–p; α is the specified confidence level (for example 90%); s is the square root of the residual sum of squares; (XtX)−1 is the covariance matrix of parameters; and xo is a column vector of the particular values of interest (LL SD limit value), at which the prediction is calculated (Agresti 2015).The PI does not provide a probability for a future observation but instead describes the level of confidence of the model predictions. For example, a 90% PI provides the range where approximately 90% of future observations produced by the model should occur. The PI can be communicated easily by plotting the range until a maintenance limit value is met. For example, in Fig. 9, the 90% PI indicates that the set maintenance limit of 1 mm LL SD is met between 2020 and 2022, and the most likely timing for reaching the limit is in 2021.Visualizing Track Geometry Deterioration Modeling ResultsAsset management requires simple-to-use information that provides a good overall representation of the track conditions. The information from track geometry deterioration modeling should be reported for asset management in three categories: past deterioration exploration, past maintenance effectiveness evaluation, and future tamping need predictions. The scope of observation for each category should consider at least three levels: 1.Cross section level2.Track section level,3.Network level.The following sections elaborate what the different scopes and categories are used for and what novel information they produce.Cross Section LevelThe cross section level scope provides the necessary tools for examining the track geometry deterioration of localized areas on a track section. The cross section here represents the 200 m LL SD values around that area. The analyses provide specific information about short problematic areas, for example, transition zones, which are more typical than long sections of poor condition track. The behavior of cross sections can be visualized in a time–LL SD perspective (Fig. 10). From these illustrations, the deterioration history can be observed, which includes the past changes in the TGDR and the past tamping times and their effects, and also, the timing of the next tamping can be predicted.With these illustrations and results, the asset manager can answer, for instance, the following questions: •Is the cross section problematic (high TGDR)?•When had the problematic behavior begun?•Are there seasonal differences in the TGDR?•Has tamping been effective in maintaining good track geometry?•When will the area around the cross section require further maintenance?By examining the past track deterioration behavior, maintenance effectiveness, and the predicted next maintenance intervention timing, the asset manager can guide maintenance by choosing the correct approach for remediation and time the remediation. In practice, the illustrations show whether the location has been tamped multiple times with no lasting improvement to the track geometry. In these cases, the asset manager can assign further investigations to determine appropriate spot repair to remedy the problem instead of tamping the area once again with futile effects. Furthermore, the asset manager can investigate the origins and development of problematic behavior, like seasonal differences or sudden increases in the deterioration rates caused by track work or extreme weather conditions. The asset manager also attains information on when the next maintenance action should be taken at that location.Track Section LevelThe track section-level scope of observation provides information on how the deterioration behavior differs within a longer section of track. The longer section of track is commonly between 1 and 10 km long, because even longer sections become difficult to assimilate. The goal is to detect problematic zones, so that the analysis can focus on those areas. The heatmaps of LL SDs [Figs. 11(a and c)], and tamping effects [Fig. 11(b and d)] can provide useful ways for analyzing the history of longer sections of track. The tamping effects here refer to the decrease in the LL 200 m SD.These figures should be examined together, as examining them separately does not provide sufficient information for reliable analysis. For example, in Fig. 11, the LL SD in the area around 265+0300 and 265+0500 remained at a rather high level until tamping in 2016, after which the LL SD has been moderately high, but tamping has not been required. This would lead to the conclusion that this area poses no concerns currently. Conversely, even though the LL SD in the area around 265+0600 and 265+0800 is moderate, the frequent tamping suggests that some problems do exist, but the tamping interval is so short that the track geometry measurements do not capture the actual behavior. This area should be closely monitored in future measurements.In addition to assessing past deterioration behavior, predictions of the future tamping areas and their timing should be kept updated for asset management. The predicted tamping areas can be plotted with the principle presented in Fig. 12. The x-axis indicates the location, whereas the y-axis indicates the timing. The plot is color-coded to represent the PI of the predicted timing of the next tamping; a darker color indicates a more likely timing of the next tamping.In track maintenance, the tamping timing prediction illustrations, like the one shown Fig. 12, can be utilized to plan future tamping areas. The graph also provides a general idea about the reliability of the predictions. For example, in Fig. 12, the LL SD in the area between 254+0450 and 254+0650 reaches a maintenance limit value at around 2022, and the PI is quite narrow. This would be a good indicator to plan tamping at that area for that year. As an example of another type of case, the area around 254+0000 and 254+0100 has a very wide PI, and it is predicted that tamping will be required around the year 2030. This area should not require tamping in the near future, but because the predictions are still ambiguous, the area should be focused on when new track geometry measurements are performed, and the predictions are updated.With the information provided from the track section level analysis, the asset manager can answer the following questions: •Where are the problematic areas located on a track section, and how severe are they?•For how long has the problematic behavior been observed, and is it seasonal?•How has past maintenance affected the track geometry deterioration on the track section?•When will different parts of the track section require tamping or other maintenance?The information obtained from illustrations following the principles shown in Figs. 11 and 12 can be used to guide maintenance by assessing the systemization of past maintenance, drafting tamping plans, and conducting the same analyses as for the cross section level, only now for a longer segment of track (e.g., 1–10 km). Past maintenance performance can be evaluated by visualizing the past tamping areas. Tamping areas disconnected from each other and frequently tamped areas indicate that tamping planning should be revised. Future tamping plans can be drafted using the illustrations by connecting areas with similar timing estimations for the next tamping. In addition, all the analyses mentioned for cross section level are valid for the track section level as well.Network LevelNetwork-level track geometry deterioration assessment needs to represent complete track sections in generalizing figures and illustrations. The network-level analysis is intended to apply to tens or even hundreds of kilometers of track. For this purpose, the analysis turns to the statistics of the selected network. The past track geometry deterioration behavior of a network can be evaluated using a histogram displaying the number of track meters where a certain mean TGDR has been observed (Fig. 13).The histograms of the TGDRs observed on the track sections can be compared by plotting them in the same figure and then examining them. In addition to the visual examination of the histograms, key figures from the histograms can be produced to enhance the evaluation. The suggested approach is to report the median (50%) and 90% quantile of the distribution. The metrics on skewness should also be reported, as the histograms are often skewed to the right due to problematic areas exhibiting significantly larger deterioration rates compared to the median.As an example of an analysis, Fig. 13 demonstrates two TGDR histograms from the same 60 km section of track: one containing the modeling of the complete 10 years’ measurements, and the other containing the modeling of the last three years’ measurements. At first glance, the last three years seem to be more to the left than the complete history, indicating that the conditions have improved on this section of track. This is supported by the lower median (50% quantile) and 90% quantile of the last three years compared with the complete history. However, the higher skewness on the history of the last three years suggests that the parts of the track enduring very poorly continue to be a problem.The network-level modeling result analysis should also review the past maintenance effectiveness by presenting the amount of effective tamping on the network. For this purpose, the MSI of tamping should be summarized by calculating the total amount and percentages of different MSIs on the network. Fig. 14 demonstrates how the tamping history of the MSI assessment is used for network-level analysis. The time–location view shows when and where tamping has occurred, and the color represents the MSI of the tamping. The pie chart shows a summary of the proportion of different MSIs on the observed section. If the MSI Categories 3 or 4 are overrepresented in the network summary pie chart, the asset manager can examine the areas where tamping has not been effective and further investigate those areas. This principle can be used for the network level, but for readability, the example contains only a two-kilometer long section of track. The information from the histograms and MSI summaries can be used to guide asset management in deciding when the next major renewal should be carried out, instead of performing routine maintenance. If the TGDR histogram shows a major part of the track section having a high TGDR, and MSI summaries imply that routine maintenance has had little effect on retaining sufficient track geometry, the asset manager should start preparing for track renewals.The network-level analysis also requires assessments of future tamping needs. These are best presented by a bar chart depicting the number of meters of track to be tamped in future years (Fig. 15). From illustrations like the one presented by Fig. 15, the asset manager can assess the need for maintenance funding and resources for the years to come. For example, if maintenance contracts are to be tendered, the asset manager can inform bidders about the expected amount of tamping required so that the amount of maintenance work and the number of tamping machines can be estimated. 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LONDON (Reuters) – UK house prices rose faster-than-expected in December, posting the largest annual increase in six years as tax incentives and COVID-driven appetite for larger homes continued to rise the question, said the mortgage lender Nationwide.
House prices rose 0.8% in December alone, slowing slightly from the 0.9% recorded in November, and were 7.3% higher than the previous year, well above forecasts. in a Reuters poll for a 6.7% increase.
Following the collapse in home purchases during the first months of the lockdown, there has been a surge in relocation demand, driven in part by a temporary property purchase tax exemption that will expire at the end of March.
Nationwide said the strength of the housing market contrasts with weakness in some other parts of the economy, particularly those exposed to renewed COVID-19 restrictions, and said the outlook for prices in 2021 is highly uncertain.
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The demand for single-family homes is the one that has grown the most, with an average increase of just over 8% in the last 12 months, while apartment prices have increased by 4%.
Reporting by David Milliken; Editing by Andrew Heavens
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Nikki Haley Says Trump Should Take Election Interference Seriously: ‘We Cannot Trust Russia’
‘We Cannot Trust Russia’: Nikki Haley Says Trump Should Take Election Interference Seriously (Mediaite)
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|This is my “Please hurry, I’m freezing and I’m hungry” smile.|
And then we were on our way.
My mother and father-in-law hosted our rehearsal dinner and did a fabulous job at picking the place and making sure everything was set up and ready to go.
|We’re getting MARRIED!|
I lied, I did take more pictures of food. I decided to have the surprise groom’s cake at our rehearsal dinner instead of at the wedding reception for a few reasons. The first being that the actual shape of the groom’s cake is unique and several members of our bridal party would “get it” and appreciate it more. Kenny had no idea what his cake would look like, but once he saw it he LOVED it!
|This is a Battlestar Galactica Cylon Raider Ship. Battlestar is our favorite TV show and I knew Kenny would appreciate it!|
The second reason is that I really wanted the cakes to get the recognition they deserved—my sister-in-law, Amanda, made both the groom’s cake and an absolutely delicious chocolate ganache cake with raspberry filling…nom nom nom!
We spent the rehearsal dinner taking tons of pictures with all of our friends and family. Having our closest loved ones all under one roof was a heartwarming experience. I felt so blessed to have so many people who cared about us.
|Bryan was a groomsman and their daughter was one of our flower girls!|
|Nate, Kenny’s college roommate|
Once things started winding down—and before our guests went into a food coma from the yummy food, we gave our bridal party some gifts we picked out for them.
For the girls, I wanted to get them something they could (hopefully) use again, but also something they could also wear at the wedding. I ordered necklaces from Etsy seller KYM Jewelry and they turned out so great that I wish I bought one for myself. I really searched high and low for necklaces I liked and these went above and beyond what I was looking for. They were even sent in a cute little pouch for safe keeping.
|I ordered theirs in the pink (second from the left) and I’ve heard from two of the girls that they get compliments whenever they wear them!|
When I was in the United Kingdom last year I also found light pink shawls I knew would be perfect for our winter wedding, so I bought each girl a shawl (and one for myself!). You’ll see more pictures of the shawls in the next few weeks…
And I’m sure you’d like to see what we got the guys, right? Well..umm…I don’t exactly have any photos of them and I don’t know what website he found them on. While we’re talking about “them,” I don’t honestly remember what “they” are. Yeah, I kinda threw in the towel and made Kenny get and find his own gifts for the groomsmen. I do know that part of their gifts involved the ties they wore, but you’ll see those in some upcoming photos.
After things finished up at the rehearsal dinner, the bridal party headed back to the hotel and went to the bar to hang out a little bit longer.
|My best friend, Jeff. He was an usher!|
|This is Meghan, Jeff’s girlfriend and one of my best friends, and these are the photos I stole from her Facebook 🙂|
|Best friend Laura, me, Andrea (I’ve known her since middle school), and the lovely Meghan!|
|Same as above, but Emily and Natalie joined in the fun!|
|Haha, Andrea and my hubby!|
|Kenny and his best friend Nate. I took this picture and found it hilarious that they didn’t plan on posing with the exact same look.|
I, personally didn’t stay out too late. If there was ever a time to use the line, “I need to go to sleep and get some beauty rest,” this was it. So I did just that. I went to sleep in the bridal suite several floors up from the bar. I was worried about not being able to sleep because of my nerves, but I slept through the entire night!
Up Next…A Fortune Cookie Surprise
Together at Last: Rehearsing
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