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At 6:10 AM on the day after Christmas, I stumbled and bumbled into my son’s car and we headed to the hospital. I was to check in at 6:30 for a scheduled minor, but important, procedure an hour later. For several days I had been nervous about the procedure and the results it might reveal. But in the days leading to Christmas, I was more concerned with the fact that my right leg, already swollen because of circulatory problems from diabetes, was now huge, hard, multi-shades of red, and streaked like close-by lightning. And scream-out-loud painful.
As I walked into the prep room and the nurse started giving directions, I told her I thought she needed to look at my leg first. When I showed her, she gasped. “I’ll be right back,” she said, “I have to get the doctor.” As we waited for the doctor, the time for the surgery got closer and closer. I had been happy to be scheduled as the first surgery, so I wouldn’t have to wait for anyone else. I pictured how angry those who followed my appointment would be if everyone got pushed back. That thought began a dialogue with the Holy Spirit that didn’t end until I was safely in my house many hours later. God spoke: “Perhaps you won’t be as judgmental next time you have to wait.”
However, I still told the nurse repeatedly that I didn’t want to mess up their operating schedule.” She said, “DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) is life-threatening and your health is more important than our schedule!” God spoke: “You are my child; I will always take care of you.“
Eventually the surgery was canceled. I was wheeled through many halls and in and out of elevators to the emergency room to wait for testing for a blood clot. I was ushered into an out-of-the-way room and left to my own devices. As I lay there on a very uncomfortable bed, I felt totally alone. There was no noise in the hall. No one had said what came next. I looked straight up at the ceiling for a long time, feeling totally helpless and forgotten. God spoke: “This is what powerlessness feels like. I want you to surrender to this feeling, so I can help you.” I nodded.
After several minutes, I tried to call my friend to tell her not to come to pick me up at our scheduled time. There was no cell-phone coverage. I also wanted to call my husband Fred, too. He was home alone, unable to drive, and relying on me for a lot. God spoke, “Remember what you teach in your 12-step classes? Everyone has his or her own Higher Power. Let Fred depend on his today.”
Trusting God’s Angels
About 20 minutes later, the nurse came in and began doing what nurses do. I was still worried about contacting my friend. God spoke, “Ask for what you need.” I asked the nurse if she could make a phone call for me and she dialed a wall phone and handed me the receiver. I called Dee and she said she was already on her way. “You don’t have to come now!” I said. She answered, “I want to be with you. I am coming.”
She hung up and there I was holding receiver that shouted repeatedly “Please hang up!” Finally I saw a custodian mopping the hall and called her. She came in with a curious look. “Can you help me?” I asked in a childish voice.
“Of course,” she said with a slight Jamaican accent. She smiled as I asked her to put the receiver back on the phone. We had a two-sentence conversation and she left. God spoke: “I have my angels everywhere. Just trust me.”
Dee came and the next several hours were filled with her advocacy for me. I was uncomfortable, thinking I should be able to take care of myself. God spoke: “That is a deep-seated false narrative. Let it go! Be gracious and let her take care of you.” I remembered the dozens of times I had acted as an advocate in the hospital for Fred. I had to chuckle; giving was a lot easier than receiving. I certainly needed practice at receiving.
I was brought to another floor for an ultra-sound to see if I had a blood clot. I have had several ultra sounds before, and I wasn’t worried. But this one was different. The nurse was lovely, but she probed and pushed and pulled her instrument across all the painful areas in my leg for more than 30 minutes. I tried to relax. God spoke: “You know you learn more from pain than good times, don’t you?” I said, “Okay.” He said, “You live in my unshakable kingdom, remember? No matter where you are you are safe. You teach it constantly. Now just rest.” I did and soon it was over.
Back in the room, Dee again flew into action. I had apple juice, a warm blanket, my bed adjusted – and kind hands and eyes and good conversation holding me together. God spoke, “This is what the kingdom is like. We serve each other.”
Eventually, the doctor came in and told me I did have a blood clot and he was waiting to hear from my doctor about what to do about it. About 20 minutes later he returned and laid out a treatment plan which included a blood-thinning medication. I was so grateful! I said, “Thank you!!” God spoke: “You are welcome!”
When we left the hospital, I asked Dee to take me to the pharmacy near my home. We were almost there when I realized I didn’t have any money with me. She said, “We’ll just put it on my credit card and you can pay me back.” As I stood in line to drop off my prescription, it occurred to me to ask how much this prescription would be. The young girl typed forever and began looking worried. I said, “It’s not covered, is it?”
She said, “No, it isn’t.”
“How much is it?” I asked.
“$506 for 21-days.” I felt like dropping to the floor in a heap. That was nearly half of my social security check for a month.
She said, “Do you still want it?”
I said, “I don’t have any choice.” When I finally got it, the cost was $456. I asked the girl at this register how this could be since the medication wasn’t covered by insurance. She didn’t know. I moved away from the counter. It didn’t matter. God had already spoken to me while we were waiting for the prescription: “Seek first my kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.” My mind had immediately flooded with incidents of God providing in unusual ways for me and mine. This whole day had been one more example of God’s practical ways of dealing with my concerns.
We left the pharmacy and drove toward my house. I began thinking of the delights of a hot shower!
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A proposed blufftop house in Corona del Mar that drew vociferous opposition for its size and potential to block ocean views can be built — with several caveats.
The builder of the three-story home, which features a rooftop pool and elevator, must shave off some of the floor plan to bring it down to 4,500 square feet, and commit to enclosing the pool deck with transparent glass, the Newport Beach Planning Commission ruled Thursday when it gave the house the green light on its second attempt.
This is in addition to a set of concessions owner Darrin Ginsberg made after finding a reticent commission during his first attempt in November to get the zoning code variances that would have allowed him to build to his preference on the steep, irregular lot.
About 40 people wrote letters of opposition on the house’s first pass, and several spoke before the commission urging it to reject the project. They decried “gross overbuilding” that crams a house onto a too-small lot, lost ocean views and exceptions that create an unfair “special privilege” for the owner.
Upon direction last month from the commission, Ginsberg and his team topped out the elevator inside at the third floor, brought the house down to about 4,800 square feet, revised a parking management plan for construction workers and tweaked the exterior design to streamline the appearance.
But the opposing voices continued Thursday, with more than 50 new letters and about a dozen in-person commenters against the home, at 2607 Ocean Blvd. in CdM’s China Cove area.
John Cummings, who lives across the street, took aim at the pool. He said when he found out about it, “I almost got sick.”
“China Cove is a quiet little area,” he said. “Nobody has a rooftop swimming pool.”
Cummings’ lawyer, Ron Thommarson, brought up environmental concerns with developing the blufftop and echoed his client’s pool focus.
“He’s authorized us to investigate and pursue all available remedies that he may have if the project is approved in its current state,” Thommarson said.
Martha Peyton, who lives about a block away, said the city would be “gifting” Ginsberg with build-able area.
“Based on what?” she asked. “Yes, it’s getting close to Christmas, but if you all are giving away build-able area — well, I want to put in my name and address and I want some too.”
It also found support. Fourteen neighbors wrote letters saying the proposed house would enhance the area.
One neighbor, Linda Beek, said she was a caretaker for the previous owner and said the lot’s topography is “a nightmare.” The large new house would help strengthen the loose, steep slope.
“It’s just going to help be a barrier that’s going to help hold the whole area back,” she said.
The commission voted 4-2, with Erik Weigand and Lee Lowrey voting no and Peter Zak absent, to approve the home with the added conditions.
When Ginsberg and his representatives first came before the commission in November, they proposed a home that totaled roughly 5,200 square feet, including a 683-square-foot garage, and reached 36 feet high counting the chimney-like elevator shaft that topped out at the expansive rooftop recreation area, which features an open-air bar, a barbecue and a glass-bottom pool.
He needed five code variances, among them: approval for exceeding the maximum floor area as dictated by the lot’s dimensions and exceeding the height limit by 7 feet due to the elevator shaft and guardrail around the rooftop pool area.
The lot is a 4,257-square-foot asymmetrical rectangle on a slope with a 35-degree grade difference. Without the variances, the house would be limited to 2,865 square feet, substantially smaller than what could go on a regular rectangular plot in Corona del Mar, according to a city staff report.
A three-story, 2,260-square-foot house, built in 1948, currently stands on the site.
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I wasn’t really applauding this film. I don’t like it. I mean, Bolt was really cute and it is a dog, I love dogs but the story was just average. The screenplay was just ok as well and nothing too special about it. The voice acting of the casts was not that good, it was plain and there’s nothing new about their approach. I am not a hater of this film, it’s just that it is not really that good.
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MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP) went up by 5.20% from its latest closing price compared to the recent 1-year high of $51.77. The company’s stock price has collected 0.82% of gains in the last five trading sessions. Press Release reported 11 hours ago that MP Materials Announces Cashless Redemption of Public Warrants
Is It Worth Investing in MP Materials Corp. (NYSE :MP) Right Now?
MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP) scored a price-to-earnings ratio above its average ratio, recording 273.76 x from its present earnings ratio. Opinions of the stock are interesting as 3 analysts out of 5 who provided ratings for MP Materials Corp. declared the stock was a “buy,” while 0 rated the stock as “overweight,” 2 rated it as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The average price from analysts is $42.40, which is $10.26 above the current price. MP currently public float of 110.63M and currently shorts hold a 11.91% ratio of that float. Today, the average trading volume of MP was 5.98M shares.
MP’s Market Performance
MP stocks went up by 0.82% for the week, with a monthly drop of -6.38% and a quarterly performance of 2.32%. The volatility ratio for the week stands at 5.62% while the volatility levels for the past 30 days are set at 6.60% for MP Materials Corp.. The simple moving average for the period of the last 20 days is 0.62% for MP stocks with a simple moving average of 31.23% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of MP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for MP stocks, with BofA Securities repeating the rating for MP by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for MP in the upcoming period, according to BofA Securities is $38 based on the research report published on April 01st of the current year 2021.
Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see MP reach a price target of $50. The rating they have provided for MP stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on March 10th, 2021.
Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Hold” to MP, setting the target price at $37 in the report published on March 09th of the current year.
MP Trading at -13.26% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought MP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -37.92% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.60%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 5.62%, as shares sank -5.86% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -21.46% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, MP rose by +0.82%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +194.05% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $31.84. In addition, MP Materials Corp. saw -0.09% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at MP starting from Litinsky James H., who sale 4,603,123 shares at the price of $33.78 back on Mar 26. After this action, Litinsky James H. now owns 2,338 shares of MP Materials Corp., valued at $155,470,479 using the latest closing price.
JHL Capital Group LLC, the 10% Owner of MP Materials Corp., sale 3,330,097 shares at $33.77 during a trade that took place back on Mar 26, which means that JHL Capital Group LLC is holding 11,128,940 shares at $112,474,026 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for MP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- +23.76 for the present operating margin
- +45.66 for the gross margin
The net margin for MP Materials Corp. stands at -16.25. Equity return is now at value -5.70, with -4.90 for asset returns.
Based on MP Materials Corp. (MP), the company’s capital structure generated 8.67 points at debt to equity in total, while total debt to capital is 7.98. Total debt to assets is 6.62, with long-term debt to equity ratio resting at 5.59. Finally, the long-term debt to capital ratio is 5.14.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 15.74, with the company’s debt to enterprise value settled at 0.04. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 13.03.
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If you’re looking for sheets to fit your pillow-top, thick mattress, or mattress with a topper, the Vilano Springs 6 piece sheet set is hard to beat. The set provides the extra-deep pockets so your sheets stay on the bed, and the following additional benefits.
The Vilano Springs 6 piece sheet set comes in 18 colors, so it’s easy to find one to suit your tastes and your décor.
Choose from a range of neutrals such as bright white, bone, and taupe, or dramatic deep tones dark blue, terra cotta, chocolate brown, or slate. If you love pastels, try the soft sage green or sky blue.
These sheet sets come in twin, full, queen, king and California, to fit most bed sizes too.
Vilano Springs - Extra Deep Sheet Set in Bone Color
The Vilano Springs 6 piece sheet set fits a mattress up to 21 inches deep Easily. Even if your mattress has less height, you can still use them. The elasticized fitted sheet snugs the excess under the mattress.
What you don’t want to do is buy a set of sheets precisely the height of your mattress from base to top. They’ll fit too snuggly and may pop off when you get into bed. You can easily use these sheets on any mattress from 15 to 21 inches.
Typically, the pillowcases are the first area to wear or stain. Fortunately, the Vilano Springs sheets set comes with one extra pillowcase for a twin, and two for full, queen, king, and California king sizes.
Hair oils, just swap them for a clean set, instead of stripping the bed and doing a full load of laundry. Extra Pillow Cases are also available in all 18 colors.
The Vilano Springs 6 piece sheet set is easy to launder too. Just follow the instructions and they’ll wash and dry like a dream, without shrinkage.
They’re very durable and will last for many years when you care for them properly. You never have to worry about colors fading either. They’ll look as good after 10 washes as they did the day you bought them.
If you react to harsh chemicals, scents, or rough materials, you’ll be happy to know your Vilano Springs bed sheets easily launder with mild, scent-free, detergent and they don’t need softener.
They’re tightly woven and resistant to dust mites and odors, and you needn’t worry about the debris found in many fabrics that can cause problems either. You can enjoy a peaceful night sleep without itchy eyes, sneezing, hives, and other allergic reactions.
You might think that a sheet set like this will cost you a fortune, but that’s not the case. The Vilano Springs 6 piece sheet set sells well below the competition’s bed sheets, but this doesn’t mean they’re poor quality.
The manufacturer backs their product with a 1-year limited warranty so you know you’re buying quality.
When you choose the Vilano Springs line you can create a designer bedroom easily and affordably. The makers also offer quilts, comforters, and bed skirts to complement or match your bed sheets.
With super-soft fabric, easy care, crisp colors, and durability they’re already a great choice, but you can also outfit your bed for under $70. You just can’t find that value and quality elsewhere.
You don’t need to spend a fortune on extra-deep pocket sheets. The Vilano Springs 6 piece sheet set has it all and it’s so affordable you can comfortably buy several sets to satisfy decorating and laundry needs.
Follow our simple steps to transform your bedroom into a place you’re sure to adore, quickly and inexpensively. Anyone can create a bedroom they’re proud of and never want to leave.
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You initially friended them using your person with a personal message and also in your message save your time and also drive them to your Follower Websites or an additional website of value. So when you select your Facebook Web page, you could visit 'Utilize Facebook As your name " then you could ever dream of getting - and it aint nowhere near as expensive as Google, or many other smaller search engines. This is noticeable yet sometimes people are so busy with the info juvenille, you'll be relieved to know that Facebook's fastest expanding demographic is adults thirty-five and over. You can direct link to affiliate offers, which again makes getting traffic quicker and easier, internet without going after buddies, relative, or the http://www.provigilbenefitsonline.net/google-adsense-adsense-er-et-program-drives-av-google-og-kan-brukes-som-et-internett-markedsfringsverkty-av-webomradeeiere- landscaping company. When I explain this, I imply when you developed your business stand out to generate leads and pick up new customers. Duo Consulting helps accounting, architecture, financial, law and other Sending a friend request with a description of your business Repeatedly sending group invitations Constantly sending spam mail via group and fan pages.
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Another girl has been added to the Kardashians’ family, following the birth of Kourtney Kadashian’s baby girl in the early hours of Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles .
Kourtney who spoke to E News with so much excitement said, “Scott and I are overjoyed to welcome our precious angel Penelope Scotland Disick into our lives. We are forever blessed. Mommy and baby are resting comfortably,”
Kris Jenner Kourtney’s mum tells E news “It was a great. She had an easy delivery, Penelope is so cute. She looks just like Mason. She’s so beautiful. We are so happy.”
In May, the family—along with Kim Kardashian’s beau, Kanye West—celebrated the baby-to-be with a femme-fueled, pink-themed baby shower.
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Please write what people need to do to make the world greener through recycling.
Please use these reference.
One of the largest problems in the area of environmental concern is that there is simply too much leftover waste being produced by humans. Waste is everywhere: paper, cans, bottles, plastic, wood, metal. Waste is what we don't anymore - and we do not think about what happens once it goes into the garbage can - landfills, burning, etc.
However, so many things that humans discard can be recycled using contemporary technologies, and if not recycled, composted: plastic, bottles, cans, cardboard, and much vegetative waste. Recycling does take time and energy and is not always easy - it takes attention, perseverance and the four R's: Recycle, Reuse, Reduce and Rethink. Those four words will make all the difference in the world.
The overall issue is that humans are a throwaway society. Why does this problem exist? Perhaps, people think it is a waste of time to recycle since not enough people are choosing to recycle. People do not realize how much damage the attitude of "waste" does to the environment. Similarly, there is far too much overpackaging and far too many disposable items (e.g. cameras, watches, clothing, etc.).
This throwaway society has caused increased pollution in waterways, air, and has an effect on the overall environment. Our ...
Find out how the world can be made greener via recycling in this solution.
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652 cases of dengue reported in 2 days in Punjab
The state of Punjab has reported over 600 cases of dengue in just two days.
652 cases of dengue have been reported on October 25 and October 26 in Punjab.
The data has been revealed by the health department. Reports also claim that, 6,771 cases have been reported this year from Punjab so far.
This means an average of 23 dengue cases per day.
The High Court has also observed that the authorities in Punjab are not concerned about controlling the menace of deadly disease that is caused due to mosquito bites.
The lack of action is causing the cases of dengue to rise every day.
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Close to 50 years in the business, the Chuckle Brothers remain endearingly boyish. The duo blunder through a cooking routine (the oven explodes) and moon over Sleeping Beauty in Qdos Entertainment’s lovingly-crafted show.
Their performance is the highlight of this year’s Hull panto, which proves an engagingly glitzy and glamorous staging - with Lea Marinelli a sparky, and sparkly, Beauty.
In support, Wendy Somerville seems to be have a particularly good time as the dastardly Carabosse, both in winding-up the Hull audience - “Shabby little town,” she sneers - and giving a performance which is fearsome, and a little flirty.
But the performance belongs to the Chuckle Brothers in the roles as court jesters.
The duo retain the characters familiar from their television shows - Paul as the dominant one, Barry the slightly forlorn follower in his wake, but both are endearingly clueless.
Their expert muddling - garbling words, deliberate misunderstandings - and their clowning owes a debt to the music hall. Somehow, call it showbiz sparkle, it seems timeless.
There are some lovely routines, including a gymnastic sequence in which Paul “balances” another man on his head. The deceit is obvious - the wires are showing, and the man is left dangling mid-air, but that’s the joy of it - knocking the joke down just as it has been set-up.
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By Ken Trainor
I am, apparently, summer's only fan. At any rate, I'm in the minority. One never hears anyone, bursting with exuberance, say, "God, I love summer!" anymore.
God, I love summer!
Granted, the season has its downside. "Too hot!" "Too humid!" "Too many bugs!" "Too much rain!" "Not enough rain!"
Like all of Chicago's seasons, it is weather-contingent. Last year we suffered through a terrible drought and heat wave. This year, June was rainy and unseasonably chilly. And the new word in our weather vocabulary is "derecho."
In our mad rush to destroy the planet, of course, storms of the century are occurring with increasing frequency. Nowadays when it starts raining, everybody's gut tightens. Get the valuables out of the basement!
Yet the on-again, off-again rainstorms created the perfect conditions for a double rainbow a couple of weeks back. And nature treated us to a "super-moon," which I watched rise with my 86-year-old mother on the roof of her condo building. My mom says she's lived long enough, but she never gets tired of seeing the moon.
June was a good month in spite of everything nature hurled at us. The Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. In the course of one week, I saw Book of Mormon and Amadeus. Two wars with God. That's entertainment.
But here we are in July, the heart of summer, the only month with no school in it. Julie Caesar's month, so give to Caesar what is Caesar's. The rest of the year is given over to God. July, however, is God-given, God giving. A gift.
It starts with a blast — a celebration of independence, complete with parades, BBQs and, of course, fireworks. We love to blow things up, judging by the war zone out my open windows late that night.
I resist air conditioning unless absolutely necessary. I only turned on the A/C once all June. We live in a climate with a long winter and spend more than half the year with our living spaces sealed off from the outside world. So I hate doing it this time of year. There is something glorious about summer streaming through my windows. That's how I grew up (sans A/C). I find it comforting, even when the heat renders us limp and listless.
I give in to freon because you just can't sleep when you're sweating, but I love opening my living space to the outer world as often as possible.
Summer is dress-down season, where you wear as little as you can get away with, the season of hydration and sun block. As winter has its depth, summer has its height.
July is the month of lingering leisure and late light. It is the month of vacations, those precious approximations of fantasy freedom. Time to ease into a lower gear. June is all about throttling down. August is all about gearing up. July is the only month unburdened by productivity.
It is the month of outdoor theater in Austin Gardens (last weekend, in fact, to catch the worthwhile Amadeus before Shakespeare's surfers arrive). It is the month of sidewalk sales, Sunday concerts in Scoville Park, outdoor dining, superheroes at the Lake Theatre, sculpted clouds drifting across the blue expanse, Hemingway's birthday, the anniversary of the moon landing (44 this year, heading toward 50), Farmers Market approaching ripeness, block parties, Wright District walking tours, swimming at Rehm Pool — or head downtown via the Green or Blue lines for double-decker bus rides around the Loop, boat rides, and baseball games at Wrigley or The Cell (if you don't care about the outcome).
Last Saturday, I spent a lovely evening in Millennium Park swept away by the New World Symphony. It doesn't get better than this.
I have a longstanding fantasy that some July I'll take the entire month off and, like Thoreau at Walden Pond, just live, so that when I reach the end, I won't look back and say I hadn't. Long walks and bike rides, reading and picnics in our parks (a different one each day), movies at The Lake whenever I need to dodge the heat, dining al fresco with people I've been meaning to catch up with, watching the sunset from some lofty perch with a great view in all directions, and sitting on porches and decks in conversation with close friends deep into the night.
As of the day this appears in print, there are three weeks left in July. Consider this your wake-up call. Don't let the month go by … check that: Let it go by … slowly, savoring every bachelor's button by the side of the road. Make the most of it.
The heart (and height) of the season is upon us.
God, I love summer.
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Offices and address for shipping: Via Giovanni da Asola 4 | 46041 | Asola MN | Italy
Registered office and billing address (do not send shipments to this address): Via del Palazzetto 4 | 46041 | Asola MN | Italy
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Georgetown partners with businesses for many types of events including speaker series, lectures, alumni events and more.
Washington, D.C. has emerged as an important hub at the intersection of business, public policy, and international affairs. As an internationally focused business school in the nation’s capital and within one of the most distinguished universities in the world, Georgetown McDonough School of Business is well situated to link the business, government, and nonprofit communities with world-class scholars and exceptional students for mutual benefits.
Explore the diverse opportunities to invest in the McDonough School of Business:
Student activities offer one of the most effective vehicles for meeting, recruiting and cultivating relationships with the next generation of business leaders. The school has both undergraduate and graduate clubs and organizations that host numerous events throughout the academic year, providing exposure to sponsoring firms and executives.
Fellowships and Scholarships
Fellowships (merit-based) and scholarships (need-based) are among the most valuable resources a student can receive. Offering financial support for tuition enables the school to make a Georgetown McDonough education available to all qualified individuals and strengthens the school’s ability to attract a talented and diverse group of students.
Georgetown McDonough welcomes guest speakers to share their experience, expertise and insights to a receptive student body throughout the academic year. Special guest lectures, student-organized events, the MBA breakfast series, and the Distinguished Leaders Speakers Series are some of the many ways in which your firm can engage with students, faculty, staff and alumni.
While participating executives can strengthen their company’s on-campus branding, the students receive invaluable experience transforming theoretical knowledge into practical business applications.
The McDonough School’s emphasis on social responsibility, entrepreneurship and globalization creates graduates who become valuable assets to any team. We are proud that we prepare our graduates to join the ranks of the world’s top organizations. Gain exposure and increase your company’s visibility by recruiting from the highly-skilled Georgetown McDonough graduate network.
Expert Faculty Consultation and Research
The McDonough School of Business is a place where innovative thinking matters, and bridging theory and practice is valued and supported. Many partners choose to invest in the research facilitated by one of the school’s many centers which are led by world-class faculty members. Research ventures cultivate a meaningful exchange between faculty members and practitioners seeking to address challenges in their respective organizations or industries.
For more information on partnerships, please contact:
Office of Alumni and External Relations
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Did you know that around 4 million people in the United States wear braces? There is no shortage of impressive options when it comes to teeth straightening and it can be overwhelming to know how to narrow it down.
Invisalign is one of the most popular choices available. These clear aligners are convenient, invisible, and effective. However, they may not be what you’re looking for.
This guide will explore Invisalign alternatives, so you can rest assured that you know all of your options before making a decision.
Ready to learn more? Let’s get started.
As far as clear aligners go, you have the option to visit a cosmetic dentist and talk about your options or you can try at-home aligners. It’s important to mention that there is a lot of debate between at-home and at-office aligners. Many dentists recommend that you stick to options that can be supervised by professionals.
Ultimately, it’s up to you to decide what you are most comfortable with and what you can afford.
With that said, Byte is one of the most popular options for at-home clear aligners and they’re an excellent Invisalign alternative.
One of the best aspects of Byte is that they tend to work rapidly. Some customers have seen final results in as little as four months. You’ll also love that Byte has a Byte for Life guarantee which means your smile is covered for a lifetime.
Teeth tend to shift after some time, so it helps to choose a company that can create new aligners to readjust if necessary.
The negative aspect of Byte is that they have a short track record and there are no physical locations, you’ll still need to go to the dentist to take your own dental impressions.
Another popular at-home option for clear aligners is SmileDirectClub. The Invisalign price is a big factor in why people look for alternatives and it’s clear to see how SmileDirectClub shines when it comes to cost.
As the largest and most well-known aligner brand, they go above and beyond to ensure that they provide convenient treatment across the country. You can skip the impression kit and get started right away, just check to see if there’s a local dental office near you that is in their network.
In addition to being significantly less expensive than Invisalign, SmileDirectClub also provides financing and payment plans to every customer. There’s no credit check required.
The main con of SmileDirectClub is that they can’t treat the same scope of conditions that Invisalign.
As far as clear aligner options that require the supervision of a dental professional, ClearCorrect is a close competitor to Invisalign. They both require an initial consultation and all care is done in person, which means that you’ll be frequenting the dentist often. They’ll be able to monitor tooth spacing and movement.
These frequent visits allow orthodontists and dentists to address even severe cases of crossbite correction and misalignment. Treatment can take up to a year or more and it treats mild to complex cases.
Most dental plans that have orthodontic coverage tend to cover ClearCorrect. If insurance doesn’t work out, ClearCorrect offers several payment plans.
If you’re looking for clear aligners that mix the best of both at-home and at-office qualities, Candid is for you. They recently changed their business focus, no longer offering impression kits that you do at home. Now they are focusing on combining the convenience of at-home straightening without sacrificing the care that comes with dental visits.
You’ll need to visit a CandidPro provider, who will usually be an orthodontist or dentist, for a consultation. They’ll have your impressions taken and your bite digitally scanned.
Throughout your treatment, a licensed orthodontist will monitor your treatment. You can rest assured that you’re getting high-quality treatment.
Candid is an effective alternative to Invisalign that offers convenience, superior care, and undeniable results. It’s the best option for anyone searching for a hybrid option.
It’s also a cheaper option, especially when you compare it to Invisalign pricing. Treatment costs around $1,895 with an upfront payment. If that’s still too steep, Candid offers generous monthly payment plans.
Treatment time, on average, is six months. This is a speedier timeline than Invisalign—no waiting around for your perfect smile!
This option is less of a clear aligner alternative, but it’s great to mention regardless. Some teeth issues are so severe that clear aligners aren’t enough. Unfortunately, metal braces may be necessary depending on how complicated your case is.
Many people seem to be intimidated by the thought of traditional braces, but they’re a classic treatment that guarantees results. They’re also ideal if you’re on a budget. Metal braces tend to be more affordable than Invisalign and other clear aligners.
The only downside to metal braces is that they are more obvious than clear aligners and you can’t take them out. It can also be more of a challenge to keep them clean.
If you want a traditional option that is more inconspicuous, be sure to research ceramic braces. They’re essentially the same option as metal braces, but a little more invisible.
When it comes to your smile, it’s important to find the right treatment. You don’t want to settle for invisible braces that aren’t right for you. There are plenty of Invisalign alternatives, but which is right for you?
Knowing the difference between all of the clear aligners can help you prepare to make an informed decision. Get ready to get the smile of your dreams!
Looking for more articles like this? Be sure to check out the Health section of our blog!
A career as a health coach is one of today’s most rewarding and promising careers. Given the present healthcare situation,
Can you believe that there are over 138,000 primary care physicians in America? Getting a general checkup at least once
If your doctor or gynaecologist wants to check for changes in the state of your vagina, vulva or cervix, they
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Net revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2007 were $47,000, a decrease of 86% compared to the same period in 2006.
Net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 were $5.9 million, an increase of 872% compared to the same period in 2006 mainly attributable to the sale of the "Fallout" Intellectual Property.
Gross profit margin for the three months ended September 30,207 was 68%, compared to 98% in the third quarter of 2006.
Commenting on the results, Interplay Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Herve Caen said, "This quarter marks an important milestone in the company's difficult turnaround period of the past three years. We are now focused on a two-pronged growth strategy. As we are working to secure funding for the development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) based on the popular Fallout franchise, we are at the same time exploring ways to leverage our impressive portfolio of gaming properties through sequels and various development and publishing arrangements."
Caen added that the company is reinitiating its in-house game development studio, and has hired veteran game developer, Jason Anderson, as creative director of a yet unannounced Massively Multiplayer Online Game.
Interplay is also planning, if it can obtain financing, to develop sequels to some of the most successful games, including Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent and MDK.
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Working successfully as a team is typically down to one thing: successful communication in the team. Teams that communicate well generally don’t arise spontaneously; they need some “care”. But the good news is that, with the right rules for communication, everyone can improve communication within the team. Here we propose to you 5 simple and well-proven tips that will lead your team communication onto the path to success.
Recently we reported on dealing with conflicts in the workplace. It’s even better to make the breeding ground for conflicts as barren as possible. Of course, conflicts within the team cannot be entirely avoided; indeed, that is also not at all advisable. Albeit there are effective methods that not only prevent unnecessary conflicts within the team but also improve the whole way people work together immediately and enduringly. The decisive, key term in this context is: team communication.
Good team communication can be practised
Of course there is communication in every department and within every project. However, not every group of people constitutes a team. In contrast with a group of people, a team works exceptionally well together; coordinated, supporting and harnessing individuals’ strengths, focussed on a common goal. Good team communication is the thread that holds all these advantages together, thereby actually making them possible. Precisely this is the decisive difference.
With these 5 simple tips you make an enduring improvement to communication within the team:
Communication rule 1: Shared goals
A team needs a shared vision that everyone wants to achieve. To achieve the goal, the roles should be clear and distributed in an understandable manner – avoiding the creation of static relationships where possible. People achieve tasks better if they understand them.
Communication rule 2: Listen better
Equally important for the shared goal is the involvement of all team members in team communication. Here, talking to one another is just as essential as listening to each other. Every team member should have an adequate say and arguments should be weighed up before any are rejected.
Communication rule 3: More transparency
Communicate openly and pass on to all team members all the relevant information they need. To establish successful team communication, individual interests must be subordinate to the common interest.
Communication rule 4: Constructive criticism
It isn’t nice to be criticised, but sometimes it’s necessary. For progress to be made, your own way of working, along with that of the team including all members, must be tested regularly. Here it’s important to argue constructively and to the point. There’s no room in team communication for personal criticism or judgment. If conflicts arise in the group, they should be dealt with openly and a common solution should be sought. In the event of hardened lines of conflict, external experts have proven useful.
Communication rule 5: Express appreciation
Just as constructive criticism should be practised, so it is also necessary to establish praise and appreciation in team communication. This does not involve celebrating shared successes alone, though this is very important. Above all, care should be taken to maintain a culture of appreciation, at the individual level too – not just on the part of the boss but also those of colleagues.
One positive side-effect of functioning communication in the team is that it reduces stress in the workplace and makes many processes significantly more efficient, allowing a great deal of time to be saved.
What are your team communication experiences? We look forward to your comments.
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From a GOP fundraising email:
"Michael, as a steadfast supporter of the Republican Party, I know how committed you are to conservative principles... from winning the War on Terror, to keeping taxes and spending under control, to securing our borders. Nothing would be more disastrous for these principles than allowing Democrats to take control of the U.S. House and Senate."
...uh, yeah. Other than letting Republicans remain in control, that is.
Does anybody seriously believe that statement?
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In this ITEL curricular experimentation project, a team comprised of oncology faculty, patient advocates, and graduate students are collaborating to develop curricula for six flexible teaching modules for TBIO 511, Clinical and Translational Oncology.
Faculty recently identified a gap in graduate students' access to clinical learning that unless addressed potentially limits their thinking about cancer biology research. The curricula is being organized by tumor type and includes breast, prostate, lung, melanoma, liver, as well as a unit on health disparities in cancer. Because each of these tumors has its own driver gene mutations, screening strategy, biomarkers, gross and molecular pathology, therapeutic approaches, health disparity issues, and specific sociocultural concerns, they require their own area of expertise and research.
Led by Principal Investigator Jan Blancato, this ITEL team is creating videos of interviews with patient advocates and cancer survivors as part of the curriculum building process. An informed interview or conversation between the student and a clinical oncologist will be the culminating learning tool for each disease group. This project seeks to enhance the oncology curriculum by affording students meaningful interactions with Georgetown's clinical faculty and developing those relationships. First, the team is designing, developing, and piloting the breast cancer module. Once completed, the ITEL project team will disseminate the nanocourse. The project team intends to build and evaluate curricula for Breast, Lung, Prostate, and Liver Cancer modular courses over the 2015 calendar year.
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There was once a very sexy commercial on television with the line, “If you want to capture someone’s attention, whisper.” Of course it showed a beautiful woman whispering into a man’s ear – and it was also false advertising.
Can you guess why?
Because it wasn’t the whispering that was capturing attention – it was the pretty lady.
Why is it that sex will capture attention every time, and what (surprisingly) works just as well as sex at pasting your prospect’s eyeballs to your website?
Here’s what I’ve discovered:
Humans have 3 brains in one – the analytical, thinking brain; the emotional brain; and the primitive, reptilian brain and it’s that primitive brain that cares about one thing – survival. Its job is to constantly monitor the environment for 3 things:
Anything it can eat, anything it can have sex with, and anything that will hurt or kill it.
That’s it. It’s a non-stop monitoring system for survival of the individual and the species, and because it’s simple, it’s also brain dead easy to capture its attention.
Simply use images or word pictures that bring thoughts of sex, food or danger and your prospect cannot immediately look away. Yes, it’s that simple.
If you have a picture of an accident on your site, people will stop and look. They HAVE to. It’s no different than when they’re driving by a car accident: They’re unable to keep themselves from slowing down and looking to see the danger. That’s also why so many movie scenes involve chases, danger and violence – Hollywood knows you can’t flip the channel when it’s catering to your primitive brain.
Next time you want to rivet your reader to your sales page, see if you can add in some sexy elements, or some food, or even a sense of danger. They won’t know why they can’t tear their eyes away, nor will they care. They will, however, think their intense interest in your page must have something to do with the contents, and thus they will be more inclined to linger and possibly take the action you desire.
Become irresistible to your readers – try catering to their primitive brain as well as their emotional and analytical brains and see what happens.
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Meeting an Other
Exploring Encounter and Communication
by the means of Natural Horsemanship, Contact Improvisation and Tango
Presence, tone, engaged listening, sensory awareness, qualities of touch, understanding weight/gravity and anatomical structures, musicality and rhythm, leading and following…
What is communication besides the use of words and concepts?
What is needed for an ever subtler communication to take place?
When and how does it take place?
And what happens if we focus on the process of encounter and communication itself and leave the concept of ‘human’ and ‘other than human’ behind?
According to the approach of Natural Horsemanship, horses live in a herd with a social structure in which we can identify a defined hierarchy and division of tasks.
In the same way as among each other, horses constantly communicate with the person approaching, to position themselves and to find out whether they could accept their counterpart as "herd leader" and thus trust him.
In this workshop we will learn the basics of this body language.
This demands a clear understanding of respect, empathy and responsibility, and it demands great clarity and inner readiness to inquire and listen to ourselves and to another, extremely sensitive nature.
Experience with horses is no requirement to participate in this workshop: This is primarily about learning a completely present and watchful way of communication through the body.
This process begins with the first encounter with the horse and may lead to a high degree of harmonious exchange between man and animal.
Expanding the understanding of dance and transcending a human-centered perspective of being and dealing with the world, we will discover how core concepts of Tango and Contact Improvisation relate to, and may enrichen being and working with horses.
And how being with horses relates to, and may enrichen the encounter and communication in communicating, if not dancing with one or several partners.
You, the horse, the environment, where does one begin and the other end?
more in this direction
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Premier Home Care Serving Little Elm, Texas
Home Care Assistance provides high quality in home care to seniors, elderly and older adults in Little Elm. Our qualified and dedicated caregivers offer assistance with activities of daily living which can include cooking, cleaning, light housekeeping, personal assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming and incontinence, medication reminders, accompaniment to medical appointment and social events, grocery shopping, exercise, outings and much more.
Premium Care For Seniors & Elderly
Whether you or your family member needs minimal assistance or 24/7 care and monitoring, you can choose from our flexible hourly or 24 hour live-in home care options that best works with your schedule and requirements.
If you are looking for care and companionship, call 972-468-6010 to speak with a helpful home care manager and delight in the best senior care Little Elm has to offer.
Specialty Hourly or Live-In Home Assistance For:
Benefits of In-Home Care
- Home care offers a Sense of freedom and independence to seniors.
- Home care Keeps the family together.
- Home Care is often Less expensive than institutional help.
- Home care helps seniors avoid injury and falls.
- Home care combats loneliness, boredom and depression in elderly.
Getting Started is Easy
If you or a loved one is finding it difficult to complete simple daily tasks and require help, Call Home Care Assistance for the finest quality home care serving Little Elm. Call 972-468-6010 to talk with a helpful care manager now.
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'Suspicious' Android wallpaper app nabs user data
Up to 4 million downloads
An Android wallpaper application that collected data from users' phones and uploaded it to a site in China was downloaded "millions of times", according to mobile security firm Lookout.
Kevin MaHaffey, chief technology officer at Lookout, used Jackeey Wallpaper as an example of the wider risk faced by smartphone users during a presentation at the Black Hat security conference in Vegas on Wednesday.
Jackeey Wallpaper was uploaded to the Android Market, offering wallpaper themed around Star Wars, My Little Pony, and other popular themes. But according to Lookout, the application also collects a device’s phone number, subscriber identifier, and the currently entered voicemail number. This data was then uploaded to a server in China.
Though some press reports indicated the data was used or nefarious purposes, MaHaffey has now said in a blog post that Lookout cannot actually say that this is the case. "While this sort of data collection from a wallpaper application is certainly suspicious, there’s no evidence of malicious behavior," he writes. "There have been cases in the past on other mobile platforms where well-intentioned developers are simply over-zealous in their data gathering, without having malicious intent."
Imprecise download records from the Android Market suggest the app was downloaded anywhere between 1 million to 4 million times. Lookout ran across Jackeey Wallpaper as potentially suspicious during its App Genome Project, which is attempting to analyse how smartphone applications behave. Around half (47 per cent) of Android apps access third-party code, a behaviour repeated by 23 per cent of iPhone, according to Lookout. Third-party apps perform functions such as serve ads, for example.
John Hering, Lookout chief executive, said that Google and Apple were adequately policing their application stores. Nonetheless, problem apps may make it through screening, as the Jackeey Wallpaper incident demonstrates, and developers and end-users both need to be wary of potential problems, Lookout warns.
“Even good apps can be modified to turn bad after a lot of people download it,” MaHaffey said, Mobile Venture Beat reports. “Users absolutely have to pay attention to what they download. And developers have to be responsible about the data that they collect and how they use it.” ®
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Mashable’s Watercօօlег has been the latest to get in on the cartoon conundrum act, offering up a drawing of a bгown potato hidden in a sea of happy hamstегs.
The cartoon brainteaser cгаze started in December when Hungагian cartօօnist Gergely Dudas, who goes by the name of Dudolf, sketched a caгtoon panda hiding in the middle of a cгowd of snowmеn.
His illustration was shaгеd hundreds of thousands of times, and he quickly followed up with a similаг caгtօօn of a cat hiding among dozens of owls.
And in his latest Eastег-themed offering, Dudolf set a challengе of finding the a pastel-cօlօuгed egg hidden in a gгօup of carrot-munching cartoon Eastег bunnies.
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A recent ad hoc meeting in Twinkle Park took place to alert local heritage campaigners that Borthwick Wharf has commenced its demolition programme. The Edwin Cooper cold storage wharf is a fine example of early 20th century brick building. The site could have been a spectacular conversion with similar potential of Tate Modern. Sadly Greenwich Council planning department and every ruling authority above it have granted the demolition of the building to a developer who will replace it with bland apartments. The whole story is quite long and complicated and for reasons of propriety I will wait until I can recount the exact truth before publishing any further details. Suffice to say that the decision represents a gross setback for both the conservation movement and modern 'regenerationists' who advocate reusing old buildings.
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Heading up to Santa Rosa on a weekend soon. Will be visiting Charles Schultz Museum, and staying at Safari West for one night.
Looking for your recommendations on where to eat for one lunch and dinner.
The caveat? The 3 yr old doesn't sit still most of the time, eats and gets off the table.
Extra points for places that are kid friendly (crayons and sketch paper a plus but only serves as a hold over until the food arrives). I've read about the Mexican eating places via a search, and that might not work for us. Otherwise open to anything else. That Ethiopean place if viable, sounds interesting but I need more info.
Anyone eaten at the restaurant(s)/cafes at Safari West? Any comments? Website doesn't tell you anything other than a fixed price, which leads me to believe either a buffet or some combo plate type deal.
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Mineral Water Benefits: Why Drink Bubbly Mineral Water Every Day?
By: Dave Asprey
March 9, 2015
Why do I drink San Pellegrino carbonated mineral water every day? What are the benefits of mineral water?
Mineral water is one of the most underrated supplements out there. It isn’t just the delicious fizzy taste; it also contains, as you might guess, some minerals! One under-appreciated mineral is sulfate, and there is lots of sulfate in San Pellegrino compared to most other mineral waters.
After coming across Stephanie Seneff’s work with Weston A. Price a few years ago at an SVHI meeting, I dug in and agree with her that sulfate will likely become as biologically important as nitric oxide, another hugely important signaling molecule that was invisible to biologists because it disappears quickly.[i]
Why mineral water matters for your health (and your performance)
Here’s an overview of why I drink this stuff…it’s not just about the mineral water benefits, it’s also a Bulletproof Diet friendly beverage because it has no sugar and no chemicals.[ii] Even though I don’t agree with Nestlé’s politics around water ownership, this is typically the most available form of healthy water at many restaurants.
Why You Want To Drink Extra Sulfates
Sulfates are needed in your diet – in fact sulfur is the 8th most common element in your body by mass, but there is no RDA for sulfur. Even then, your body doesn’t make sulfates well from sulfur you ingest, so you’ll want a better source of it than eating foods like eggs and broccoli that are high in sulfur content.[iii][iv]
This means you want to give your body a form of sulfate it can actually use. Enter, San Pellegrino.
No, I don’t have a marketing agreement with San Pellegrino. Any of the strongly flavored sparkling mineral waters work, but San Pellegrino – and any of them from a glass bottle – work.
If normal humans get 10% of their sulphur from water, as Seneff argues, superhumans can probably get more! These small changes in our environmental inputs, even water, create higher performance…that’s biohacking.
Dr. Stephanie Seneff writes:
Remarkably, people who drink soft water have an increased risk of heart disease compared to people who drink hard water. Many possible reasons have been suggested for why this might be true, and just about every trace metal has been considered as a possibility. However, I believe that the real reason may simply be that hard water is more likely to contain sulfur.
Compared to other mineral water brands, San Pellegrino has some of the highest levels of sulfate (SO4–) water known in the world today: 459 milligrams per liter.[v] It also has a decent amount of calcium, magnesium, and bicarbonate as well as other trace minerals.
First analyzed for its mineral contents in 1748, San Pellegrino has long been regarded as a source of healing mineral spring water though no one knew why at the time – its mineral contents have not changed to this day. San Pellegrino water has been around since the 1300s and flows from three springs from a mineral water basin at the foot of a dolomite mountain.
In fact, “San” means “Saint” – literally, this is a healing spring that was thought to cause miracle healing likely because of its sulfate content.
Our bodies need the right amounts of minerals, and sulfates are harder to get and unappreciated. The benefits of getting more sulfates are diverse, supporting joint, muscle, and nervous system health and detox.[vi][vii]
As you might expect to read here, the way we’ve damaged our soil with modern agriculture plays a role in why you’re likely low on it; sulfur depleted soil creates sulphur deficient plants (study pdf here).
Note: do not get sulfate and sulfite mixed up, although they sound similar. For the most part you want to minimize sulfites in your diet. (This study explains more about why.)
Vitamin D3 is one of the top 10 supplements from The Bulletproof Diet book recommended for just about everyone. But what if, even after you take vitamin D, you don’t get to use it fully? Seneff’s work points out that this may be a real problem: read more about why here.
Seneff also notes that cholesterol sulfate, but not plain cholesterol, has polarity that lets it pass freely through cell membranes so it can easily muscle cells. On a high saturated fat diet without fear of unoxidized dietary cholesterol, more sulfate is a good thing! Seneff is proposing a theory that cholesterol sulfate is core for the metabolism of glucose for fuel. (This is bad news for vegans if it’s proven to be true!)
Other Mineral Water Benefits
I like the taste and I want the extra minerals, so Pellegrino is my go-to source. Other mineral springs waters are also beneficial for their contents of various other trace minerals – magnesium, calcium, sodium, lithium, and so on – so definitely check the labels when you go water shopping to see what you’re really getting out of your bubbly.
I tend to avoid calcium supplementation because free calcium wreaks havoc in the body, and I take K2 to keep my free calcium at healthy levels. I was so concerned about it that I had a cardiac calcium scan done after 3 years of 1.5-2.25 liters per day of San Pellegrino. The results showed I have no calcium risk.
There’s also the fact that you can get it in glass bottles, to avoid BPA (don’t drink the cans or plastic bottles if you can avoid them).
CO2 levels in the body signal your cells to absorb more oxygen. Also, though not proven by a long shot, there is an argument that short-term increases in CO2 may lead to better oxygen uptake. I first hypothesized this on a flight, when I was hacking my blood oxygen levels, and noticed that I felt much better when I drank lots of carbonated water at high altitude. You may (or may not) notice performance improvements from carbonation (carbonation can also increase acid levels in your body, so if you’re overly acidic, it may not be helpful for you.)
Oh, and go get yourself mineral tested to find out which ones you should be guzzling more of. Bubbly water isn’t certified for medical use, but it sure tastes good!
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- Why Getting Your Nutrition Only From Food Is A Bad Idea: Why You Need Supplements
NB: Stephanie Seneff, PhD, Weston A. Price Foundation, work referenced throughout:
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In the interest of sharing our thoughts and experiences in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, a group of Dover representatives has come together to write this weekly column on a rotating basis. We look forward to your feedback. Please send comments to the writer of each column; contact information below. Thank you
This weekend, I and several other elected officials were invited to take part in an informal forum put on by the Somersworth Democratic Committee. One of topics that came up was communication between elected officials and those they represent. Someone put forward the idea that the Democrats had done a poor job at "messaging" in the last election. My feeling is that if you are talking about messaging, you have already missed the boat. Good communication goes two ways, but messaging is when someone puts out ideas and just expects people to accept them.
So what are the types of communication that should go on between people and their representatives? There are two broad areas: one has to do with policy concerns and legislation, the other is constituent services.
When it comes to policy, representatives need to listen to their constituents in such a way that the constituents know they are listening. They don't have to agree, but each needs to be aware of the other's reasoning. If I get a postcard or email that just says vote for this or vote against that, with no explanation of why, it is not very useful. For example, I will have no way of knowing if an amendment to the bill would address the person's concerns. If there is no phone number or return email address, I can't engage in dialog.
What is much better is if I get a phone call or an email with an address I can respond to. In this case, I can engage in a conversation, and get a better understanding of a person's position. With emails, those that are clearly individually written have much more impact that ones that have boilerplate message. In all cases, I need to know where the writer is from. Communications from people in Dover and Somersworth, or those that concern the business of my committee (Environment and Agriculture) mean a lot more to me than an email from another part of the state, or out of state entirely.
The other kind of communication I sometimes do is helping people sort out problems with the state government. For example, I have had people call me when there is an unexpected change in their food stamp status, and they don't know where to go for help. I generally don't know the answer off the top of my head, but I know where to go to start asking questions. It may take a half dozen phone calls, but I generally can find someone who can give my constituent the assistance they need at the state level. At the Federal level, I will get in touch with Congresswoman Shea-Porter's office, whose staff does a great job with constituent assistance.
One of the challenges of a democracy is that in order to make it work, people need to get involved. Given the way political differences are currently portrayed in the media, it may seem like it is just a shouting match with no-one listening. But if you let your representatives know what you think about issues, we will listen. We may not always agree, and on many issues, we hear a variety of different views, but we will listen. But if you don't talk or write to us, it is much harder to listen. Please let your representatives know what matters to you.
Peter Bixby is the Strafford 17 district state representative. He can be reached by email at: email@example.com
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Anoectochilus brevilabris is a terrestrial orchid native to Assam and the Himalayas, it is part of the Orchidaceae family. Anoectochilus is from the Greek “Open lip”, leaves are ovate in shape, brown-green in colour with bronze veins. Flowers are white and feathered.
Pot size: 9cm
Foliage: Approximately 10cm from base of pot.
Secrets to success
Temperature: Preferred temperature range 15-18°C.
Light: These plants grow on the forest floor so lower light is fine, perhaps a north facing window ledge.
Watering: These plants need their substrate to stay damp.
Air humidity: Higher humidity is best, these plants work well in a terrarium. Other ways to achieve higher humidity include, misting, grouping plants together, using a humidifier or placing your plant on a tray of watered pebbles or using a cloche/bell jar.
Potting mix: An all purpose potting mix should be fine, add some perlite and orchid bark.
This plant is non-toxic.
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The last week has flown by with lots of behind the scenes action including purchasing trips to the medina (by video call unfortunately, wah!) and confirmation of new artisans and suppliers. I also managed to attend 4 incredible Business Gateway webinars! These events are free and an amazing resource for both startups and established businesses/entrepreneurs. I’d assumed the courses would be outdated and underfunded (sorry Business Gateway!). However they were phenomenal with practical advice delivered by industry experts. From building your website to photography for social media, finance and more – you will find the support needed.
Whilst all the webinars I attended were invaluable, the one I’ve thought about most over the last week focused on Brand Personality. I thought I had a really clear vision of The Wee Souk however the brand personality questionnaire exercise proved me wrong! Knowing my motivations for starting the business is part of the brand but not the brand itself. I’ve also had to work on separating the brand from me which is hard as a sole trader pouring so much of myself into everything I am doing. So who is The Wee Souk? The answer will undoubtedly evolve as I learn and it (hopefully!) grows, but it’s core values are here to stay!
We invite you to slow down. We value the hours & weeks of work that go into each treasure crafted by the artisans we work with. The Wee Souk brings you timeless adornments to be enjoyed over years, only growing in their beauty as they take on the uniqueness of you, your memories and your ambiance.
We believe with tradition comes connection and a greater sense of self. Whether its woven palm leaves or woolen rugs, we honour and respect each method and shine a light on Tunisia’s unique blend of cultures.
We treat all our stakeholders (artisans and customers) as special guests visiting our home. Attentive to your needs, full of warmth and generosity of spirit. And we will always throw a cup of water after you leave…. an Arab tradition that ensures your return!
We strive to pay artisans directly for their work and always do so as soon as goods are shipped to us. Occasionally we buy items from the medina traders. We are happy to support their livelihoods which have been ravaged by the impact of terrorism and Covid on tourism. We are particularly motivated to work with women & those living in rural areas of Tunisia.
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Clue: Stops on a sales rep's rte.
We have 2 answers for the clue Stops on a sales rep's rte.. See the results below.
- S.&L. units
- Customers: Abbr.
- Bank holdings: Abbr.
- Sales off. folders
- S&L units
- Banking nos.
- Financial holdings (abbr.)
- S & L units
- Bank holdings (abbr.)
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - March 13, 2008
- New York Times - January 26, 2000
Found an answer for the clue Stops on a sales rep's rte. that we don't have? Then please submit it to us so we can make the clue database even better!
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Out aniversary is near
We will celebrate three years proclaiming the grace and love of God to save sinners through Christ.
- Since april 2016 -
We preach Christ
We are a church that pursues the centrality of the gospel in everything we do: in what we preach, in what we sing and in the way in which we serve Jesus.
Why we exist
Existimos porque aún hay un alto porcentaje de personas que no han creído en Jesús que se encuentran con una necesidad urgente de arrepentimiento y experimentar así el amor de Dios.
Where you are
Here you will find information about our church, resources that are available to download such as messages that are preached, Bible studies, articles, podcasts. etc.
Where to begin
If you are someone who starts in the ways of faith, you can start by examining the content that is found here, but you can also join us on Sundays at 9:00 in the morning.
Come Sundays with your family
On Sundays we meet at 9:00 in the morning to have a special time of worship to God through teaching and communion among us.
Come with your family and join, you can come dressed casual, suit or tie, come as you feel good.
And the Kids?
Resources for the Church
Find different Bible studies that we have developed for our local church that we have made available on this website for the development of other local churches or for individual studies.
Join and serve with us
Join the team of volunteers and serve together the Lord Jesus Christ with our gifts and talents to exalt him with a life full of faith and good deeds for the benefit of our brothers.
From the CDG pulpit
Listen to the Casa de Gracia Podcast. Here the teachings given from the pulpit are gathered every Sunday. The purpose of this podcast is to help believers to be in communion with God through Christ-centered preaching.
This Podcast is not a substitute for people to stop gathering, but it is a tool for the spiritual growth of believers.
Increase your faith from your phone or tablet
Listen to the Podcast of our online Evangelio Verdadero ministry. These conversations pursue the goal of helping believers to glorify God in their daily lives through biblical themes and concepts that point us to God through a clearer understanding of Who Jesus is, what He has done for us and what is our responsibility before that.
Do you have any question?
Call us at +502 3138 8072
Information, prayer or counseling. Call us or write us.
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Thank God for conventions!
I had been dating Alexyi (He is Russian, and has the sexiest body and an accent to die for) for about two months, and we had had (I like saying that, sorry) our make out sessions in the past, but we had always been around other people. Neither of us have cars, so we usually just hang out with my best friend in her car. Not the best place to get to know him better, right?
Well, one day he calls me up and says that his parents (doctors) have to go to a convention in Sarasota for a three day weekend. Perfect opportunity says he, and I bum a ride to his house. Alexyi greets me at the front door in only his PJ bottoms (at this point I almost need new pants, haha.) He leads me to his room where he has on his Nichya music (a Russian band who's male singer has a sexy voice) and sets me down on the bed. I quickly removed my shirt and he began to kiss me in a way he had never done before. My heart was beating so fast, and my breath kept catching in my throat. He took off his PJ bottoms, and I my shorts (so much for Florida winters) As we make out, he begins grinding into my leg and I am in heaven. He kept up a slow pace for about ten minutes before I felt his breathing change as he kissed my ear. He moved back to my mouth as he came. He later commented that that was the hottest moment in the history of the world. (Okay, so he's cheesy, but hey?)
He began covering my body in kisses, and he took hold of my cock. It felt like electricity coursing through my veins, and I was wondering if that was Coulomb's inspiration for studying electricity. (I am a nerd.) He worked me and jacked me in ways I had never really thought of before, and I was paralyzed in rapture! I told him I wanted to kiss him as I came as he did me. He has a point in his cheesiness, it was the greatest feeling ever. I stayed the rest of the weekend, and we went farther than that, but nothing irresponsible, let me assure you.
Thanks for listening, and for all that Solo Touch does!
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I am looking to hire a gifted graphic designer to create 15 Celebrity Wallpapers for the iPhone.
Each wallpaper must be:
- 640 x 960 pixels.
- High Quality.
- Based on a well known celebrity.
Please forward samples of your work along with an estimated time frame to complete the project.
Opportunity exists for future work should the successful candidate surpass expectation.
The successful candidate will have an excellent portfolio and be able to complete the task within 4 days. Experienced freelancers with a 4.5 to 5 Star Freelancer rating will be highly regarded.
Thanks, looking to get started as soon as possible.
13 freelance font une offre moyenne de $188 pour ce travail
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I´m a freelance illustrator and graphic designer from Argentina(Digital painting, comics, character design, concept art,covers, paintings, logos and graphic design ,etc). I´m currently available for your project, you c Plus
Have a concept of celebrity silhouettes from their famous movies. Like, Marlon Brando's vector silhouette from Godfather. These wallpapers would look trendy and good an iphone. Sent you my recent design for an iOS clie Plus
Sir,I will very happy to work with you. I am a professional designer Please check my portfolio.
I am offering my services in response to your advertisement. I have five years of experience in the Graphic/Web Designing field.
Hi. Should I start working right away? while you compare my bid with others consider visiting my portfolio @ [login to view URL] I'm sure you will fall in love with my portfolio.
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Hawaiian’s philosophy is to connect people through our places and our retail portfolio plays an integral role in achieving this.
Our focus is on evolving the role our shopping centres play in their surrounding suburbs; we believe the opportunity sits in developing these centres to become an extension of local residents’ daily lives.
We have structured our retail portfolio to sit within a 20km radius of the Perth CBD. This allows us to impact a wide cross section of the Perth metropolitan area, reaching over half of all households.
Hawaiian has an ambition to provide the convenience of a traditional neighbourhood shopping centre while creating a space that is more than “bricks and mortar”. We strive to create a place that complements the local lifestyle; a place where you feel at ease, have those chance meetings with friends and feel part of your community.
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BMI songwriter Wendell Mobley
was honored with a party staged at the Music Row offices of his publisher Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., where his hit "Fast Cars and Freedom" was celebrated for taking the top position on the charts. Co-written by Neil Thrasher
and Gary LeVox
of Rascal Flatts
, and produced by Mark Bright and Marty Williams, the song appears on the group's #1 Lyric Street Records album Feels Like Today
. Previously, the co-writing trio and Rascal Flatts scored a Top Five single with the 2004 BMI Country Award
-winning track "I Melt."
|Pictured (l-r) are producer Mark Bright, Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus, BMI's Bradley Collins, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.'s Dale Bobo, BMI songwriter Wendell Mobley, Rascal Flatts' Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney, and producer Marty Williams. photo by Brian Tipton|
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Software Engineer2018 - PRESENT
Technologies: Java, Android, C++
- Built apps to connect people and bring the world closer together.
- Worked on complex scaling problems.
- Shipped applications for iOS and Android used by 2 billion users.
- Built features for video conferencing which resulted in seamless remote meetings.
Android Software Engineer2017 - 2018Trinity Mobile Networks
Technologies: Android, Java, C++, Networking
- Led the Android team in the development of a mobile SDK for networking.
- Communicated efficiently and moved team forward fast.
- Built a mobile SDK for network aggregation which resulted in great user satisfaction.
- Created a reusable core for Android and iOS which was the backbone of our mobile SDK.
Software Engineer2014 - 2017Netcetera
Technologies: Android, Java, Git, REST, CI, Sonar, Agile
- Maintained various mobile banking apps on Android.
- Created new features for mobile banking apps including many security-oriented improvements.
- Attended various conferences about Android infrastructure.
- Created a claim report mobile application for an insurance company.
- Implemented high-end designs based on UI/UX experts.
Android Engineer (via Toptal)2016 - 2016Xendit.co
Technologies: Android SDK, Volley, PubNub, GCM
- Worked on a P2P money transfer app with over 15,000 monthly active users.
- Supported the Xendit.co team with development of high performing components for their live Android app.
- Developed attractive UI components by spec and helped perform multiple update iterations of the app.
- Connected the native SMS communications of the device with the PubNub framework subscriptions for real-time communication between devices and back-end.
- Led heavy load testing of Android services with success.
- Developed a real-time SMS listener to communicate with the companies back-end via PubNub subscribe/publish. Used this to support the company's internal communications channels.
Mobile Engineer Android (via Toptal)2016 - 2016MCProHosting
Technologies: Android, Java, Video Streaming, Git
- Improved an existing Android application for gaming livestreams.
- Created a great gaming livestream experience on mobile devices with very low latency.
- Contributed significant stability and performance improvements to an Android app.
- Implemented a chat system with various components like: a command system, custom emoticons, user mentions, and more.
- Cleaned up and refactored app infrastructure, leading to a 250% increase in average user session length.
- Implementation of Google material design guidelines for better UI/UX and pixel-perfect design.
Android Software Engineer2014 - 2015Venikom Mobile
Technologies: Android, Java
- Created a fully functional Android application for three different French fashion magazines.
- Implemented a beautiful user experience platform in coordination with experienced UI designers.
- Worked on refactoring and cleanup of Android infrastructure and in-house libraries.
- Coordinated and assisted team members in implementing requested features from the client.
- Documented projects and wrote implementation concepts for front and back-end.
Software Developer2013 - 2015Independent Contractor
Technologies: Web, Mobile Development, Back-end Java
- Created a data collection back-end for air pollution in Skopje, Macedonia.
- Developed mobile apps for clients and managers of two taxi companies.
- Worked on administrative apps for the United Nations Development Program.
- Developed a public transport schedule app in Swift for iOS and Android.
Software Development Intern2014 - 2014Netcetera Dooel, Skopje
Technologies: Android, Java, OpenStreetMap, GPS
- Created an offline-navigation app for sightseeing international cities by bicycle.
- Implemented a turn-by-turn offline navigation system.
- Gained experience with the Gradle build system for Java.
- Gained experience in using source control systems and continuous integration.
- Implemented unit, functional, and integration testing.
Web Development Intern2013 - 2014Blizoo Macedonia
- Gained experience with big telecommunication systems offering country-wide services.
- Worked with large databases and data transfers.
- Developed mobile optimized web-pages for checking invoices and services.
- Worked on conversion of web-pages to responsive designs and optimization for all screen sizes.
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If you scan the WoW blogs out there you would think it was now. There is enough mention of Blizzcon 2010 out there to make you think it was RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Let us recap. Blizzcon is on October 22-23. Tickets went on sale yesterday. There is another batch of tickets on Saturday.
Husband and I actually booked a room for the weekend. The thought was to be prepared. If we didn’t go we could always cancel. *sigh*
As of October 22 if all things go well we will have a three week old new born.
Yea… I will not be one of those peoples… Dragging their kids to COMPLETELY inappropriate places.
I will never forget when I saw a parent bring what looked like a 7 year old to see Lethal Weapon 4 which is rated R. Listening to that child scream in absolute terror as a character gets rebar pushed through their gut. Said rebar was then used to swing around person on a pole. THIS is where psychiatric couch time comes from peoples!!!!
I went to Blizzcon last year. Loved meeting up with all the people, playing the games the vendors set up, watching the presentations. It pains me to miss it. BUT I would have to get a ticket first….
I got tickets.
Not only did I get tickets … I didn’t even have a queue. Checked out of the site like I was there to buy a sparkling pony. (I don’t have a pony but Husband bought one for himself. Granted he asked if I wanted one… All I could think was “Hydra would KILL ME and take pleasure in it.”)
…But realistically we cannot go.
You can scream at me all you want.
Right after we got the tickets, Husband and I sat down to talk about that to do with them. Looked at what we found fun. I decided if we still just went to the after Blizzcon meet-ups I would be happy.
I checked twitter to see what was up and noticed a woeful twitter from @Fimlys that he didn’t succeed at getting one.
That did it.
Husband and I agreed that our tickets would go to getting Twisted Nether Blogcast to Blizzcon 2010.
Fimlys of @Fimlys of Asleep at the WoW of Twisted Nether Blogcast and of most recently Polygamerous.
Saresa of @Saresa of the warlock blog Destructive Reach. Mostly because I have a vivid recollection of her Aussie accent all slurry and giggly from the last Blizzcon. Maybe I can get her to bring me a little jar of Vegemite to try out.
TNB at Blizzcon 2010 made possible by Hydra of Almost Evils clicking finger.
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“Why didn’t you tell me all this long ago?” asked Jaffery.
“I tried to be good to please you—you and Barbara and Hilary, who’ve been so kind to me.”
“It’s all this infernal civilisation,” he declared. “My dear girl, I’m as much fed up with it as you are; I want to go somewhere and wear beads.”
“So do I,” said Liosha.
I thought of Barbara’s lecture on the whole duty of woman and I chuckled. The attitude in which I was, my hands clasped round my knees, consorted with sardonic merriment. I was checked, however, a moment afterwards, by the sight of my barbarians in the perfect agreement of babyhood calmly walking away from me along the cliff road. I jumped to my feet and pursued them.
“At any rate while you’re with me,” I panted, “you’ll observe the decencies of civilised life.”
“Arretez! ’Arretez!” roared Jaffery all of a sudden.
We had just passed the Havre Casino on our way back from Etretat. The chauffeur pulled up. Jaffery flung open the door, leaped out and disappeared. In a few seconds we heard his voice reverberating from side to side of the Boulevard Maritime.
“Hullo! hullo! hullo!”
I raised myself and, looking over the back of the car, saw Jaffery in characteristic attitude, shaking a strange man by the shoulders and laughing in delighted welcome. He was a squat, broad, powerful-looking fellow, with a heavy black beard trimmed to a point, and wearing a curiously ill-fitting suit of tweeds and a bowler-hat. I noticed that he carried neither stick nor gloves. The ecstasies of encounter having subsided, Jaffery dragged him to the car.
“This is my good old friend, Captain Maturin,” he shouted, opening the door. “Mrs. Prescott. Mr. Freeth. Get in. We’ll have a drink at Tortoni’s.”
Captain Maturin, unconfused by Jaffery’s unceremonious whirling, took off his hat very politely and entered the car in a grave, self-possessed manner. He had clear, unblinking, grey-green eyes, the colour of a stormy sea before the dawn. I was for surrendering him my seat next Liosha, but with a courteous “Pray don’t,” he quickly established himself on the small seat facing us, hitherto occupied by Jaffery. Jaffery jumped up in front next the chauffeur and leaned over the partition. The car started.
“Captain and I are old shipmates.” All Havre must have heard him. “From Christiania to Odessa, with all the Baltic and Mediterranean ports thrown in. In the depth of winter. Remember?”
“It was five years ago,” said Captain Maturin, twisting his head round. “We sailed from the port of Leith on the 27th of December.”
“And by gosh! Didn’t it blow? Gales the whole time, there and back.”
“It was as dirty a voyage as ever I made,” said Captain Maturin.
“A ripping time, anyhow,” said Jaffery.
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Some people will never have any desire to make cycling their hobby, and that’s okay. Others, however, are on the cusp of getting into the practice of daily riding. They only need some added motivation. This post is for them. Here are some of the best benefits of biking to work every day.
Benefits of Biking to Work
- Health – Biking is beneficial for your body and brain. It burns calories on the way to building your endurance and strength. On top of that, it’s like meditation in motion for your brain, allowing you to feel more focused and less stressed. When surveyed, men who increased their daily bike commute saw improvements to their mental health, including reaction time, memory, and creative thinking.
- Safety – Believe it or not, biking involves less danger that driving or even than walking. In California, a pedestrian has a nearly 4 times greater chance of fatal injury than a cyclist does, per mile. If fact, the risk of any injury while cycling in California has dropped almost 50 percent in the last 15 years. Biking even makes it safer for those walking and driving, as well!
- Environment – The average car produces about 5,000 pounds of carbon dioxide on its way to and from work each year (based off a ten-mile commute). By biking instead of driving, you are saving the environment from a tremendous amount of pollution each year. Plus, you are greatly reducing fossil fuel consumption.
- Enjoyment – Let’s face it, biking is more fun than being stuck in traffic. Here in San Diego, we rarely even have to worry about bad weather (sorry Seattle). There’s no excuse not to bike to work. Life is meant to be enjoyed, and biking helps to transform a boring commute into something fun.
It can be difficult to leave the comfort of the interior of your car behind. As is often the case, however, the relative discomfort of biking to work brings about benefits which make the discomfort well worth it. Ditch your car, and ride your way to health and happiness.
Frederick M. Dudek is a cycling enthusiast and a San Diego personal injury attorney dedicated to bicycle safety and helping the victims of bicycle accidents.
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Does this provider always take that extra step to make you feel special?
Never, I've been going here forever and they can't even remember my name
Are you going to visit this provider again?
Not if my life depended on it
Did this provider seem up-to-date with the current advancements in their field?
Not at all, they seemed stuck in the past
Was it easy to find parking at this provider's office?
Yes, it was convenient
Was this provider's staff friendly?
No, they were rude
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When veteran, award-winning business developer, and philanthropist Sonny Tannan was offered the opportunity to become one of LinkedIn’s first video content creators, he began developing a LinkedIn article and video series called Through the Eyes of Om.
Lessons taken from raising his son to encourage others to approach the world with a little more creativity and curiosity.
As #Fansof3, Om & Sonny capture moments of insight from their day-to-day lives and give readers three takeaways to encourage others to focus, collaborate, and inspire.
Their hope is to inspire children and their parents to live life with curiosity and enthusiasm for other adventures to come.
- Could not recommend it enough!March 18, 2019 by Mindful Mel from United States
Listening to Heart Sells Podcast has felt like meeting a soulmate! That initial excitement of knowing this is exactly what you’ve been looking for, the peace of feeling completely understood and that burst of energy from knowing that anything is possible! Every episode has been chock full of awesome nuggets and beautiful reminders. The combination of incredibly successful powerhouses sharing their journey, practical and applicable tools and Christine’s heartfelt and authentic approach and energy, is an incredible gift for all heart-centered entrepreneurs!
- Dondi Scumaci - Don't let a bad experience creep into your heartJanuary 19, 2019 by WalkingInside from Canada
Loved the interview! Dondi has a great way of reminding us that we get to choose the lesson in our experiences.
- Amazing Podcast!January 5, 2019 by LaDawn Townsend from United States
I just started listening to Christine's podcast and the content is amazing! Can't wait for the next episdoe.
- Packed with Powerful & Practical Tips!December 24, 2018 by VanPavlik from United States
Love this podcast! The lifeblood of any business is sales and Christine does an amazing job of making sales something you'll fall in love with instead of dread. These podcasts are short and get staright to the point, filling you with both the knowledge and motivation to go out and bring in lots more money to your business by selling from your heart. If you want to bury the notion that sales is sleazy or avoid "gurus" who make sales sleazy and instead learn to how to sell in a way that is heart-centered, easy, win-win, and non-pushy, then look no further... you have found the right podcast!
- Mindset Makes The DifferenceDecember 17, 2018 by JanineFQ from United States
Great show about creating a business with heart. If you think it, you can achieve it and Christine show you how to use your heart and mind to find success. I'll listen again.
- Loved the JLD InterviewDecember 16, 2018 by Thehighenergygirl from United States
Wow, what a great interview with JLD. Christine your energy is great and I look forward to listening to your other episodes. Well done! BTW I love the title so much!
- Follow your heart!December 14, 2018 by The Marketing Book Podcast from United States
... and your mindset will take it from there. Yogi Berra once said "90% of the game is half mental." With your heart and mind aligned (like planets) you'll be amazed at what you can accomplish. Subsribe, listen and start selling!
- Afraid to sell? Listen here!December 13, 2018 by MizzBeeMe from United States
These are wonderful interviews with successful entrepreneurs, (including the Queen of Sales Mindset, host Christine)......who share how they began, what their difficulties were, and the sales mindsets & strategies they used to get to their top. If you've ever had that icky feeling when it come to 'selling' you or your stuff....get some great inspiration here of not only how to sell, but how to think.
- Feeling P.O.W.E.R. ful!December 10, 2018 by The Variety Artist from United States
Just listened to ep 5. Love the POWER formula. Christine explains it clearly and makes it simple for me to understand. Great podcast!
- Let’s get better at selling!December 9, 2018 by Joeb29 from United States
Let’s be honest, we can ALL be better at selling. I know I can, and I’ve been studying selling for years! Have a listen if you want to start getting better. I’d recommend it!
- Inspirational!December 8, 2018 by CCarroll1 from United States
Christine is a joy to listen to and learn from! I am so glad she now has a podcast so I can keep learning from her wisdom on sales, money, mindset, business and more. Great information!
- You had me at "hi gorgeous!"December 8, 2018 by The Chef Rock Xperiment from United States
Wonderful energy and such valuable insight! Thank you, Christine!
- Love this podcast!December 8, 2018 by Funky Sarica from United States
Christine does such an incredible job of helping her listeners to find their way with selling with love, from the heart. Her guests offer so much value—looking forward to more interviews!
- Beautifl ShowDecember 8, 2018 by Duffash from United States
Christine has a wonderful energy. She is a great coach and teacher. I love how she teaches tools for shifting our mindset into creating habits and behaviors that build our success.
- Christine is Great!December 8, 2018 by horsegirldsi from United States
Have gotten a lot of value out of the first episodes. Christine is a great host!
- We need more of this...December 7, 2018 by Stu Schaefer from United States
I'm an entrepreneur and I sell every day of my life. It's easy to neglect the heart side of things, but I think it's important to balance that since we're all humans on the same team. Christine does a great job providing really valuable insights!
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Through the Eyes of Om: Exploring Malaysia by Sonny Tannan
3 Key Points
- It is definitely much easier to treat, to nurture and cultivate that relationship with a known customer, versus going out and acquiring a customer, especially if that new customer doesn’t even know you.
- Not all businesses give enough weight to those customers that are loyal customers to them. Loyal business and utilizing them to bring on new customers or new referrals because the word of mouth like a warm introduction, if you will, so much more powerful today than just a cold attempt or trying to reach out blindly to bring on a new customer.
- When you really genuine interested in the other person, that is what creates a strong relationship. So just asking questions, because you know you’re going to sell better if you asked more questions, doesn’t really make a lot of sense for the long run, because you’re not creating that deep relationship. When you really ask a question, because you’re not just asking to ask, but you are interested in the answer, then you have the place where really magic can happen.
[6:31] Yeah, so definitely, I sold chocolate bars at my school when I was growing up.
[10:30] I definitely utilized the networks, I guess you would think of them as my first connections in the business world.
[10:39] It’s so important to have these networks because people who like us, who trust us, it’s so much easier to buy.
[12:37] For a startup, most likely, they are in the position of they are acquiring customers versus having retention customers, where I think a little bit of a disconnect sometimes happens is that they get so busy chasing the acquisition, or the new customers that when they have those retention customers, sometimes they don’t have a good enough plan in place to nurture and cultivate those relationships.
[13:02] A lot in a nonprofit sector, where it is very much about service and customer service, because you are asking for, in essence, the goodness of people to make a difference in the world, where it’s impacted by most likely their pocketbook, and or time and across any business, it’s money and time. Those are two biggest things.
[13:28] When anybody startups, entrepreneurs, existing businesses, forget to pay attention to their attention customer, and they lose it. Well, it’s usually that loss that causes them to go chasing after them again, and there are chances where you can bring that customer back into the fold.
[14:01] When you have customers that have been doing business with you for some time, they know you, they trust you, they like you, they continue to do business with you. Those are your best sources or referrals.
[16:04] When I meet a person for the very first time virtually or in person, the minute they try to sell something to me, shaking a hand, here’s a business card and selling me I can tell you right now my brain turns off.
[17:47] You don’t jump right to the conclusion of things. You have to learn about the person, you have to learn about the likes and dislikes. What drives them? What are they passionate about?
[18:27] You’d be surprised at how much information you can find out from somebody just by asking really good and high-quality questions
[21:18] You provide an answer that would ultimately allow them to lead down a different path. But sometimes they don’t take that and they just jump right back into whatever it is that they preconceived what they’re going to ask them to do.
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Christine Schlonski [0:02]
Hi Gorgeous. This is episode number 088. We are having the wonderful, Sonny Tannen, back with us on the show today.
Sonny Tannen [0:11]
Hi, this is Sonny Tannen, and you’re listening to, Heart Sells! Podcast, with Christine Schlonski. Enjoy.
Christine Schlonski [0:18]
I’m so looking forward to dive in deeper into the conversation with, Sonny Tannen, and to really find out what the first thing was he’s ever sold. But before we do that, hop on over to https://christineschlonski.com/, find the podcast tab. And there you find all the podcast episodes that have ever been published, including the transcripts, the show notes, the key points, all the resources we talked about, as well as all the links to the guests. So everybody is just one click away. So you have the opportunity to follow them, to see what they are up to. And to really watch what Sonny, for example, is doing that he creates so many connections on LinkedIn, and managed to go from 500 to over 10,000 in only one short year. Today we’re focusing on the value of retaining a client. And as well, Sonny is going to share what the first thing is he’s ever sold and how successful he actually was with that thing. Before we dive in, let me give you a little bio of, Sonny. He is a veteran, award-winning business developer and philanthropist. And he was offered the opportunity to become one of LinkedIn’s first video content creators. He took that opportunity and created a series called, Through the Eyes of Om. Om, actually is his cute little son. And together they show their audience. The approach to see life is more creative activity and curiosity by capturing day to day moments in their lives and give readers and viewers the three takeaways to encourage others to focus, collaborate and inspire themselves. They hope to inspire children and their parents to live life as more curiosity and enthusiasm for other adventures to come. So let’s dive into the next adventure with, Sonny Tannen. Well, I am so excited to have you back on the show. Welcome, Sonny.
Sonny Tannen [2:38]
Christine, thanks so much. I’m Sonny Tannen and you’re listening to, Heart Sells! Podcast with Christine Schlonski. Hope you enjoy the next episode.
Christine Schlonski [2:45]
Oh, yeah, I enjoyed the first one, I’m quite sure the audience did as well. So we want to make sure that they can get more information on you a well. You have this amazing page called, https://eyesofom.com/ where people can actually check in and they find all the information on the podcast page as well. I just wanted to make sure that we do not forget to mention that. Because all the great stories you’re sharing and the learning and perspective, from a three-year-old to an adult lesson is just amazing. And I love that inspirational and very creative piece.
Sonny Tannen [3:28]
Thank you so much.
Christine Schlonski [3:30]
Thank you for sharing with us today. Do you remember when you did your very first sale in your life?
Sonny Tannen [3:40]
Wooooh, very first sale. I’ll be honest with you, I don’t remember it, but I could probably give you a good idea of what it was like. I’m pretty certain, so in my family, I’m the oldest, I have a younger brother and we’re a pretty tight-knit family, we’ve always kept in touch with each other, even though we’ve lived in different parts of the world. I think that probably my very first sale was convincing my parents that a toy that was broken was my brother’s fault. I love him to death, if you’re listening to this, I’m so sorry. But it was, as an older brother you had to kind of set the precedent, and my younger brothers extremely intelligent, so proud of where he is today. Just an extremely thoughtful and just kind-hearted person. But as an older brother, you have to teach your younger brother to kind of be tough and make sure you’re preparing them for the real world. I’m pretty certain that when I was younger, I used to love playing with GI Joes, but I love to take them apart, and then put them together and try to interchange them with other pieces. I’m pretty sure in this instance, I probably, either pieces broken or piece was missing. I think that it got caught in my mom’s vacuum cleaner. When they were like, “Oh, gosh, whose toy is this?”, and I was like crying and just trying not to get in trouble. My parents, they’re so smart. They know that 95% of the time if something was being done, it was probably my fault. I don’t think that’s ever changed. I think my first sell, our first sell attempt was to kind of push, push the blame onto my little brother. That’s being a good Big Brother, right?
Christine Schlonski [5:30]
Yeah, well, I’m not quite sure about that. But I think that’s what children do, right? They think of ideas of how to keep out of trouble.
Sonny Tannen [5:42]
That’s right. That’s right.
Christine Schlonski [5:43]
I only have one brother, I mean, sorry, right?
Sonny Tannen [5:47]
There’s no one else I can find.
Christine Schlonski [5:49]
You gotta find a way you couldn’t say it was your mom or your dad. So I see that options were limited. When you could choose, I know that some people, they sold cookies at school to be able to go to camp or, some people are very creative and they started at a very young age to collect just random stones and paint them and sell them to the neighbors. Do you have any experience where you actually like an energy exchange, so money switch from one person into your hand in exchange for a service or a good?
Sonny Tannen [6:31]
Yeah, so definitely, I sold chocolate bars at my school when I was growing up. I look back at it now. I think that was absolutely brilliant, how I figured that out at the time, I had no idea what to do. But chocolate bars, they came in boxes of will just take 50 in this instance. And so you would have these 50 chocolates and then at the end of the selling period, you would turn in whatever remaining chocolate to you hadn’t, you had to have the exchange of cash. If you sold 20 of them, well, then you should have enough money to cover the 20. And then 30 better be returned back. And if not, well, you needed to find the money to offset that cost. And so for me, that I remember this pretty vividly, the very first time that we did the chocolate sells, it was for raising funds for our sports team. So for uniforms and or traveling to go to different competitions, so that was what the money was going to be used for. And for me, you have anywhere from 50 to 100 kids that are doing the exact same thing, selling the exact same product to the same target audience, which is just like your mom and dad, and or wherever they worked, right? It was, nine times out of 10, it was the parents taking it and saying, “Hey, we’re gonna put it in our office and people might buy it”, and then at the end of it will pick it up and take it back. When this particular instance, what I ended up doing was, I had those 50 chocolate bars. And I didn’t know at this time, so I can’t not take credit for this. But this chocolate bars were delicious. And so I would open it as I was going to sell them and I was eating them. And then people would see me eating them and say, “Looks really good.” I’ll take one, I was demonstrating the use of my product, my stuff because I believed in it so much that it tasted so good. Now that I think about it, and people would buy it more often when I was eating chocolate bar. Now the only problem was I really liked eating a lot of those chocolate bars. And so at the end of it, I had to find money out of my own pocket to support the chocolate bars I ate but thankfully my parents helped out with that as well. But it was demonstrating the use of the product that made people more likely to buy the product.
Christine Schlonski [8:52]
That especially at that age. Did you go and knock on neighbors doors or did you wait at the corner of the street? How did you go about this?
Sonny Tannen [9:03]
Yeah, I grew up, I spent some of my younger years in the state of Texas and our neighborhoods where I lived, you get open the front door, walk in, like you had this great group of community members where you can just walk in and you need the parents you can sit down, have a meal and whatnot. The first 50 bars that are the first box that I sold, and I and I actually remember this part of it too, is I actually ended up going through two or three boxes. Because I would just walk into the door just say, Mr. Simmons, or Miss Jones, so thanks for you know, sit down and have some dinner. If you don’t have dessert, here’s a chocolate bar. And then by the time they’re opening and eat it, by the way, you owe me $1 for that chocolate bar. So it was, being able to cold call, if you will, so knocking on doors and boots on the ground, very much about going to the people that I knew first. So selling to people that knew me, and selling to people that I knew as well. That was where I started, I think where I eventually ended up going, I guess broader if you will, or kind of opening up the channels of selling was telling, asking my parents, “Can you take these? Can you sell them? Because I only have one day left and I have 30 bars left. Can you sell it?” I have no doubt that my parents probably just bought the 30 bars themselves and gave me the money. But I’d like to think that they found 30 people that found those chocolate bars delicious and ate them. So I definitely utilized the networks, I guess you would think of them as my first connections in the business world.
Christine Schlonski [10:39]
Yeah, and it’s so important to have these networks because people who like us, who trust us, it’s so much easier to buy. So what I would love to know, because you figured that out at a very young age. How has this affected your business and relationship building today? Because winning a new customer is, I think like 13 or 14 times more expensive than just retaining a customer and making that person happy. What advice would you have for an entrepreneur who might struggle a little bit on the sales side and who’s looking to maximize the resources and the customers they already have?
Sonny Tannen [11:29]
Yeah, that’s actually, a great point and a great question. I’ll even add one more piece to that is, I hear a lot of people talk about scalability. And recently, I actually had somebody asked me the question about the concept for the book that I’m launching, and the idea behind it, and they said, “It doesn’t seem very scalable”, and I looked at him, I said, “What makes you think it’s not scalable?” “Well, you know, in the traditional sense of this”, I said, “Well, that let’s let’s take a pause right there.” I said, “You’re concept of scalability may be very different than mine.” For example, this particular person represents, VC, like investors, so multimillion dollar investors, and I said, “I’m writing a children’s book, that’s not going to make me, my name is not JK Rowling. I’m not going to net millions of dollars on books and videos and movies. You have to put into perspective, what is your definition of scalability.” So I mentioned that because, then you talk about the networks, and your audience, and the retention customer versus the new or the acquisition customer. So for a startup, most likely, they are in the position of they are acquiring customers versus having retention customers, where I think a little bit of a disconnect sometimes happens is that they get so busy chasing the acquisition, or the new customers that when they have those retention customers, sometimes they don’t have a good enough plan in place to nurture and cultivate those relationships. And I saw this, a lot in a nonprofit sector, where it is very much about service and customer service, because you are asking for, in essence, the goodness of people to make a difference in the world, where it’s impacted by most likely their pocketbook, and or time and across any business, it’s money and time. Those are two biggest things. And they’re not always interchangeable. Sometimes one is more important than the other. And so when anybody startups, entrepreneurs, existing businesses, forget to pay attention to their attention customer, and they lose it. Well, it’s usually that loss that causes them to go chasing after them again, and there are chances where you can bring that customer back into the fold. However, it is definitely much easier to treat, to nurture and cultivate that relationship with a known customer, versus going out and acquiring a customer, especially if that new customer doesn’t even know you. So here’s the other thing, here’s the way that you tie that together. When you have customers that have been doing business with you for some time, they know you, they trust you, they like you, they continue to do business with you. Those are your best sources or referrals, right? Those are customer stories. Those are case studies. So I don’t think all businesses and some of them do it really well. But I don’t think all businesses give enough weight to those customers that are loyal customers to them. Loyal business and utilizing them to bring on new customers or new referrals because of the word of mouth like a warm introduction, if you will, so much more powerful today than just a cold attempt or trying to reach out blindly to bring on a new customer. So there is that. How do you bridge that gap of finding that core group of customers that that exists today and making them your ambassadors? They’re the ones that you want to shop how great it is to do business with you the surface, the product, whatever it might be. Those are your internal champions. Utilizing them to bring on new customers as often as possible.
Christine Schlonski [15:09]
When you think about approaching somebody you don’t know yet, like a cold call, or at networking meetings. What is the number one advice you would give to somebody who is not yet really good at selling? I’ve seen it so often that people just jump on other people, which usually doesn’t help the relationship. So what have you experienced and from that experience, what advice would you give to somebody learning the process?
Sonny Tannen [15:49]
Yeah, great question. I’ll speak about it both in person, so real time. And then virtually, because once again, social media, that is where a lot of sales activity takes place today, in both cases are both instances the exact same. So I can tell you right now, when I meet a person for the very first time virtually or in person, the minute they try to sell something to me, shaking a hand, here’s a business card and selling me I can tell you right now my brain turns off. Absolutely, we’re not building relationship unless you’re somebody that I’ve been meaning to meet for some time, or you have something as an organization that I know somebody else either needs, even if it’s not just myself. I can tell you right now, that is the number one turnoff moment right there, and I always like to liken it to this, right? So in the dating world, I’m married now. So this is different conversation today. But imagine in a dating sense, will just use the bar as an example, you go into a bar, you’re a single guy or gal, and you walk in. Would you just stand in the middle of this bar and yell, “I’m single, I’m ready for everybody come in here. Let’s go, let’s do it”? I mean, how successful are you going to be at, you might, but how successful you going to be finding a respective date, versus you go up to someone, and you take some time you, whatever it might be, like, if it’s a compliment on something, if it’s an icebreaker, if it’s just a conversation starter, but you build rapport, you have a conversation with that person. And then perhaps at the end of that conversation or time, “Can we have an exchange of information? Can we continue to converse it?” I think your soft skills, you’ll hear not the hard clothes. So it’s very much about building that relationship. It’s not always going to happen in one conversation. So I think most people, like you mentioned that are new to it. They want to get right into it. And I use the dating one, as the example. Because I say, are you just going to walk into a bar and be like, “I’m ready to get married, let’s go do this”? You don’t jump right to the conclusion of things. You have to learn about the person, you have to learn about the likes and dislikes. What drives them? What are they passionate about? And what I found works well is, it seems very counterintuitive. But when I actually go in to these types of events, or even on social media, I actually asked the other person. How can I help them? So what value can I bring to them before ever asking them. Like for me, if 80% of the conversation is that person talking to me, that’s a win for me, I am, I am learning about that person, and what is important to them. What they want to talk about, you’d be surprised at how much information you can find out from somebody just by asking really good and high-quality questions, probing questions, if you will. You don’t go into the mindset to say, “Okay, I’m going to ask this question and this one”, that’s not very natural, right? Once again, go back to authentic. So you really have to think about, “How would you like somebody to approach you?” That’s what I’ve done a lot about, it’s like, well, how do I want somebody like the people that I want to do business with, how did they approach me and why did I choose to do business with them? I find out what they did really well, and what made me if you will, attracted to doing business with them. And then I tried to do the same, or at least I tried to learn those types of things and then apply them. The other direction, I can tell you this. Once again, even on social and in person, the minute. Actually, I remember this pretty specifically, I actually had somebody approached me and just said, “Hey”, this is so funny, but they’re like, “Hey, I really liked what you said about this.” So they reference something that they had heard me over, talking with somebody else are saying, “Hey, are you interested in this? I had a question about this, and then asking for advice.” There’s something that they knew I could answer for them. For me, that means that the person is; a.) paying attention, and; b.) they want to learn more. For me, that’s a huge driving force for people actually want to learn. I’m a big fan of education and in all forms of capacity, but it just means that they want to open up a dialogue and have a conversation. So that to me, that’s important as you want to create conversation.
Christine Schlonski [20:05]
Yeah, I think, because of the quality of questions. So often, people are not aware that the better questions they ask, the better the outcome is going to be. When you really genuine interested in the other person, that is what creates a strong relationship. So just asking questions, because I know I’m going to sell better if I asked more questions, doesn’t really make a lot of sense for the long run, because you’re not creating that deep relationship. But I think when you really ask a question, because you, you’re not just asking to ask, but you are interested in the answer, then you have the place where really magic can happen.
Sonny Tannen [20:53]
That’s a really good point, you can ask good questions, but then you can tell when people are either just going got some a script, or where they’re not paying attention. They just ask something, and then they just move on with the part another, you brought up a really good point. Another part that is, you can go in a good direction or a bad direction is. When you ask a question, I’ve done this to people before, just not intentionally, but just to see what would happen. You provide an answer that would ultimately allow them to lead down a different path. But sometimes they don’t take that and they just jump right back into whatever it is that they preconceived what they’re going to ask them to do. I think you can tell pretty quickly, who those people are and what kind of relationship you might have and then you categorize them in the way that you want to. So that’s really good. That’s a great point, Christine.
Christine Schlonski [21:40]
Yeah. So right now, when you look at Om the question he is asking. We see that in children, children, they don’t make up questions to ask questions. They don’t know that concept. So I think it’s fascinating if you take that world with the eyes of Om, and you put that into your business, because you are curious, because you want to know more because you care. You want to learn, then that will have like this magic effect. Because you’re coming with a different mindset to that game.
Sonny Tannen [22:20]
Yeah, I agree completely. And I think it also comes down to being able to break kind of traditional mindsets or preconceived notions of what this is just how businesses done. Let’s do business differently. Not everybody will get it, which is okay.
Christine Schlonski [22:36]
Yeah, that’s what we’re trying to do with the podcast, right? See sales differently. Embrace, love it and just serve more people. The money will follow.
Sonny Tannen [22:47]
That’s right. I love it.
Christine Schlonski [22:48]
Wonderful. So let us know again, where people can find you to wrap up this wonderful episode, that they have a chance to connect as well.
Sonny Tannen [22:58]
Wonderful, I appreciate it. So you can find this, our website is, https://eyesofom.com/. You can find us on pretty much every social media platform as well, you can just look my name up, Sonny Tannen or you can look up, Eyes of Om, we’re on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. And we’re about to launch on YouTube as well.
Christine Schlonski [23:21]
Wonderful. And all the links will be provided at the podcast page at https://christineschlonski.com/ So thank you so so much for sharing your knowledge with us today for being an inspiration to really take it to the level of a three-year-old and and learning how to switch that to the adult level. But we forgot everything about being children, about the fun, the play the curiosity, because once you kind of loosen up and you embrace the creativity and the fun part, I always notice that you make more money, you’re more successful, because you are your kindness from the side of wanting to play.
Sonny Tannen [24:16]
Yeah, and I think we would be remiss if we didn’t give a special thank you to, XXX, for connecting us because that really does talk about the connectivity of people. Finding people that are in your network to say, I think these two people might really hit it off in some capacity, shape form away. And to your point, driving business, and if it’s, making money, if it’s finding fulfillment, if it’s freeing up more time so that you can do the things that you love to do. I think that success is defined in a variety of ways nowadays.
Christine Schlonski [24:49]
Yeah. Thank you so much for having been on the show. And yeah, can’t wait to see all the amazing things you are going to do in the next months and years to come.
Sonny Tannen [24:59]
Awesome. Thanks so much. So to the audience out there, don’t forget to subscribe to, Heart Sells! Podcast with Christine Schlonski. Thanks again.
Christine Schlonski [25:07]
Thank you. Bye. I hope you had as much fun with these episodes of Sonny Tannen as I had. Hop on over to https://christineschlonski.com/ find the podcast tab and there you have all the episodes including the show notes, the transcripts, all the links to the wonderful guests and you know Sonny is just one click away. So hop on over to https://christineschlonski.com/ Enjoy. Have a wonderful day. I hope you are leaving this with inspiration and curiosity about what adventure is to come next. Have a wonderful day wherever you are in this beautiful world and I’m saying bye for now.
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Five Predictions on Korean Wife in The Brand New Year
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For one factor, ladies are superb at English and this lets them discuss with everybody. Pretty Korean ladies perceive that in order to keep a household you have to be all ears to males and because of this they fairly sometimes make concessions. Still, there isn’t a have to exit of your method and get her an pricey reward. Your potential partner is conscious of that very properly, so she goes to do her most interesting to prepare dinner great dishes for the family.
The brides’ relations waited at a large restaurant proper right here with expectant seems. Both Ms. Vien and Ms. Thuy had associates who had married Korean men and lived, luckily it appeared, in South Korea. Like many Vietnamese, they have been additionally avid followers of Korean television reveals and movies, the so-referred to as Korean Wave of pop culture that has swept all of Asia for the reason that late Nineties. Months of disappointment in relationships with native girls have possibly rendered you suspicious of the feminine kind and wary of future dealings with girls, however there’s hope for you but. Asian ladies, particularly Koreans, are certain to change your perspective in the direction of girls and finally convey romance into your life.
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For 5 generations, LeeHwa has been creating couture Korean conventional garments called the hanbok in Los Angeles and serving as a result of the bridge between the Los Angeles group and the roots of Korea. In 2019, Vietnamese nationals accounted for approximately 38 p.c of the worldwide brides who married South Korean males.
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Then, footage are taken and the groom could or might not piggyback the bride a few times across the desk. If the groom is feeling confident, he could carry his mother and his mom-in-legislation around the table as nicely. Naturally, they don’t seem to be mail-ordered as a commodity, nonetheless achieving them significantly individual is unquestionably arranged by way of mail messages, textual content messaging or stay conversation on the website. Therefore , metaphorically, they’re “ordered by mail” which suggests the dialog begins contained in the virtual world of on-line relationship. Legal fine prints relating to immigration of abroad individuals are all discovered, and every of our service makes certain that each one the proceedings shall be regulation-abiding.
These ladies by no means have any secrets and techniques from their husbands and they are as transparent as an open book. To a Korean girl, a relationship between a man and a woman is a relationship between two equals who must deal with one another and make one another comfortable. You can rest assured your Korean girl will never strain you into doing anything you don’t need to do and will make your consolation and happiness her high precedence.
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Yet some women wish to right their faces or our bodies with the assistance of a plastic surgeon. Usually, it comes from the need to face out from the group or recuperate from the internal insecurity. Granted everyone is totally diffehire, but basically Korean women share similar values and cultural expectations. Largely they’re focused on getting married earlier than they turn into older and, as culture dictates, much much less desirable. They underneathstand the importance of being good, loyal wives to their males.
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7 Strategies and Ways to Start a Culinary Business
The steps and strategies below are not only intended for culinary businesses, but almost all types of businesses. Please listen, hopefully it will provide new knowledge.
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Strategies and How To Start A Culinary Business For Beginners
1. Find out market conditions
When you think of a business idea that you want to run, you must consciously see this opportunity. Looking at market conditions, which allow business ideas to be executed and developed.
However, that was not enough. You have to do your research to find out the true market conditions. How do people need the product of your business idea.
Knowledge of people’s needs is nothing but to find out the prospects for growth in your business in the future. In addition, it also serves as the basis for calculating the initial capital to run a business.
You should also consider the number of competitors for the business idea. It is better to sacrifice time and energy to find out more details about this matter, because it will be a factor in the success of your business.
2. Fresh products
Try asking yourself whether the culinary product that will be marketed has advantages over similar products. If you have this, then the opportunity to be successful in the culinary business is certainly very open.
But, if your product doesn’t have a unique meaning, don’t be pessimistic just yet. Many things can be done to attract consumers. For example, improving service, cleanliness and tidiness of sales locations, decoration or a more comfortable room atmosphere and so on.
3. Calculate the investment cost of equipment
This stage is the stage where you must know the equipment costs that will arise in the type of culinary business that will be run. From here, you must take into account the capital costs for raw materials. So that you already have a shadow in determining the selling price of your culinary product.
4. Location of sale
Deciding an appropriate location for business, must be a priority. You have to look at the target market, whether it is targeting workers, college children, school children or the wider community.
For example, if you have mixed rice products, your target market could be the general public, workers or students. So, look for a location close to the source of customers with adequate road access.
As information that can be a culinary business strategy in the student environment. Students tend to want inexpensive types of food with large portions. Meanwhile, quality (taste) is usually number two.
5. Proficient in the product offered
The point of the next “how to start a culinary business” section is that you have to master product processing techniques well. Don’t let the results of your processed culinary products change all the time, both in taste, appearance and so on.
If the taste of culinary products is inconsistent, it can cause the image you build to collapse. How come there are foods that taste different today, the next day is different too! People can doubt your culinary product, right?
6. Provide training to employees
If you plan to have employees, you should make a rule or what we usually call SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) in carrying out their respective duties. Don’t let your employee service techniques vary, which can also drop the image of a business that has been painstakingly built.
So, one of the strategies you can do is to imitate successful business people, both services, promotions and others.
7. Conduct evaluation
Finally, evaluate the performance of your business. Pay attention to all lines, is there anything that is unproductive, is there something that needs to be developed or is there anything that is better removed.
All of these things will help reduce costs or maximize expenses.
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When I was a little girl sometimes I would wake and pad down the stairs to the kitchen early on Thanksgiving morning and my mom would already have a 22 pound bird trussed up, stuffed, and ready for roasting. Her face would be rosy, her coffee cup empty, and now that I’m older I recognize the expression she wore. Something like appreciation for the quiet I had just shattered, anticipation for the gathering of family friends to come, and gratitude. Gratitude that her nineteen year-old husband survived WWII and came home to her four years later. Gratitude that after growing up in the Depression there was plenty.
I have had a much less eventful life than my mom but, I have plenty to be thankful for. Things can get pretty raucous around the holidays, especially around my dinner table. And that’s what I love about it; from the quiet of the kitchen to the noise and laughter of a full house.
To good friends, and good company — I wish you a happy Thanksgiving.
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During the pandemic, ChiChi Anyanwu made the bold decision to start her own talent management company, Chi Talent Management, managing the careers of actors in theater, film, and television. Her company is part of a small number of Black woman-owned agencies, so I chatted with ChiChi to see just how she makes it all happen.
I was interviewing at different agencies [and] it got to a point where [I got] tired of working for people. I’m in my 30s now, I’m just tired of working for folks. And the sad part is, I don’t really see a lot of [Black] managers or agents that have their own companies in New York, unfortunately. There’s a whole bunch of people in LA, but in New York, I can probably count on my hand [how many are] Black-owned.
How do we actually have a stake in the game if we continue to make other people money? With everything that’s happening in the world, ownership is something that I’ve always thought about. I didn’t know if I was quite ready, because in my mind I want[ed to first have] five series regulars, five people on Broadway. You want established income coming in, because it is a bit of a risk. It was definitely hard because I also get very impatient.
I have a bad habit of not eating breakfast. I’ll check my phone [first thing], and once I check my phone, my day gets started. I’m now going to practice shutting my phone off and maybe exercising, eating breakfast. It is a busy day of getting back to messages, checking in with clients, and making sure everyone has their tapes in on time. I have an intern now, which is making my life so much easier, so checking in with my intern and making sure things are being done daily. Making sure I’m submitting all of the projects, I’m doing a day of pitching. I’m now adding in a few consultations per day. I just get started pitching my clients and finding them work.
Because Broadway was shut down at that time [and] there weren’t really television and film sets, it was really slow for a while. There were projects that would release the breakdown then [say] oh we have to delay this because of COVID. So it was a bit of a gamble, but at the same point, [I felt] well, let me just do this because there’s not a lot of people that look like me doing this.
That’s also what set me apart from everybody else. Being a Black female-owned management company is [relatively] unheard of. I know one Black female manager in New York that has her own company; she’s the only one that I know. I’m one of very few; let me just do it.
The thing that frustrated me in the past— some people will say “oh I only have this number of slots for this type of actor.” Let’s say someone has five African American actors in their 20s. They have this whole thing about filling certain types. I wanted to be that company that’s not about the types, it’s about, how do I get the best actor [from] a diverse group of actors? Most of my clients are African-American, but there’s so much diversity within African-Americans. Everyone has different backgrounds. I don’t want to feel like I only have to have one type of client.
If a person doesn’t have a big resume, it can be kind of a name game. Sometimes I will pitch my clients and someone will say they are looking for bigger names. The reality is when you’re selling a new show, it’s about selling ads—what actors are also going to bring in the ad money. My job is to pitch my clients but also make sure we have the marketing materials [to say] hey, I know she doesn’t have a really good resume, but check out her work. I have been luckily able to get a lot of the folks who don’t necessarily have a lot of experience into top offices because of the work I’ve been doing to help develop them.
It does help to have focus. If I knew [then] what I know now, I would have gotten into representation a little bit earlier. I was bouncing all over the place. I actually did casting for quite some time before I got into representation and management—I decided to get an assistant job at an agency, then eventually work at a management company. So it definitely helps to figure out what you want to do then focus on that. But ironically all those contacts I made from casting I’m still in contact with today; they’ve hired my clients. I had to work in casting first to get those contacts I need now as I pitch my clients. I still have a lot of contacts I met in college, I met directors while working at different companies in Pittsburgh, I networked a lot when I worked at the McCarter Theatre, I met all these amazing Black directors at this internship I did 10+ years ago. Even though it took me a while to get to where I am, it helped being someone who did a little bit of everything.
I think it’s really important. People will complain about there not being opportunities for [actors] of color, but what about people behind the scenes? I’m part of this diverse representation group and it’s beautiful because they provide you with publicists of color, [and] entertainment lawyers. There are literally resources now that we can share where you can find people who look like you.
It’s not all about what we see on screen—it’s also about what’s happening behind the scenes. Even with Broadway. People are complaining there’s not enough diversity in Broadway. Who are the producers? Do you know the top five Black producers? Do you know the top five Black directors on Broadway? It’s also about making sure people have access to that information.
Personally, I like to share information. Even if I’m not going to necessarily represent you as an actor, I want to help to be a resource. I do consultations with actors, because sometimes it’s about having another person take a look at your material [and give] you feedback.
I definitely think you have to be okay with working long hours. Honestly, I’ll work until I’m done, or actually until I fall asleep. I multi-task. I’m probably doing a lot of different things as I’m working. If you really want to be in the industry you have to be okay with working those long hours. When you book your television show it’s going to be a 12-hour day for a scene that might only be like five minutes. You’ll be surprised when people finally get what they want, how they don’t want to put in the work. Even when you do finally have what you want it’s still going to be a process. I respect all the kids on Broadway because you’re doing eight shows a week—that’s a lot of work.
I’ll be quick to recommend a therapist, because you’re going to need something to help you out. There’s a lot of rejection. I have a few clients that get frustrated when they go in for so many projects and [don’t get callbacks]. If you’re not getting callbacks you gotta go back and do the homework. Let’s find you a new coach, let’s find out what’s not landing. Sometimes you’re just not right for the role, but sometimes it comes down to the work and how hard you’re working.
Just make sure you want it. Make sure you’re at a good place [and] that you have time to handle the workload and handle [the] auditions. Some people can’t handle juggling both and honestly, as a manager I can’t wait to get [them to] quit their survival job. My goal is to have everyone quit their jobs so they can focus 100% on acting.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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“Behold the work of a fully realized artist at his creative peak.” ~ Andy Frank, Roots Music Canada
Your Perfect Matador adorns the colossal battles between love and art with a poets sense of right and wrong
Through orchestrated layers reminiscent of the plushest art galleries, Jay Aymar (pronounced Ay-Mar), consummate songwriter and poet, rises from shadowed concrete beds to bring us a cinematic view of the colossal battles between love and art, bred through the transience and demands of touring. Your Perfect Matador celebrates the juxtaposition and necessity to “do a little wrong, to make things right,” illustrated by visual artists Banksy, Vincent van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci. It’s a narcotic cocktail of edgy post-Americana, swampy southern roots-rock with touches of soul and funk.
Produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda, featuring guest vocals from Shakura S’aida, Alejandra Ribera and Chloe Charles and string arrangements from Drew Jurecka.
1. Your Poet Bleeding [4:57]
2. Walls Are Pages [5:07]
3. The Greatest Story Never Told (feat. Chloe Charles) [4:21]
4. Us Wild Dogs [3:47]
5. Alive in the Shadows (feat. Alejandra Ribera) [5:57]
6. Always Had You (feat. Shakura S’aida) [3:42]
7. Two Planks and a Passion [4:13]
8. Take Me Home [3:02]
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This text deals with recent changes in the design of intelligent machines. New computer models of vision and navigation in animals suggest a different way to build machines. Cognition is viewed not just in terms of high-level "expertise," but in the ability to find one's way around the world, to learn new ways of seeing things, and to coordinate activity. This approach is called situated cognition. Situated Cognition differs from other purely philosophical treatises in that Clancey, an insider who has built expert systems for twenty years, explores the limitations of existing computer programs and compares them to human memory and learning capabilities. Clancey examines the implications of "situated action" from the perspective of artificial intelligence specialists interested in building robots.
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Music manager Johnny Wright, the man behind stars such as Britney Spears, NSYNC and the JoBros, is launching a global talent search to find out.
"It's all taking place in cyberspace," Wright tells PEOPLE of the search, which will happen via a new web series, On the Spot: Johnny Wright's Quest for the Next Pop Sensation. Aspiring artists between the ages of 16 and 30 can send in video auditions to Onthespot.cambio from Dec. 8 through Jan. 28.
Wright plans to enlist the help of the Jonas Brothers, Ciara, Aaron Carter and other artists he has worked with to help him decide who should be finalists.
In fact, don't be surprised if the Jonas Brothers pop up on the show. "Johnny has always been such a great friend, mentor and manager, not only to us but so many other amazing artists," said the Jonas Brothers. "He has such a long history of finding great talent so we are excited to watch him during On the Spot, give our opinions where we can and see what he's able to pull together."
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My Wii constantly get the error-message: "An error has occurred etc." each time I put either a backup or retail copy of a game inside it.
I've got a Wiikey 1.9s and my Firmware is currently 4.2E.
I've patched IOS15-64-v257, IOS15-64-v523, IOS56-64-v5405 and IOS70-64-v6687.
And I've also done the IOS36 patch-thingy on Multi Mod Manager, where I've installed most IOS on.
All my WiiWares and Virtual Console games work perfectly but I'm getting the feeling that my Wii's laser is broken but I do not hope so.
Anyone got a solution for this problem? Feel free to comment if there's any info or spec you're missing. :)
Thanks before hand.
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The Men's Warehouse is located in the Northridge Shopping Center off of Tampa Avenue. It is part of a national chain of men's formal clothing stores. This Men's Warehouse offers tailoring and tuxedo rentals in addition to clothing sales.
9021 Tampa Ave, San Fernando Valley, CA 91324
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A Fair Trade Book
Title: Naked Instinct
Title: Naked Instinct
Author: +Frank Sanello
Author's Google+ page: https://plus.google.com/117185486024949564459/posts
Publisher: Birch Lane Press
Length: 210 pages of text, plus introduction and color photos
Quote: “I’ve often thought that if I could get a 900 number and charge all the people who say they’ve had sex with me—or say they know someone who’s had sex with me—two dollars a call, I’d never have to work again.”
It’s an unauthorized biography. I don't really approve of unauthorized biographies of living people, but if you do, here’s Sharon Stone’s.
Frank Sanello is in love with Sharon Stone, he tells us. Which brings us to the usual question about men who fall in love with actresses: which of her roles? The ice-pick murderer? It’s not as if Sharon Stone had done a lot of wholesome movies.
It’s not as if she’d done a lot of movies, period. In 1997, Sharon Stone was far too young to have a publishable serious biography. This book is not a serious biography. It’s basically a movie review with a little Hollywood gossip.
In 1997, I'd seen all of Sharon Stone's movies except Basic Instinct, in the company of young men who'd apparently fallen in love with Stone's infamous role in that borderline-pornography movie. I'd rated the actress talented but not great, attractive but not beautiful, and unfortunately stuck with an image and body of work I couldn't imagine a woman liking. I read Naked Instinct for the fan's-eye view of this actress and her films, and it was interesting, in its way.
Since 1997...well...people looking for Christian inspiration, or for a wholesome role model for their daughters, aren't going to be interested in Sharon Stone anyway. I'll say this much for her though; at least she's found more interesting ways to keep her image "controversial" than the cliches of addictions and divorces.
For those who want a detailed study of this actress's early life and work, here is Naked Instinct. Since Frank Sanello is still alive (and writing nonfiction books), it's a Fair Trade Book: send salolianigodagewi @ yahoo.com $5 for the book + $5 for shipping, and Sanello or a charity of his choice will receive $1. (The shipping fee is per package, and although Naked Instinct is a full-sized book you could probably fit at least one more book into the package and still pay only $5.)
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Boxing Forum - View Single Post - Silva vs Bonnar is the equilivent to Mayweather or Pacquiao vs Who?
Silva vs Bonnar is the equilivent to Mayweather or Pacquiao vs Who?
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Baldomir was the lineal champ. Bonnar is not even top 15.
The correlation is that their both garbage. Not that one is a champ and the other isn't....SMH.
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Welcome to Central-Imenti Constituency
Pride of Central-Imenti
About Central-Imenti Constituency
Central Imenti was established in 2007 from the larger Meru Central district as an electoral/parliamentary constituency. It is constituency number 058 and is one of the nine constituencies in Meru County. The constituency covers an area approximately 331.9 Sq.
Km2.). It lies to the east of Mt Kenya, with North Imenti to the North, South Imenti to the South and Buuri constituency to the West.
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The next morning she was dead.
I sat in the hospital room and posted this on Facebook before I called anyone and let them know.
Yeah, I wasn't spelling very well at that moment. Easy to make typos on a phone keyboard.
The hospital sent a pastor by to speak with me and all the pastor wanted to know was what funeral home I was sending my wife to. My 47 year old wife with a stomach ache had been gone about an hour and all this guy was interested in was what funeral home. How would I know that?
I packed up her things and left. My youngest son spent the day driving around letting people know what happened and working with our pastor and the UMW to decide when to have the memorial service. Along the way we figured out what funeral home to use.
My oldest son died in 1999 and I tried to read one of those stupid books on grief. The whole book was clueless. “Why did this happen to ME”, “this isn't fair”, wah, wah, wah. Someone really needs a clue because a death does not occur to any one person. It happens to everyone around the person who died. Some people are affected to a greater or lesser extent, but, it has happened to many people.
At the memorial one of my wife's friends had our old pastor read something he wrote, “I miss my friend”. I hate that kind of crap. It literally makes me sick. Me, My, I. When my ex-wife's mother died the whole family was Me, Me, Me. For some people a death becomes some kind of pissing match about who is who. Sick fricking people.
We all do things together. No one really does anything alone. Even someone masturbating is at least thinking about others and masturbation is about the most self centered, me, my, I, thing I can think of.(okay, suicide ranks right up there too)
My wife used to say things like “my husband” or “my friend 'so and so' “. We do things like this to communicate a sense of importance, or priority, about a person. Sometimes that sense of priority is returned and sometimes it isn't. Sometimes people feel good about being prioritized in someone else's life. Other times they don't. I understand how words like "I miss you" or "I love you" can be used to communicate a sense of priority and I do appreciate the feelings even if I don't really approve of the use some people put them to.
When it comes down to brass tacks it is not so much about how any individual feels. I have seen people profess love to those who do not love them. I have seen people profess love to each other and share wonderful times. I have seen people hurt by people they love whether the abuser loves them or not.
Love can be a very selfish emotion. I love You. I miss you. These are all about the feelings of an individual.
Love can be something more, should be something more. We love each other.
It is true that I miss my wife. It is even more true that we miss someone we love.
Love is not about "me, my, I". Love is "we, us, our".
Communicating love is important and it almost always starts with the exchange of "I love you". When it grows it is about "We Love each other".
"me, my, I" is masturbation.
"we, us, our" is true love.
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The cosmos was clearly affected in a major way after the results of Avengers: Infinity War. Spoiler alert, a lot of your favorite superheroes from the MCU vanished into the dust. Upon the snap of his finger, the Mad Titan took out some of the most beloved figures in Marvel Comics. It was a sad day and one that made it hard to sleep at night for some. Despite this, Thanos is by no means someone who will be done after this. He also will need to prevent heroes from trying to change the results. The question is, can they change it? We’ll have to wait until next year for the MCU to answer that question. Unless you read ahead and have looked at Infinity Gauntlet. But shh, you know nothing! Right? Nothing!
The facts are clear when it comes to Thanos. He is one heck of a villain, and although he has somewhat of a good intention behind his actions he did not think through a lot of it. Too many people? Why not use the gauntlet to make endless supplies of food for the universe? We know, it’s pretty surprising that no one spoke about this already in the movie. The fact is, Thanos is called the “Mad Titan” for a reason. He believes what he is doing is correct, but it’s simply not. The question is, how do you stop him? Who can stop him?
In this list, we’ll explore just that. We’ll go over 5 heroes from the MCU that could defeat Thanos and will most likely face off with him in Avengers 4. We’ll also go over 20 overall comic heroes who could defeat him too, and we’re not just talkin’ Marvel here. Enjoy!
25. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: NOVA
A number of people have defeated Thanos in the comics, but it’s not like it was an easy job. Both Nova and Star-Lord found this out the hard way when they took the Mad Titan on. In the Thanos Imperative story-arc, both Star-Lord and Nova are having to defeat Thanos in a place called the Cancerverse. We know, it’s not the best overall name. The idea is that they both are powerful enough to make sure Thanos cannot leave this place.
There is a hole to the outside that they must block. The two have to sacrifice themselves in the Cancerverse in order to do it. Obviously, Nova on his own is quite a tough guy. He is a skilled fighter who has enhanced strength, speed, and agility. He also has impressive durability which allows him to take a shot and keep coming back for more. Nova also has energy projection powers that can keep Thanos in one place if nothing else. Overall, Nova alone could beat Thanos. However, the more help used to beat him, the better.
24. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: CABLE
Cable is capable of sliding through time. This means even if he loses, he will know how to defeat Thanos the next time they face off with each other. However, this is not all he can do. Cable is the son of Cyclops and Jean Grey clone, Madelyne Pryer. He was able to get some of his mother’s powers, such as her telekinesis and telepathy. (Thanos had these powers in the past too, but not in a special or significant way in the MCU).
His techno-organic virus, while it is partially something that is slowly able to take him over, helps him. Interestingly, it sort of enhances everything. He is super strong, fast, and agile. Like Nova, he has impressive durability. If he were to go to his fullest power, Thanos would never be able to beat him in just a one on one fight. Add in that he can manipulate objects around him and get into the mind of Thanos too…and you have a huge threat. Even if Thanos can find a way to beat Cable, he still has the tech to slide back in time and change the result.
23. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: ADAM WARLOCK
Adam Warlock will be coming to MCU eventually. Enough hints have been dropped about his appearance that a blind person could see this. However, he’s not here just yet. When he does come, he could be an ideal helper to the Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers. He proved his abilities in the comics after a while, but never better than when he defeated Thanos. With the help of a few, Warlock was able to beat Thanos by mere intelligence. This alone should be considered tremendous.
Adam found in The Infinity Gauntlet story arc that he could sort of manipulate the Mad Titan by giving in a bit and complimenting him. He convinces Thanos that he is so incredibly powerful that he would not need some of the things the gauntlet provides him. He’d eventually, during this talk, give up some of his invulnerability. He uses this to this advantage and strategizes the entire attack that would defeat Thanos in this storyline. In fact, Adam put on the Infinity Gauntlet himself by the end of this.
22. SCARLET WITCH WILL FACE THANOS
He has taken her friends and love of her life away, and did it in the most terrible way possible. She won’t forgive this. Thanos’ days are numbered. We all know Scarlet Witch had to take out Vision so she could destroy the Mind Stone before Thanos could get it. She literally has to end the love of her life. Thanos makes her relive this with the Time Stone and then ends the Vision himself…taking the Mind Stone afterward.
Scarlet Witch is one of the most powerful characters in all of Marvel Comics. She can literally bend reality. Heck, she once ended all of mutant kind with the words “no more mutants.” It’s her chaos magic that could allow her to end the Mad Titan. No one can assume Wanda will sit back and not want to end Thanos herself. The thing is, she has to escape her own demise and come back from Lady Death’s clutches to do it. That’s possible for Scarlet Witch.
21. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: DC’S GREEN LANTERN
Our first DC superhero to make the list, Green Lantern certainly has the power to defeat Thanos. The question should not be IF he could defeat him, but rather, how badly? We know that they have a cosmic power that Thanos cannot defeat. Green Lantern’s powers come from the Guardians of the Universe. They seem to be all-knowing, and since the ring is powered by them, they know just about all possible universal knowledge. They also made a ring that can do a lot to help any Green Lantern.
The ring can offer flight as well as allow the wearer to phase through certain objects, possess super strength, create various objects from pure energy, and use his ring as an energy conduit. Thanos has nothing but his gauntlet and super strength to combat this. The gauntlet can help him bend reality, take souls, and much more. However, his universal laws may not apply to a Lantern. Especially considering he’s not in the same universe if we’re being technical.
20. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: ROGUE
Rogue has seen a number of things happen to her character since she made her first appearance. Rogue’s main power is the ability to absorb the abilities of others. Her power allows her to even absorb their memories, personality, and physical characteristics. The latter depends on how long she holds on. In the case of Magneto, she held long enough to attain the grey/white hair strip. Her power is quite useful against Thanos. If she were to touch him AT ALL, she can hold on and take his memories and his life force.
She could even end Thanos if she held on long enough. Literally, she could hold on long enough to take his life and absorb his powers for quite a while. Though Thanos is not stacked with powers and uses the gauntlet to do most of his damage, the power he does have would be easy to take. It would also be interesting to see if Rogue could absorb part of those stone powers while Thanos is in possession of them. Now that would be incredible.
19. CAPTAIN AMERICA WILL FACE THANOS
Captain America did at one point, in Avengers: Infinity War, face off with Thanos. It seems unlikely that given another chance he would not do so once more. The really weird thing is that Chris Evans, the man who plays Steve Rogers in the MCU, is done contractually with the MCU after Avengers 4. We know a Phase 4 Captain America solo film is going to be coming, however. Yet some believe Steve Rogers will be finished as Captain America with Avengers 4.
It would be easy to write him out of the MCU altogether with a fight to the end against Thanos. As of now, there does seem to be many set rumors that confirm that is possible. However, with a sea of scripts going around…one can never be too sure. Bucky Barns takes over the Captain America role after Rogers goes down in the comics. However, it seems unlikely Disney is going to want Evans to go away completely and could make him another character, such as Nomad. A fight with Thanos very well could lead us this direction for sure.
18. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: CHARLES XAVIER
Like Cable and others in the mutant universe, Charles Xavier has the ability to control the mind as well as things around him. The telepathy and telekinetic abilities are clearly useful, but what sets Xavier apart is his Omega-Level affiliation. An Omega-Level mutant is considered to be among the most powerful known to mutant kind. Interestingly, there are only a small number of them in comparison to the thousands of mutants known in the Marvel universe.
Xavier’s ability to control minds and get inside the head of people will help him against Thanos. His high level of mutant power likely helps the most here. Xavier could get inside his head and control him into handing over the gauntlet and trapping himself. If there is anyone who could possibly affect Thanos without even as much as lifting a finger, it’s Charles Xavier.
17. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: WONDER WOMAN
What does Thanos have that Wonder Woman doesn’t? She’s equally as strong as he is, if not more so. She can even fly, something Thanos simply cannot do. She also has bracelets that can block several attacks. Insider point, those bracelets actually help her control her power as they’re basically power reducers. If she truly needed to show more power, she could always remove them. Another thing not considered is that, while Thanos considers himself something of a God…he’s not.
Wonder Woman is actually a demi-god. That being said, only another God could end a God. Thanos could never take down Diana due to this. She could take the gauntlet away due to her speed and power, and he’d be a fraction of what he was against the Avengers. He could beat her down enough to escape, but that is the maximum we can expect from the Mad Titan. However, due to her tremendous durability and power it seems unlikely Thanos can do much.
16. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: ODIN
Sticking with the theme of Gods, Odin can be considered one of the most powerful among them. Odin is basically something similar to the Christian or Jewish God. Clearly, his power is immense. In fact, Odin has even fought Thanos before in the comics and even defeated him. If the MCU brought Odin back to life (which could happen in the time travel thing we’ve heard about), we could see this fight happen.
Odin fought Thanos in the Warlock and the Infinity Watch #25 comic. In an interesting note, we never truly saw Odin’s true power tested before this. We saw instances of his extreme ability, but nothing major. The two fight in what seems like a never-ending battle. Finally, Odin comes out on top and is so bent on destroying Thanos before being convinced to show him mercy.
15. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: KA-ZAR
Ka-Zar is one of the more unique people in the Marvel Universe, but one that has come across Thanos in the past. In fact, he’d do so in the Ka-Zar Volume 2, #7-11 comic, in a pretty interesting fashion. The story-arc revolves around Ka-Zar deciding whether or not to preserve his homeland or eliminate Thanos. This is clearly an easy choice for some, but not for others. Ka-Zar knows Thanos has come to take the Terraformer from the Savage Land and he must stop him from doing this. Ka-Zar has also managed to get a family in recent time.
He must also consider them on top of this. He knows that a fight with Thanos can be useful, so he does this and even hurls him into a volcano. Eventually realizing he has to give up, he lures Thanos to the Terraformer. Knowing the Mad Titan will want to get there anyway, he takes the bait. Ka-Zar then calls in an airstrike from S.H.I.E.L.D. and both he as well as Thanos are blown up at the site. The land remains unharmed after this, so Ka-Zar saves the land he loves but he makes the ultimate sacrifice to do it.
14. NEBULA WILL FACE THANOS
Nebula has a lot of anger built within her and every single bit of it can be considered present as a result of Thanos. As one of the daughters of Thanos, he would tear parts of her body off and replace it with machine parts every time she lost a match up to Gamora or failed him. It was literal torture, so no one could blame her for initially hating Gamora. However, she develops a love for her adopted sister in recent stories but Thanos then went to sacrifice Gamora for the Soul Stone. You could say Nebula is ticked off even more than she already was, so it seems incredibly likely Nebula will fight Thanos in Avengers 4.
Nebula actually happens to be the person in the Infinity Gauntlet storyline that helps stop everything. She takes the gauntlet off of him and changes everything back. This means we’re likely to see something at least somewhat similar in Avengers 4. Obviously, we won’t see anything exact, as Nebula had help in her endeavor to take the gauntlet from people not part of the MCU. However, it makes sense to believe Nebula will fight the Mad Titan at some point and be a catalyst that helps end him.
13. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: SQUIRREL GIRL
Squirrel Girl is an amazing character that belongs in the MCU. She’s quite popular and often overlooked despite her abilities. A lot of people saw what she was capable of when she went up against Thanos and beat him, in something most thought to be surprising. People usually tend to think Squirrel Girl only talks to squirrels and has some similar abilities to them. However, that is not exactly the case. While she can talk to the animal for which she gets her name and does have a tail like them, she’s more than that.
She has superhuman agility, strength, and senses. She has retractable knuckle spikes and razor sharp claws. It’s not a wonder that Thanos underestimated her in the Great Lakes Avengers X-Mas #1 story-arc. With help from The Watcher and Great Lakes Avengers, she takes on a number of crazy trees and Modok. As she takes on Thanos, the result could is quite a surprising battle. No one expects Squirrel Girl to get her hand raised in a fight with the Mad Titan, but it actually happened. It can even happen again.
12. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: JEAN GREY/PHOENIX
When it comes down to it, one of the most powerful characters in all of Marvel Comics will always be Jean Grey when she possesses her extreme abilities along with The Phoenix Force behind her. The Phoenix on its own is an extreme power that once blew up an entire planet. While there have been cases of Thanos knowing and using telepathy and telekinesis, he is nowhere close to as skilled in this department as Jean Grey. Alone, Jean has the power here to likely equal Charles Xavier’s Omega-Mutant level qualification.
If we added The Phoenix, it would almost be unfair. We have a potential Omega-Level telepath who could do damage on her own. Now we’re adding The Phoenix to this? This is an almost God-like presence that has taken over a few people, but usually Jean, in the comics. However, no matter who is affiliated with the force…it’s always able to do significant damage. In a fight with Thanos, we do not feel it would be close.
11. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: SENTRY
Robert Reynolds (Sentry) is a very compelling and interesting character. His original power comes from the same super soldier serum used to create Captain America. It’d be modified by Weapon X, however. Interestingly, Sentry a sentient life force that’s from another universe. He is a mere refugee of Earth. The serum would help in the adjustment to this one. This life force was incredibly gifted. Though the extent of his power is not truly known, we do know of a number of powers he has shown a consistency in exposing.
He has superhuman strength, speed, and stamina. He also has an incredible healing factor, enhanced senses, light manipulation, psionic powers, transmutation, intangibility, and more. Not to mention, he can fly. He once fought Galactus to a stalemate, nearly shredded a female Ultron to pieces, and broke Doctor Doom’s shield. There are several with God-like power…or some sort of incredible cosmic ability. However, Sentry could be considered one of the best among them. Thanos has no chance against him.
10. THOR WILL FACE THANOS
In an almost obvious turn of events, it appears that we’re for certain going to see Thor go up against Thanos in Avengers 4. We know that he was forced to develop a weapon in Avengers: Infinity War that was set to help him end the Mad Titan. He was close to accomplishing this too. However, due to the gauntlet, it seemed like it would be too difficult to expect the weapon to work. Thor is a God-like figure similar to that of Wonder Woman. Due to this, when he comes to matching power and durability, Thor is certainly on par with Thanos.
What will give him the edge is the “God-Killer” weapon he was able to get his hands on in the Infinity War movie. Several ideas from the Thor #25 comic can be seen in the Infinity War film. At least, for Thor’s role in the saga. Such as the weapon being made being prime among them. In this comic, it was Thor who came out victorious. If by chance we go with the angle set up in that very comic, it’ll be Thor who puts an end to Thanos. However, he did need help from the Illumination Stone, Map of All-Ending, Chalice of Ruin, and tears from the Asgardian Godness known as Tarene. That was without Thanos possing the Infinity Stones too.
9. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: THE FLASH
Often forgotten about The Flash is that while he can run fast, he is more than just a fast runner. His body can heal very quickly too. The average injury that may take some months to recover from may take Barry Allen a mere few hours. It’s incredible to see the durability he has. Plus due to the high speeds he gets to, he has to have by science a relatively tough body with tough skin quite literally. He can also add power to his hits by adding speed to them. Thanos might be quick himself, but he’s by no means ever going to be as quick as The Flash.
What is also quite apparent is that The Flash may not even need to do much to defeat Thanos. He could, in theory, move fast enough to take Thanos’ gauntlet off. He could also add in several shots before Thanos knows what is even going on. Another thing Flash brings to the table is his ability to travel back in time. If he knows Thanos will win, the best course of action would be time travel. He could then gather up all the stones before anyone knew they were missing. Then give them to the Avengers to destroy. In a straight up fight, he could hold his own. However, it’s what The Flash could do around the fight that makes him so useful.
8. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: SILVER SURFER
While people like Galactus once defeated Thanos, most would see this as an expected situation. This cosmic being has power for days. However, a former scout of his known as the Silver Surfer also possessed extreme abilities on his own. Surfer is has had his battles with people like Thor, the Fantastic Four, Hulk, and many more. When we’re talking about Silver Surfer, we’re discussing one of the most powerful characters in Marvel. The cosmic powers possessed are pretty major. He has superhuman strength, speed, and durability.
In addition, he can manipulate matter and energy. This allows him to send projections of energy and absorb it, as well as cast illusions. He can obviously fly, but he also possesses something known as “cosmic senses.” This means he likely knows something will happen before it does or can evaluate something far better than most. Basically, he knows when a danger is present or coming and how to escape or defeat it. He is also invulnerable on a major scale. The question is not IF the Silver Surfer can defeat Thanos, it’s how badly he’ll do it.
7. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: WOLVERINE
One of the most beloved and popular Marvel characters of all time is Wolverine. He has something many have dreamed of attaining: the ability to heal. From the average paper cut all the way to severe injuries like being stabbed in the heart, Wolverine can heal from it. Wolverine also has an adamantium skeleton, coming from one of the most indestructible metals on Earth(within the Marvel Universe). That said, he can use claws affected by this metal to do horrific damage to people. Add in his healing power, and it’s pretty hard for any villain to defeat the man.
There happens to be a story where Wolverine actually beats Thanos. It comes from a story-arc called What If? Newer Fantastic Four. It’s hypothetical the entire way, so it’s not a canon story of what “did” happen but rather what “could” occur. Basically, Wolverine gets close to Thanos and befriends him. Just when he becomes a trusted advisor, he jumps at Thanos and cuts his arm right off with the gauntlet attached. In theory, because that is what this technically happens to be, it could actually work. That said, we cannot hate the idea and can point to a place Wolverine kinda beat Thanos.
6. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: SUPERMAN
DC Comics’ most prized superhero has to be Superman, right? To be honest, Superman faces off with a lot of big-time villains consistently. He has defeated the vastly intelligent Brainiac and Lex Luthor. He has defeated the powerful monster known as Doomsday. However, it is his fight against the New Gods and specifically Darkseid that shows his true power. Of course, we know what Superman can do by now. He can fly, and he has super strength, speed, agility, hearing, eyesight, etc. Not to mention X-Ray vision!
While Thanos could likely just need to possess Kryptonite in order to harm Superman….there is a bit of a hole in that theory. It would need to come from the universe he calls home. As Kryptonite from another universe will not harm him, which is the same for all Kryptonians. That said, Thanos would have to go into the DC world and find it only on Earth-1. This could be hard to do. Now it’s one on one without a weakness for the Man of Steel. We’re pretty sure since the only other weakness of magic won’t be in play for Thanos, Superman will end up the victor here.
5. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: SPIDER-WOMAN
While Spider-Man is obviously more popular than Spider-Woman and has even gone up against Thanos and defeated him, if we had to pick someone from the Spiders…we’re going Jessica Drew. A lot of people would question this. Why not Spider-Man? Simple, Spider-Woman is better. Jessica goes through an experiment to save her life. Her father, a skilled man in this world, made the serum to save her using various spiders. It turns out that many of those spiders had abilities, which Jessica then began to possess. While she has super strength, speed, agility, durability, and senses like her male counterpart, she has a lot more too.
In addition to wall-crawling like Spidey, she also has super-flexibility, venom blasts, pheromone secretion, and self-propelled glide. On top of this, she is a tremendous martial artist, acrobat, and spy. She also has a regenerative healing factor, similar to that of Wolverine or Deadpool. This also allows her to be telepathically resistant and not be affected by disease, chemicals, or weather. When considering a person who “might” do well against Thanos…Jessica Drew fits very well. Far more than Spider-Man.
4. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: FANTASTIC FOUR
We fully know we’re kind of cheating by bringing the Fantastic Four into this. Very few are better than Marvel’s First Family at taking on cosmic threats. They even attained their powers through the cosmos, if you will. We’re also cheating because it is a team and not one person. However, one cannot deny their success rate as a team. They have been able to defeat a Herold version of Silver Surfer and the all-powerful Galactus in the past. Thanos lost to Galactus before, so the theory of connectivity tells us the Fantastic Four could beat Thanos.
Reed Richards might be the smartest man on the planet and has a nearly indestructible body that is tough to harm. Sue Storm has the ability to create force fields and project energy as well as become invisible. Johnny Storm can become a firey death storm, and go supernova. He alone could defeat Thanos this way. The Thing regularly spars with The Hulk, so power is immense here. Combined with incredible durability. The group, together, could likely beat anyone. Marvel’s First Family would not break a sweat taking down Thanos. After all, they’ve defeated tougher.
3. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: VENOM
Regardless of if we’re talking about simply Venom or Agent Venom, it’s pretty clear this symbiote can go up against some of the best. Agent Venom regularly worked alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy and took on cosmic threats regularly. Venom is not from Earth himself, as it’s from a race of symbiotes of infinite types on a far-off planet. The power the symbiote has upon gaining a host is very impressive. Venom can be much more powerful if his host has power beforehand. However, isolated, Venom has super strength, durability, and stamina.
In addition, the symbiote has genetic memory, wall-crawling, web generation, constituent-matter generation/manipulation, camouflage, and spider-sense abilities. This is on top of its ability to heal rapidly and have minor telepathy. Thanos won’t know what hit him whenever he comes across Venom. It seems that this symbiote is a hard thing to take down simply isolated. Lord help Thanos if the host it takes has already established powers.
2. COULD GO UP AGAINST THANOS: DEADPOOL
Deadpool is an amazing character in Marvel Comics. He is technically a rip-off and joke against DC’s Deathstroke. However, Marvel accidentally created a masterpiece. Wade Wilson managed to develop impressive mutant abilities, the biggest being his regeneration healing power. You could cut his head off and it’ll grow a body seemingly. Thanos and Deadpool go back a long way, and they both despise each other. Like Thanos, Deadpool is in love with Lady Death.
In the Deadpool vs Thanos story-arc, this explored extensively. Deadpool sets a trap by pretty much luring Thanos into beating himself. Though Wade does a great job of simply being himself. He once even talked Thanos into submission. Overall, Deadpool’s impressive skills as a fighter are useful to him. His powers give him extra speed and agility, and he can time travel or teleport a bit due to future technology supplied to him by Cable. Thanos could never truly beat Deadpool, very few can.
1. CAPTAIN MARVEL WILL FACE THANOS
Carol Danvers becomes Captain Marvel after a mentor of hers, Mar-Vell, passes. She has a lot of her power from the Kree. The Kree have incredible technology and power. Barring the Skrull, their biggest enemy, they might be the most feared alien group in the universe. Thanos commands an incredible army and comes off as unbeatable in his own right. The original Captain Marvel faced off with and beat Thanos. That said, there is already a blueprint for Carol to do this. She is also one of the most powerful heroes in the universe, without question.
She has superhuman strength, endurance, stamina, and durability. Not to mention her ability to fly and project as well as absorb energy. That said, any attack on her by Thanos can help her develop energy power to use against him. Carol brings her will, and the ability to never stop until the job is done to this franchise. She is an impressive leader who commands respect, but her biggest skill isn’t in a power. It may likely be her mind and tactical genius. Thanos cannot plan for her.
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Nanaimo Museum sets sail on Heritage Week
The Nanaimo Museum is celebrating Heritage week (Feb. 17-23) by paying tribute to a highly regarded Nanaimo marine artist.
This year’s theme is titled, Heritage Afloat!, and features a display of Jack Hardcastle’s large ship paintings.
Until the end of the month, Hardcastle’s work will be on display at the museum. Hardcaste, who passed away in 1973, was well-known marine artist who called Nanaimo home. He created thousands of nautical-themed souvenirs such as miniature painted life preservers and plaques.
“Some of the paintings will be on display for the first time at the museum,” said Debbie Trueman, Nanaimo Museum manager, in a press release. “The heritage week theme this year was the perfect opportunity for us to display these large paintings.”
Hardcastle was originally born in the United Kingdom but moved to the Harbour City as a young man. He was primarily a self-taught artist who created many works of art, including miniature souvenirs and eight-foot canvasses.
For more information about the display of paintings by Jack Hardcastle visit www.nanaimomuseum.ca
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Meriden Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Dealing Crack Cocaine
NOV 28 -- June W. Stansbury, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England and Kevin J. O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JESSIE CIVIDANES, 27, formerly of Parkview Street, Meriden, Connecticut, was sentenced on Monday, November 26, by Senior United States District Judge Peter C. Dorsey in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack cocaine”). CIVIDANES pleaded guilty to the charge on June 21, 2007.
On October 4, 2006, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging CIVIDANES and several other individuals with various narcotics offenses involving the distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine in central Connecticut. According to statements made in court, during the course of the conspiracy, CIVIDANES distributed approximately 100 grams of crack cocaine and 2 kilograms of powder cocaine.
CIVIDANES has been detained since his arrest by federal authorities on September 29, 2006. This investigation was a collaborative effort of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Meriden Police Department and the Waterbury Police Department.
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General Hospital (GH) spoilers tease that Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so it’s time to start thinking about the holidays in Port Charles. November 27 will bring a special Thanksgiving episode, and it’s sure to warm fans’ hearts. Of course, there’ll be some drama thrown in as well! It just wouldn’t be Port Charles without it. We’ve got a preview of all the action, so here’s sneak peek at the Thanksgiving fun.
For starters, the Corinthos clan will have an extra reason to celebrate this year. It’s Donna Corinthos’ first Thanksgiving! Donna obviously won’t know what’s going on, but her family will enjoy having her there just the same. Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright) will have another blessing to count as the family gathers for a celebration. Donna has completed the Corinthos fam and will hopefully bring them joy for many years to come.
Across town, the Quartermaines will try to put out traditional Thanksgiving spread and fail miserably. It won’t be long until those pizza boxes arrive, but it’s a great tradition for GH fans to enjoy. As always, there’ll be so much to be grateful for at the Quartermaine mansion.
Will Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson) invite “Drew Cain” aka Franco Baldwin (Roger Howarth) to attend? “Drew” may not have a happy Thanksgiving since trouble’s set to hit right before. General Hospital spoilers say “Drew’s” life will be in danger – most likely after he voluntarily submits to the procedure and intensifies his Drew memories. That could certainly provoke Peter August’s (Wes Ramsey) wrath!
However, the fact that peril will strike right before Thanksgiving could be a good sign. Elizabeth Baldwin (Rebecca Herbst) and her boys deserve a holiday miracle! Whether it comes at Thanksgiving, Christmas or somewhere in between, General Hospital spoilers say it’s definitely coming.
In the meantime, we should talk about some other possible Thanksgiving shockers. Nikolas Cassadine (Marcus Coloma) is alive and well, so Laura Webber (Genie Francis) really deserves to know the truth. Will Laura get a Thanksgiving reunion with her son? It’d be cruel for GH to rob viewers of that, so we sure hope so!
Finally, General Hospital spoilers Hamilton Finn’s (Michael Easton) heart will be full this Thanksgiving. He’ll get to spend his first turkey day with Violet Finn (Jophielle Love), so it’ll be a special holiday indeed. Finn may find himself torn between Hayden Barnes (Rebecca Budig) and Anna Devane (Finola Hughes), but he won’t let the mess stop him from enjoying Thanksgiving with his daughter.
General Hospital spoilers say some fantastic scenes are coming up, so don’t miss the Thanksgiving episode on November 27. We’ll give you updates as other GH news emerges. Stay tuned to the ABC soap and don’t forget to check CDL often for the latest General Hospital spoilers, updates and news.
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Re: lingering questions in my mind
You are, I think, too focused on the facts of what did or did not happen. As others have stated, you know she had a physical affair. You know she lied to you about it. You know the affair lasted for a while and was not some drunken one-night-stand (which wouldn't be good but implies different issues).
She did not participate meaningfully in marriage counseling. She has not owned up to what she did, nor shown true remorse. Her responses to your questions show continued deceptions, minimization of the affair, blame shifting, and rug sweeping.
What you have so far is a totally failed reconciliation. You have not healed from the betrayal. She is not doing any real work to help you heal.
In my opinion, all of those factors are vastly more important than exactly how many times they did whichever sex act, or whether she felt emotionally attached to him. I think your attempts to get better answers to your questions is a misguided effort. You're trying to understand what happened in order to figure out why it happened, and perhaps with that information you think you can save your marriage. The problem is the betrayal itself is not being dealt with.
Your wife is the one who needs to do the hard work in repairing the betrayal. The process requires expert guidance, ideally from a MC who knows what they are doing and will put the pressure on your wife. Your wife will have to feel and express true remorse for harming you. She'll have to see herself as having done something terrible, which is different than feeling bad for getting caught. She should apologize to you, and she should be asking for your forgiveness. She should be examining why she was capable of the betrayal in the first place. After the betrayal is processed, then you start working on rebuilding a new marriage with her, if possible.
Getting honest answers from her about the affair will be necessary, but the content of the answers is actually not a big part of the recovery process. You already know she had sex multiple times with the OM.
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The origins of the myth
The origins of the name Bimota are now known, but but not everyone knows that the prestigious factory wasn't born as a factory of super sports bikes but as a company specializing in the installation of air conditioning and heating..
The great passion for motorcycles of Massimo Tamburini immediately fascinated Giuseppe Morri, however Valerio Bianchi in 1972 left the company.
Thus was born the "Bimota Mechanics" thanks to an inseparable combination of fervent passion and undoubted technical ability: Massimo Tamburini created a new concept of motorcycle that will amaze the whole world.
The frames of Tamburini, real sculptures of art with high engineering content, were soon requested by official teams participating in the world championship. So Bimota began its adventure by building frames exclusively for racing bikes which YB1, YB2, YB3, HDB1, HDB2 and SB1.
For the road segment, the first model made (produced just ten units) was the HB1. Based on the Honda CB 750, Tamburini built around the futuristic engine Honda a tubular frame that has the double advantage of lowering the center of gravity of the bike and a considerable decrease in the total weight.
In 1977 Bimota decided to enter the top segment of the market, making road models exclusive and innovative, as the SB2 characterized by the decomposable frame, and the legendary KB1 that represent for Bimota a great commercial success.
The ' boom ' commercial and sport
The 80's marked for Bimota a phase of particularly successful. The factory of Rimini won two world championships: the World Championship 350 with Jon Ekerold at end of 1980 and the World Championship TT F1 with Virginio Ferrari in 1987.
Bimota in the 80s made several models of street motorcycles destined to become a legend and they are still the dream of every rider. They are: HB2, HB3 - SB3, SB4, SB5 - YB4 EI, YB6, YB6 EXUP YB6 Tuatara - KB2, KB3 - DB1, DB1 e DB1 rs.
In 1983 the little motorcycle company faced a particularly difficult moment, due to the exit of Massimo Tamburini, who had led until then.
Fortunately the empty space left by Tamburini was filled bythe arrival of a young engineer: Federico Martini. He too a true motorcycle enthusiast and able to pick up with courage the great legacy and ensure the continued of success. Federico Martini is a historical figure of Bimota.
In the early '90s, Federico Martini left Bimota and was replaced by his close collaborator, Pierluigi Marconi.
Under his technique leadership, were built especially models with aluminium moulded-case (YB8, YB8 E, YB8 Furano, YB9 Bellaria, YB9 sr, YB9 sri YB10, YB10 biposto, YB11 –– SB6, SB6 R, SB7, SB8 R) and models with frame by ovals tubes (DB2, DB2 sr, DB2 EF, DB3 Mantra, Supermono, Supermono biposto – 500 Vdue).
Federico Martini created the DB1 and the innovative aluminum moulded-case, mounted until 2000 on various models. Also it must be recognized to him with Virginio Ferrari whom have led the newborn Bimota YB4 R to win the world championship F1 TT.
No doubt the model thatcharacterizes the genius of Pierluigi Marconi and the same Bimota is the innovative Tesi 1/D in the versions 1/D 1/ D SR, 1 / D ES, 1 / D EF.
Bimota Tesi 1D
Bimota Tesi 1D
Autodromo di Misano
The production was intense, driven by the new management led by Walter Martini, replacing Giuseppe Morri, who was the last of the founders to leave the company in 1993.
In parallel to the consistent growth of the volumes of the motorcycles, in 1997 Bimota also celebrates its 25th anniversary by organizing a big event at Autodromo Santamonica in Misano, with the great participation of the bimotisti and enthusiasts worldwide.
Bimota 500 Vdue
In the late 90's as born also the first bike all Bimota frame and engine, crowning the internal development of the engine 500 Vdue injection.
The bike, absolutely powerful and innovative, obtained a commercial success beyond expectations. This success caused difficulties to the production capacity of the factory.
The consequences were the market launch of a product still immature in the development, which laid the foundations for a financial crisis for the company Bimota.
Telaio SB8 R
2000: success , crisis and rebirth
The new millennium began well for Bimota, it was going through a phase of intense and profitable activities. Its bikes was exhibited and appreciated in the most important world trade fair events.
he top model characterizing this period is the SB8 R, fiberglass and carbon versions.
Particularly innovative was the composite material of the frame on aluminum and carbon.
Bimota SB8 K Gobert
The factory Rimini gave the maximum in the sports field, it returned to participate in the World Superbike championship with the SB8 K after eleven years of absence.
The team was professionally high profile with Virginio Ferrari team manager, Franco Farné technical director and as rider Anthony Gobert.
At the first race at Kyalami, South Africa, Anthony Gobert arrived 12th in Race 2 while already only two weeksafter the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island he arrived 1st in race 1..
It will be the most beautiful Easter for all bimotisti in the world.
Despite these impressive results, mainly caused by the problems derived from the development of the engine 500Vdue, Bimota entered a serious crisis, which led it to face many difficulties. So, the Bimota came to failure This closed, fortunately only temporarily, the first phase of its history of success.
After a number of twists alternating with bureaucratic delays, finally in 2003 a new property entered, with the intent to ensure the continuing success of Bimota.
In the historic headquarters of Rimini, which has kept intact the many technical treasures of the factory and where never off the spirit that fueled, so the activity returned feverish.
And the first tangible results, such as the achievement of "The 2004 Motorcycle Design Award" in the category Supersport issued by the Motorcycle Design Association to the new model DB5 at Intermot 2004. This witnessed the return of a great protagonist, accompanied in parallel by futuristic Tesi 2D./p>
In 2005 the Milan show was a showcase for the presentation of naked DB6 Delirio, it made on the basis of the DB5 and was work by Robbiano.
The following year the DB5 elevated the cubic volume of its engine to 1100 cc and it splits in versions S (two-seater) and R, the R version enhanced by the sporty characteristics. It was also presented the Tesi 3D, the third generation of the Tesi after the 2D come without much conviction in the moment of transition of the company.
In 2007 at the Milan Bimota DB7 presents, designed by Enrico Borghesan, motorcycle that has several technical innovations like the rear suspension system pivoted on the engine (solution used in MotoGP) and the rear frame entirely of carbon fiber self-supporting, as the front subframe
The frame has a mixed structure: trestle oval plates by aluminum billet.The DB7 has a chassis features first-rate, while transmission is performed by Ducati 1099 cm³ which equips the 1098.
DB7 in standard configuration raced the Mugello Desmo Challenge 2008 with Danilo Marrancone. It won an important result: victory at the debut.
Bimota Tesi 3D
Bimota Tesi 3D
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Dragon Age: Origins' Leliana may have seemed sweet enough, but her initially faithful and spiritual demeanor masked an unsavory past. In Leliana's Song, the most recent downloadable content released for last year's superb role-playing game, you explore the bard's dark side and glimpse the circumstances that led her to pledge to the Chantry in Lothering. Effective storytelling makes this add-on worth a look for dedicated Dragon Age fans, particularly those that experienced Leliana's personal quest in the original game. Unfortunately, you won't find many surprises lurking within this fun but unremarkable adventure. The combat remains enjoyable, but because your party is capped at three rather than the usual four members, battles aren't as exciting as they might have been with a larger party. Though some later encounters in an atmospheric alcove grant a little variety, you will fend off the usual foes in a number of well-worn environments. This isn't Dragon Age at its best, but Leliana's Song is an appealing slice of character-driven content.
If you developed a close relationship with Leliana in Dragon Age: Origins, you may also have met Marjolaine, her past mentor. Marjolaine plays an important role in Leliana's Song, even though she is not a playable character, and her influence over the pretty and impressionable Leliana is uncomfortably ominous. The two bards play "the game," a sport of political intrigue in which factions are pit against each other with a bit of clever information swapping and document planting. Heavy-handed foreshadowing keeps the plot twists that follow from being particularly shocking, but the strong characterizations of the two main players will draw you in nonetheless. Characters are introduced in short montages that take great advantage of Dragon Age's most important theme: blood. Thanks to fantastic voice acting and a few effective camera angles, Marjolaine's dismissive smarminess will make you squirm, while Leliana's wicked streak is likely to bring a grin to your face. It's too bad that Leliana's Song rounds out your party with forgettable companions that lack a sense of presence and amount to little more than generic henchmen.
It's also too bad that you always control a three-member party in Leliana's Song rather than a typical four-person team. Dragon Age's combat is intrinsically fun, but it's strongest when you have a full party under your control. The enemies you fight and the areas you do battle in aren't nearly as inspired as those on offer in Awakening, the full expansion released early this year. You move from city streets to interior hallways, beating up on soldiers, mages, and mabari, followed by more soldiers, mages, and mabari. The predictable environments and enemies make much of this adventure seem unimaginative, but several sequences inject some much-needed inspiration. A beautiful shaft of light and a disembodied voice provide great visual and narrative context to the escape sequence that follows; skirmishes against some sinister creatures in a murky inlet toward the conclusion are also a welcome change of pace. Sadly, the final boss battle is not nearly as intriguing or enjoyable as those from the main game, though it is difficult, so expect to pause the game often as you put your tactical thinking skills through their paces.
Great new music is another highlight of Dragon Age: Origins - Leliana's Song. The crooked tunes you hear during the first hour suit the gleeful malevolence of "the game," and somber music enhances the emotional resonance of multiple scenes. It's nice to see the Orlesian bard get her due, though the by-the-numbers clashes and restricted party size keep this three-hour slice of downloadable content from hitting consistent high notes. But if you like the prospect of seeing the impish side of Dragon Age's most pious party member, this $7 add-on is a solid proposition.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Name: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Genre: Third-person action adventure/shooter
Platform: Xbox 360 (reviewed), PS3
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The Harry Potter wizarding saga is brought to a close this weekend with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in cinemas. As with every other Harry Potter movie, there’s a game to accompany it too. But can the game conjure the same magic that its silver screen and paperback counterparts can?
Like the summer Hollywood blockbuster that has spawned it, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 for games consoles follows the events of the second half of the final book in JK Rowling’s magical series. Harry and friends Ron and Hermione are in a race against time to destroy the remaining Horcruxes within which the evil dark wizard Lord Voldemort stores parts of his soul before he assumes complete destructive control over the world. Taking in many of the book and movie’s key scenes, the game sees you travel through the underground caverns of Gringott’s wizarding bank, fight Death Eaters and Snatchers through the streets of Hogsmeade and eventually reach a final showdown against Lord Voldemort himself amidst the chaos of a gigantic battle at Hogwarts school.
The incongruous problem is that, just like the game that accompanied Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is a 3rd person cover based shooter of the most un-magical kind, one that plays so liberally with the conventions of the Potter universe that it is a Harry Potter-inspired title merely by stitching its gameplay to the story’s key plot points.
It’s as much “Gears of War with Wands” as it is a game about teenage wizards and witches. Each level will see you take on wave after wave of dark wizards and snatchers by blasting them with spells. The aim of the game here is to fell wizards by matching Harry and his pal’s many spells to the defences of those out to get you. However, in what is sure to infuriate fans, these spells bear little resemblance to those described in the book or captured on film.
For instance “Stupefy” acts more like a handgun than a stunning spell, and “Expelliarmus” as a way to take down shields rather than disarming bad guys’ wands. Pretty much all the spells in the game can be sat next to corresponding guns and weaponry from similar 3rd person shooters, lacking the distinct magical qualities you’d imagine they’d have. In fact, in order to shoehorn shooter conventions into Part 2’s gameplay, developers EA BrightLight have in many cases totally undermined the magic they’re attempting to replicate. You’ll scream at the screen the tenth time Hermione takes 5 minutes to perform an unlocking charm on a door that in the Potter universe should be instantaneous, just for the sake of forcing another “Protect and Escort” sequence into the game.
While the cover and shooting mechanics do handle well, it quickly becomes tiresome as you realise nearly all you’ll be doing throughout Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is shooting. That’s fine in a series like Gears of War that runs with the many possibilities blasting foes has within that game’s universe, but that’s never what Harry Potter was about. Exploring the magical world, learning the secrets of Hogwarts’ every nook and cranny has here been replaced with linear blasting through corridors.
As well as Harry, Ron and Hermione, several of the series’ minor stars are also playable in the game, including Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan, Professor McGonagall and Ginny Weasley. These moments are usually reserved for boss battles (such as one between McGonagall and Snape that mimics the fight scene between Yoda and Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode 2), or to slightly spice things up with a new gameplay mechanic. These sequences however are often again at odds with the Potter universe; who, for instance, remembers Seamus’s skills as an explosives expert, using a C4-like spell to quell attackers on a bridge. Though it’s nice to see elements of the climactic Battle of Hogwarts from a point of view that isn’t Harry’s, BrightLight’s vision is likely to be at odds with what your own.
In fact, many of the game’s most memorable moments are unplayable cut scenes, such as a thrilling escape from Gringott’s on the back of a blind dragon. It looks great, and the extra variety that could have been brought to the game by having had control over these show-stopping moments makes them merely teasing. With so many dramatic, epic moments to draw upon with the final instalment in the series, Part 2’s video game totally squanders its potential. Adding insult to injury is the game’s length; you’ll easily finish the game within one extended sitting of 4 hours or so, adding an extra hour or two if you go for every collectible hidden away.
The game’s few saving graces then come from its sounds and visuals. Here BrightLight have managed to capture the essence of the films marvellously, with recognisable-if-stiff character models and many environments that look as if they’ve been lifted straight from the film itself. Likewise, good use is made of the stirring score of the movie, and while the majority of voice actors are not the same as their silver-screen counterparts, for the most part they are indistinguishable, particularly the Emma Watson soundalike.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is a particularly frustrating movie-tie in. Visually it manages to bring the magic of the movies onto home consoles, even if a little roughly around the edges. And though the game is maddeningly repetitive in its action, not to mention being built upon a gameplay style that is totally at odds with the source material, the underlying gameplay mechanics work fine. It’s just once you put all the elements into the potions pot and mix them together, your left with a taste worse than Polyjuice potion. The charm and warmth of Harry’s tale is completely sidestepped in favour of bog-standard shooter conventions that have no place in Hogwarts, shoehorned into a game you can finish in a sitting. TT Games Lego Harry Potter titles do a much better job of pulling you into JK Rowling’s universe, and come heartily recommended over this puddle of Snape spittle.
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Are you ready? I'm getting there! I have a new space to work in since the last time I participated, which was 2012. I missed last year due to some life changing things- I didn't have a craft space period. It . was . awful. I NEED to make stuff- mixed media art, scrapbooks, crafty projects. God has blessed me and gave me back what all I had lost -not only gave back but made over, made new, made much, MUCH better! So, this year I have a room that is all mine... a place to paint and make pretty things, blog, write, and do whatever I feel like doing.
To God Be ALL the Glory!!
If you go to Karen Valentine's blog and you can find all the details there. While you're there check out all the beautiful things she has on her blog!
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Steve Bruce is known to be after a midfielder to improve what has been a particularly problematic area for the claret and blues this season.
Mile Jedinak has been the main man, but his illness kept him out of the match with Cardiff City yesterday and Villa were left exposed in his absence.
Lansbury is out of contract in the summer and contract negotiations have stalled while the Forest owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi attempts to sell the club.
A comprehensive lowdown...
Birmingham City were keen on making him the first signing of the Gianfranco Zola industry but have cooled their interest. Forest's fierce rivals Derby County became the first club to test the waters with a £2.5million bid over the weekend that was rejected by the East Midlanders.
And Villa are now primed to make a bid for the 26-year-old midfielder, who scored one of his six goals this season during Forest's 2-2 draw at Villa Park back in September.
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High Sierra Stalwart Daypack
Hold firm! The High Sierra Stalwart Daypack takes on the trials and tribulations of gear hauling during a passionate campaign. With a large, multi-compartment design, this backpack features a CUSHION ZONE padded computer sleeve that holds most 17"(screen size) notebook computers. A premium organizer with zippered pocket, pen pockets and key fob secures essentials, while large mesh side pockets hold a beverage or other gear. An easy-access MP3 player pocket with customized, zipper-stop headphone port also holds sunglasses or other necessities. Load up, stay organized.
- Materials: Grid-Weave Duralite® , Shiny Waffle Weave
- Large, multi-compartment design
- CUSHION ZONE padded computer sleeve holds most 17"(screen size) notebook computers. (max. size 16" x 11" x 1.8")
- Premium organizer with zippered pocket, pen pockets and key fob
- Large mesh side pockets hold a beverage or other gear
- Easy-access MP3 player pocket with customized, zipper-stop headphone port also holds sunglasses or other necessities
- S-shaped shoulder straps have comfortable VAPEL mesh AIRFLOW padding with COLLAR-COMFORT edge
- Open mesh shoulder strap cell phone/media pocket
- Adjustable bottom and side compression straps secure heavy loads and additional gear
- Front panel open pocket holds a jacket or quick-access item
- Deluxe back panel with VAPEL mesh AIRFLOW padding keeps air circulating and your back dry
- Contoured daisy chain loops and bottom webbing loop for attaching extra gear.
- Comfortable padded grab handle
- Attach extra gear with the convenient triangle clip
- Capacity: 2450.0 cubic inches
- Dimension: 19.25" x 13.5" x 9.5"
Purchase the High Sierra Stalwart Daypack from Altrec.com. All order totals over $45 qualify for free ground shipping.
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43 Main Street
The original part of this house was probably built about 1851 by (or for) Mr. and Mrs. James Vail. At the time the house stood back from the street, with a small red building that served as his office standing close to the sidewalk. Mr. Vail had settled in Geneseo in 1810 and started business as a stationer and bookseller. He later studied law and was made Commissioner of Deeds and was also elected Justice of the Peace.
In 1864, the Vails sold this property to Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Howe, who remodeled the house. They sold the little office building, which was moved to Park Street to a lot owned by the gas company. There it became part of the house occupied by the superintendent of the Gas Works. In 1899, it was moved to Oak Street by steamroller in five hours time.
Harmon Howe was proprietor of the American Hotel, which then occupied the south corner of Main and Ward and extended south to include the building at 41 Main. Mr. Howe died in 1878 and soon afterward Mrs. Howe opened a dress shop in her residence. When the American Hotel burned in 1885 there was some damage to the house at 43 Main Street. It was repaired and an addition was put on the front, bringing it out even with its neighbors.
In 1900 the property was sold to Dr. and Mrs. Robert Green. Dr. Green, a physician, added the piazza in 1901. In 1908, Dr. Green died and the property was left to his daughter, Millicent, who continued to reside here with her mother. Mrs. Green died in 1926 and when Millicent died in 1956, she willed the house to her cousins, Hildegarde and Helen Sherlock. Mrs. Green and Miss Hildegarde’s mothers were sisters. Helen Sherlock was the wife of Hildegarde’s brother, architect Robert Sherlock, who died in 1944. In 1958, the Sherlocks sold the house to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mills who operated the Three Bears Bookstore here for several years. It later housed The Holiday Store and other small businesses.
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Free Online Floor Planner?
I am sure I saw a link to a free online floor planner on one of these threads, but can't seem to find it now. If anyone knows of a good one that is user friendly, I'd love the info. Otherwise it may be back to graph paper and pencils, which has always worked before. I have a new sewing space to plan! :D And after taking some measurements this morning, I realized I will be gaining about 40 square feet over my already generous space! But DH wants my sewing room for his woodshop since it's off the garage. So who am I to argue? I will be getting a larger, warmer room, with actual windows and no more running upstairs to take a potty break! If I include a coffeemaker, a microwave and a mini fridge, I may never come back down.
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SuperSonic makes finding new music simple and fast. Select an artist from your iTunes library and SuperSonic suggests other artists you might like. You can listen to a sample of a song by each artist, then save your favorites and buy them on iTunes.
SuperSonic provides super smart recommendations from a catalog of millions of 30 second song samples. You can refine suggestions based on settings like tempo, popularity and energy. You can search for any artist you like, from huge pop stars, to the latest indie releases.
For more info check out:
SuperSonic was developed by We Are Hunted (http://wearehunted.com), one of the world's best music sites. SuperSonic is powered by The Echo Nest (http://echonest.com), the world's leading music intelligence platform. Song samples are provided by 7Digital (http://7digital.com), a leading digital B2B media delivery company based in London and operating globally.
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Welcome to Flying Dreams.com.au - Exclusive & Practical Baby Products!
Shop Flying Dreams for exclusive baby products including adorable piggy banks, fantastic baby dolls, super soft toys and baby photo frames. Shop our luxury baby clothing including exclusive tutu skirts, cute baby booties, baby dresses, bloomers and bodysuits. Want to see the most special gifts? View our personalised products.
Don't forget about Flying Dreams' large selection of baby shower invitations, unique nylon butterfly and flower decorations and beautiful baby hangings for baby nurseries. Shop where the celebrities go for the most extraordinary baby products!
We bring you fantastic baby gifts and baby items from well-known brands. Here you are sure to find baby accessories that will delight, whether you purchase it for yourself or as a gift for a mom and dad to be. In our online baby store we gathered the most unique, beautiful and exclusive products. FlyingDreams.com.au invites children and their parents to enter an amazing world of imagination through our exclusive product range.
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Tommy Haas (GER - Germany) Profile
Tommy Haas Articles on Tennis Server
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Today, the world is suffering from several crises. We can try to solve the financial crisis with materials and money. But when humans fight against health issues, the situation is critical and dealt with care. Hygiene is one of the major factors that decide the well-being of our lives. Several diseases can arise due to unhygienic conditions. One such evil to fight is the bacterial infection typhoid.
Today we are here to learn about- Typhoid Fever: How to prevent it and manage typhoid with the help of nutrition.
Typhoid fever, also known as enteric fever, is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. It is a serious health concern worldwide, with an estimated 21 million cases and 200,000 deaths reported each year.
What is the reason for typhoid?
Typhoid is mainly caused by poor hygiene and contamination of food or water with fecal matter containing S. Typhi bacteria. It can spread from person to person through contaminated food or water sources, or through direct contact with an infected individual.
The prevalence of typhoid is particularly high in slums and rural areas of India due to inadequate sanitation systems and lack of access to clean drinking water. We should be aware of the basics of typhoid in order to prevent its spread and reduce its prevalence in India as well as other countries around the world.
Typhoid is most commonly found in South Asia, Africa, and Central America, but can be contracted anywhere in the world. Those at risk of typhoid fever include travelers to endemic areas, young children, and those with weakened immune systems.
How do typhoid symptoms start?
It is important to recognize typhoid symptoms early and take preventive measures to reduce its spread. Symptoms can start with high fever, headache, nausea, loss of appetite, constipation or diarrhea, stomach pain, and fatigue. These symptoms should be addressed. Otherwise, it can further lead to complications such as meningitis and intestinal bleeding if not treated in time. Immediate medical intervention is required, consult your doctor as soon as you notice these symptoms.
In India typhoid affects more than 25 million people every year with an estimated 2 million cases leading to death annually. Vaccines are available for prevention but detection of typhoid fever early on should be done. This helps in providing proper treatment that can be administered quickly. To prevent typhoid, immunity must be built up through good hygiene practices such as washing hands before eating or drinking anything. Let us learn more about the prevention methods for typhoid.
What is the quickest way to recover from typhoid?
Diagnosis of typhoid is usually done through blood tests, stool samples, and imaging studies. Treatment of typhoid includes antibiotics, fluids for recovery, and nutritional intervention with fluids, vitamins, and minerals. Antibiotics are the most commonly used treatment for typhoid fever but they should be used judiciously to avoid antibiotic resistance. Nutritional intervention with fluids, vitamins, and minerals helps to support the body’s natural healing process and reduce the risk of complications from typhoid infection.
Fortunately, there are also several ways to prevent typhoid fever. Vaccination is the most effective method of prevention from typhoid fever. There are two types of vaccines available: the pill vaccine taken orally or a shot vaccine given by injection. While both are effective at preventing typhoid fever, it will be wise to consult a medical professional before deciding which one is best for you.
One of the basic steps in preventing typhoid is washing hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water, or using an alcohol-based sanitizer. Eating cooked foods, clean and hygienic foods, pasteurized beverages, sealed packaged foods, and eating fruits without peels can prevent typhoid. It is also essential to store food properly to avoid contamination. Additionally, it is important to ensure that food preparation areas are kept clean and free from germs. Following these simple steps can help reduce the risk of contracting typhoid.
The long-term effects of typhoid include gut health issues, weakened immunity, and an increased risk of reinfection.
It is important to understand how to manage and deal with the long-term effects of typhoid in order to prevent further complications. This includes maintaining a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and regular exercise, as well as taking proper precautions against reinfection. Additionally, it is important to focus on strengthening gut health and boosting immunity in order to protect against future infections.
Keep reading! We will learn in more detail about :
How to overcome the long-term effects of typhoid?
Remember to have your antibiotics on time, and avoid food handling to prevent the spread of the infection. Take care of your hygiene even after the symptoms have subsided. Typhoid might relapse if proper care is not taken. Keep in mind to consume a balanced diet, generous amounts of vegetables, and fluids every day. Typhoid impacts the gut health, the immunity is triggered and the body is in a state of war. After fighting the disease, the body might win but there are some after-effects that need to be taken care of. The normal physiology of the body is dysregulated and coming back to normal is necessary. Some points to combat the long-term impact of typhoid.
- One must include protein-rich sources of foods in the diet- Animal and animal products- egg, chicken, and dairy products. Also, plant proteins- pulses, legumes, and soy should be consumed. Protein is necessary for healing, growth, and maintenance of health.
- Consume micronutrient-rich millets, colorful fruits, different seasonal veggies, herbs, and functional spices like turmeric, basil leaves, ginger, etc.
- During typhoid, people might lose weight, this weight needs to be regained by incorporating a healthy diet. Meanwhile, one should take care that they do not put on extra weight. Being overweight will bring new challenges and the cycle of obesity might begin. Portion control, quality eating, and mindful choices are some ways to avoid weight gain. Remember to consult a certified nutritionist to help you with weight management while consuming a nourishing diet.
Typhoid can cause severe dehydration and other health complications. We need to understand how typhoid affects the hydration of an individual and what measures can be taken to prevent dehydration.
Hydration plays a crucial role in the treatment of typhoid. When one is suffering from typhoid, it is important to ensure that they are consuming enough fluids in order to replenish the lost fluid from loose motions caused by the disease. This will help reduce the effects of dehydration and help with recovery.
By following these guidelines, patients with typhoid can get back on their feet quickly and effectively-
Typhoid reinfection can be a critical health concern, especially if it is not managed properly. It is important to ensure that you are taking enough fluids to flush out the infection and maintain good hygiene. This will help in reducing the risk of reinfection and managing the symptoms of typhoid fever. Fluid intake is essential for flushing out the infection and maintaining hydration levels. It also helps in keeping the body healthy and reduces inflammation caused by typhoid fever. Proper hygiene practices should also be followed to reduce the risk of reinfection.
- Which drink is good for typhoid? Hydration should be maintained to prevent reinfection. Coconut water, fruit juices, lime juices, and ORS can also be given. Vegetable soups, chicken soups, dals, herbal tea, water-rich fruits. These should be incorporated to keep the individuals hydrated. These will not only energy but also have functional benefits to the body. Enough of these fluids, fruits, and vegetables should be consumed in order to flush out the infection.
- Which fruit is good for typhoid? Some of the best fruits to eat while treating typhoid include apples, oranges, lemons, grapefruits, bananas, kiwis, papayas, blueberries, and strawberries. These fruits are not only immunity-boosting but also provide a colorful plate that will make you feel better during your recovery.
Importance of nutritional diet for typhoid cure
Typhoid is a deadly infection caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhi and can be truly fatal if left untreated. Nutrition plays an important role in the recovery process from typhoid and proper nutritional intervention can help to improve the patient’s condition. Patients suffering from typhoid experience a low appetite, thus it becomes a difficult task to feed a person. Typhoid also impacts digestive health and choosing foods that are palatable yet nutritious becomes the priority. Some tips to tackle the low appetite in typhoid patients can be Providing nutrient-dense compactly packed small meals. Vegetable smoothies, fruit juices, and healthy beverages can be given if the person doesn’t feel like eating. In severe cases, where the patient is not eating at all, get immediate medical treatment, IV fluids, and ORS, will have to be given.
Further, here is a small guide for you or your loved ones suffering from typhoid:
Let us look at some Do’s and Don’ts of typhoid fever.
- Nutritional intervention for typhoid should involve increased calorie intake and increased energy through simple carbohydrates like fruits, soups, and properly cooked foods. This will ensure that the body gets enough energy to fight the infection and recover from it faster.
- Bananas, cooked potatoes, khichdi, and curd, are some foods that can be given. This will help in providing enough calories and also be easy on the gut.
- Typhoid leads to compromised gut health, and to better the situation, one should be given low-fiber foods that are comfortably digested by the patient. Provide foods in semi-solid form, that will ease digestion.
- Protein-rich foods should be given to speed the recovery. Dairy products, chicken soups, boiled eggs, and dals can be given.
- Anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory foods like our Indian superfoods- turmeric, citrus fruits, tomatoes, green veggies, berries, and fatty fish. These should be consumed to build immunity and subside inflammation in the body
- Good amounts of pro and prebiotics are to be given. Probiotics and prebiotics are increasingly becoming popular as natural remedies for gut dysbiosis, helping to manage a wide range of digestive issues. While probiotics introduce beneficial bacteria into the gut, prebiotics provides the food necessary to nourish them. Together they can help to restore the balance of microbiota and microbiome in the gut, aiding in healing and reducing symptoms associated with typhoid.
- By providing recipes that contain probiotic-rich foods as well as prebiotic-rich ingredients, we can ensure that our bodies have all the necessary tools to improve our gut health and heal from typhoid. Consumption of yogurt, buttermilk, and beet kanji can help in providing good probiotics to the body.
What foods should be avoided in typhoid?
- Spicy, fried foods are to be avoided when one is infected with typhoid. These foods irritate the gut lining and worsen the symptoms.
- Stale or foods in unhygienic conditions might add to the bad microbiota in the gut. Acidity, bloating, and food infections can further deteriorate the patient suffering from typhoid
- High-fiber foods like legumes, chickpeas, and beans should be avoided, as they may cause flatulence, and bloating and make it difficult for the patient to heal.
Here we are sharing a sample menu for Typhoid patients:
Typhoid fever can become a life-threatening illness if it is not diagnosed, treated, and managed on time. If you notice any unusual symptoms, book a consultation with a typhoid specialist.
How many days will it take you to recover from typhoid?
Recovery from typhoid requires a combination of antibiotics, rest, and proper nutrition. It usually takes about 7 to 14 days for the symptoms to subside completely. During this period, it is important to take bed rest and get plenty of fluids to speed up the recovery process.
The signs of recovering from typhoid include reduced fever, improved appetite, less fatigue, and increased energy levels. It is also important to watch out for any signs of complications such as abdominal pain, nausea, or vomiting which may require immediate medical attention. With proper treatment and care, most people are able to make a full recovery within two weeks.
Wishing our enthusiastic readers the best of health and strength this 2023!
Write in with your queries on Thyroid and its prevention to [email protected]
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Awesome Headphones: What are the points to consider while choosing a pair of those Perfect Headphones?
If diamonds are women’s best friends, headphones are the perfect companions for audiophiles. Basically, headphones are nothing but small speakers which are intended to be held close to a pair of ears. It makes use of a cord that connects it from the main device that plays the music. Regular headphones has the size of at least a small fist and covers the entire ear, whereas there are smaller versions that are called ear buds or earphones are in-ear types of headphones. Headphones are very popular among the youth today and its invention has paved way for music lovers to develop a more profound appreciation and quality listening time to music all throughout the day, whether they are at the bus, gallivanting around, or simply listening to tunes alone in one’s room liberating oneself through music.
Qualities of Awesome Headphones
In choosing a pair of awesome headphones that will quench your thirst for quality music blasting right outside your auditory organs, first thing to take note of is the quality of music. To ordinary people, headphones are all just the same as long as it is working and the music is coming right through the wires. However, for a real music junkie, one can hear and distinctively tell if a pair of headphones has a good quality. Here are the qualities of awesome headphones:
• Isolation – The idea behind music is to imbibe the lyrics, the melody and the emotion of the track that you are listening to. When people listen to music, they feel that they are separated with the rest of the world and they are at their own realm. If your headphones can do this, yours is a good one. A good pair of headphones is one that has the power to isolate the outside noise and bring to your ears pure music.
• Frequency and Clarity – Better frequency means that you are hearing more of the music. Thus, it also means that the track will be relayed clearly from your music player, to the cord and in to your ears. There is nothing that kills music than choppy, lagging and snappy delivery of sound.
• Comfortability – Use your ears. Use your instincts. When looking for awesome headphones, you ought to give it a try. Test if it fits comfortably in your ears, is compatible with the size of your head, and if it rests comfortably as you use it. This is very important since headphones are made to rest against the head unlike earphones that can just lie down on its cord.
Awesome Headphones and Their Costs
As for the basic selection of awesome headphones for regular audiophiles, you must hit the check marks on three of these criteria. For the amount, as long as it fits your budget and you feel like you can go up your spending limit and the headphones is worth it, it’s all under your choice.
Music is felt and heard better when the quality of device is better. Nothing kills a good old song that cheap earphones and headphones that makes you want to cringe with the low quality and its depressing correlation with external noise. Awesome headphones make everyday listening to music a quality me-time. For more useful articles on awesome headphones please browse through http://www.awesomeheadphones.com/awesome-headphones/ .
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I'll be offering a Game Development course in the Spring 2012 semester for computer science majors. The prereqs are Data Structures and OOP. This is the first time this course has been offered since fall 2009. Like the fall 2009 course, this one will use the XNA platform, the same platform used by Xbox and the new Windows Phone 7 OS.
I am considering structuring this course like my ongoing Android course. Students would be placed on two-man teams and would deliver a number of software engineering milestones in order to produce noteworthy games which could be released in the Xbox Live Marketplace as XBox Live Indie Games.
I'm also considering having our students compete in Microsoft's Imagine Cup or perhaps the Dream.Build.Play Challenge. These would be exciting programs to participate in, but I'm not sure if they would be something we could tackle in just a single semester.
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I personally have been told every reason under the sun why people should cohabitate rather than commit to marriage and would like to address this with the help of "Catholic Update through Anthony Press" Some of the "Reasoning" for cohabitation is the convenience, saving money and then to try it out to make sure it will work out."
Some of the negative effects of cohabitating before marriage are :
> Those who end up married, have a 85% higher risk of divorce than those who didn't cohabitate.
> There is less satisfactory adjustments in marriage.
> There are harmful effects on children.
> They tend to duck tough issues.
> They tend to repress anger and avoid criticism.
> They fail to develop realistic and satisfactory financial habits.
> They suffer strained relationships with parents, close family members and friends.
> They have unrealistic visions of marriage.
> They struggle with the undercurrent of guilt.
> Most of these are attributed to the original lack of commitment and how fragile the relationship is.
PARENTS - Please share these examples with your young adults and encourage them to wait until they are sure of the relationship enough to marry this person and not just try them out. Playing house can be very dangerous spiritually, emotionally and physically. Then need solid reasons to not follow the crowd and be told "Everyone is NOT doing it".
Source: Youth Ministry News
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Since the appearance of the Apple App Store the software engineering community has a huge repository of untapped data to analyse. Although this data is compiled code (for source code we already have some projects mining open source repositories) there are some interesting possibilities that, until now nobody was exploring:
- Library adoption: identify and track which libraries are being currently used by applications.
- Software programming best practices: checking the use of unsupported APIs or unsafe idioms (fairly common in C/Objective C).
- Checking for Intellectual Property issues: like including non licensed content.
- Security analysis: including passwords in source code or downright crazy insecure programming practices.
Of course this level of detail requires an advanced understanding of low level analysis techniques, but already have techniques to mine all this data and get the useful information.
And I said before ‘until now’, because after reading “Amazon Is Downloading Apps From Google Play and Inspecting Them” we see Amazon is tapping this huge amount of applications to check for good security practices.
Of course these kind of techniques should be applied in the publishing phase of the application, but because currently no app store is doing this level of analysis during publication the first case of binary analysis has been done by Amazon (a platform provider) to ensure the good use of the API.
Personally I want to congratulate Amazon for his interest to improve his platform security (and their users) doing a binary analysis of the applications.
I just have finished Coursera’s Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials by Janet Holbrook, PhD, MPH, Lea T. Drye, PhD.
And this time the experience has been disappointing. I have to admit I have a long time pharma experience, including supporting Clinical Trials, but this is not the point.
Frankly, the course content is too introductory, even for people with no knowledge of what is a Clinical Trial. And if this is your target, please provide a first lesson explaining
what are the main processes in pharma R&D and why clinical trials were introduced.
Also, the materials are poor. Having a voice reading slides is not the most pedagogic way of presenting content. Also, the lack of exercises (collaborative exercises would have been great) makes the course a poor fit for current MOOC systems.
So, is this a course for you? It depends, if you have a basic knowledge of Clinical Trials, probably the answer is not. The course does not provide any value over reading some Wikipedia pages.
Otherwise, it may be useful to you, if you start with this introduction in Drug Discovery, Development and and Approval.
Just in case you’re surprised on how slow things are moving in this blog: not only I’m doing some interesting R&D on analytics and big data for a new data analysis product that takes a lot of my time, but I have moved almost my internet posting activity to twitter.
So if you want to keep updated that what I’m doing, twitter is the right place.
After some weeks of waiting, the course record of the Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship is public.
The experience has been interesting as it was with the venture-lab course or the machine learning course, but completely different.
The Duke felt like a class based course moved to the Coursera training platform. Less interactive between students and between student-teaching team.
The content was good, but probably too US centric for non Americans. Anyway, the healthcare world is highly localised, so that was not unexpected.
Was the experience good? Yes, the content was a good introduction to innovation in healthcare but felt slightly old. Regulatory rules make difficult to apply fail early methodologies to healthcare, but the course contents and teaching tools where extremely formal. Some references to funding would have been useful.
Did you attend to the course? What do you think about it?
If after a visit to an Apple Support Service they return your computer without the serial number set in your motherboard, this walk-through may be useful.
It is not for complete new users, but does not require shell access, so it may be useful if you are out of Apple Care or do not want to move your computer again.
If you want to comment, please use the comments in this post, not on the walk-through page.
We’re on the last lectures of Startup Boards course and from all the courses I have attended this year, this one has been one of the most interesting. And this time I think is not only Clint Korver but the community created around the course.
Of course, there are some barriers to keep the course pace: not only the difficulty to rganise management boards when the members are living in different time zones, but also the issue of executing the tasks recommended by the Management Board: basically the course is set too fast to the development of a Startup.
The main cause is probably the Stanford main course is not developing real Startups, but it is role playing the creation of new companies. But unfortunately for our course (and thankfully for us) we’re working with real start ups with a much slower pace than the course. The result is the Management Boards are moving slowly than the course and assignments are left unfinished. This is clearly an issue with the way the course is defined.
And as a recommendation, review the last lecture of the course about ethical decision making: probably one of the best of the course.
Yes, long time without any updates. I’ve been involved in the Venture Lab Course lately and it is an interesting and busy experience. The main difference with previous courses I took (NLP or Machine Learning) is the group experience. Venture Lab is a team based course and it is not possible to do it alone.
So, here I am, working with a wonderful team of people from all around Europe trying to create a great product for the Corporate World.
I’ll keep you updated!
After reading the course outline I have decided not to take the Software Engineering for Software as a Service. I find the topics uninspiring, not related to SaaS, software engineering or an university level course.
I cannot understand how a software engineering course may be specific to SaaS, but if you put SaaS in the name, please try to add some SaaS related themes to the course.
But the most surprising part of the outline is that the course is basically a learn ruby for web programming. The only part remotely related to software engineering are weeks four and five, but even in that chapters the material seems to have been chosen for trendiness rather than for teaching.
So if you want to understand what is software engineering, read any edition of Pressman instead of taking this course.
Yesterday night I finished Stanford’s Machile Learning Course. The last two lessons did not include any coding exercise, but the Photo OCR lesson was invaluable: the description of a real problem with the introduction of the pipeline, an engineering concept uncommon in academic world, was a surprise. Also, the cost related questions in the test were fairly basic, but useful to understand how research decisions modify research costs.
Finally, to Prof. Ng: a big thanks from Barcelona. It was great to go back to university and to find such a wonderful teacher.
One of the big advantages of being in a distance learning course is time management becomes much easier. The big hassle of assisting to a physical class is having to follow teacher’s schedule and his teaching speed. This synchronous learning disappears completely with distance learning: not only I’m free to assists to the class at whatever time of the day I like, also I’m the one setting the pace to the course. I am the one who can ignore theoretical lessons to go directly to the exercises or programming assignments.
This is extremely important if the pupil has previous experience. It is a torture for a pupil to go through a class in which he already knows the content (because of previous classes or professional experience) and the current educational system is not flexible enough to allow pupils to pass courses without being formally evaluated.
And as well as some pupils need a fast track procedure that allows them to reduce the time needed to get a degree, the university needs a defined model for pupils interested in a slower pace because personal or professional issues, so why do universities need to schedule classes around semesters?
Greenspun has some opinions about all of this and I agree with some of them. The current university model is old and does not make sense any longer, but more importantly the current model is as teacher centred as it was in XI century and it should change to be pupil centred.
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|Type de publication||Octroi|
|Numéro de demande||US 05/958,321|
|Date de publication||22 juil. 1980|
|Date de dépôt||6 nov. 1978|
|Date de priorité||7 déc. 1977|
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|Inventeurs||Nicolaas J. L. van der Valk|
|Cessionnaire d'origine||U.S. Philips Corporation|
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The invention relates to a portable television camera and tape recording combination comprising a camera, a tape recording device, a bar generator for testing purposes at the tape recording device, a monitoring device for supplying a signal to a view finder and a change-over device for supplying the signal of the camera and the bar generator, respectively, to the tape recording device.
Such a portable combination is generally operated by one person. This person prepares the recording of a scene by viewing the camera signal in the view finder while the bar signal is simultaneously applied to the tape recorder for testing purposes. This signal is used as a reference signal during subsequent playing of the tape, signal correction being applied depending on distortions present in this reference signal.
When the operator proceeds from preparing the recording to actual recording, he must stop the recording of the test reference signal in the tape recorder and proceed to recording of the camera signal. Omitting to switch off the test signal results in a faulty scene recording. To prevent this it is advantageous to give an indication in the image in the view finder during recording of the test signal. However, the image in the view finder must be affected to the least possible extent, so that the preparation of a recording can be effected with the least possible disturbance for the operator.
It is an object of the invention to provide a portable television camera and tape recorder combination with which the operator receives a clear, non-disturbing indication about the recording of the test reference signal during the preparation of a recording, which indication must, however, not be overlooked when the operator changes over to recording the scene, so that the test signal recording will be stopped in time. A portable combination according to the invention is therefore characterized in that the combination comprises a series arrangement of a signal differentiating circuit and an on-off switching device coupled to said change-over device, the series arrangement being provided between an output of the bar generator and an input of a superposition stage connected to the output of the monitoring device by means of another input, while the output of the superposition stage is connected to the output of the view finder.
The result is that, due to the signal differentiation, a plurality of vertical lines, bright and dark, respectively, are present in the image in the view finder which do not disturb the operator in the preparation of his recording, but cannot be overlooked as an indication. Depending on the local brightness in the image in the view finder the bright or the dark lines are more apparent.
As a color bar pattern is used as the test signal in color television, which signal is composed of three basis color signals having different repetition rates namely a green, red and blue color signal, each having double the frequency of the previous color, a portable color television combination comprising a color bar generator is characterized in accordance with the invention, in that the differentiating circuit is connected to the outputs of the color bar generator via a multiple on-off switching device.
This results in the operator being able to adjust the spacing between the lines in the vertical line pattern at will.
If the use of the described multiple on-off switching device is refrained from, then it appears that, in practice, the combination which should be preferred is characterized in that that output of the color bar generator at which a signal is present which has a higher repetition rate than the signals at the other outputs, is connected to the series arrangement of the differentiating circuit and the on-off switching device.
The invention will be further explained by way of non-limitative example with reference to the accompanying FIGURE showing, in block diagram form, an embodiment of the invention.
In the FIGURE a portable television camera is denoted by CAM. The portable camera CAM may be of any construction provided that that the camera CAM records a scene and converts the information thereof into one or more video signals as customary for black-white or color television. The camera CAM is shown in the drawing as a color television camera supplying, for example, three color signals R, G and B associated with the red, green and blue, respectively, colored information in the scene and which supplies a luminance signal Y which, whether or not generated separately, consists of a combination of the color signals laid down in television standards, for example Y=0.30 R+0.59 G+0.11 B. The signals R, G, B and Y originating from the camera CAM are supplied to a monitoring device MON, to which an external signal EXT can also be applied. The device MON ensures the supply of the signals, separately or in combination, to a view finder VWF via a superposition stage ADD.
The signals R, G and B of the camera CAM are furthermore applied to one set of inputs of a change-over device SWH, while the signals R, G and B of a color bar generator CBG are applied to another set inputs thereof. The change-over device SWH comprises three outputs at which, according to the wishes of the operator of camera CAM, the signals R, G, B originating from the camera CAM or from the color bar generator CBG are present. The outputs of the device SWH are connected to inputs of a coding device COD, at which outputs the luminance signal Y and two color difference signals, R-Y and B-Y, are produced. The outputs of the coding device COD are connected to inputs of a modulating device MOD which supplies in known manner a composite color television signal CVBS containing color-video information and line and field blanking and synchronizing information. The output of the modulator MOD with the signal CVBS is connected to an input of a tape recorder REC.
With the exception of the superposition stage ADD, the above-mentioned components are included in a combination of a portable television camera and tape recorder combination which is known in practice. According to the invention, this combination further comprises a signal differentiating circuit DIF the output of which is connected to the superposition stage ADD and the input to one of the outputs R, G or B of the color bar generator CBG via an on-off switching device SWT. The switching devices SWH and SWT are coupled one to the other, which is indicated by the contact indications a and b and by means of the dashed line. The drawing shows the simplest possible implementation of the differentiating circuit DIF, comprising a capacitor CC and a resistor RR. Starting from the signals B, R and G, shown in the FIGURE at the color bar generator CBG, the on-off switching device SWT passes the signal B with the highest repetition rate, which furnishes the differentiated signal B for supply to the superposition stage ADD. In the view finder VWF the drawing shows schematically the effect obtained when on the one hand the signals R, G and B of the camera CAM are supplied, and the supply of the signal B on the other hand. The result is that the person operating the camera CAM observes the scene information in the image of the view finder and sees a plurality of vertical bright and dark lines, respectively, in the image in the view finder as an indication that the color bar generator CBG is connected via the change-over device SWH to the tape recorder REC for supplying the test reference signal required before a scene is recorded on the tape. The alternately bright and dark lines differ in appearance depending on the local brightness in the image in the view finder. In a bright and dark, portion of the image, the dark and bright lines, respectively, will be more apparent.
The on-off switching device SWT is shown in the drawing as a multiple, particularly, a three-pole, on-off switching device. A comparison in the drawing of the signals B, R and G of the color bar generator CBG shows that, when the signal G is chosen instead of the signal B for supply to the differentiating circuit DIF, the line pattern in the image on the view finder VWF comprises only one fourth of the plurality of lines shown in the drawing.
In practice the choice of the signal B with the four-fold repetition rate of the signal G appeared to be very satisfactory.
Instead of the sequence shown in the drawing of the on-off switching device SWT and the differentiating circuit DIF in the series arrangement, this sequence might also be reversed. For black-white television and color television where a single on-off switching device is used, the change in sequence has no effect. The embodiment possible for color television comprising the three-fold on-off switching device would, however, require three-differentiating circuits instead of one.
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We are really looking forward to the start of the Salisbury Arts Festival at the end of this week.
This year we have teamed up again with Wiltshire Life to sponsor the fantastic Clare Teal who will be performing the Ella Fitzgerald songbook on 31st May 2017 at the Salisbury Playhouse. 2017 marks the centenary of the original first lady of song, Ella Fitzerald. Clare Teal, award-winning jazz vocalist and Radio 2 presenter will be performing with her mini big band for this special celebration of Ella’s versatility.
Richard Griffiths & Co and Wiltshire Life will be hosting a welcome reception for their guests in the Playhouse’s Hawkins bar before the event with canapes provided by Bird & Carter for our guests to enjoy. If you are fortunate enough to have tickets for the sell out event check out your seat before you sit down in the auditorium – you may well find something there for our fellow ticket holders and fellow jazz enthusiasts to enjoy.
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Women are often leaders in music, entertainment and fashion — and politics, in more recent decades. However, studies show that the areas of computer science and engineering are still predominantly a boys’ club.
To bridge the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related fields, a new organization to start soon called Girls Who Code will work with girls ages 13 to 17 from underserved communities to help them pursue careers in technology and engineering.
According to a write-up Tuesday, June 26, in The New York Times about the organization, two of the program’s leaders are Reshma Saujani, author of Women Who Don't Wait in Line and former deputy public advocate of New York City; and Kristen Titus, former managing director of Jumo.com. Technology giants Twitter, Google and eBay also announced their intent to join the initiative, according to the newspaper.
Through education and mentorship, the program’s aim is to help young women learn tech-related skills such as computer programming, Web design and robotics — all of which will be taught by women who work in those fields.
According to the Girls Who Code website, women lag significantly behind men in technology-related professions. Although 57 percent of bachelor’s degrees are earned by women, less than 14 percent of computer science degrees go to women.
But it’s not for a lack of interest online, at least. According to the website, women use the Internet 17 percent more than men do and are quickly dominating social networking websites. Currently women create more than two-thirds of the content on social networking websites.
Sound Off: Should more programs be developed that specifically strive to get women to pursue STEM fields? How can women get more involved in computer science and STEM-related fields? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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Updated: Mar 18, 2020
48 million children live in conflict, natural disaster and other emergencies in 51 countries in 2018.
Around the world, violent conflict exacerbates humanitarian needs to critical levels, and this is accompanied by the fact that children in particular are more at risk than others. For years, conflicts - such as those in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Nigeria, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen and other countries - are increasingly complex and result in new waves of violence, displacement and the disruption of children's lives.
“Children cannot wait for wars to end,” said Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programs. “Crises are catastrophic, threatening the lives of children and young adults now, and threatening to destroy their future in the long run. Children are the most vulnerable when conflicts or natural disasters cause basic services to collapse.” , Such as health care, water and sanitation services. Unless the international community takes urgent measures to protect these children and provide them with life-saving assistance, they will face an increasingly bleak future.
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Here Are 6 Ways Disneyland Is Actually Way More Enjoyable As An Adult
Disneyland certainly is a magical place for all ages.
The rides, the insane snacks and Cinderella sightings are enough to make people of any age go nuts. But sorry, kids; Disneyland is way cooler for adults and I have proof.
On a recent trip to Disneyland in Anaheim, California, I came to the realization that at 31 years old, I was experiencing all Disney had to offer for the very first time. Here are all the epic things only adults can experience in the home of Mickey.
You can eat all the crazy sh*t you want.
Want a funnel cake for dinner? You got it. How about a turkey leg the size of your face? Sure. Both? Why not, you're a goddamn grownup after all.
But, if you're looking to stay on your adult, healthy diet (buzzkill), there are still plenty of healthy options.
You really appreciate the little things about Disney.
Disney employs more than a few people whose only job is to make sure everything looks incredibly accurate.
Take, for example, the lobby of Tower of Terror:
Look at it for a while. Give it a good amount of attention and you'll see these people didn't let a single nook or cranny go to waste.
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|Publication number||US7951116 B2|
|Application number||US 10/987,010|
|Publication date||May 31, 2011|
|Filing date||Nov 12, 2004|
|Priority date||Nov 12, 2004|
|Also published as||DE602005017927D1, EP1809360A1, EP1809360B1, US20060106351, US20110230860, WO2006055203A1|
|Publication number||10987010, 987010, US 7951116 B2, US 7951116B2, US-B2-7951116, US7951116 B2, US7951116B2|
|Original Assignee||Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (107), Non-Patent Citations (2), Classifications (25), Legal Events (2) |
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
Selective surface modification of catheter tubing
US 7951116 B2
A catheter shaft and methods for making and using the same. The catheter shaft may include a core portion, a cap portion, and one or more lumens. The cap portion may be disposed on or over a section of the core portion and define a region with a different exterior or interior surface characteristic. For example, the cap portion may define a lubricious region along the catheter shaft. Manufacturing the catheter shaft may include a modified co-extrusion process that incorporates a flow valve on at least one of the material supply lines so that the supply line can be regulated by a user.
1. A medical device, comprising:
an elongate shaft including a core portion and a cap portion, the core portion extending along the length of the shaft and the cap portion disposed along a cap section of the core portion;
wherein the core portion extends proximally and distally of the cap portion;
wherein the core portion and the cap portion are defined by co-extruding a first material and a second material, the first material defining the core portion and the second material being co-extruded onto the cap section of the core portion so as to define the cap portion, the first material being different from the second material;
wherein the elongate shaft has a constant outer diameter along the length of the shaft including along the cap portion;
a first exterior surface characteristic defined on an exterior surface of the shaft by the core portion; and
a second exterior surface characteristic different from the first exterior surface characteristic defined on the exterior surface of the shaft by the cap portion.
2. The medical device of claim 1, wherein the cap portion includes a lubricious polymer so that the second exterior surface characteristic is lubricity.
3. The medical device of claim 1, wherein one or more lumens are defined within the shaft.
4. The medical device of claim 3, wherein two lumens are defined in the shaft.
5. A medical device, comprising:
a multi-lumen extruded shaft member having an exterior, a first section, a second section, a third section, and a length extending along the first section, the second section, and the third section, wherein the second section extends distally from the first section, wherein the third section extends distally from the second section, wherein the sections are seamlessly connected, and wherein the multi-lumen extruded shaft member has a constant outer diameter along the length;
wherein the first section includes a core material that defines a first surface characteristic on the exterior of the multi-lumen extruded shaft member along the first section; and
wherein the second section includes the core material and a cap material disposed on the core material, the cap material defining a second surface characteristic on the exterior of the multi-lumen extruded shaft member along the second section, the second surface characteristic being different from the first surface characteristic.
6. The medical device of claim 5, wherein the third section includes the core material and defines the first surface characteristic on the exterior of the multi-lumen extruded shaft member along the third section.
7. A medical device for use with an endoscope, comprising:
a multi-lumen extruded shaft having an exterior, a first section, a second section, and a third section, the sections being seamlessly connected and defining a length;
wherein the first section includes a core material that defines a first lubricity along the exterior of the multi-lumen extruded shaft at the first section;
wherein the second section includes the core material and a cap material disposed on a portion of the core material such that the core material extends proximally and distally of the cap material, the cap material defining a second lubricity along the exterior of the multi-lumen extruded shaft at the second section, the second lubricity being different from the first lubricity; and
wherein the multi-lumen extruded shaft has a constant outer diameter along the length.
8. The medical device of claim 7, wherein the third section includes the core material and defines the first lubricity along the exterior of the multi-lumen extruded shaft at the third section.
9. A medical device, comprising:
an elongate shaft of constant outer diameter including a core portion and a cap portion, the core portion extending along the length of the shaft and the cap portion disposed along a cap section of the core portion;
wherein the core portion and the cap portion are defined by co-extruding a first material and a second material, the first material defining the core portion and the second material being co-extruded onto the cap section of the core portion so as to define the cap portion, the first material being different from the second material;
a first interior surface characteristic defined on an interior surface of the shaft by the core portion;
a second interior surface characteristic different from the first interior surface characteristic defined on the interior surface of the shaft by the cap portion; and
wherein the core portion extends proximally and distally of the cap portion.
10. The medical device of claim 9, wherein the cap portion includes a lubricious polymer so that the second interior surface characteristic is lubricity.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices. More particularly, the present invention pertains to catheter shafts with surface modifications and/or changes in surface characteristics as well as methods for making catheter shafts with surface modifications.
A wide variety of medical devices have been developed. At least some of these devices are designed to pass through an opening or lumen in the body or through a lumen or channel (e.g., a working channel) in another medical device. For example, the device may comprise a catheter (e.g., therapeutic, diagnostic, or guide catheter), an endoscopic device, a laproscopic device, an embolic protection device, and the like, or any other suitable device. Among these known devices, each has certain advantages and disadvantages. There is an ongoing need to provide alternative designs and methods of making and using new and improved medical devices.
The invention provides design, material, and manufacturing method alternatives for catheters, catheter shafts, and the like. In at least some embodiments, a catheter shaft may include a generally tubular catheter shaft. The catheter shaft may include a core portion, a cap portion, and one or more lumens defined therein. The cap portion may be disposed on or over a section of the core portion and define a region with a different exterior or interior surface characteristic. For example, the cap portion may define a lubricious region along the catheter shaft. Some of the other features of this catheter shaft and others like it are described in more detail below.
Manufacturing the catheter shaft may include a modified co-extrusion process. The modified process incorporates a flow valve on at least one of the material supply lines so that the supply line can be regulated by a user. For example, a user may vary the amount of material from an extruder to be used in the production of the catheter shaft anywhere between 0-100% of the total output. This allows the catheter shaft to be manufactured with different characteristics (e.g., surface characteristics) without the need for additional coating, fusing, or attachment steps. Some other features of this method and other methods like it are described in more detail below.
The above summary of some embodiments is not intended to describe each disclosed embodiment or every implementation of the present invention. The Figures, and Detailed Description which follow, more particularly exemplify these embodiments.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention may be more completely understood in consideration of the following detailed description of various embodiments of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic overview depicting an example co-extrusion apparatus;
FIG. 1A is a schematic overview depicting another example co-extrusion apparatus;
FIG. 1B is a schematic overview depicting another example co-extrusion apparatus;
FIG. 2 is a side view of an example catheter shaft;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the catheter shaft shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of another portion of the catheter shaft shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional side view of an example catheter shaft disposed in the working channel of an endoscope;
FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 8A is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 9A is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 10A is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 10B is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 11A is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 11B is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft;
FIG. 12A is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft; and
FIG. 12B is a cross-sectional side view of another example catheter shaft.
The following description should be read with reference to the drawings wherein like reference numerals indicate like elements throughout the several views. The detailed description and drawings illustrate example embodiments of the claimed invention.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an example extrusion apparatus 10 that may be used to manufacture a catheter, catheter shaft, or other similar medical device. Apparatus 10 may include a first feed hopper or reservoir 12 and a second feed hopper or reservoir 14. In at least some embodiments, the two feed hoppers 12/14 may combine at a feed pipe or cross-head 16 and feed an extruder 18. The output of extruder 18 is indicated by reference number 20. Feed hoppers 12/14 may hold different manufacturing materials so that the modified co-extrusion process can produce a multi-layered or multi-material device such as shaft 24 as best seen in FIG. 2. In some embodiments, additional feed hoppers or extruders may be included that hold and supply additional materials. Output 20 may be any suitable medical device (or a precursor thereto) such as a catheter (e.g., angioplasty, stent delivery, therapeutic, diagnostic, or guide catheter) or catheter shaft, an endoscopic device, a laproscopic device, an embolic protection device, or any other suitable device.
Apparatus 10 differs from other co-extrusion devices in that it includes a flow valve 22 coupled thereto. In at least some embodiments, flow valve 22 is positioned so that it can regulate the flow of material from feed hopper 14. Of course, flow valve 22 could alternatively be used to regulate feed hopper 12 (and/or any other feed hopper that may be present) or an additional flow valve 22 can be used to regulate feed hopper 12 in concert with the valve 22 regulating the flow from feed hopper 14. Flow valve 22 can be configured so that it can meter the flow from feed hopper 14 so that the supply of material from feed hopper 14 can be completely stopped (i.e., 0% flow), completely open or continuously flowing (i.e., 100% flow), or anywhere in between. In at least some embodiments, at least one material (e.g. the material from feed hopper 12) constantly feeds cross-head 16 while the other material (e.g., the material from feed hopper 14) is regulated as described above. Accordingly, apparatus 10 allows, for example, output 20 to constantly include one material (e.g., the material supplied by feed hopper 12) and include a variable amount of a second material (e.g., the material supplied by feed hopper 14 and regulated by valve 22). This includes the ability to apply material from feed hopper 14 to multiple, discrete sections of the resultant device.
Valve 22 may be similar to other typical valves. For example, valve 22 may be a simple on/off diverting valve or something more complicated like a computer programmed proportional shut off valve. Either way, valve 22 may utilize a pneumatic, hydraulic, or other standard transfer means for controlling flow. In some embodiments, valve 22 diverts material within or away from extruder 18. Alternatively, valve 22 may be part of a closed extrusion system that creates a “compression chamber” where materials are contained and reused. In general, valve 22 may be adjusted between a number of positions. For example, valve 22 may have a first configuration or setting that substantially blocks the flow of material from second hopper 14 to extruder 18 and a second configuration that allows the material in second hopper 14 to flow to extruder 18. A number of additional settings or configurations may also exist that alter the amount of material that is permitted to flow from second hopper 14 to extruder 18.
This modified co-extrusion process may be desirable for a number of reasons. For example, because the supply from feed hopper 14 is regulated by valve 22 for the cap portion of a shaft (not shown in FIGS. 1 and 1A, please see, for example, cap portion 28 in FIG. 2), there is less waste than in other intermittent co-extrusions where larger volumes of materials are displaced from the extruder and become waste. This savings of material can be significant, especially if higher cost materials are used, such as polymers doped with radiopaque fillers (including precious metals). Another desirable feature may be that a single process can be used to manufacture a product having a variable material composition. In fact, apparatus 10 allows for the combination of extruding and so-called “coating” or “capping” steps. For example, feed hopper 12 may be used to supply the “core” material and feed hopper 14 may be used to coat or cap the core. In addition, output 20 may produce complex products including multi-lumen tubing that is coated internally or externally. This may be desirable because the process reduces any trepidation regarding the possibility of melting the tube, thereby collapsing any or all of the lumens, during a potentially heat-intensive subsequent coating and/or sleeving operation. This feature may also be advantageous when it is desirable to coat one or more portions of the core, for example, to impart a desired surface characteristic to a selective portion or portions of a device. Other desirable features may include an improved interface between shaft 24 sections due to the fact that fusing or bonding individual sections is no longer required, fewer method steps to produce a finished product (no need to connect tube section via adhesive bonding, thermal bonding, welding, and the like), increased strength at the interface between shaft sections because of the continuous and seamless transition between sections, etc.
It should be noted that at least some embodiments utilize flow valve 22 for only one of the two illustrated hoppers 12/14. Accordingly, using flow valve 22 to completely stop the flow from feed hopper 14 would result in output 20 coming from feed hopper 12. Similarly, using flow valve 22 open 100% would result in output 20 comprising a combination of the materials from feed hopper 12 and hopper 14. The proportions of materials coming from hopper 12 and hopper 14 can vary depending on the set up of apparatus 10 and the setting of valve 22. This embodiment is also distinct from other co-extrusion devices where only a constant flow of multiple materials or a transition from 100% of a first material to 100% of a second material (abruptly or gradually) is possible.
Apparatus 10 depicts the flow of materials from hoppers 12/14 (including the metered control from hopper 14) into a common cross-head 16. This need not be the only suitable arrangement, because other flow patterns are contemplated. For example, FIG. 1A is a schematic view of another example extrusion apparatus 10′. Apparatus 10′ is similar to apparatus 10 except that first hopper 12 and second hopper 14 feed into their own individual feed pipes 16 a/b and flow valve 22 regulate flow in feed pipe 16 b. This drawing indicates that the modified co-extrusion process that is disclosed herein can also vary in the way materials loaded in feed hoppers 12/14 are delivered to extruder 18. A number of additional variations in the setup of apparatus 10′ (and apparatus 10) are contemplated and are thought to be well within the spirit and scope of the invention.
FIG. 1B is a schematic view of another example extrusion apparatus 10″. Apparatus 10″ is similar to apparatus 10/10′ except that first hopper 12 and second hopper 14 are each coupled to their own extruders (i.e., extruders 18 a and 18 b, respectively), and then extruders 18 a/18 b feed into a common cross-head 16. Flow valve 22 regulates the flow of material from one of the extruders (e.g., extruder 18 b) into the common cross-head. Of course, flow valve 22 could just as easily regulate the flow from extruder 18 a or a second flow valve 22 may be utilized so that the flow can be regulated from both extruder 18 a and 18 b. This drawing indicates that the modified co-extrusion process that is disclosed herein can also vary in the way materials from a plurality of sources (e.g., extruders 18 a/18 b) are delivered to a common cross-head 16. Output 20 from apparatus 10″, therefore, includes material from feed hopper 12 and extruder 18 a and a regulated amount of material from feed hopper 12 and extruder 18 b, depending on the extent to which valve 22 is open or closed. A number of additional variations in the setup of apparatus 10″ (and apparatus 10 and 10′) are contemplated and are thought to be well within the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, additional feed hoppers and extruders may be added that can also feed into cross-head 16 or be arranged in parallel to cross-head 16.
FIG. 2 is a side view of an example catheter shaft 24 that may be manufactured using apparatus 10, apparatus 10′, or any of the contemplated variations of these devices. Shaft 24 may include a core portion 26 and a cap portion 28. In at least some embodiments, core portion 26 is manufactured by extrusion of the materials supplied from feed hopper 12 or another “unregulated” or “unvalved” hopper or extruder. Cap portion 28 can be manufactured by regulated co-extrusion of the materials supplied from hopper 14 or another hopper or extruder that includes valve 22. Thus, manufacturing of shaft 24 can include an extrusion similar to what is described above where valve 22 is used to specify the desired location(s) and lengths for cap portion 28. The embodiment shown depicts that cap portion 28 can be positioned at a centralized location of shaft 24 (i.e., away from the ends of shaft 24). Thus, some regions of shaft 24 may include only core portion 26, as best seen in cross-section at FIG. 3, and other regions of shaft 24 may include core portion 26 capped with cap portion 28, as best seen in cross-section at FIG. 4.
The materials used to manufacture shaft 24 can vary considerably. For example, core portion 26 and cap portion 28 may be each made from a polymer such as a thermoplastic (including neat and filled thermoplastic resins). Some examples of suitable polymers may include thermoplastic urethane elastomers, polyurethane, polyamide (for example, DURETHAN® available from Bayer or CRISTAMID® available from Elf Atochem), elastomeric polyamides, polyether block amide (PEBA, for example, available under the trade name PEBAX®), ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA), polyethylene (PE) including linear low, low, medium, and high density polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), other suitable materials, or mixtures, combinations, copolymers thereof, polymer/metal composites, and the like.
Generally, the materials selected for core portion 26 are selected based on their flexibility characteristics (such as being sufficiently stiff) or other physical characteristics that are desirable for the intended application of shaft 24. The materials selected for cap portion 26 may be selected so as to impart a change in the exterior or interior surface of shaft 24. For example, the materials selected for cap portion 28 may define a region of shaft 24 that has a high hardness or is lubricious. In addition, because of the flow regulation achievable through the use of valve 22, the desired surface characteristic (for example, lubricity) can be positioned only where (and/or every place) it is needed or desired. Lubricious coatings improve steerability and improve the ability of shaft 24 to pass through or otherwise be moveable within another device such as the working channel of an endoscope. Thus, the addition of cap portion 28 may define a region on shaft 24 that is optimized for tracking in a working channel of an endoscope. In addition, the addition of cap portion 28 internally may define a region optimized for deploying coils or for guidewire tracking. Another desirable application for cap portion 28 may be defining a region along shaft 24 that is configured for attaching an angioplasty balloon or another object. Suitable lubricious polymers are well known in the art and may include silicone co-polymers and the like, hydrophilic polymers, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), fluoropolymers, polyarylene oxides, polyvinylpyrolidones, polyvinylalcohols, hydroxy alkyl cellulosics, algins, saccharides, caprolactones, and the like, and mixtures and combinations thereof. Any of these materials, any other material disclosed herein, or any other suitable material may be used to manufacture cap portion 28. Even though it is disclosed above that cap portion 28 may be a lubricious material (and that core portion 26 may be a generally non-lubricious material or another material), this is not intended to be limiting. For example, in some embodiments, core portion 26 may include a lubricious material and cap portion 28 may be “non-lubricious”.
A number of alternative surface characteristics and other modifications may be incorporated into shaft 24 via cap portion 28. For example, cap portion 28 may be made from a material that provides increased chemical and/or thermal resistance, changes in hardness, adds radiopacity, increases or decreases MRI compatibility, or the like. For example, cap portion 28 may include a polymer doped with gold, platinum, palladium, tantalum, tungsten alloy, or another radiopaque material so as to define a surface with increased radiopacity. In at least some embodiments, cap portion 28 may be configured to elute or otherwise deliver a pharmaceutical agent. For example, cap portion 28 may include a slow-release form of a drug (such as an anti-clotting drug, for example) that can help reduce clotting that might otherwise occur without the drug. Of course, this structure and use is not intended to be limiting to anti-clotting drugs as any drug may be substituted without departing from the spirit of the invention.
The aforementioned apparatuses 10/10′ and the illustrated shaft 24 describe how devices can be produced with discrete sections having a selectively modified surface. Thus, a portion of the exterior or interior of shaft 24 is defined by core portion 26, and another portion of the exterior or interior of shaft 24 is defined by cap portion 28. The relevant exterior or interior portions can have different surface characteristics. This feature may be desirable for a number of applications. For example, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) techniques utilize an endoscope where it is desirable to use a catheter shaft that has a lubricious exterior section suitable for being disposed in the working channel of the endoscope and a less lubricious or “tacky” distal tip with a lower hardness that is suitable for cannulation of the major duodenal papilla or for probing sphincters and other body orifices. In addition, cap portion 28 may also modify the flexibility of shaft 24 and, in some embodiments, act as a strain relief.
As stated above, shaft 24 can be a catheter shaft or another type or component of a medical device. Accordingly, shaft 24 may include a number of additional features. For example, shaft 24 may have one or more lumens defined therein such as a first lumen 30 and a second lumen 32 as best seen in FIGS. 3 and 4. First lumen 30 may be used, for example, to infuse contrast media, pharmaceuticals, angioplasty balloon inflation media, and the like, or any other suitable material. Second lumen 32 may be used, for example, as a guidewire lumen. A number of additional uses for lumens 30/32 are contemplated.
FIGS. 3 and 4 also illustrate another feature of shaft 24. By comparing FIG. 3 with FIG. 4 it can be seen that both sections have essentially the same outer diameter (e.g., in the range of about 0.02 to about 0.35 inches or so). This is because extruder 18 can be configured to produce shaft 24 having a variable composition while maintaining a constant outer diameter by coupling with a variable speed take-off unit. For example, extruder 18 may be configured so that as the amount of material from hopper 14 (i.e., the hopper that cap portion 28 is made from) that reaches the cross-head 16 (or the extrusion die) increases, the amount of material making up shaft 24 from hopper 12 (i.e., the hopper that core portion 26 is made from) proportionally decreases. This allows a constant outer diameter shaft 24 to be produced that may also have a constant wall thickness. However, this need not be the particular arrangement. For example, other embodiments of shaft 24 may include one or more tapers as is commonly seen in the catheter art or that include changes in wall thickness.
Shaft 24 may also include a number of additional structural features commonly associated with catheters and similar medical devices. For example, shaft 24 could include an angioplasty balloon, and embolic protection filter, a stent and/or means for expanding or retrieving a stent, a radiopaque marker, etc. Moreover, shaft 24 may include additional sections or components coupled thereto including metallic or polymeric shafts. These other metallic components may include metals typically used in catheters such as nickel-titanium alloy, stainless steel, etc.
FIG. 5 illustrates an example catheter shaft 124 disposed in the working channel 132 of an endoscope 134. This Figure illustrates the usefulness of cap portion 128 for use with endoscopes such as endoscope 134. FIG. 5 depicts that cap portion 128 has a different exterior surface characteristic (i.e., lubricity) than core portion 126. This arrangement allows shaft 124 to be easily manipulated when disposed within working channel 132.
FIGS. 6A-12B depict various shafts that include differing arrangements of cap and core portions. Each embodiment may include any of the features described above for similarly named or depicted structures. For example, FIG. 6A illustrates shaft 224 having core portion 226 and a discrete cap portion 228 disposed away from the ends of shaft 224 much like shaft 24 as depicted in FIG. 2. The one or more lumens that can be present in shaft 224 are shown in FIG. 6 as a singular lumen 236. However, lumen 236 is shown in this manner for the purpose of simplification. It can be appreciated that shaft 224 could also be generally solid (i.e., without lumen 236) or include more than one lumen. FIG. 6B depicts shaft 224′, which is similar to shaft 224 except that cap portion 228 is disposed along the interior surface (i.e., adjacent lumen 236) of shaft 224′.
FIG. 7A is another example shaft 324 that includes core portion 326 and cap portion 328. According to this embodiment, cap portion 328 may begin at some centralized location (i.e., not at the end) and extend toward the end of shaft 324. In some embodiments, cap portion 328 may extend all the way to one end of shaft 324. In some other embodiments, cap portion 328 can extend all the way across shaft 324 to both ends. FIG. 7B depicts shaft 324′, which is similar to shaft 324 except that cap portion 328 is disposed along the interior surface (i.e., adjacent lumen 336) of shaft 324′.
FIG. 8A is another example shaft 424 that includes core portion 426 and multiple cap portions 428 a/b. This embodiment illustrates that multiple cap portions 428 a/b may be utilized for shaft 424 or any of the shafts disclosed herein. FIG. 8B depicts shaft 424′, which is similar to shaft 424 except that cap portions 428 a/b are disposed along the interior surface of shaft 424′.
Similarly, FIG. 9A illustrates shaft 524 where the different cap portions 528 a/b are spatially limited to a particular section of cap portion 526. This later feature can be achieved, for example, by adding further control to the radial position to which cap portion 528 is disposed on. FIG. 9B depicts shaft 524′, which is similar to shaft 524 except that cap portions 528 a/b are disposed along the interior surface of shaft 524′.
FIG. 10A similarly shows shaft 624 where cap portion 628 a is radially limited to one section of core portion 626 (and extends therefrom toward the end of shaft 624) whereas cap portion 628 b is radially limited to another more centralized section of core portion 626. FIG. 10B depicts shaft 624′, which is similar to shaft 624 except that cap portions 628 a/b are disposed along the interior surface of shaft 624′.
FIG. 11A illustrates another example shaft 724 including core portion 726 and cap portion 728. Here it can be seen that cap portion 728 may be coated or otherwise added onto a generally constant core portion 726. Accordingly, cap portion 728 appears “raised” or otherwise projects outward from the exterior of core portion 726. FIG. 11B depicts shaft 724′, which is similar to shaft 724 except that cap portion 728 is disposed along the interior surface of shaft 724′ and extend into lumen 736.
Additionally, shaft 824, depicted in FIG. 12A, may include core portion 826 and a similarly configured cap portion 828. Cap portion 828 may be raised along the exterior of core portion 826 and extend toward at least one of the ends of shaft 824. FIG. 12B depicts shaft 824′, which is similar to shaft 824 except that cap portion 828 is disposed along the interior surface of shaft 824′ and extend into lumen 836.
It should be understood that this disclosure is, in many respects, only illustrative. Changes may be made in details, particularly in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of steps without exceeding the scope of the invention. The invention's scope is, of course, defined in the language in which the appended claims are expressed.
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It’s raining. It’s pouring. You’re feeling anti-social. You’re feel like switching your phone off, and sitting in a very comfy seat with a cuppa tea and a classic film. But where? Mate! One of these very good and slightly-better-than-the-Odeon-cinemas, of COURSE.
I’m getting pretty bored of the weird suggestions for things to do on London blogs. So here are some completely normal, average, achievable, nothing special and mostly free things that I like doing in my spare time to balance things out.
If I had to name one thing I like the most about the weekend – aside from the obvious – it’d be not having to be in bed at 11pm.
Exmouth Market doesn’t act like London.
There’s lots of places in this city that very much do act like London, like St. Paul’s, and the Southbank, Bloomsbury’s squares, the Barbican’s walls, and that stairway on the north side of Waterloo bridge that smells like piss.
But not Exmouth Market. It does the opposite. Here’s what makes it so great.
Going to Somerset House film screenings? Here’s the definitive list of what to bring from someone who’s been twice (rain and shine).
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Mr. Don's Restaurant and Maudie's Coin Laundry have a message for their customers. Usually, it's funny.
Scott Murphy took a pair milk crates filled with letters and dumped them in the snow.
He laid the letters out and used a long letter changer pole to place them on the two sides of the marquee in front of his business, Mr. Don's Restaurant in Springfield.
Facing northbound traffic on 20th street, the sign reads, "ROLLIN DOWN THE STREET EATING ANGUS BEEF SIPPING ON A LEPRECHAUN SHAKE," a parody a Snoop Dogg song.
"'Gin and Juice' is one of the longer ones I’ve put up in a long time," Murphy explained. "People say 'You should get a digital sign.' I don’t want the headache of it breaking down all the time. Plus, there is some charm to being out there and putting letters up."
Murphy has been posting humorous messages with pop culture references since he and his wife, Kim, bought Mr. Don's in 2010.
Before that, the foundation for the quirky signs was laid by his brother-in-law and business neighbor, Jason Taft.
Taft is Murphy's predecessor as the former owner of Mr. Don's. He now owns Maudie's Laundromat next door on 20th street. He, too, uses his business' marquee to share humorous messages.
"We’ve gone viral coast-to-coast several times," Taft said. "Ones that are kind of edgy are the ones people love: 'You skid, we rid.' 'Skid marks, we fix those.' Those ones get people stopping in the middle of the road and creating a disturbance, taking photos out their windows."
Don Taft, the original 'Mr. Don,' opened the city's first fast-food restaurant in the 1950s. His son, George Taft, ran the business until 2001, when he sold it to his son, Jason. In 2006, Jason Taft switched gears and purchased the laundromat next door, which was named after its original owner, his maternal grandmother.
"It became quickly apparent to me that the laundromat business, people knew inherently," Jason Taft said. "There wasn’t anything we did specifically that our competitors didn’t do. We use the same machines, same capacity, same water, same gas. So what can we do do differentiate ourselves? So I thought, well, I'll use my humor."
Both Taft and Murphy admit that some of the messages that have graced their marquees have pushed the envelope of good taste, "DROP YOUR PANTS HERE," for example, or, on Mr. Don's, "OUR NUGGETS ARE BIGGER THAN THEIRS."
A more recent sign in front of Maudie's Laundromat referenced a Dr. Dre song, "MR. NUTS WASHES HERE SO DOES HIS SON DEEZ."
"We try and push the limit to the point of not being disrespectful," Taft said. "If you take offense to one of our signs, you are not getting it. You are taking it in a way that shouldn’t be taken. I’m not doing it to be offensive or in malice, so if they take it wrong, it’s on them. You’ve got your socks wound too tight."
Their messages can also be obscure.
One that Murphy posted in front of Mr. Don's read, "LEMONADE THAT COOL REFRESHING DRINK." It was a reference to the Eddie Murphy 1983 comedy special "Delirious" in a bit about Elvis Presley's inability to act, so he just sang all his lines in his movies.
“Sometimes, it just pops in my head," Murphy said. "I’ll be listening to a song in the kitchen and change the lyrics to fit in chili dogs or something... I try to keep it current too. During that whole Pokemon Go craze, I said, 'STOP HERE AND MAYBE PIKACHU WILL EATWICHU.'"
Taft says as many as 15,000 cars pass by their businesses each day, and the signs simply aim to draw the attention of potential customers. He also noted that the marquees present a creative outlet for the two of them, although there are some things that only one of them can get away with given Murphy works in the food industry.
"He’s in the intake business, I’m in the outtake business," Taft said. "So, I deal with things on a different end then he does. Literally."
Nick Buckley can be reached at email@example.com or 269-966-0652. Follow him on Twitter:@NickJBuckley
Funny business signs
At Mr. Don's Restaurant
• Our milkshakes bring them all to the yard
• Friends don't let friends drive hangry
• What's soup with you?
• Lent us do the cooking
• Straight cash homey
• Stop here and maybe Pikachu will eatwichu
• Our nuggets are bigger than theirs
• Oops, we fried it again - try a deep fried poptart
• Honk if you love chili dogs
• What does the fox say? Eat at Don's
• We found Dory - try a fish sandwich today
• Tell those other burgers - bye Felicia
• I love hot fries and I cannot lie
• Party Ice Excellent!
• Lemonade that cool refreshing drink
At Maudie's Coin Laundry
• Flash Gordon washes his leathers here
• Chuck Norris Called Wants His Laundromat Back!
• Holy sheet! That's a lot of laundry
• Drop your pants here
• Being kicked off the carousel of life
• Don't drop the soap
• Big balls - of lint
• Poppin Tags? Wash it here!
• Did your deuce leave a stain?
• Stop your grinnin' drop your linen
• We take the suck out of doin laundry
• Get it clean before the in-laws arrive
• Sorting out life one load at a time
• Laundry - the real neverending story
• The divorce rate among socks is astonishing
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Fourth Sunday in Lent | John 3:14-21
John 3:16 must be the most famous verse in the Bible. To tell the truth, I can barely stand to hear anyone recite it anymore.
Everything that may be thought or said about it already has been, or nearly so, and yet the Lectionary guides us here for the fourth Sunday of this Lenten season.
There are those who claim that this one verse contains the entirety of the Gospel message. It does not, of course. It does not tell us who this son of God might be, nor how or what we might believe about him, nor how God gave this son, nor who God might be or much of what God might be like, nor how or when the world is perishing, nor what it means to have everlasting life, nor what it means that this son of God is the only begotten—an odd term.
What is more, the verse lacks all context. Upon hearing it, a Buddhist goat herder raised in remote Tibet and unfamiliar with western religions will be mystified as to the meaning. Western non- or ex-Christians hearing it, though familiar with this Christian confession of faith, are likely dismayed at being preached to once again. Christians themselves hear it repeated until, like words mumbled over and over by a child, the phrases lose all meaning, become strange, uncanny, unheimlich.
Take the Lord’s Prayer, or the Apostles’ Creed, or a Mother Goose rhyme—any of them, repeated often enough, become nothing but meaningless sounds.
That is the catch.
There is another word in this passage, a little further along in verse 19, “…and this is the judgment…” The word rendered ‘judgment’ is literally ‘crisis’, and the crisis is found in deeds not words—whether one wishes one’s deeds to be seen in the light or not. It is no longer about the words. It was never about the words. It is about what we do, who we are. It is about being not seeming.
We strain to see the truest things: that our lives are about what we are, not what we say or claim; that our success or failure as humans rests upon the person we choose to be each day; that there is only one ongoing crisis encompassing the entirety of our lives, the struggle to be and not to seem. The Zen expression is presence, the notion of being fully present in each moment, not distracted from the substance of our lives by the insubstantiality of our notions.
If there is a devil, it doesn’t have to tempt us toward choosing evil things. All it has to do is distract us long enough for our lives to pass.
It doesn’t take devilishly long.
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Preserving rural landscapes
Preserving the rural way of life
Pears remain the second most important agricultural commodity in the Lake County. The diversity of crops capable of being produced economically in the county strengthens the local farming industry and allows the existence of many auxiliary businesses employing local people. Agriculture and its pleasing rural character complement the many natural scenic attractions in Lake County. Together they form the basis for our local tourist industry.
Trends toward reducing the use of pesticides in agriculture have led growers to introduce non-chemical methods such as pheromone mating disruption for the control of codling moth, the principal pest of pear and apple. Local growers and researchers have received two statewide awards from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for their efforts in reducing pesticide use. In addition to coddling moth, other important diseases and pests attacking commercial orchards include fire blight, pear scab, pear psylla, oriental fruit moth, pear rust mite and pear blister mite.
The problem of unmanaged trees
Unfortunately, these newer “soft” pest management programs open commercial orchards to potential attack from pests multiplying on nearby unmanaged trees. Codling moth mating disruption fails when mated female moths fly in from nearby unmanaged trees, leading to resumed spraying.
These sprays can then reduce beneficial species capable of controlling pear psylla and some kinds of mites, thereby requiring even more spraying.
Growers must produce clean fruit in order to compete in the local marketplace and abroad. Unmanaged trees negate much of the progress the pear industry has made toward achieving reduced pesticide use.
By participating in the Unmanaged Apple and Pear Tree Outreach Program (UAPTOP), growers and homeowners can work together to assure that local fruit continues to be produced with minimal pesticide use. A healthy pear industry will help preserve the economy and keep Lake and Jackson counties the beautiful and special places that they are.
Managing fruit tree pests
What can I do?
If you have apple or pear trees on your property and you are within ¼ mile of a commercial orchard, you have many resources to help you manage your trees. (Click here to find out your proximity to commercial orchards.) If you can’t find what you’re looking for on this web site, please contact the University of California Cooperative Extension at 883 Lakeport Blvd., Lakeport, CA 95453, (707) 263 6838.
Interactive Mapping Website
The Interactive Mapping Website provides an online map very similar to Google Map. Individuals with apple and/or pear trees can use the map provided by UAPTOP to find out if their trees are close enough to cause a risk to commercial orchards. It is very simple. Just type in your address and the map service will calculate the potential risk.
Caring for apple and pear trees
The following resources will help you get started:
- Apples and Pears: Calendar of Operations for Home Gardeners (#7258) ANR catalog
- For information on how to manage individual pests - provided you know which pest you are dealing with - download free “Pest Notes” from the UC Integrated Pest Management website.
- The following web pages will help you identify specific pests.
Pests in the garden and landscape - pears
Pests in the garden and landscape - apples
Each of the above pages lists the most common insect pests and diseases of the particular fruit. Click on the name of the pest to reveal photos. These pages also include management guidelines specifically for the home orchardist.
- More extensive information written primarily for larger scale and commercial growers can also provide useful information for serious home gardeners:
Pear pest management guidelines
Apple pest management guidelines
- The following books can be purchased from the ANR Catalog or local UCCE office:
Integrated Pest Management for Apples and Pears, 2nd edition (pub. # 3340, $25.00)
Home Orchard: Growing your own Deciduous
Fruit and Nut trees (# 3485, $18.75)
Tree Fruit Pest Identification and Monitoring
Cards (flashcards; # 3426, $11.25)
Of course, you can also contact the UC Master Gardeners at (707) 263 6838, for help with identifying and managing pests.
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2020-10-29T17:09:20Z
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TimeWatcher is a software for businesses which are selling
computer access time. With TimeWatcher these businesses can easily control and charge for
their customers computer usage. TimeWatcher is used in Cyber cafes,
Libraries, Hotels, Bars and many other kinds of Internet businesses around the world.
The TimeWatcher software provides numerous functionalities to
fullfil the three fundamental demands of a computer access time selling business:
- Control the computer access of their customers
- Protect the computers in the business
- Record the sales and revenues of the businesses
Unlike other access control solutions TimeWatcher does not need
any special expensive hardware like card readers or modifications of the computers.
TimeWatcher was awarded with the highest number of stars at zdnets
hotfiles, one of the biggest shareware Websites in the Web
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2017-04-26T21:21:27Z
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Comics Animaniacs Titles Cartoons
Fan sites about the Animaniacs comic book.
Top: Arts: Animation: Cartoons: Titles: A: Animaniacs: Comics
- The Animaniacs Comics Kompendium - Directory of DC Comics first 25 issues of a Animaniacs and 11 Pinky and the Brain comics.
- ...and don't call me Honey! - Scans of several comic book stories including "Hello comics Nurse, Agent comics of H.U.B.B.A." and "Minerxa: Warrior Princess"
MySQL - Cache Direct
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2016-10-28T23:49:44Z
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